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13. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the date of commencement of this Ordinance.
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BY-LAWS.
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Dairies and Milk Shops.
1. In these by-laws--"Milk" includes cream and skimmed and separated milk, but does not include imported preserved milk.
"Disease" means any disease of an infectious or contagious nature, and includes, in the case of cattle, any discase of the udder which is liable to cause contamination of the milk.
2. No person shall carry on the trade of a dairyman unless he holds a licence issued in that behalf by the Council. On such licence shall be affixed the photograph of the licensee. Such licences shall be issued for such period not exceeding one year as the Council thinks fit.
3. No person shall be licensed until he shall have furnished full information to the satisfaction of the Council as to his residence, the place where the milk is kept for sale, the place where the milk is produced, the place where the cattle are kept, the nature of his water supply and the general suitability of his arrangements for carrying on such trade.
4. Every person so licensed shall notify the Council forthwith of any change in the source from which his milk is derived.
5. Every person so licensed shall at all times afford any Health Officer, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon or Food Officer free access to all premises occupied by him, whether as a dairy or milk shop or not, for the purpose of inspection, and shall produce his licence on demand.
6. Every dairyman whilst purveying or selling milk shall carry his licence with him and shall produce it when demanded by any Health Officer, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon or Food Officer.
7. Every place used by a licensed person as a dairy or milk shop shall be specfied in the licence issued by the Council, and a place not so specified therein shall not be used as a dairy or milk shop by such person.
8. Every building used as a dairy or milk shop shall be registered annually during the month of January at the office of the Council and every application for registration shall be made in the form to be supplied by the Secretary of the Council.
9. Every dairy and milk shop shall be adequately lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the Council, and the floor shall be paved with a layer of not less than six inches of good lime-concrete, or not less than three inches of cement-concrete composed of one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass through a one inch ring, and the surface thereof shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement-mortar of not less than half an inch in thickness, or of such other material of such nature and thickness as the Council may approve. In the case of a place where cattle are kept, the floor shall be raised at least eight inches above the ground level and shall have a slope of not less than one in sixty and shall directly communicate by an independent drain to be constructed as the Council may direct with a covered cement catch-pit the contents of which shall be removed daily.
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