St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-26
ORDINANCE NO. 5.
An Ordinance to Regulate the Sale
of Milk in the City of opeIousas,
La, and providing penalties for

La, and providing penalties fol
violations of its provisions.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Chairman and Members of The Board
of Health of the City OF Opelouses
La, that no person, himself, or by
his servant or agent, or as the agent
or servant of another, snail sell o1
deliver or have in his possession OF
custody with intent to sell or de
liver:
(1). Milk to which water or any
foreign substance has been added.
(2) Milk which has been wholly
or partially SKINNED.
90 Milk not of the standard
quality.
"a Milk concerning which any
Misrepresentation has been made.
(5) Milk produced by diseased
cows or by COWS which have been
fed unwholesome food or contamint-
ted water or
(6) Milk which has been produc-
ed, stored, handled or transported in
an improper, unclean or u%nsanitary
manner.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That, for the purpose of this
ordinance the word person" shall be
construed to mean individual, part
nership, or corporation; the word
dairy" shall mean a place where
one or more COWS, are kept, the
milk or milk products of which, are
sold or offered for sale; the word
milk shall mean milk, cream, or
evaporated or condensed milk, so
far as may be applicable; the ex-
preston milk not of the standard
quality" shall mea milk having less
than SIS per cent of solids not fat
and less than 3.25 per cent of milk
fat, and cream having less than Is
per cent of milk fat. Skinned
of milk solids exclusive OF fat shall
be considered adulterated.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed to prohibit the sale of
skinned milk or of Understandable
milk if the receptacle containing the
same and from which it is sold is
plainly marked with the word Skim
med milk in the case of SKINNED
milk, or with the per cent of milk
fat contained therein in the ase of
UNDERSTANDABLE milk or cream. The
aforesaid words shall be distinct and
conspicuous. Nothing in this ordi.
lance shall be construed to prevent
the sale of modified milk in bottles,
each holding a single feeding, each
of these bottles to be labeled with
the name of the person who manu-
featured or prepared the am to-
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Milk" Nothing in this ordinance
shall apply to evaporated or condos
ed milk contained in Theoretically
sealed packages labeled distinctly
with the name of the manufacturer
or person who prepared or put it up,
and the brand under which it is
made or sold. Certified milk shall
mean milk produced under the regu-
lations and supervision of a regular
Parish or State society acting
through a committee or commission,
which has certified that it's reguIa-
tons and requirements have been
complied with.
For the purpose of this ordinance.
cows which react to the tuberculin
test shall be considered diseased;
Illllh plouuSCa dl a udi1y WiiLU SUITED
Ton the National Dairy Division
Score Card) below 80 and milk sold
by or from a city milk plant which
scores Con the National Dairy Divi-
sion ~score-card) below 70, shall be
considered as produced or handled
in an improper, unclean and unsani-
tary manner Milk from a COW two
weeks before calving, and nine days
after, shall be regarded as unsani-
tary. For the purpose of this ordi-
nance, milk with a temperature
above so degrees F., or having more
than SOC, 900 bacteria per cubic CEN
timeter, shall be regarded as unsani-
tary. When milk is bought OIL sold
by the quart or gallon, the gallon Of
231 cubic inches and the quart of
57.75 cubic inches shall be the stan
dard and shall be SO understood.
Section 8. Be 1t further ordained,
etc, That every person before sell
ing milk or Offering it for sale in any
quantity whatever or before convey
ing milk in carriages or otherwise
for the purpose Of selling or deliver
ing it in the city of Opelousas, La,
shall be licensed by the Board OF
Health of Opelousas, La, to sell
milk with Il the limits thereof, and
shall pay 1850 Two dollars and fifty
CENTS to the use Of the city. The
license fee shall be paid to the
Chairman Of the City Board OF
Health and by him turned owe to
the city treasurer. Licenses shall be
issued only in the name of the own
'ers of carriages or other vehicles, or
of stores or booths. They shall for
the purpose of this ordinance be con-
elusive evidence of ownership of the
business, and shall not be sold, as