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pensation, and the health officer may be appointed and authorized by said board 

 to perform all the duties of such inspectors; and -such inspectors may, for 

 such purpose, enter any house, vehicle, or yard; and the board of health shall 

 keep for public inspection a record of the names, residences, and places of 

 business of all persons engaged in the sale of milk or meat, and may require 

 permits, to be renewed semiannually and for which a charge of not more than 

 50 cents may be made, after inspection, to vend either milk or meat, and the 

 board may refuse to grant such permit or revoke one already given if, upon 

 inspection, the cows or milk are found to be kept in an unsanitary condition ; 

 and the board may require a certificate from a licensed veterinarian showing 

 the cows furnishing milk brought for sale within its jurisdiction are free from 

 tuberculosis or other dangerous disease, and should scarlet fever, typhoid, or 

 other dangerous contagious or infectious disease occur in the family of any 

 dairyman or among his employees, or in any house in which milk is kept for 

 sale, it shall be the duty of such dairyman or vender of such milk to imme- 

 diately notify the health officer of the city, village, OF hamlet in which such 

 milk is sold, or is offered for sale, of the facts of the case, and the health officer 

 may order the sale of such milk stopped, pending an investigation to be made 

 without delay, and for such time thereafter as the board of health may require ; 

 and the board of health may make and enforce such orders as it may deem 

 necessary to prevent the sale of impure, adulterated, and unwholesome milk, or 

 milk liable to carry disease. (O. L., vol. 95, p. 433.)" 



"(1536-757.) R. S. Sec. 2140. Places where meat, butter, cheese, etc., are 

 made, subject to inspection ; analysis of milk, butter, etc. : All dairies, includ- 

 ing the cows, cow stables, milk houses, and milk vessels, the owners of which 

 offer for sale within the limits of the corporation milk or butter manufactured 

 by such owners, shall be subject to inspection by the inspectors, and also any 

 manufactory of butter or cheese, or place where such substance or either of them 

 are sold, shall be subject to inspection by the inspectors; the inspector may 

 enter any place where milk is sold or kept for sale, and all carriages used for 

 the conveyance of milk within the corporate limits; and also any manufactory 

 or place where butter or cheese, or substances having the semblance of butter 

 or cheese, are manufactured, or any place where such substances are sold or 

 kept for sale within the corporate limits; and whenever he has any reason to 

 believe milk found therein is impure or adulterated, or any butter or cheese, or 

 substances having the semblance of butter or cheese found therein contain any 

 impure, unwholesome, or deleterious substances, or is being sold or offered for 

 sale under any false of deceptive name or designation ; that any butter or cheese 

 not made from pure cream or milk, or any substance having the semblance of 

 butter or cheese, is being sold or offered for sale, without being branded or 

 stamped, as required by section 7090, he shall take specimens thereof and 

 subject them to satisfactory tests; or, if the board of health so direct, to 

 chemical analysis, the result of which he -shall record and preserve as evidence, 

 and a certificate of such result, sworn to by the analyst shall be admissible 

 in evidence in all prosecutions under this chapter or any law of this State. 

 (O. L., vol. 95, p. 434.)" 



" SEC. 2. Refilling milk bottles : It shall be unlawful to fill or refill, with milk, 

 cream, or other milk product, any glass jar or bottle, with intent to sell or vend 

 such milk, cream, or other milk product, unless such glass jar or bottle be first 

 thoroughly cleansed and sterilized. (O. L., v. 99, p. 454.)" 



DIRECTIONS FOB SCORING DAIRIES BY DAIRY DIVISION SCORE CARD. 

 [Adopted Mar. 19, 1908.] 



Cows. No. 



Healthf ulness : points. 



If tuberculin tested and in good condition 170 



In good condition, but not tuberculin tested 40 



In poor condition and not tuberculin tested 



Comfort : 



If well bedded 10 



If stable temperature is 50 to 60 F 10 



Otherwise I 



Cleanliness : 



Clean cows having no litter on them, hair on tail braid, quarter and 

 flank clipped, tail brushed and cleaned, hair on udder singed, skin 

 soft and pliable, free from eruptions, scab, grubs, and running 

 sores. Cows must look well groomed 60 



