steer, cow, calf, heifer, two dollars; and for each sheep, goat, hog, one dollar; and for each goose, fifty cents; and, in addition to said several sums, the charges for keeping said animals shall be the reasonable and necessary expenses thereof, to be paid by the owner.

SEC. 6. That no person shall break open, or in any manner, directly or indirectly, aid or assist in breaking open, any pound established by the board of health, or take or let any animal out of such pound. without the consent of the officer keeping the same; nor shall any person or persons hinder, delay, or obstruct any person or persons engaged in driving or carrying to such pound any animal or animals liable to be taken up or impounded under the provisions of this ordinance; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such violation.

SEC. 7. That there shall be appointed by the board of health a poundmaster, whose duty it shall be to take up and impound all domestic animals found running at large within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, to keep safely and carefully all property pertaining to said pound, and all animals impounded therein; and to report from time to time, through the health officer, as required by this board, the condition of said pound, and what repairs, if any. are needed; and the number and description of the animals therein impounded, and what disposition has been made of the same; and to report all moneys received by him under the provisions of this ordinance. And it shall be the further duty of said poundmaster to pay over, daily, all moneys received as aforesaid to the health officer, taking receipt therefor; and said poundmaster shall give good and sufficient bonds for the proper discharge of his several duties as herein provided.

SEC. 8. That the poundmaster appointed by this board shall keep a register of all animals taken up by him, with an accurate description of the same, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public; and the said poundmaster is hereby forbidden to deliver any animal taken up and impounded to any person applying for the same, unless such person shall present good and sufficient evidence of his ownership or right to the possession of said animal.

And no sale of any animal or animals impounded as aforesaid shall be made until due public notice by advertisement in at least one newspaper of such sale shall have been given, together with a description of the animal or animals to be sold, as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 9. That any ordinance or part of an ordinance heretofore passed by the board of health of the District of Columbia, inconsistent with the foregoing, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

AN ORDINANCE To prevent the sale of unwholesome food in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, as amended by Commissioners' order of January 2, 1902, and April 21, 1903.

[See 1 Sup. R. S., 2d ed., 307.]

Be it ordained and enacted by the board of health of the District of Columbia, That no person shall knowingly sell, or cause to be sold, within the District of Columbia, any impure, diseased, decayed, or

unwholesome provisions, nor shall any person fraudulently adulterate, for the purpose of sale within said District, any bread or other material intended to be used for food with any substance of a poisonous character, or any substance injurious to health; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 2. That no person shall offer for sale within the District of Columbia any liquor used for drink, whether malt, vinous, or ardent, or the milk of cows or goats, intended to be used for food or drink, which has been adulterated with any poisonous or deleterious ingredient; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 3. That no person shall convey into the District of Columbia, and offer for sale in any part of said District, any animal or part of animal that may be sickly, diseased, or unwholesome, or which may have died from disease or accident, or any fish or vegetables not fresh, sound, and fit for food; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 4. That no person shall slaughter any cattle for the purpose of sale as food within the District of Columbia when such cattle are in a feverish or diseased condition; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 5. That no person, whether owner, manager, keeper of, agent, bartender, or clerk, in any saloon, restaurant, boarding house, or eating house, located within the District of Columbia, shall offer for sale as food or drink anything poisonous or unwholesome; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof. be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 6. That no person owning, renting, leasing, or occupying any stall, room, or stand where meats or vegetables are sold for food within the District of Columbia shall fail to keep said stall, room, or stand in a cleanly condition; nor shall such person allow said meats or vegetables to become poisoned, or infected, or unfit for food by reason of uncleanly condition of such stall, room, or stand; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 6a. That any person in the District of Columbia who receives milk or cream for sale shall, immediately after emptying the receptacle in which such milk or cream has been received, thoroughly rinse such receptacle so as to free the same from all remnants of milk and of cream, or shall cause such receptacle to be so rinsed; and no person in said district shall put or, having power and authority to prevent, permit to be put into any receptacle which is commonly used for the storage or delivery of milk or cream for sale anything which is filthy or offensive or any refuse matter of any kind. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun

ished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. (Commissioners' Regulation of April 21, 1903.)

SEC. 6b. That no occupant of any building, room, stand, stall, or other place in the District of Columbia, where cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, or other animals are slaughtered or killed, and no occupant of any building, room, stand, stall, or other place in said District where milk, game, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, groceries or other articles of food are prepared, kept, sold, or offered for sale, shall permit such place or an appurtenance thereto to be unnecessarily unclean and unwholesome. No person who slaughters or kills in said District any cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry or other animals, and no person who prepare, keeps, sells, or offers for sale any meat, game, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, groceries, or other article of food, shall permit any implement, knife, measure or utensil used in connection therewith to be unnecessarily unclean or unwholesome or in unfit condition for use in connection with the slaughtering or killing of cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, or other animals, or for the preparation, keeping, selling, offering for sale, and delivery of meat, game, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, groceries, or other articles of food.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this regulation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every offense. (Commissioners' Regulation of October 6, 1904.)

SEC. 6c. No person shall expose for sale, on any public highway or in any open market, stand, or stall in the District of Columbia, candy, cake, or bread, dates or figs, or any other food of a kind not ordinarily cooked, peeled, or washed before being eaten, unless such candy, cake, bread, dates, figs, or other article of food is effectually wrapped, or covered and enclosed, so as to protect it from dust and insects.

