Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-07-08
An Ordinance
To Regulate The Sale OF Milk
And Cream In An
napolis

Tor and Aldermen of the City OF
Annapolis, that on and after the
first day of January. 1923, it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to sell, offer for sale.
or deliver, within the corporate
limits of the City of Annapolis,
any milk or cream either in a raw
or manufactured state unless the
same shall have been produced on
farm or in dairy, the cattle of
which shall have been "tuber-
culin tested either by agents of
rne United States Government or
agents of the State Board OF
Health of Maryland, within six
months prior to the passage of
this ordinance, and thereafter.
within a period of not more than
twelve months nor less than
thirty days prior to the date upon
which application for license to
sell or deliver milk or cream is
made. as provided for in the Sec
ond Section of this Ordinance:
Provided, however, that nothing
in this ordinance shall apply to
any standard brand of canned
condensed, or evaporated, milk or
cream, or to butter sold by the
producer.
Sec. 2. And be it further Es-
tablished and Ordained, that be-
fore any person, firm, or corpora
ton, shall sell, offer for sale, or
deliver any milk or cream as
aforesaid. they shall apply in
writing to the Bureau of Milk In
spection. hereinafter provided for,
for a license so to do, such ap-
plication to give the name.
residence, source OF supply, and
the number of COWS habitually
kept for milking purposes, or if
the APPLICANT is a cooling, bottiing
or distribution plant, the number
of gallons of milk handled daily,
such application TO be accom-
panied by certificate from either
or both of the agencies set forth
in Sec. of this Ordinance, to the
effect that the herd has been
"tuberculin tested" and the plant
approved, and that the sanitary
conditions surrounding and in the
same are such that they do not
constitute menace to the health
of the consumers of the products
of such herd or plant, and such
application shall state that the
applicant will obey the provisions
of this ordinance and such rules
as may be promulgated by the
Milk Inspection Bureau, such ap-
plication to be under oath and the
fee required for such license to he
paid at the time of filing.
Sec. 3. And be it Established
and Ordained, that two members
OF the City Council of Annapolis
to he elected by said City Council,
and the City Health officer be,
and arc hereby, constituted a
Milk Inspection RureaI; the City
Health Officer shall be the Chief
of said Bureau, and he shall rec
omnend, and the Bureau may APP
prove, such assistants as they
may Geem proper for the purposes
of carrying out the provisions of
this ordinance and the regulations
passed by said Bureau in pursu-
ance thereof, with such compen-
sation to the City Health officer
or his assistants as may be auth
oriZed by the said Bureau; Pro-
vided, however, that the total
compensation paid to the Health
Officer or his assistants, for the
services imposed by this ordi-
nance, including any sum or
sums paid for expenses OF the
Bureau, shall not exceed the total
amount received in any one year
from the license fees received
hereunder; and the Chief of said
Bureau shall, in person or by an
authorized assistant, visit not less
than twice in any one year, all
plants licensed to do business
under this ordinance. and he shall
rate each dairy or plant, using the
score cards of the Dairy Division
of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and such
scores shall be published for the
information of the citizens of An
napolis.
Sec. 4. And be it further Es-
tablished and Ordained, that if
either the agents of the United
States Government or the State
Board of Health of Maryland. or
the Milk Inspection Bureau, finds
that any dairy, farm or plant
handling milk or cream for de-
livery in the City of Annapolis.
has failed to take reasonable pre-
cautions against contamination of
its products, or that its products
are delivered in such a condition
as to jeopardize the health of the
residents of the City of Annapolis,
then the Mayor. Counsellor and
Abdomen shall, il it finds such
findings well founded, revoke the
license issued to the owners of