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


the following requirements;
(a) Containing less that "l2ll
per cent" of milk solids.
(b) Containing less than '3.6 per
cent" of milk fats.
(c) From which any part of the
cream has been removed
I'D Having a specific gravity of
less than one and twenty-nine thou
sandths G.029), nor more than one
and thirty-three thousandths (1.033).
(e) Containing any dirt, foreign
matter or sediment
% Containing any boracic or
salicylic acid, formaldehyde or other
chemicals.
(g) Containing any pathogenic
bacteria.
CHI Drawn from any COW having
communicable disease or showing
clinical symptoms Of tuberculosis or
from herd which contains any dis
eased cattle, or from cows suffering
with sore> and inflamed udders and
teets.
G) Drawn from any COW within
fifteen days before or six days after
parturition.
Cd Milk or cream which has been
produced contrary to or not in com
pliance with the terms, conditions
and provisions of this ordinance.
Section IA. No person shall offer
for sale or sell milk from which the
cream has been removed, either in
part or in whole, unless on two sides
of the container from which the milk
is sold there appears in black letters
not less than one inch in height, the
words, Skinned Milk"
Section Is. No one shall use any
vehicle for the delivery Of milk in
the city of Alma, WHICH has not
painted thereon in legible Roman
letters not less than three inches in
height, and on both sides Of the We
hicle, and IN conspicuous place, the
name Of his dairy and number Of his
license.
Section l6. (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.
OBJ 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 ne shall.
when acting in good faith, be held
harmless therefor in any suit or de-
mands made.
(c) In delivering milk 70 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 II. 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
and packages, and he shall, if done
in good faith, be held harmless in
damages therefor. in any suit or de-
mand made.
Section 1s. Any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any Of
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this ordinance shall on conviction
thereof b. punished by a fine of not
10 exceed one hundred dollars
(sl00.00) or Imprisonment not TO ex-
coed ninety days. or both such fine
and irnprisonmen, 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. ID. l903,-and ordinance number
43, 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
4. ID. 1908, shall be and are hereby
repealed, except that licenses now
issued and in force hereunder shall