The suburban citizen., 1900-09-08
A BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale of Milk and tream in and
for the District Of
columbia.

states OF AmehCa IN Congress dshShA-
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 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
1t 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 ef-
fectually cleansi. all receptacles in
which milk or cream is received, stored,
kept, measured, or delivered, and, il
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 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 aD-
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, utel-
sils, and cattle, If such an examination
be practicable, said health officer is sat
isfied that the milk or cream produced
on the premises described in said app,i-
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
sixty degrees Fahrenheit shall he
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 licentatc
shall be governed by the laws and
regulations governing dairies 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.
tiate 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 condition,
aforesaid: Provided, That no applicant
shall be restrained from bringing mill
or cream into said District until his ap
plcation has been acted upon by saiC
health officer, but that no applicant
whose application has been rejected
shall be permitted to file new applica
ton 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, diphtheria, erysipo
las, scarlet fever smallpox, spleni
fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, IS
, phus fever, or yellow fever, so as t,
. render its distribution dangerous Z
public health.
l Sec. 3, That no person shall know
D ingly sell, exchange, or deliver, oi
= have in his possession or custody will
intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, an,
d milk or cream which has been brough
I without lawful authority into the Dis