Employés of Resolved, &c., That the employees of the Government Printing Office Government Print- shall be allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: the first ing Office to have certain holidays day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such day as may be desig 1879, Jan. 31, ch. nated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving: with pay. 38. -to be so paid only when employés of other Departments are. Salaried officers Provided, That the said employees shall be paid for these holidays only when the employees of the other government departments shall be so paid: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall authorize not to have addi- any additional payment to such employees, as receive annual salaries. tional pay. [April 16, 1880.] Ordinances of Board of Health, District of Columbia, legalized. in relation to nuisances. 1874, June 23, ch. 490. 1878, June 11, ch. 180, § 8. 27. 1851, Jan. 25, ch. - in relation to nuisances. Resolved, &c. [SECTION 1], That the ordinances of the late Board of Health of the District of Columbia, as revised, amended, and adopted, November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An ordinance to revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the Board of Health, to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof", as printed in the report of said late Board of Health made to the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, being executive document number one, part eight, be, and the same are hereby, legalized; and the respective penalties therein prescribed for violations thereof may be imposed and enforced for the respective offenses therein described, excepting the sections of said ordinance following, namely: Sections seven, nine, and fourteen, which said sections are not hereby legalized. SEC. 2. That the ordinances, rules, and regulations of said late Board of Health contained in the report mentioned in the preceding section, and printed in the said executive document therein mentioned, namely: (1) First. "An ordinance to amend an ordinance to prevent domestic animals from running at large within the cities of Washington and -domestic ani- Georgetown, passed by the Board of Health May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one"; mals. un wholesome food. Second. "An ordinance to prevent the sale of unwholesome food, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown"; Third. "An ordinance to provide for the inspection of streets, food, live stock, fish and other marine products, in the cities of Washington inspection of and Georgetown, and to define the duties of inspectors and other officers food, &c. of the Board of Health"; -public urinals. -small-pox. statistics. Fourth. "An ordinance to amend section ten of the code so as to read"; Fifth. "An ordinance to amend an ordinance passed May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to read as follows"; Sixth. "An ordinance to prevent committing or creating nuisances in or about public urinal or urinals located within the cities of Washington and Georgetown"; Seventh. "Rules and regulations in regard to small-pox"; Eighth. "Regulations to secure a full and correct record of vital statistics, including the registration of marriages, births, and deaths, the record of vital interment, disinterment, and removal of the dead in the District of Columbia", be, and the same are hereby, legalized and made valid; and the penalties therein provided respectively for violations thereof, may NOTE. (1) The ordinances and regulations legalized by this act are printed herein, immediately following the act. be imposed and enforced for the violations of the same respectively, as provided by section twenty-seven of the ordinances passed November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. [April 24, 1880.] NOTE.--(1) The following are the ordinances, &c., legalized by the foregoing act. [ORDINANCES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, LEGALIZED BY JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, 1880, APRIL 24, NUMBER 25.] AN ORDINANCE To revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the Board of Health, to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof. SECTION 1. Filth or other offensive substances thrown in streets, avenues, &c., declared nuisances. 2. Carrying offensive substances, in open vehicles, through streets, avenues, &c. 3. Manure, offal, &c., within 300 feet of dwelling, or along line of street, railroad, &c. 4. Filling lots with filth and offensive substances, or removing surface of lots so filled. 5. Defiling or poisonous substances thrown into 6. Impure and unwholesome wells or springs. 10. Inadequate and insufficient drain-pipes, &c., 11. Filthy and offensive water-closets and priv. ies. 12. Privies unlawfully and improperly constructed or located. Leaky privies, privy-boxes, vaults, &c. 13. Fecal matter remaining in privies. Privies to be inspected and cleaned. 15. Depositing contents of privy in place not ap proved by board of health. Be it ordained, &c. Carrying offensive substances, in open vehicles, through streets, avenues, &c. [SECTION 1], That filth, the contents of cess-pools, offal, garbage, foul water, dye-water, refuse from Filth or other offenmanufactories, ordure, urine, stable-manure, decayed animal or vegetable matter, or other offensive sive substance thrown substance detrimental to health, thrown, placed, or allowed to remain, in or upon any street, avenue, in streets, avenues, or alley, sidewalk, gutter, public reservation, or open lot, in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or public places declared in the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; nuisances. and any person who shall commit, create, or maintain the aforesaid nuisances, or either of them, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 2. That the carrying and transporting of bones, hides, fish, garbage, offal, or other animal or vegetable substances, in decomposing