Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-11
OUR DAIRY PRODUCTS
SENATOR STEWART PROPOSES TO
HAVE CLEAN MILK.
Provisions of q Bill introduced in the
Senate-Proposed Appointment
Of Inspectors.

A bill to secure sanitary dairy products
for the District of Columbia was today in
troduced in the Senate by Mr.. Stewart,
member of the District committee.
The bill provides slat in lieu of the of
fcers and sanitary inspectors. who adm n
lister the laws relating to dairy products In
the District, there shall be appointed by the
Commissioners an inspector of dairies. &c
be known as chief inspector. who shall Dc
an analytical chemist and fam liar with the
dairy business, who shall be under the I'M
mediate and direct supervision of the Com
missioners. There shall also be appointed
by the Commissioners on the recommends
ton of the chief inspector one analytical
chemist and ten subordinate inspectors OF
dairies.
Inspectors to Be Appointed.
In lieu Of the sanitary inspectors and
veterinarians now employed for the in,
spection of dairies and dairy farms where
milk Is produced. there shall be appointed
by the Commissioners, on the recommends
ton of the chief inspector, four inspectors
at an annual salary of $1,000 each, who
shall be veterinary surgeons and whose
duties shall be performed at the da ries
and dairy farms where milk Is produced
to be disposed of in the District.
The Commissioners may remove any OF
the officers provided for at pleasure. and
may from time to time, on the recommended
ton of the EFF inspector, prescribe the
duties of each Before any appointment
provided for shall be made, the applicant
snail not only prove his qualifications for
the position, but shall also be required 10
furnish satisfactory ev. dence of good moral
character. honesty and fidelity to duty. The
chief inspector of da res shall receive an
annual salary of s2,400. the chem st 81, $40
and the subordinate inspectors 81, 600 each
1t shall be the duty of the officers provided
for to execute existing laws relating to
dairy products.
Condition of Diaries.
Every place in the District of Columbia
where milk is sold is a dairy within the
meaning of this act. Every dairy shall
be above ground and at least fifteen feet
from any stable, soap factory or other
building wherein any business injurious to
milk Is conducted. Each dairy shall have
house room sufficient for cooling, presery-
ing and bottling milk, and also for the
cleansing of bottles, cans and all utensils
OF every kind used in the business.
No milk or other dairy product shall be
bl ought into or sold in the District which
contains any foreign substance, whether
such substance be used a preservative,
as coloring matter, or for any other pur-
pose whatever. Any person having in his
possession for sale. or offering for sale, any
milk OF other dairy product containing
foreign substances by this act prohibited
shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall
be punished by a fine of not less than $50
nor moro than 500 or imprisonment for
not less than thirty nor more than sixty
days. Any person sending any dairy
pl ducts into the District for sale which
contains foreign matter by this act pro-
hibited shall be subject to Indictment by
the grand jury, and shall be brought to the
District Of Columbia for trial
Bottles Must Be Cleaned.
All milk and other dairy products retailed
in the District must come from a regularly
established dairy, and all bottles or other
vessels used in retailing milk must be
cleaned in such dairy before used second
time No bottles or other vessels used in
retailing milk must be filled outside of a
regularly established dairy.
Any person filing bottle or other ves-
sci with milk or cream outside of a dairy
for delivery shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be fined not less than $40
nor more than $780, or Imprisonment for
not less than sixty days. Any person who
shall procure bottles or other vessels to be
filled outside of an established dairy, for
sale or delivery, shall be fined not less than
800, or Imprisonment for not less than
three months.
The Commissioners shall have power to
make all rules and regulations necessary to
carry this act, and all other laws in force
respecting dairies, into full effect, and such
rules and regulations shall have the force
and effect of law.