Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-07
PUBLIC NOTICES.
AN ORDINANCE
To Prevent the Sale of Un
wholesome Articles
of Food.
PUBLIC NOTICES.
Be It Enacted By the Mayor and City
Council of Nashville:

election THAT NO PERSON SHALL
y bring into the city, or sell OF offer for sale in
any market, public OF private, any cattle, sheep,
hog OF lamb, for slaughteriL purposes, that are
pregnant, or in an unhealthy or unsOund eOndl-
ton; nor any meat, hsh, game or poultry that
is diseased, unsOund, unWhOlesOme, or that
for any other reason is judged TO be
unfit for human fOOd-(the fact that any
cattle, sheep. hogs or lamb being in any stock
ward OF slaughter-house pen shall be considered
that the same is being exposed there for sale);
and the fast that any carcas7, or part thereof OF
any cattle, sheep, hog lamb is found in any
slaughter-hOuse, or any public or private mar
ket-place, dressed and prepared as such meats
usually are Tor market, shall be deemed suti-
cient evidence that the same Is on sale; and no
animal, nor any part thereof, nor any hsls game
OF poultry that has been inspected and con-
demned by the Board of Health, or the Inspec-
tor or assistants, shall be held sold or offered for
sale for human food in this city.
Sec ?. No person OF persons shall buy or offer
to buy, for slaughtering purposes, IN any stock
yard street or alley, or in any market public OF
private, in this city, any cattle, hogs, sheep or
lambs, that are pregnant, or in an unhealthy OF
unsOund condition.
Sec. 8. Nominal Of any kind shall be slaugh-
tered, dressed OF hung nor part of the meat
thereof, wholly or in part, within any street,
avenue or sidewalk, or public alley or place in
the city.
Sec 4. Nor shall any animal be slaughtered
while in a feverish or Overheated condition. and
the meat Of any such animal shall not be held,
sold nor offered Tor sale for human food in this
city.
Sec. 5. No person shall bring into this city, OF
sell, or offer for sale, any cattle unfit Tor use,
cattle which have been exposed to, or liable to
communicate the cattle disease; nor the meat
nor the milk Of any such cattle. All such cattle,
meat and milk shall be cOnhscated and de-
strOyed.
Sec. 6. No cased, blown, raised, plated,
pUtrid, impure or unhealthy OF unwhOlesOme
meat, nor the meat Of sny animal that may have
died OF any disease or accident, or tsh, birds or
shall held hnmrhr sold mr. inferred for
sale, for human food, in this city.
Sec Z. No calf, pig or lamb, nor the meat
thereof, shall be bought, sold, OF offered Tor
sale, for human food, in this city, which when
killed was less thanOne month old.
Sec. s. No cattle shall be kept in any place OF
which the water, ventilation and food Is not sur
their health and good condition for human 1000
Sec. 9. Fish shall not be eleansed OF LneT
scales OF entrails in any public market, where
they may be offered for sale.
Sec. 10. No person shall bring OF send into
this city for sale, any milk without permit %
do 20 from the Board OF Healtll sucn peih1it 70
Be furnished gratuit0usly By said board 70 ali ap-
Dlicants on condition that none but pure and
undiluted milk be sold within the CITY mt, and
subject 10 the approval Of the Hea th Ofheer.
Sec. H. All milk wagons shan have the name
Of the owner and the number OF the wagon
Uainted thereon, plainly and legibly.
Sc ~ All grOcsrs, bakers and other persons
having or offering for sale milk, shall at all tunes
keep the name or names Of the dairYman from
in a conspicuous place wherever such milk may
be sold or kept for sale.
Sec. I3. No person shall have or offer or have
for sale in this city any uuwhOlesOme, Watered
OF adulteTated milk, or milk known ~ sWlil
milk. OF milk from COWS that for the most part
are Kept tied up i'm stables, OF that are fed on
garbage, swil or other like deeteriOus su bsiaree
or fluids, nor any butter OF cheese made from
such milk.
Sec. IA. No person shall sell, hold, or offer for
sale, or bring into the city any deeayed OF
dam gsd vegetables OF fruits.
Sec Is. Any person or persons violating the
provisions Of any section Of this ordinance, on
conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeauOr, and shall be lined ior each Onense
not less than ten or more than nifty COLLARS be-
fore or by the Recorder.
Sec 16 All ordinances, OF parts or ordlnan-
ces in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
So n This ordinance TO take effect from and
affer lis approval and publication In the daily |
Daders ten consecutive days.
So. IS. IL is made the especial duty Of the /
nTovor- Police Marshal and Assistant Marshal |
to nave the provisions Of this ordinance strictly
enforced. -
Approved July ., 1913
MORTON B. HOWELL Mayor.
: A. DULING, Recorder. iy20 lot