Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.

Date:: [1913]

Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$COMMON DRINKING CUPS. CHICAGO, ILL. COMMON DRINKING CUPS—USE OP, IN PUBLIC OR SEMIPUBLIC PLACES PROHIBITED. Sec. 1. That no person, firm, or corporation as owner, agent, employee, or person in charge or control of any railroad or railway station located within the city of Chicago, any railroad or railway car or train operated from point to point within said city, any public or private school, any municipal or office building, any lodging or boarding house, hotel, club, theater, public hall, amusement ground, factory, office, store, or structure of any name or description whatsoever, shall keep, offer, exhibit, or display for use any common drinking cup, glass, or other receptacle. Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of section 1 hereof shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense. Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ninety (90) days from the date of its passage. [Ordinance adopted May 8, 1911.] 1 CLEVELAND, OHIO. DRINKING CUPS AND DISHES USED IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, ETC. Sec. 1. The use of public and common drinking cups, glasses, or vessels of any kind to be used in common, for the purpose of drinking therefrom on railroad trains or in stations, in public or private schools, public buildings, halls, churches, theaters, markets, playgrounds, parks, stores, hotels, offices and office buildings, factoriesor manufacturing establishments, or in any other public place whatsoever, in the city of Cleveland, is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. No person, partnership, or corporation in charge or control of any railroad train or station, or public or private school, public building, hall, church, theater, market, playground, park, store, hotel, office or office building, factory or manufac- turing establishment, or in any other public place whatsoever, shall furnish, provide, place or expose, or allow to be furnished, provided, placed or exposed, any cup, glass, or any other drinking vessel at any place where the public or more than one particular individual may or can have access to or the use of such vessel, or where such vessels, may or can be used in common by the public or by more than one particular indi- vidual, on any railroad train or in any station, or public or private school,^ public building, hall, church, theater, market, playground, park, store, hotel, office and office building, factory or manufacturing establishment, or at any other place whatso- ever, under his or its control in the city of Cleveland. Sec. 3. The owner, lessee, or person in charge of any hotel, saloon, restaurant, drug store, soda fountain, or any place of public refreshment, shall furnish glasses, cups, dishes, and other eating or drinking vessels and utensils used in the said hotel, saloon, restaurant, drug store, soda fountains, or other places of public refreshment, to be thoroughly cleansed after use by each and every customer m a manner apple's ed by the board of health. . . Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of the above sections snail, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a line of not less than $10 or more than $25, and each day’s failure to comply with any provision of the above sections shall constitute an additional and separate offense. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and alter its adoption and legal publication. [Resolution board of health, adding Title \ II to part 6 ot Rules and Regulations of the board of health. Adopted Sept. 1, 1911.] i Received too late for previous publication.$