The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-05-15

: hides offered for sale in the paris
E and to Keep a record of the bran,
l. OF such cattle and hides, anu tn
J name of the person offering til
$ same for inspection or sale.
j Second-Be it further ordained
That all persons bntchering TO
the public or selling mea. for pui
t Tic use, are hereby prohibite'
? from slaughterlng any cattle 0
!. selling the beef thereof, wi,hou
: first having said cattle inspecie,
by some inspector of cattle an,
hides, and procuring permit from
/ said inspector to butcher said ami
F NAL, and it shall be the duty O
any Inspector when called on, t,
inspect said animal and make ::
record of the brand, and if tn,
said animal is in a healthy condl
tlon and 6tfor slaughter shall Civ.
MS written permit to slaughter
said animal and if said animal i;
unfit for slaughter, he shall refus.
a permit, and for such inspection
the butcher or other person offer
ing said animal for inspection
shall pay the Inspector the sum ol
twenty (20) cents for each animal
so Inspected.
Third-Bo it further ordained
That no person shall drive any
cattle out Of the parish of Yer.
million, without first having the
same inspected by some inspector
Of cattle and hides, and it shall be
the duty of all inspectors when
called On by any person to inspect
cattle. to inspect such cattle. and
to make record of the brand ol
such animal, and the mum. er Of
cattle SO inspected, and the name
OF the person offering the cattle
for inspection as we'll as the name
of the owner, and to give writ
ten permit to the person in charge
OF said cattle to drive them out of
the parish which permit shall
state the number Of cattle to be
driven out, and the name Of the
person driving the same, and shall
be signed by soid inspector. and
for such inspection the person
Offering the same for inspection,
shall pay the inspector ten (lO)
cents tor each animal SO inspected.
Fourth--Be it further ordained,
That no person shall offer any
hide for sale until the same shall
have been first inspected by an in.
spector of cattle and hides, and all
merchants and dealers are hereby
forbidden aud prohibited from
purchasing any hides, until the
same have been inspected by some,
inspector Of cattle and hides, and
a permit to sell the same granted
therefor, and it shall be the duty
of all inspectors of cattle and
hides when called on to inspect all
hides offered, and to make a re-
cord thereof of the brand Of the
hide, the name of the person Offer
ing the hide for inspection, and
The date of inspection, and to give
a written permit to the person
Offering the hide to sell the same,
and it shall be the duty of all deal
ers and merchants buying hides to
take the permit with the hide and
to keep the same and produce it
when call on by any inspector Of
cattle and hides, and for such hide
30 inspected the person Offering
the same for inspection shall pay
the said inspector FIVE (5) cents.
Fifth--Be it further ordained,
That any person or persons viola
ting any of the provisions of the
foregoing ordinances shall pay a
fine Of Twenty dollars for each
violation, which fine shall be re.
covered before any court of CON-
petcnt jurisdiction by suit to be
brought by and in the name of the
President of the Police Jury of the
parish oi Vermilion. one.half of
the fine recovered to go the infor-
ner and the other half to 20 to
The parish treasury.
Adopted April 9Th 1880.
HOWARD HoFFPAUIR, President.
A. LACoUR, Clerk.
Art. 9Th. Resolved, that Las
lie Broussard, clerk Of court, be
authorized to cause to be made
Ill necessary repairs to the offices
If Recorder and Clerk of court,
md, alao, to purchase such re-.
;ord books and as may be neces.
,ary for the use of his Office, and
hat he present an account Of
,uch repairs when completed and
a.