and offensive condition, in any other than covered and inclosed vehicles, through any street, avenue, alley or public place, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and any person who shall cause, commit, create or maintain such nuisance, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 3. That manure accumulated in great quantities; manure, offal, or garbage piled or deposited Manure, offal, &c., within 300 feet of any place of worship, or of any dwelling, or unloaded along the line of any railroad, within 300 feet of or in any street or public way; cars or flats loaded with manure, or other offensive matter, remaining dwelling, or along line or standing on any railroad, street, or highway in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the of street, railroad, &c. more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall pile or deposit manure, offal, or garbage, or any offensive or nauseous substance within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, within the limits of said cities, or their said suburbs; and · any person who shall unload, discharge, or put upon or along the line of any railroad, street or highway or public place, within said cities or their said suburbs, any manure, garbage, offal, or other offensive or nauseous substance, within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, or who shall cause or allow cars or flats loaded with, or having in or upon them any such substance to remain or stand in or along any railroad, street or highway, within the limits of said cities or their said suburbs, within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, and who shall fail, after notice duly served by this board, to remove the same, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five, nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 4. That the filling, leveling, or raising the surface of any ground or lot within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, with animal or vegetable substances, filth gathered in cleaning yards or streets, or waste material from mills or factories, or the removal of the surface of any ground or lot within said cities or their said suburbs, filled with such offensive matter or substance, in such manner as to cause noisome odors or noxious gases to arise, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall cause, commit, create, or maintain such nuisance, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for every such offense. Filling lots with filth and offensive substances, or removing surface of lots so filled. SEC. 5. That throwing or placing any defiling or poisonous substance, decayed animal or vegetable Defiling or poisonmatter or filth into, or causing or allowing the same to pass or enter into, any spring, well, or river ous substances thrown water, used by the public for drinking or cooking purposes, or into the water of any public reservoir into spring, well, or or water-pipe within the District of Columbia, whereby such water is rendered impure and unwhole. river water, public some, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall commit or create reservoir, or watersuch nuisance shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for every pipe. such offense. SEC. 6. That any wells, springs, or waters used for drinking or cooking purposes, which are impure Impure and unand unwholesome, or which have been rendered impure and unwholesome by reason of any defiling or wholesome wells or poisonous substance, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall springs. maintain or continue such nuisance, after duc notice from this board to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 7. Not legalized.] SEC. 8. That ailantus trees, the flowers of which produce offensive and noxious odors. in bloom, in Ailantus trees, in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are bloom, producing of hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person maintaining such nuisance, who shall fensive and noxious fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than odors. five nor more than ten dollars for every such offense. SEC. 9. [Not legalized.] Inadequate and in SEC. 10. That drain-pipes, soil-pipes, passages into sowers, or connections between any sewer and sufficient drain-pipes, any ground or building, not of adequate and sufficient size to allow the free and entire passage of all soil-pipes, and pas- the material that enters the same, or not provided with good and sufficient sewer-traps, so as to presages into sewers. vent the escape of noisome odors and noxious gases therefrom, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person creating or maintaining either of said nuisances, who shall fail, after duo notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. Filthy and offensive water-closets and priv ics. Privies unlawfully and improperly constructed or located. boxes, vaults, &c. SEC. 11. That all water-closets and privies connected with any house, building, or premises within the District of Columbia, in or upon which people live, or where they congregate or assemble, or any kind of business is done, kept in a filthy and offensive condition, or from which noisome odors and noxious gases arise, and all water-closets located within and being a part of any such house or building not provided with proper sewer traps so as to prevent the return and escape of noxious gases and offensive odors from any public or private sewer connected therewith, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisance, shall, upon con viction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 12. That any privy within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely popu lated suburbs of said cities, including Uniontown or Anacostia, and Mount Pleasant, in the District of Columbia, constructed of other material than brick, cement, or wood, or which is not provided with a sufficient box, bucket, or vessel for the reception of filth, and the inside of which is