The record-union., 1893-03-07
ORDINANCE NO. 80.
Concerning the Transporta-
ton, Care and Custody Of
Poultry, Calves, and Other
Live Animals Used for HUI
man Food.

| TTNHE 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 luterlOc.S
the wings OF any poultry for transportation
in this county, or for the keeping OF the same
IN the markets, or elsewhere or TO contiHe
them in improperly or ill-constructed cOops
or cages ,or otherwise than as hereinafter pro-
Vlded by this ordinance.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any one
20 transport or TO carry TO or from market, or
Tor the purpose OF peddling or tor any purpose
whatever, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, or
other kinds of poultry used for human food,
unless such fowl or poultry Is confined i'll
coopS or cages of sufficient dimensions to COM
| toriaby and humanely acc ommodate such
fowl or poultry therein contained.
Section 3. The dimensions of the coopS or
cages to be used in the transportation or con-
hnement of poultry or fowls, for peddiing,
sale or delivery or otherwise handled AS atore-
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 siL-
teen t16) inches in hight il the clear.
said coops or cages shall be so constructed
that the poultry or fowls therein confined
shall have ample room in which to stand
comfortably, without crowding; no one Of
such coOps or cages shall contain more than
twenty-four such fowls in one commitment.
While fowls and poultry are thus confined
| 1t IS hereby made the duty of the person
! persons having them in charge TO provide
such fowl and poultry with sufficient food and
! fresh water and air.
Section 4. II shall be unlawful for any one
| in 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 II
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 VIII most
eflectually protect said animals from injury
and suffering.
| For the purposes of this section il is hereby
| made the duty Of persons transporting or car
| rylng the animals in this section enumerated,
| TO construct pens or crates of sufficient dinen-
| sions, with proper compartments, TO enable
| said animals to maintain standing position,
said pens or crates TO be covered with nay or
| straw so that such animals may lie down with
| comfort; provided, however, that thls pro-
vision as 10 compartments snail not Apply 10
/ the transportation of hogs, which animals
| may be transported in pens or crates undl-
vided into compartments, que regard pelng
| had to the proper transportation OF Jne hog5
| so as to avoid crowding too great number
| into one pen.
! Section >. Every person conVlcteo OF a Vlo-
! latfon of the provisions OF this ordinance
| shall be punished by line OF not less imam
| five So nor more than one hundred tS1OO)
| dollars or by Imprisonment OF not less than
! two l2l nor more than fifty go days, or by
| both such fine and imprisonment.
Section g. This ordinance shall take effect
| ten davs from ana after It's passage.
Adopted February 16, 1898, by the votes OF
| Miller TODD. Curtis, jenkins and Morrison.
J. NJ MORRISON, Chairman.
fsEAIl Attest: W. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
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