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AN ORDINANCE
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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION AND
APPROVAL UIM R THE DIRECTION OF THE HEALTH DEPAR9MIENT OF THE CITY
OF ]EAUMONT OF THE I!EAT OR FOOD PRODUCTS OF A PTY CATTLE, CALVES,
SHEEP, SWINE OR GOATS SOLD, KEPT FOR SALE, OFFERED FOR SALE, OR
IN POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SELL WITHIN THE CITY LI11ITS OF BEIL1 1ONT
FOR HUMAN C ONSUI,1PT ION BY ANY PERSON, FIRM OR C ORPO T T ION, REPELIL ING
ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE1 ITH INSOFAR
AS IN CONFLICT AND NO FURTHER, PROVIDING THAT THE HOLDING OF ANY
SECTION OR SUBSECTION OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE INVALID SHALL NCT
AFFECT ANY OTHER SECTION OR SUBSIJCT ION BUT THAT THE SAP?E SILILL REI,AIN
IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
ANY OF THE TERMS HEREOF, AND DECLiRING AN ETE;RGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEAUI;IONT :
Section 1.
No person shall bring within the city limits of the
City of Beaumont, or offer or expose for sale or sell within said
city any sick or diseased animal commonly used for food purposes,
or any part of the flesh thereof of any animal which when killed
was sick or diseased, or that died a natural or accidental death.
Section 2.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to have, keep, sell or expose for sale, or to have in possession
with intent to sell for human food within the city limits of Beau-
mont the meat or food products manufactured in whole or in -part from
the meat of any cattle, calves, sheep, swine or goats, unless the
same stall have been slaughtered and inspected under the supervision
of the Health Department of the City of Beaumont, in accordance with
the provisions of this ordinance; provided, however, that this
ordinance shall not apply to the meat or food products manufactured
from the meat of cattle, calves, sheep, swine or goats.salughtered
or inspected under the supervision of the United States Gove_.°nment
in accordance with the regulations relating to the inspection of
meat as prescribed by the Department of Agriculture of the United
States and bearing the stamp of such inspector.
Section 3.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor.tion
to sell, have, keep or expose for sale or to have in possession with
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intent to sell for human food within the city limits of Beaumont, the
meat or any portion thereof of any cattle, calves, sheep, swine or
goats unless there shall have been placed on each primal part thereog
or by or under the personal supervision of an inspector of the United
States, or of the City of Beaumont, a mark, stamp or brand showing
that the same has been inspected and passed for food purposes.
Section 4.
Live inspection and post mortem inspection must be had and
obtained by the inspectors for the City of Beaumont, State of Texas,
or the United States Government as provided for in Section 3 hereof,
and no meat or meat products from any such cattle, calves, sheep,
swine or goats shall be kept, offered, exposed or had for sale in
the corporate limits of the City of Beaumont unless and until so
inspected and stamped as hereinbefore provided for.
Section 5.
It shall be the duty of the inspectors of the Health
Department, and they are hereby empowered to enter any place where
the meat or flesh of any animal mentioned in this ordinance, or
the products thereof may be stored, held, le pt, exposed or offered
for sale, and also every establishment where meat is manufactured
into articles of food or preserved, cured, canned or otherwise
prepared for food and inspect the same and whenever such meat or
flesh shall, upon inspection and examination, be found not marked,
stamped or branded so as to show that the same has been inspected
and passed for food purposes as in this ordinance provided, the
inspectors
of the Health Department
shall condemn the
same and shall
order such
disposal as will prevent
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its. use as human
food.
Section 6.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
transport or cause to be transported in any vehicle through the
streets or public ways of the City of Beaumont any meat unless the
same is securely wrapped in paper or tightly woven cloth covering,
or unless such vehicle is provided with a tight cover which shall
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be kept closed at all times during such transportation, so as not
to expose the meat to dust, dirt, filth or other deleterious sub-
stances.
Section 7.
It shall be the duty of the City Mamager of the City of
Beaumont to appoint a veterinarian, vh o shall be a graduate of a
reputable veterinary school and who skull be duly licensed to
practice veterinary medicine and -surgery in the State of Texas, who
shall under the direction of the Health Officer of the City of Be=-
mont, have charge of the inspection as may be necessary for tke
carrying out of the provisions of this ordinance, said veterinar ian
shall be governed by the methods used by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, the Health Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont, and the Sanitary Code of the State of
Texas, in making the necessary inspection.
