264 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Baltimore, but intended for consumption therein, said commissioner of health 

 may require such of the city milk inspectors as he may designate for the pur- 

 pose to make inspections at such intervals and times as he may deem expedient 

 of all dairy farms, stables, and other places outside the city of Baltimore from 

 which milk or cream is shipped for consumption in Baltimore city. In case 

 full access to such premises or a full opportunity to investigate all the condi- 

 tions under which milk is there produced or kept shall be denied said inspectors, 

 or in case upon such inspection the conditions are found such as in the opinion 

 of said commissioner of health, render such milk or cream unsuitable or unsafe 

 for human food, and warrant the exclusion of said milk or cream from sale in 

 Baltimore city, said commissioner of health shall have power to absolutely 

 prohibit the sale thereof at any place in Baltimore city until such time as the 

 reason for their exclusion shall, in his opinion, have ceased, and he shall adopt 

 such means of identifying such milk and cream as to him may seem proper and 

 expedient. In case of the exclusion of any milk or cream as aforesaid from sale 

 within Baltimore city, said commissioner of health shall immediately make a 

 record of such fact in a properly indexed book, kept for that purpose, said book 

 to be open to the inspection of all vendors of milk who may desire to inspect 

 the same. Any person or corporation, or officer, agent, or servant thereof, who 

 shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, dispose of, exchange, or deliver, or 

 with intent to do so, as aforesaid, have in his, its, or their possession, care, cus- 

 tody, or control any milk or cream which said commissioner of health shall so 

 record as excluded from sale in Baltimore city, shall, upon conviction, be fined 

 not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each offense. 



56. Food, food products, and milk. Adulterating milk.* It shall not be law- 

 ful for any person or persons to adulterate milk offered for sale or sold within 

 the limits of the city of Baltimore, by mixing therewith water, or any drug or 

 other articles whatsoever, under a penalty of not less than $20 for each and 

 every offense; and any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any 

 milk of a diseased cow within the limits of the city shall pay a fine of $20 for 

 not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each offense. 



[Ord. 103, May 6, 1908.] 



56A. All consumers who receive milk or cream from vendors in cans, bottles, 

 vessels, or other containers which are to be returned to said vendors shall, 

 immediately after emptying the same and before their return as aforesaid, 

 cause such cans, bottles, vessels, or other containers to be washed and thor- 

 oughly cleansed. All dealers in milk or cream receiving such milk or cream in 

 cans, bottles, vessels, or other containers which are to be returned to the person 

 shipping or delivering the same to such dealers shall immediately after empty- 

 ing the same and before their return as aforesaid cause such cans, bottles, ves- 

 sels, or other containers to be rinsed or cleansed; and all dealers in milk or 

 cream retailing the same in cans, bottles, vessels, containers, or receptacles of 

 any kind shall thoroughly cleanse and sterilize all such cans, bottles, vessels, 

 receptacles, and containers before such milk or cream is placed therein for de- 

 livery to customers. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall 

 be punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense. 



[Ord. 103, May 6, 1908.] 



56s. No person shall transfer milk or cream from one receptacle, can, bottle, 

 or vessel of any kind to another vessel of the same or any other kind on 

 wharves, at railroad depots, on streets, or in wagons, except that milk being 

 delivered on wagons carrying the same in bulk, as herein elsewhere provided, 

 may be transferred to the vessel of the purchaser at the time of delivery, 

 and except that nothing herein contained shall be taken to prohibit the trans- 

 fer of milk or cream from a relief wagon of a vendor in milk to the proper 

 receptacle in a delivery wagon of such vendor, or to prohibit the replenishing 

 of the supply in a churn or similar receptacle in a delivery wagon from a 

 can or other vessel carried thereon for that purpose, or to prohibit the transfer 

 of the contents of a leaking can or other receptacle to some other receptacle, 

 provided such excepted transfers are made in accordance with the regulations 

 of the commissioner of health governing the same. Any violation of this 

 section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100. 



iCity Code (1879), art. 2a, sec. 48. City Code (1893), art. 23, sec. 70. 



