392 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



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 continuance 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 possesson 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 man- 

 ner 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 contained 

 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 transportation 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 

 department 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 

 any store, shop, establishment, farm, or premises, or any wagon or other vehicle, 

 in, on, or from which such article or articles generally are produced for sale, 

 held for sale, or sold, or held in custody or possession with intent to sell. 



SEC. 6. That any person who for himself, or as the employee or agent of 

 another person, or as a member, officer, employee, or agent of a firm or cor- 

 poration violates, or aids in the violation of any of the provisions of this act, or 

 of any regulations promulgated by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 

 bia under the provisions thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 

 forty dollars, or by imprisonment for no,t more than twenty days. 



SEC. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are 

 hereby, authorized and empowered to make, promulgate, modify, and amend 

 from time to time such regulations as in their judgment may be necessary 

 to fix the classes and standards and the conditions and manner under which 

 milk, cream, and ice cream must be produced, manufactured, transported, held, 

 and offered for sale, and sold, in Border to entitle the person, firm, or corpora- 

 tion producing, manufacturing, transporting, holding, or offering for sale or 

 selling the same to receive and to hold a license so to do, and to govern 

 the issue, suspension, and revocation of licenses aforesaid. And in the exer- 

 cise of the authority conferred by this act and in the execution of the 

 provisions hereof and of such regulations as may be promulgated under its 

 authority said commissioners shall, whenever in their judgment it is expedient 

 so to do, request the assistance of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secre- 



