384 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. 



health officer whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed 

 to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, 

 smallpox, splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, or yellow fever, 

 so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health. 



SEC. 2. That no person shall bring or send into the District of Columbia for 

 sale any milk without a permit so to do from the health officer of said District ; 

 application for said permit shall be made in writing, upon a form prescribed by 

 said health officer, and shall be accompanied by such detailed description of the 

 dairy farm or dairy where said milk is produced or stored as said health officer 

 may require, and by a sworn statement as to the physical condition of the cattle 

 supplying said milk: Provided, That no applicant for said permit shall be 

 restrained from conducting business until said application has been acted upon 

 by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. 

 If after examination of said application said health officer is satisfied that said 

 milk will be brought into the District of Columbia for sale or consumption 

 without danger to public health, he shall issue, without charge to the applicant, 

 a permit so to do, on condition that none but pure and unadulterated milk shall 

 be, with knowledge of its impurity, brought into said District ; that in the man- 

 agement of said dairy or dairy farm said applicant shall be governed by the 

 regulations of the health office of the District of Columbia, approved by the 

 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, issued for dairies and dairy farms 

 in said District, when said regulations do not conflict with the law of the State 

 in which said dairy or dairy farm is located, and that said dairy or dairy farm 

 may be inspected at any time without notice by the health officer of the District 

 of Columbia or his duly appointed representative: Provided, That said permit 

 may be suspended or revoked at any time without notice by said health officer 

 whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection 

 by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox, 

 splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, or yellow fever, so as to 

 render its distribution dangerous to public health. 



SEC. 3. That no person suffering from, or who has knowingly, within a period 

 specified by the health officer of the District of Columbia, been exposed to diph- 

 theria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, smallpox, anthrax, or other dangerous con- 

 tagious disease, shall work or assist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no 

 proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any dairy or dairy farm within the 

 District of, Columbia shall knowingly permit any person suffering, or exposed as 

 aforesaid, to work or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm. 



SEC. 4. That all milk wagons shall have the name of the owner, the number 

 of permit, and the location of dairy from which said wagons haul milk, painted 

 thereon plainly and legibly. 



SEC. 5. That all grocers, bakers, and other persons having or offering for sale 

 milk shall at all times keep the name or names of the dairymen from whom the 

 milk on sale shall have been obtained posted up in a conspicuous place wherever 

 such milk may be sold or kept for sale. 



SEC. 6. That no person shall offer or have for sale in the District of Columbia 

 any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or milk known as swill milk, 

 or milk from cows that are fed on swill, garbage, or other like substance, nor 

 any butter or cheese made from any such milk. 



SEC. 7. (Repealed by act of February 17, 1898. See Wiegand v. D. C., 31 

 Wash. Law Rep., 730.) 



SEC. 8. That no person shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody 

 or possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, skimmed milk containing 

 less than nine and three-tenths per cent of milk solids, inclusive of fat. 



SEC. 9. That no dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a dealer, shall 

 sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession with intent to 

 sell, exchange, or deliver, milk from which the cream, or any part thereof, has 

 been removed, unless in a conspicuous place, above the center or upon the out- 

 side of every vessel, can, or package thereof, in which milk is sold, the words 

 " skimmed milk " are distinctly marked in gothic letters, not less than one inch 

 in length. 



SEC. 10. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or offer 

 for sale, within the District of Columbia, milk taken from any cow less than 

 fifteen days before or ten days after parturition, or from any cow which is 

 known to be suffering from tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax, or any general 

 or local disease which is liable to render the milk from said cow unwholesome. 



SEC. 11. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of Co- 

 lumbia, under direction of the commissioners of said District, to make and 



