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regulations with regard to the proper method of collecting and examining drugs 

 and articles of food in said District. 



5. Health officer to investujate complaints of violations. It shall be the duty 

 of the health officer to investigate a complaint for a violation of any of the pro- 

 visions of this Act on the information cf any person who lays before him satis- 

 factory evidence by which to substantiate such complaint. 



6. Samples to be furnished. Every person offering for sale or delivering to 

 any purchaser any drug or article of food included in the provisions of this Act 

 shall furnish to any analyst or other officer or agent of the health department, 

 who shall apply to him for the purpose and shall tender him the value of the 

 same, a sample sufficient for the purpose of analysis of any such drug or article 

 of food which is in his possession. 



7. Portion of sample to l)c reserved. In all cases where any drug or article of 

 food shall be taken as a sample to be examined and analyzed the person making 

 the analysis shall reserve a portion of the sample, which shall be sealed, for a 

 period of thirty days from the time of taking such sample, and in case of a 

 complaint the reserved portion alleged to be adulterated shall, upon applica- 

 tion, be delivered to the defendant or his attorney. 



8. Unlawful to hinder inspector. No person shall hinder, obstruct, or in any 

 way interfere with any inspector, analyst or other person of the health depart- 

 ment in the performance of his duty in carrying out the provisions of this Act 



9. Penalty. All prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police court of said 

 District, on information brought in the name of the District of Columbia, and 

 on its behalf ; and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 

 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 

 punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. Approved, February 17, 1898. 



U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 30, p. 240 et seq. 

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