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326 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.sixty (60j days, unless he or she shall have so registered.Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all dairies andother places of business of milk dealers supplyingcustomers in the city of Savannah shall be subject atany time to the inspection of the Health Officer, orhis authorized agent, and their milk shall be subjectedto the inspection by the lactometer and chemicalanalysis by the said Health Officer or his agent.Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That no milk shallbe sold or offered for sale to the residents of the cityof Savannah unless it shall contain no more thaneighty-eight (88) per cent, of water or less than twelve(12) per cent, of milk solids, which solids shall notcontain less than three (3) per cent, of fat. The saidmilk shall not be drawn from cows within fifteen(15) days before and within five (5) days after parturition,nor from cows fed on any substance in a fermentativeor putrefactive state, or on other unwholesomefood. It shall not be lawful to sell or exposefor sale any unclean, impure or unwholesome milk,and wher> skim-milk is sold it must be sold asskim-milk.Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any personviolating the provisions of this ordinance, or any oneof them, shall be subject, upon conviction before, thepolice court of the city of Savannah, to a fine not toexceed fifty dollars and to imprisonment not to exceedten days, either or both, in the discretion of thecourt. In addition, the Health Officer shall be authorizedto publish, for the information of the citizensof Savannah, the analysis of any milk which he mayinspect.