How long to be in force.

tion of the child to be repeated until successful vaccination.

(2) Such certificate or any similar certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner, respecting any child born as aforesaid, shall remain in force for two months from its delivery; and the father or mother of the child, or the person having the care, nurture or custody of the child as aforesaid, shall (unless they have within each succeeding period of two months obtained from a legally qualified medical practitioner a renewal of such certificate), within two months after the delivery of the said certificate as aforesaid, Re-presenta and if the child is not vaccinated at or by the termination of such period of two months, then during each succeeding period of two months until the child has been successfully vaccinated, take or cause to be taken to the medical practitioner, so appointed as aforesaid, such child to be vaccinated by him: and if the medical practitioner deems the child to be then in a fit and proper state for successful vaccination, he shall forthwith vaccinate it accordingly, and shall, upon or immediately after the successful vaccination of the child, deliver to the father or mother of the child, or the person having the care, nurture or custody of the child as aforesaid, a certificate under his hand, according to the form of Schedule A to this Act, that the child has been successfully vaccinated; but if the medical practitioner is of opinion that the child is still in an unfit state for successful. vaccination, then he shall again deliver to the father or mother of the child, or to the person having the care, nurture or custody of the child, as aforesaid, a certificate under his hand, according to the form of Schedule B to this Act, that the child is still in an unfit state for successful vaccination, and the said medical practitioner, so long as the child remains in an unfit state for vaccination and unvaccinated, shall at the expiration of every succeeding period of two months, deliver, if required, to the father or mother of the child, or to the person having the care, nurture or custody of the child, a fresh certificate under his hand, according to the form of Schedule B to this Act.

Certificate.

Hffect of eertificate.

If the child is found insusceptible of vaccine diseave.

(3) The production of such certificate or of any similar certificate from any legally qualified medical practitioner, shall be a sufficient defence against any complaint brought against the father or mother, or person having the care, nurture or custody of such child, for non-compliance with the provisions of this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 10.

11. In the event of a medical practitioner employed under the provisions of this Act, or any other duly qualified medical practitioner being of opinion that any child that has been vaccinated by him, is insusceptible of the vaccine disease, he shall deliver to the father or mother of the child, or to the person having, as aforesaid, the care, nurture or custody of the child, a certificate under his hand, according to the form of Schedule C to this Act; and the production of the certificate shall be a sufficient defence against any com

plaint which may be brought against the father or mother, or person having the care, nurture or custody of the child, for non-compliance with the provisions of this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 11.

this Act.

12. In all contracts to be made under the provisions of this Fees under Act, the sums contracted to be paid shall not be more than twenty-five cents for every person successfully vaccinated, including all or any of the certificates required by this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 12.

13. If a father or mother, or person so having as afore- Penalty for said the care, nurture or custody of any child as afore- non-compliance with the said, does not cause the child to be vaccinated within the requirements of this Act. periods prescribed by this Act, or does not, on the eighth day after the vaccination has been performed, take or cause to be taken the child for inspection, according to the provisions in this Act respectively contained, then the father or mother, or person having the care, nurture or custody of the child as aforesaid, so offending, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $5, recoverable on summary conviction, before a Police Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace, sitting and having jurisdiction in the municipality in which the offence was cominitted. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 13; 47 V. c. 38, s. 63.

when plea of

14. (1) After the expiration of two months from the con- How far and viction of any person for an offence against this Act, in respect conviction of any child, no plea of such conviction shall be sufficient shall avail. defence against any complaint which may then be brought against the same or any other person for non-compliance with the provisions of this Act in respect of the same child.

(2) The production of a certificate in the form of Schedule A or C, under the hand of a legally qualified medical practitioner, shall be a sufficient defence against such complaint: but the production of a certificate in the form of Schedule B shall not be a sufficient defence, unless the vaccination is thereby postponed to a day subsequent to that on which the complaint is brought. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 14.

15. In every municipality where smallpox exists, or in Enforcing which, in the opinion of the provincial or municipal health vaccination. authorities, there is danger of its breaking out owing to the facility of communication with infected localities, the council of the nunicipality may order the vaccination or re-vaccination of all persons resident in the municipality who have not been vaccinated within seven years, and that such vaccination or revaccination shall be carried out in so far as the same may be applicable in the same manner as for the vaccination of children, except that in the case of all persons of an age to make them legally responsible, they shall present themselves for vaccination by the medical practitioner, or some legally quali

School trus

tees may require certificates of vaccination.

