Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-02-05
Ordinance No. rs
SERIES C

| SER1ES u
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL
P Err SONS, CORPORATIONS,
FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF
PERSONS SELLING MILK OR
CREAM WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF POCOMOKE CITY, TO
OBTAIN A LICENSE OR PERMIT
FOR THE SALE OF THE SAME,
AND SPECIFYING THE FEE FOR
SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT, AND
THE REGULATIONS AND RE-
QUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF THE SAME.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Council of Pocomoke City, that
an ordinance requiring all persons,
firms, corporations, or associations of
persons selling milk or cream within
the corporate limits of Pocomoke City,
to obtain license or permit for the
sale of the same, and specifying the
fee for such license or permit, and
the regulations and requirements nee
essary for the issuance of the same,
to be known as Ordinance No. 76,
Series c.,
BE, AND THE SANE IS HEREBY
ENACTED AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for
any person, or persons, corporations,
firms, or associations of persons to sell
or offer for sale, any milk or cream
within the corporate limits of POGO
moke City, Maryland, without first
obtaining from the Mayor and Council
of Pocomoke City, an annual license or
permit to do so; that such license or
permit shall be annually issued by the
Town Clerk, not later than the tenth
of December of each year, after the
application for the same has been
approved by the Mayor and Presi-
dent of the City Council. Licenses or
permits so granted shall be for q
period of one year from the time of
granting the same, providing that
any licenses or permits so granted
may be vacated by the said Mayor and
Council in case the licensees, or any
| of their employees, servants or agents
shall violate any of the provisions of
this Ordinance, or any other Ordi-
nance regulating the production, sale
and distribution of milk and cream,
or other statutory regulations regard
ing the sale of the same.
Section 2. The fee for each and
every permit issued under the provis-
ions of this Ordinance shall be One
Dollar ($1.OO).
Section 3. Whenever a proper ap-
plication for a license or permit to
sell milk or cream is made to the
Mayor and Council of Pocomoke CITY.
they shall make or cause to be made
a thorough inspection of the herd, the
premises, the wagon, the utensils and
the employees of said applicant, and
similarly, of those producers from
whom the applicant may purchase
milk or cream for sale, and if the said
Mayor and Council is satisfied that
all the conditions in reference to the
same are healthy and sanitary, they
shall order, the Town Clerk to issue
the license or permit, upon payment
OF the fee above specified.
Section 4. No license or permit
shall be issued to any applicant unless
the said applicant has, within six
months prior to the date of the said
license or permit, caused his cattle.
premises, utensils, etc, used in the
production and sale of milk or cream.
to be inspected by a veterinarian or
other representative of the State
Board of Health of the State of MARY
land, and has also obtained from the |
said representative of the State Board
of Health a certificate certifying that
all cows in his herd are free from
tuberculosis and other harmful di-
seases, and that said premises, uten-
slis' etc., are sanitary and meet the
requirements of the State Board of !
Health, in reference the production
and sale of milk or cream.
Section 5. Any person or persons,
firm, corporation, or association of
persons violating any of the provis-
ms OF this Ordinance shall be guilty |
OF mlsdemeanor, and on conviction |
Defore any Justice of the Peace of |
worcester County, Maryland, be SEN
fenced to pay a fine of not less than
Ten Dollars $4,000 for the first Of
tense and not less than Twenty-Five
Dollars ($25.00) for each offense af-
ter the first, in the discretion of the
said Justice of the Peace, and to
stand committed to the Town lock-up
until the said fine or fines and costs
are paid, such Imprisonment. however.
not to exceed thirty days.
AND BE 1T FURTHER ORDAIN-
ED by the Mayor and Council of Po-
comoke City that this Ordinance shall
take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Passed this LIST day of February, in
the year nineteen hundred and thirtv-
seven.
j. T. MOCK
President of the City Council
Iona D. NORTHAM