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[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 3.] 



42. No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which is 

 not provided with good and sufficient feeding troughs or boxes and with a 

 covered water-tight receptacle outside of the building for the reception of dung 

 or other refuse. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 4.] 



43. No water-closet, privy, cesspool, urinal, inhabited room, or workshop 

 shall be located within any building or shed used for stabling cows for dairy 

 purposes or for the storage of milk or cream ; nor shall any fowl, hog or horse, 

 sheep or goat, be kept in any room used for such purposes. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 5.] 



44. The space in buildings or sheds for stabling cows for dairy purposes shall 

 conform to the requirements of section 37 of this article, provided that no stall 

 shall be less than 4 feet in width. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 6.] 



45. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for keeping cows 

 for dairy purposes to keep such premises thoroughly clean and in good repair 

 and well painted or whitewashed at all times. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 7.] 



46. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for keeping cows 

 for dairy purposes to cause the building in which cows are kept to be thoroughly 

 cleaned, and to remove all dung from the premises, so as to prevent its accumu- 

 lation in great quantities. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 8.] 



47. Every person keeping cows for the production of milk shall cause every 

 such cow to be cleaned every day and to be properly fed and watered. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 9.] 



48. Every person using any premises for keeping cows shall cause the yard 

 used in connection therewith to be provided with a proper receptacle for drink- 

 ing water for such cows, none but fresh clean water to be used in such recepta- 

 cles. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 10.] 



49. Any inclosure in which cows are kept shall be graded and drained so as 

 to keep the surface reasonably dry and to prevent the accumulation of water 

 therein, except as may be permitted for the purpose of supplying drinking 

 water. No garbage, urine, fecal matter, or other similar substances shall be 

 placed or allowed to remain in such inclosure, and no open drain shall be 

 allowed to run through it. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 11.] 



50. Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes shall 

 provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles made of nonabsorbent ma- 

 terials for the reception, storage, and delivery of milk, and shall cause them 

 at all times to be cleaned and purified, and shall cause all milk to be removed 

 without delay from the room in which the cows are kept. 



[Ord. 65, Apr. 21, 1896, sec. 12.] 



51. Contagious and infectious diseases. It shall be the duty of any person 

 having charge or control of any premises upon which cows are kept to notify 

 the commissioner of health in writing of the existence of any contagious or 

 infectious disease among such cows immediately upon the discovery thereof, 

 and to thoroughly isolate any cow or cows affected, or which may reasonably be 

 believed to be affected, and to exercise such other precautions as may be directed 

 by the commissioner of health. 



