All steam pipes passing through floors and ceilings shall be protected by metal pipe 1 inch larger in diameter than the pipe, and the space filled with mineral wool, asbestus, or other noncombustible, nonconducting material, to be approved by the inspector of buildings.

All pipes are to be left exposed and run parallel and free from unsightly bends or exposed couplings above basement. Where pipes pass through floors and ceilings the openings to be fitted with nickel-plated floor and ceiling plates.

All radiators and all exposed pipes are to be bronzed with aluminum paint in very best manner. Trombone pattern direct radiators in corridors and solarium to be secured to wall by proper fasts. Each radiator will be of size marked on plans. All pipe fittings are to be of heavy cast gray iron, no malleable iron fittings are to be used, and all unions are to be ground unions, flange unions, or rights and lefts. All pipe lines are to be supported by neat and strong expansion hangers, securely fastened. All pipes in conduits to be painted with best graphic paint, covered with proper thickness of magnesia covering, as before specified, and supported on expansion rollers or spools as shown. At point of support pipe to rest on heavy sheet iron.

Cover heater completely; also smoke pipe, with H. W. Johns's sheet fire felt, or equal, 1 inch thick, finished with H. W. Johns's asbestus cement, one-fourth of an inch thick.

Cover all steam pipes, mains, returns, risers, and all connections and fittings exposed to the weather and in conduits with best magnesia covering, and inclosed in an extra wrapping of 10-ounce canvas sewed on.

All steam risers where practicable to be placed in ventilating flues.

VENTILATING REGISTERS.

Ventilating registers will be in every case of size marked on plans, all rooms having direct-indirect heat to have one as near the floor as possible, and one within 1 foot of ceiling. Rooms having direct radiation to have one only near the ceiling. Closets to have registers at or near ceiling. All registers will be japanned, and will be so constructed that they may be taken out easily and cleaned and disinfected. They will be provided, when out of reach, with nickel-plated chains to open and close them at will.

APPENDIX G.

STATUS OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

A bill for preventing the adulteration, misbranding, and imitation of foods, beverages, candies, drugs, and condiments in the District of Columbia and the Territories, and for regulating interstate traffic therein, and for other purposes. S. 4144. Reported back to Senate (S. Report 1488). H. R. 1140 and H. R. 12190. Committee on the District of Columbia.

Referred to

A bill to regulate the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia. H. R. 11655. Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

A bill to provide buildings for Freedmen's Hospital. S. 5372. Referred to Committe on the District of Columbia. H. R. 11410. Referred to Committee on the Dis

trict of Columbia.

A bill to further regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. S. 1084. Reported back to the Senate verbally, and indefinitely postponed.

A bill providing for a municipal hospital. S. 4879. Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

A bill regulating the inspection of flour in the District of Columbia. S. 3941. (S. Report No. 1210. H. R. Report No. 1654.) Became a law December 21, 1898. (See Public Document No. 3.)

A bill for the prevention of smoke in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. H. R. 5887. (H. R. Report No. 1623. S. Report No. 1435.) Became a law February 2, 1899. (See Public Document No. 26.)

A bill to cause the removal of weeds from lands in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. H. R. 11570. (H. R. Report No. 1805. S. Report No. 1550.) Became a law March 1, 1899. (See Public Document No. 106.)

Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to alter, amend, or repeal certain health ordinances. S. R. 34. (S. Report No. 617. H. R. Report No. 2066.) Became a law February 28, 1899. (See Public Resolution No. 20.)

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APPENDIX H.

LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH ENACTED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

[PUBLIC-NO. 3.]

AN ACT regulating the inspection of flour in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint for said District two inspectors of flour, who shall be competent judges of flour; said inspectors to hold said offices two years, unless sooner removed by the said Commissioners.

SEC. 2. That the said inspectors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall make oath or affirmation before a notary public that without favor, affection, malice, partiality, or respect of person they will diligently and carefully view, examine, and inspect, to the best of their skill and knowledge, all flour required by this act to be inspected by them; that they will not pass or cause to be passed any barrels or half barrels or sacks of flour which are not, in their judgment, clean, sweet, and merchantable, according to the directions of this act; also that they will not charge, ask, or take or receive any other or larger fees for doing their duty as inspectors of flour than are mentioned and directed by this act; that they will diligently and carefully view and examine all barrels, half barrels, and sacks containing flour, and that they will not mark or pass, or cause to be passed, any barrel, half barrel, or sack of flour, unless such barrel, half barrel, or sack be of the size and quality required as by this act; and said oaths shall be filed in the office of said Commissioners.

