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Sec. 13. (Repealed by act of February 17, 1898. See Weigand v. D. C., 31 
Wasb. Law Rep., 730.) 
Sec. 14. That prosecutions under this act shall be in the police court of said 
District, on information signed by the attorney of the District or one of his 
assistants, and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be pun- 
ished for the first offense by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than 
twenty-five dollars, to be collected as other fines and penalties, or by imprison- 
ment in the workhouse for a period of not more than thirty days, and for the 
second offense and each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the work- 
house for ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion 
of the court, and if the person so convicted of a second or subsequent offense 
hold a permit under this act, the same shall be canceled and no permit shall 
be issued to said person for a period of six months : Provided, That any person 
or persons under this act shall have the privilege, when demanded, of a trial 
by jury as in other jury cases in the police court. 
Sec. 15. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing be, 
and the same are hereby, repealed. 
Approved, March 2, 1895. 
AN ACT Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia. 
[30 Stats., 246.] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled, That no person shall, within the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or 
agent of any other person, sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or 
possession with the intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or 
exchange, any article of food or drug which is adulterated within the meaning 
of this act. 
Sec. 2. That the term “ drug,” as used in this act, shall include all medicines 
for external or internal use, antiseptics, disinfectants, and cosmetics. The term 
“ food,” as used herein, shall include confectionery, condiments, and all articles 
used for food or drink by man, and if there be more than one quality of any 
article of food or drug known by the same name the best quality thereof shall 
be furnished to the purchaser, unless he otherwise requests at the time of mak- 
ing such purchase, or unless he be notified at such time of the inferior quality 
of the article delivered. 
Sec. 3. That an article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning 
of this act : 
(a) In the case of drugs: First, if, when sold under or by a name recognized 
in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, 
quality, or purity laid down in the edition thereof at the time official ; second, 
if, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia, but which is found in the German, French, or English Pharmacopoeia, 
it differs from the strength, quality, or purity laid down therein ; third, if, when 
sold as a patented medicine, compounded drug, or mixture it is not composed of 
all the ingredients advertised or printed or written on the bottles, wrappers, or 
labels of or on or with the patented medicine, compounded drug, or mixture: 
Provided, That if the defendant in any prosecution under this act, in respect to 
the sale of any such patented medicine, compounded drug, or mixture, shall 
