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to powers already granted, shall have within their corporate limits the 

 power by ordinance (1) To provide for the inspection of milk, 

 skimmed milk, buttermilk and cream, for domestic or potable use. 

 (2) To establish and enforce sanitary requirements for the production, 

 handling and distribution of milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk and cream 

 for domestic or potable use. (3) To compel the tuberculin test by an 

 accredited veterinarian for dairy cattle supplying milk for human con- 

 sumption. (4) To provide for the pasteurization of milk, skimmed 

 milk and cream, except that produced from a cow or herd of cows 

 which have been placed and maintained under state or federal super- 

 vision for the eradication of tuberculosis, provided that, a cow or herd 

 of cows shall be considered under such supervision when there is on hie 

 in the office of the commission of animal health an application for such 

 supervision, and except that produced from a cow or herd of cows 

 which have been tested and found free of tuberculosis by an "accredit- 

 ed" practicing veterinarian. 



Any ordinance requiring a tuberculin test of a cow or herd of cows, 

 whose milk is or shall be sold within the corporate limits of any city or 

 town, as provided in this act, shall further provide that if such test has 

 not been previously made, it may be applied at any time within six (6) 

 months from the date of the passage of such ordinance, and the pro- 

 visions thereof shall apply only after the expiration of said period. 



For the purposes of this act an "accredited" practicing veterinarian 

 is one who has successfully passed an examination of the bureau of 

 animal industry of the United States Department of Agriculture and the 

 commission of animal health of this state and is authorized to make 

 tuberculin tests of accredited herds of cattle under the provisions of 

 section six (6) of the uniform methods and rules governing accredited 

 herd work which was approved by the bureau of animal industry of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, December 6, 1920. 



Nothing in this act shall be construed as giving to such cities and 

 towns authority to adopt ordinances in conflict with the state law, or to 

 abrogate the authority now or hereafter vested in the state dairy and 

 food commission. 



During the early part of 1921, this department began re- 

 ceiving numerous requests for copies of an ordinance that 

 would be suited to the needs of the different towns and cities 

 throughout the state. It is perfectly easy to understand that it 

 would be an extremely difificult matter to draw up an ordinance 

 that would be suited to each and every city within the state, the 

 variation in the size of the different' places having much to do 

 with conditions under which milk is produced. 



I, finally, concluded to counsel with the dift'erent bodies, 

 whose names you will find at the end of a ''Proposed Milk Or- 

 dinance" which follows and is made a part of this report. With 

 the help of the attorney general and after a number of confer- 

 ences, with interested parties, we brought out what we termed 



