316 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



$100, and for any subsequent offense not less than $100 or imprisonment not to 

 exceed 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 7. Any town may at any time accept the provisions of sections 2 to 7, in- 

 clusive, of this chapter by vote of the town council thereof and by filing in the 

 office of the secretary of state a copy of such vote of acceptance duly cer- 

 tified by the town clerk thereof; whereupon the foregoing provisions of this 

 chapter shall apply to such town for the purpose of granting and issuing such 

 licenses, and at the expiration of 30 days from such filing shall wholly apply 

 to such town for all purposes therein, and the town council thereof shall have 

 all the powers conferred thereby upon the board of aldermen of any such city. 



SEC. 8. The mayor and aldermen of any city, and the town council of any 

 town, may annually elect one or more persons to be inspectors of milk therein, 

 who shall be engaged to the faithful discharge of the duties of their office. 

 Every such inspector shall give notice of his election by publishing notice thereof 

 for two weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town for which he 

 shall be elected ; or, if no newspaper be published therein, by posting up such 

 notice in two or more public places- in such city or town : Provided, That the 

 mayor and aldermen of the city of Providence shall annually, in the month of 

 August, elect such person or persons to be inspectors of milk, and may, at any 

 time during the year thereafter, fill by election any vacancy occurring by reason 

 of death, resignation, absence from the city, or inability to act. 



SEC. 9. Any inspector of milk of any town or city may appoint, subject to the 

 approval of the town council or the mayor and aldermen, one person as col- 

 lector of samples, except in the city of Providence, where two may be appointed, 

 who shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties and liabilities 

 provided by law relative to the taking of specimens or samples, as an inspector 

 of milk. All specimens or samples taken and retained by any such collector 

 shall be delivered to such inspector, who shall have the same powers and duties 

 relative to the same as in case of specimens or samples taken by himself. Such 

 inspector at any time may revoke the appointment of any such collector and, 

 subject to the approval aforesaid, appoint another person in his stead. Such 

 collector upon being appointed shall be duly engaged to the faithful discharge 

 of his duties before the city or town clerk, who shall keep a record thereof; 

 and shall receive such salary as the mayor and aldermen or town council shall 

 determine. 



SEC. 10. Every inspector of milk shall have an office and a book for the purpose 

 of recording the names and places of business of all persons engaged in the sale 

 of milk within" the limits of his town. He may enter any place where milk is 

 stored or kept for sale and examine all carriages used in the conveyance of 

 milk, and whenever he has reason to believe any milk found by him is adul- 

 terated, he shall take specimens thereof and cause the same to be analyzed or 

 otherwise satisfactorily tested, the result of which he shall record and preserve 

 as evidence; and a certificate of such result, sworn to by the analyzer, shall be 

 admissible in evidence in all prosecutions under this chapter. Such inspector 

 shall receive such compensation as the mayor and aldermen or town council 

 shall determine. 



SEC. 11. Whenever the inspector of milk shall have reason to believe that 

 adulterated produce or food is being sold or kept for sale contrary to law, he 

 shall take at least two specimens from the same package or bulk as samples 

 thereof, such specimens, if sold, not to exceed in weight 1 pound each, and if 

 liquid, not to exceed in measure 1 pint each. He shall take said samples in the 

 presence of the owner or his agent, and shall seal and label the same in the 

 presence of such owner or agent, said labels to state the kind of provisions or 

 food and the name of the seller, and shall then and there deliver one of said 

 samples to such owner or agent. 



SEC. 12. Whoever, engaging in or being engaged in the business of selling milk 

 and conveying the same for sale, neglects to cause his name and place of busi- 

 ness to be recorded in the inspector's book and his name to be legibly and 

 conspicuously placed and constantly kept upon all carriages and vehicles 

 used by him in the conveyance of milk or in the sale thereof, and whoever, 

 being engaged in the business of selling milk and conveying the same for 

 sale, shall neglect to renew such record annually between the 1st day 

 of February and the 1st day of March, shall be fined $20 for the first 

 offense and $50 for the second and each subsequent offense; and whoever 

 offers for sale milk produced from cows fed upon the refuse of distilleries or 

 any substance deleterious to the quality of the milk, and whoever offers for sale 

 milk produced from sick or diseased cows, shall be fined $20 for the first offense 

 and $50 for every subsequent offense; and whoever, in the employment of an- 



