District of Columbia v. Simpson

Citations

• 47 App. D.C. 6
• 1917 U.S. App. LEXIS 2587

Syllabus

<p>Statutes; Repeal; Adulteration.</p> <p>1. Repeals by implication are to be avoided when the. two statutes by reasonable construction can be made to harmonize.</p> <p>2. The Act of Congress of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. at L. 709, chap. 164) prohibiting the bringing of milk into the District of Columbia without first obtaining a permit from the health officer of the District of Columbia, was intended primarily to regulate the source of supply of such milk and to secure sanitary conditions and surroundings, and was not repealed by the Pure Food and Drugs Act of Congress of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. at L. 768, chap. 3915, Comp. Stat. 3916, sec. 8717), which is operative when such milk reaches the District and subjects it to the. tests of misbranding and adulteration.</p>