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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION TEN (10)
AND AMENDING SECTION SEVEN (7), PROVIDING FOR A
FIFTEEN -CENT (15¢) FEN PER HEAD INSPECTION FEE
ON ALL ANIMALS, OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED. BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ON THE 15TH
DAY OF MAY, A.D. 1951,1ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE .
REGULATING THE _INSPECTION. AND SALE OF MEAT IN THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT; CONTAINING,DEFINITIONS; PRO-
VIDING FOR INSPECTION; PROVIDING INSPECTION FEES;
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES,OR PARTS OF OR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
Section 1..
That Section 10 of,an ordinance regulating the inspection
and sale of meat in the City of Beaumont; containing defin-
itions; providing for inspection; providing.for inspection
fees; providing exceptions;._providing a severability.clause;_
repeallf g all ordinances or -parts of ordinances in conflict,
and providing penalties, passed by the City Council of The
City of Beaumont.on`the 15th day of May, A. D. 1951, is here
by repealed.
Section 2.
That Section 7 of said ordinance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Inspection Fees. - All persons. -firms, or corporations
operating slaughterhouses or carrying on a meat slaugh-
tering, packing, or processing business and holding an
abattoir permit shall be inspected under the supervision
of the City .Health Officer of The City of Beaumont by a
meat inspector of The City of Beaumont, and shall pay
to The City of Beaumont an inspection fee of fifteen
(15¢) cents per head for the inspection of all animals.
The fees herein provided for shall be paid to The City
of Beaumont on a monthly basis, and the City Health Of-
ficer is authorized to prescribe the necessary forms or
reports for the determination of the amount of fees due
hereunder. The certificate of the City Health Officer
as to the amount of money owing by any permit holder
for inspection fees shall be conclusive and binding,
unless controverted by clear and convincing evidence
to the contrary. The Health Officer or someone desig-
nated by him shall be given the opportunity, by each
permit holder, to examine the permittees books for the
purpose of determining the number of animals inspected
each month.
1951.
"All inspection fees accruing for any calendar
month shall be payable to The City of Beaumont
not later than the 15th day of the month follow-
ing, and if the sum of money due for such calen-
dar month as evidenced by the certificate of the
City.Health Officer has not been paid to The
City of Beaumont at the end of such fifteenth
day, the City Health Officer shall suspend the
abattoir permit of the person failing to make
such payment, and the permit shall continue sus-
pended until payment is made."
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 3rd day of July, A. D.
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