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7]() FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 164. 1895. Pn>¤i!·>¢· cattle supplying said milk: Provided, That no applicant for said per- A"h°°u°"’ °t°` mit hall be restrained from conducting business until said appl1cation has been acted upon by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. If after examination of aid apphcation said health officerzis satisfied that said milk will be brought into the District of Columbia for sale or consumption without danger to public health, he shall issue, without charge to the applicant, a permit so to do, on condition that none but pure and unadulterated milk shall be, with knowledge of its impurity, brought into said District; that in the management of said dairy or dairy farm said applicant shall be overned by the regulations of the health office of the District of Dolumbia, approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, issued for dairies and dairy farms in said District, when said regulations do not conflict with the law of the State in which said dairy or dairy farm is located,' and that said dairy or dairy farm may be inspected at any time without notice by the health officer of the Dis- P¤¤¤i¢9 M¤k¤¤ in trict 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 upply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria,erysipe1as, scarlet fever, small-pox, splenic fever, tuberculo is, typhoid fever, typhus fever or yellow fever, so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health. · W¤rki¤z¤f•ii¤¤=~¤¤·i Sec. 3. That no person suffering from, or who has knowingly, within £f¤”3‘§I§i°°°°id°° f"` a period speciied by the health officer of the District of Columbia, been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, small-pox, anthrax, or other dangerous contagious disease, shall work or assist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any dairy or dairy farm within the District of Columbia shall knowingly permit any person suderin g, or exposed as aforesaid, to work or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm. Siam ·>¤ milk WS- Sec. 4. That all milk wagons shall have the name of the owner, the °"‘ number of permit, and the location of dairy from which said wagons haul milk, painted thereon plainly and legibly. sm,. by gmm, Sec. 5. That all grocers, bakers, and other persons having or oder- . °“’· ing 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 ui; in a conspicuous place wherever such milk may be sold or kept for sa e. » sus tr unwhule· Sec. 6. That no person shall oder or have for sale in the District of · Q{};Qe,,"f‘“"· °‘°·· l"°‘ Columbia any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or milk known as swill milk, or milk from cows that are fed on swill, garbage, ormher like substance, nor any butter or cheese made from any such mi ·. Quality of milk- Sec. 7. That no person shall knowingly oder or have for sale any milk containing more than eighty-eight per cent of watery fluid and less than twelve per cent of total milk solids, of which at least three per cent shall be of fat. Ski¤¤¤¤<i milk- Sec. 8. That no person shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, skimmed milk containing less than nine and three-tenths per cent of milk solids, inclusive of fat. imag of skimmed 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 been removed, unless in a conspicuous place, above the center or upon the outside of every vessel, can, or package thereof, in which milk is sold, the words “ skimmed milk" are distinctly marked in gothic letters, not less than one inch in length. m3_·1:,•éM¤i=¤¤¤¤k Sec. 10. That it_sha1l not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or oder for sale, within the District of Columbia, milk taken from any cow less than fifteen days before or ten days after parturition, or from