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to the presence of less than four per centum of absolute acetic acid ; and cider 

 vinegar, if it is not made from the pure apple juice and contains less than one 

 and five-tenths per centum of total solids; fourteenth, in the case of cider, if it 

 is not made from the legitimate product of pure apple juice ; in the case of wines 

 and fruit juices, if not made from the pure fruit as represented; and in the case 

 of cider, wines, fruit juices, and malt liquors, if not free from salicylic acid or 

 other preservatives ; and in the case of malt liquors, if not free from picric acid, 

 cocculus indicus, colchicine, colocynth, aloes, and wormwood; fifteenth, in the 

 case of glucose, if it contains more than five one-hundredths per centum of ash ; 

 sixteenth, in the case of flour, if it is not composed entirely of one single ground 

 cereal ; seventeenth, in the case of bread, if there is any addition of alum, sul- 

 phate of copper, borax, or sulphate of zinc, or other poisonous or harmful in- 

 gredient, and if it contains more than thirty-one per centum of moisture, more 

 than two per centum of ash, and less than six and twenty-five one hundredths 

 per centum of albuminoids; eighteenth, in the case of olive oil, if it is not made 

 exclusively from the olive berry (Olea europea), and its specific gravity at 

 fifteen and six-tenths degree centigrade (sixty degrees Fahrenheit) "actual 

 density" to be not more than nine hundred and seventeen one-thousands nor 

 less than nine hundred and fourteen one-thousandths : Provided, That an offense 

 shall not be deemed to be committed under this section in the following cases, 

 that is to say, first, where the order calls for an article of food or drug inferior 

 to such standard, or where such difference is made known by being plainly 

 written or printed on the package ; second, where the article of food or drug is 

 mixed with any matter or ingredient not injurious to health and not intended 

 fraudulently to increase its bulk, weight, or measure, or conceal its inferior 

 quality, if at the time such article is delivered to the purchaser it is made 

 known to him that such article of food or drug is so mixed. 



SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of 

 Columbia, under the direction of the Commissioners of said District, to adopt 

 such measures as may be necessary to facilitate the enforcement hereof, and 

 prepare rules and regulations with regard to the proper method of collecting 

 and examining drugs and articles of food in said District. 



SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the health officer to investigate a com- 

 plaint for a violation of any of the provisions of this act on the information of 

 any person who lays before him satisfactory evidence by which to substantiate 

 such complaint 



SEC. 6. That 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. 



SEC. 7. That 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 complaint the reserved 

 portion alleged to be adulterated shall, upon application, be delivered to the 

 defendant or his attorney. 



SEC. 8. That no person shall hinder, obstruct, or in any way interfere with 

 any inspector, analyst, or other person of the health department in the per- 

 formance of his duty in carrying out the provisions of this act. 



SEC. 9. That 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. 



SEC. 10. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and 

 the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That nothing in this act contained 

 shall be construed as modifying or repealing any of the provisions of "An act 

 defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, 

 importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August second, 

 eighteen hundred and eighty-six, or of "An act defining cheese, and also im- 

 posing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and 

 exportation of ' filled cheese,' " approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-six. 



Approved, February 17, 1898. 



