The suburban citizen., 1900-07-28
BILL
To Regulate the Production and
Sale of Milk and Cream 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 Whlch
1t is intended to use for, or in connec-
ton with, such selling, holding oher-
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 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 ASiatc cholera, anthrax, diph-
iberia, erysipelas, scarlet fever, small
J poX, splenic fever, tuberculosis, ty-
phoid fever, typhus fever, or yellow
| fever. so as to render its distribution
dangerous to public health
Sec. .. 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
| tho dnuirpc nd 11fnrei1c 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
isfied 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, 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 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 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 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 Sun
days and legal holidays, after the date
Of 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, splenic
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 sell, exchange, or deliver, any
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