The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
NOTICE.

In compliance with the votes TAX
en- at the melting Of the Common
| Council Of the City of Bridgeport
held January S0th, 1911. the follow
| ing ordinance was adopted.
An Ordinance Relative to Slaughter
ing, Etc.
Be it ordained by the Common
! Council Of the City Of Bridgeport:
| 1. No person shall slaughter any
cattle, sheep or swine in the City Of
Bridgeport except in the slaughter
houses licensed by the Board Of
| Health or in the slaughterhouses un-
der United States government in
spection.
IL No meat shall be sold for human
food Or offered for sale or held with
| the intention Of selling the same in
the city Of Bridgeport unless the ami
| NAL furnishing the meat was ex-
amined by an agent of the board Of
health within twenty-four hours pre-
| vious to the time Of slaughter except
such animals or such carcasses as
have been inspected or exempted by
| the United States government and
ed In section 3.
8. Carcasses Of animals killed upon
| the farms and to be sold in the city
| of Bridgeport, not inspected previous
to slaughter, may be offered for in-
| spection on the following conditions:
Carcasses presented for inspection
| must have the head. heart, liver and
lungs held by the natural attach
ments. Such carcasses If offered.
shall be inspected and If found to be
free from disease and otherwise
| sound and healthful, shall be passed
and stamped. If found to be diseased
unsound, wholesome, or otherwise
unfit for human food, they shall be
| condemned and destroyed for food
purposes. For the examination Of
such carcasses, a fee to be fixed by
| the board Of health. shall be paid,
but 1T shall not exceed ten CENTS for'
any animal.
4. All owners or persons having
animals in charge for daughter shall
notify the agent of the board OF
health and give him. an opportunity
| to examine the same by daylight
5. In case the suitability of the ani-
NAL for food cannot be determined
by the ante-mortem examination.
the owner or person in charge Of the
animal must notify the agent Of the
board of health to be present to ex-
anime the animal when killed: The
slaughter of such animals shall take
place only in the daylight between 5
| A. M. and p. M.
6. All animals or carcasses or por-
tions Of the same when passed or ap-
proved by the agent of the board Of
health shall be marked. tagged or
labeled and the mark. tag or Label
shall bear the words Approved,
Board Of Health
z. No such mark or tag or label
shall be attached to any animal or
carcass or portion thereof, except by
an agent Of the board OF health.
8. No person shall sell or offer for
sale any cattle, calves. swine. sheep.
goats, fish, fowl or poultry or the
meat thereof, which any agent OF
the board OF health or United States
government inspector has condemn
ed.
9. In case the agent Of the board
of health decides that a carcass or a
portion of a carcass Is not suitable
for human food. he shall dispose OF
same or determine the method of its
disposal.
10. No animal shall be passed or
approved by the agent of the board
of health as suitable for human
food, when it is suffering from any
disease or injury which causes
feverish condition OF. an elevation of
temperature, or when it is badly
| bruised or injured. or shows tumors.
assesses, or suppurating sores, or
when it is too emaciated or weak to
produce wholesome food, nor the
the carcass Of any calf Weighing less
than fifty pounds when dressed, nor
any carcass which after cooling
| shows greenish yellow discolora-
| ton, nor the carcass of any animal
which died from accident Or dis
| killed and bled.
Ill Any person, firm or corpora
| ton, other than the city collectors OF
garbage and dead animals, bringing
| into the city. carcass OF any sneep;
swine, goats or cattle having died
| from accident or disease, shall
| promptly notify the health depart
ment health officer or some agent OF
! the board of health where such car
cass can be seen, who shall immed1-
| fit for Food" and no person, hrm
or corporation shall use such
carcass or any portion thereof In the
manufacture of a food product or
have the same in his possession with
| the intention of so doing 1t.
| -. The carcasses OF all calves
when dressed shall be weighed by the
owner in the presence of an agent OF
| the board Of health.
| 49, IA fee shall be paid to the board
of health for said use of the slaughter
| house owned by the city and Tor the
| examination of animals therein, which
! fee shall be fixed by the said board,
but shall not exceed for cattle, for
| each fifty cents, calves, for each tWen-
ty-f1ve cents, hogs, sheep and goats.
/ for each, fifteen cents, unless colo
storage is furnished by the city; ana
for the 6XdnludIiOn VI oAAAAAoAS eNS
other slaughter-houses licensed Dy
said board, fee, to be fixed by SAID
| board, shall be paid. but it shall not
exceed ten cents for any animal.
IA. The board of health shall have
the power and authority to adopt such
| rules and regulations as may from
| time to time become necessary to carry
out the provisions of this ordinance:
Is. The person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions Of this
ordinance, or any Of the rules and re.
gulations adopted by the board OF
health as provided in section IA, snail
he fined not more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100) for each offense. Each
animal, carcass or part OF carcass.
slaughtered and sold in violation OF
| this ordinance shall be considered q
separate offense.
16. The ordinance entitled "Ap Or
/ dinance relative to Slaughtering, Etc,
adopted by the Common Council on
.October Z. 1907, and approved Oct g.
1907. is hereby repealed.
Adopted. January Goth, 1911.
! Approved, February 1st, 1911.
! Attest, -
| City Clerk.