Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-05
MEAT INSPECTION.
G, G. Everhart Commissioned Local In
spsotor by the County
Board.
Full Text of the New law--interest'
ing Reading for Meat
Dealers.

legislative assembly. To-day Mr.. Ever
hart filed his bond and qualified and en-
tered upon his duties. Following is the
full text OF the new law, and it will pay
people generally, especially the meat
Dealers to preserve copy Of the same and
post it up in conspicuous spot i'll their
respective places OF business:
Section THAT the board of county
commissioners of each county of this ter
litory is hereby authorized and required
to appoint a competent person as meat
inspector for such county, Who shall give
bond in the sum of $1,000 andtake an
official oath in each case for the
faithful performance of the duties Of his
office, and who shall hold his office dur
ing the pleasure of the board OF county
commissioners for such county; and each
inspector shall receive such compensation
for his services as may be fixed by the
board OF county commissioners of his
county, not exceeding the sum OF 800
per annum, and payable as such board
NAV direct, and he shall also be further
allowed one-half Of all fees collected by
| him for the inspection OF animals, as is
| hereinafter provided for, the other half Of
such fees shall, on the receipt of same,
be forthwith turned over to the county
treasurer of such county, to he applied to
| the current expense fund. Provided, that
in no case shall such inspector be allowed
to receive as salary (lncluding his share
| of the fees and the said sum OF SOD more
than the sum OF $3.50 per annum; and all
fees received by him as salary, making
his salary. when added to the said 800,
mere than $3.50 per annum, shall be
turned over by him to the treasurer OF
said county, to be applied to the current
expense fund.
| Sec. Pit shall be the duty OF the prop
er inspector to personally inspect any
and all bovine cattle and hogs intended
to be slaughtered in said county for
human food, and such inspector shall per-
sonally examine, within his said county,
each animal on foot offered for his in
spection, and if found sound and in fit
condition for human food purposes, he
shall give to the person, firm or corpora
ton intending to slaughter such animal,
duplicate certificates, containing the
number OF such animals inspected, the
date of such inspection, the kind of ami
mails, and their apparent weight, and
authorizing the butchering thereof within
thirty days thereafter; and it shall be I'M
lawful for any person, company or corpo-
ration to offer for sale, or to offer for
public use in any way whatsoever, or to
sell to be used for human food, in any
county in this territory, the uncured meet
OF any portion OF the same, which have
not been dressed from animals inspected
on foot in such county and certificates
thereof issued as above provided. Pro-
| vided, that, it shall not be lawful for any
person, company or corporation of any
county in this territory to shipor to trans
port, or cause to be shipped or transported,
the dressed meat Of any cattle or hogs
from such county to another county i'll
this territory. Provided further, that such
dressed meat 80 transported or shipped
shall reach its destination within forty
eight hours from the date of its shipment,
all unavoidable accidents and delays eX-
cepted. Provided further, that in all
cases of such shipment or transportation
proper certificates ofinspection orindorsed
copies of the same, such as is provided for
in section in this act, shall accompany
such meats so shipped.
Sec. 3.--The person, company or
corporation receiving such certificates
shall retain one of the same, and shall de-
liver all such certificates SO retained for
each month, within five days of the close
thereof, to the Inspector issuing the same /;
and the other duplicate shall, upon trans
fer thereof, go with the carcass OF such
animal, unless subdivided, and in such
case the dealer may give 4 copy OF such
certificate, first iudorslng thereon the
portion OF the carcas sgoing Herewith, and
the name of such dealer or proper agent ;
the absence OF such certificate or Endorsed
copy thereof, in case any such meat Is Of
fered for sale, shall be prima tacie evil
dence that the same is unlawtully offered ;
and any person, company or corporation
engaged in selling or i'll offering any such
meats for sale shall, upon demand of any
such inspector or of any other person,
promptly exhibit such certificate, and a
r,tusal to do 50 shall he deemed conclu-
sive proof OF the absence thereof.
Sec. Each inspector shall charge and
collect from such person, company or cor
poration at the time Of such inspection
such fees rs may be fixed by the board OF
county commissioners OF such county, and
not to exceed the sum of 81 cents for each
and every animal so inspected and he
shall only issue certificates upon the pay
ment of such fees and it shall be the
duty OF each proper inspector, upon
proper notice, by any person, company
or corporation engaged i'll Strengthening
such bovine cattle and hogs, to imne-
diately attend at any proper place within
the limits of his county for the inspection
OF such animals US are required thereby
to he inspected.
Sec. 5-Every such inspector shall
make a written report to the county clerk
of his county not less than every three
months, and as much oftener as may be
required by the board of county commits
sioners of his county, giving the names.oi
each person. firm or corporation to whom
he has issued cert Fl ate under this act,
and the number and kind of animals SC
inspected in each month, of tue time
covered by such report. together with the
amount OF all fees therefor received, and
which report shall be filed by such county
clerk in a book kept for that purpose, and
the same shall be open to public inspet'
ton at all reasonable hours.
Sec. ct shall be the duty ofleach in.
spector to visit, from time to time, all
places within his jurisdiction where any
dressed uncured meat shall he stored OF
kept for public use or for human food
and inspect the dressed uncured meal
found therein; aud he shall have power
to condemn such meats, to the eXten,
that he shall find the same to be tainted
or otherwise found to be unfit for human
food, giving notice thereof to the person
having charge OF the same, and thereafte;
it shall be unlawful for such condemned
meat to be kept or held for public use G.