292 THE HOUSE FLY—DISEASE CARRIER 
Executive Department 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
Washington, December i, 1909. 
Ordered : 
That Section 60 of “An Ordinance to prevent the sale 
of unwholesome food in the cities of Washington and 
Georgetown” as amended by orders of the Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby 
amended so as to read as follows: 
Sec. 60. No person shall expose for sale on any pub¬ 
lic highway or in any uninclosed market, store, shop, 
stand, or stall, or in any open lot, or transport over any 
public highway to any place for sale there or elsewhere, 
in the District of Columbia, any meat, fish, plucked 
poultry or game bird, dressed rabbit or squirrel, butter, 
butterine, oleomargarine, lard, lard compound or sub¬ 
stitute, cheese, candy, cake, bread, dates, figs, or any 
food whatsoever of a kind not commonly washed, peeled, 
shelled or cooked, before eaten, unless the same be then 
and there effectually and in a cleanly manner wrapped, 
or covered and enclosed, so as to protect it from dust and 
insects. 
No person shall expose for Sale in any place aforesaid 
between April 1st and October 31st, inclusive, of any 
year, any fresh meat or fresh fish unless said meat or fish, 
while thus exposed, be kept at a temperature not exceed¬ 
ing fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit. 
Official copy furnished. 
By order: 
WM. TINDALL, 
Secretary. 
Officially published in the Washington Post, December 
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