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

i. the United States Department of
Agriculture, and rating the dairies
and city plants thereon. He shall
from time to time investigate the
health of employees and attendants
handling said milk supply, and the :
said Chief of Bureau, or the agent
or either, shall take samples of
milk for chemical and bacteriOlogi-
cal examination. For the purpose
Of enforcing this ordinance, and all
regulations passed in connection
herewith. the aforesaid Chief and
assistants NAV enter all aforesaid
places and buildings used in the
production and handling of milk,
sold or offered for sale in AnnapO-
lis; he shall have access TO all ami
mails producing milk for said city
and to all vessels and utensils used
in the production, preparation for
market, and sale of such milk; and
he shall he allowed TO take samples
of milk on offering payment there
for; and the aforesaid Chief of the
Milk Inspection Bureau shall an
nuallv cause to be tested with
tuberculin. all COWS furnishing milk
for the City of Annapolis, and he
may revoke or suspend the licenses
heretofore provided for, for viola
tion of this Ordinance and the regu-
lations made Hereunder.
Sec. >. BE 1t Enacted And Or
dained, That any person suffering
from any contagious or infectious
disease, or one i'll whose residence,
or among whose associates any con
tagious or infectious disease exists,
must keep away from cows, milk or
milk utensils. When any person
engaged in the production, storage
or distribution of milk is suffering
from any contagious or infectious
disease. or when such disease exists
among his employees or their inn
mediate associates, or within any
building used in any way in the
milk business, no milk shall be sold
or delivered from such dairy or
milk establishment except by per-
mission of, and in the manner pre-
scribed by the Board of Health.
No person who has anything to do
in the production or handling of
milk shall enter any place where
exists any contagious or infectious
disease, or have any communication
with any person who is an occupant
of such infected place. Every pro-
Queer who sells milk directly to the
consumer shall promptly notify the
Board of Health of any ease of a
communicable disease among his
hn,
ciates or members of his family.
Every milk producer who sells his
product to a middleman for resale
shall notify said dealer of the ex-
istence of any communicable dis
ease as aforesaid, and said dealer
shall at once notify the Board of
Health.
No milk shall be dipped from
cans or poured into other vessels
except in the regular milk room of
a dairy plant. No milk shall be
bottled on any wagon, and none
shall be sold in bulk, except in con-
tanners approved by the Milk In
spection Bureau.
No person shall remove any empty
milk bottles or receptacles from a
building where any contagious dis
ease exists, until authorized by the
Board of Health, in the manner
prescribed by the Board.
No person shall place, or permit
to be placed, in any vessel or uten-
sill used in the production, sale or
delivery of milk, any offal, swill,
kerosene oil, or other offensive ma
terial; nor shall any person return,
or cause to be returned. any milk
can or bottle which is in an unelean
or offensive condition.
The presence of a diseased ami
NAL in herd from which milk is
sold shall be prima facie evidence
that the milk of the diseased ami
nal is sold contrary to law.
The Board of Health may make
all necessary regulations for en-
forcing this Ordinance, which are
not inconsistent with the provisions
contained herein.
See. 6. Be 1t Enacted And Or
dained, That any person violating
or failing TO comply with this Ordi-
nance, or any section or provision
thereof, or any regulation made
under its authority, and any person
who binders, obstruets or interferes
with the Chief of the Milk Inspec-
ton Bureau, or any of his inspec-
tors or assistants, in the discharge
of their duties, shall, on conviction,
forfeit and pay fine of not more
than One Hundred Dollars, nor less
than One Dollar, and upon failure
or refusal of the party convicted
thereof TO pay such fine and costs.
he shall be committed to the Jail of
Anne Arundel County for period
not exceeding ninety DAYS, unless
the person convicted shall pay such
fine and costs before the day limit
ed in the commitment, in which
ease he shall be released.
Sec. Z. Be 1t Enacted And Or
dained, by the authority aforesaid,
That this Ordinance shall take eff