Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-01-25
under any Misrepresentation whatsoever In


respect thereto.
Sec. 7. That no person shall in said Dis
trict sell, exchange, deliver, or buy any COW
to be used for the production of milk or
cream knowing that such COW is unnt ior
that purpose by reason of disease or injury.
Sec. 8. That NO person suffering from any
communicable disease or who is liable to
communicate any such disease to other per-
sons shall in said District work or assist In
or about the production of milk or cream
for sale or in or about the sale thereof. NO
person having power and authority to pre-
vent shall knowingly permit any person
aforesaid to work in or about the produc-
tion or sale of milk or cream.
Sec. 8. That every person holding q per-
init to sell milk or cream or to hold, oher, or
| produce milk or cream for sale in said Dis
trict shall notify the health officer OF said
District in writing of the occurrence OF any
| communicable disease whatsoever among the
persons employed by him in connection with
the business authorized by such permit or
among persons dwelling on the premises
where such business ia conducted, and OF the
| occurrence of any communicable disease or OF
| any disease of the udder among the cattle on
| the premises on which the milk or cream
sold by him 10 produced, such notice TO pc
| forwarded to said health officer Immediately
after the person holding such permit becomes
aware of the existence Of any such disease %
aforesaid.
Sec. 10, That no person shall In said Dis
trict use any wagon or other vehicle Ios tne
delivery Of milk or cream unless such wagon
or vehicle has painted on or affixed to the
outside thereof, plainly and legibly and so
that the same may be easily read by possers-
by, the name and the location of the place
Of business Of the person owning such milk
or cream. and, II q permit has been issued to
him, the number of his permit to sell milk or
cream or to produce the same for sale. No
person shall use any wagon or other vehicle
| for the dilivery of milk or cream which Is
not clean and free from every material or
thing liable TO contaminate such milk or
| cream.
Sec. IL. That no person shall gil or partly
| fill with milk or cream any receptacle Whicn
is to be delivered to the purchaser OF such
milk or cream unless such receptacle mas
been properly cleaned In duly licensed
dairy or on a duly licensed dairy farm since
last being used and elsewhere than In the
proper parts of a duly licenced dairy or dairy
farm no person shall fill or parity fill with
milk or cream any bottle or jar intended for
delivery to purchaser; but the provisions
Of this section shall not apply to the filling OF
clean receptacles, bottles, and jars furnished
by the purchaser of such milk or cream at
the time of the delivery.
Sec. IL. That every person holding or Of
fering in said District milk or cream for sale
shall at all times keep posted conspicuously
in his place of business, in plain and legible
letters and SO that the same may be easily
read by purchasers Of such milk or cream,
the name or names Of the person or persons
from whom such milk or cream has been OBJ
tanned.
Sec. ID. That no person shall knowingly
sell milk or cream, or knowingly offer milk or
cream for sale, In the District of Columbia, I'M
der any representation that said milk or cream
10 produced by "tuberculiu-te sted-cattle,"
"tested cattle, Seattle from tuberculosis"
veterinary tested cattle, !" or under any sim
liar representation except under the following
conditions:
(a) The person who Is licensed to produce
such milk or cream for sale must have caused
every COW and bull on the premises on which
such milk or cream Is, or is to be, produced
for the sale to be tested by the turberculin
test; must have caused every COW and bull
found by such test to be tuberculous to be
permanently removed from such premises,
and must cause every COW and bull found
free from tuberculosis to be permanently
marked in such manner as to permit the
ready identification Of the animal, with the
record of the examination OF such animal
filed with the health department as herein
after required, by any inspector in the SER
vice of said department.
(b) The person who is licensed to produce
such milk or cream for sale must cause every
COW or bull which Is to be introduced into
the herd to be isolated properly from such
herd until after such COW or bull has been
demonstrated by the tuberculin test to be
free from tuberculosis and marked In the
same manner as cattle already on the prem
ises are required to be marked by claus (a)
of this section.
(c) The person who is licensed to produce
m. o IL Kali al
cattle on the premises on which such milk or
cream is produced to be tuberculin tested
once every twelve months.
(dl The person who is licensed to produce
such milk or cream for sale must at any time
upon the discovery Of any COW or bull on the
premises suffering from tuberculosis cause
such COW or bull TO be Immediately removed
from such premises and cause such premises
to be properly disinfected.
(e) The person who Is licensed to produce
such milk or cream for sale must within ten
days after beginning business and on the
first day Of January, April, July, and Octo-
Der OF each year, file with the health depart
ment of the District Of Columbia q written
report on form furnished by said depart
ment, duly sworn to by a veterinarian law
fully permitted to practice veterinary medi-
cine 10 the Jurisdiction in which such cattle
are, showing the result of the inspection and
quired by this section to be tested.
All inspection and examination required
by this section shall be done by q veterina-
rian lawfully permitted 10 practice veterinary
medicine In the Jurisdiction in which such
cattle are.
Sec. IA. That the Commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia be, and they are hereby,
authorized to make reasonable regulations 10
secure necessary water supply, drainage,
al
from flies and other insects and cleaning Of
all premises on which milk or cream 10 sold,
or held, offered, or produced for sale, to Sc
cure proper care Of such milk and cream,
and to secure the isolation on such premises
OF cattle suffering from communicable dis
cases. And said Commissioners are further
authorized to affix to such regulations such
penalties as may, In their judgment, be me-
cessary to enable them to secure the enforce.
ment thereof
Sec. 10. That 1t shall bs the duty Of the
health officer of said District, and Of such in
spectors in the service Of the health depart
ment as he may designate, to enforce the pro-
visions Of this Act and ofall regulations made
BY authority thereof. And said health officer
and inspector are hereby authorised, in the
performance Of such duty, to enter and In
epect all places in said District where milk
or cream is sold, or held, offered, or pro-
duced for sale, and TO board and examine all
cars, boats, wagons, and other vehicles, and
to stop all wagons and other vehicles for that
purpose. No person shall interfere with said
health officer or with any said inspector in
the performance OF his official duty when
such person has reasonable ground for recog-
mixing said health officer or inspector in his
official capacity, nor shall any person hinder,
prevent, or refuse 10 permit any inspection
or examination aforesaid.
Sec. l6. That no person shall In said District
counterfeit, or make any imitation of, or
publish, or have In his possession any coun-
terfeit or imitation of any permit authorized
by this Act
Sec. IT. That the term milk, as used 10 this
Act, shall be held to mean all varieties and
forms Whatsoever Of the uncondensed milk Of
the cnw nnlaaa nfharwiae indicated nv the