HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 605 ORD I N A N C E NO. ,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION OTTE, SUBDIVISMOIJ, FIVE;
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SECTION FOUR, SECTION SEVEN, SECTION EIGHT AND
TION NINE O"HE MILUAND DAIRY ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH ADOPTED JANUARY 26th, 1915s AND
ADDING SECTION 8A TO SAID ORDINANCE.
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BE IST ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH: That Section one, Subdi-
vision Five; Section four, Section seven, Section eight and
Section nine and Section 8A of the. Milk and Dairy Ordinance
of the City of Fort Worth, adopted January 26th, 1915, be and
the same are hereby amended so as to be and read hereafter
a8 follows, to wit:
Section 1. . . . . Subdivision 5:
All persons, firms or corporations owning or using
one or more cogs who sell or offer for sale or baiter any milk
or milk products Within this city, shall under the provisions
of this ordinance be considered a dairy and fall within the
scope and meaning of this ordinance.
Section 4:
Hind flanks and tails of milch cows shall be kept
free from any visible dirt. Udders and teats shall be wiped
with damp cloth and thornughly dtted before each milking.
Milking shall be done with clean, dry hands. Wet ing of hands
while milking shall constitute a violation of this ordinance.
1ilk ers shall use either milk pails with partially covered
tops or milking machines. Milking machine when not in use
between periods of daily milking, shall be kept in a sanitary
manner. Bottled milk or cream shall be capped with caps bear-
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ing day or date of time of filling and name of proprietor
of Dairy or distributor stamped thereon. Bottled milk or
creamishall not be recapped with caps bearing latex_ddyyor
date of time of filling. Milk can shall be kept out of
stable. No milk shall be poured from pail to pail or
pail to can nor strained in stable. Milking stools shall
be made of material which can be kept clean.
Section 7 :
All milking barns or stables in the process of
construction, or to be constructed from date of this ordinance,
shall be equipped with stanchions, floors of non-absorbent
material with drop and gutter behind cows. The length of
the stalls shell so be that cows of different sizes can be
lined up so that the manure will drop in' gutter directly
behind them. Stable to be made as near wind proof as
possible. Having 'at least 404 cubic feet of air space
for each cow, and at least two square feet of light per cow.
Section 8:
All retail markets, restaurant keepers, cafe
or cafeterias, soda fountain keepers, eta, where milk is
sold to consumers, shall be held responsible for the quality
of milk sold by them.
Restaurant xeepers, cafe or cafeteria keepers,
soda fountain keepers, etc, where milk is sold to patrons
for immediate consumption, shall deliver milk either in milk
bottles or measured by milk pump or drawn frost milk fountain.
_ No milk shall be sold over counter or brought to patrons
for drinking purposes taken or measured by the dipper of can
method.
Section 8A:
No person, firm or corporation shall bring for
sale into the City of Fort Worth, or shall within said city
sell or offer for sale, dispose of, exchange or deliver, cream
(a) containing less than 18 per cent of milk fat.
(b)- Unless obtained from milk produced, kept or
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handled in accordance with the milk and dairy ordinance
of the City of Fort Worth.
BUTTER MILK.
(a) Containing less than eight and one half
per cent by weight of milk solids.
(b) Unless it is the product that remains when
fat is removed from milk or cream, sweet or sour, in the
process of churning. When milk is skimmed, soured or
treated so as to resemble buttermilk;( it must be known
by some distinctive narne.
(c) Buttermilk shall be kept in clean recep-
tacles, away from any unsanitary surroundings.
(d) It shall be cooled below 60 degrees.
Section 9:
All milk bottles, cans and utensils shall be
placed on racks to aerate; said racks shall be thoroughly
screened from flies and kept in sanitary condition at all
times. This shall apply to rural d6ities. All persons who
have the handling of milk or its products in dairies and
creameries shall be vaccinated against typhoid fever and
small pox.
All employees handling milk or its products in
creameries shall wear clean, white, washable suits.
No person will be allowed to work where milk or
its products are handled unless he has a certificate from
the City or County Health Officer, stating that he isyfree
from any communicable or veneral disease in a communicable
stage.
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SECTION 10:
Any person, firm or corporation who shall do
any of the acts prohibited, or wilfully neglect or refuse
to do any of the acts or things enjoined by this ordinance,
or in any way violates any of its provisions, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
fine of not less than $25.00., nor more than $200.00.
SECTION 11:
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, or clauses
in ordinances of the City of Fort North in violation of
the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION la:
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage Aas provided by law.
I here'-,�r certify that the a;,,)ove and foregoing Ordinance
was duly presented and unanimously passed and adopted cv- the
Board of, Commissioners of the City o' Fort ,':,orth,Texas,at a
regular session of said Board held Tuesday -February 1q,.th,A.D.
1918.
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