292 THE HOUSE FLY— DISEASE CARRIER 



Executive Department 

 Commissioners of the District of Columbia 



Washington, December i, 1909. 

 Ordered : 



That Section 60 of "An Ordinance to prevent the sale 

 of unwholesome food in the cities of Washington and 

 Georgetown" as amended by orders of the Commissioners 

 of the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby 

 amended so as to read as follows : 



Sec. 60. No person shall expose for sale on any pub- 

 lic highway or in any uninclosed market, store, shop, 

 stand, or stall, or in any open lot, or transport over any 

 public highway to any place for sale there or elsewhere, 

 in the District of Columbia, any meat, fish, plucked 

 poultry or game bird, dressed rabbit or squirrel, butter, 

 butterine, oleomargarine, lard, lard compound or sub- 

 stitute, cheese, candy, cake, bread, dates, figs, or any 

 food whatsoever of a kind not commonly washed, peeled, 

 shelled or cooked, before eaten, unless the same be then 

 and there effectually and in a cleanly manner wrapped, 

 or covered and enclosed, so as to protect it from dust and 

 insects. 



No person shall expose for sale in any place aforesaid 

 between April ist and October 31st, inclusive, of any 

 year, any fresh meat or fresh fish unless said meat or fish, 

 while thus exposed, be kept at a temperature not exceed- 

 ing fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit. 



Official copy furnished. 

 By order: 



WM. TINDALL, 



Secretary. 



Officially published in the Washington Post, December 

 3, 1909. 



