of an act entitled "An act regulating the employment, certain officers and employees of this State, and of th municipalities thereof, and providing for a Civil Se defining its powers and duties," approved April 10, 1908 tory thereof and supplemental thereto, and subsequen office shall be made in accordance with the provisions o be provided for such bureau of vital statistics in the suitable building, at Trenton, suitable offices, which sha with fireproof vault and filing cases for the permanen of all official records made and returned under this act. 4. All appointments of local registrars of vital statist district in the State hereafter to be made shall be mad health for such district, but no physician, midwife, or appointed: Provided, That in any registration distric or other health officials are, in the judgment of the Stat conducting effective registration of births and deaths such officials, or one or more of them, may be appoint for such registration district, who shall be subject to th of the State registrar and to all the provisions of t further, That all local and county registrars holding of taking effect of this act shall continue in office subject t act. All appointments of local registrars hereafter to mediately certified to the State department of health, effective until 30 days from the date of filing of said c approved in writing by said State department. If wi the State department of health shall disapprove of said shall be deemed vacant. In any county of the State where there may be hereafter a county board of heal

lying down between the time of cleaning and the time of milking, unless the cows are cleaned immediately before milking.

REG. 13. Ventilation.-The cow stables shall be provided with adequate ventilation, each cow to be provided with a minimum of 600 cubic feet of air space. REG. 14. Windows.-A sufficient number of windows shall be installed and so distributed as to provide satisfactory light and a maximum of sunshine; four square feet of window area to each 600 cubic feet of air space to represent the minimum.

REG. 15. Bedding.-No dusty or moldy hay or straw, bedding from horse stalls, or other unclean materials shall be used for bedding or for absorbent materials. Only bedding which is clean, dry, and absorbent may be used. No horse manure shall be used in the manure gutters.

REG. 16 Cleansing of stables and disposition of manure.—In those stables in which cattle are kept in stanchions or stalls, soiled bedding and manure shall be removed at least twice daily and the floors shall be swept and kept free from refuse. Such cleaning and sweeping shall be done at least one hour before the milking time. This regulation shall not apply to dairy cow stables where separate milking stables are provided.

REG. 17. Lavatories.—Adequate and conveniently located lavatory facilities for employees shall be provided.

REG. 18. Quarantine stables.—A quarantine barn or stable shall be provided which shall have proper facilities for the quarantine or isolation of diseased cattle. Such building or buildings shall not be directly connected with the dairy barn or other buildings. The building shall be provided with sufficient light, ventilation, and drainage and so constructed and maintained as to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among the herd. The interior and surroundings of the buildings shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.

MILK HOUSE AND BOTTLING ROOM.

REG. 19. Milk house and bottling room required.-A milk house and bottling room shall be provided which shall be separate from the stables and there shall be no hogpens or manure piles within 300 feet of it. The interior and surroundings shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

REG. 20. Operations permitted in milk house. The building shall not be used for purposes other than the handling of certified milk and the cleaning, sterilizing, and storing of milk utensils which are in use. No parts of the building shall be used for dwelling or lodging purposes.

REG. 21 Construction of milk house. The building shall be so constructed and arranged as to provide separate rooms for the bottling and the handling of milk, washing and sterilizing of bottles and utensils and a boiler room.

The floors of the bottling, washing, and sterilizing rooms shall be watertight and constructed of concrete or other nonabsorbent material. The floors of these rooms shall be properly drained to a point or points at which drainage is disposed of and all drain pipes shall be well trapped.

The walls and ceilings shall be smooth and kept well painted. The walls should be constructed of nonabsorbent material to a height of at least 5 feet. Adequate light and ventilation shall be provided.

The rooms shall be thoroughly screened against flies.

REG. 22. Bottling room and washing and sterilizing room.-A bottling room shall be held to mean any room in the building in which milk is exposed or bottled. The washing and sterilizing room shall be held to mean any room in the building where any bottles, apparatus, or utensils used in the handling of milk are cleansed and sterilized. The bottling room shall be used for no

(2) Full name of child. If the child dies without a 1 cate is filed, then the words "died unnamed." If the 1 been named at the date of filing certificate of birth, the of child" shall be left blank and the name supplied sub mental report, as hereinafter provided.

(3) Sex of child.

(4) Whether a twin, triplet, or other plural birth. shall be required for each child in case of plural births. (5) For plural births, number of each child in order o (6) Whether legitimate or illegitimate.

(7) Date of birth, including the year, month, and day (8) Full name of father and mother. (9) Residence of father and mother.

(10) Color or race of father and mother.

(11) Age of father and mother at last birthday in yea (12) Birthplace of father and mother, country, Stat known.

(13) Occupation of father and mother if engaged in ployment, with the statement of (a) trade, profession, work; (b) general nature of industry, business, or estal ployed (or employer), and in case of mother (c) date confinement to which such employment continued.

(14) Maiden name of mother.

(15) Number of children born to this mother, includi (16) Number of children of this mother now living. (17) What preventative for ophthalmia neonatorum (18) The certification of attending physician, or midw midwife, as to attendance at birth, and hour of birth. Th signed by the person making the same, as hereinbefore signature and address.

TOILET ROOMS.

