Public Health Act 1848

General Board of Health.

General Board of Health to be constituted.

IV. And be it enacted, That the First Commissioner for the Time being of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, together with such Two other Persons as Her Majesty by Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual may be pleased to appoint, shall be and constitute a Board for superintending the Execution of this Act, and shall be called “The General Board of Health,” and shall have and execute all the Powers and Duties vested in or imposed on such Board by this Act, and the said First Commissioner shall be the President of the said Board; and Her Majesty may from Time to Time, at Her Pleasure, remove all or any of the Persons so appointed by Her, and appoint others in their Stead; and the Powers and Duties vested in the said Board by this Act may be exercised and executed by any Two Members thereof; and during any Vacancy in the said Board the continuing Members or Member thereof may act as if no Vacancy had occurred: Provided always, that the said General Board of Health shall be continued only for Five Years next after the Day of the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and no longer.