The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-30
BOARD OF HEALTH.
These Rules Were Adopted " the Boa I'd
Yesterday.

At q meeting of the Board of Health
held yesterday afternoon these rules were
adopted in relation to the sale of milk in
the city. and will go into effect imnedi-
ately:
1t is hereby ordained by the Board of
Health Of the City of Portland, as fol-
lows. viz:
Section mo person shall at any time,
by himself, his clerk, servant or agent,
directly or indirectly, sell or offer for sale,
or keep with intent to sell, any milk or
cream within the city of Portland, or
bring the same therein for the purpose of
sale, unless the COWS from which the same
shall have been taken shall have been ex-
amined by tuberculin test or otherwise,
sufficient to determine the physical con-
dition of the COW, applied by some veter-
marian approved by this board, and q
certificate of such exami' ltion, giving
the name and residence of the owner or
keeper of the COW, and a description
sufficient for her identification, and the
place and conditions as to the food and
drink furnished, or to be furnished such
COW, and showing that such COW is
healthy and free from disease, shall have
been filed with the secretary of this board.
Section 2.-Veterinarians for such ex-
animation may be approved and their ap
prevail revoked at any time, but their GER
tiflcates shall remain i'll force one year
and no longer.
Section Amy violation of the forego-
ing bylaws by any person or corporation
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof such person or corpora
ton shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $50, and all by laws upon the
subject to which these bylaws relate here
tofore ordained by this board, are hereby
revoked.
GEO H. CUMMINGS, M. D.,
HENRY P. MERRILL, M. d.,
EDWIN l.. DYER,
Board of Health.
Portland, June 80, 1897.
Approved, June 20, 1897.
THOS. H. HASKELL,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court.
The Board ann ounces the following
order:
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Office of the Board Of Health.
June 80, 1897.
To the Veterinarians approved by the
Board of Health to examine COWS under
Rules and Regulations adopted June 90,
| 1897: OF
| Gentlemen This is to notify you that
| the following named veterinarians have
been duly approved by the Board to ex-
anime COWS furnishing milk for the city
of Portland: F. W. Huntington, W S.
Lord, f. B. Gage, Geo. W. Wescott, Port
land; H. O. Thompson, Deering; II. H.
Choate, Lewiston; G. W. Purcell, Bidde-
ford; II. S. Usher, Bonny Eagle.
This board will require every veterinary
duly approved, when called to make an
examination of herd of cows, to make a
careful and accurate physical examination
| of every COW, and whenever in the opinion
of the veterinary there is doubt or the
| slightest suspicion, that any COW il
| tuberculous, such COW must be subjected
to the tuberclin test.
You are requested to give in your Ger
tiflcate a fun description of the sanitary
arrangements of the barn in which the
COWS are kept, also the condition anG
source of the water supply.
The foregoing requirements will be ad
hered to in every case, and an non-com
pliance with the same on part of tht
veterinary will be considered a sufficient
cause by this board for revoking the ap
proval of veterinary heretofore made fol
the purpose of examining cows.
Blank forms of certificates to be used il
making an examination will be furnished
at the office of the Board of Health. Ais
the registered number and tag to be uset
upon every COW examined.
Yours truly,
GEO. H. CUMMINGS, M. D.,
Secretary Of Board of Health.