Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-07
STATE HOUSE.
Cities and Towns Name
Meat Inspectors.
Blanks Sent Out for Filing
Election Expenses.
BLUEPRINT Plans Received for New
School Building In tay.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor ane
Council, Thursoay. Sept. 19, at 10 Am


The appointment of inspectors of
meat has been receiving much atten-
ton recently in the office of the State
board of health and to date is local
inspectors have been named by vari-
Gus cities and towns. As a rule but
one inspector has been named in any
one place but some towns of large
area have named two inspectors.
The following letter, sent out by DIR.
A. G. Young states fully all the re-
quirements OF the new Massachusetts
law, the rules for shipping and stamp
ing meat:
Office of State Board of Health, Au-
gusta, Me.
Dear Sir
This is to take the place of the cir
cular letter of Aug. 2.
The new law of Massachusetts
which will go into effect Sept. l. 1912,
provides that the careasses of neat
cattle, sheep, or swine slaughtered
outside of that state shall not be sold
or offered for sale within that state
unless they have been inspected at the
time of slaughter by an official in
spector,' and stamped or branded by
said inspector in like manner as those
inspected by the United States Bureau
of Animal Industry of interstate COM
merce.
This Massachusetts law affects the
interests of so many persons in this
State that the secretary of the State
Board of Health of Maine. after per-
senal conference with the Secretary of
the State Board of Health of Massa-
chusetts and many persons in this
State, reported to the State Board at
a meeting which was held at the State
House, Aug. l, what he had already
done Under the instructions of the
Board, the following is offered as the
most satisfactory method of comply
ing with the requirements of the
Massachusetts law.
In n given town or in several con-
tiguous towns, persons who are oper
ating slaughter houses, OF the farm
ers who have been Strengthening upon
their own premises. for shipment to
Boston, should, If practicable, by CO.
operative arrangement, do the slaugh
tering in some central place. or do
that work at certain times, if possible,
say once or twice a week. Then it
may be practicable to have an off
ciaI inspector" inspect the eareasses as
they are dressed.
The local board of health should APP
point an inspector then report the APP
pointment to the State Board of
Health for approval and for further
instructions
In the choosing of a person to act as
the inspector, preference should be
given to a well-qualified veterinarian
or physician but when these are not
available, or when this would be ru-
nous to persons who are in the bust
ness of killing and shipping in a small
way. the right kind of intelligent nom
professional man be chosen.
The persons in whose interests the
local inspection service is arranged
must pay the inspector. That is
matter betw cen them and the inspec-
tor There is no other way.
Arrangements have been made for
the manufacturing of stamping outfits
such as the Massachusetts law re-
auires. The whole outfit will cost
1855. The Secretary of the Board viii
order these outfits if money is sent
with the request to order; but he Will
not order for any person who has not
been duly appointed as inspector.
The Secretary of the State Board
win send to each inspector instruc-
tons how and where to stamp the car
casses and will be glad to advise, so
far as he can, how the inspectors may
qualify themselves to make the in
spections properly and to help so. far
as is possible any persons who are in
terested in this work.
Yours truly.
A. q. YOUNG,
Secretary