St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19

the name, TeSluGuCG anu pace OF BUS
mess of the licensee. Each 1~icensee
before engaging III the sale of milk
shall cause his name and number of
his license to be c~onspicuousiy post
ed in his place of business, and shall
cause his name, the number of his Ii
cense and his place Of business to be
legibly placed on each side of all
carriages or vehicles used by him
in the conveyance and sale OF milk.
The application for license shall be
in writing and on q blank furnished
by the City Board of Health. The
application shall give the names of
all drivers and other persons en-
ployed by the applicant in conveying
or selling milk. 1t shall also give
the names Of all persons from whom
the applicant is at the time purchas,
ing or receiving milk, their residence
and post Office address, and such de-
tailed information as to the condi-
ton of their COWS and premises and
their methods as the Chairman Of
the Board of Health may require.
The application shall contain an
agreement that the Chairman of the
Board of Health his deputies and as
sistants have a right to inspect the
cows, premises and methods of said
producer. Holders OF licenses shall
promptly notify in writing the Chair
man of the Board of Health oftany
change of drivers or other employ
ees, or of In change in the source
of their milk supply. Each license
shall be granted on the condition that
it is subject to suspension for the
/ violation of any provision of this or
dinance or of any regulation there
under. All licenses shall be renew
ed on or before the first day of Jan
tiary, of each year
Section 4. Be it further ordained.
etc, That all milk sold, exchanged
or delivered in the City of Opelol-
sas, La, shall be in the regular seal
ed milk bottles. These bottles must
be filled and sealed in the regular
milk room of a dairy plant.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the Chairman of the Board
of Health shall enforce the proyi
sions of this ordinance and the fegu
lations Hereunder, under the gener-
al directions of the Board of Health.
The Chairman of the Board OF
Health by himself or a duly authorlz-
ed deputy or assistant shall at least
four times each year inspect all an
imals, stables, milk-rooms, vehicles,
places of business, shipping stations
and other buildings or places used in
the production, handling, transporta-
ton or storage of milk for sale IN the
city of which he is an officer, using
the score card of the Dairy Division
of the Bureau of Animal Industry OF
the United States Department Of Ag
rfculture, and rating the dairies
thereon. He shall also investigate
the health of employees and attend
ants handling said milk supply. He
shall take samples of milk for cherai-
cal and meteorological examination.
For the purpose of enforcing this law
the aforesaid Chairman Of the Board
: of Health and assistants may enter
all aforesaid places and buildings
used in the production and handling
of milk for the city of which he is
an officer; he shall have access to
all animals producing milk for said
city and to all vessels and utensils
used in the productive, preparation
for market, and sale Of such milk;
and he shall be. allowed to take
samples of milk on offering payment
therefor. He may revoke or suspend
the licenses heretofore provided for,
for violation of this law or of the
regulations made hereunder. The
Chairman of the Board of Health
shall annually test or cause to be
tested with tubercu1in, all COWS fur
nishing milk for the city Of Opeloa-
sas, La.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc, That a person suffering from
any contagious disease, Or one in
whose residence, or among whose
associates, any contagious or in C
tious disease exists, must keep away
from cows, milk or milk utensils.
When any person engaged in the
production, storage or distribution Of
milk is suffering from any contagious
or infectious disease, or when such
disease among his employees or
their immediate associates, Or with
in any building used in any way IN
the milk business, no milk shall be
sold or delivered from such dairy or
milk establishment, except by the
permission of and in the manner pre-
scribed by the Board of Health. No
person who has anything 20 no il
the prodal IN IL handling OF TX
shall enter any place where twists
any contagious or infectious disease
nor have any communication Hith
any person who is IN occupant OF
any person who is an occupant of sjlch
infected place. Every producer who
I, sells milk directly to the c~ofsuiner
shall promptly notify the Board OF
Health of any case of communicable
disease among his employees, tpetr
immediate associates, or members Of
their families. Every milk producer
who sells his product to a middle
man for resale shall notify said deal
er of the existence of any communls
cable disease as aforesaid and said
dealer shall at once notify the Beard
of Health.
No milk shall be dipped from cans
or poured into other vessels except
in the regular milk-room of a dairy
plant. No milk shall be bottled up
On any wagon.
Milk tickets shall be used but once
No one shall deliver milk to or re,
ceive any empty milk bottle from a
dwelling where my contagious dis
ease exists. until authorized by the
Board of Health in the a pre-
: scribed by the Board.
No one shall place or permit to pc
placed in any vessel or utensil used
} in the production, sale or delivery OF
milk, any offal, swill, kerosene oil
or other offensive material; nor shall
he return or cause to be returned
? any milk bottle which is in al IN
clean or offensive condition.
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