288 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



SEC. 8. No person shall store any milk in any basement, cellar, refrigerator, 

 milk house, dairy, or other place which is within 15 feet of any closet or privy 

 vault or cesspool, or any horse or cow stable, or any chicken or poultry yard 

 or coop. 



SEC. 9. Every person using in the sale or distribution of milk a delivery wagon 

 or other vehicle shall keep the same at all times in a cleanly condition and free 

 from any substance liable to contaminate or injure the purity of the milk. 



SEC. 10. Every person using in the sale or distribution of milk a delivery 

 wagon or other vehicle shall keep the name of the owner thereof and the number 

 of the wagon license, in letters not less than 2 inches in height, upon the side 

 of said delivery wagon or other vehicle. 



SEC. 11. Every person using in the sale or distribution of milk a delivery 

 wagon or other vehicle shall, from May 1 to September 30, inclusive, have and 

 keep over said delivery wagon or other vehicle a covering of canvas or other 

 material, so arranged as adequately to protect the contents thereof from the 

 rays and the heat of the sun. 



SEC. 12. No person shall bottle any milk upon any delivery wagon or vehicle, 

 or in any other place than a milk house, dairy, or other building where milk is 

 regularly stored and sold. 



SEC. 13. No person or dealer shall give, furnish, sell, or offer for sale, or 

 deliver any milk, buttermilk, whey, sour milk, skimmed milk, or cream in 

 quantities less than 1 gallon, except in sanitary bottles, sealed with a suitable 

 cap or stopper, and except where the milk is sold at the milk house or dairy* 

 when the same may be dipped (and the dipped milk shall not be carried on 

 the street in any other than a covered vessel), but the milk house, dairy, or 

 other place in which milk is handled or stored shall be located no less than 15 

 feet from any water-closet or privy vault or cesspool, or any horse or cow 

 stable, or any chicken or poultry yard or coop, and the milk house, dairy, or 

 other place shall be a room which is not used for any other purpose than the 

 handling and storing of milk. 



SEC. 14. No person shall transfer any milk intended for sale from one can, 

 bottle, or receptacle into another can, bottle, or receptacle on any street, alley, 

 or thoroughfare, or upon a delivery wagon or other vehicle, or in any exposed 

 place in the city of Cleveland, except in a creamery, milk depot, or in the 

 inclosed premises of the customer of the dealer in milk. 



SEC. 15. No person shall remove from any dwelling in which exists any case 

 of communicable disease any bottles or other receptacles which have been or 

 which are to be used for containing or storing milk except with permission of 

 the health officer. 



SEC. 16. No person shall use any milk ticket more than once. 



SEC. 17. No person shall keep any cow without a permit from the health office. 



SEC. 18. No person or dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or deliver any milk, 

 buttermilk, whey, sour milk, skimmed milk, cream, Dutch cheese, or other milk 

 product in quantities exceeding 1 gallon unless the can or receptacle containing 

 the same is securely sealed by lock and chain, wire, or other contrivance equally 

 efficient : Provided, however, That the persons or dealers engaged exclusively in 

 the wholesale delivery or sale of milk, buttermilk, whey, sour milk, cream, 

 skimmed milk, Dutch cheese, or other milk product from wagons not carrying 

 milk in bottles may deliver the same from unsealed cans or receptacles: And 

 provided further, That said wagon or wagons shall have inscribed conspicuously 

 thereon in plain letters, not less than 3 inches in height, the words " Whole- 

 sale delivery." 



Title IV. Rules governing the inspection of milk ~by the dairy inspectors. 



SECTION 1. The dairies of all persons shipping milk for sale in Cleveland will 

 be inspected and rated according to the following provisions: 



(a) Cows. Condition and healthfulness Perfect score 10. 



(Two points will be deducted if cows are in poor flesh and 8 points if not 

 tuberculin tested.) 



Cleanliness Perfect score 5. 



(All cows clean, 5; good, 4; fair, 3; medium, 2; poor, 1; bad, 0.) 



(6) Stables. Construction of floors Perfect score 5. 



{It the floor is of cement or stone flag in good repair, 5; brick or matched 

 board in good repair, 4; ordinary wooden floor in good repair, 3; one-half wood 

 and one-half cement, 3 ; half wood, cement, or other material and half dirt, 2 ; 

 any material in poor repair, 1; if no floor, allow 0.) 



