258 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



[1898, ch. 306.] 



22. The live-stock sanitary board shall, at the request of the owner or owners 

 of dairy herds, furnish them with a certificate of health whenever the provi- 

 sions of this subtitle are complied with and there is no visible sign of disease 

 amongst such herds ; such certificates shall be revocable in the discretion of the 

 board. 



[Ibid.] 



23. For the purpose of paying the expenses required in carrying out the pro- 

 visions of this subtitle the sum of $3,000 is hereby appropriated annually, or 

 so much thereof as is necessary, out of the moneys in the treasury not otherwise 

 appropriated, and the comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his war- 

 rant on the treasury for such sum as the said board shall produce vouchers for, 

 not exceeding the amount appropriated, payable monthly. 



SALE OF IMPURE OB ADULTERATED MILK. 



[Code of Public General Laws.] 



Article XXVII. Crimes and punishments. Health Milk, pure, skimmed. 



[1900, ch. 459.] 



232. For the purposes of sections 232, 233, and 234, the standard for pure 

 milk shall be not more than 87$ per cent of water or fluids, and not less than 

 12$ per cent of milk solids, of which at least 3$ per cent shall be butter fats. 



[Ibid.] 



233. For the purposes of said sections milk shall be deemed to be sophisti- 

 cated, adulterated, or unwholesome when it does not contain 12$ per cent of 

 milk solids, of which 3$ per cent shall be butter fats; or to which has been 

 added salt, boracic acid, salicylic acid, salicylate of soda, formaldehyde or 

 any other acid, drug, compound, or substance, or to which ice or water has been 

 added for any purpose whatsoever; or which has been taken from an animal 

 10 days before or 5 days after parturition; or which has been taken from a 

 sick or diseased animal; or which has been taken from animals fed in whole 

 or in part on garbage or any substance in a state of fermentation or putrefac- 

 tion, or food that produces impure, diseased, or unwholesome milk ; or from cows 

 stabled near a house where there is an infectious disease; or from which a 

 portion of the cream has been taken; but nothing in these sections shall be 

 construed as prohibiting the addition of sugar in the manufacture of condensed 

 or preserved milk, or as prohibiting the sale of pure skimmed milk, when 

 sold as such and from cans plainly and conspicuously marked with the sign 

 or placard " Skimmed milk," in capital letters, each of a size not less than 1 

 inch square ; or as prohibiting the sale of pure, wholesome milk not complying 

 with the provisions of section 232, for the manufacture therefrom of butter, 

 cheese, or other products. Nothing in this section shall be construed as pro- 

 hibiting the feeding of ensilage from silos. 



[1900, ch. 459.] 



234. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of sections 232 and 233 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not 

 more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or both fined and 

 imprisoned in the discretion of the court, for each offense; said sections not to 

 apply to Montgomery County, except when residents of said county shall ship 

 or sell milk to Baltimore City, nor to limit the powers of the mayor and city 

 council of Baltimore to enact ordinances and regulations not inconsistent with 

 the provisions of these sections for the inspection and sale of milk or the 

 products thereof in the city of Baltimore. 



235. No condensed or preserved milk shall be manufactured, sold, or ex- 

 changed, or offered or exposed for sale or exchange, unless the same be manu- 

 factured from or out of pure, clean, healthy, fresh, unadulterated, and whole- 

 some milk, from which the cream has not been removed either wholly or in 



