The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
A BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale Of Milk and cream in and
for the District Of
Columbia.

BE X enacted by lne senate anu
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
m due form, make, or cause to be made,
an examination of the premises which
It is intended 10 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 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
t hoe ham Yafarfod gha11 hn perWniffnd m
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
/ fcer 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 intec-
tion by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diph-
/ iberia, eTysipelas. 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 receptaces 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
istied 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
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 in all matters
connected Herewith, the lcentiate
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 a new applica.
ton within ten days, exclusive Of Sun.
days and legal holidays, after the date
Of such rejection: And provided fur.
ther, That any permit aforesaid may bt
suspended or revoked, without notice
by said health officer whenever In hi.
judgment, the milk or cream there
from is exposed to infection by Asiatit
cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipe
las, scarlet fever, smallpox, spleni,
fever, tuberculosis. typhoid fever, IS
phus fever, or yellow fever. so as Il
render its distribution dangerous e.
[ public health.
, Sec. 3. That no person shall know
ingly sell. exchange, or deliver, OF
70 have In his possession or custody with
I intent to sell exchange or dpliVer any