The suburban citizen., 1900-10-06
A BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale of Milk and Cream in and
for the District Of
Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-
bled, That no person shall, in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, sell milk or cream,
or hold, offer or produce milk or
cream for sale, without a permit so to
do from the health officer of said Dis
trict Application for such permit shall
be in ink on a blank furnished by said
health officer and said health officer
shall, upon receipt of such application
In due form, make, or cause to be made,
an examination Of the premises which
it is intended to use for, or in connec-
ton with, such selling, holding, offer
ing, or producing and If the same he
| found TO conform to the regulations
governing diaries and dairy farms, and
70 be provided with sufficient and suit
able means for cooling milk and cream
and keeping the same cold, and for eff
fectually cleansing all receptacles in
which milk or cream is received, stored
kept, measured, or delivered, and, If
such milk is to be produced on such
| premises, the COWS to be used for that
purpose are suitable therefor, the
health officer shall issue such permit as
is hereinbefore specified without
charge: Provided That the provisions
| of this section shall not apply to per-
sons selling milk or cream for con-
! sumption on their own premises only:
Provided further, That no applicant
shall be restrained from conducting
| business until his application has been
acted upon by said health officer, but
| that no applicant whose application
has been rejected shall be permitted to
file new application within ten days,
exclusive Of Sundays and legal holt
days, after the date of such rejection.
And provided further, That any permit
may be suspended or revoked at any
time without notice by said health Of
ficer whenever, in his judgment, the
milk or cream authorized by such per-
NIT to be sold or to be held, offered or
produced for sale, is exposed to infec
ton by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diph-
iberia, erysipelas, scarlet fever, small
poX splenic fever, tuberculosis, ty-
phoid fever, typhus fever, or yellow
fever, so as to render its distribution
| dangerous to public health.
Sec. 2. That no person shall bring
any milk or cream into the District of
Columbia for sale without a permit so
to do from said health officer. Appli-
cation for such permit shall be made in
ink, on a blank furnished by said
health officer, and shall be accom-
panied by such detailed description as
said health officer may require of the
premises which are used or intended to
be used in connection with the produc-
ton, storing, and shipment Of such
milk or cream, and by description OF
the devices, apparatus, and utensils for
the cooling, storage and shipment of
| milk or cream, and for the cleansing of
such receptacles and measures as are
used in connection Herewith. Said ap-
| plication shall be accompanied further
by a sworn statement from a legally
qualified veterinary surgeon as to the
! physical condition of the cattle from
which such milk or cream is to be de-
rived. If after examination Of said APP
alton, and after an examination of
lcn premises, devices, apparatus, uten-
Ills, and cattle, if such an examination
be practicable, said health officer is sat
lsted that the milk or cream produced
on the premises described in said appli-
cation will be brought into said District
for sale without danger to public
health, he shall issue to the applicant,
without charge, a permit so to do, on
condition that the statements made by
the applicant in, or in connection
with, his application are true; that
none but pure, unadulterated milk or
cream, which has been properly cooled
and preserved at a temperature below
v ~ 4 THr1, III
brought into said District; that in the
management Of his premises, and in
the production, storage and shipment
OF milk or cream, and in all matters
connected Herewith, the licentiate
shall be governed by the laws and
regulations governing diaries and dairy
farms, and the production, storage, and
sale Of milk and cream in the District
OF Columbia when such laws and regu-
latiOns do not conflict with the law of
the State in which his premises are To-
Gated; and that such premises and all
devices, apparatus, and utensils con-
nected herewith, and all cattle there
on, may be inspected at any time.
without notice, by the health officer Of
the District Of Columbia or his duly
appointed representative; and no licen-
tate shall bring or send milk or cream
into said District when and so long as
said licentiate fails or refuses to com
ply with any and all of the conditions
aforesaid: Provided That no applicant
shall be restrained from bringing milk
or cream into said District until his ap-
plication has been acted upon by said
health officer, but that no applicant
whose application has been rejected
shall be permitted to file a new applica-
ton within ten days exclusive Of Sun
days and legal holidays, after the date
Of such rejection: And provided fur
Their, That any permit aforesaid may be
suspended or revoked, without notice,
by said health officer whenever, in his
judgment, the milk or cream there
from is exposed to infection by Asiatic
cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipe-
las, scarlet fever, smallpox. splenic
fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, ty-
plus fever, or yellow fever, 50 as 10
render its distribution dangerous to
public health.
Sec. 3. That no person shall know.