The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-18
Senate District Committee
Considering q Bill.
It's EARLY PASSAGE IS ASSURED
Importance ID the Public Hath
ofExtrene Precautions 4 yainst
Infected Ga55l9 al a. Adul-
tsratICns Of thu Fluid.

terms and, as the New Hampshire Sen
at2r has received assurances that no OBJ
lection win be offered, it Will soon he
GENE law.
The number of cases wherein disease
and death have resulted from the sale CT
impure and germ infected milk has
brought about the present bill which aims
TO provide the people CT Washington with
only the purest and freshest fluid
Provisions of the Bill.
Under the new regulations dairynaen
and milk dealers viii be compelled not
only to supply pure fresh milk but also TO
make extensive alterations N the present
arrangement of their premises.
Special milk and dairy inspectors will be
appointed who viii test tie dairies and
the product every few days. Every dairy
must contain special appliances for cool
ing milk and keeping it cola All re-
ceptacles used must be cIeansed ,--:2a
misunderstanding fluids. Every COW used
for milking purposes viii be given med
zeal examination every m5nth. and If
found in any way unhealthy tae owner will
be liable to lose his license
The terms CT the bill are so framed as
to work directly against cholera. anthrax,
diphtheria. e-ysipeIas. scarlet fever. small
pox. splenic fever. tuberculosis, typhoid,
and typhus fever, all CT which arc men
toned specifically. Some CT the imP0T-
t2nt sections of the bill are as follows:
Must Secure Permits
That no person. shall bring any milk or
cream into tie District Of Columbia Tor
sale without a permit so to co from said
health officer Application fer such per
nat shall be made in ink. Gu a blank fur
nfshed by said health oLlcer. and shall be
accompanied by such detailed description
as said health officer may require &C the
premises which are used or intended 70
be used in connection with the production,
storing. and shipment Ct such milk CT
cream, and by a description Of the
devices, apparatus. and utensils for
the cooling storage. and shipment Of
milk or cream. and fer the clean
ing Of such recePtaciss and measures
as are used in connection thsrewith- Said
application shall be accompanied further
by q sworn statement from a legally quail
fled veterinary surgeon as TO the physical
condition Of the cattle from which such
milk or cream is to be derived
Restrictions on Sale.
THAT no person shall knowingly sell.
exchange. or deliver. or have in his pos
session OF custody with intent 10 sell. ez-
change. or deliver. any milk or cream
which has been brought without lawful
authority into the District OF Columbia
That. no person shall in said District
sell. exchange or deliver, or have IN his
possession with intent TO sell, exchange
or deliver. any milk CT cream taken from
any COW less than fifteen days before CT
ten days after paturItien, or from any
COW which Is suffering from tuberculosis,
sDIenic fever. anthrax, CT any general or
local disease. condition, CT injury which
is liable to render the milk CT cream from
said COW unwhoIesome. CT from any COW
insuffciently fed. CT fed on any substance
liable to injuriousiy affect the quality OF
the milk OF cream frCm such COW
Cooling Of MIX Required
THAT no person shall in said District
sell any milk or cream, or hold or oi3el
any milk OF cream for sale which IS no;
clean and wholesome and free from for
efsn substances. nor unless the same has
been cooled Immediately after coming
into his possession to a temperature not
exceeding fifty degrees Fahrenheit, ans
Is and has been constantly kept below
such temperature. nor under any misTep-
resentation in respect thereof as to name
or quality. or as being what the same
ness, or safety.
Precautions for Purity
THAT no person shall in the Distric
Of Columbia manufacture, sell, or ex
change. or offer or expose for sale or e&
change. any condensed milk, unless th'
same be made of pure, clean, WHOLESOME
milk. free from preseryatives, nor an.
condensed milk made from milk from
which a part of the cream has been re
moved. or from milk containing less thai
twelve and one-half FER eentum mil
solids. including three and one-half per
centum Of fat.
THAT no person shall in said DistTiC
sell, exchange. or deliver. or have IN hi
custody or posse ssion with intent to sell
exchange. or deliver, SKINNED milk con
tanning less than nine and three tenth
per centum OF milk solids. inclusive c
fat
That no person suffering from an
communicable disease, or who Is liable I
communicates any such disease to othe
persons. shall in said District work c
assist in or about the production OF mil
or cream Tor sale or in or about the sal
thereof. No person having power an
authority to prevent shall knowingly pei
nit any person aforesaid te work in
abo1t the production or sale of milk
Authority TO commissioners
THAT the Commissioners of tho Distrf,
Of Columbia be, and they are hereby, Al
thorized TO make regulations to secu1
proper water supply. drainage. ventilatio,
air space. floor space. and cleaning Of a
premises on which milk or cream is sol
or held, offered, or produced for sale,
secure proper care Of such milk and cream
and to secure the Isolation on such prem
sss CT cattle suffering from contagioi
diseases. And said Commissioners al
further authorized TO afix to such reguIi
tons such penalties as may, in their judt
ment. be necessary to enable them to 81
cure the enforcement thereof"
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