Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-06-07
HEALTH ORDINANCE
PLACED UPON ITS
FIRST READING
Measure Of Seyenty-eight Sec
tons Takes Up Greater Part
Of Session; Weights 0rdin-
ance Also Read.

The council last nishi spent more
than IN hour listening 20 the ucN
health ordinance approved Oy the
board of health. Il consisted ~ seven
iy-eiehi sections
The neu health ordinance viii re-
place several ordnance now opera
tlFe. Tile ordnance. so anf. was pre-
pared hy committee appointed by
the board of health and preet nted %
the council a. the regular meeting
Monday night. but owing 60 H. length
the council decided 90 meet last night
especially 10 give this measure the
first readlng II was placed upon ita
irst reading.
Ordinance 80 500 regulating
weights and measure Nns placed upon
its first reading last night. The city
was required by state law which
VIII he effective June a. % intro
duce such IN ordinance before then.
The health ordinance provides that
the board of health membership shall
be- Tive citizens" whom the mayor
viii appoint. One member viii serve
four years ono. thrco years. one. two
years. and one. one fear The mayor
will be- president aud the city clerk
viii BE- the secretary
Tho diseases declared dangerous by
the board arc actinomyeosis. Asiatic
cholera. chickcupox. dipnthcria, iep-
rosy. glanders malignant pustulc.
mousies. cfrcbfo-tpinnl meningitis.
scarlet fever. smallpox. tetanus. tu-
bcrculosis, mumps. irachoma. irichi-
nosls. typhoid fCyer typhus fever.
whoOplng cough. yellow fever and an
terror poliomselitis. This section spec
cities that mumps and tuberculosis
are not % De- reported except where
the individual Is attending school.
Furniture and wearing apparel cx-
posed 20 infection cannot be sold un-
less dislniected
Part Of the ordinance imposes reg
ulaiions upon hotels and boarding
houses. Miik aud butter must bc kept
in separate lee boxes from meat and
vegetables Floors must bc tongucd
and Erooyed ar covered with liuoleum
Knives. forks. spoons and dishes are
10 De storlizod with steam or boiling
water each time Wtor they are used
Kitchens and dmlng rooms must be-
screened aud protected from dust
Another pant of the ordinance in
sures pure foods and cleanliness ln
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other products when carried through
The streets musi bc screened and
protected from the. dust Meat and
poultry wagons must br washed every
twenty -four hours Bakery products
must be- wrapped in clean wrapping
paper a tbc bakery before II Is trans
ported through the streets b, some
one dressed IN clean white uniform
with clean hands
The regulation of the dairy business
occupies several pages of the ordi-
nance. Persons owning one OF more
cows will De- required 20 pay an annual
fee Of si2. and creamcrirs or milk
depets VIII have 20 pay 81 year
owners of places where milk is sold
viii have 10 pay 81 year The cm-
plosmeni of milk and dairy inspectors
IL authorized The adulleration and
chemical preservation Of milk Is pro-
hlhilcd. Tho dairy sanitary regulations
arc strict. Under this ordinance milk
will be- under city regulation from the
time IL is drawn from the COWS until
it IS sold o. consumers. Cows shall
he comfortably sheltered. according
to tho ordinance The ordinance also
regulates cows beds and the bovine
diet
Utensils used FOR handling milk
must be- sterlizcd IN i've steam or
boiling water. Restaurants and ho-
tells selling SKINNED milk must dis
play sign with the words SKINNED
MIX" in letters not less than three
inches high and skinned milk" also
must be listed on the bin of fare.
Expectofation on sidewalks Is pro-
hibited
4 burial permit from the board OF
health signed By the city physician,
must bo secured before anybody Is
buried.
a. Lommori applied for liquor
license FOR 3i7 south First street. Ills
petition was signed by more than one
half of the property owners In the
block. u was referred 20 the police
committee on Councilman Ivan
motion.
A petition from ~ II. Gourloy ask
ing for permission 10 put up tent az
South Third street and Gold avenue
for show was tabled on motion by
Councilman steve Coen.
John Baron Durg complained that
Fourteenth street between Roma and
Fruit avenues was partly closed by
fence eight feet from the properis
line. This was referred 10 the street.
committee
The council complimented chief Of
Police MeMIllin ON making three scn- .
saiional arrests within the last tvo
weeks. The chief captured James
Arthur Baker }. l. Parkinson. a check
forgcr. and Primitive Lopez The chief
is disposed to regard the capture of
lopez the most important. since he
hafF mn af..I ts4f.t.sat,