Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-14

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order and direction of the Common
Council of said village, or upon the order
and direction of the village, township or
state board of health And it shall be the
duty of the Health Officer of said village
of Alma, Ia make such investigation and
examination as provided in section ?
aforesaid, when so directed TO do by said
Village Clerk, and shall make written
report thereon, same as in the first III
stance, and as provided in said section
, which said report shall be filed i'll
the office of said Clerk, and in its proper
case where the application III the first in
stance is filed.
Sec. VII No person shall offer or eX-
pose for sale or sell or deliver for sale or
consumption, whether licensed under
this ordinance or not, any unClean, I'M
pure, unhealthy, unwholesome or adul-
terated milk, or any milk from any farm,
any dairy or any herd, or from any COW
or number of COWS during the prevalence
of any contagious or infectious disease III
the family of any person connected with
the care of said COW or COWS, or of said
dairy or of said dairy herd or delivering
milk from the same. No person shall
keep COWS for the production of milk
sale or consumption III the village OF
Alma. in an overcrowded condition or III
stables which are not properly ventilated
or which are filthy from an accumulation
of animal refuse or any other cause; nor
shall milk for such purposes be drawn
from COWS which are themselves III con-
dition of filth or uncleanliness, or from
cows which are affected with tuberculosis
or from any other disease, or from COWS
which are supplied with food or water
which is impure or unwhOlesome, and all
milk thus produced is hereby declared
unclcan, impure, unhealthy and UNI
wholesome milk; and any milk which Is
shown by analysis TO contain any sub
stance or substances of any character not
natural or normal constituents of milk or
to have been deprived either wholly or III
part off any of the constituents naturally
or normally contained in milk, or which
has been diluted with water, or which Is
shown upon analysis TO contain more
than eighty-seven and fifty one-hun-
dreths per cent. of watery fluids, or con-
tain less than twelve and fifty one-hun
dredths per centum of milk solids or less
fat than three per centum, or II the spe-
cifiC gravity at 90 degrees Fahrenheit Is
not between one and twentynine one
hundredths TO one and thirty-three one
hundredths it shall be deemed and Is
hereby declared adulterated milk, and its
sale within the village of Alma is pro-
hibited.
Sec. Wilt shall be the duty of said
village clerk, to cause TO be inspected and
analyzed, whenever he or the village
health officer may deem the same advis-
able, any milk which shall be kept or
offered or exposed for sale within the
said village of Alma and for that purpose
the said village health officer shall have
free access to all places where milk Is
kept for sale TO obtain sufficient samples
OF such milk for the purpose of making
such inspection, examination or analysis,
and every person selling milk in said vii
lage, shall upon request, forthwith fur
nish free of charge 10 said village Health
Officer, all such necessary samples OF
milk for such inspection analysis and
examination, and said village Health
Officer shall make or cause 20 be made
such examination, inspection and analy-
sis, whenever the Board of Health or the
Common Council of said village or the viii
lage Clerk requires OF amy milk offered for
sale i'm said village. as shall be deemed
necessary Tor the protection OF the public
health; and no person shall refuse said
village Health Officer entrance TO his
premises for that purpose or for the pur
pose of applying the tuberculin test, nor
shall he conceal any milk SO kept Tor
sale, from examination by said Health
Officer nor shall any person refuse to
permit any milk, or animal, or premises
wherein the animals are kept, TO be
viewed and inspected as herein in this
ordinance provided, or in any manner
hinder or resist said Health Officer, or
any person under him. IN the performance
of his duty, and such refusal either by
the hcensee or the owner OF any COW
from whom he obtains milk shall be sui
hcient grounds for the said village Clerk
to revoke the license issued.
Sec. IX-The village Health Officer of
the said village of Alma, is hereby APP
pointed eX-oihCio inspector of milk III
and for the said village of Alma, with
power and authority TO do and perform
any and all things necessary to be done
and performed under this ordnance, with
the approval of the Common Council of
The said village, and at such compensa-
ton as may be approved by the said
Common Council And It shall be the
duty of said village Health Officer as
said milk inspector, TO file a complete
record in writing of his proceedings as
milk inspector or collector of samples,
giving a full and accurate account of all
made under the provisions OF
this ordnance and as hereinbefore, in
this ordinance provided. 1t shall be the
duty of said Common Council to provide
and furnish all suitable blanks, books OF
record and apparatus necessary to carry
out the provisions of this ordinance, and
make and promulgate such rules and reg
ulations and requirements, as may be
thought necessary to assist the village
Health Officer as milk inspector in prop
erly executing the duties of the office.
Sec X.-All mich COWS shall be kept
clean and we'll bedded and dirt or filth
upon the udder shall be washed off with
warm water
Sec. XI.-Cows must be supplied with
an abundance of good drinking water at
least twice daily.
Sec. XII.-All receptacles from which
milk is sold by any dealer shall be thor
oughly scalded before being used again
as such receptacle.