314 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



(4) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation making or offer- 

 ing for sale any food or drink in which milk is the principal ingredient to use 

 therein adulterated milk ; and the place wherein such food or drink is manufac- 

 tured or offered for sale shall be subject to inspection, and the persons manu- 

 facturing or offering for sale such products shall be subject to the provisions 

 of this ordinance. 



(5) Any person, firm, or corporation conveying milk or cream in vehicles or 

 otherwise for the purpose of selling the same, and all those who sell or offer for 

 sale milk or cream in the city of Lynchburg, shall first be licensed by the food 

 inspector, and shall register 'at the time of being licensed in the inspector's 

 books. Licenses shall be issued to run until the first day of the following May, 

 and there shall be no tax upon the same, but they shall be subject to revocation 

 by the inspector for any violation of this ordinance. 



(6) In order to carry out the provisions of this ordinance the inspector and 

 employees of the board of health and all policemen of the city shall have the 

 right at any time to enter upon and inspect all places where milk, cream, or 

 other articles of food are stored or kept or offered for sale, and to take there- 

 from samples for analysis; and any person who hinders or obstructs such offi- 

 cials in the disckage of their duties shall be subject to the penalties provided 

 for a violation of this ordinance. 



(7) It shall be the duty of the board of health to see that the provisions of 

 this ordinance are carried out ; and there shall be elected by the council of the 

 city of Lynchburg, from the qualified voters of said city, a food inspector, who 

 shall be a competent analytical chemist, skilled in the chemical and microscopic 

 examination of milk and other articles of food ; he shall not be in any manner 

 interested in the sale of milk or other articles of food within the city of Lynch- 

 burg; he shall frequently and at irregular intervals make inspection of all 

 places and of all vehicles in which milk or cream is kept, transported, or sold ; 

 he shall also make an inspection, at such times as he thinks proper, of all 

 stores, stalls, or places where fish, shellfish, fruit, vegetables, meat, ^or any food 

 product is kept or sold ; he shall keep in his books the names and addresses of 

 all persons engaged in the sale of milk ; he shall carefully examine the vessels 

 in which milk or cream is kept or transported, and at least twice a year shall 

 go through the stables where the cows are kept from which milk is sold in the 

 city of Lynchburg, shall watch the milking and examine the cows, and at 

 least twice a year shall analyze a specimen of the milk of every dairy, vehicle, 

 and stand from which milk or cream is delivered or sold within the city of 

 Lynchburg, and shall analyze other articles of food as in his judgment may be 

 proper. These analyses shall be recorded in a book to be kept by him, and 

 they, together with the notes made by him concerning the sanitary conditions 

 of persons and places where milk or other food products is sold or handled in 

 the city of Lynchburg, shall be transmitted by him to the board of health annu- 

 ally, or more frequently, as the board may direct. The inspector shall receive a 

 salary of $100 per month and shall be allowed $10 per month for expenses. 



(8) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 

 ordinance shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $25 for each offense; 

 and any milk, cream, or other articles of food kept, exposed, or offered for sale, 

 or intended to be sold, within the city of Lynchburg, in violation of any of the 

 provisions of this ordinance, shall be destroyed under the direction of the 

 inspector. 



(9) The office of milk inspector shall not be abolished by this act until a 

 food inspector has been elected. 



(10) The food inspector shall also have the title of city chemist. 



(11) This ordinance shall be in force from its passage. 



Amended September 15, 1909, by adding bacteria count of not more than 

 500,000 per cubic centimeter. 



PBOVIDENCE, B. I. 



MILK LAWS. 

 [Chap. 173.] 



SECTION 1. All milk, cream, and skimmed milk shall be sold only by standard 

 wine measure, and by or in measures, cans, jars, bottles, or other vessels or 

 receptacles which shall, prior to being used in such sale, be sealed by the sealer 



