394 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



APPENDIX V. 



AMENDMENT TO HEALTH ORDINANCES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SPECIFYING 

 ACTUAL CONTENT FOR MILK BOTTLES, ETC.; PROMULGATED MAY 28, 

 1906. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICE, 

 COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 



Washington, May 28, 1906. 



Ordered: That the health ordinances of the District of Columbia be, and 

 they are hereby, amended by adding thereto the following : 



ESTABLISHING A LIMIT OF TOLERANCE ON MILK BOTTLES OR JARS. 



JULY 29, 1901. 



Ordered: That the schedule of fees for inspecting and sealing glass bottles or 

 jars used for the distribution or delivery of milk or cream to consumers, 

 adopted June 17, 1901, and suspended July 1 and July 10, 1901, is hereby 

 amended to read as follows, to take effect on and after the 1st of August, 1901 : 



That the glass bottles or jars used for the distribution or delivery of milk or 

 cream to consumers, that hold, when filled to a level with the bottom of the cap 

 or stopple, not less than 7 ounces and 6 drams and not over 8 ounces and 2 

 drams for one-half pint measure; not less than 15 ounces and 5 drams and not 

 over 16 ounces and 4 drams for 1 pint; not less than 31 ounces and 4 drams 

 and not over 32 ounces and 4 drams for 1 quart ; not less than 47 ounces and 

 3 drams and not over 48 ounces and 5 drams for 3 pints ; not less than 63 ounces 

 and 2 drams and not over 64 ounces and 6 drams for one-half gallon, shall be 

 sealed as measures and that all dealers in milk who use glass bottles or jars for 

 the distribution or delivery of milk or cream to consumers shall be charged a 

 fee of 50 cents per hundred bottles for such inspection and sealing. 



APPENDIX W. 



AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LABELING OF MILK VESSELS IN DISTRICT OF 

 COLUMBIA, APPROVED FEBRUARY 27, 1907. 



AN ACT To amend section eight hundred and seventy-eight of the Code of Law for the 



District of Columbia. 



[34 Stats., 1006.] 



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

 of America in Congress assembled, That section eight hundred and seventy- 

 eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia be, and the same is 

 hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: 



" SEC. 878a. That the following words shall, in addition to their ordinary 

 meaning, have the meaning herein given : The word ' person ' or ' persons,' in 

 sections eight hundred and seventy-eight b, c, d, e, and g, inclusive, shall include 

 ' firms ' or ' corporations; ' the word ' vessel ' or ' vessels,' in sections eight hun- 

 dred and seventy-eight b, c, d, and e, shall include ' cans,' ' bottles,' * siphons,' 

 and ' boxes ; ' the word ' mark ' or ' marks ' shall include ' labels,' ' trade-marks,' 

 and all other methods of distinguishing ownership in vessels, whether printed 

 upon labels or blown into bottles or engraved and impressed upon cans or boxes. 



" SEC. 878b. That persons engaged in producing, manufacturing, bottling, or 

 selling milk or cream, or any other lawful beverage composed principally of 

 milk, in vessels, with their name, trade-mark, or other distinctive mark, and 

 the word ' registered ' branded, engraved, blown, or otherwise produced thereon, 

 or on which a pasted trade-mark label is put upon which the word ' registered ' 

 is also distinctly printed, may file with the clerk of the supreme court of the 

 District of Columbia a description, by facsimile, or a sample of an original 

 package so marked or branded or blown, showing plainly such names and 

 marks thereon, together with their name in full, or their corporate name, and 

 also their place of business in the District of Columbia, and if so filed shall 



