premises within the City and County of San Francisco, in violation or in disregard of the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 13. Any person, firm, corporation or association of persons violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 14. Ordinances Nos. 144, 314 (New Series), 2298 (New Series), 2668 (New Series) and Section 196 of Ordinance No. 1008 (New Series), and all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in so far as they conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that this repeal shall in no wise affect pending actions or proceedings instituted or commenced under any of the Ordinances or parts of Ordinances hereby repealed, but every such action or proceeding may be prosecuted to final judgment, such repeal notwithstanding. Section 15. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately. ORDINANCE NO. 138. Approved September 8, 1900. Defining the Term "Cellar," and Prohibiting the Leasing, Letting, Hiring Out, Renting or Allowing Lower Portions or Apartments of Any Building, or Apartments Whose Floors Are Damp or Impregnated or Penetrated by Any Offensive Gas, Smell or Exhalation Prejudicial to Health, or Cellars, or Bathrooms, or Rooms Containing a Water Closet, or Other Places Dangerous or Prejudicial to Life or Health by Reason of a Want of Ventilation or Drainage, or by Reason of the Presence of Any Poisonous, Noxious or Offensive Substance, or Otherwise, as or for a Place of Sleeping or Residence. Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. The term "Cellar" is hereby defined and shall be taken to mean and include every basement and lower story of any building or house of which one-half or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the street adjoining. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or other person in charge or control of any building, or any part thereof, to lease or let or hire out the same, or any portion thereof, to be occupied by any person, or to allow the same to be occupied as a place in which, or for any one, to dwell or lodge, unless such building, or such parts thereof, shall be sufficiently lighted, ventilated, provided and accommodated, and shall be in all respects in that condition of cleanliness and wholesomeness for which any law of this State or any Ordinance of this Board provides, or in which any of such laws or Ordinances shall require any such premises to be kept. Nor shall any such person rent, let, hire out or allow, having power to prevent the same to be used as or for a place of sleeping or residence, any portion or apartment of any building as or for a place of sleeping or residence, unless such apartment or portion shall have at least two feet of its height and space above the level of every part of the sidewalk and curbstone of any adjacent street; nor any portion or apartment of any building of which the floor is damp by reason of water from the ground, or which is impregnated or penetrated by any offensive gas, smell or exhalation prejudicial to health. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or person in charge or control of any building or any part thereof, or any other person having the right and power to prevent the same, to cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any cellar, or in any bathroom, or in any room where there is a water closet, or in any place dangerous or prejudicial to life or health by reason of a want of ventilation or drainage; or by reason of the presence of any poisonous, noxious or offensive substance, or otherwise. Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprison ment. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ORDINANCE NO. 162. Approved October 16, 1900. Prohibiting the Gathering, Selling, Offering for Sale, Keeping for Sale, Giving, Distributing, or Otherwise Disposing of Water Cress or Other Edible Herbs or Vegetables Which Have Been, Are, or May Be Growing Within 1000 Feet of Sewer Outlets, Cesspools or Other Places Where Stagnant Water, Seepage or Other Drainage, or Any Offensive Matter, or Any Matter Dangerous to Health, Has or May Be Accumulated. Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. No person shall gather, or sell, or offer for sale, or keep, or keep for sale, or give, or distribute, or otherwise dispose of any water cress, or any other edible herb or vegetable which has been, or is, or may be, growing within 1000 feet of any sewer outlet, or any cesspool or any other place where stagnant water, or seepage, or other drainage, or any offensive matter, or any matter dangerous to health has, or may be accumulated. Section 2. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect on and from its passage. ORDINANCE NO. 354. Approved September 13, 1901. Making It Unlawful Hereafter to Erect or Establish Carpet Beating Establishments, Tanneries or Shoddy Mills Within Certain Limits of the City and County and Describing Such Limits. Whereas, the establishment of carpet beating works, tanneries and shoddy mills in residential parts of the city is dangerous to the public health and prejudicial to the well-being and comfort of the community, as well as ruinous to the market value of property in the neighborhood of such establishments, therefore, Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect or establish any carpet beating works, tannery or shoddy mill within the following described limits of this City and County, to wit: Commencing at a point where Channel street intersects the water front line at the northern extremity of China Basin; thence running northerly, northwesterly and westerly along the established water front line to the eastern line of the Presidio reservation; thence southerly along the easterly line of the Presidio reservation to the southerly line of the Presidio reservation; thence westerly along said southerly line of the Presidio reservation to the shore line of the Pacific Ocean; thence westerly and southerly along the shore line of the Pacific Ocean to the western extremity of Ocean avenue; thence easterly along Ocean avenue to Mission street, thence northeasterly and northerly along Mission street to Twenty-sixth street; thence easterly along Twenty-sixth street if produced to a point where said street would intersect Potrero avenue if produced in a southerly direction. Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of Army street with San Bruno avenue; thence northerly along San Bruno avenue to Twenty-fifth street; thence easterly along Twenty-fifth street to Wisconsin street; thence northerly along Wisconsin__street to Eighteenth street; thence westerly along Eighteenth street to Potrero avenue; thence northerly along Potrero avenue to Division street; thence easterly along Division street to Channel street; thence northeasterly along Channel street to the waters of the bay and the point of commencement. Section 2. This Ordinance shall not apply to, or affect, or disturb such places of business established, or being conducted in this City and County, at the time of the passage of this Ordinance. Section 3. Every person, firm or corporation that violates the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ORDINANCE NO. 574. Regulating the Disinfection of Shoddy and the Raw Material Used in the Manufacture Thereof. Whereas, the use of shoddy and the materials used in the manufacture thereof without proper disinfection of the same, is a menace to the public health; therefore, Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any material in the manufacture of shoddy or cause the same to be used unless such material shall first be disinfected by formaldehyde gas under pressure of at least 50 pounds or steam of at least 320 degrees Fahrenheit, in an air-tight room or chamber. Section 2. All machinery used in the manufacturing of shoddy and all factories, warehouses, stores or other buildings or enclosures wherein shoddy is manufactured, produced or stored, or sold or exposed for sale, and every factory, warehouse, store or other building or enclosure wherein the raw materials used in the manufacture of shoddy is collected, stored, sold or exposed for sale, shall be at all times subject to the inspection of the Board of Health or the officers thereof. Section 3. