Ordinance 348r�J
ORDINANCE NO. 3
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 95, SECTION 106, AND
SECTION 107, OF ARTICLE I, OF PART II OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF GILROY, REGULATING THE DUTY OF THE HEALTH
OFFICER, APD FOR REGULATING THE SALE OF MILK AND MEAT IN
THE CITY OF GILROY, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIkG
THE SAME.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Gilroy
do ordain as follows:
SECTION I.
Section 95 of Article I of Part Il; of the Muni c pal
Code of the City of Gilroy is hereby amended to read as
follows, to -wit:
Section 95. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer
to enforce and observe all orders and ordinances of the Common
Council pertaining to health and sanitary matters; all orders,
quarantine' regulations and rules prescribed by the State Board
of Health; all statutes_ relating to the public health and to
vital statistics; to make all reports required of him by the
State Board of Health.
SECTION II.
Section 106 of Article I of Part Iii of the Municipal
Code of the City of Gilroy is hereby amended to read as follows,
to -wit:
Section 106. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
• or corporation or agent, or employee of any person, firm, or
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corporation to sell, offer for sale, distribute or have in
possession for sale or distribution in the City of Gilroy, any
milk or cream for human consumption as milk or cream unless it
r conforms to the standards of grading, and to the requirements
for the production of milk and cream, hereinafter ad@.pted.
1.. The standards of grading and the requirements for the
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production of milk and cream, and the rules and regulations of
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the California State Department of Agriculture for enforcing
same, as established by the "Pure Milk Law of California ",
and its amendments, when not in conflict with the Charter of
the City, is hereby adopted as the law of this City, with such
modifications as may be hereinafter set forth.
2. That the whole milk as described in said ® Milk
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Law of California ", shall contain not less than '; per
cent. fat, and shall not contain more than
t - 0Usand,, bacteria per milli r at the time of delivery to
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consumer, or more than 5) o 0 bacteria per
milliliter at the time of delivery for pasteurization.
3. The Board of Health shall create a milk inspection
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department and may adopt rules and regulations for conducting
the same, and shall delegate the actual work of inspection to
an inspector approved by the Department of Agriculture of the
State of California, l who shall so conduct the inspection service
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that it shall meet the approval of the said State Department of
Agriculture,
4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
or agent, -employee., or servant of any person, firm or corper ation,
to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or have in possession for
sale or distribution any milk or cream in the City of Gilroy,
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until a registration fee of two- thirds of(,_* cent for each gallon
of milk distributed during the preceding calendar month has been
paid into the City Treasuryt,IThese fees shall constitute a
milk inspectio4� ,fund and shall bpi paid on or before the first
day of each mo�th,' °r-
meet
5. The receipt for the payment of registration fees shall
be issued by the City Marshal and shall be a permit for the sale
of milk by the person to whom issued for the calendar month in
which it was issued, and shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in the delivery wagon or other place of business of such person*
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SECTION III.
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Section 107 of Artic16.:3 of Part II of the Municipal'
Code of the City of Gilroy is hereby amended to read as
follows, to -wit;
Section 107.'.J It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
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corporation or association, or the agent or employee of any
person, firm, corporation or association, to sell, offer for
sale, distribute or have in possession for sale or distribution
in the City of Gilroy, any beef, veal, mutton, pork or meat
food product, or any sea -food or poultry for human consumption
unless such beef, veal, mutton, pork or meat food products, or
sea -food or poultry, has been Inspected in
accordance with the terms of the California Meat Inspection
Law (Chap. 732, Statutes 19211) and amendments, and shall
bear the stamp of the Federal, State, County, or Municipal
inspection, or other recognized authority,
,7_4ow The California Meat Inspection Law (Chapter 732,
Statutes 1921), and amendments, when it does not conflict with the
Charter of the City of Gilroy, and this ordinance, is hereby
adopted as the law of this City.rr_
a'sh shall create a meat, fish and
``'? poultry inspection department and may adopt rules and regulations
for conducting the same; and shall delegate the actual work of
inspection to an inspector approved by the Department of Agri-
culture of the State of California, who shall so conduct the
inspection service that it shall meet the approval of the said
State Department of Agriculture.
3. It shall be tht duty of such inspector to make
periodic inspection of all meat markets, sausage kitchens,
hotel kitchens, restaurants, eating houses, lunch stands and
peddling wagons, for the presence therein of any uninspeeted
beef, veal, mutton, pork, or meat products, sea -food and poultry;
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and to investigate the sanitary conditions of the storage
and handling, and the wholesomeness of said named food, offered
or to be offered for human consumption. And any such beef, veal,
mutton, pork, or meat products, sea --food or poultry, found at
any place subject to inspection as herein provided, not to have
been inspected as required by this ordinance; and any.beef, veal,
mutton, pork, meat.products, sea -food and poultry found to
have become deteriorated or contaminated, and by reason thereof
unfit for human consmption, may be seized by the said inspector
or by the Health Officer of the City of Gilroy and destroyed
either by tanking at some rendering works, or by slashing and
saturating with kerosene or coal tar antiseptic.
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Any person, firm, or corporation or association, either
as principal, agent or employee,
or provisions of this Ordinance
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
by a fine not exceeding $100.00,
City Prison not exceeding thirty
fine and imprisonment.
violating any provision
shall be deemed guilty of a
thereof, shall be punished
or by imprisonment in the
(30) days, or by both such
4ECTION V.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION VI.
Thi Ordinance shall to effect and be in force from and
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P sed this 2 flay of , 19270 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen
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Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
APPROVED: This day 'of hJ
ATTEST : �ZtiL
Clerk
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