The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
A BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale of Milk and CTeam in and
for the District of
columbia.

| 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
! 1t is intended to use for, or in connec-
ton with such selling, holding, Offer
ing, or producing, and if the same be
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 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 heTeinbefore 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 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 10
! be used in connection with the produc-
! tion, 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 az
| 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, uteu-
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 I'm all matters
connected herewith, the licentiate
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 ali
! 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 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 n new applica-
ton within ten days, exclusive Of Sum
days and legal holidays, after the date
of such reflections: 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, splenc
fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, IT,
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 sell, exchange, or deliver, any
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