The record-union., 1893-03-01

UNHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
= NvUuty OF sacramento orda!n as follows:
9ecllqn / II shall be unlawful for any one
10 Tie, Dlnd by the legs or wings. or interlock
the wings OF any poultry for Transportation
IN TINS county, or Tor the keeping OF the same
IN the markets, or elsewhere or 10 confine
them III improperly or ill-couStructed GOODS
or cages, or otherwise than as hereinafter pro-
vided by this ordinance
Section 2 1t shall be unlawful for any one
10 transport or 10 carry TO or from market or
Tor the purpose OF peddiing or Tor any purpose
Whatever, chickens, turkeys, geese ducks, or
other kinds OF poultry used tor human foori
unless such fowl or poultry is confined in
coops or cages OF sufficient Dimensions to com
iortaoly ana humanclJ accommodate such
fowl or poultry therein contained
Section s. The dimensions of the coops or
cages TO be used in the transportation or cor
finelnent of poultry or fowls, Tor peddlinr
sale or delivery or Otherwise handled as afore-
said, are hereby declared to be as follows:
For turkeys and geese not less than twenty
eight l2sl inches i'll hight in the clear.
For chickens and ducks not less than si1-
teen DC inches in hight i'll 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 mole than
twenty-four such fowls in one compartment
While fowls ana poultry are thus confined
1t is hereby made the duty of the person OF
persons having them in charge to provide
such fowl and poultry with sufficient food and
| fresh water and air.
| i'll 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 or carry it 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
etiectually 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
said 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-
vided into compartments, a due regard being
had to the proper transportation of the hogs
so as to avoid crowding too great Il number
into one pen.
Section D. Every person convicted of n VIC
lation of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by fine of not less than
five $50 nor more than one hundred (S1OO
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
fsEAL.l Attest: w. y. HAMILTON, Clerk
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