Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
CITY ADVERTISING.
Ordinance No. 462.

Ordinance No. 49,
An ordinance creating the office of meat fnspec
tor, fixing his fees, prescribing his duties, ana
providing for the inspection of meat IN the city
of Fort Worth, Texas.
Be it ordained by the city council of the city o.
! Fort Worth:
sectionI There is hereby created the Office OF
! inspector of meat in and for the city of For
/ Worth.
Sec. 2. The inspector of meat shall be duly
| elected by the council at the incoming of eacf
/ city council for the term of one year and unit
( his successor is duly elected and qualified; sub
Ject to removal in the same manner as other Off,
] GERS elected by the city council may be removed,
/ as meat inspector the following fees, to-wlt:
! For inspecting each head Of cattle offered fol
/ sale for beef, either by the carcass or by re-
| tail, by any dealer in fresh meats, Is cents.
For inspecting the meat or carcass of each cali
| or veal so offered for sale by such dealer, 10
| cents.
For inspecting the meat or carcass of each
| sheep and each goat so offered for sale by such
| dealer, . cents.
For inspecting the meat or carcass Of each hog
offered for sale as pork by such dealer, 10 cents.
For inspecting each barrel of fish offered for
sale in the city, either by the barrel or by retail
10 cents.
For the inspecting of each 100 pounds OF spare
ribs pork sausage offered for sale, whether by
wholesale retail, 10 cents; said fees to be paid
by such dealer in fresh meat TO said inspector
or his deputies Immediately upon delivery of the
certificate of inspection by said inspector dep
ut1es 10 such dealer, provided that not more than
one fee shall in any case be collected for the in
spection of one carcass; and provided further,
that ii shall be unlawful for any such dealer in
fresh meats to sell any such meats as are named
in this section without having first obtained
from said inspector or his deputy certificate OF
inspection therefor.
this ordinance who shall refuse to permit said
inspector or his deputies to perform any of the
duties enloined upon said Inspector by this ordl-
nance, or who shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance, who shall sell
or offer for sale any, such fresh
meats as are mentioned in section
2 of this ordinance, without having first paid for
q certificate, the amount of fee allowed by this
ordinance, SAID certificate to De obtained from
the inspector OF meat or his deputy, shall be
deemed guilty of misdcmeanor and upon con-
viction therefor shall be fined in any sum not less
than $50 nor more than $50.
Sec 4 It shall be the duty of the
inspector or his deputy to daily visit all the
butchers shops and meat or fish wagons or mar
kets of whatever kind, and all other places, cars
or vehicles where or IN which fresh meats may
be kept for sale in the city. and TO carefully in
spect all fresh meat and fish and fowl exhibited
for sale, and to condemn and SO destroy all such
as they may find to be tainted, fevered or other
wise impure as well as all down meat and flesh
of calves under tWenty-one days old. It shall be
the duty of the inspector and his deputies to
visit all diaries and other places in
this city where cattle and hogs are
kept and to condemn any unhealthy
animal intended for slaughter and cause them to
be killed and their bodies to be delivered to the
city scavenger.
Sec. >. For the convenient dispatch of the
duties herein imposed, inspector may divide the
city into districts and assign such districts to his
deputies as he may see fit. Taking for himself a
general supervision of the whole, and the in
spector shall provide horse and wagon for the
expedition of the business of inspection and the
removal of condemned meat.
Sec. 6. The inspector and his deputies shall
have the power 10 enter all places where
fresh meat and fowl and fsh or either
at all hours of the day or nighs for the purpose OF
inspecting such meat and fowl and fish, and to
this end may cause doors, as well as ice boxes
and all other rece2tacleS to be opened. When
ever the inspector or his deputies shall find any
tainted, fevered down, otherwise impure
meat of whatever kind or the flesh OF any calf
under twenty-one days old or any fowl or fish
unfit for food it shall be their duty to attach TO
each piece so found card six inches long and
three inches wide, having printed thereon
in large letters the word: Condemned;
after which it shall be unlawful for any one to
sell the same or any part thereof or for any one
except the inspector or some one authorized by
him to remove it, and he shall cause the con-
demned piece of flesh to be removed and cast into
the city dump Or delivered to the city scavenger
to be removed at the expense of the person own
ing or conducting the place where it may De
found; and the inspector shall report the said
owner or occupant for exhibiting for sale un-
healthy food specifying TO the city attorney the
kind as well the facts concerning the con-
demned fleshy fish food. It shall then
be the duty of the city attorney to file complaint
in the recorders court against such owner or
occupant upon the charge OF selling unhealthy
food
Sec r. Whoever in this CITY shall exhibit for
as though for sale any of the impure meats or
other articles enumerated in the preceding sec
tons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and Yiolater of the provisions of this ordinance,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than $50 nor more than
500. The Judgment in each case shall
carry with it the costs of the case
including the expense of removing the con-
demned articles to the city dump.
Sec g. The inspector shall keep record of
the times of inspection of each place together
with a statement showing the condition in which
each place is found, together with the number
and kind of articles condemned, if any; and
shall deliver to the mayor transcript of such
record on the first of each month.
Sec. 9. Any inspector who shall receive any
money or other valuable things for the perform
anCe of any duty imposed him by this ordi-
nance, otherwise than the fees established here
in, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in
any not less fifty nor more than one hun
dred dollars.
Sec. 10. The inspector of meat shall enter into
3 bond, with good and sufficient security, made
sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties herein pre-
scribed, to the best of his skill and ability.
Sec. IL. That all ordinances and parts of or
dinances in conflict with any of the provisions of
this ordinance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
: Sec. u. That this ordinance take effect and be
in force from and after publication, according to
law.
Approved January s, 1889.
HIS. BRomEs, Mayor.
Filed January l, 1889.
Passed January s, 1888.
Recorded January II, 1889, in Ordinance Book
B, page $50. II. R. EARLY. City Secretary.