Students of High Schools, etc., may be required to

produce certiticates of vaccination.

The license of the person

s. 1. to become

fied practitioner, and the medical practitioner shall adopt the same measures to secure the vaccination or re-vaccination of all such persons, as he is required to do with regard to children. A proclamation issued by the head of the municipality, and published in posters and in at least one newspaper published within the municipality, and in cases where there is no such newspaper, then in at least one newspaper in the county in which such municipality is situated, warning the public that this section of the Act is in force, shall be sufficient evidence to secure the conviction of any person who does not comply with the law within a period of seven days from the publication of the proclamation. 49 V. c. 43, s. 4.

16. It shall be lawful for the trustees of any public, separate or high school, to provide that no children shall be permitted to attend any school without producing a certificate of successful vaccination when demanded of him or her by the teacher. 49 V. c. 43, s. 2.

17. In all cases when it is deemed necessary by the medical health officer of any municipality, owing to the presence, or threatened presence of smallpox, he may, with the approval of the local board of health, require certificates of successful vaccination, or of insusceptibility on re-vaccination within seven years, of all students of high schools, collegiate institutes, colleges and universities, within the municipality to be presented to the proper authorities of the said institutions, and no student refusing to present such certificate on demand, shall be admitted to further attendance on classes in said institution until such certificate is furnished. 49 V. c. 43, s. 3.

18. If any person licensed to practise medicine, surgery, contravening or midwifery in this Province is convicted of an offence C. S. C. c. 39, against section 1 of chapter 39 of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, entitled An Act respecting Inoculation and Vaccination, the license of such person in that behalf shall thereby become null and void and of no effect, and such person shall, from and after the date of such conviction, be liable to the same penalty in the event of his practising medicine, surgery, or midwifery in Ontario, as he would have been liable to for so doing if he had never been licensed to practise the same; but it shall be lawful for the LieutenantGovernor, on the certificate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, at any time after the expiration of the term of imprisonment of any such person so convicted as aforesaid, again to license such person to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery as aforesaid, and thereupon and thereafter such person shall no longer be liable to any fine or penalty for so doing. R. S. O. 1877, c. 191, s. 15.

Proviso: liconse may be renewed, etc.

aged

of

the child of

Ward, in the City of

(or as the case may be), has been successfully vaccinated by me

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am of opinion that

Ward, in is not

now in a fit and proper state to be successfully vaccinated, and I do hereby postpone the vaccination until the

Dated this

day of

CERTIFICATE OF INSUSCEPTIBILITY TO VACCINE DISEASE.

I. the undersigned, hereby certify that I am of opinion that the child of

City of disease.

of

Ward, in the (or as the case may be),, is insusceptible of the vaccine

9. FRAUD IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE AND BUTTER.

CHAP. 207. PREVENTION OF FRAUD IN THE MANUFACTURE of
CHEESE AND BUTTER. p. 2302.

supply.

CHAPTER 207.

An Act to Prevent Fraud in the Manufacture of
Cheese and Butter.

HE

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Fraudulent 1. Whosoever knowingly and fraudulently sells, supplies, brings or sends to be manufactured to any cheese or butter manufactory in this Province, any milk diluted with water, or in any way adulterated, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or milk commonly known as "skimmed milk," or whoever keeps back any part of the milk known as strippings," or whoever knowingly and fraudulently sells, sends, brings or supplies to any cheese or butter manufactory milk that is tainted or partly sour from want of proper care in keeping pails, strainers, or any vessel in which said milk is kept, clean and sweet, after being notified of such taint or carelessness, either verbally or in writing, shall, for every offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than $1 nor more than $50, in the discretion of the Justices before whom the case is heard. R. S. O. 1877, c. 159, s. 1.

Penalty.

Fraudulent

use of cream of milk supplied.

Penalty.

2. Any butter or cheese manufacturer who knowingly and fraudulently uses, or directs any of his employees to use for his or their individual benefit, any cream from the milk brought to any cheese or butter manufactory without the consent of all the owners thereof, shall, for every offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than $1 nor more than $50, in the discretion of the Justices before whom the case is heard. R. S. O. 1877, c. 159, s. 2.