The Detroit times., 1910-07-26
oRnINANcE No. no.

purity of ice sold In the City OF De-
troit for domestic use. and to regu-
ice sold within the City OF Detroit.
II Is hereby ordained by the People
OF the City OF Detroit:
Section /. Every person, firm or cor
poration desiring to engage In the
business OF retailing. and selling any
ice from house TO house or TO hotels.
restaurants. saloons or other places
where such ice so sold and delivered
may be used In contact with articles of
food or drink. which use Is hereinafter
referred to as domestic use or where
such Ice Is to be used solely Tor cooling
purposes, shall before engaging In such
business file a written application with
the Board of Health OF the City of De-
troit. stating the place or places where
such Ice is to be or has been cut or
gathered. the means OF delivery. the To-
which said Ice is to be delivered. and
the quality of the Ice intended to be
sold. such application shall be veri-
fied by the oath OF the applicant. or IL
the applicant o T. corporation ,spGsa by the
Sec. q All Ice TO be sold or deliv-
cred within the City for domestic use.
as aforesaid shall be pure and health
full ice, free from matter deleterious to
health. and such ice Is hereby defined
TO be ice which. upon chemical and bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination shall be found
10 be free from nitrites and pathogenic
nine-tenths OF one part OF free am
monka and one-tcnth OF one part OF
aibuminoid ammonia in one million
parts.
Sec. 3. The Board OF Health shall
examine such application and IL X snal,
to be sold is such ice as may under
this ordinance be lawfully SOLO ana
delivered In the City for domestic use
as aforesaid. said Board OF hea,.a
running to the City OF Detroit Win
sureties to be approved by sasd boara
OF Health in the sum OF nve thousanu
dollars. conditioned that the appncanss
shall comply with all the ordinances Oh
the City relating to the cutting, stor
ing. selling and delivery OF Ice anu
with all lawful rules and reguiauons
of the Board OF Health touching .ne
ice business and touching the pro,
lection and care of articles of food
and drink and food materials. ana Tut Tut,
Their conditioned that the applicant VIII
not sell or give away In the City ans
ice containing any substance deieteri-
Gus to health during the period Oh MS
license. except as hereinafter provided:
Upon receipt OF such appncatlon an M
bond II such application ana o9na sha,,
he approved, the Board OF Health shali
forthwith transmit such application
and bond to the Mayor, who shaii
thereupon upon payment oy tne appi,
cant OF license fee hereinatter "Heu
plicant a license authorizing the apph-
cant to engage in the business OF re-
failing and selling Ice either TOT
domestic purposes solely or Tor PACK
ing and cooling purposes soiely, OF ior
both purposes.
Sec 4 The fee for every such
license shall oe 81 per year for each
applicant operating or employing one
vehicle for the delivery % zee In said
city. and from each applicant opera,
be at the same annual rate for each
vehicle so employd.
Gee. g. No person. firm or corpora
ton shall sell or deliver In the CITY
any ice for domestic use, as aforesaid
which shall not he equal to the
standard herein fixed; nor shall any
person, firm or corporation sell OF ue-
liver In the city any Ice Tor domestic
cred from the Detroit river. or any or
its tributaries. opposite TO the dis
charge OF any sewer, nor any Ice gain
cred from any marsh or stagnant pond.
nor from any water from any place
which Is not AT for a public water sup
Sec. 6. IT shall be the duty OF the
Board of Health to examine or cause
to be examined from time TO time the
places where Ice is gathered or IS TO be
gathered or has been gathered for sale
and delivery as aforesaid within the
city. and oil places where such Ice
NAV. be stored or kept, anu every We
hicic In which the same may be deliv-
cred on any part of it's route from the
place where II Is gathered to the con-
sumner; and TO examine or cause to be
examined from time to time Ice so
sold or delivered or 10 he sold or deliv-
cred. so far as may be deemed neces-
sary or expedient. to ascertain whether
such Ice Is pure and heaithfut and free
from matters deleterious to health ac-
cording to the standard herein fixed;
and IL from such examination II shall
be found that any person or corpora
ton has sold or distributed or Is sell
ing or delivering any Ice for domestic
use as aforesaid below the standard
herein fixed. or any ice contrary TO
the provisions OF this ordinance, such
person or corporation shall he deemed
guilty OF having violated the terms OF
this ordinance.
The Board bf Health shall from time
to tine, and II IL hereby empowered
10 make sucn rules as to the storing.
and inspection OF ice sold
and delivered In the city for domestic
use. as aforesaid. as will prevent the
said city for domestic
use as aforesaid OF any Impure Ice or
Ice containing any deleterious sub
stance according to the standard herein
fixed.
Sec. :. This ordinance shall not be
construed 10 prohibit the selling or
of impure ice to be used
only for packing or cooling purposes,
that In to say: for use In refrigerators,
cars, freezing machines,
rooms and other places where IL Will
not come In contact with articles or
food or drink for man.
Whenever any impure Ice for pack
ing or cooling purposes shall be sold
or delivered from any wagon or other