not at least five feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot, and at least two (2) feet distant from any street, lane, alley, camp, square, or public place, or public or private passage-way; and any privy so constructed that it cannot be conveniently approached and cleaned, or in such manner that each and every vault, Leaky privies, privy. box, bucket or vessel thereof is not made tight and close, so that the contents thereof cannot escape therefrom, except as may be permitted by means of a passage-way or conduit under ground, for the purpose of carrying away the contents of such vault, box, or vessel into any common sewer or drain, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and any person who shall create, maintain or continue such nuisance, and shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate or remedy the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 13. That fecal matter, not thoroughly deodorized and disinfected, remaining in privies in the District of Columbia, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and the board of health shall, upon the receipt of complaint in writing, cause any privy to be inspected, and, if necessary, cleaned by the persons authorized for said purpose; and any person owning or occupying premises on which any privy is situated, who shall refuse to permit the same to be inspected and cleaned at the times designated by said board, or whenever necessary, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars for every such offense. Fecal matter remaining in privies. Privics to be inspect ed and cleaned. SEC. 14. [Not legalized.] SEC. 15. That it shall be unlawful for any person to deposit the contents of any privy in any place other than such as may be approved by this board; and any person so offending shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 16. That the system heretofore in use of removing night-soil, cleaning privies, privy-boxes, vaults, sinks, and cess-pools within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, by buckets or other process agitating and exposing the contents thereof in the open air, and of transporting said contents in carts or other vehicles not air-tight, through the streets, avenues, alleys, and other public places within said cities, and their said suburbs, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; And that, from and after the 15th day of October, A. D. 1873, no part of the contents (except substances not soluble in water) of any privy, privy-box, vault, sink, or cess-pool within said cities or their said suburbs, shall be removed therefrom, nor shall the same be transported through any of the streets, avenues, alleys, or other public places of said cities or of their said suburbs, except as the same shall be removed and transported by means of some air-tight apparatus, pneumatic or other process, so as to prevent the said contents from being agitated or exposed in the open air during said process of removal or transportation; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 17. That the keeping, herding, and feeding of hogs, in pens or otherwise, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and any person creating or maintaining such nuisance, who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, for every such offense. SEC. 18. That filthy and unwholesome stables, sheds, pens, or places where cows, horses, mules, or other animals are kept, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person creating or maintaining such nuisance who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 19. That any animal affected by glanders or other contagious or pestilential disease, kept or remaining in any stable, shed, pen, or place within the cities of Washington or Georgetown or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and any person keeping or maintaining such nuisance, who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 20. That all establishments, or places of business for tanning, skinning, sconring, or dressing hides or leather within the District of Columbia, in a filthy condition, or from which noisome odors and noxious gases arise, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall erect, create, maintain, or continue such nuisance, and who shall fall, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 21. That the boiling of offal, swill, bones, fat, tallow, or lard; the crushing, grinding or burning of bones or shells; cleansing guts; making glue from any dead animal or part thereof; making or boiling varnish or oil; making lampblack, turpentine, or tar; distilling ardent, alcoholic, or fermented spirits; storing or keeping scraps, fat, grease, or other offensive animal matter; rendering or trying out dead, undressed, and unslaughtered animals, or any other business or trade, whereby noisome stenches and odors and noxious gases arise or are generated, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall cause, erect, create, maintain, or continue any such nuisance, and who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for every such offense. SEC. 22. That unclean and filthy slaughter-houses, rooms, buildings, or places where sheep, hogs, cattle, or other animals are slaughtered, within the District of Columbia, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisance, who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 23. That the crushing or breaking of stone within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, by machines or otherwise, in such manner as to create offensive and deleterious dust, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to health; and any person creating or maintaining said nuisance, who shall fail, after due notice from this board, to remove or abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 24. That undressed dead animals being or lying in any part of the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, viz: Any of the horse, mule, or jack kind, or any cow, goat, calf, sheep, dog, or