Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-07
Interesting TO Butchers.
TIE ABATToIR BILL.

by the above name, and shall sue and be
sued. purchase, hold. sell, lease aud release,
grant and transfer real estate intended for
lis business, buy and sell personal property
and manufacture the products of the AMI
mails slaughtered at its place of business sc
That The company shall establish and erect,
at its own cost and expense at a convenient
point on the line of railroad of proper ac-
cess for the butchers in the District of Co.
lumbia, Etables, sheds, yards, pens, scales
and building or buildings sufficient TO ac-
cOmmOdate and shelter all animals which
may be brought to its place of business for
inspection. sale or slaughter; and shall feed
and care for such animals in q proper man
ner, for which they shall be entitled to a fair
compensation from the owner or owners of
such animals; the buildings, pens, and so
forth, To be subject 10 the approval
Of the board of health in a sanitary measure
That the company shall be allowed TO detain
and keep all such animals until compensa-
ted or paid for charges aforesaid; aud il said
charges are not paid within eight days from
The time such animals are Left on the pra-
misses OF TIE company, then the said com
pany shall have power, without res 1rtiGg to
Judlclal proceedings, to advertise such AMI
malS at public sale, said advertisement tn
I be inserted in daily newspaper at least
three times; the proceeds of said sale or sal s
TO pay, first, said expenses, cost OF adver-
Using and sale. as well as OthSr necessary
/ expenses, and the residue, IL any, to be paid
/ unto the owners OF said animal or animals
/ so sold. That the company shall erect an
I extensive Strengthening house or houses on
/ their premises Tor the purpose Of slaughter
Q i
/ for food, and for the accommodation OF
I butchers, where all butchers shall Kill and
/ slaughter their animals, the meat of which
| Is intended for salein market or to be con-
sumed within this District, and to have the
/ use of said slaughter house or houses the
appliances, cooling rooms or ice closets,
| To conduct their business, subject to
such sanitary rules and regulations
| as The Board of Health may adopt.
| That butchers or others who may desire To
have their animals slaughtered, stored, or
any other work, labor, or other service done.
| or any products of their business manufac-
tuIed, this company be authorized to per.
form the same upon such terms and for such
compensation as may be agreed upon bv the
party or parties desiring such service or SER
vices and the company. That the company
shall construct and keep platform scale or
scales, for the weighing of live stock where
all animals bought or sold shall be weighed,
for which weighing this company shall fur
n1sh both buyer and seller proper voucher
or certificate, stating number of animals
their weight, certified by the cOmpauy'S
agent or weigher, keep record thereof for
future reference, for which the owner or
owners or seller of said animal or animals
shall pay unto the company threee cents per
one hundred POUNDS weight, whether sold
BY weight or per head, for all cattle, ten
cents per head for all hogs, and five cents
per head for all sheep, lambs or calves, 20 be
paid for and collected as all other charges
OF this company; said scales to be sub
Ject TO the inspection and approval
OF the inspector OF weights and inca
- COLUMBIA
That the company shall keep their yards,
stables, pens and slaughter house open every
day, and al all hours, for the transaction or
business; and refusal to accommodate the
butchers and dTOvers desiring the use of the
premises OF this company, then the said
company shall be subject 10 fine of not less
than nifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars for such ofiense. That the following
snail be the scale of prices to be charged
butchers by this company for the use of their
premises for Strengthening animals. namely:
rTr no - cg,FA
January, February and March, CATTLE one
dollar per head; hogs, fifteen cents per head;
sheep and lambs, twenty cents per heal;
calves, twenty-five cents per head; during
the months Of April, May, June. july,
August, September and October, for the use
Of lCe-clOSetS, the charges shall be, cattle,
one one dollar and twenty five cents per head;
ECss, twenty-five cents per head sheep
and lambs, thirty cents per head; and
calves, thiTty-fve cents per head Thai
the board Of health shall appoint com
petent person as inspector OF live stock
ard meats OF slaughtered animals the meats
of which is intended for sale and Consume
tlon within the District OF Columbia; said
inspector to be empowered TO condemn All
live stock, or slaughtered animals the meat
OF whichis unit for food; said inspector TO be
required % give bond in the sum of - dol
lars Tor the faithful and impartial discharge
OF MS duties; and that all condemned meals
De given 10 the company, TO be usei in the
manufacture OF fertilizers; said inspector 10
9e snpyect 10 the rules and regulations of the
board OF health. That from and after the en-
plIation OF the notice issued by publication
OF the ordinance herein, in section thirteen
OF this act, provided for by the board OF
health OF the District of Columbia IL shall
lot be lawful TO kill or slaughter cattle,
hogs, sheep, or calves within the DISTRICT az
columbia, unless the same are slaughtered
and inspected on the premises Of this com
pany, the meat whereof is intended for sale
or use within the District of Column MIA. aud
any person or persons, firm or corporation,
violating the same, or the provisions of this
act, shall be liable, for each and everj Of
Tense, TO fine Of dollars for the first vio-
lation thereof, and - dollars for every fol
by suit OF the District of Columbia, at the
instance OF the board Of health in
lhe police court of the District of
paid the informer and the other half to
Ihat any person or persons having live stock
10 sell snail be compelled to offer the same
LOT ,3, sale ana inspection on the premises of
This company, including miIch-cOws, and
all animals intended for slaughter 10 lie
weighed; said company 10 give proper pro-
eGIion 70 an STOCK offered by giving proper
means allowing animals to be fed on sailed
food, or kept from proper food and water,
anu on refusal, or violation OF this act, such
person or persons shall be deemed guilty of
violation OF ordinance, and be as liable to
a me for non compliance as the company is
liable for refusal 10 accommodate to the use
OF their premises, as provided in section =
The remaining sections provide for closing
ali existing Slaughter-houSes, make the cap
lldl STOCK -OUO,OOO, (b,OOO SHARES at $50 eacu,)
make the charter perpetual, &c.
R0BBING SCHOOL HoUSEs-The female
grammar and first female intermediate
schools, second district. that suffered from
The larceny OF books two years ago, while
located on Pennsylvania avenue, have again
fallen "amOng thieves" The schools are at
present occupying the German church, on
9Th street. between VI anu ", which building
has been forcibly entered three times during
The present month, and many valuable text
and reference books have been abstractei.
The library belonging 10 the female gram
mar school purchased by the pupils) has not
been spared, but several valuable works, in
ending az illustrated "All Around the
World" have been taken. The thieves can
not be claSsed among those who "take no
note OF time," for their last exploit was the
seizure Of the clock belonging To the inter-
mediate school. The police have been nOti-
ted, but thus far the perpetrators have sue
ceeded in eluding arrest.
DIVORCED FOR CAUSE-Yesteriay In the
Equity Court, Judge Wylie, made a decree
OF divorce from the bonds of matrimony in
the case of James Taylor against Hannah
A. Taylor. The petition alleges that the
parties were married in CherOxee county,
North Carolina, in 1855, and afterward ra-
moved 10 this city, and that in 1871 defend
ant deserted the petitioner and lived III aduI-