26:3-40.Ā  Visiting nurses;Ā  appointment;Ā  salaries
The local board having charge of the public health in any city of the firstĀ  class may appoint and designate nurses, who shall be regularly graduated from aĀ  recognized training school of nurses, to act as nurses in such dispensary andĀ  to render such services as may be required of them in attendance upon the sickĀ  poor of such city.

The salaries of such nurses shall be fixed by the local board, but in no event shall exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars per month and shall be chargeable to the appropriation providing for such dispensary.