SEC. 3. That all barrels and half barrels containing flour, manufactured within the District of Columbia or brought to the same for sale, shall be well made, of good, clean material, and tightened with ten or twelve hoops, sufficiently nailed with four nails in each chime hoop, and of the following dimensions, namely: The staves of all barrels to be in length not less than twenty-seven inches; the diameter at the head to be seventeen inches; and the staves of all half barrels to be twenty inches in length, and the diameter of the head thirteen inches. Flour barrels weighing not less than sixteen pounds tared or marked on the branded head shall be deemed merchantable.

SEC. 4. That every barrel and half barrel or sack of flour manufactured within the District of Columbia or brought to the same for sale shall, by the manufacturer, be made merchantable and of due fineness, without false packing or mixing; and if there is any false packing or mixture, the manufacturers or persons offering the same for sale or inspection shall forfeit and pay to the District of Columbia a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars for each and every such barrel and half barrel or sack, to be recovered as other fines and penalties are recovered.

SEC. 5. That every miller or bolter of flour shall put into barrels the quantity of one hundred and ninety-six pounds and into half barrels the quantity of ninetyeight pounds; and if any miller or bolter of flour shall pack any barrel or half barrel with a less quantity of flour than by this act is required, he shall forfeit, if the deficiency be one pound, a sum not exceeding ten cents, and for every pound above one deficient, twenty-five cents; and said inspectors are hereby required, whenever they, or either of them, have reason to suspect that any barrel or half barrel containing flour is falsely tared, to cause the flour to be started and the barrel or half barrel weighed; and whenever it shall appear that the barrel and half barrel weigh more than they are marked by the miller or owner, the said miller or owner shall forfeit and pay to the said District for each such offense at the rate of ten cents for every pound after the first that the barrel or half barrel may weigh short, and shall moreover pay twenty-five cents for each and every barrel or half barrel, unless on examination the tare shall prove correct, then in that case the cost and charges shall be paid by the inspector.

SEC. 6. That each and every barrel and half barrel or sack of flour manufactured in the District or brought to the same for sale, or to be manufactured into bread, shall be subject to the examination of the inspector by borings and searchings with an instrument not exceeding five-eighths of an inch in diameter for barrels and onefourth of an inch for jute or cotton sacks, to be provided by the inspector for that purpose, or by opening the sacks, or by opening sacked flour to such an extent as the inspector may deem necessary, who shall afterwards plug up the hole in the barrel or half barrel with a round plug, made of soft wood, so as to prevent the entrance of water; and if the inspector shall judge the same to be merchantable according to the directions of this act, he shall, at the time of the inspection, mark, brand, or stencil on the side of every barrel or half barrel, in letters one-half inch in length, the name "Washington," together with a word or words designating the degree of fineness which he shall, at the time of inspection, determine said flour entitled to, with the exception of the degree of superfine, which he shall mark or brand over the quarter; and the several degrees in quality shall be distinguished as follows: Family, extra, superfine, fine, and first middlings. And for the inspection of each barrel or half barrel of flour the said inspector shall have and receive of the owner or agents of said flour, for each and every barrel and half barrel, one cent and one drawing of flour, and for all sacks at the rate of one cent for one hundred aud ninety-six pounds without drawings, except for sampling purposes; and every barrel or half barrel or sack of flour which shall prove on examination thereof to be unmerchantable according to the true intent and meaning of this act, said inspector shall mark on the head with a broad arrow; and no barrel or half barrel of flour not examined and branded by the inspector, as aforesaid, shall be sold within the District under fine of one dollar for each and every barrel, to be collected as other fines and penalties are collected.

SEC. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint three good and competent judges of flour (practical millers, bakers, or flour merchants) as commissioners of flour inspectors, whose duty it shall be on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and monthly thereafter, to select the standard for each grade of flour named in the sixth and tenth sections of this act; and each commissioner shall keep a standard for each grade for the examination of inspectors and for their government in inspection.