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture, sale, or storing of shoddy shall within thirty (30) days after the final passage of this Ordinance register at the office of the Board of Health his or their individual or corporate name and business address, and no person, firm or corporation shall hereafter establish or maintain any factory, store or warehouse for the manufacture, sale or storing of shoddy without first applying to and obtaining from the Health Officer a permit to establish and maintain the same. Section 4. All shoddy manufactured without the City and County of San Francisco and brought within the said City and County shall, before being sold or exposed for sale or stored in any factory, warehouse, storeroom or enclosure in this City and County, be disinfected by formaldehyde gas, under pressure of at least 50 pounds, or steam of at least 320 degrees Fahrenheit, in an air-tight room or chamber. Section 5. Every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Ordinance or neglecting or refusing to comply with the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) dollars, and not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than five (5) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ORDINANCE NO. 384 (New Series). Approved March 18, 1908. Regulating the Keeping and Feeding of Live Hares, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons and Other Fowl. Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or feed, or cause to be kept or fed, or permit to be kept or fed, on premises over which any such person, firm or corporation may have control, any live hares, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, doves, pigeons or other fowl within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco herein below designated, unless the same are kept or fed in coops or enclosures complying with the following requirements, to wit: (1) The floor of said coop or enclosure shall be of concrete not less than two (2) inches thick and covered either with a layer of cement not less than one-half (1⁄2) inch thick or asphalt not less than one (1) inch thick. (2) The said coop or enclosure shall be entirely surrounded by a brick or concrete wall at least five (5) inches in thickness and one (1) foot high. (3) The said coop or enclosure shall be entirely surrounded by a galvanized iron wire mesh fence, walls or sides extending at least six (6) feet above the ground, which mesh shall not be greater than one-half (1⁄2) inch in size. Provided, however, that said live hares, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, doves, pigeons or other fowl shall be permitted between the hours of sunrise and sunset to run at large within the limits of the premises in which said coops or inclosures are maintained, and provided, further, that said coops or inclosures shall be kept closed during the time that said live hares, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, doves, pigeons and other fowl are so running at large. The portion of the city and county subject to the provisions of this Ordinance is bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point where Lyon street meets the waters of the bay; thence southerly along Lyon street to the southerly boundary line of Presidio reservation; thence westerly along said boundary line to Sixteenth avenue; thence southerly on Sixteenth avenue to Fulton street (formerly D and Fulton streets); thence easterly on Fulton street to Stanyan street; thence southerly on Stanyan street to Frederick street; thence westerly on Frederick street to First avenue; thence southerly on First avenue to Parnassus avenue; thence in an easterly direction on Parnassus avenue to Stanyan street; thence along Stanyan street southerly to Thirtieth street; thence easterly along Thirtieth street to Castro street; thence southerly along Castro street to a point where, if extended southerly, it would intersect the corner of Mission street and Silver avenue; thence southerly along Mission street to Tingley street; thence along Tingley street to Alemany avenue: thence along Alemany avenue to Bauer street; thence along Bauer street to Mission street; thence southwesterly along Mission street to France avenue; thence along France avenue to Paris street; thence northeasterly along Paris street to Russia avenue; thence southeasterly along Russia avenue to Munich street; thence northeasterly along Munich street to Felton street; thence easterly along Felton street to Madison street; thence northwesterly along Madison street to Silver avenue; thence along Silver avenue in a westerly direction to Mission street; thence northeasterly along Mission street to Canal street; thence along Canal street to the southerly boundary of St. Mary's College tract; thence easterly and northerly along the southerly and easterly boundaries of said tract to Crescent avenue; thence along Crescent avenue to Andover avenue; thence northerly along Andover avenue to Cortland avenue; thence along Cortland avenue in an easterly direction to San Bruno avenue; thence following the line of San Bruno avenue to Islais creek, and the waters of the bay from Islais creek to Lyon street. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or feed live hares, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, doves, pigeons or other fowl in movable or portable coops in permises which are not rat proof unless the said coops are constructed with a metal bottom and metal sides to a height of at least one (1) foot, surmounted by a metal cage of one-half (2) inch wire mesh. Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately. ORDINANCE NO. 857 (New Series). Approved August 2, 1909. Prohibiting the Importation and Sale or Giving Away or Having the Possession of Ground Squirrels in the City and County of San Francisco. Whereas, The United States Health Service Officials in charge of plague suppression measures in the City and County of San Francisco have advised that it has recently been demonstrated that ground squirrels in Contra Costa, Alameda and Los Angeles Counties are infected with plague, and has further recommended that the importation and sale of ground squirrels be prohibited in the City and County of San Francisco, which recommendation has been concurred in by the Board of Health of said City and County in communication duly filed with this Board; now, therefore, Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as Follows: Section 1. No person or persons, firm, company or corporation shall import into the City and County of San Francisco, or shall sell, expose for |