of such rule, regulation, or order. Such appeal shall be taken by a petition, in writing, with a citation signed by competent authority to said board and the same shall be served upon the attorney general at least 12 days before the next return day of said court and if to a judge of said court, the same shall be served 10 days before date of hearing thereon. Said petition shall contain a copy of the rule, regulation, or order appealed from, with a statement of the grievance of the party taking such appeal. Said court or judge, by itself or by a committee appointed by it, may hear such appeal de novo and may affirm, modify or rescind such rule, regulation, or order or any part thereof.

SEC. 5. No person shall engage in the production, care, marketing, or sale of milk or cream unless he shall have complied with the rules and regulations of said board and the provisions of this act.

SEC. 6. The dairy and food commissioner may employ agents and assistants to enforce the provisions of this act and the provisions of the rules and regulations of the milk regulation board and the orders of said commissioner as authorized by said board. If the dairy and food commissioner, his deputy or any agent or assistant, shall find that any provision of this act, or any provision of the rules and regulations of the milk regulation board, or any order authorized thereby, has been violated, said commissioner, his deputy, or any agent or assistant, shall cause prosecution for such violation. SEC. 7. The dairy and food commissioner, or his deputy, shall prohibit the sale or distribution of any milk or other dairy product which is unsanitary or detrimental to health, and which has not been produced, cared for or handled in the manner prescribed by the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of said milk regulation board. Chapter 15 of the public acts of 1915 and section 16 of chapter 221 of the public acts of 1911 are repealed.

SEC. 8. No provision of this act shall affect the authority of any city, town, or borough to enact ordinances or by-laws for the control, regulation, sale or distribution, within its limits, of milk which is detrimental to public health.

SEC. 9. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act or any rule or regulation established by said board or any order of said commissioner duly authorized, shall be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.

Milk-Sale. (Ch. 39, Act Mar. 27, 1917.)

Section 2 of chapter 221 of the public acts of 1911 is amended to read as follows: No person shall, by himself, his servant or agent, sell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, or have in his possession with intent to sell or exchange, as of standard quality, any milk which is not of standard quality, or any milk diluted with water or adulterated by the addition of any foreign substance, or which has been wholly or in part skimmed, or shall knowingly deliver or offer for delivery milk that is tainted or partly sour to any customer buying the same for sweet milk.

Milk and Cream-Examination of Persons Testing. (Ch. 221, Act May 1, 1917.) SECTION 1. The dairy and food commissioner shall make rules and regulations for the examination of persons who may engage in testing milk or cream to be sold to the public upon the basis of the butter fat content. He shall cause to be published in at least three newspapers in each county the time when and the place where such examinations are to be held. An examination fee of $1 shall be charged to cover the expense of such examination.

SEC. 2. No person shall test any milk or cream for the purpose of determining its butter fat content, the result of which test is to serve as a basis of payment for such milk or cream, without having obtained such certificate. Any person violating any provision of this act or any person who shall have obtained a certificate by authority

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of the provisions of this act and shall be guilty of practicing any fraud in the testing of any milk or cream shall be fined not more than $50, or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.

Eggs-Marking. (Ch. 244, Act May 7, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any egg which has been preserved by any artificial process, or which has been kept in storage more than 15 days in any place where the temperature is reduced by means of chemicals or other agents. or which has been incubated for 24 hours or more, unless such egg shall be plainly stamped with indelible ink with the words "cold storage," "preserved" or "incubated as the case may be, shall be fined not more than $25. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 1918.

Oysters-Production and Preparation for Shipment-Supervision by State Board of Health. (Ch. 16, Act Mar. 27, 1917.)

The State board of health is authorized to inspect oyster beds and areas in this State where oysters are grown for market; all boats, tools, and appliances used in the production and preparation of oysters for market; and all wharves, oysterhouses, or buildings where oysters are opened, packed, and prepared for shipment. It may prescribe rules and regulations for the sanitary growth, production, and preparation of oysters for market; and said board may issue to any producer, dealer, or shipper of oysters a certificate stating that oysters produced or shipped by the holder thereof have been produced and prepared for shipment under sanitary conditions and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the State board of health. Any grower, dealer, or shipper of oysters to whom such certificate has been granted may attach a certified copy of the same to each package of oysters packed, shipped, or sold by him, and such grower, dealer, or shipper of oysters shall be entitled to hold such certificate as long as he shall comply with the rules, regulations, and requirements of said board. Any certificate granted under authority of this act may be revoked at the discretion of the State board of health.

Bakeries-Construction-Certificates of Inspection.

(Ch. 195, Act Apr. 24, 1917.)

