or contagious disease, to serve any other person as a barber in the city of Los Angeles.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any barber to serve in his place of business any person or customer who appears to be suffering from any contagious or infectious disease. It shall be unlawful for any barber to use any tool, implement, or device in the occupation of barbering, and which is being used in the performance of services upon other persons, upon any person who appears to be suffering from any contagious or infectious disease.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any mug, shaving brush, razor, needle, shears, forceps, or any metal instrument of any kind in the performance of any services upon or for any other person in any barber shop unless such mug, shaving brush, razor, needle, forceps, or other metal instrument (except clippers) shall have been cleaned and sterilized immediately before using the same.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on a barber shop to fail, refuse, or neglect to keep such barber shop and all appurtenances thereof and all tools, instruments, and appliances used therein, in a clean and sanitary condition.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on a barber shop to fail, refuse, or neglect to supply running hot and cold water for use in such barber shop, and it shall be unlawful for any person to use any water in or about the performance of any services upon or for any other person in any barber shop except such water as is furnished from such running water supply, and it shall be unlawful for any person to use any water in or about the performance of any services upon or for any person in any barber shop which has previously been used for any service or purpose in such barber shop.

SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or permit to be used any towel or other cloth in the performance of any service upon or for any other person in any barber shop that has been previously used for any purpose, unless such towel or other cloth shall have been laundered since such previous use, and is in a clean and fresh condition: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any cloth used to cover the clothing of any person upon or for whom any service is being performed: And providing, also, That it shall be unlawful to permit said last-mentioned cloth to come in contact with the skin of any person except the hands of such person upon or for whom any service is being performed.

SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse, or neglect to wear a clean washable apron, coat, or other outer garment while such person is engaged in the performance of any service upon or for any other person in any barber shop.

SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to use alum or any other material for the purpose of stopping the flow of blood from any other person in any barber shop, unless such alum or other material is in powdered form.

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any sponge or powder puff in the performance of any service upon or for any other person in any barber shop.

SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any service upon or for any other person in any barber shop, unless such person performing such service shall have thoroughly cleansed his hands immediately before performing such service.

SEC. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting or carrying on a barber shop to permit or allow any person to use the room, in which the same is conducted, as a sleeping apartment, and it shall

be unlawful for any person to use the room in which any barber shop is conducted as a sleeping apartment.

SEC. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to serve as a barber in the city of Los Angeles without first having obtained a permit so to do from the health commissioner of said city, and a license therefor as hereinafter provided. Every person desiring a permit to serve as a barber in said city shall make a written application therefor to the health commissioner upon a form to be prepared and furnished by said health commissioner, and shall personally present himself before the health commissioner for physical examination; if the applicant shall be found by such examination to be afflicted with any one of the diseases described or referred to in section 1 hereof, the health commissioner shall refuse to issue such permit, otherwise such permit shall be issued immediately.

SEC. 13. At the time of the presentation of the application for a permit under this ordinance, the applicant shall pay to the health commissioner as a fee for the examination herein provided for, the sum of $3. Such permit when issued shall entitle the holder thereof to obtain a license from the city clerk in accordance with such permit, upon the payment to said city clerk of the fee provided for by the license ordinance of the city of Los Angeles. Such license shall bear such data as the health commissioner shall specify. Upon the delivery of such license to the holder of said permit, such permit shall be filed with the city clerk. Such license shall entitle the applicant to serve as a barber in the city of Los Angeles for the term of one year only from and after the date of its issuance. Every person to whom a permit is issued shall register his name and post-office address or any change of his post-office address with the health commissioner, and the health commissioner may require such person to appear before him for reexamination. If any such person shall fail to appear before the health commissioner and submit himself for reexamination, within 10 days from the date of the mailing of a notice by the health commissioner to such person at his last designated address, requiring his appearance before the health commissioner, or if any such person shall, after reexamination, be determined by the health commissioner to be afflicted with any of the diseases described in or referred to in section 1 of this ordinance, the permit and license heretofore issued to such person shall be revoked and the same shall thereupon become null and void and of no effect. No fee shall be charged for such reexamination other than an annual examination.

SEC. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation managing or conducting a barber shop to employ or permit any person to act as a barber in such shop unless such person shall be licensed as herein provided. Each and every barber in the city of Los Angeles shall keep posted in a conspicuous place at his place of business his license to act as a barber.

