Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-01-25
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America in Congress assembled. That no
person shall, in the District Of Columbia,
sell milk or cream, or hold, offer, or pro-
duce milk or cream for sale as such or to be
manufactured into any food or drink for
sale, without a permit 80 to do from the
health officer of said District. Application
for such permit shall be written In ink
on blank furnished by said health officer
Said health officer shall, upon receipt Of such
application In due form, make, or cause TO be
made, an examination of the premises which
it is intended to use for, or In connection
with, such selling, holding, offering, or pro-
ducing, and If the same be found to conform
to the regulations governing diaries and dali
ry farms, and to be provided with sufficient
and suitable means for cooling milk and
cream and keeping the same cold, and for
effectually cleansing all receptacles In which
milk or cream is received, stored, kept,
measured, or delivered, and, If such milk is
to be produced on such premises, the cows
to be used for that purpose are suitable there
for, said health officer shall issue such permit
as is herenbefore specified, without charge
Provided, That no applicant shall be re-
strained from conducting business until
alter his application has been acted upon by
said health officer, but that no applicant
whose application has been rejected shall
be permitted to file new application with.
in ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal
holidays. after the date of such rejection ::
Provided further, That any permit may be
suspended at any time without notice by
said health officer whenever, after investi-
cation, in his judgment, the milk or cream
authorized by such permit to be sold, or to
be held, offered, or produced for sale, Is ex-
posed to infection by Asiatic cholera, an
thrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever,
smallpox, splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid
fever, or typhus fever, so as TO render Its dis
tribution dangerous to public health.
Section 2. That no person shall bring or
send any milk or cream into the District of
Columbia for sale as such, or to be manu-
featured into any article OF food or drink,
without permit so to do from said health
officer. Application for such permit shall
be written In ink, on blank furnished by
said health officer, and shall be accompani-
ed by such detailed description as said
health officer may require OF the premises
which are used or intended to be used In
connection with the production, storing,
and shipment of such milk or cream,
and by a description of the devices, appara.
tus, and utensils for the cooling, storage,
and shipment of milk or cream, and for
the cleansing of such devices, apparatus,
and utensils. Said application shall be &C.
companied further by q sworn statement
from legally qualified veterinary surgeon
as to the physical condition OF the cattle
from which such milk or cream Is to be de-
rived. II after examination OF said appli-
cation and after an examination OF such pre-
misses, devices, apparatus, utensils, and cat
tie, said health officer is satisfied that the
milk or cream produced on the premises
described in said application will be brought
or sent into said District for sale without
danger to public health he shall issue TO the
applicant, without charge, permit 30 TO 90,
on condition that the statements made by
the applicant in or in connection with his
application are true, that none but pure,
unadulterated milk or cream which has been
properly cooled and kept cool will be
brought or sent into said District; that In
the management of his premises and in the
prod ucton, storage, and shipment OF milk
or cream and 10 all matters connected there
with the licentate will begoverned by the
laws and regulations governing diaries and
dairy farms, and the production, storage,
and sale OF milk and cream In the Distrlct
of Columbia when such laws and regula-
tons do not conflict with the law OF the
State in which his premises are located;
and that such premises and all devices, ap-
paratus, and utensils connected Herewith,
and all cattle thereon, may be inspected at
any time, without notice, by the health OIL
Ger of the District of Columbia or his duly
appointed representative. And no licenu-
ate shall bring or send milk or cream into
said District when and 80 long as said licen.
tiate fails or refuses to comply with any and
all of the conditions Aforesaid; Provided,
That no applicant complying with the con-
ditions aforesaid shall be restrained from
bringing or sending milk or cream into said
District until after his application has been
acted upon by said health officer, but that
no applicant whose application has been
rejected shall be permitted to file new ap-
plication within ten days, exclusive of Sun.
DAYS and legal holidays, after the date OF
such rejection: And provided further, That
any permit Aforesaid may be suspended,
without notice, by said health officer, when
ever, after investigation, In his judgment
the milk or cream thereform Is exposed to
infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diph.
iberia, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox,
splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, or
typhus fever, 80 as to render It's distribution
dangerous 10 public health: And provided
further, That violation of any OF the con-
ditions on which, under authority OF law, o
permit to bring or to send milk into the Dis
trict of Columbia has been issued shall be
authority for the health officer and for any
inspector OF dairy farms OF said District
forth with to suspend such permit, unless at
the time cause be shown satisfactory 10 said
health officer or TO said inspector, as the case
may be, why such action should not be tax.
en- and any violation of any OF the con-
ditions aforesaid shall be authority for the
health officer of said District to revoke such
permit, unless, after due notice, cause be
shown satisfactory to said health officer
why such action should not be taken.
Sec. 8. That any milk or cream held or
offered for sale In the District Of Columbia
which has come from any dairy or dairy
farm the permit for which has been suspen-
ded because of the exposure OF the milk
therefrom TO q communicable disease, and
any milk which contains preventative, col
oring matter, or gross dirt or filth, may be
treated by the health officer OF said District
and by any officer or agent OF the hea lth
department with some nonpoisonous odor.
GUS substance or coloring matter, or with
both, 30 as effectually to prevent the sale
thereof for use by human beings.
Sec. 4. That no person shall knowingly
sell, or exchange, or deliver, or have In his
possession or custody with intent TO sell,
exchange, or deliver, any milk or cream
which has been brought or sent without
lawful authority into the District OF Column
bia, or which has been produced 10 said Dis
trict on any dairy farm not authorized TO
produce milk and cream for sale.
Sec. g.. That no person shall in said District
sell, exchange, or deliver, or have 10 his
possession with intent to sell, exchange, or
deliver, any milk or cream taken from any
COW less than fifteen days before or FIVE
days after parturition, or from any cow
which is suffering from any disease OF the
udder or from tuberculosis, splenic fever, or
anthrax, or from any COW that Is suffering
from any general or local disease, condition,
or injury which is liable to render the milk
or cream from said COW unwholesome, or
from any COW insufficiently fed, or fed on
any substance liable injuriously TO affect the
quality of the milk or cream from such
COW; and the presence In or among any
dairy herd, on any premises on which milk
or cream Is produced for sale in said Dis
trict, of any COW which Is suffering from
any disease OF the udder or from tubercu :
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