REG. 32. Toilet rooms.-Toilet rooms shall be provided with running water, washbasin, nailbrush, soap, and clean individual towels and shall be thoroughly screened.

WATER SUPPLY.

REG. 33. Water supply.-The entire water supply shall be free from contamination and obtained from a source not liable to contamination and shall be sufficient in quantity for all dairy purposes.

PASTURES OR PADDOCKS.

REG. 34. Pastures or paddocks.-Pastures or paddocks to which the cows have access shall be crossed by no stream which is dangerously contaminated and shall be at sufficient distances from offensive conditions to suffer no bad effects from them. Pastures should be free from infectious agents and deleterious plants and of such a character that they will furnish sound and nutritious food for the animals.

NUISANCES.

REG. 35. Nuisances.-Pigpens, manure piles, and all other sources of contamination shall be so situated on the farm as to render impossible the contamination of the water supply, and shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in such a manner as to prevent them from becoming breeding places for flies or otherwise objectionable.

COWS AND THE MILKING HERD.

REG. 36. Make-up of herd.-No cows except those receiving the same supervision as those of the certified herd shall be kept in the same barn or brought in contact with them.

REG. 37. Exclusion of animals from the herd.-No horses, hogs, cats, dogs, or fowls shall be allowed to come in contact with the certified herd in the stables.

REG. 38. Cleaning of cows.-Each cow in the herd shall be groomed and cleaned before each milking.

REG. 39. Clipping.-Long hair shall be clipped from the udders and flanks of the cows and the tails shall be kept clean.

REG. 40. The cleaning of udders.-The udders and teats of the cows shall be thoroughly washed and dried with a clean cloth immediately before milking. In no case shall one cloth be used for more than four cows.

REG. 41. Feeding.-All foodstuffs shall be stored in an apartment separate from the cow stable. Foodstuffs shall not be brought into the milking stable until after milking is completed.

REG. 42. Foods shall be wholesome.-Only those foods shall be used which consist of sound, palatable, and nutritious material, such as will not injure the health of the cows or unfavorably affect the taste or character of the milk. No dirty or moldy food or food in a state of decomposition or putrefaction shall be given.

REG. 43. Balanced ration.-A well-balanced ration shall be used, and all changes of food shall be made slowly. The first few feedings of grass, alfalfa, ensilage, green corn, or other green feeds shall be given in small rations and increased gradually.

VETERINARY SUPERVISION OF THE HERD.

REG. 44. Tuberculin test.-The herd shall be free from tuberculosis, as shown by the tuberculin test properly applied. The test shall be applied under the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and the bureau of animal industry of the State in which the herd is located or under the supervision of the bureau of animal industry of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture or the corresponding bureau of the State in which the herd is located, by veterinarians in the employ of said bureau or bureaus at the time the test is made. All cattle which fail to pass a satisfactory tuberculin test shall be isolated from the herd and all cattle showing physical evidence of tuberculosis shall be removed immediately from the farm. All animals suspected of being affected with tuberculosis shall also be isolated from the herd producing certified milk.

REG. 45. New cattle added to the herd.-No cattle other than those from accredited herds shall be added to the certified herd until such cattle have successfully passed a tuberculin test applied by veterinarians employed by the Federal or State bureaus where the cattle are located. Cattle from accredited herds may be admitted if moved in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture.

REG. 46. Disinfection of cow stable.-Immediately following the removal of reactors or other diseased cattle, the cow stable shall be disinfected under the supervision of the sanitary inspector of the medical milk commission.

REG. 47. Dates of tuberculin tests.-The tuberculin test shall be applied semiannually to the entire herd in accordance with the requirements of regulation 44, excepting in tuberculosis-free accredited herds, maintained in accordance with the rules of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. The dates of all tuberculin tests shall be reported in writing within 24 hours to the medical milk commission by the owner of the cattle, and the results of all tuberculin tests shall be reported to the secretary of the medical milk commission issuing the certificates. The results of all tuberculin tests shall be kept on file by each medical milk commission.

REG. 48. Identification of cows.-Each dairy cow, except pure-bred registered cattle, in each of the certified herds, shall be labeled or tagged with a number or mark which will permanently identify her.

REG. 49. Herd record. A record shall be kept of each cow which shall show her entrance to and departure from the herd, date of breeding, date of calving, and the results of the tuberculin tests and physical examinations. The herd record shall be kept by the owner of the herd and a copy of this record shall be kept in the hands of the veterinarian of the medical milk commission under which the dairy farm is operating, and the owner of the herd shall be held responsible for the accuracy of this record.

REG. 50. Physical examination of cattle.-The veterinary inspector of the commission shall make a careful physical examination of all cattle in the dairy herd at regular intervals not exceeding one month and shall report immediately in writing to the medical milk commission the results of the examinations.

REG. 51. Disposition of cows affected with diseases other than tuberculosis.— Cows having rheumatism, inflammation of the uterus, severe diarrhea or diseases of the udder, or cows that from any other cause may be a menace to the herd or to the consumers of the milk, shall be removed from the herd to the quarantine barn. These cows shall not be restored to the herd until permission has been given by the veterinarian after a careful physical examination and, when necessary, a bacteriological examination has been made.