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SEC. 7. Inspections of milk in all dairies, and of all milk venders, shall be 

 made under the direction of milk inspectors authorized by the health officer 

 of the city ; and all persons, firms, or corporations selling, exchanging, or offer- 

 ing or exposing for sale or having In possession milk or cream for sale, delivery, 

 or exchange^ either on their own account or for any other person or corpora- 

 tion, shall at all times on demand furnish to the said milk inspectors of the 

 city of Wheeling, and permit such inspectors to take from them such samples 

 as said inspectors may require ; and such samples shall be given, or permitted to 

 be taken, at such time and place as may be demanded by said inspectors. 

 Every sample of milk delivered to any of the milk inspectors of the city shall 

 have a label attached to the vessel containing such sample, which shall have 

 been written thereon at the time of the delivery of such sample, the number of 

 the dealer's license, the number of the sample, the date of collection, and the 

 name of the inspector; and a memorandum shall be made by the inspector 

 collecting such sample of the number of the sample, the name of the owner 

 and driver froin whom collected, and a duplicate of the sample sealed in the 

 bottle or vessel shall be delivered to the person from whom such sample is 

 taken. Each sample shall be examined separately, according to its number, by 

 the milk inspector, who shall register the specific gravity, temperature, and the 

 percentage of butter fat opposite a corresponding number in the book kept for 

 that purpose ; the name of the owner to be subsequently inserted. 



SEC. 8. No person, firm, or corporation selling or exchanging or offering or 

 exposing for sale milk in the city of Wheeling in bottles to any dwelling or other 

 house that has in it any contagious disease or diseases, or that is placarded 

 by the health officer for contagious disease or diseases, shall remove from such 

 dwelling or house any bottle or receptacle which has been or is used for the 

 purpose of receiving or storing milk, until such placard has been removed by 

 the proper authorities. No person suffering from, or who has knowingly, 

 within a period of 20 days, been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, 

 smallpox, or other dangerous contagious disease, unless proper disinfection 

 under direction of health officer has been had, shall work or assist in or about 

 any dairy or dairy farm ; no proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any dairy 

 or dairy farm who supplies milk to the citizens of the city of Wheeling, W. Va., 

 shall knowingly permit any person suffering, or exposed as aforesaid, to work 

 or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm. 



SEC. 9. The health officer shall not issue a permit to any person to sell milk 

 in the city of Wheeling who does not furnish once in every six months the health 

 department with a certificate from a duly qualified veterinary surgeon to the 

 effect that the cattle from which the milk he proposes to sell is obtained are 

 entirely free from disease; and said certificate shall be kept on file in the health 

 department, and shall embrace a descriptive enumeration of the cattle exam- 

 ined. The health officer may require the tuberculin test if any herd is sus- 

 pected of infection with tuberculosis. 



SEC. 10. Every person, firm, or corporation maintaining a dairy farm shall 

 keep the same and all appurtenances thereto clean and wholesome at all times, 

 shall change the water in the coolers at least once in each day, and no building 

 or space shall be used for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated 

 and which is not provided with a suitable floor and properly drained or which 

 contains less than 600 feet clear space for each cow. 



SEC. 11. Every person, firm, or corporation using premises for keeping cows 

 for dairy purposes shall keep the entire premises clean and in good repair and 

 the buildings well painted or whitewashed, and no accumulation of dung shall 

 be allowed, but shall be removed at least twice daily and one hour preceding 

 every milking of the cows. 



SEC. 12. Milkers and those engaged in the handling of milk or cream shall 

 maintain strict cleanliness of their hands and persons while milking and while 

 so engaged. 



SEC. 13. Every person, firm, or corporation keeping cows for the production of 

 milk for sale shall cause them to be kept clean and wholesome at all times and 

 shall cause the teats and the udder to be carefully cleaned with a damp cloth 

 immediately before milking and shall cause each of such cows to be properly 

 fed and watered. 



SEC. 14. Any person, firm, or corporation using any premises for keeping cows 

 for dairy purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles of 

 nonabsorbent material for the reception, storage, and delivery of milk, shall 

 keep them clean and wholesome at all times, and at milking time shall remove 

 each receptacle as soon as filled from the stable or room in which the cows are 



