Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-17

terated, and shall have power to
destroy or mark for identification
with non-toXic substance all con
demned milk. cream or products of
milk; provided. that no manufac-
tured product of milk or cream may
be destroyed without due notice to
, the owner thereof and a hearing
, before the Health Officer of In
perial county, or the Dairy Inspec
tor of Imperial county.
Section Is. Containers found to
he used in violation of the require
ments of this Ordinance shall be
condemned and marked with the
word condemned in an appro-
pirate manner by the Dairy Inspec-
tor, and shall not be used again in
connection with the handling o
milk or the products of milk until
they have been cleaned or repair
ed in manner acceptable to the
County Health Officer or County
Dairy Inspector of Imperial coun-
ty.
Section II. 1t shall be the duty
of the County Health Officer of
Imperial county to cooperate will
the Department of Agriculture
State of California, in every wav
to the end that the terms of this
Ordinance be carried out to the full.
est extent, in order that the public
health and safety may thereby
protected from the sale of impure,
unclcan and adulterated milk ana
dairy products.
Section -. 1t shall bc unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to prevent or interfere with or It
attempt to nulIify in any way the
work of the County Health Officer
or the Dairy Inspector, or to inter
fere with or prevent them from eX-
amining any records or books in the
conduct Of their official duties, or
to prevent or interfere with them
III the event they deem il advisable
to secure samples of milk or pro.
duets of milk.
Section Is. 1t shall be unlawfu
for any person, firm or corporation
to violate any of the provisions of
this Ordinance or amendments
thereto. or the rules and regulations
for its enforcement. Any person,
firm or corpoation who shall violate
any of the provisions Of this Or
dinancc or the rules and regulations
for its enforcement shall be guilty
of a misdememor, punishable by
fine of not less than twenty five
dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars. or by confinement in the
county jail not less than ten days
nor more than ninety days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment;
provided. that persons who shall of
fer physical resistance or bodily at
tack on the County Health Officer
or Dairy Inspector while engaged in
the proper conduct of his official
duties, shall be guilty of misde-
meanOr, punishable by confinement
in the county Jail for not less than
ten days without the alternative OF
"A fine in any ease.
Section j. The word "pcrson, -
as used in this Ordinance shall be
construed 10 import both the sin
gular and plural as the ease de-
mands, and shall include individuals,
partnerships, corporations, com
panies, societies and associations.
When constituting and enforcing the
provisions of this. Ordinance. the
act, omission or failure of any en-
ployee, officer, agent or other per-
son acting for or employed by any
individual, partnership, corpora
tion, company, society or association
within the scope of his employment
or office, shall in every case also
be deemed TO be the act, omission
or failure of such individual, part
ncrShip, corporation, company, so
ciety or association, as well as that
Of the person. The provisions OF
this Ordinance shall be construed
to apply TO hotel keepers, restau-
rant keepers and boarding house
keepers or any person who shall
serve meals and accept money there
for.
Section IS. If any section, sub.
section, clause or phrase Of this
Ordinance is for any reason hello
to be unconstitutional, such deci-
sion shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The Board of Super
visors of Imperial county hereby
declares that ii would have passed
this Ordinance. each section, sub
section, sentence. clause or phrase
thereof. irrespective Of the fact that
any one or more Of the sections
Subsao4iouc avtonoog cIatisas or