Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-26
The NEW MILK ORDINANCE.


Council thursday, December 18th. 1t
ia as follows.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
entitled IAN ordinances to provide
against the aduteration OF milk and
cream and to provide for the inspection
thereof. .
Be 1t ordained by The Council OF
Wilmington:
Section l. The ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance to provide against the
adulteration Of milk and cream and to
provide for the inspection thereof, "
passed at the City Hall, April 18th,
1885, be and the same Is hereby amended
by striking out all Of the sections of
said ordinance after section |, and in.
sorting in lieu thersof the following
Sec .. Said inspector shall record
In books Kept for the purpose In the
office OF the Health Depai tment tie
names and places Of business or resi-
dence OF all persons engaged in the sale
of milk or cream.
Sec. 5. All diaries. including the
cows, COW stables, milk houses and
milk vessels, the owners OF which offer
for sale milk or cream within the limits
OF the city of Wilmington, shall be
subject to the inspection of the milk
Inspector.
Seq. 4. Whoever, by himself, or by
his servant, or agent, or as the servant
or agent OF any other person or persons,
sells exchanges or delivers, or has in
his custody or possession with intent to
ssll or exchange, or EXPOSES or offers for
sale or exchange, adulterated milk,
or milk to which water or any foreign
substance has heen added or milk from
diseased or 8 ok COWS, shall uIon con
ylction before the Municipal Court,
forfeit and pay sum not less than $40
nor more than $50 if it shall be the first
offence, and if arrested and convicted
befrre said court Tor q subsequent
offence, sum Of not less than S25 nor
more than SlC0.
SEQ D. Whoever, by himself, or by
ms servant or agent, or as the servant
or agent OF any person or persons, sells
exchanges or delivers. or has in his GUS
tody or possess on, with intent to sell or
exchange, or exposes or offers for sale
as pure milk any milk from which the
cream or any part thereof has been re-
moved, shall be subject to the penalties
provided in the preceding section.
sec o, No milk deuler or other per
son CT persons shall sell, deliver. offer
Tor sale or expose for sale, any SKINNED
milk unless the vessel, can or package
containing the same shall he plainly
and distinctly marked designating the
same, In uncondensed Gothic letters not
less than one inch In length. For
violation of this section, upon con
viction before the Muuiciral Court, "A
fine of $40 shall be imposed.
Sec. Z. In all prosecutions under the
three preceding sections, If the milk
10 shown, upon analysis, TO contain
more than So per cent of watery fluid,
or to contain less than ~ Ter cent of
solids, not less than one.fourth OF
which must be fat. it shall be deemed
for the purpose of such prosecution 10
be adulterated and not of Roud standard
quality.
Sec. 5. Whoever, by himself, or by
his servant or agent. or as the servant
or agent of any other person, sells, ex.
changes or delivers, or has in bis Gus.
tody or possess on, with intent to sell
or exchange, or exposes or offers for
sale, any unclean, impure. unwhole-
some Or oolored milk, or who shall
keep cows for the production of milk,
10 crowded or unhealthy condition, or
feed The same on food that produces
impure, diseased or unwhoiesome milk,
or shall feed COWS on dihJillery waste.
or upon garbage or swill, or upon any
substance in state of putrefaction or
rottenness, or upon any substance OF
any unwholesome nature, shall be liable
to the penalties provided in section 4 Of
this ordinance.
SEQ. y. Every person Offering milk
ior eaie from wagon shall have painted
on both sides Of said wagon, in cons
spicuous riace the name in full OF the
owner thereof For violation of this
section, upon conviction before the
NJ Municipal Court, fms of $40 shall be
imposed.
SEQ. 10, The milk inspector shall
nave the authority to enter any place
wneie milk is sold or kept for sale, or
TO stop and enter any wagon from which
MIX Is sold. for the purpose of In
specting the milk, as provided IN this
ORD nance. He shall prosecute before
the Municipal Court all Offenders
against this ordinance, and any neTson
who shall impede, interrupt or resist
the milk inspector in the Ierformanos
or MS duties, as prescribed by this or.
dinance, shall, upon conviction ttereof
in the Municipal Court, be adiudged To
pay fine Of not less than $40 and NOT
exceeding S25. Said inspector shall re,
port in VIZ ting to the City Council.
once month, giving a detailed state
ment of his work.
Sec. II. All fines provided BY this
ordinance shall be for the use of the
city and shall be depos ted with the
CITY treasurer the same as other fines or
fees are now paid
Sec. II. The salary of the milk in
snector shall be 81, 900 per unnum, pay.
able monthly, in the same manner as
other officers Of said ty are paid, The
inspector himself, at his own expense,
shall provide the implements for in.
specting the milk. but he shall select
some competent chemist to make an
analysis of said milk, and for each and
every OF said analyses said chemist
shall receive the sum of 81, the said
sum of 50 to be paid by the Mayor and
Council. Whenever there shall be a
prosecution for violation of any Of
the provisions of this ordinance, the
cost OF the analysis of the milk in
question snail be taxed as a part of the
costs OF the case.
Sec. ID. A ordinances or PARTS of or.
dinances, or amendments theret,, in
consistent herewith, are hereby repealed.