Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-14
CITY ADVERTISING.
Ortiinance No. aS2.

Ordinance No. 452.
An ordinance creating the Office OF meat fnspec-
tor, fixing his ices, prescribing MS duties, and
providing for the inspection OF meat in the city
of Fort Worth, Texas.
Be it ordained by the city council of the city OF
Fort Worth:
Section /. There is hereby created the Office of
inspector OF meat in and for the city Of Fort
Sec. Z. The inspector of meat shall be duly
elected by the council at the incoming of each
city council Tor the term OF one year and until
ms 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,
and shall receive as compensation for his services
as meat inspector the following fees, to-wit:
For inspecting each head of cattle offered for
sale for beef, either by the carcass or by re-
tail, by any dealer in fresh meats, 10 cents.
For inspecting the meat or carcass of each calf
or veal SO offered Tor 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 pork by such dealer, 10 cents.
For inspecting each barrel of fish offered for
sale in the city, either by the barrel by retail,
10 cents.
For the inspecting of each 100 pounds of spare
lbs or pork sausage offered for sale, whether by
wholesale or RETAIL 10 cents; said fees to be paid
by such dealer in fresh meat, 10 said inspector
or Jl1oOp delivery 0f
certificate of inspection by said inspector or dep
utieS 10 such dealer, provided that not more than
spection of one carcass; and provided further,
that it 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.
Sec. 3. Any dealer in fresh meats, such
as are named in section of
this ordinance who shall refuse to permit said
inspector or his deputies to perform any of the
nance, or who shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance, or who shall sell
or offer for sale any such fresh
meats as are mentioned IN section
of this ordinance, without having first paid for
a certificate the amount of fee allowed by this
ordinance, said certificate to be obtained from
the inspector of meat or his deputy, shall be
deemed guilty OF mlsdemeanor ana upon con-
viction therefor shall be fined in any not less
than $50 nor more than $50.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
inspector 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. 1t 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 scayenger.
Sec. s. 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 mt. Taking for himself a
general supervision of the whole and the in
spector shall provide a 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 to enter all places where
fresh meat and fowl and fish or either
of them may be kept for sale
at all hours of the day or night 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 receptacles to be opened. When
ever the inspector or his deputies shall find any
tainted, fevered, down, or 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 be
found; and the inspector shall report the said
owner or occupant for exhibiting for sale I'M
healthy food, specifying to the city attorney the
kind as well the facts concerning the con-
demned feshy fish or food 1t 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 Z. Whoever in this city shall exhibit for
snle or has i'll any way placed under his control
as though for sale any OF the impure meats or
other articles enumerated in the preceding sec
tions shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanOr
and Violater 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 TIE costs of the case
including the expense of removing the con-
demned articles to the city dump.
Sec. 8. The inspector snail keep record of
the times of inspection of each place together
with 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 other valuable things for the perform
ance of any duty imposed on him by this ordi-
nance, otherwise than the fees established here
in, shall be deemed guilty OF mlsdcmeanor
any sum not less fifty nor more than one hun
dred dollars.
Sec. 10. The inspector of meat shall enter into
q 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. II. That this ordinance take effect and be
in force from and after publication, according to
law.
Approved January 8, 1859.
Filed January !, 1859.
II. R. EARLY, City Secretary.
Passed January S, 1889.
Recorded January II, 1889, in Ordinance Book
B, page $50. ii. r. EARLY, City Secretary.