SEC. 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation conducting or managing any barber shop to refuse to allow the health commissioner or nis deputies, or any duly authorized inspector, to enter any portion of such barber shop, or to interfere in any manner whatsoever with the examination or inspection by said health commissioner, his deputies or inspectors, of any barber shop or portion thereof, or any tools or implements used in carrying on such business. SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of the health commissioner to enforce the provisions of this ordinance, and said health commissioner and his deputies and inspectors are hereby authorized to enter any barber shop in the city of Los Angeles when the same is open for business for the purpose of inspecting the same and the contents thereof. If upon examination and inspection of any barber shop the same or any portion thereof, or any tool or implement used therein, is found to be in an unclean or unsanitary condition, the health commissioner or

his deputies or inspectors shall by notice in writing require the owner, lessee, manager, agent, or other person in charge of or in authority over such barber shop, to cause the same to be cleaned and placed in a sanitary condition within a reasonable time (dependent upon the character of the work to be done) after the date of the service of such notice, and any person failing to comply with the requirements of the said notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as herein provided.

SEC. 17. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $300, or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is continued or permitted by any such person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall have his permit and license to act as a barber revoked, and notice thereof shall be given to the city clerk by the health commissioner.

SEC. 18. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The city council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

SEC. 19. Ordinance No. 25353 (new series), entitled, "An ordinance regulating barber shops," approved on the 26th day of June, 1912, and all ordinances amendatory thereto or thereof and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed: Provided, That any such repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution and punishment of any person, firm, or corporation for any act done or permitted in violation of any ordinance which may be repealed by this ordinance and shall not affect any prosecution or action which may be pending in any court for the violation of any ordinance repealed by this ordinance.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Bathing Establishments-Permits Required. (Res. Bd. of H., June 28, 1917.) Resolved, That section 340 of the sanitary code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 340. Bathing establishments regulated.—Bathing suits shall not be hired out, nor shall any bathing establishment be maintained in the city of New York without a permit therefor issued by the board of health or otherwise than in accordance with the terms of said permit and the regulations of said board. For the purpose of this section, the expression "bathing establishment" shall be taken to mean and include every building, room, inclosure, place, or premises wherein bathing is permitted for hire, or wherein bathing suits are hired out, or which, for hire, is used for the purpose of dressing or undressing in connection with the wearing, putting on, or taking off of bathing suits.

Bathing Establishments-Regulation. (Res. Bd. of H., June 28, 1917.) Resolved, That the regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of bathing establishments be and the same are hereby generally revised and amended and made to read as follows:

GENERAL REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL BATHING ESTABLISHMENTS.

REGULATION 1. Water-closet accommodations.-Separate and suitable watercloset accommodations for each sex shall be provided in the ratio of one watercloset to every 100 persons or fraction thereof of the sex for which such watercloset accommodations are provided. They shall be conveniently located in properly ventilated compartments approved by the department of health. Such water-closets and water-closet compartments shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Every such water-closet shall be adequately flushed, properly trapped, and sewer or cesspool connected. Cesspools shall not be permitted where there is a sewer in the street to which the premises can be connected. Where cesspools are permitted, they must be water-tight, unless otherwise allowed by a permit from the department of health.

REG. 2. Drinking water to be provided.-An adequate supply of drinking water, furnished by means of sanitary bubble fountains or individual cups, shall be provided for bathers. Water from wells in the borough of Manhattan shall not be used for drinking purposes. Water from wells in the other boroughs, other than the public water supply, shall not be used without a permit from the board of health.

REG. 3. Premises to be maintained in sanitary condition.—Bathing establishment and premises upon which the bathing establishment is located shall be maintained in a cleanly and sanitary condition.

REG. 4. Bathing suits, towels, etc., to be sterilized.-Suitable and adequate facilities shall be provided for sterilizing bathing suits, towels, shoes, stockings, caps, and other articles owned or remaining in the custody of the bathing establishment to be hired out or distributed for use by bathers. All such articles shall be properly sterilized after being used by bathers, and no such article shall, under any circumstances, be used a second time unless it shall have been, after the previous use therof, so sterilized.

REG. 5. Use of common towels, etc., prohibited.-The use of common towels, cups, combs, or brushes, or the furnishing of any such common towel, cup, comb, or brush, is prohibited.

