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made in respect thereof, under a false name or quality, or as being what 

 the same is not, as represents wholesomeness, soundness, or safety for food or 

 drink. 



(18) That every person, being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any room, 

 stall, or place where any meat, butter, fish, fruit, or vegetables, designed or held 

 for human food, shall put and keep such room, stall, and place, and its ap- 

 purtenances in a clean and wholesome condition; and every person having 

 charge, or interested or engaged, whether as principal or agent, in the care 

 or in respect to the custody or sale of any meat, butter, fish, fruit, birds, fowl, 

 vegetables, or milk designed for human food, shall put and preserve the same 

 in a clean and wholesome condition, and shall not allow the same, or any 

 part thereof, to be poisoned, infected, or rendered unsafe or unwholesome for 

 human food. 



(19) It is earnestly desired that every person knowing of any fish, butter, 

 meat, fowl, birds, fruit, vegetables, or milk being bought, sold, or offered or 

 held for sale as food for human beings, or being in any market, public or 

 private, in said city, and not being sound, healthy, or wholesome for such 

 food, to forthwith report such facts, and the particulars relating thereto, to 

 the inspector of milk and food supplies. 



(20) That upon any cattle, milk, meat, butter, birds, fowl, fish, or vegetables 

 being found by the inspector of milk and food supplies in a condition which 

 is, in his opinion, unwholesome and unfit for use as human food, or in a 

 condition or of a weight or quality in this ordinance condemned or forbidden, 

 he is empowered, authorized, and directed to immediately condemn the same 

 and cause it to be removed to the crematory for destruction, and report his 

 action to the board of health without delay. 



(21) That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordi- 

 nance shall be liable to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for the 

 first offense, and for the second offense a fine of $100 and revocation of the 

 license, said fine to be recoverable before the police justice of the city of 

 Richmond. 



(22) The board of health are hereby authorized and empowered to pre- 

 scribe rules and regulations particularly defining the duties of the inspector 

 of milk and food supplies and of any assistants to such inspector, not incon- 

 sistent with the provisions of this ordinance, and said board shall likewise be 

 authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for the management of stables or 

 dairy farms where cows are kept for the purpose of producing milk to be 

 exposed to sale or sold within the city of Richmond, not inconsistent with 

 the provisions of this ordinance. 



(23) The inspector of milk and food supplies and his assistants when in 

 discharge of official duties are hereby invested with the same police powers 

 which are vested in the health officers under the ordinances of the city of 

 Richmond. 



(24) This ordinance shall be in force from and after 30 days from its 

 passage. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS or THE BOARD OF HEALTH GOVERNING THE PRODUCTION 

 AND HANDLING OF MILK TO BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE CITY OF 

 RICHMOND. 



[Revised by the board of health Apr. 29, 1910.] 



It shall be the duty of all persons engaged in the production or handling of 

 milk or cream which is to be sold or offered for sale or which is to be otherwise 

 disposed of in the city of Richmond, to notify the chief health officer of the 

 city of Richmond immediately if any case of contagious or infectious disease 

 is present among any members of their household or among any of their em- 

 ployees or their employees' families. The chief health officer shall, upon re- 

 ceipt of such notification, investigate, or cause to be investigated, the cir- 

 cumstances surrounding the case, after which he may, in his discretion, order 

 ^ either that the sale of milk from such farm or dairy be temporarily discon- 

 tinued, or that it may be continued under such regulations and restrictions as 

 he may direct. 



The sale of milk from cows suffering from garget or other disease of the 

 udders is hereby prohibited, and the dairy inspector shall condemn all milk 

 produced in whole or in part from cows so affected. If milk from a cow so 

 affected shall have been mixed with the general supply, either at the farm or 