swine, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any per cities of Washington son owning, possessing, or controlling any such dead animal, or any person who shall knowingly place and Georgetown. or allow such dead animal to remain in any part of said cities or their said suburbs, and who shall fail to give notice thereof to the board of health within eight hours after the death of said animal, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars for every such offense. SEC. 25. That unmuzzled dogs, going upon any street, avenue, or other public place, between the fif Unmuzzled and hyteenth day of May and the fifteenth day of October in any year, mad dogs, and dogs bitten by hydro- drophobic dogs going phobic dogs, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person owning or keeping any at large, to be killed by dog who shall allow the same to go unmuzzled upon any street, alley, or other public place, between the owner, or taken up and fifteenth day of May and the fifteenth day of October in any year, or who shall refuse to kill, or to cause shot by poundmaster to be killed, any such dog owned or kept by him, which has gone mad, or given symptoms of hydropho- if not redeemed. bia, or who shall omit to contine any such animal exposed to such disease, or which has been bitten by 1878, June 19, ch. 323. a hydrophobic dog or animal, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one nor more than twenty-five dollars; and any dog going at large between the fifteenth day of May and the fifteenth day of October in any year, without a proper muzzle, shall be taken up by the poundmaster, who shall charge the owner of the same one dollar for its redemp tion; and every such dog not redeemed within twenty-four hours after having been taken up as aforesaid, shall be liable to be shot by said poundmaster. Health-officer to SEC. 26. That it shall be the duty of the health-officer appointed by this board, upon receiving information or obtaining knowledge of the existence of any thing or things herein declared to be nuisances, abate nuisances after or any thing or things which may hereafter be declared to be nuisances by any ordinance or resolution notice to party liable, enacted or adopted by this board, to notify the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or main- and costs of removal taining the same, to remove, or cause to be removed, the same within twenty-four hours, or such other to be collected by suit. reasonable time as may be determined by this board, after such notice be duly given; and if the same be not removed by such person or persons within the time prescribed in said notice, it shall be the duty of the health-officer aforesaid to remove, or cause to be removed, such nuisance or nuisances, and all costs and expenses of such removal shall be paid by the persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisance or nuisances; and if the said costs and expenses thus accruing shall not be paid within ten days after such removal by said health-officer, the same shall be collected from the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisances, by suit at law. SEC. 27. That all fines and penalties imposed by any section of this ordinance shall be collected by prosecution in the police or other proper court of the District of Columbia, by information filed in said court, at the instance of the board of health. Fines to be collected by information at instance of board of health. Court to order abate And whenever the nuisance complained of is set forth as continuing and existing, and is shown to be such to the satisfaction of the court before whom the person creating or maintaining said nuisance is ment of nuisances. tried, the party so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, in addition to the fine imposed, be ordered by said court to abate or remove said nuisance. SEC. 28. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, of this board, inconsistent or in conflict with the foregoing provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. November 19, 1875. Repeal. AN ORDINANCE To amend "An ordinance to prevent domestic animals from running at large within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, passed by the Board of Health May 19, 1871." [SECTION 1], That domestic animals shall not be permitted to run at large within the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and all domestic animals found running at large within the limits of said cities shall be taken up and impounded. Domestic animals running at large to be impounded. SEC. 2. That every animal taken up and impounded as aforesaid, within forty-eight hours after such to be sold if not impounding, if not claimed, and the charges for taking up, impounding, and keeping the same paid, shall claimed. be sold at public auction; and the poundmaster appointed by this Board, as hereinafter provided, is hereby authorized to act as anctioneer at said sale. SEC. 3. That the proceeds of such sales shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Board, who shall -proceeds of salo in give duplicate receipts therefor, one copy of the same to be retained by the officer selling such animals, such case. and the other copy to be by said officer filed with the Secretary of the Board; and it shall be the duty of said treasurer to keep an accurate account of all moneys received by him under the provisions of this ordinance, and to report the same from time to time as required by the Board. SEC. 4. That all money's received by said Treasurer from the sale of animals, as aforesaid, shall, if — when may be paid demanded by the owner of such animals, at any time within one year from the sale thereof, upon satis- to owner. factory proof that such claimant was the owner of such animal sold as aforesaid, after deduction of charges and expenses, as hereinafter specified, of taking up, and impounding, and keeping such animals, be paid to said claimant; otherwise said moneys shall be used by this