Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
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 NashUiLle:

Council Of Nashville:
| GECTION THAT NO PERSON SHALL
y bring into the city, or sell or offer for sale in
any market, public OF private, any cattle, sheep
hog or lamb, for slaughteril purposes, hat arg
pregnant, or in an unhealthy or UnsOund cOndi-
| ton nor any meat, fish, game or poultry that
/ Is diseased, uusOund, unWhOlesOme, OF that
| for 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 OF slaughteT-h0use pen shall be considered
| that the same Is being exposed there for SALE
/ and the fact that any carcass OF part thereof OF
| any cattle, sheep, hog or lamb is found in any
| saughter-hOuse, or any public or private mar
/ ket-place, dressed and prepared As such meats
/ usually are for market, shall be deemed sufd-
/ cient evidence that the same is on sale; and no
1 animal, nor any part thereof nor any fish, game
or poultry that has been inspected and con-
i deruned bv the Board Of Health or The Insuec-
tor assistants, shall be held, sold offered for
/ sale for human food in this city
Sec. ?. No person OF persons shall buy OF offer
/ to buy, for Strengthening purposes, IN any stock
yard, street OF alley, OF Ia any market public or
private, in this city, any cattle, hogs, sheep or
lambs, that are pregnant, or in an unhealthy or
Sec. 3. No animal Of any kind shall be sIaugh-
tered, dressed or bung nor part Of the meat
thereof, wholly OF 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
LLu meat Vi any euEn animal slall not be heidi
sold nor offered FOR sale Tor human food IN this
city.
Sec. 8. No person shall bring into this city, or
sell, OF offer for sale, any cattle unat for use, or
cattle which have been exposed to, or liable 10
communicates the cattle disease; nor the meat
nor the milk Of any such cattle. All such cattle
meat and milk shall Do cOntiscated and de-
strOyed.
Sec. 6. No cssed, blown, raised, plated,
pUtrid, impure or unhealthy or unWhOlesome
meat, nor the meat Of sny animal that may have
died OF any disease or accident, or fish, birds or
fowls, shall be held, bought, sold, or offered for
sale, for human food, IN this city.
Sec. 7. No calf, pig or lamb, nOg She meat
thereof shall be bought, sold, o. offered for
sale, for human food, In this city, which when
killed was less than one month Old
Sec. 5. NO cattle shall DO kept in any plsr,, Of
which the water, VENT latiOn and FOOD Is - suf-
heient snd Nholsome for the Presefv alton of
Sec q Fish shah not be eiS, ,nsed ~ their
scales or entTails in any PBhlr. marked Where
they may he offered for sale
sec; ~: NO person 81 ii bring or send into
DO % from The B0 elk without . p TIit - -
oe IuInlshed ETatr tosly by said board to all ap-
- ILL., - "a eeridltiou thar none but pure and
Led milk ne sold within the city limits, and
eject To the approval Of the Heath Ofhcer.
sec II. :, II mix wagons shall have the name
Ol the o. nsr and the number OF the wagon
pSJ1f,- a thereon, plainly and legi6ly.
zee. r. All grOcsrs, bakers and other persons
keep the name or names Of the dairyman from
whom the milk FOR sale was obtained posted up
in a conspicuous place wherever such milk may
be sold or kept for sale.
See Is. No person shall have or offer or have
for sale in this city any unwhOlesOme, wHtered
or a1ulterated milk, or Eailk known - sWill
milk, OF milk from cows that for the most part
are kept tied up in stables, or that are fed on
garbage, swill Or other Ike deleteriOus substance
or fluids, nor any butter or cheese male from
such milk.
See. H. No person shall sell, hold or 0ffer for
sale, or bring into the city any decayed or
damsged vegetables or frUits-
Sec -. Any person or persons violating the
provisions OF any sectisI Of tins ordinance, on
conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty Of q
misdemeauOr, and shall be fined for each Ohense
not less than tenor more than nfty dollars, be-
fore OF by the Recorder.
Sec nc. All ordinances, or parts or Ordinan-
ces, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. Il This ordinance 70 take effect from and
after its approval ard publication In the daily
paders ten consecutive days
See. Is. 10 is made the especial duty Of the
Mavor, Police, Marshal aud Assistant Marshal
TO have the provisions Of this ordinance strictly
enforced
Approved July q, 1915.
MORTON q. HOWELL, Manor.
S. A. DULTNG, Recorder. iy26 lot