The age-herald., 1899-09-01

the police jurisdiction thereof elsewhere than in the territory embraced within the following boundary, to-wft!
 Beginning at the intersection of Twenty third avenue and Twenty-fffth street, thence west along Twenty-third avenue to Twenty-fourth street, thence south along Twenty-fourth street to Twenty-second avenue, thence west to Stout's road, thence along Stout's road to Village creek. th~nce along the south side of Village creek to Twenty-fifth street, thence along Twenty-fifth street to point of beginning.
 Sec. 15. Be 1t further ordained, That any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any of the provisions of this ordi- nance shall be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.
 The following is the ordinance applying to dairymen:
 Section l. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham, as follows: That all milk dealers, firms or corporations ana dairymen, who sell or supply milk in any way to or for the people of Birmingham, shall be required to take out annual license from the city clerk at the rate of five ($5) dollars for ten cows or under, and ten C$1O) dollars for any number exceeding ten cows; provided that this shall not apply to per- sons who have not exceeding two cows for family use, selling their surplus milk to immediate neighbors.
 Sec g. Be 1t further ordained: That no person, firm corporation shall sell, ex- change, or deliver, or transport, or have in his, or her. or their possession, for the pur- pose of sale, any milk which contains more than eighty-seven and fifty one-hundredths (S7 50-100) per centum of water, or less than three per cent. of butter fat, and the spec fife gravity of which at 60 degrees Fah. shall be between one and twenty-nine one thousandths Q.O29) and one and thirty-three one-thousandths Q.033), and all milk of lower grade or quality than specified by this section shall be taken and condemned as adulterated and impure and the vendor thereof fined, as provided In section '.
 Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained, That all skinned or separated milk that is to be sold, or held for sale, in any way by any person, firm or corporation, shall not con- tain less than nine (9 per centum of milk solids, exclusive of butter fat.
 Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained, That it shall be unlawful to add to milk intended for sale, water, ice, shalk, borax, salicylate of soda, or any other substance or fluid; and 1t shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale, or have h possession any milk which has been added to, or adulterated as afore- said.
 Sec. 5. Be 1t further ordained. That ali dairy COWS which produce milk for the Bir- mineham market, shall be free from all injuries or diseases that would in any way affect the milk, especially of all infectious diseases that are communicable to man. or produce an elevation of systematic tenn perature, such as tuberculosis, anthrax, Texas fever, pneumonia, parturient apo plexy (milk fever), malignant catarrh, etc. No COW shall be used in a dairy which supplies milk to the people of Birmingham. unless she has been tested by the inspector. or assistant inspector, with tuberculin for tuberculosis. All dairy cows thus tested shall be marked in the ear with tag bear ing serial number and Birmingham, Ala.," and such cows may be retested as often as the inspector may deem it neces- sary. And it shall be unlawful to sell milk from any COW which has not been tested, and which is not free from injuries or dis eases as aforesaid.
 Sec 6. Be 1t further ordained, That cows producing milk for the Birmingham mar ket shall not be fed distillery waste, usually called "swill," or upon any substance in state of putrification or rottenness, or upon any other substance that is un- wholesome, or that will in any way affect the healthfuness of the milk
 Be 1t further ordained, That the cows of the dairy shall be allowed free movement in the open air at east six (6) hours each day The barns, sheds and stalls in which said cows are fed and milked shall be prop erly ventilated, lighted, drained and cleaned, all of which shall be subject to inspection by the inspector.
 Sec 2. Be 1t further ordained, That the inspector or assistant inspector shall have the right at any time from sunrise to sun set to enter, examine and inspect any dairy from which milk Is supplied or sold withln the police Jurisdiction of the city or BIT rningham: and to examine, inspect and test for disease cows connected with or belong ing to the owner or proprietor or sucn dairy; and to inspect and examine at any time and at any place milk Intended or kept for sale. For any interference or nln- derance of the Inspector or assistant in- spector by the owner or proprietor, or his agent, the license before provided for shall be revoked.
 Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained, That every wagon used for the delivery of milk shall have the name of the owner or proprietor of the dairy painted thereon in prominent letters.
 Sec. B. Be 1t further ordained, That any vaolation of or failure to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall be pun fshed by a fine of not less than one dollar fsD nor more than one hundred dofiars t$10O) for each and every onense.