The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04

AN ORDNANCE CONCERNING SLAUGHTERING AND INSPEC- TION OF ANIMALS TO BE
 USED FOR FOOD.
 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY:
 SECTION l. APPROVAL OF MEATS. No meat of cattle, calves, swine, goats or sheep shall be sold or offered for sale or kept with the intent to sell, for human food, or used in manufacturing food products, within the City of Wa terbury, unless the same shall have been inspected and approved by the meat inspector or the in- specting agent of the City of Wa terbury, and has been stamped or tagged by such inspector or in- specting agent, but this section shall not apply to meat inspected and approved by the authorities of the United States in accordance with the laws of the United States.
 SECTION 2. SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS TO BE USED FOR FOOD. No person shall slaughter any cattle, calves, sheep, swine or goats within the limits of the City of Waterbury except in the Mun- icipal Slaughter House of said City, or in slaughter house H. censed by the Board of Commits sioners of Public Health of the City of Waterbury, except in cases where the transportation of an animal for slaughter to said Municipal Slaughter House would be dangerous or impracticable and in such cases only when the mum icipal inspector or inspecting agent shall have been notified before the slaughter and given an opportunity to be present and if the municipal inspector or inspecting agent is unable to be present or is not pres ent at such slaughtering, the carcass with viscera and head at- tached by their natural attachments shall be presented to the municipal inspector or inspecting agent at the Municipal Slaughter House for in- spection before such carcass or any part thereof is offered for sale.
 SECTION 3. CONDITIONS FOR STAMPING BY MUNICIPAL IN- SPECTOR. Carcasses of animals killed beyond the limits of said city and not inspected or examined by officials of the United States government shall not be inspected or stamped by the municipal in- spector or inspecting agent unless the transportation to Waterbury for slaughter would be dangerous or impra cticable and in such cases if the municipal inspector or in- specting agent shall have been notified and given an opportunity to be present before slaughter and shall be unable to be present at such slaughter, carcasses may be offered at the Municipal Slaughter House for inspection post mortem and may be inspected and stamped If the viscera and head are at- tached to such carcasses, by the natural attachments.
 SECTION 4. STAMPING OF MEATS. The municipal inspector or inspecting agent shall pass and stamp meat from an animal only when such animal or carcass is found to be free from disease and sound and healthful, but If such animal is found by inspection to be diseased, unsound, unhealthful, or otherwise, unfit for human food, it shall be condemned for food pur- poses and destroyed.
 SECTION 5. FEES. The follow ing fees shall be charged for and for post mortem examination of animals at the abattoir:
 Cattle ................ $2.OO
 Calves .5O
 sheep .50
 Swine .75 or .50 each for more
 than one.
 Roasting pigs (25 lbs or
 less) '2S
 coats .5O
 Kids (25 lbs. or less) .. .25
 FEES. The following fees shall be charged for inspection of car casses not slaughtered at the abattoir:
 Cattle @1.OO
 caves .l1
 Sheep ................ .Zo
 bOdtS .Z0
 Swine .25
 An additional fee of fifteen cents (.15) per mile each way outside of City shall be charged for inspec- ton.
 SECTION 6. PERMISSION or MEAT JNSPECTOR NECESSARY