CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC MILK SUPPLY 383 



sold is plainly marked with the word " skim-milk " in the case of skim-milk or 

 with the percentage of butterfat contained therein in the case of understandard 

 milk or cream. The aforesaid words and figures shall be distinct and conspicu- 

 ous; they shall be permanently attached to the aforesaid container above the 

 center of the same; they shall be of uncondensed gothic style and their length 

 shall be at least one-tenth of the height of the container on which they are placed ; 

 when glass bottles are used the required marks shall be blown into the side of the 

 bottle and also distinctly printed on the cap or cover of the same. 



Nothing in this (Act or Ordinance) shall be construed to prevent the sale of 

 modified milk in bottles, each holding a single feeding, into the side of which the 

 name of the person who manufactured or prepared the same has been blown 

 together with the words "Modified Milk." Nothing in this (Act or Ordinance) 

 shall apply to evaporated or condensed milk contained in hermetically sealed 

 packages labeled distinctly with the name of the manufacturer or person who 

 prepared or put it up and the brand under which it is made or sold. Certified 

 milk shall mean milk produced under the regulations and supervision of a regular 

 county medical society acting through a committee or commission which has 

 certified that its requirements have been complied with. 



For the purpose of this Act, cows which react to the tuberculin test shall be 

 considered diseased; milk produced at a dairy which scores (on the National 

 Dairy Division "official" score card) below 50 and milk sold by or from a city 

 milk plant which scores (on the National Dairy Division "official" score card) 

 below 70 shall be considered as produced or handled in an improper, unclean 

 and insanitary manner. Milk from a cow 2 weeks before calving and 5 days 

 after, shall be regarded as insanitary. For the purpose of this Act, milk with a 

 temperature above 50F., or having more than 500,000 bacteria per cubic centi- 

 meter, shall be regarded as insanitary. When milk is bought by the quart or 

 gallon, the gallon of 231 cu. in. and the quart of 57.75 cu. in. shall be standard 

 and shall be so understood. 



SECTION 3 



Licenses 



Every person before selling milk or offering it for sale, or before conveying 

 milk in carriages or otherwise for the purpose of selling or delivering it in the city 



of shall be licensed by the chief of the Milk Inspection Bureau, hereinafter 



provided for, to sell milk within the limits thereof, and shall pay cents to 



the use of the city. The license fee shall be paid to the chief of the Milk Inspec- 

 tion Bureau and by him turned over to the city treasurer. Licenses shall be 

 issued only in the name of the owners of carriages or other vehicles, or stores or 

 booths. They shall for the purpose of the act be conclusive evidence of owner- 

 ship of the business, and shall contain a serial number and the name, residence 

 and place of business of the licensee. Each licensee before engaging in the sale 

 of milk shall cause his name and number of his license to be conspicuously posted 

 in his place of business and shall cause his name, the number of his license, and 

 his place of business, to be legibly placed on each side of all carriages or vehicles 

 used by him in the conveyance and sale of milk. The application shall give the 

 name of all drivers and other persons employed by the applicant in conveying 

 or selling milk. It shall also give the names of all persons from whom the appli- 



