Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-19

An ordinance creating the Office of meat inSpec-
tor, fixing his fees, prescribing his 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
Worth
Sec. ?. The inspector of meat shall be duly
elected by the council at the incoming of each
city council for the term Of one year and until
his successor Is duly elected and qualified; sub
ject TO removal in the same manner as other OH
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 by
TAIL by any dealer in fresh meats, 10 cents.
For inspecting the meat or carcass of each calf
or veal so offered for sale by such dealer, 10
cents.
For inspecting the meat or careass 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
ribs or pork sausage offered for sale, whether by
wholesale or 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 or dep
utleS 70 such dealer, provided that not more than
one fee shall in any be collected for the in
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
Sec. 5. 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
duties eniOined upon said Inspector by this Ordi-
nance, or who shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance; or who shah sell
meats as mentioned in section
2 of this ordinance, without having first paid for
foot NfE oil POD hyf nf
ordinance, said certificate to be obtained from
the inspector of meat or his deputy, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction therefor shall be fined in any sum notices.
than $50 nor more than $50.
Sec. /. 1t 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, well as all down meat and flesh
of calves under twenty days old. 1t shall be
the duty of the inspector and his deputies to
visit all deiries 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 10 the
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 fit. Taking for himself
general supervision OF the WhOie, ana the IN
spector shall provide horse and wagon for the
expedition of the business of inspection and the
of condemned meat.
Sec. s. 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
such meat and fowl and fish, and to
this end may cause doors, as well as ice boxes
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 hsh
unfit for food it shall be their duty to attach TO
each piece so found a caro- six inches long and
three inches wide, having printed thereon
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 scayenger
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
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 acomplaTnt
in the recorders court against such owner
occupant upon the charge of selling unhealthy
food.
Sec Z. Whoever in this city shall exhibit for
snle or has in any way placed under his control
as though for sale any of the impure meats or
ether 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 so nor more than
500. The judgment in each case shall
carry with it the costs of the case
the expense of removing the con-
demned articles to the city dump.
Sec. s. the inspector shall keep a record OF
the times of inspection of each place together
with q 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 on 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 lined in
any sum not less fifty nor more than one hun
bred dollars.
Sec. 10. The inspector of meat shall enter into
q bond, with good and sufficient security, made
payable to the city of Fort Worth IL the penal
sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance OF the duties herein pre-
scribed, to the best Of his skin and ability.
Sec. Il. That all ordinances and parts Of or
1nances in conflict with any of the provisions OF
this ordinance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. y. That this ordinance take effect and be
in force from and after publication, according to
law.
Approved January s, 1850.
Filed January l, 1889.
H. R. EARLY, City Secretary.
Passed January s, 1889.
Recorded January II, 1889, in Ordinance Book
3, page $50. II. X. EARLY, City Secretary
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