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inent or derangement of the functions of the body by the temporary or continuous 

 use of the unwholesome product ; and the term " impure " shall be construed 

 to mean natural change or decomposition of normal constituents, or absorption 

 of or commingling with deleterious gases, liquids, or solids: Provided, That in 

 a warrant, indictment, or legal paper or proceeding the term " impure " as 

 applied to a food product shall be a good and sufficient description of the terms 

 " adulterated," " sophisticated," " unwholesome,", " unsound," " tainted," " rot- 

 ten," ' partly decomposed," or " impure " as used in this article, or of two or 

 more of these terms. 



[Ord. 87, May 16, 1894, sec. 6; ord. 130, July 9, 1894; ord. 62, Mar. 19, 1894.] 



63. Any person or persons who violate, disobey, neglect, or refuse to comply 

 with any of the provisions of the six next preceding sections of this article 

 shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $100 for each 

 offense. And the milk or food products in the possession of the person or per- 

 sons so violating, disobeying, refusing, or neglecting to comply with the pro- 

 visions of this ordinance may be confiscated and destroyed by the inspector 

 examining the same. 



[City Code (1879), art. 23, sec. 33; City Code (1893), art. 23, sec. 50.] 



126. Stables. If any person having a cow or cows, horse or horses in any 

 stable within the city, shall keep the same in such manner that the filth and 

 stench therefrom shall become offensive to or annoy any neighbor or other per- 

 son, the person keeping such cow or horse, as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay 

 for each offense $5, and the further sum of $5 for each and every day the 

 nuisance shall be suffered to remain, notice having first been given to the party 

 offending. (Metropolitan Sav. Bank v. Manion, 87 Md., 68; King v. Hamil, 

 97 Md., 103.) 



[City Code (1879), art. 23, sec. 12; City Code (1893), art. 23, sec. 21.] 



202. Fines and penalties. If any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to 

 comply with any order or notice of the commissioner of health, authorized by 

 the provisions of any section of this article, and no other penalty is herein pro- 

 vided for such neglect or refusal, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay 

 the sum of $20 for each offense, and $5 for every day that such neglect or 

 refusal shall continue. 



203. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred by any violation of this 

 article shall be recovered as other fines, forfeitures, and penalties imposed for 

 the violation of city ordinances are recoverable, and the moneys so collected 

 shall be paid to the comptroller. 



203A. No prosecution of any person or corporation on a charge of violating 

 any law, ordinance, or regulation relating to or governing the sale of milk or 

 cream in Baltimore city shall be had or maintained unless at the initial stage 

 thereof such prosecution shall have been authorized and directed by the written 

 order of the commissioner of health, signed by him or by an assistant commis- 

 sioner of health, such written order to be filed with the papers in the pro- 

 ceeding. 



HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. Milk or cream shall not be kept for sale nor stored in any stable or room 

 used for sleeping or domestic purposes, or in any room having any communica- 

 tion with such stable or rooms or with water-closet apartments. 



2. Milk or cream must not be sold or stored in any room which is dark, 

 poorly ventilated or dirty,, or in which rubbish or useless material is allowed 

 to accumulate, or where there are offensive odors. 



3. Cans or other receptacles containing milk or cream for sale shall not be 

 allowed to stand on the sidewalk or outside the store door. 



4. Cans in which milk or cream is kept for sale shall be kept either in a 

 milk tub, properly cooled, or in a clean ice box or refrigerator, in which only 

 these or similar articles of food are stored, and the said milk or cream shall 

 be kept at a temperature not more than 50 F. 



