The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-16


its of the City of Ardmore any meats,
milk or food without the same having
first been inspected as provided for in
this ordinance.
Section .. No person shall be per-
mitted to make display upon any side
walk or floor of any fruits, vegetables,
groceries, meats, dressed fish or poul-
try or food stuffs of any kind unless
the same be encased in glass cases or
properly screened containers so as
to afford complete protection from
flies and dust; and said case or con-
tainer shall be elevated from side
walk or floor not less than eighteen
inches.
Section 3. There is hereby created
the office of inspector of meats, milk
and food, who shall be nominated by
| the Mayor and confirmed by the Board
of Commissioners, who shall hold his
office from month to month at the
pleasure OF the Mayor and Board oG
Commissioners. Said inspector shall
| be graduate of some reputable vet
terinary school and thoroughly quail
fed for the duties of this office, and
| for his services he shall receive the
sum of SeyentyFive ($75,O0) dollars
per month, payable monthly, Before
entering upon the duties of his office
he shall subscribe oath and execute
unto the city bond in the sum of
One Thousand ($1,OOO) Dollars, condi.
toned for the faithful performance OF
the duties of his office.
Section 4. The duties of the inspec-
tor of meat, milk and food shall lie as
follows:
(a) He shall make an ante-mortem
! examination of al animals to be killed
and used for food within the City OF
| Ardmore within ten hours before the
same are killed and he shall be gov
erned in making such inspection by the
rules and regulations prescribed by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, in so Tar as the same are not
inapplicable to the provisions of this
ordinance.
CD He shall make careful post
mortem examination OF all animals at
the time of slaughter and such exam
ination shall be governed by Sections
IL and 13 of the rules and regulations
prescribed by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
(c) He shall keep a record in a well
bound book of all the ante-mortem and
post-mortem examinations of each and
every animal so inspected showing
the name of the owner, description OF
animal and disposition made of same,
Said record shall be open to the pub
| lie and it shall be the duty of sad
| inspector to produce the same before
the Board of Commissioners or make
detailed report to them when so
requested by the Mayor and Board Of
Commissioners at any time.
cd 1t shall not be the duty of such
| inspector to inspect all meats that are
shipped into the City of Ardmore from
slaughter houses or packing houses
when the meat bears the stamp or tag
of the United States Meat inspector.
However, he shall have right to in
spect such meat and if he finds the
same to be unwholesome or unfit for
food it shall be his duty to co1demu
the same as other meats are condemn
ed by him.
(e) 1t shall be the duty Of said in
spector when he finds any animal in
fected with any disease that shall rem
der the same unwholesome for food,
to condemn the same and it shall be
unlawful for any person to slaughter
the same and offer the meat for sale,
(D 1t shall be the duty of said in
spector to inspect all slaughter houses,
abattoirs, cold storage plants, butch
sr shops. grocery stores and any and
all places where meats, milk. milk
products or food of any kind is stored
or exhibited for sale.
(gl Said inspector shall inspect
creameries and creamery products
dairy herds, daires, dairy farms. and
shall have power to condemn any
meat and meat products not slaughter
ed or prepared in accordance with the
provisions Of law, or that may be un-
wholesome y unfit for food. He
shall hc. 4c power to condemn any
creamery product unwholesome or un-
fit for use and to forbid the use OF
any milk from any dairy herd that
may be diseased, and he shall have
power to require the infected animals