The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-16

AN ORDINANCE TO PRESERVE PUB
Lie HEALTH Bi PROVIDING FOR
W.T. WITHIN hSs THE CITY OF sXIR
AND DAIRY HERDS KEPT FOR
THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH
WHERE SUCH MILK is BOTTLED
OR PAsTEURIzED AND TO LII
CENSE AND REGULATE THE
IN SAID CITY AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF; AND CREATINGe THE
OFFICE OF DAIRY INSPECTOR.
The City of Sank Centre does ordain:
DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Section 1. The word person" as
strued as including individuale. CO.
partnerships, associations and corpora
ton. The word milk" shall include
whole milk and cream, except where
the more limited terms are used with
LICENSE AND INSPECTION
Section 2. No person shall sell milk,
except for manufacturing purposes.
within the city of Sank Centre without
first obtaining a license therefor as
herein provided. Restaurants, hotels,
or public eating houses shall conform
to the requirements of this ordinance
but shall not be required to take out q
license to sell or distribute milk. All
licenses issued under this ordinance
shall be for not more than one year,
and shall expire the first day of June
unless sooner revoked: No such Ii.
cense shall be transferable. except
upon recommendation of the CITY
Health Officer and approved by the
City Council.
Section 3. Any person desiring a
license to sell milk in the said City
shall file with the city clerk a written
Council, on blank furnished by the
City. The City Clerk shall present all
such applications to the City Council,
together with report from the parry
has complied with the requirements OF
this ordinance, and is fit and proper
person to receive such license. SUCH
application shall show the name and
address of the person or persons from
whom he obtains, or is to obtain milk
for sale or distribution, the number OF
cows in his dairy herd, or in the herds
of the person or persons from whom he
obtains, or is to obtain such milk. The
filing of such application, as aforesaid,
shall authorize the applicant to sell
Council takes action thereon and either
grants license to the applicant, or
refuses to do so. A person licensed
t to the otifV tba Gtv OF Dary
Inspector upon the addition of any
roducer, or producers, to his source of
lpply.
'oint licensed veterinarian who
sill be graduate of reputable vet
mary college. and approved by the
state Live Stock Sanitary Board. as
s visions for his compensation. The
first dairy inspector shall hold office
until the second Tuesday in April, 1924
the term of such office thereafter be-
ing for two years and in accordance
with the provisions of the City Charter.
The Dairy Inspector shall keep on file
NfI to- tixyit
tanning such information as the Health
report shall be filed with the City
Health Officer and the City GlsrE 6ffics,
shall have authority to prohibit the
sale of milk for human consumption,
milk which has not been produced OF
handled in accordance with the pro.
visions of this ordinance. Milk found
in the possession of any person licens.
ed to sell milk in the said City shall
be considered as intended for sale in
the said City. <t...
Section 8. Milk sold in the said City
shall be the whole. fresh. clean, lacteal
secretion obtained by the complete
milking of one or more healthy cows,
properly fed and kept. excluding that
obtained within fifteen days before
and five days after calving. or such
longer period as may be necessary to
render the milk practically colostrum-
free. 1t shall contain not less than
-3.25 per cent natural milk fat and
otherwise conform with the state laws
as required by the State Dairy and
Section Z. Milk shall be from cows
free from tuberculosis as determined
by an annual test. Tuberculin tests
shall be made by a graduate. Licensed se.
Council as City Dairy Inspector and in
accordance with the regulations Ere
scribed by the State Live Stock Semi
tary Board. A copy Of each test skall
be forwarded to the Secretary OF the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board fer
approval. Herds in which tuberr ulo-
sis is found shall be subject to exam
ination and retest in accordance with
the regulations of the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board. All cattle which are
found to be affected with tuberculosis,
or any other diseased condition which
renders the milk unfit for human con-
sumption, shall be Immediately isolated
from the herd and the milk from such
animals shall not be offered for sale
or distribution.
Upon making application for licen-
Sc to sell milk in the said City the
applicant shall pay to the City Clerk
for such tuberculin tests-a sum to be
lowing schedule:
$50 fS5 'ne ''fS' co" tested III any nefo'
For the second cow tested in any
herd. 81 90.
For each additional cow tested in
any herd. so.
Ihe maximum zee Tor Sucn license
shall not exceed s25 90. Dairy herds
identified on the list of Tuberculosis
Free Accredited Herds of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board shall be ex-
.empt from all provisions of this Sec
ton relative to tuberculn testing
Section 8. The Dairy Inspector shall
be notified at once of addition of cows
to the herd. or herds, owned by lie
ensees selling milk, or to the herd. or
herds from which they obtain their
milk, and no milk shall be sold from
ouch cows until they have been tuben-
culin tested as herein provided. The
fees for testing such animals shall be
paid to the City Clerk and shall be
computed as for the testing of a new
herd.
Section 9. Cream" shall be from
milk produced by tuberculin tested
.and non-reacting cows and shall con-
tain not less than 20 per cent of milk
fat Cream sold as whipping cream
shall contain not less than 80 per cent
of natural milk fat.
Section 10. The milk bottle caps on
all milk sold in bottles shall bear the
name of the distributor, and shall de-
signate whether milk, cream, or whip
ping cream is contained therein.
PRODUCTION OF MILK
Caofiop II No building shall be us