The record-union., 1896-07-31
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
medlateiy after this ordinance shail take
effect the Board OF Supervisors OF me
county OF Sacramento shall elect Veseri,
nary surgeon to I'LL said office, VINO shaii
hold office at the pleasure OF SAID poaru,
and salary OF one hundred doIlarS per
month, and all necessary travelling eA-
penses incurred while engaged in per-
forming the duties of his office, the
amount not to exceed the sum of twenty,
llve dollars per month. No person Shaii
be eligible to this office who shall not be
a duly qualified veterinary surgeon mold
ing a certificate from the State Veteri-
nary Medical Board, which certificate
shall have been recorded in the office of
the County Clerk of the county of Sacra-
mento, and who shall not have been
"a period OF one year next preceding ms
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. lie shall
inspect all living animals intended to be
or game offered or intended to be offered
for sale for human food, and shall at
all times, Tor the purpose oil 1nSpectl0n
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 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
any domestic animal within the county
nf ont tod 1f3R-
tious or contagious disease examine said
animal, and If deemed necessary by said
Inspector make the necessary examina-
ton or test according to the rules laid
down by the United States Bureau OF
Animal Industry from which he shall OBJ
tain his diagnostic agents, and If said ami
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 conta giouS 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 5. Said Veterinary Inspector
| shall keep a record of all examinations
and tests made by him and file 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 as may be neces-
sary in carrying into effect the provisions
of this ordinance.
Section l. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section s. This ordinance shall take eff
| feet and be in force from and after its
| legal publication.
Adopted July %, 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.