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SEC. 22. It shall be unlawful for any person to serve any milk, cream, butter- 

 milk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, condensed or evaporated milk, or con- 

 densed or evaporated skimmed milk in bottles, to any dwelling in which any 

 person is ill with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or to any 

 dwelling on which there is a placard or notice stating or indicating that any 

 person therein is ill with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease 

 until after such placard shall have been removed by the proper officer. 



It shall be unlawful for any person to remove from any such dwelling any 

 bottle or receptacle which shall have been or is to be used for the purpose of 

 receiving, storing, or delivering milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pas- 

 teurized milk, condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated 

 skimmed milk, or into which any milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pas- 

 teurized milk, condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated 

 skimmed milk shall have been or is to be placed, or which is commonly used 

 for the reception, storage, or delivery of milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, 

 pasteurized milk, condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated 

 skimmed milk. 



SEC. 23. It shall be unlawful for any person affected with any contagious, in- 

 fectious, or communicable disease, or who shall have been knowingly exposed to 

 any such disease within a period of 10 days, to handle, transport, deliver, mix, 

 work over, or distribute milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized 

 milk, condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated skimmed milk, 

 or to serve as a milker or milkman. 



SEC. 24. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to use, or to 

 cause or permit to be used, any bottle, can, or other vessel in the sale, distribu- 

 tion, or delivery of milk or cream which shall have been handled by any person 

 affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, unless such 

 bottle, can, or other vessel shall have been cleaned and sterilized as hereinbefore 

 provided. 



SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation owning, con- 

 ducting, carrying on, or operating any dairy or milk house, or any place where 

 milk is stored or is kept for sale, to post and to keep posted therein at all times 

 a copy of this ordinance. 



SEC. 26. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions 

 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be punishable, unless otherwise provided by this ordinance, by a 

 fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the city jail 

 for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Each such person, firm, or corporation sha*ll be deemed guilty of a separate 

 offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provi- 

 sion of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, 

 firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordi- 

 nance. 



SEC. 27. That ordinance No. 17193 (new series), entitled "An ordinance regu- 

 lating the sale of milk, cream, buttermilk, condensed or evaporated milk or 

 cream, in the city of Los Angeles, and providing for the inspection of milk, 

 cream, buttermilk, condensed or evaporated milk or cream, dairies, cows, cow 

 stables, milk houses, milk vessels, and vehicles," approved September 30, 1908, 

 and all ordinances amendatory thereto or thereof, and all other ordinances in 

 conflict with this ordinance, be, and the same are hereby, repealed : Provided, 

 That any such repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution and punishment 

 of any person, firm, or corporation for any act done or permitted in violation 

 of any ordinance which may be repealed by this ordinance, and shall not affect 

 any prosecution or action which may be pending in any court for the violation 

 of any ordinance repealed by this ordinance. 



SEC. 28. The city clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance, and 

 shall cause the same to be published once in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. 



I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the council of 

 the city of Los Angeles at its meeting of July 12, 1910. 



H. J. LELANDE, City Clerk. 

 Approved July 13, 1910. 



GEO. ALEXANDEB, Mayor. 



