The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-03-02

| hLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
| 4 Couhty OF sacramento ordain as follows:
. StctI0n l. II shall be unlawful for any one
10 Ile. olnd by the legs or WINGS or interloc6
the wings OF any poultry for Transportation
IN TINS county, or Tor the keeping OF the same
/ IN The markets. or elsewhere on. to conriue
IneHh III Improperly or demonstrated coops
/ or cages, or otherwise than as hereinafter pro.
I vided by this ordinance
section = IL shall be unlawful for any one
to transport or TO carry TO or from roe'rl,st 1,.
/ Ior the purpose OF peduling or Tor any purpose
whatever, chickens, turkeys. geese. ducks. or
other kinds OF poultry used tor human food
| unless such fowl or poultry is confined in
coopS or cages of sufficient dimensions to com
iortably ana humanely accommodate such
! fowl or poultry therein contained.
Section 3. The dimensions Of The coons or
| cages 10 DC used III the transportation or con-
hnement OF poultry or fowls, Tor pcddIing,
sale or delivery or otherwise handled as afore-
said, are hereby declared 10 be as follows:
| For turkeys and geese not less than twenty
/ eight t2Sl inches in night III the clear.
| For chickens and ducks not less Than six
! teen (16j inches in hight i'll the clear.
Said coops or cages shall be so constructed
| that the poultry or fowls therein confined
snail nave 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 Commandments
While fowls and poultry are thus confined
| it is hereby made the duty of the person or
| persons having them in charge to provide
such fowl and poultry with SUFFICIENT food and
fresh water anu air.
| Section /. 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 tood to bind or tie the feet OF
such animal, or to transport or carry it in a
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
ettectually 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, to enable
salc animals to maintain a standing 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 TO compartments shall not apply to
the transportation of hogs, which animals
may be transported in pens or crates undi-
Vlded into compartments, a due regard being
had to the proper transportation of the hogs
so as to avoid crowding too great number
into one pen.
Section D. Every person convicted of q vio-
lation of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine OF not less than
five 80 nor more than one hundred (SlCO)
dollars, or by imprisonment of not less than
two % nor more than fifty go days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect
ten days from ana after its passage.
Adopted February 16, 1898. by the votes OF
Miller, Todd, Curtis. Jenkins and Morrison.
j. NJ. MORRISON, Chairman.
SEAL Attest: w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
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