SEC. 6d. No person selling candy, cake, bread, dates, figs, butter, or other article of food of a kind not ordinarily cooked, peeled, or washed before being eaten, shall wrap or cover the same with newspaper or with any other paper previously used for any other purpose. SEC. 6e. No person shall expose any article of food for sale, on any public highway in the District of Columbia, within twenty-four inches from the surface of the ground, unless said article of food is covered or enclosed so as to prevent access of dogs or is constantly in the immediate presence of the owner of such article of food or of the proper representative of such owner having custody thereof.

SEC. 6f. No vendor or distributor of foods or beverages in the District of Columbia for immediate consumption on or about the place of business of such vendor or distributor shall permit any cup, glass, spoon, or fork that has been used for or in connection with the consumption of any such food or beverage to be used again for the same purpose until after it has been thoroughly washed in clean water.

Any person violating any of the provisions of Sec. 6c, Sec. 6d, Sec. 6e, or Sec. 6f, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such violation. (Commissioners' Regulation of April 24, 1906.)

SEC. 7. That no person shall offer for sale within the District of Columbia any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or swill milk, or milk from cows kept up and fed on garbage, swill, or other deleterious substance; nor shall any person offer for sale within said

District any butter or cheese made from such unwholesome milk; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 8. That on and after the passage of this ordnance it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or expose for sale within the District of Columbia any unsound, blown, or unwholesome meat or other article of food, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 9. No person shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia any sheep or lamb slaughtered for food until the pelt, head, and feet thereof shall have been removed; any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 10. No person shall throw, cast, deposit, drop, scatter, or leave or cause to be thrown, cast, deposited, dropped, scattered, or left upon any public highway or place in the District of Columbia any medicinal or toxic substance, either in package or in bulk, except officers, employees, or agents of the United States or of the District of Columbia distributing such materials for the purpose of disinfecting or cleaning; any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. (See sec. 16, act of May 7, 1906.)

SEC. 11. No person shall throw, cast, deposit, drop, scatter, or leave any medicinal or toxic substance, in package or in bulk, or cause any such substance to be thrown, cast, deposited, dropped, scattered, or left in or upon any premises in the District of Columbia without the consent of the owner or occupant of such premises, except officers, employees, or agents of the District government lawfully engaged in the disinfection of such premises; any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twentyfive dollars for each and every such offense. (See sec. 16, act of May 7, 1906.)

AN ORDINANCE To provide for the inspection of streets, food, live stock, fish, and other marine products in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and to define the duties of inspectors and other officers of the board of health.

[See 1 Sup. R. S., 2d ed., 307.]

Be it ordained and enacted by the board of health of the District of Columbia, That there shall be appointed by the board of health a health officer and such inspectors as may be required, who shall be assigned to the several duties of inspection of streets, of food, of live stock, of fish and other marine products, or detailed for the performance of such other duties as may be necessary.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the health officer, as he may be directed by this board, to execute or cause to be executed the ordinances, resolutions, and orders of the board, and generally, according to its instructions, to exercise a practical supervision in respect to inspectors, poundmasters, and the clerical force in his office; and said

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health officer shall devote his services to the aforesaid purposes as the board may direct.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each inspector of streets to visit every part of his district daily, and carefully inspect all streets, alleys, yards, and inclosures, horse and cow stables, privies, slaughterhouses, wharves, and every other place where offensive or deleterious matter may exist, and to report promptly to the health officer any and all nuisances injurious to health; and the inspectors of streets shall perform such other duties and special inspections as may be directed by the health officer.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of each inspector of food to attend the market or markets within his inspection district every morning, at the time when sales commence, and carefully inspect all meats, fowl, game, and vegetables offered for sale, and condemn, seize, and cause to be removed such as may be diseased or from any other cause rendered unfit for food. He shall also visit, as early as practicable each day, every green grocery or other place within his district where articles of food are kept for sale, and perform his duty of inspection, condemnation, seizure, and removal as hereinbefore prescribed. He shall report his official proceedings daily to the health officer, and in the performance of his duties shall be under the direction of said officer; and the inspectors of food shall perform such other duties and special inspections as may be directed by the health officer.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the inspector of live stock to carefully inspect all cattle, hogs, sheep, or other animals intended to be killed and sold for consumption as food in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and to condemn all such as may be diseased, or from any other cause rendered unfit for food; and it is hereby made the duty of said inspector to brand with the letter "C" all cattle, hogs, sheep, or other animals condemned as aforesaid, and said inspector shall report his official proceedings daily to the health officer.

SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the inspector of fish and other marine products to examine and inspect all fish, oysters, clams, lobsters, and other marine products, landing by boat, arriving by rail, or otherwise brought by any person or persons into the cities of Washington and Georgetown; and if, upon such inspection, said inspector shall find any of the said marine products to be in an unsound, diseased, or unwholesome condition, it shall be his duty to prohibit their sale; and the said inspector of fish is hereby authorized, empowered. and directed to condemn, seize, and remove any unsound, diseased, or unwholesome fish, oysters, clams, lobsters, crabs, or other marine products which may be offered for sale as food within the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

SEC. 7. That in the performance of the duties herein prescribed the inspector of fish shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to board all boats, vessels, steamboats, and cars, and to stop all vehicles believed by him to contain fish or other marine products, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this ordinance, and said inspector shall report his official proceedings daily to the health officer.

SEC. 8. That upon any cattle, meat, birds, fowls, fish or other marine products, vegetables, or other articles of food, being found by any inspector or other officer of the board of health in a condition which is, in his judgment, unwholesome and unfit for use as human food,