Chapter 147 of the public acts of 1909 as amended by chapter 592 of the public acts of 1913 is amended to read as follows: Every building or room occupied as a bakery shall be drained and plumbed in a manner conducive to its healthful and sanitary condition, and constructed with air shafts and windows or ventilating pipes sufficient to insure ventilation, as the commissioner of labor and factory inspection shall direct. Every bakery shall be provided with a wash room and water-closet apart from the bake room and any room where the manufacturing of food products is conducted, and one locker for each employee. No water-closet, earth closet, privy or ash pit shall be within or communicate directly with a bakery. Rooms used for the manufacture of flour and meal foods shall be at least 8 feet in height; the side walls of such rooms shall be plastered or wainscoted, the ceiling plastered or ceiled with lumber or metal, and, if required by the commissioner of labor and factory inspection, shall be whitewashed at least once in three months; the furniture, utensils, and floor of such rooms shall be kept in sanitary condition. The manufactured flour or meal food products shall be kept in dry, clean, and airy rooms. The sleeping rooms for persons employed in a bakery shall be separate from the rooms where food products are manufactured or stored. No person, firm, or corporation shall operate a bakery without having obtained from the commissioner of labor and factory inspection a certificate of inspec tion describing the building used as a bakery and stating that the same complies with the laws of this State relating to bakeries, which certificate shall be kept posted by

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the owner or operator of such bakery in a conspicuous place in the shop described in such certificate or in the salesroom connected therewith. Such certificate shall be valid for 1 year from the date of its issue, and a fee of $1 shall be collected from the person to whom such certificate is issued. Such certificate may be revoked by said commissioner, for cause, and when revoked said commissioner shall cite the person operating such bakery, or, in the case of a corporation, the manager, to appear before him within 10 days thereafter to show cause why such certificate should not remain revoked. No person, firm or corporation shall open a new bakery without having given at least 10 days' notice to the commissioner of labor and factory inspection of his intention to open such bakery, which notice shall contain a description of the building proposed to be used as such bakery and shall give its location. Upon receipt of such notice said commissioner shall examine the premises, and if found to comply with the provisions of the statutes relating to bakeries he shall issue such certificates of inspection. The provisions of this act shall not prevent local health authorities from enforcing orders or regulations concerning the sanitary condition of bakeries. Drinking Water and Soda Water-Bottling and Sale. (Ch. 280, Act May 14, 1917.) SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 1843 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: Any person engaged in the business of bottling drinking water shall apply to the State board of health for a license, stating the location of the spring or other source from which water is to be taken and sold and the location of the premises where such business is to be conducted. Said board shall cause an examination of the water to be made, and if it finds the same free from contamination and the premises where such bottling is to be done, in a sanitary condition, with the proper facilities for cleansing and sterilizing all bottles used, it may grant a license for 1 year to the person making such application, upon payment of a license fee of $10. Such license may be renewed annually upon payment of a fee of $5. Said board may revoke such license at any time, upon examination, when the water sold by such licensee is shown to be polluted, or the premises where such water is bottled, to be unsanitary. SEC. 2. Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling bottled soda water, ginger ale, or other beverages which are composed in part of raw or unboiled water shall, if such raw or unboiled water is not obtained from a public water supply which is under the supervision of the State board of health, comply with the provisions of section 1 of this act.

SEC. 3. The State board of health may forbid the sale of any bottled drinking water, soda water, ginger ale, or other beverages partly composed of raw or unboiled water which is procured or bottled outside of the State, if, in its judgment, said bottled goods are or may be prejudicial to public health.

SEC. 4. The State board of health shall have the right to seize and destroy any bottled waters or beverages composed wholly or in part of raw or unboiled water if such bottled goods are offered for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this act.

Births-Registration. (Ch. 199, Act Apr. 24, 1917.)

Section 1861 of the general statutes as amended by chapter 91 of the public acts of 1907 is amended to read as follows: Every physician or midwife who shall have professional charge of the mother at the birth of any child, and every attendant who may act as midwife at such time, when no physician is employed, shall, within 5 days after such birth, furnish the registrar of the town wherein such birth may have taken place a certificate, signed by such physician, midwife or attendant, and stating, from the best information obtainable, the name, if such child have a name, the place and date of birth, the sex, the name of the father, the maiden name of the mother, the age, color, residence and birthplace of each of the parents, the occupation of the father, the number of the child and the name and address of the medical attendant.

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Mosquito Breeding Places-Elimination. (Ch. 402, Act May 16, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 264 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: The director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station may make rules and orders concerning the elimination of mosquitoes and mosquito breeding places, and he or his agent may enter upon any swamp, marsh or land to ascertain if mosquitos breed thereon or to survey, drain, fill or otherwise treat or make any excavation or structure necessary to eliminate mosquito breeding on such land.

