890 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Suss. II. Cris. 91-1, 920. 1907. Persons required ro Sec. 2, The term "person in charge of any patient,” as used in this gm "°°l°°' Act, shall be held to mean, first, each physician inattendance on, called in to visit, or examining a patient, unless called rn to visit or examining the patient solely as a consultantto a physician already in attendance; second, in the absence or· disability of any physician aforesaid, or in event of default on the part of such physicran, the head of the family to which the patient belongs; third, 1D the absence or disability of such (person, or in event of default on the palrt of the physrpran aforesai , the nearest relative or relatives of suc patient presen on the remises and in attendance on such patient; fourth, in the absence or disability of all persons aforesaid, or in event of default on the "“I’ °€ thi %h¥Sl€§2T£ZZ'S$“{$i,‘”?{Z£;£lT3'Lrl'§,Zf-I1’.'1“S“rILi?u‘g“i.T`£f.l$ 1en . n n · .· · 1 _ hgpacity of physicians, attending, visiting, or examining any patient suffering from any d1sease aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence that any person so doing was aware of the nature of such disease. _ _ ,P¤¤¤1¤* for mk- Sec. 3. That any person who violates or aids or assists in violating "°°` any of the provisions of this Act shall be punished, upon convrctron thereof, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprison- 1’¤>¤e¤¤¤i¤>¤¤ ment for not more than thirty. days. Prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia on inform_ation_s1gned by the corporation counsel of said Dpstpictb or by or;e(oflhisIass:i;s»mnts(i R¤:¤1•¤¤¤¤- Sec. 4. That the Commissioners 0 the istricto `o um ia e an they are hereby, authorised to make such regulations as they deem necessar r for the reventron of the s read of d1 htherra, scarlet fever, 3 P P P _ _ measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, and typhoid ever, and to aHix_to_ such regulations such penalties as in the prdgmenf of said Commissioners are necessary to secure comp iance therew1t . _ E”°°*“"°"°"“· Sec. 5. That this Act shall take eifect from_and after sixty days after its passage, and from and after the expiration of said period an Vgé 2*% P- ***1- *°· Act entitled "An Act to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphp°°theria in the District of Columcpia,"Aapprove}ddl{e¢jpn1lA/fr twentieth, Vol- 32- P- 3- *°· eighteen hundred and ninety an an ct entitle n ct to require P°°l°d` cages of typhoid fever occuriring in the District of Columbia, t0_ be reported to the health department of said Dist1iict," approved Bebruary fourth, nineteen |1undred and two, and all other Acts and parts of Acts contrary to the provisions of this Act, or inconsistent t_ eremg&Q;{g,fs¤*$’ °' with, be, and the game arp perebly, repealed; audi any} money atvarilagle ' i at the time of said repea or the execu ion an en or·cemen 0 e Acts named bc, and hereby is, made available for the execution and enforcement of the prcvisrons of this Act and_of regnlatrons made by authority thereof; but for any act done or omitted in vrolatron of the provisions of either of the Acts named above (prior to the repeal of said Acts prosecutions may be instituted, an if already mstrtuted may be continued, in accordance with the provisions of said Acts, _ notwithstanding that said Act has been repealed for all purposes othe1· than the institution and the continuance of such prosecutions. Approved, February 9, 1907. ‘ i"•¥'>*'¤*¤’>' l}·1°°7· CHAP. 920.-An Act To fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts for
the northern district of West Virginia. `
[Public, No. S2.] _ _ Be it enacted by t/w Senate and Ibuae of Representatives of the United §,¥‘,§f$,§‘Q,§’§,CQ§‘n'l§; States of America in Oongreas assembled, That so much of the Act of ¤¤’e,i,·{di¤g¤;¤ ¤;j·**i;=g·, Congpeiss approved Janiuary twentyé-second, nineteerp hundred and one, ended. ’' entitl an “Act to ivide the tate of iNest irginia into two am judicial districts," as relates to the time of holding the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the north-
