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ORDINANCE NO. . AN ORDINANCE relating to the maintenance of dairies for the production of certified milk and certified cream, to the keeping, production, handling, transportation, sale and disposi- tion of certified milk and certified cream, providing for the inspection, regulation and control of all dairies , utensils and general equipment used therein and such products thereof , of the manner of keeping, producing, handling, transporting, selling and disposing of certified milk and certified cream, the issuance of certificates , the appointment of a certified milk commission, providing penalties for the violation thereof and the repealing of all ordinances or parts in conflict thereof., and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN : Section 1 : The term certified milk" , as used in this ord- inance , shall be construed to mean and include , milk drawn from ani- mals free from disease and all conditions of whatever kind that might deteriorate the quality of the milk. Certified milk shall be pro- diced from animals free from tuberculosis as shown by the tuberculin test or other accepted tests for the detection of tuberculosis. Cer- tified milk shall not contain more than ten thousand. (10,000) germs, or bacteria, of all kinds to the cubic centimeter, with an acidity not higher than two tenths (0.2%) percent . Certified milk shall not contain less than three and one half (3.5%) per cent butter fat and shall have a specific gravity not less than 1 .029 or over 1 .034, nor shall the percentage of total solids be less than twelve and one half (12.5%) per cent . Certified milk must be produced and handled under cleanly conditions not subjected to heat , bottled and sealed on the farm within two hours after being drawn from the animal , and maintained at a temperature not higher than fifty de-