SEC. 2. Section 2 of chapter 264 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: Whenever funds have been provided by the town, city or borough, in which any such swamp, marsh or land is located, or by voluntary contribution, sufficient to pay three-fourths of the cost, as estimated by said director, of work of eliminating mosquitoes or mosquito breeding on such swamp, marsh or land, and moneys appropriated by the State are available sufficient to pay one-fourth of said cost, or whenever funds have been provided from other sources than the State sufficient to pay all of said cost, said director may order the execution of said work upon notice as herein provided. At least 30 days before commencing such work, said director shall file a copy of such order, with a description of the place or area affected and a statement of the proposed plan thereof, in the town clerk's office in each town in which such place or area is located. Said director shall publish a copy of such order once each week for two successive weeks in some newspaper having a circulation in the town or towns in which such place or area is situated, and shall mail a copy of such notice, postage prepaid, by registered mail, addressed to each record owner of land whose name and address may be ascertained by a reasonable inquiry from the assessors of the town in which such land is situated. Said director may, and upon application of any person affected by such order or plan, within 30 days after such publication, shall, assess benefits received and damages sustained by the owner of any such land. Such assessment shall be filed by said director with the clerk of the superior court of the county within which the land affected is located, and said clerk shall give notice of such assessment to each such property owner, by mailing to him a copy of such assessment, postage prepaid. Any person claiming to be aggrieved because of such order or proposed plan or such assessment may, within 10 days after notice, apply to the superior court in the county in which such land is situated, or any judge thereof, for relief, and said court or such judge may, after notice to said director and parties applying for relief, and hearing theron, make any proper order concerning such order or proposed plan, or make a reassessment of benefits and damages. Said court or judge may view the land claimed to be affected by such order or plan and may take any evidence in its opinion material.

The order, plan and assessment as hereinbefore provided for shall be conclusive upon all parties affected thereby, and the State treasurer shall pay to any such owner the damages assessed by said director or by said court or judge, as the case may be, upon certification of the amount by the clerk of said court. Benefits assessed as herein provided shall be collected by said treasurer and shall constitute a lien upon the land against which the same were assessed until the amount thereof has been paid with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum, which lien may be continued by filing in the office of the town clerk of the town where such land is situated a certificate thereof within 60 days after the assessment of the same, and such lien may be foreclosed or the benefits secured thereby collected in any other proper form of action. The town wherein such land is located shall reimburse the State for three-fourths of the damages assessed and paid as herein provided, and the State treasurer shall pay to any such town one-fourth of all benefits received. All amounts collected from towns under the provisions of this section may be expended for the purposes stated in said section

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The pendency of any application for the assessment of benefits and damages shall not prevent or delay the execution of the work for the elimination of mosquitoes or mosquito breeding. Upon the completion, to the satisfaction of said director, of any such work one-fourth of the cost of which is payable by the State as hereinbefore provided, said director shall certify to the comptroller, with proper vouchers, the amount of such costs, and the comptroller shall draw his order on the treasurer for such sum as, with any amounts advanced on account thereof as hereinafter provided, shall amount to one-fourth of the cost of such work.

SEC. 3. Section 3 of chapter 264 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: Whenever any swamp, marsh, or other land has been drained to the approval of said director, he shall keep the same in repair and free from obstruction, and construct or repair tide gates or otherwise treat such areas so as to make such work effective. The cost of such maintenance of treatment, not exceeding in any year, $1 per acre, shall be paid by the State, and the city, borough or town within which such place or area is located shall reimburse the State for three-fourths of the amount so expended for maintenance and treatment of such place or area. The provisions of this section shall apply to work executed prior to the passage of this act, provided such work shall be approved by the director. Said director shall certify to the comptroller the amount due from any city, borough or town under the provisions of this section, and the treasurer of such city, borough or town, as the case may be, shall pay to said comptroller the amount so due upon receipt of a bill therefor. All amounts so collected shall be available for expenditures under the provisions of this section. SEC. 4. Said director may appoint one or more deputies to supervise the work done under the provisions of this act, who may exercise the authority granted to such director, and the expenses of said director and said deputies for supervision and inspection shall be included in computing the cost of any such work.

SEC. 5. The sum of $5,000 is appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act, and $5,000 for carrying out the provisions of section 3 of this act. The comptroller may advance to said director such amounts, within such appropriations as are necessary to meet the current expenses for the labor authorized under the provisions of this act.

Refuse-Removal From Jointly Owned Land. (Ch. 327, Act May 16, 1917.)

Any board of health or town health officer may, upon the written complaint of any person having an interest in any land, cause the removal of refuse and rubbish from such land and shall apportion the expenses of such removal among the co-owners: Provided, The cost of removal of any refuse and rubbish caused by the alteration or erection of any structure on such land shall be charged to the owner or owners causing such alteration or erection.

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 2845 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: The State board of health may investigate all points of sewage discharge and may examine all existing or proposed public sewerage systems and refuse disposal plants, and may compel their operation in a manner which shall protect the public health, or may order their alteration, extension and replacement by other structures when necessary for the protection of the public health. After the passage of this act no public sewerage system or refuse disposal plant shall be built until the design of the same has been filed with the State board of health and approved by said board. SEc. 2. Section 3 of said act is amended to read as follows: No person, corporation or municipality shall place or permit to be placed or discharge or permit to flow into any of the waters of the State, any sewage, except as hereinafter provided. The

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