The age-herald., 1898-12-15

ounces; this may include a tissue paper cover Or wrapper Butter shall not contain any preservation other than common salt (d). All commercial sklm-milk or sepa- rated-milk shall contain not less than nine (9) per centum of milk solids exclusive of butter fat. Violation of this section shall be punished as provided for in section B.
 Chemical Presersativcs
 Section g. Be it further ordained. That all additions to milk or cream, of water, ice, lime-salts, lime-water, boracic ac'd, borax. salicylic acid, salicylate of soda, formalin, formaldehyde gas or solutions, carbonate or bicarbonate of soda, cooring matter, or any chemical preseryative shall render the milk or cream impure, unfit for food, and the vendor or the possessor of such adul- terated milk or cream for the purpose of sale shall be punished as provided for in section 8.
 Sec g. Be it further ordained, That all dairy cows which produce milk. cream or butter for the Birmingham market shall be free from tubeculosis, anthrax, malignant catarrh, pneumonia, Texas fever, par turicnt apoplexy, COW pox, garget, infect ious memmitis, or any disease that produces fever or an elevation of sysetmatic tenn pcrature, or is liable in any way to be transmitted to persons who may consume the milk cream or butter. No COW shall be used in a dairy that supplies milk, cream or butter. No COW shall be used in dairy that supplies milk, cream or butter to the people of Birmingham without said COW has been previously tested With tuberculin for tuberculosis. All cows thus tested that do not reach to the test shall be marked in the with a metal tag, bearing a serial number and "Birming- ham, Ala" All dairy cows shall be tested with tuberculin at least once every two years and often as the inspector may deem it necessary. Every COW that reacts to the test shall be removed from the dairy, and shall not be kept in a barn, yard, field pasture with the dairy cows. Vio- lations of the requirements of this section shall be punished as provided for in sec- tion S.
 Care of the Cows
 Section 4. Be it further ordained (a), That dairy cows, producing milk, cream pr butter for the Birmingham market, shall not be fed on dlstillery "swili' or waste, or any food in a state of putrefaction decay, that will injure the healthfuiness of the milk, cream or butter; (b) that said dairy cows shall be allowed daily at least six (6) hours freedom in pasture field or clean lot; during indictment weather the daryman may decrease the time as he may deem best; Co that the dairy COWS, the barns, sheds, lots, yards, stalls, watering troughs tanks, wells and surroundings snail be kept in such a condition in regard to cleanliness, location of wells, trougns, lots and barns, and in regard 10 the ventlld- tion and drainage of barns, lots and sur rounaings as will contribute to the pro- duction of clean and pure milk Violations of the requirements Of this section shall be punished as provided for in section S.
 Section D. But it further ordained That the cleanliness of the dairy buildings, wagons, buckets, cans, bottles, churns, and all other dairy utensils shall be subject to inspection at any time by the inspector, and all serious defects that he may find shall be at once removed. In no case shall a bottle, can or milk vessel be taken from one house, refied and delivered at another house before said vessel has been thor oughly cleaned and scalded or disnfected with hot water, steam or hot air. The use Of impure water in dairy building shall be prohibited. Violations of the requirements of this section shall be punished as provided for in section S.
 Environs of the Dairy
 Section 6. Be 1t further ordained, That any person or persons affected with tuber- zculosis, typhoid fever, any infectious dis ease that is liable to be transmitted to other persons by the milk shall be prohibit- ed from working, in any way, in or about dairy. Furthermore, commercial milk cream or butter shall not be kept or stored in or near a room or building infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, yellow fever, anthrax or any other infectious disease-producing germs that may be transmitted by infected milk Vio- lations of this section shall be punished as provided in section 8.
 Section T. Be it further ordained That all milk dealers, firms. corporations and dairymen who sell or supply milk, cream or butter in any way to the people of Bir- mingham be required to take out an annual license from the city clerk at the rate of five G5) dollars for each dealer, firm or corporation or dairyman and that each dairyman pay in addition thereto an annual fee of fifty (50) cents for each COW used in his or her dairy. Violations of the require ments of this section shall be punished as provided for in section 8.
 Section 8. Be it further ordained That shall be punished by a fine of not less than one ($1) dllar more than one hun dred ($10O) dollars for each and every of- fense.
 Section g. Be 1t further ordained That dairy and milk inspection shall constitute a department of the city board of health the work being directed by the city physician The inspector or inspectors shall be re- quired to stand a competitive examination before he of they can be appointed or elect ed; the examination shall be conducted by the city physician and the veterinarian of the A. and M college and experiment sta ton at Auburn, Ala.