The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
BILL
TO Regulate the Production and
Sale Of Milk and tream in and
for the District Of
columbia.

1
| trct 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
he in ink on 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-
tion with, such selling, holding, offer
| ing, OF producing, and If the same be
found to conform to the regulations
governing dairics and dairy farms, and
| to 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 OF cream is received stored,
kept, measured, or delivered, and, If
such milk is to be produced on such
premises, the COWS to he used for that
purpose are suitable therefor, the
health officer shall issue such permit as
is hcreinbefore 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 a new application within ten days,
exclusive of Sundays and legal holi-
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 he sold, or to be held, offered or
produced for sale is exposed to infec-
tion 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 he made i'm
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 an
plicatiOn shall be accompanied further
by sworn statement from a legally
qualified veterinary surgeon MS to the
physical condition of the cattle from
which such milk or cream is to he de-
rived. II after examination of said an
plication. and after an examination of
such premises, devices, apparatus, uten-
sis, and cattle, if such an examination
be practicable, said health officer is sat
isfed 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 bv
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 temperature below
sixty degrees Fahrenheit, shall be
brought into said District; that in the
management Of his premises. and in
the production storage, and shipment
OF milk or cream, and i'm all matters
connected Herewith, the licentiatc
shall be governed by the laws and
regulations governing dairics and dairy
farms and the production, storage. and
sale Of milk and cream i'm the District
OF Columbia when such laws and regu-
lations do not conflict with the law Of
the State in which his premises are lo-
| 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 dulv
! appointed representative; and no lcen-
tiate shall bring or send milk or cream
/ ''i'N 'pl' A'l9Al ANL Whtu anu 50 long as
! said licentiatc fails or refuses to COM
ply with any and all Of the conditions
aforesaid: Provided, That no applicant
shall he 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
nf such rejection; And provided fur
| ther, 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. splen c
fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever. ty-
phus fever, or yellow fever so as to
render its distribution DANGEROUS to
| public health.
| Sec. 3. That no person shall know.
ingly sell. exchange or deliver. or
have in his possession or custody with
| intent To soil pycbanga ~. dol;,,o- 80,