Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-03-08

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meats in said city.
The City Of Bedding hereby ordains:
Section l. No person shall keep
| Slaughter House, or keep, or pursue, or
carry on the business of butchering in any
such house. or in any place within said
city, except at such place or places as
shall be designated by the Common Coun-
| Gil, and unless licensed so TO do by the
common council OF said city; and any per-
son carrying on butcherlng at any place in
said city. other than such as has been
so designated. or without such license,
shall be punished by fine of not exceed
ing ten dollars $50 0o) for each offense;
but this section shall not be construed TO
apply to persons butcherng, or employing
others to butcher, any animal on his
premises for his or her own family. or in
divdual consumption.
Section 2. No person or persons shall
vend or offer for SALE or sell at retail, at
any market or other place in said city.
any fresh meat for human consumption,
whether slaughtered within said city or
elsewhere. in any quantity less than the
quarter, without first having obtained Ii
cense from said common council so to do,
under penalty of ten dollars $1,000
for each offense
Section 3. Any person or persons de-
string license TO keep Slaughter house,
or keep, or pursue. or carry on the bust
ness of butcheung in any such house or
any place within said city, shall make an
application therefor, as hereinafter pro-
vded. and pay TO the common council the
sum of --- dollars
Section a Any person or persons de-
string 70 vend or offer for sale, or sell at
retail, at any market or other place in
said city, any fresh meat for human con
sumption. whether slaughtered within said
city or elsewhere, in any quantity less
than the quarter. shall make application
therefor, as hereinafter provided, and pay
to the common council the sum Oh
dollars.
Section S. The application shall con-
tain statement, in writing, signed by the
applicant, upon blanks furnished by said
city. as follows;
(a) The name and residence of said
applicant
(b) The exact location or place from
which said applicant obtains his meats,
whether slaughtered by himself in whole
or in part.
(c) The manner in which applicant in.
tends to dispose of his meats, when Ii
censed.
(d) A written consent granting per-
mission to the Meat Inspector. the Health
Officer or his representative, or any me n
Der of the Board of Health, the Mayor or
any Alderman of said city, to free and
open access TO the slaughter house in
which he proposes to slaughter, and the
market or vehicle owned, leased or occu-
pied by him from which his meat is sold
for the purpose of making inspection of
| said premises market or vehicle.
(e) That he will faithfully conform and
cause the slaughter house, market OF
vehicle owned, leased or occul Led by him
to comply in all respects. with the re-
quirements of the ordinances of said city.
and pay such license fee as shall be per-
scribed therefor
Section S. The city clerk shall not is
sue any such license until the Inspector
shall have examined into the sanitary con
dition, the cleanliness of the slaughter
house to be used by the applicant. or the
market where his meat is to be sold, OF
the vehicle in which 1t is to be transport
ed. and shall certify that the same COM
| plies with the requirements of the ordn
ances of said city.
| Section z Such license to be issued
by the city clerk, after the performance OF
the provisions heretofore prescribed, shall
expire one year from the date Of issue OF
said license,
Section 8. The mayor of said city may
at any time, revoke and suspend any H.
| cense issued pursuant thereto II, upon in.
vestigation and report of the inspector
and after hearing the holder of such IL
cense. summary who snail find the con-
dition Of the slaughter house where the
meat is slaughtered or the market or
vehicle or the meat offered for sale to be
in violation OF the provisions of said ordin-
ance, filthy or detriment | to the puoc
health: which revocation shall continue
until such person shall have fully complied
with the requirements Of this act and the
provisions of this ordinance.
Section g. No Strengthening shall be
done in barns, sheds or other buildings
not designated and not suitable for
slaughterng of animals, and for handling.
dressing and cooling of meats nor shall
any slaughterng be done outside of
building.
Section O. All slaughter houses shall
have an abundant supply Of water from
well or other source, which is not con-
tamnated from the slaughter house nor
surrounding pens or enclosures or any
part Of the premises and which may be
applied with adequate pressure through
hose to any part of the room or rooms
used for the purpose Of slaughtering or
preparing meats for consumption as hu-
man food.
Section i. All slaughter houses shall
have suitable floors and sub-drainage,
which floors shall be thoroughly washed
off each day after the slaughtering is
completed The walls and all exposed
surfaces on the inside of the slaughter
houses shall be cleansed by washing or
scraping as often as once each month, and
| if the surfaces are not painted they shall
be calsomined or white washed at least
once north
Section 2. Cooling and store rooms
for meat shall be properly ventilated.
Section g. All offaI and refuse shall
be removed from the slaughter house on
the day of slaughtering and disposed of in
decent and sanitary manner.
Section | q. All animals kept in yards
attached to slaughter houses shall be
treated in human manner; and If kept
there over twelve hours, shall be fed and
watered.
Section | S. All pens and enclosures
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