The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-28

fNliE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
| I county OF Sacramento ordain as follows:
! Secuon l. 1t shall be unlawful for any one
! 10 lie, bind by the legs or wings. or lnterlocIC
| the wings OF any poultry for transportsti0n
| IN TINS county, or for the keeping OF the same
| IA me markets, or elsewhere, or to coniiue
| them IN Improperly or RECONSTRUCTED coors
or cages, or otherwise than as hereiDafteI mo
vided by this ordinance. P0
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any one
! 10 transport or 20 carry TO or from market or
| for the purpose OF pedOliug or Tor any uurpos,
whatever, chickens, turkeys geese ducEs or
other kinds OF poultry used Tor human food.
! unless such fowl or poultry is confined i'm
| eoops or cages OF sufficient dimensions to COM
| iorlabiy and humancly accommodate such
! fowl OF poultry therein contained.
! Section .. The dimensions of the coops or
| cages to be used in the transportation or con-
| flneInent OF poultry or fowls, tor pedding,
| sale or delivery or otherwise handled a, lore.
! said, are hereby declared to be as follows
| For turkeys and geese not less than twenty
eight t2s) 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 to 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
/ 1t 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 and air.
| Section i. 1t shall be unlawful for any one
| in this county transporting or carrying any
| live calf sheep, goat, hog, or other animal
used for human 1OOd, to bind or tie the feet of
! such animal, or to transport carry il in q
| cruel or inhuman manner. But whoever has
the duty of transporting or carrying such AM
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 it 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 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 snail not apply to
| the transportation of hogs, which animals
| may be transported in pens or crates undi-
| Vided 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 vio-
| lation of the provisions Of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine OF not less than
| five so nor more than one hundred (SlUO)
dollars, or by imprisonment OF not less than
two ~ nor more than nifty $50 days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Section g. This ordinance shall take effect
ten days from ana after its passage.
Adopted February 10, 1898. by the votes of
| Miller, Todd, Curtis, jenkins and Morrison.
]. NJ. MORRISON, Chairman.
SEAL Attest: w. Il. HANILToN Clerk
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