Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-16

kept LOT milking purposes, or II
the APPLICANT is a cooling. bottling
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 a menace 10 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 APP
plication TO be under oath and the
fee required for such license to be
paid at the time of filing.
Sec. 3. And be 1t Established
and Ordained, that two members
of the City Council of Annapolis
10 be elected by said City Council,
and the City Health officer be,
and are hereby. constituted a
Milk INSPECTION Bureau; the City
Health Officer shall be the Chief
OF said Bureau, and he shall rec
ommend, and the Bureau may APP
prove, such assistants as they
may ceem 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
arc 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, If it finds such
findings well founded, revoke the
license issued to the owners of
such dairy, farm or plant, and no
further license shall be issued to
such owner whose license has
been revoked without the approx
ing vote of the Mayor. Counsellor
and Aldermen. When license
has been revoked, no portion of
the sum paid therefor shall be
refunded
Sec, 5. Be it further Estab-
lished and Ordained, that when
ever, in the judgment of the
Mayor, condition arises through
contagion, or risk of contagion.
which may threaten the public
health, he may prohibit the sale
or delivery of any milk or cream
until such time as he considers it
safe TO allow such sale or de-
livery to be resumed; provided,
that such action by the Mayor is
subject to review by the Mayor,
Counsellor and Aldermen.
Sec. 6. Milk or cream sold or
delivered in the City of Annapolis,
by retail, shall be sold or deliver
ed in sterilized glass bottles; by
wholesale, either in glass bottles
or in containers of a type which
have been approved by the State
Board of Health, which have been
steriliZed; sterilization of bottles
or containers to be accomplished
either by subjecting to a moist
heat at a temperature as high as
2O5 degrees Fahrenheit for two
minutes or longer, or which COM
ply with such alternative require
ments, to be prescribed by regula-
tions made pursuant to this ordi-
nance, as may be necessary to eff
feet the sterilization thereof; and
such bottles or containers. which
may be used under this ordinance,