Ware v. State ex rel. Poole

Citations

• 111 Miss. 599
• 71 So. 868

Syllabus

<p>Health. Officers. Removal. Statutes. Public officers.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, section 2491, providing that a competent physician shall he appointed, county health officer for and from each county by the state board of health, for a term of two years, and section 2494, defining his duties and placing him under the' joint supervision of the state board of health and the county board of supervisors, and section 2509 providing for his salary,, and section 2516 and 2516a defining his authority in certain cases, and section 2490 providing that the state board of health may remove any county health officer and fill the vacancy thereby occasioned; a county health officer is a “public officer” who could not be removed by the state board of health at any meeting without reason, notice or hearing and only for good and reasonable cause.</p>