Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
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:

| election THAT NO PERSON SHALL
- bring into the city, or sell or offer for sale in
i any market, public or private any cattle, sheep,
hog or lamb, for slaughteriLg purposes, that are
/ pre- gnant, or in an unhealthy or UnsOund cOndi-
| ton; nor any meat, fish, game or poultry that
/ is diseased, unsOund, UnWhOlesOIne, or that
/ for any other reason Is judged TO be
unit for human fOOd-(the fact that any
| cattle, sheep, hogs or lamb being I'm any stock
| yard or slaughteT-hOuse pen shall be considered
| that the same Is being exposed there for salc);
and the fast that any carcass, or part thereof OF
| any cattle, sheep, hog or lamb Is found in any
/ slaughter-hOuse, OF any public OF private iaar-
/ ket-place, dressed and prepared as such meats
/ usually are for market, shall he Scemcd suii-
i Client evidence that the same Is on sale; and no
/ animal, nor any part thereof, nor any 1sh, game
/ or poultry that has been inspected and con-
i demned by the Board OF Health, or the inspec-
tor assistants, shall be held, sold offered for
4 sale for human food in this city.
/ Sec , No person o. persons shall buy or offer
i 10 buv, for Strengthening purposes. Ia any stock
private, ln this city, any cattle hogs sheep or
/ lambs that are pregnant, O. ia an unhealthy OF
| uusOuud condition,
Sec. 5. Nominal Of any kind shall be slaugh-
| tered, dressed or hung nor part Of the meat
thereof, wholly OF IN part, within any street,
avenue or sidewalk, OF public alley or place in
Sec. /. Nor shall any animal be slaughtered
| while in 2 feverish or OyeTheated condition; and
| the meat Of any such animal shall not be held,
sold nor offered for sale for human food in this
| city.
Sec. 3. No person shall bring into this city, or
sell, OF offer for sale any cattle unit tor use or
cattle which have been exposed to, or liable 10
communicate the cattle disease nor the meat
nor the milk of any such cattle An such cattle,
meat and milk shah be c0nfiscated and de-
strOyed.
See. 6. No cased, blown, raised. plated.
putrid, impure OF unhealthy OF unWhOesome
meat, nor the meat Of any animal that may have
died Of any disease or accident, or fish. birds OF
fowls, shall be held, bought, sOld or offered for
sale, for human food, in this city.
Sec. z. NO calf pig or lamb, nor the meat
thereof, shall be bought, sold, or offered for
sale, for human fool, ia this city, which when
killed wa3 les than one month old.
Sec. 8. No cattle shall be kept in any place Of
which the water, ventilation and food Is not suf
fcient and Wholesome for the preservation Of
their health and good condition for human food
Sec. 9. Fish shall not be cleansed Of their
scales or entFails in any public market, where
they may be offered for sale.
Sec. 10. No person shall bring or send into
this city Tor sale, any milk without a permit to
DO 20 from the Board Of Health, such permit 70
be furnished grstuitOUsy by said board to all ap-
plicants, on condition that none but pure and
undnuted milk be sold within the city limits and
subject to the approval Of the Hea tn Oficer.
Sec. II. All milk wagons shall have the name
Of the owner and the number OF the wagon
painted thereon, plainly and legibly.
Sec. r. All grOc-rs, bakers and other persons
having or Offering for sale milk, shall at al times
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 NAV
be sold or kent Tor sale.
Sec. e No person shall have or offer OF have
for sale in this city any unwhOlesOIne, Watered
or adulterated milk, or milk known As sWil
milk, or mix from cows that for the most part
are kept tied up IN stables, VI that are fed on
garbage, swilO or other Ike deleterOus substance
OF fluids, nor any butter OF cheese ma ie from
such milk.
Sec u. No person shall sci, hold or offer for
sale, or bring iutOaihe city any decaved or
dam 'ged vegetables Or fruits
Sec. Is. Any person or persons violating the |
provisions OF any sectiOl OF this ordnance. on |
conviction thereof, shall DC deeued guilty Of |
mi-demeauOr, and shall be fined for each oheuse /
not less than ten or more than ifty dollars, be-
fore or by the Recorder.
See Is. All ore tnances, or parts or Ordiuan- i
ces, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. t. This ordinance 70 take effect from and /
AFTER its approval aud publication in the daily 4
paders ten consecutive GAYS.
Sec. Is 1t is made the especial duty OF the Il
Mayor, Police, Marshal and Assistant Marshal Il
TO have the provisions Of this ordinance strictly
enforced.
approved July ., 1875.
MORTON b. HOWELL Mayor
S. A. DULING, Recorder. Two lot