The record-union., 1896-08-07
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 Veterl-
nary surgeon to fill said office, who Shall
hold office at the pleasure of said board,
ana salary of one hundred doliars per
month, and all necessary traVe1nS eA-
penses incurred while engaged in per
forming the duties of his ofhce, the
amount not to exceed the sum OF twenty,
five dollars per month. No person sha Il
be eligible to this office who shall not be
a duly qualified veterinary surgeon hold-
ing certificate from the State veterl-
nary Medical Board, which ceruf1cate
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 2. 1t shall be the duty OF sald
Veterinary Inspector to visit all dalrles,
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 artl-
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 game are sold, or offere1 to
be sold, or distributed for human food
and any refusal to permit such entry and
access or any resistance thereof snail be
deemed a miSdemeanor.
Section ). 1t shall as soon as possible
upon receipt of sufficient information that
any domestic animal within the county
ntNI u
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
tagious or infectious incurable disease
said Veterinary Inspector shall at once
notify the owner or person in whose posi
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
Section 5. Said Veterinary Inspector
shall keep record of all examinations
and tests made by him and file monthly
report thereof with the Board of Super
visorS.
Section g. 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 T. 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 it's
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.