690 
JAMES HENDERSON 
matter. The city furnishes tuberculin free and a competent 
veterinarian to do the work. No man can legally sell milk 
without a license, and a certificate of tuberculin test must be 
presented before a license may be granted. All cattle tested 
are tagged and numbered, both those that react and those that 
do not. Record is kept of these numbers and the disposition of 
the cattle is tested and numbered. 
“ The general law and the city ordinance which provides for 
the inspection of dairies, dairy herds, and the licensing ol the 
same is so admirable that it is here given, with the suggestion 
that other cities shall go and do likewise. It will be noticed 
that the city does not order any cattle tested, but merely says if 
your cattle are not tested we cannot grant you license to sell. 
“ Section i.—No person shall sell any milk within the city 
of Minneapolis without first having obtained a license so to do 
in the manner hereinafter provided.” 
In section 3, while providing for the dairyman’s license, the 
following occurs : 
“ Upon the filing of such application with the Commissioner 
of Health for said city, as provided in the preceding section, the 
Commissioner of Health, or the veterinarian of the Department 
of Health, or an authorized inspector of said Department of 
Health, shall inspect the dairy and dairy herds of such applicant 
or the dairy and dairy herds of the person from whom such per¬ 
son obtains his milk for sale within said city, without unneces¬ 
sary delay, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of 
Health to cause to be made by the veterinarian of the Depart¬ 
ment of Health, or under his direction and supervision, an ex¬ 
amination of each and every animal producing milk for sale or 
consumption within said city or belonging to or controlled by 
said applicant or the person from whom said applicant obtains 
his milk, for detecting the presence or absence of tuberculosis, or 
anv other contagious or infectious disease, and the said veteri- 
narian of the Department of Health, in making such an inspec¬ 
tion and examination is hereby authorized to use what is com¬ 
monly known as the tuberculin test as a diagnostic agent for 