Board for sanitary purposes within and for the benefit of the District of Columbia. Charges for im SEC. 5. That the charges for taking up and impounding domestic animals found running at large SEC. 6. That no person shall break open, or in any manner, directly or indirectly, aid or assist in Penalty for breaking Poundmaster and SEC. 7. That there shall be appointed by the Board of Health a poundmaster, whose duty it shall be Poundkeeper to keep record; to deliv. er animals on evidence of ownership. Sale of animals to be only after notice. Repeal. Unwholesome food; penalty for sale of. Adulterated food or drink. Sickly or unwholesome animals. Slaughtering dis eased cattle. Offering for sale poisonous or unwholesome food or drink. Meat and vegetable stalls, &c., to be kept clean, &c. Unwholesome milk. -meat. SEC. 8. That the poundmaster appointed by this board shall keep a register of all animals taken up by him, with an accurate description of the same, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public; and the said poundmaster is hereby forbidden to deliver any animal taken up and im pounded to any person applying for the same, unless such person shall present good and sufficient evidence of his ownership or right to the possession of said animal; And no sale of any animal or animals impounded as aforesaid shall be made until due public notice SEC. 9. That any ordinance or part of an ordinance heretofore passed by the Board of Health of the SECTION AN ORDINANCE To prevent the sale of unwholesome food in the cities of Washington and Georgetown. SECTION [SECTION 1], That no person shall knowingly sell, or cause to be sold, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, any impure, diseased, decayed, or unwholesome provisions, nor shall any person fraudulently adulterate, for the purpose of sale within said cities, any bread or other material intended to be used for food with any substance of a poisonous character, or any substance injurious to health; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 2. That no person shall offer for sale within the cities of Washington or Georgetown any liquor used for drink, whether malt, vinous, or ardent, or the milk of cows or goats, intended to be used for food or drink, which has been adulterated with any poisonous or deleterious ingredient; and any person violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 3. That no person shall convey into the cities of Washington or Georgetown, and offer for sale in any part of said cities, any animal or part of animal that may be sickly, diseased, or unwholesome, or which may have died from disease or accident, or any fish or vegetables not fresh, sound, and fit for food; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 4. That no person shall slaughter any cattle for the purpose of sale as food within the cities of Washington and Georgetown when such cattle are in a feverish or diseased condition; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 5. That no person, whether owner, manager, keeper of, agent, bar-tender, or clerk, in any saloon, restaurant, boarding-house, or eating-house, located within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, shall offer for sale as food or drink anything poisonous or unwholesome; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 6. That no person owning, renting, leasing, or occupying any stall, room, or stand where meats or vegetables are sold for food, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, shall fail to keep said stall, room, or stand in a cleanly condition; nor shall such person allow said meats or vegetables to become poisoned, or infected, or unfit for food, by reason of uncleanly condition of such stall, room, or stand; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 7. That no person shall offer for sale, within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or swill-milk, or milk from cows kept up and fed on garbage, swill, or other deleterious substance; nor shall any person offer for sale within said cities any butter or cheese made from such unwholesome milk; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each and every such offense. SEC. 8. That on and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or expose for sale within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, any unsound, blown, or unwholesome meat, or other article of food, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. Health-officer and inspectors of streets, food, &c. Health-officer's duty. Inspector's duty to inspect streets. AN ORDINANCE To provide for the inspection of streets, food, live-stock, fish and other marine products in the cities of [SECTION 1], That there shall be appointed by the board of health a Health-Officer and such inspectors as may be required, who shall be assigned to the several duties of inspection of streets, of food, of livestock, of fish and other marine products, or detailed for the performance of such other duties as may be necessary. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the health-officer, as he may be directed by this board, to execute or cause to be executed, the ordinances, resolutions, and orders of the board, and generally, according to its instructions, to exercise a practical supervision in respect to inspectors, pound-masters, and the clerical force in his office; and said Health-officer shall devote his services to the aforesaid purposes as the Board may direct. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each Inspector of streets to visit every part of his district daily, and carefully inspect all streets, alleys, yards, and inclosures, horse and cow stables, privies, slaughterhouses, wharves, and every other place where offensive or deleterious matter may exist, and to report prompt y to the Health-officer any and all nuisances injurious to health; and the inspectors of streets shall perform such other duties and special inspections as may be directed by the Health-officer. |