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

CECTION THAT No PERSON SHALL
y bring into the city, CT sell or offer for sale in
any market, public or private, any cattle. sheep
hog or lamb, Tor slaughteril & purposes, that are
pre- gnant, or in an unhealthy or uusOund cOndi-
ton; nor any meat, tsh, game or poultry that
Is diseased, unsound, unWhOlesome- OF that
Tor any other reason IS judged 70 be
unfit for human fOOd-(the fact that any
cattle, sheep, hogs or lamb being in any stock
yard or slaughter-hUuse pen shall be considered
that the same is being exposed there for saleli
and the fast that any carcass, or part thereof OF
any cattle, sheep, hog or lamb is found in any
Elaughter-hOuse, OF any public or private mar
ket-place, dressed and prepared as such meats
usually are Tor market, shall be deemed sutli-
Client evidence that the same is on sale; and no
animal nor any part thereof, nor any fish, 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 OF offered for
sale for human food in this city.
Sec ,. No person OF persons shall buy OF offer
10 buy, for Strengthening purposes, IN any stock
yard, street OF alley, OF In any market public or
private, in this city, any cattle, hogs, sheep or
lambs, that are pregnant, or I'm an unhealthy or
UnsOuud condition
Sec. 3. No animal 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, OF public alley or place IN
the city.
See. 4. Nor shall any animal be slaughtered
while in a feverish OF overloaded condition; and
the meat Of any such animal shall not be held,
sold nor offered for sale for human food In this
city.
Sec. 5. No person shall bring into this city. or
sell, or offer for sale, any cattle unit for use, or
cattle which have been exposed to, OF liable TO
communicate the cattle disease; nor the mat
nor the milk Of any such cattle. All such cattle,
meat and milk shall be cOnhscated and de-
stroyed.
Sec. G. No cased, blown, raised, plated,
putrid, impure OF unhealthy or unwholesOme
meat, nor the meat Of sny animal that may have
died OF any disease or accident, or FISH, birds OF
fowls, shall be held, bought, sold, or offered for
sale, Tor human food, IN this city.
Sec. Z. No calf, pig or lamb, nor the meat
thereof, shall be bought, sold, OF offered for
sale, for human food, ia this-city, which when
killed was less than one month old
Sec. s. No cattle shall be kept In any place Of
which the water, ventilation and food is not suf-
ficient and Wholesome Tor the preservation Of
their health and good condition for human food.
Sec. 9. Fish shall not be eleansod Of their
scales OF eutrails in any public market, where
they may be offered for sale.
Sec. 10. No person shall bring or send into
this city for sale any milk without permit 70
do 20 from the Board OF Health, such permit to
be furnished gratuitOusly BY said board 10 all ap-
plicants. on condition that none but pure and
uDdiiuted milk be sold within the city limits and
subject 10 the approval or the Heat Oficer.
Sec II. All milk wagons shall have the name
Of the owner and the number OF the wagon
painted thereon, plainly and legiby.
Sec. p All grOc' r., bakers and other persons
having OF Offering fOI sale milk, shall at al times
keep the name or names Of the daryman from
whom the milk for sale was obtained posted I'D
in a conspicuous place wherever such milk may
be sold CT kept for sale.
Sec. Is. No person shall have or offer or have
for sale in this city any unWhOlesOme, watered
or adulterated milk, or milk known as swiU
milk, or milk from cows that for the most part
are kept tied up in stables, OF that are fed on
garbage sWill OF other Ike deletcriOus substapce
or fluids, nor any butter or cheese made from
such milk.
Sec. d. No person shall sell hold. or offer for
sale, or bring into the city any decaved or
damaged vegetables or fruits
Sec. Is. Any person or persons violating the
provisions Of shy section Of this ordinance, on /
conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty o. a
and shall be fined for each ofIerse |
not less than tenor more than THY dollars, be- |
fore or by the Recorder.
Sec. l6. All ordinances, OF parts q Ordlnan-
ces, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ]
Sec. II. This ordinance to take effect from and
amer its approval and publication IN the daily
paders ten consecutive days.
Sec. u. II Is made the especial duty Of the /
Mayor Police, Marshal and Assistant Marshal
to have the provisions Of this ordinance strictly
enforced.
Approved July %, 1875,
MORTON b. HOWELL Mayor.
5. A. DULINa, Recorder. Two lot