Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-03-11

F,r the purposes of this Ordi-
nance cows which react TO the
tubcrculin test shall be considered
diseased; milk produced at dairy
which scores on the national dairy
division score card below 60 and
milk sold by or from city milk
plant which scores on the national
dairy division score card below so,
shall he considered as produced and
handled in an improper, unclean
aud insanitary manner. Milk from
a cow fifteen days before calving
and seven days after, or for such
time thereafter as the milk is abb
normal. shall be regarded as insani-
tary. For the purposes of this Or
dance milk with a temperature
above 80 degrees f., or having more
than 100000 bacteria per cubic
ceptimcter, shall be regarded as in
sanitary. When milk is bought or
sold by the quart or gallon, the gal
Ion of 231 cubic inches and the
quart of 1915 cubic inches shall be
standard and shall be so understood.
See. 3. BE 1t Enacted And Or
dained, That every person before
selling milk or offering it for sale,
or before conveying milk in ear
riages or otherwise for the purpose
of selling or delivering it in. the
City of Annapolis for consumption
therein, shall be licensed by the
Chief of the Milk Inspection Blu
reau, hereinafter provided for, to
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for each and every conveyance used
i'm said city from which is sold, ex-
changed or delivered, milk or cream
or. both. Licenses shall be issued
only i'm the name of the owners of
carriages or other vehicles, or of
stores or booths. They shall for
the purposes of this Ordinance be
conclusive evidence of ownership of
the business, and shall not be sold,
assigned or transferred. Each Ii
eense shall contain serial number
and the name, residence and place
of business of the licensee. Each
icensee before engaging in the sale
of milk shall cause his name and
the number of his license to be con
spicuously posted in his place of
business and shall cause his name,
the number of his license, and his
place of business, to be legibly
placed on each outer side of all ear
riages or vehicles used by him in
the conveyance and sale of milk.
The application for license shall be
in writing and on a blank furnished
bv the Chief of the Milk Inspec-
ton Bureau. The application shall
give the names of all drivers and
other persons employed by the APP
plieant in conveying and selling
milk. 1t shall also give the names
of all persons from whom the APP
plicant is at the time purchasing or
receiving milk. their residence and
post office address, and such de-
tailed information as to the condi-
tion of their COWS and premises and
their methods as the aforesaid
Chief may require. The application
shall contain an agreement that the
Chief of the Milk Inspection Blu
reau. his deputies and assistants,
shall have the right to inspect the
cows. premises and methods of said
producer
All holders of licenses shall
promptly notify in writing the
Chief of the Milk Inspection Blu
reau of any change in drivers or
other employees, or any change in
the. source of their milk supply.
Each license shall be granted on the
condition that il is subject to sus-
pension for the violation of any
provision of this Ordinance, or of
any regulation Hereunder; and all
fore the first day of July, in each
and every year
See. 4. Be 1t Enacted And Or
dained, That the Mayor. the Coun-
Sellor, and the City Health Officer
be, and they are hereby, constituted
a Milk Inspection Bureau; the City
Health Officer shall be the Chief of
the Bureau, and the sail Chief shall
recommend, and the Bureau shall
approve, such assistants. including
n Bacteriologist, as the Chief of
the Bureau shall think proper for
the purpose of carving cut the pro-
visions of this Ordinance, and the
regulations passed in pursuance
thereof, with such compensation as
may be authorized by the Mayor,
Counsellor and Aldermen of the
City of Annapolis. The aforesaid
Chief shall enforce the provisions
of this Ordinance and all regula-
tions passed in connection there
with. under the general direction of
the Board of Health. and be re-
sponsible to said Board for the con-
duet of his office. The Chief of the
Milk Inspection Bureau, by himself
or duly authorized deputy or as
sistant, shall, at least four times
each year, inspect all animals,
stables. milk rooms, vehicles, places
of business, shipping stations and
other buildings or places used in
the production, hauling, transporta-
tion and storage of milk for sale
in the City of Annapolis, using the
score cards of the Dairy Division of
the Bureau of Animal Industry of