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in said District, when said regulations do not conflict with the law of the State I 
in which said dairy or dairy farm is located, and that said dairy or dairy farm c 
may be inspected at any time without notice by the health officer of the District i 
of Columbia or his duly appointed representative: Provided, That said permit 
may be suspended or revoked at any time without notice by said health officer 
whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection i 
by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox, ' 
splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, or yellow fever, so as to i 
render its distribution dangerous to public health. 
Sec. 3. That no person suffering from, or who has knowingly, within a period | 
specifled by the health officer of the District of Columbia, been exposed to diph- I 
theria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, smallpox, anthrax, or other dangerous con- : 
tagious disease, shall work or assist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no i 
proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any dairy or dairy farm within i 
the District of Columbia shall knowingly permit any person suffering, or ex- i 
posed as aforesaid,, to work or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm. 
Sec. 4. That all milk wagons shall have the name of the owner, the number i 
of permit, and the location of dairy from which said wagons haul milk, painted t 
thereon plainly and legibly. 
Sec. 5. That all grocers, bakers, and other persons having or offering for sale 
milk shall at all times keep the name or names of the dairymen from whom the ! 
milk on sale shall have been obtained posted up in a conspicuous place wherever ■ 
such milk may be sold or kept for sale. 
Sec. 6. That no person shall offer or have for sale in the District of Columbia ' 
any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or milk known as swill milk, i 
or milk from cows that are fed on swill, garbage, or other like substance, nor i 
any butter or cheese made from any such milk. i 
Sec. 7. (Repealed by act of February 17, 1898. See Wiegand v. D. C., 31 i 
Wash. Law Rep., 730.) ' 
Sec. 8. That no person shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody i 
or possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, skimmed milk containing j 
less than nine and three-tenths per cent of milk solids, inclusive of fat. 
Sec. 9. That no dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a dealer, shall ; 
sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession with intent to | 
sell, exchange, or deliver, milk from which the cream, or any part thereof, has ji 
been removed, unless in a conspicuous place, above the center or upon the out- |i 
side of every vessel, can, or package thereof, in which milk is sold, the words r 
“ skimmed milk ” are distinctly marked in gothic letters, not less than one inch |( 
in length. ! 
Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or offer j 1 
for sale, within the District of Columbia, milk taken from any cow less than 
fifteen days before or ten days after parturition, or from any cow which is i 
known to be suffering from tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax, or any general I 
or local disease which is liable to render the milk from said cow unwholesome. Ji 
Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of Co- | 
lumbia, under direction of the Commissioners of said District, to make and j 
enforce regulations to secure proper water supply, drainage, ventilation, air | 
space, floor space, and cleaning of all dairies and dairy farms within said j 
District; t© secure the isolation of cattle suffering from any contagious disease, u 
and to carry into effect the provisions of this act. j 
Sec. 12. That the health officer of the District of Columbia, or his duly ap- " | 
pointed assistants, shall have the right to enter, without previous notice, for 
the purpose of inspection, any dairy or dairy farm within said District. 
