The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-02
CITY ORDINANCES


 power and authority to inspect and
 examine said premises and to inspect.
 test and examine the said animals for
 disease and injury. Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, : that if any animal used in any dairy
 nerd or by any owner for his personal or Family use is found to be injured or diseased in any manner, or to be affected from tuberculosis. such in- spector shall order the removal of the animal from the herd and the retec- tion of its milk until it's recovery 1 from such injury or disease. and if the said dairy or the premises connected with or surrounding the same shall be found to be in such condition from filth. disease or other cause of con- i tauiination as to cause the dairy prod ucts produced by said dairy to be un- wholesome or the carriers or breeders , Of disease germs in unusual or dan gerous quantities, such inspector shall
 notify the owner. proprietor or man. ager of such dairy to remedy said condition. and it shall thereupon be the duty of such owner. proprietor or manager of such dairy thereupon inn mediately to remedy same. and it shall be unlawful for such owner, proprie- tor or manager of such dairy to neglect. fail or refuse to remedy
 such conditions Immediately and it shal1 likewise be unlawful for the owner, proprietor or manager of any such dairy herd to deny access and ingress to and egress from any such dairy or premises to any such inspec- tor. It shall be unlawful for any such person to neglect. fail or refuse to re- move any diseased or injured animals from any dairy herd, after being in structed so to do by such inspector It shall be unlawful for any person to use in his own family or to sell
  cream or other dairy product from such diseased Or injured animal with in the city of Birmingham
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that l if any owner or person having charge of any COW or herd of cows for the purpose of supplying milk for con sumption in the city of Birmingham shall fail or refuse. after notice from l such inspector, to remedy any insan- | itary condition in the premises on | which said cow is kept or maintained, which is likely to cause the milk. cream or dairy products from such COW 1 to be contaminated and to be danger ous to the public health. the permit i to keep such COW shall thereupon be l revoked and written notice of such revocation shall be given by the health I officer or by a regularly authorized l inspector of the department of health of the city of Birnain sham and it shall tnefeuDOn dnQ neTedItcf De uHldW ! for such persons to maintain, keep, house or have in his possession any such COW on said premises and for each day that said COW is so kept, maintained or had in possession on | said premises the owner shall be sub- | ject to a separate charge and each day shall constitute a separate offense. Sec 4. Be it further ordained that whenever any such inspector shall find l that any dairy animal in. connected with or associated with any dairy l herd, for the production of milk or 1 other dairy product for sale or distri- l button in any manner in the city of Birmingham, is affected with tuber- culosis as determined by the tuber- culin test made with tuberculin man. l ufactured by any reliable firm or by l physical diagnosis made by any com | potent inspector of the city of Bir- mingham. such animal or animals shall l be branded by such inspector in con- spicuous place on the right side of l such animal with the capital letters 1 TT. B." not less than 3 inches in height. 1 Such inspector shall have the right and 1 it shall be his duty to reinspect or re- l ject any dairy cows or other bovine anil ! mais of any kind used in connection with any such dairy herd as often as he may deem it necessary. It shall be the duty of such inspector to immediately notify the owner, proprietor or manager of such dairy, either fin person or in writ ing, of the presence of such tuberculosis animal or other animals connected with or associated with the herd, and 1t shall thereupon be the duty of such owner, proprietor, or manager upon being noti- fled by said inspector Of the presence of such tuberculosis COW or cows to remove or cause to be removed, within 2i hours, the same from his dairy herd, to a pub lie abattoir or slaughter house, or if no such public abattoir or slaughter house is convenient, to such other convenient place for slaughter as may be designated by the inspector. where the said tubercu- lous COW or COWS shall be immediately slaughtered under the supervision of such inspector. A post-mortem examina- ton shall be held by such inspector on ali animals thus slaughtered and a rec ord of the findings carefully made out, which record must be kept on file in the office of such inspector for at least F months thereafter. The carcass or car- easses shall be disposed of as provided by the laws and ordinances of the city, Nothing in this ordinance shall be con- struad to prevent the owner, proprietor or manager of any dairy herd from which animals have been condemned, as here- ilibefore provided, from being present at the time and place of slaughter and at the post-mortem examination, or from
 
 marian if he so elects, at his own ex- pense. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, that if the most-mortem examination fails to re. veal any evidence of tuberculosis, the city shall thereupon, within 60 days thereafter pay to the owner, proprietor, or manager of such dairy the reasonable value of such animal or animals as are so wrongfully condemned or slaughtered, less the amount received by such owner from the sale of the carcass and hide of the condemned and slaughtered ani- maj. The value of the animal so slaugh- tered to be paid for shall be determined by an appraising board composed of three | members to be elected as follows: One to be chosen by said inspector, one to be chosen by the owner of the COW, or his agent, and the third to be selected by the first two members. The decision of a majority of said appraising board as to the value of animals shall be binding on the city and on the owner of said animals and shall be in writing and signed by at least two members of said board in the presence of and before a notary public, and the same shall be de- livered to the chief inspector or mayor or other chief executive of the city, pro- yided. however. no compensation shall be paid to the owner of such animal so slaughtered, which upon said post -nlortem examination shall be found to be affected with the disease of tuberculosis.
 Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, that it shall be the duty of the health depart rnent tn cause insnectious to ha ,nod>