390 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



APPENDIX S. 



SENATE BILL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY REGULATING THE PRO- 

 DUCTION AND SALE OF MILK, CREAM, AND ICE CREAM IN THE DISTRICT 

 OF COLUMBIA. 



[S. 4986, Sixty-first Congress, second session.] 



A BILL To protect public health by regulating the production and sale of milk, cream, 

 and ice cream in and for the District of Columbia. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall (first) produce 

 for sale, hold for sale, offer for sale, or sell, or have in his custody or possession 

 with intent to sell, in the District of Columbia, milk, cream, or ice cream, as 

 such, or milk or cream to be made into ice cream for sale, or (second) bring 

 or send milk, cream, or ice cream into said District for sale as such, or milk 

 or cream to be made into ice cream for sale, unless such milk, cream, or ice 

 cream is pure and wholesome and is produced, manufactured, transported, 

 held, and offered for sale, and sold under sanitary conditions and in a sanitary 

 manner, conforming to the regulations hereinafter authorized ; nor unless nor 

 until licensed by the health officer of said District so to do; nor after any 

 license so issued to him has been suspended or revoked and during the contin- 

 uance of such suspension or revocation. 



SEC. 2. That no person shall produce for sale, hold for sale, offer for sale, 

 sell, or have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, in the District of 

 Columbia, any milk, cream, or ice cream, either in or from any store, shop, 

 establishment, or wagon or other conveyance, or in or from any container or 

 receptacle whereon or wherein is any advertisement, sign, label, design, device, 

 trade-mark, trade name, name, or statement relating to such milk, cream, or 

 ice cream, or to any ingredient or substance contained therein, or relating to 

 the inspection, composition, character, purity, origin, test, class, or sanitary 

 condition thereof, which is false or misleading in any particular or in any 

 manner calculated to deceive; nor shall any person in said District in any 

 manner whatsoever falsely represent the inspection, composition, character, 

 purity, origin, test, class, or sanitary condition of any milk, cream, or ice cream 

 which he produces for sale, holds for sale, offers for sale, sells, or has in his 

 custody or possession with intent to sell, or of any ingredient or substance con- 

 tained therein. 



SEC. 3. That no person, either for himself or as the representative, agent, 

 servant, or employee of any other person or of any firm or corporation, shall 

 offer for transportation or send, or receive for transportation or carry, from 

 any State or Territory into the District of Columbia, any milk, cream, or ice 

 cream, for sale in said District, or any milk or cream to be manufactured into 

 ice cream therein for sale, unless the person offering for transportation or 

 sending such milk, cream, or ice cream, or else the person receiving for trans- 

 portation or carrying the same, is authorized under the provisions of this act to 

 bring or send such milk, cream, or ice cream into said District. 



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

 Columbia, and of such agents and employees in the service of the health de- 

 partment as he may designate for that purpose, to enforce the provisions of 

 this act and of all regulations made by authority thereof; and said health 

 officer and agents and employees are hereby authorized, in the performance of 

 the duty aforesaid, to enter and inspect all places where milk, cream, or ice 

 cream is sold or held, offered, or produced for sale in or for the District of 

 Columbia, and to inspect all milk, cream, and ice cream therein, and all cattle, 

 appliances, apparatus, utensils, and materials used in connection therewith, 

 and to board and examine all cars, boats, wagons, and other vehicles, and to 

 stop all wagons and other vehicles for that purpose. No person shall interfere 

 with said health officer or with any agent or employee aforesaid in the per- 

 formance of his official duty, nor shall any person hinder, prevent, or refuse to 

 permit any inspection or examination aforesaid. 



SEC. 5. That for the purposes of this act, and of any regulations made by 

 virtue hereof, any particular milk, cream, or ice cream shall be conclusively 

 presumed to be held and offered for sale, and held in custody or possession 

 with intent to sell, which, whether in bulk or in containers, is mingled with the 

 common stock of milk, cream, or ice cream, as the case may be, kept in or about 



