The record-union., 1893-02-25

TIME BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
i County OF Sacramento ordain as follows
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any one
TO tie. bind by the legs or wings. or interloch
the wings OF any poultry for transportation
in this county, or for the keeping OF the same
in the markets, or elsewhere, or to confine
them in improperly or il-constructed coops
or cages, or otherwise than as hereinafter pro-
vided by this ordinance.
Section q 1t shall be unlawful for any one
to transport or 10 carry TO or from market, or
for the purpose of peddling or Tor any purpose
whatever, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, or
other kinds of poultry used Tor human food,
coops or cages of sufficient dimensions to COM
1or,ably and humanely acc ommodate such
fowl or poultry therein contained.
Section 3. The dimensions of the coops or
cages to be used i'll the transportation or con-
finclnent of poultry or fowls, for peddling,
sale or delivery or otherwise handled as aiore-
said, are hereby declared to be as follows:
For turkeys and geese not less than twenty
eight l2S) inches in night in the clear
For chickens and ducks not less than six
teen 90 inches in hight in the clear.
said coops or cages shall be SO constructed
that the poultry or fowls therein confined
shall have ample room in which 10 stand
comfortably, without crOwding; no one OF
such coops or cages shall contain more than
twenty-four such fowls in one compartment.
While fowls and poultry are thus confined
IL is hereby made the duty of the person or
persons having them i'll charge TO provide
such fowl and poultry with sufficient food and
fresh water and air.
cetliOll IL ~ SiihlA DC uulaWIll lOi any ODe
i'll this county transporting or carrying any
live calf. sheep, goat, hog, or other animal
used for human food, to bind or tie the feet of
such animal, or to transport or carry IL in Il
cruel or inhuman manner. But whoever has
the duty of transporting or carrying such ami
mails shall provide such ways and means for
such transportation or carriage as Will most
| efiectually protect said animals from injury
and suffering.
For the purposes of this section il is hereby
made the duty of persons transporting or car
| rying the animals in this section enumerated,
| to construct pens or crates OF sufficient dimen-
! sions, with proper compartments, 10 enable
! said animals to maintain a Standiug position,
said pens or crates to be covered with hay or
! straw SO that such animals may lie down with
comfort; provided, however, that this pro-
! vision as 10 compartments shall not apply to
! the transportation OF hogs, which animals
may he transported in pens or crates undi-
| yided into compartments, a due regard being
had to the proper transportation OF the hogs
| so as to avoid crowding too great n number
| into one pen.
| Section >. Every person convicted OF a Nio-
| lation of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine OF not less than
| five tS5) nor more than one hundred (SlOOl
dollars, or by Imprisonment OF not less than
two (21 nor more than fifty (5Oj days. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 6. This ordinance stall take euect
ten days from and after its passage:
Adopted February 16 1888, by the votes Oh
Miller, Todd, Curtis, jenkins ana Morrison.
j. NJ MORRISON, Chairman.
lSEAL.l Attest: w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk
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