The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-10

ORDINANCE NO. 2871
AN ORDINANCE Creating the office OF
milk Inspector in the city of Topeka,
| providing for his appointment and reg
ulating the sale and delivery of milk
and cream in said city. providlng LOT
the violation hereof. and repeating Ordi-
nance No. 2iS5. approved March - 1854
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council
men of the City of Topeka:
| Section l. There is hereby created the
office of milk inspector Of the city OF I9,
peka, Kansas. Such milk inspector shall
| be appointed by the mayor, by and with
the consent of the council. He shall be a
graduate of an accredited veterinary col
| lege. His term of office shall he for a
period of two years and until his success
sor is appointed and qualified. He shail
receive a salary OF twelve hundred dollars
| Isl 10000 per annum. payable monthiys
Before eentering upon the discharge OF
his duties he shall give a bond in the sum
of Topeka. conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties and a true ac-
counting for all moneys that may come
| into his hands by virtue of said office.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or offer for sale any milk
or cream within the city of Topeka with
out having first registered his name and
place of business with the City clerk OF
said city in a separate book kept py the
ing each cow and paying registration
| fee thereon in the sum of one dollar ana
| complying with all the provisions of this
ordinance. Upon the payment of said reg
| istration fee the city clerk shall issue to
the said person, firm or corporation pay
| ing said registration fee, a registration
certificate and after receiving said regis
tration such person, firm or corporation
shall be authorized to sell milk and cream
IN the, city Of Topeka % and & IN sueh h Teg,s- s.
| sign to each dairyman paying said regis
tration fee, a number and this number
and cans in plain figures not less than
one and one-half :11D inches in length
and the name of the owner of such wagon
al- 90 9 n
| tion fee may be paid semi-annually and
| said registration certificate shall expire
on the 30th day of June and the 31st day
| Sec. 8. UNWHoLMEsOME MILK DE-
FINED. Milk produced from COWS kept
in an unsanitary. poorly lighted or, poorly
not kept clean or any milk obtained from
COWS that are fed on city slop or Wasm sasTe
any starch factory, decomposed feed, sta
| Bile manure, bedding, or any article of
| food which is fermenting or fermented
other than clean. well-cured Sileage; or
milk stored in unsanitary place. or
milk kept or delivered in vessels not prop
erly cleaned. or vessels which are rusted
| or in wooden vessels. 1t shall be unlaw-
| full for any person to sell or offer for sale,
| or exchange milk known as "unwhole-
Sec 4. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
| son to offer for sale. or have in his pos
| session with intent to exchange or sell
any milk from which any cream has been
removed. or from which any strtppings
or foremilk has been kept back or re-
moved, unless the utensils In which said
milk is stored and sold are marked in
| clear letters showing the per cent of fat
which such milk contains. or be marked
| skim milk.
| Sec s. 1t shall be unlawful for any
| person to sell, offer for sale or have in
his possession with intent to. sell, any
milk to which any water has been added,
or milk showing less than twelve per
cent of milk solids. which solids shall con-
| tain not less than IS per cent of fat,
I 1ac e, ola md icIrr q
showing the per cent oil, Fat the milk COM
| tains. The person purchasing the same
the milk is not I'D to the standard re.
quired. The salesman of said milk shall
furnish to the purchase, a. statement to
the effect that this milk Sold is. under
standard. 1t shall be unlawful to sell.
| offer for sale, or have in possession with
| intent to sell. any mill; produced by any
freshening, and twenty days before fresh
! ening. 1t shall also be unlawful to sell
less than iI IS per cent of fan SDIess the
| said cream be labeled showing the per
cent of fat contained therein.
person to sell or offer for sale any milk
or cream which has been MIXED OF ham
died by any person suffering from or ex-
ease.
| Sec. Z. Any person in the city of To-
peka receiving milk or cream for sale,
\ shall keep said milk in a clean, well ven-
| tilated and sanitary place. and it shall be
\ the duty of the said person to thoroughly
as empty. It shall be unlawful for any
| person or persons handling milk or cream
to use any of the milk or cream utensils
1 for storing any substance other than
milk cream, or to bottle any milk or
cream until it has been cooled to a tenn
Sec S. It shall be unlawful for any
person to SELL offer for sale, trade or ex-
change milk produced by unhealthy cows
or by cows milked or handled in ~. same
| stable corral or place OF milking
| where such diseased cows are kept. The
health of the COW shall be determined by
| a competent veterinarian.
! Sec 9. Any milk or the products made
! therefrom found to contain any form of
| by the milk inspector, and any person.
| firm or corporation offering for sale or
| selling any such milk or milk products,
| city of Topeka, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
Thereof. shall be punished as hereinafter
| Sec. TO- 1t shall be the duty of the said
| inspector to visit or cause to be visited.
dairies and inspect and score the same
according to the score card authorized
and used by the bureau Of animal in
| dustry of the United States Department
of Agriculture. A copy of the score card
| shall be left with the owner, and such in
formation given as will assist the pro-
| or remedy such defects as the score card
| indicates. A copy Of the score shall be
filed in the Inspector s OfHce. The said
| inspector shall make reports to the city
| clerk and to the state dairy commission
| er at Manhattan, Kansas, not later than
! the fifth day of February, June and Oc-
| tober of each year, on blanks provided
| by the said commissioner.
| Sec. IL. The inspector must be a COM
| petent man and he shall prove his pro-
| ficiency by passing an examination. both
| oral and written, which shall be pre-
pared and given under the direction of
| the state dairy commissioner and the pro-
| fesor of dairy husbandry of the Kansas
! State Agricultural college.
The said inspector shall have power to
| enter without previous notice any dairy,
milk depot ice-cream or milk sales room,
/ or any place where milk cream or their
products are kept, sold or prepared for
| sale, and take such amount as will prove
| a sufficient sample to perform the neces-
/ sary tests such as may be desired by