SEC. 8. That when any person shall think himself aggrieved by the judgment of the inspector, it shall be lawful for him within six days to apply to the commissioners of inspection, who shall immediately view and carefully examine the flour in question; and if a majority of the commission declare the quality different from that adjudged by the inspector, the brand of broad arrow shall be erased, and the inspec tors shall be required to put such brand as they shall adjudge and determine, the cost of such review to be paid by the inspector; but should the judgment of the inspector be confirmed, then, in that case, the owner shall pay the cost of the review; and each commissioner shall be entitled to receive the sum of five dollars for his services.

SEC. 9. That said inspectors be, and they are hereby, authorized to require the cooperage of any wet or light flour which they may inspect, in order to make it merchantable; and no inspector shall purchase, directly or indirectly, any flour other than for his own use, under a penalty of ten dollars for each barrel or half barrel purchased.

SEC. 10. That in addition to the grades of flour established by the sixth section of this act, there are hereby established two grades of rye flour, namely, first and second quality; and it shall be the duty of the inspector to brand or mark under his inspection mark the words "rye flour" on all flour made of this grade and packed in barrels or half barrels.

SEC. 11. That any person or persons who shall alter, erase, or deface the mark or brand made on any barrel or half barrel of flour by the inspector, or who shall mark or brand any barrel or half barrel of flour which has not been inspected with any mark or brand similar to or in imitation of that made by the inspector, or, after the inspector shall have passed any barrel or half barrel of flour as merchantable, shall add any mark or brand designating the quality different from that determined upon and made by the inspector, or who shall pack into any barrel or half barrel flour which shall have been branded or marked with the broad arrow, or who shall in any manner pack flour into barrels or half barrels already branded, without erasing therefrom the marks or brands, such person or persons shall be liable to a fine of one dollar for each such offense, to be collected in the name of the District of Columbia in the police court of said District.

SEC. 12. That before said inspectors shall enter upon the duties of their office they shall give bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with security to be approved by said Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.

SEC. 13. That all flour blended in the District of Columbia shall not be liable to a

second inspection; but the inspectors of flour shall, free of charge, brand barrels and half barrels or sacks of such flour with a mark designating the grade or quality of the same.

SEC. 14. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, and relating exclusively to the District of Columbia, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved December 21, 1898.

[PUBLIC-NO. 26.]

AN ACT for the prevention of smoke in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after six months from the passage of this act the emission of dense or thick black or gray smoke or cinders from any smokestack or chimney used in connection with any stationary engine, steam boiler, or furnace of any description within the District of Columbia shall be deemed, and is hereby declared, to be a public nuisance: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as applied to chimneys of buildings used exclusively for private residences.

SEC. 2. That the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of any building of any description, from the smokestack or chimney of which there shall issue or be emitted thick or dense black or gray smoke or cinders within the District of Columbia on or after the day above named shall be deemed and held guilty of creating a public nuisance and of violating the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. That any person or persons violating the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof before the police court of the District of Columbia, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense; and each and every day wherein the provisions of this act shall be violated shall constitute a separate offense.

SEC. 4. That in order to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this act there shall be detailed from time to time by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia an inspector or inspectors of the health department of the District of • Columbia, whose duty it shall be, under the supervision of the health officer of the District of Columbia, to cause to be prosecuted all persons violating the provisions

of this act.

SEC. 5. That no discrimination shall be made against any method or device which may be used for the prevention of smoke and which accomplishes the purpose of

this act.

SEC. 6. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, February 2, 1899.

[PUBLIC-NO. 106.]

AN ACT to cause the removal of weeds from lands in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or agent in charge of any land in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or in the more densely populated suburbs of said city to remove from such land any weeds thereon of four or more inches in height within seven days (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) after notice from the health officer of said District so to do, and upon failure to comply with such notice he or she shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each day said notice is not complied with. SEC. 2. That whenever there are upon any unoccupied land aforesaid weeds of four or more inches in height, and no person can be found in said District who either is or claims to be the owner thereof, or who either represents or claims to represent such owner as aforesaid, the Commissioners of said District shall give notice, by publication twice a week in one daily newspaper published in the city of Washington aforesaid, requiring their removal. Said notice shall specify the land from which such weeds are to be removed, the character of the work to be done, and the time allowed for doing the same; and if such weeds be not removed within the time so specified it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause their removal; and the cost of such removal, including the cost of advertising, shall be a lien upon and shall be assessed by said Commissioners as a tax against the property on which said weeds were located, and the said tax so assessed shall bear interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum till paid, and shall be carried on the regular tax rolls of said District and be collected in the manner provided for the collection of general taxes.