TESTIMONY OF JOHN BLAKE WHITE. 13 



Board of Health of the Health Department of the City of New York, 

 do hereby certify that the foregoing printed ' Sanitary Code,' 

 namely, from page 38 to page 94, both inclusive, is a true copy of 

 the original ordinances and amendments thereto, on file in my office, 

 and the whole thereof, and are now in full force and effect, and en- 

 titled to full credence as such ordinances and amendments and were 

 duly adopted and confirmed by said Board of Health, agreeable to 

 the provisions of the law of the State of New York, entitled ' An 

 act to reorganize the local government of the city of New York/ 

 passed April 30, 1873, as amended by an act, entitled ' An act to 

 amend chapter 335, of the Laws of 1873,' and passed June 13, 1873. 

 In witness whereof I have hereto set my official hand 

 SEAL*- an( ^ an ^ xe( ^ ^ ne g^at seal of the said Health De- 



: : partment, this 10th day of October, 1874, A. D. 



EMMONS CLAEK, 



Secretary." 



Then we offer as to the certificate, section 12, chapter 636 of 

 the Laws of 1874, which is as follows : 



" Copies of the record of the proceedings of said Board, with its 

 rules, regulations, ordinances, bills, and books, and papers con- 

 stituting part of its archives, when authenticated by its Secretary, 

 or Secretary, pro tern., shall be presumptive evidence, and the 

 authentication be taken as presumptively correct in any court of 

 justice or judicial proceeding, when they may be relevant to the 

 point or matter in controversy, facts, statements, and recitals there- 

 in contained." 



(Objected to on the ground that it is incompetent and irrelevant ; 

 objection overruled ; exception.) 



JOHN BLAKE WHITE, sworn and examined, testified as follows : 



Q. "What is your profession ? A. Physician. 



Q. How long have you been a physician ? A. About two years 

 and a half. 



Q. Are you connected with the Health Department ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. In what capacity ? A. Assistant Sanitary Inspector. 



Q. How long have you been so associated with the Health De- 

 partment ? A. I will have been a year next May. 



Q. Since May, 1876, then ? A. Since May, 1876. 



