The record-union., 1896-07-29
ORDINANCE NO.49.
Creating the Office of Veterinary In
spectOr and Prescribing His
Duties.

The Board of Supervisors of the County
of Sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section l. The office of Veterinary In
spector of the county of Sacramento,
State of California, is hereby created I'M
mediately after this ordinance shall take
effect the Board of Supervisors OF the
county of Sacramento shall elect veteri1
nary surgeon to fill said office, who shall
hold office at the pleasure of said board
and salary of one hundred dollars per
month, and all necessary travelling eX-
penseS incurred while engaged in per
forming the duties of his office, the
amount not to exceed the sum of twenty
five dollars per month. No person shai
be eligible to this office who shall not be
a duly qualified veterinary surgeon hold
ing a certificate from the State Veteri-
nary Medical Board, which certificate
the County Clerk of the county of Sacra-
mento, and who shall not have been
resident of the county of Sacramento Tor
a period of one year next preceding his
election, and who shall not be an elector
of the State of California.
Section =. 1t shall be the duty of said
Veterinary Inspector TO visit all dairies,
slaughter houses, markets and other
places from which milk, meat, poultry,
fish or game are sold or supplied for
human food, and inspect the sanitary con-
dition of all places from which said arti-
cles of food are distributed. He shall
inspect all living animals intended to be
slaughtered, and all meat, poultry, fish
or game offered or intended to be offered
for sale for human food, and shall at
all times. for the purpose of inspection,
have free access to all dairies, or other
places where any domestic animals are
kept; also, all slaughter-houses markets
and other places from which meat, poul-
| try, fish or game are Sold or offered to
| be sold, or distributed for human food,
and any refusal to permit such entry and
| access or any resistance thereof shall be
deemed a misdemeanor.
Section 3. 1t shall as soon as possible
upon receipt of sufficient information that
wit
| of Sacramento is affected with any infec-
| tious or contagious disease examine said
animal. and if deemed necessary by said
| Inspector make the necessary eXamina-
tiOn or test according to the rules laid
down by the United States Bureau of
| Animal Industry from which he shall OBJ
| NAL be found to be affected with any con-
| tagious or infectious incurable disease
! said Veterinary Inspector shall at once
| notify the owner or person in whose pos
session said animal shall be, that said
| animal is so affected and request him to
deprive said animal of life.
Section 4. Upon the discovery of any
animal affected with any contagious or
| infectious diseases he shall prescribe and
| apply such rules and regulations as in his
| judgment the case may require for the
effectual suppression and eradication OF
| the disease.
Section s. Said Veterinary Inspector
| shall keep a record of all examinations
| and tests made by him and file a monthly
| report thereof with the Board of Super
| visors
Section 6. The Board of Supervisors shall
| employ such assistants and furnish such
supplies and material may be neces-
| sary in carrying into effect the provisions
| of this ordinance.
| Section z. All ordinances and parts OF
| ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
| repealed.
| Section 8. This ordinance shall take ef-
| feet and be in force from and after its
| legal publication.
| Adopted July 25. 1896 by the following
| vote of the board: Ayes-Dreman, Todd
| Curtis, Jenkins and Morrison Unanimous
| vote) J. NJ. MORRISON,
Chairman of said board.
! Attest (Seal)
| VIM. B. HAMILTON,
| jy2S-15t Clerk of said board.