Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-05
PUBLIC NOTICES.
AN ORDINANCE
To Prevent the Sale Of Un
wholesome Articles
of Food.
Be It Enacted By the Mayor and City
Council Of Nashville:

| CtECTION I THAT NO PERSON SHALL
y bring into the city, or sell or 0aer for sale in
any market, public or private, any cattle, sheep,
hog or lamb, f0rslaug hteril imposes, that are
pregnant, or in an unhealthy OF unsOuHd cOndi-
ton; nor any meat, nsh, game or poultry thaf
IL diseased, umsOund, uuWhol eSOme, or hat
Tor any other reason Is Judged to be
unit for human fOOd-(the fact that any
cattle, sheep, hogs or lamb being in any stock
yard or slaughter-h0use pen shall be considered
that the same is being exposed there for slle);
and the fast that any csrcass, or part thereof Of
any cattle, sheep, h0gOr lamb Is found in any
slaughter-hOuse, or any public or private mar
kst-place, dressed and prepared as such meats
usually are Tor market, shall be deemed sufii-
Client evidence that the same Is on SALE and no
animal, nor any part thereof, nor any fish, game
or poultry tuRt has been inspected and con-
demned by the Board Of Health, or the Inspec-
tor or assistants, shall be held sold or offered f0r
sale for human food in this city.
Sec. 2. No person or persons shall buy or offer
to buy, for slaughtering purposes, i'm any st0Ck
yard strees or alley or In any market public or
private, in this city, any cattle, hogs, sheep or
lambs, that are pregnant, OF in an unhealthy or
unsOuud condition
Sec. 3. Nominal of any kind shall De slaugh-
tered, dressed or hung nor part Of the meat
thereof, wholly or in part, within any street,
avenue or sidewalk, or public alley or place IN
Sec. 4. Nor shall any animal be zlauRhtered
while in a feverish OF OveThcated condition, and
the meat Of any such animal shall not be held.
sold nor offered for sale f-r human food in this
city.
Sec. 5. No person shall bring into III 8 citv or
SELL or offer for sale, any cattle unit Tor use, or
cattle which have been exposed 70, ~ liable %
communicate the cattle disease; nor the meat
nor the mix Of any such cattle. All such cattle,
meat and milk shall be eonfscated and de-
strOyed.
Sec. g. No cased, blown, raised, plated
putrid, impure OF unhealthy or unWh0lescme
meat, nor the meat Of sny animal that may have
died Of any disease or accidert, OF fish birds or
fowls, shall be held, bought, sold, offered for
sale, for human food, In shis city.
Sec z. No calf, pig or lamb, nor the meat
thereof. shall be bought, sold or offered Tor
sale, Tor human food, In this city, which when
killed was less than one month old
See. s. No cattle shall be kept in any place Of
which the water, ventilation and food Is not suf-
hcient and Wholesome Tor the preservation OF
their health and good condition for human food.
See 9. Fish shall not be cleansed % their
scales OF entralls IN any public market, where
they may be offered for sale.
Sec. 10. No person shall bring or send into
TINS city for sale, any milk without permit %
DO 50 from the Board Of Health, such permit 70
Be furnished gratuitOusly by said board % ali ap-
plicants, on condition that none but pure and
undhuted milk be sold within The city limits, and
subject 70 the approval OF the Hea th Oncer-
Sec. II. All milk wagons shall have the name
Of the owner and the number OF the wagon
painted thereon, plainly and legibly
Sec. T. All grOc rs bakers ana OLnef persons
having or offering for sale milk, shall az al times
keep the name or names Of the dairyman from
whom the milk for sale was obtained posted up
IN conspicuous place WHEREVER rutA INK may
be sold or kept for sale.
Sec i3 No person shall have or offer or have
for sale in this CITY any unwholesOm1, Watered
OF aaulteratsd milk, OF m IL known as sEiu
milk or milk from cOEs that for the nest Part
are kept ted up In stables, that are fed on
garbage sWill or other ike deleteriOus distance
5r fluids, nor any butter CT cheese ma ie from
such milk.
Sec. Il. No person shall sell, hold, OF offer for
ale, OF bring into the city any decaycd or
iam-ged vegetables OF fruits.
Sec. Is. Any person or persons violating the
provisions OF any sectiO Of this ordinance, On
,OnVicton thereof, shall be dee1ed guilty Of a
and shall be fined for each Ofense
lot less than tenO more than ifly dollars, be-
ore or BY the Recorder.
Sec. Is. All ordinances, OF parts or Ordinan-
,es, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Sec. L. This ordinance TO take effect from and
lfter its approval and publication in the daily
,aders ten consecutive days
Sec. IS. II Is made the especial duty Of the
favor, Police, Marshal and Assistant Marshal
o have the provisions Of this ordinance strictly
nf0rced.
Approved July q, 1875.
MORTON B. HOWELL Mayor.
8. A. DULING, Recorder. Two ia