The suburban citizen., 1900-07-28

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| painted on or affixed to the outside
thereof plainly and legibly, and SO
that the same may be easily read by
| passers-by, the name and the location
Of the place of business of the person
| owning such milk or cream, and, II
| permit has been issued to him. the
number of his permit to sell milk or
cream or to produce the same for sale.
No person shall, in the District of Co
| lumbia, have milk or cream in bottles,
| or other receptacles intended to be
! left with consumers In or about any
! vehicle in which milk or cream for
sale is being carried in bulk. No per-
| son shall use any wagon or other vc-
! hicle for the delivery Of milk or cream
which is not clean and free from gar
bage or other material or thing liable
to contaminate such milk or cream.
Sec IA. That every person holding
or Offering in said District milk or
cream for sale shall at all times keep
! posted conspicuously in his place of
business, in plain and legible letters,
and so that the same may be easily
| read by purchasers of such milk or
cream, the name or names Of the per-
son or persons from whom such milk
or cream has been obtained.
Sec. 10. That the health officer OF
said District be, and he is hereby au-
thorized upon application in writing
! by the owner of any cattle from which
milk or cream is, or is to be, produced
for sale in the District of Columbia,
to cause every bull and COW upon the
premises upon which said milk or
cream is to be produced to be examined
physically, and in such other ways as
may be necessary to determine the
condition thereof, and to cause every
such bull and COW which has thus been
examined and found to be sound to be
marked in such manner as may be nee
/ essary, in the judgment Of said health
officer, permanently to identify such
animal as inspected and passed, and to
cause every such bull and cow so eX-
amined, which is found not to be
sound, to be permanently marked so
as to be identified as inspected and
cOndemned Provided, however, That
no such inspection shall be made un.
less the person applying therefor shall,
in making application, agree to cause
every condemned animal to be remov.
ed from his premises, to cause such
premises to be disinfected to the salts
| faction of said health officer, and after
| the completion of such inspection to
bring or keep no new bull or COW
| thereon except such as have been SINH
larly examined and passed as sound
by some competent veterinary surgeon
! acting under the supervision of or in
| conjunction with said health officer.
No person shall sell or hold or offer
| for sale in said District any milk or
| cream from any COW which has not
! been thus tested, under any representa-
! tlon that said milk or cream comes
! from tested cattle "tuberculin-tested
cattle" cattle free from tuberculosis"
! veterinary tested cattle" or under
| any similar representation. No person
! shall counterfeit or initiate any mark
| used for the Identification of cattle
| which have been inspected under the
supervision of the health department
of said District, nor remove or defacc
any such mark, nor cause any such
mark to be removed or defaced from
or on any animal on which it has been
placed under such supervision, nor
place any such mark, or cause any
] sum maj n " bG pldNCNt vi any chAhAul
which has not been so tested. And if
any person whose cattle have been eX'
amined and passed, as hereinbefOre
authorized shall desire to discontinue
the sale of milk from such cattle eX-
clusively, he shall so notify the health
officer of said District, in writing, and
said health officer shall cause the fact
of such discontnuance to be announc-
ed by advertisement in some daily
paper or daily papers published in said
| District. No person whose cattle have
been examined and registered as afore.
said in said District shall without
written permit from said health officer,
place or keep, or permit to be placed
or kept, on the premises on which
such registered cattle are kept, any
bull or COW which has not been eX.
amined and passed as sound as af0re.
said.
Sec. 16. That the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia be, and they
are hereby, authorized to make regu
lations to secure proper water supply,
drainage, ventilation, air space, floor
space and cleaning Of all premises on
which milk or cream Is sold, or held
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proper care of such milk and cream,
and to secure the isolation on such
! premises of cattle suffering from con.
tagious diseases. And said Commits
sioners are further authorized to affix
to such regulations such penalties as
may, in their judgment, be necessary
to enable them to secure the enforce.
ment thereof.
Sec. II. That it shall be the duty OF
the health officer Of said District, and
of such inspectors Of the health de-
partment as he may designate, to en-
force the provisions of this Act and OF
all regulations made by authority
thereof. And said health officer and
inspectors are hereby authorized, in
the performance Of such duty to en-.
ter and inspect all places in said Dis
| trict where milk or cream is sold, or
held, offered, or produced for sale, and
to board and examine all cars, boats
wagons, and other vehicles, and to stop
all wagons and other vehicles for that
purpose. No person shall interfere
with said health officer or with any
said inspector in the performance of