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692 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Cns. 25, 26. 1890. 1>¤¤rq:;pmm,ew., Sec. 3. That no person shall visit or attend any public or private

  • "'°‘“"‘ · school, or place of public assemblage, or appear on the public streets

or in the parks while affected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, and .Pe¤¤l¤y. any adult person, parent, or guardian of a minor convicted of hav- _ ing knowingly vio ated the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five nor more than fifty Duty ¤f r>¤¥¤*¤i¤¤¤· dollars; and it shall be the duty of physicians while in attendance upon cases of scarlet fever or diphtheria to exercise such reasonable mguiaemmnynemm precautions to ppevcnt the spread of the aid diseases as_may be pre- ·°¤**=¤*· scribed by the ealth officer of the District of Columbia in regulations. —¤¤¤v¤-1¢¤<=¤¤*¤ . Sec. 4. That no erson who has convalesced from diphtheria or scarlet fever shall be allowed to attend any public or private school, . seminary, or college until the attending physician s all have fur- ‘ 'Phyncisrfs certiii- nished a certificate that said patient has completely recovered, and '°"'°°‘ '°°°'""°"" that there is no danger of infection to other persons. All persons remnms rm- mm- who shall, after convalescing from diphtheria or scarlet fever, visit '“°’* schools, seminaries, or colleges, without providin themselves with such pefltificates, shall suffer the penalties provided for in section one 0 this act. - Vessels ww. cw-. Sec. 5. That the provisions of this act shall a pl to every ship, 'l“°'“°°°‘ vessel, steamer, boat, or craft lying or being in thelfivers, harbors, or other waters within the jurisdiction of said District, and to every tent, van, shed, hovel, barn, out-house, cabin, or other like place, as if the same were an ordinary dwelling. mwging or "rcz¤1~ Sec. 6. That the word " regulations," as herein used, shall be held 2;%.,, ¥‘§,‘Qf‘;‘§{,§¥ to mean also rules, orders, and amendments. The words "person m$*m¤°*°* ¤¤°d· in charge thereof " shall be held to mean the owner, his agent or factor; the tenant, his clerk or representative; the nurse, or any one or more persons who by reason of their position are charged with the management or care of the premises, or interested in the person afflicted. The words " practitioner of medicine," or " practitio11er," shall be held to include all persons who undertake to treat persons afflicted, either gratuitously or for play. _wf¤1¤¤r¤v¤r¤¤¤r¤<=¤- Sec. 7. That any person who shall knowingly make, sign, or °°°“‘ deliver any false re ort or certificate herein provided for, u on conremny. viction thereof in tile police court of said District, shall be lined not less than live nor more than fifty dollars, and, in default of payment £hereof,dbe committed to jail for not less than one nor more than wenty a s. `”°°°¤°¤*Y°*¤°¤$°* Srzc. 8. That the expenses necessarily incurred in the execution of mr. pv.sm.1m4. the provisions of this act shall be borne from the general appropriation for the maintenance of the health department of the Djistrict —¥¤r¤<1¤¤¤¤¤· of Columbia, and the jurisdiction of civil and criminal rocedure in the enforcement of this act is hereby vested in the pollice court of -Apv¤¤L the said District, with the same right of appeal as in other civil and criminal trials in said District. Approved, December 20, 1890. ·D°¤¤¤¤b¤* WJUO- CBA!'. 26.-An act to amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of the "`”‘;""'"' Revised Statutes of the United States, regulation of steam-vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of fhe uf•,{°;émn*;'__•°f” *¤=P°°· United States¢Americad1i Congress assembled, That section orty· a.s..se¤.442s,p.sas, four hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United °“‘°“‘*'f‘* States be amended by adding the following words: §`;1•;,'{**gp,m man “Provided, howerer, That in open steam—launches of ten tons hzmchesexeeptad. burden and under, one person, if duly qualified, may serve in the double capacity of pilot and engineer." Approved, December 22, 1890.