St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-12

regulate the establishment and the
maintaining of Diaries within the
corporate limits of the City of Ope,
l~ousas, La, and provid ng penalties
for the violation Of it's provisions.
Section L. Be it ordained by the
Chairman and Members of the Board
of Health Of the City Ope1ousas, La,
that it shall be unlawful for any per.
son or persons to establish or main.
tain a dairy N the City of Opelousas,
La, without first obtaining a permit
from the Board of Health, which pc
nit shall not be granted unless three
fourths of the property owners or
householders within a radius of $40
feet from said dairy shall have Civ
en- their consent in writing to the
establishment of said dairy, and pro
vided further that the said Board of
Health shall have a right to revoke
any such permit SO granted, when
ever in their Judgment said revoca.
ton is deemed necessary in the in
terest of the public health. For the
purpose of this ordinance the word
Dairy shall a place where
one or more cows are kept, the milk
or milk products of which, ara sold
or offered for sale.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, That no permit shall be is
sued to any applicant whose dairy
scores below so on the National
Dairy Division Score Card.
Section 8. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., That all buildings used for
stabling o milking shall be well o
structed, lighted and ventilated. The
floors of such buildings must be
water-tight of wood or cement prop
erly inclined or channeled so as to
drain Immediately. Said building
must contain not less than 500 cubic
feet of space for each COW. The cell
ing above, if there is a loft, must be
tight.
All dair.es must be provided with
a. milk room with tight walls and
floor Of such construction asto al
low of easy and thorough cleansing,
low os easy and thorough cleansing,
with no openings into any room Or
portion of a building which is used
for stabling or milking cows OF the
keeping Of horses, dogs, cats, fowls
or any other domestic animals, OF
which is used in whole, or in part
for domestic or sleeping purposes.
The milk Don shall be thoroughly
screened SO as to prevent the en-
trance of flies or insects of any
kind, and shall be provided with q
covered cooler, ice box, or ref:igera-
tor, which shall be of sufficient size,
substantially constructed, line with
non-absorbent material. ventilated
and drained, and elevated at least
6 inches above the floor and located
at least n foot from the nearest
wall. All milk intended for sale, ex-
eept when being transported from
place to place, shall be kept in this
receptacle. All utensils used for the
handling Of milk and it's products
shall be of non-obsorb mt material
and shall be kept clean and whole.
some at all times.
All dairies shall be supplied with
an adequate supply Of pure and IN
contaminated water.
All premises and surrounding
dairy buildings and pastures to
which milk cows have access to,
shall be kept well drained and free
from filth.
No privy, Water-closet, O. casspool
shall be maintained within 100 feet
of any dairy building. No fowls,
swine or other ANIMALS except mich
shall be allowed in a dairy.
Section 4. Be it further ordain.
ed, etc, That any one violating any
provision of this ordinance shall be
fined not more than $4,000, or inn
prisoned for not more than 20 days
Or both at the discretion Of the trial
Judge.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
etc, That this ordinance shall take
effect on and after the 1st day of
January, 1915.
Adopted September fst. 1914.
B. A. LITTELL, NJ. D.,
Chairman Of theCity Board of Health.
Secretary of the Board of Health.