The suburban citizen., 1900-09-08

! from suCn COW anu LHS pAcoNhCc On any
premises on which milk or cream is
produced for sale in said District o.
any COW which Is suffering from tuber-
| culosis, spionic fever, anthrax, or any
| general or local disease condition or
! injury which is liable TO render the
| milk from said cow unwholeHome, or
Of any COW which is lnsuflciently fed
! or has been fed on any substance or
substances liable to injuriously affect
| the quality Of the milk, shall be prima
! facie evidence of intent to sell such
milk and of producing, holding and
| Offering such milk for sale Provided,
| That no person shall be convicted un-
| der the provisions Of this section who
| produces evidence satisfactory co the
court before which he is tried that he
| did not know, and could not with due
diligence have obtained knowledge Of
the condition of the COW, which rem
| dered her unsuitable for the produc-
tion of milk for sale within the pro-
visions of this section.
Sec. 8. That no person shall in SAID
District sell any milk or cream, or
hold or offer any milk or cream for
san, which is not clean and wholesome
| and free from foreign substances, nor
unless the same has been cooled I'M
mediately after coming into his pos.
| session to a temperature not exceeding
| fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and is and
| has been constantly kept below such
! temperature, nor under any misrepre-
sentation in respect thereof as to name
or quality, or as being what the same
! is not as respects wholesomeness,
soundness, or safety.
! Sec 6. That no person shall in the
! District of Columbia manufacture, SELL
! or exchange, or offer or expose for sale
| or exchange, any condensed milk, un-
! less the same be made of pure, clean
wholesome milk free from preserva-
! tives, nor any condensed milk made
from milk from which a part of the
cream has been removed, or from milk
| containing less than twelve and one
half per centum milk solids, including
! three and one-half per centum of fat
unless the same be plainly marked and
sold as condensed skinned milk, nor
in any case unless the percentage by
| weight which the milk in the finished
product bears to the entire mass is in
| dicated on a label affixed to the out
side Of the package, can, or vessel in
which such condensed milk is held,
sold offered, or exposed for sale.
Sec Z. That no person shall in said
| District sell, exchange, or deliver, or
! have in his custody or possession with
intent to sell, exchange, or deliver,
skinned milk containing less than
nine and three-tenths per centum Of
milk solids, inclusive of fat
Sec. s. That every person in said
District selling exchanging, or deliver
ing milk, condensed milk, or cream, or
having the same in his custody or pos
session to sell, exchange, or deliver
shall furnish to any agent Of the health
department of said District who shall
! apply to him for the purpose and ten
der him the value Of the same a sample
sufficient for purpose Of analysis. And
the person making such analysis shall,
if he find such sample to be below the
standard required by this Act, inclose
and seal a portion thereof in a proper
container and reserve the same for a
period of thirty days excluding Sun.
days and legal holidays, from the date
of taking such sample, unless the per-
son from whom such sample was pro-
cured apply for such reserved portion
before the expiration Of that period;
but if such application be made such
reserve portion shall be delivered by
the person having possession thereof
to the applicant or to such person as
may be designated by him.
Sec. 9. That no person shall in said
District sell, exchange, or deliver, or
have in his custody or possession with
intent to sell, exchange, or deliver,
milk from which the cream or any part
thereof has been removed, unless there
be on the outside and above the centre
Of the front of the vessel or container
In which such milk is contained a sign,
in uncondensed gothic letters not less
than one inch high, as follows: If
such milk he equal TO or above the
standard established by law for skim
med milk, then such sign shall read
SKINNED milk" but If such milk be
below such standard, then such sign
: shall read Separator milk"
Sec. 10. That no person shall in said
Dictrict sell, exchange, deliver, or buy
any COW to be used for the production
Of milk or cream for sale. knowing
that such COW Is unfit for that purpose
by reason of disease or injury; and
whenever any veterinary surgeon duly
authorized to act as an inspector of the
health department of said District
{ shall, in the course Of Inspections
made under authority Of this Act, find
p any cow on any premises on which
] milk or cream Is produced for sale in
J the District Of Columbia in such con-
dition as to be permanently unfit for
: the production of such milk or cream
t he shall mark such COW so as to enable
< it to be permanently identified as in.
- spected and condemned by said health
! department, and no person shall
{ remove or Geface such mark or cause
] any such mark to be removed or de-
- faced without written authority from
- the health officer Of said District
e Sec. II. That no person suffering
% from any communicable disease, OF
e who is liable to communicate any suci
b. disease to other persons, shall in said
s District work or assist in or about the
= production Of milk or cream for sale
C or in or about the sale thereof. No per
r son having power and authority TO
C prevent shall knowingly permit any