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ORDINANCE SETTING THE REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE OF FRESH MEAT
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Within the City Limits and within one mile outside such limits, the Board of Health shall be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to inspect all slaughter hosues, the surroundings thereof, all butcher shops, wagons, and all other places wherein animals are slaughtered or fresh meat for sale to the inhabitants of the City is handled or sold, or exposed or kept for sale. That the said Board of Health be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to establish all reasonable rules and regulations for the slaughtering and handling of animals and fresh meats intended for sale in the said City of Jonesboro, and the said Board shall have power to condemn and destroy, or to prohibit the sale of any fresh meats brought into the said City or within one mile outside the same for sale to the inhabitants thereof, when the animals are found to have been slaughtered or the meat handled or kept in a manner prohibited by any such resolution or regulations. Provided, the said Board of Health shall regularly pass such resolution or regulation by a majority vote of, the members, and the same shall be printed and published in the same manner as is required in the case of a City Ordinance.
All fresh meats conveyed from slaughter houses or elsewhere into the City of Jonesboro, or into a district of one mile outside the said City Limits, intended for sale to inhabitants of the City, shall be conveyed or hauled only in a clean and sanitary conveyance, and properly and carefully covered in a manner that will protect the same from flies, dust and dirt; and shall be protected from dust and dirt, flies and other insects whenever and wherever the same shall be exposed or kept for sale.
Any person found guilty of violating any published resolution or order of the Board of Health hereunder, or violating any other portion or section of this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction sha...
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