0111 (Meat/Milk Inspectors)A, 1 r , a
ORDINANCE NO.J`J
" AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEAT AND
It 1 INSPEC OR, DEFINING THE DUTIES GP-SUCH OFFICER AND
PRESCRIBING HIS COMPENSATION; PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION
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AND CERTIFICATION OF ALL BEEFAAND PORK,BEFORE AND AFTER
SLAUGHTERING, SOLD IN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF DAIRIES, DAIRY CATTLE, AND
DAIRY PRODUCTS WHERE SUCH DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE SOLD IN THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSON, PERSONS, FIRM, OR CORPORATION TO SELL ANY BEEF, PORK,
MUTTON, OR DAIRY PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA,
WITHOUT HAVING THE SAME PROPERLY INSPECTED AND CERTIFIED BY
SAID OFFICER; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE."
BE IT ORDAIki) BY THE MAYOR .AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
The office of meat and milk inspector of the
City of Okeechobee, Florida, be and the same is hereby created.
Section 2.
The City Council of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida, shall appoint some competent person to act as milk and
.inspector of the gity of Okeechobee, and ,
City Council shall have the power to fill vacancies whenever
same shall occur, and to remove any such inspector for cause.
Section 3.
The duties of the milk and meat inspector shall
be: To inspect all slaughter pens or places where cattle,
hogs, sheep, goats, or other meat animals shall be slaughtered
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for sale in the City of Okeechobee, Florida; To examine and
inspect all cows, hogs, sheep, goats, or other meat animals
before same shall be slaughtered; and to examine and inspect
such beef, pork, and mutton before the same shall be offered
for sale within the limits of the .City of Okeechobee, Florida;
And to issue and sign certificates passing and approving such
beef, pork, or mutton after said inspector shall find the same
to have been slaughtered in a sanitary slaughter pen, and to
have been in healthy condition at the time of slaughtering,
and when and where such beef, pork, or mutton shall have been
handled in a sanitary manner after slaughter; To examine and
inspect all dairies, dairy oattle, and dairy products every
sixty (60) days where such dairy products are sold within the
City of Okeechobee, Florida; And to issue and sign oertificates
approving such dairies where he shall have found said dairies
to be in a clean and sanitary condition, the dairy cattle healthy
and free from infeetuous diseases, and where such dairy products
are handled and sold in a clean and sanitary manner.
He shall condemn and refuse to issue and sign
his certificate provided for hereinbefore when and where he shall
find any such cows, hogs, sheep, or goats to be in unhealthy
condition or slaughtered in an unsanitary slaughter pen, or their
meat handled in an unsanitary manner after slaughter; and he
shall refuse to issue and sign his certificate where any such
dairjces are not kept in a sanitary condition or where such dairy
cattle have infeotuous diseases, or where such dairy products
are not handled in a sanitary manner.
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Section 4.
The compensation of said meat and milk inspector
shall be for the inspection of any dairy as provided for in the
preceding sections of this ordinance the sum of Two Dollars
($2.00) which shall be paid by the owner of such dairy to the
inspector before he shall issue his certificate. For the
inspection of any cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats the said
inspeotor shall be entitled to a fee of is (NO
per head for cattle, and twenty five cents (254) per head
for hogs, sheep, or goats which shall be paid by the owner
Of any such animals before such certificate shall be issued.
Section 5.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for any person, persons, firm, or corporation to
sell or offer for sale in the City of Okeechobee, Florida, any
beef, pork, or mutton unless the cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats
from which such meat was procured hhall have been slaughtered
in a sanitary slaughter pen and such animals inspected before
slaughter, and such meat inspected after slaughter, and the
same properly approved and certified by the meat and milk
inspector of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, as provided for
hereinbefore.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for any person, persons, firm, or corporation to sell
or offer for sale any milk or other dairy products in the City
of Okeechobee, Florida, unless the dairy, dairy cattle, and
handling of said dairy products shall have been inspected,
approved and certified by the meat and milk inspector of the
City of Okeechobee, Florida, as provided for hereinbefore.
Section 6.
Any person, persons, firm, or corporation which .
shall violate any-of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
subject to a fine of not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or
imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Mayor.
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Section 7.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
Read a first time and by unanimous consent
passed to a second reading.
Read a second time and by_ unanimous consent
passed to a third and final reading.
Read a third time % d passed in open session
of the City Council this the
Attest:
(Corporate Seal)
day of July, A. D. 1926.
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Yresiaent of C y Council
Approved by me this /0 5`0' day of
July, A. D. 1926.
Mayor o
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