The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-10
LEGAL NOTICES.

lORDINANCE NO. 66O3.-AN ORDI-
NANCE relating to the sale OF
milk and cream In the City of Taco
ma; prescribing penalties for the
violation hereof; and repeating Ordi
nances Nos. 1868 and 612S of said
BE Be IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
Section /. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
sell, offer, or have in his or its
pc SIS ession for the purpose of sale
or distribution In the City Of Taco
ma, any milk or cream which has
not been pasteurized as hereinafter
set forth or which has not been
produced from COW or cows which
have. within one year prior there
to, been subjected to subcutaneous
or intradermal injection of tubercu-
lin in the manner approved by the
Department of Agriculture of the
State of Washington and admins.
tered by the State Commissioner of
Agriculture or one of his assistants
or inspectors, or by a veterinarian
of the United States Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry, or the Milk Inspector
of the City of Tacoma. or by any
regularly licensed veterinary sur
geon of the State of Washington,
and have been found to be free from
tuberculosis.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to sell, offer or have in his, or it's
possession 70 rthe purpose of sale
or distribution in said City, any
milk or cream which has not been
pasteurized as hereinafter provided,
produced from any COW or cows con-
tanned in any herd from which all
cattle known as reactors, or afflict-
ed with tuberculosis. have not been
removed
Section 8. In case the producer or
distributor of milk and cream de-
sires to sell or distribute pasteur-
lied milk and cream instead of that
produced from tuberculin tested cat
tie the milk or cream used for pas
teurization must In every way COM
ply with all regulations and ordi-
nances of the City of Tacoma in re-
gard to the production, inspection
and delivery of raw milk with the
exception of the tuberculin test.
Section 4. The term 'pasteuriza-
tion" as used in this ordinance shall
mean the heating of milk or cream
to temperature of 1852 Fahrenheit
and maintaining it at that tempera-
ture for twenty-five minutes, and
ture of So Fahrenheit or lower;
provided, however, a temperature
of 60 may be substituted in cooling
in the pasteurization of sweet cream.
Section 5. All pasteurizing appar-
atus shall have attached thereto
recording instrument which shall ac-
curately and permanently record on
charts the time and degree of heat
to which the milk has been subject
ed, the same to be installed, locked
and sealed In the manner directed
by the Health Officer of the City
of Tacoma Such seal shall not be
broken except under the written per-
mt ion of anpb nffippr and caid NM
paratus shall be open at anv and
all times to his inspection. All pas
teurizers shall be equipped with an
accurate apparatus regulating auto
matically the supply of heat, approx
ed by the said Officer.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to sell. offer, or have in his or its
possession for the purpose of sale or
any pasteurized milk or
cream which has not been pasteur-
ized within the preceding twenty
above set forth, or which has been
pasteurized more than once. This
latter provision shall not apply to
sweet cream.
The bottle or container in which
delivery Is made shall be plainly
marked, either upon the cap or upon
a label affixed thereto, with the
words "Pasteurized MILK" or Pas
teurized Cream and the name of
the person, firm or corporation fill
ing the same. The cap or label shall
be white and shall not be removed
from such bottle or container and
cap or label bearing the name of a
different person, firm or corporation
be substituted therefor.
Section 7. All plants for the pas
teurization of milk or cream for sale
or delivery In the City OF Tacoma
shall be located within the limits of
said City and shall be open at all
times to the inspection sf the
Health officer of said City or any
of his deputies.
sse.,oh o. Thy person, nrm OF
provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof. be fined
In any sum not exceeding One Hum
dred Dollars, or imprisoned I'm the
city jail for a period not exceeding