The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
A BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale Of Milk and Cream in and
for the District Of
columbia.

House OF Representatives Of the Uuted
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 dairies 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 et-
fectually cleanSIDg 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
1le 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 be 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 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 a 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 ap-
/ plication, and after an examination Of
/ such premises, devices, apparatus, uten-
! sils, 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 by
| the applicant in, or in connection
with, his application are true; thai
none but pure, unadulterated milk ol
cream, which has been properly cooled
and preserved at a temperature below
sixty degrees Fahrenheit, shall bt
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 ant
regulations governing dairies and dairy
farms, and the production, storage, an(
sale OF milk and cream in the Distric
Of Columbia when such laws and regu
lations do not conflict with the law o.
the State in which his premises are 10
Gated; and that such premises and al
devices, apparatus, and utensils con
nected herewith and all cattle there
on, may be inspected at any time
without notice, by the health officer o
the District Of Columbia or his dul!
appointed representative; and no licen
tate shall bring or send milk or cream
into said District when and so long a,
said licentiate fails or refuses to com
ply with any and all of the condition.
aforesaid Provided, That no applican
shall be restrained from bringing mill
or cream into said District until his ap
plication has been acted upon by salt
health officer, but that no applican
whose application has been rejectet
shall be permitted to file a new applica
tion within ten days, exclusive of Sun
days and legal holidays, after the dat
of such rejection: And provided fur
ther, That any permit aforesaid may b
suspended or revoked, without notice
by said health officer whenever, in hi
judgment, the milk or cream there
from is exposed to infection by Asiati
cholera, anthrax, dlphtheria, erysipC
las, scarlet fever smallpox, spleni
fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, Is
phus fever, or yellow fever so as L
render its distribution dangerous Il
public health.
Sec 3. That no person shall know
ingly sell, exchange, or deliver o
have in his possession or custody wit