Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-02-17

license.
Section 16. (a) Should scarlet
fever, small pox, diphtheria, typhoid
fever, or other dangerous diseases
occur in the family Of any dairyman
or among any Of his employees, or in
any house in which milk is kept for
sale or in the family or among the
employees Of any person who ships
milk into the city for sale, such
dairymen, vendors or shippers Of
milk shall Immediately notify the
health officer Of the facts of the
case and the health officer shall at
once investigate and order the sale
of such milk stopped or sold under
such regulations as he thinks proper.
(b) Should dairymen, vendors or
shippers of milk fail to notify the
health officer when contagious dis
eases exist in their families or in the
families of their employees, or who.
after such information is given the
health officer, fail TO obey his direc-
ton, the health officer shall sieze
and destroy all milk sent into the
city by such person and he shall,
when acting in good faith, be held
harmless therefor in any suit or de-
mands made.
(c) In delivering milk TO families
in which there exists any of the
above named contagious or infectious
diseases, the dairymen shall not en-
ter, neither shall he permit any of
his milk bottles or vessels to be
taken into said house, but shall pour
such milk as each family wishes into
vessels furnished by such family.
Section IT, The milk or dairy in
spector, the health officer, or any
person authorized by the board of
health may examine all dairy herds,
utensils for handling milk or ship
ping milk or cream to the city of AL
ma. These inspectors shall have the
power to open any can, vessel or
package containing milk or cream,
whether sealed, (locked) or otherwise
or whether in transit or otherwise
and take samples of the milk or
cream for testing or analysis; and if
upon inspection, the milk or cream is
found to be filthy, or the cans or
other containers are in an unclean
condition, the said Inspector may
then and there condemn the milk or
cream as deemed by him to be filthy
and Immediately destroy the contents
Of said bottles, vessels, containers
and packages, and he shall, if done
in good faith, be held harmless in
damages therefor, in any suit or de-
mand made.
Section 18. Any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any of
the provisions or requirements Of
this ordinance shall on conviction
thereof be punished by a fine of not
to exceed one hundred dollars
! ($100.00) or Imprisonment not to ex-
coed ninety days, or both such fine
and Imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.
Section 10. Ordinance number Al,
being IAN ordinance to regulate and
control the selling of milk within the
| village of Alma, Mich, and to license
vendors thereof, and to regulate the
care Of the cows from which milk is
sold, and for the inspection and ex-
animation of dairies and dairy herds,
and Of milk, adopted by the city
of Alma on the 18th day of August,
A. d. 1903,-and ordinance number
AZ, being "An ordinance to amend
section VII of ordinance No. IL, of
the ordinances of the village of Alma,
Michigan, adopted by the city Of
Alma on the 9th day of November,
A. ID. 1903, shall be and are hereby
repealed, except that licenses now
issued and in force hereunder shall
remain in full force and effect sub
/ ject to this ordinance and shall ex-
pire by limitation unless sooner re-
voked or annulled for cause.
Section 20 This ordinance shall
take effect twenty days after its due
publication as provided in the Char
ter of the City of Alma.
We certify that the foregoing or
dinance was filed with the City
Commission on the 18th day of Jan
uary, 1921, and was thereafter read
at two regular meetings of the city
commission held at least one week
apart, and passed the commission
and was approved on the 18th day of
February, A. d. 1921, and will be-
come in full force and affect on the
9Th day of March. A. ID. 1921.
Francis C. Hayward, Clerk.
Charles r. Murphy, Mayor.
City Manager Reynolds reports to
the Commission the purchase of