REG. 6. Dressing rooms.-Suitable and separate dressing rooms shall be provided for each sex, and notices to that effect shall be painted on the outside of the entrances thereto. Separate passageways or hallways leading to the dressing rooms occupied by males and females, respectively, shall be provided. Every such passageway or hallway shall be effectively screened by a partition or vestibule.

REG. 7. Regulations to be kept posted.-A copy of the regulations of the board of health relating to bathing establishments shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside of the establishment.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS, ROOMS, INCLOSURES, PLACES, OR PREMISES WHICH, FOR HIRE, ARE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRESSING OR UNDRESSING IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEARING, PUTTING ON, OR TAKING OFF OF BATHING SUITS.

REG. 8. Use of cellars prohibited.-No room located in the cellar of a building shall be used, or permitted to be used, as a bathing establishment.

REG. 9. Use of rooms occupied for domestic purposes prohibited. No room used as a kitchen, dining room, sitting room, bathroom, sleeping room, or for other domestic purposes shall be used, or permitted to be used, as a bathing establishment.

REG. 10. Drainage.-Waste water from showers, tubs, dressing rooms, waterclosets, sinks, or platforms shall be discharged into the sewer or cesspool to which the premises is connected.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT AND MAINTENANCE OF BATHING ESTABLISHMENTS USING WATER OTHER THAN SEA WATER FOR BATHING PURPOSES.

REG. 11. Pools, plunges, and mikvehs to be emptied and cleaned daily; water to be suitable for bathing purposes.-The pools, plunges, and mikvehs shall be emptied of water daily and the bottom and side walls of same shall be thoroughly scrubbed before refilling, or the water shall be mechanically filtered through sand or other approved material and then so treated by chlorination, or by some other effective method approved by the department of health, as not to contain more than 10 bacilli of the colon group in 1 cubic centimeter of such water. The water of the pools, plunges, and mikvehs shall be maintained in a condition suitable for bathing purposes at all times.

REG. 12. Construction of stairs and stair supports to pools, etc.-The stairs and stair supports leading to pools, plunges, and mikvehs shall be of metal, stone, or cement.

REG. 13. Floors to be impervious to dampness.-The floors of bathrooms shall be made impervious to dampness and, where so ordered by the department of health, graded to properly trapped sewer or cesspool connected drains.

REG. 14. Side walls of bathrooms to be protected.-The side walls of bathrooms shall be painted with two coats of white enamel paint or covered with nonabsorbent material to a height of at least 6 feet above the floor.

REG. 15. Waste to discharge outside of pool, etc.-The waste water from showers, tubs, dressing rooms, water-closets, sinks, and platforms shall be discharged outside of the pools, plunges, or mikvehs.

REG. 16. Mats to be of rubber.—Where mats are used, they shall be made of rubber.

REG. 17. Cushions and mattresses to be covered.-All cushions and mattresses shall be covered with nonabsorbent material.

REG. 18. Clean towels to be provided.—Clean individual towels shall be provided for each person.

REG. 19. Persons with infectious diseases to be excluded.-Persons suffering from any form of contagious, communicable, or infectious disease shall not be permitted to enter or use the pools, plunges, or mikvehs.

REG. 20. Bathers to take shower baths.-Every bather, before being allowed access to pools, plunges, or mikvehs, shall be required to take a cleansing shower, using warm water and soap, and to use toilet accommodations.

REG. 21. Bathers not to commit nuisance.-Bathers shall not commit, or be permitted to commit, any form of nuisance in pools, plunges, or mikvehs.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT AND MAINTENANCE OF FLOATING BATHS AND STATIONARY POOL BATHS USING FOR BATHING PURPOSES THE WATERS ALONG AND HUDSON RIVER, THE HARLEM RIVER. OR TO THE WEST OF A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN FORT SCHUYLER AND WILLETTS POINT, OR NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN NORTONS POINT, CONEY ISLAND, AND THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THE FORT WADSWORTH RESERVATION ON STATEN ISLAND, OR IN THE ARTHUR KILLS ON THE WEST OF STATEN ISLAND, THE KILL VON KULL, AND THE UPPER BAY.

REG. 22. Baths to be water-tight.-The floating baths and stationary pool baths shall be maintained water-tight, so as to prevent contamination of the contents of the pool by external sources.

REG. 23. Water to be filtered and treated; maintenance of water.-Wherever floating baths or stationary pool baths do not use sea water obtained from the river or harbor in the area above described, such water shall be maintained in a condition suitable for bathing purposes at all times and shall be filtered,