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SECTION 811 . Assignment of President of Board to Duty in Other Municipality.  — The Director of Health may in the exercise of discretion assign presidents of municipal boards of health to temporary duty outside the municipalities in which they are regularly  located. The travel expenses and subsistence of presidents of municipal boards of health so assigned shall be paid during such assignment from the Insular Treasury. 

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## ARTICLE VII 

## Municipal Health Districts 

SECTION 812 . Creation of Municipal Health District. — With the approval of the respective municipal councils and the approval of the Director of Health, the district health officer may organize any two or more neighboring municipalities into a municipal he alth district, and such municipalities composing a district may employ jointly a president of the municipal health district thus constituted who shall also act as president of the municipal board of health of each municipality comprised in the said municip al health district. 

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Upon the forming of a municipal health district, the local health organizations of the respective municipalities shall not be affected except as herein expressly provided. caIDSH 

SECTION 813 . Duties and Powers of President — Mode of Appointment.  — Presidents of municipal health districts shall be subject to the same requirements and provisions of law as presidents of municipal boards of health, except as to restriction of salary, a nd shall be appointed in the same manner. 

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SECTION 814 . Meetings of Boards in Municipalities Comprised in District. — In a municipality which is a component part of a municipal health district, meetings shall be held at the call of the president. 

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SECTION 815 . Salary and Travel Expense of President. — The 