Section 8.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor�,t ion
except inspectors of the Health Department of. the City of Beaumont,
to have in possession, keep or use any mark, stamp or brand provided
or used for marking, stamping or branding as inspected and passed any
article herein required to be so marked, stamped, or branded, or any
mark, stamp or brand having thereon a device or words similar in
character or import to the marks, stamps or brands provided or used
for such purposes by the Health Department of the City of Beaumont.
Section 9.
The holding or adjudication of any Section or Subdivision
of any Section of this ordinance to be invalid shall not affect
the validity of any other section or subdivision of a section, but
all other sections and subdivisions of sections shall be and remain
in full force and effect.
Section 10.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances conflicting with
this ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby repealed insofar
as in conflict and no further.
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Section 11.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating aly of
the provisions of this o rdi nance shall be guilty cf a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in arty sum not less that
�vienty-five (; 25.00) Dollars, nor more than Two Hundred (:,x;200.00 )
Dollars, and each and every day's and parts of day's violation of
this ordinance shall constitute a separ,,A a offense.
Section 12.
The fact that the City of Beaumont at this time has no
adequate ordinance regulating the inspection and a�)proval of meat
and meat products offered and exposed for sale in the city limits,
creates a dangerous condition and a menace to life, endangerilE
public peace, health and safety in the City of Beaumont, creating
an imperative public emergency, necessitating the suspension of
the rule requiring ordinances to be read on three separate days
b§7,fnre final passage, wherefore such rule is hereby suspended and
this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage.
Passed by affirmative vote of all members of the City
Commission, this the day o
The State of Texas,
County of Jefferson
Before of the undersigned authority# on this day personally appeared, ........... .
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•:, , , , , , , .. , , , , .. • ...... known to me, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de-
poses and says that he is the ..!�"E ... of the A
BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within, and
foregoing was published in said
�n—ewspaperi such publication being on ,the .following dates:
;l , ,/, ��r,�—• ��.. A, D. 192. . , and a newspaper copy of which is hereto at-
tached.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this.... • ..... day of .. ... • A. D. 198.x.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled an ordinance providing for the
inspection and approval under the di-
rection of the health department of the
city of Beaumont of the meat or food
products of any cattle, calves, sheep,.
swine or goats sold, kept for sale, of- J •Nota Public Jefferson Count• Texas.
fered for sale, or in possession with
intent to sell within the city limits of
Beaumont for human consumption by
any person, firm or corporation, re-
pealing all ordinances and parts of or-
dinances in conflict herewith in so far
as in conflict and no further, provid-
in gthat the holding of any section or
subsectionof this ordinance to be in-
valid shall not affect any other section
or subsection but that the same shall
remain in full force and effect, pro-
viding s penalty for the violation of any
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The State of Texas,
County of Jefferson
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared .................
. ............known to me, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de-
poses and says that he is tho�-Xler-
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BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and.
foregoing was published in said newspaper, such publication being on the following dates:
Akl—'P -... /.. ii . !�... <A. D. 192..., and a newspaper copy of which is hereto at-
tached.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this.. �j'... da f .. ... . . D. 192 a. .
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AN ORDINANCE
Entitled an ordinance prodding for the
inspection and approval under the di-
rection of the health department of the
city of Beaumont or the meat or food
products of 1 cattle, calves, sheep,
swine or goats sold, kept for sale, of-
fered for sale, or in possession with
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to sell within the city limits of
Beaumont for human consumption by
any person, firm or corporation, re-
pealing all ordinances and parts of or-
dinances in conflict herewith in so far
as in conflict and no further, provid-
in gthat the holding of any section or
subsection of this ordinance to be in-
valid shall not affect any other section
or subsection but that the same shall
remain ill f ji for= and_felt, pr_�
T emergency.
,h BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COM-
MISSION OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT:
Section 1—No person shall bring with-
in the city limits of the City of Beau-
mont, or offer or expose for sale or sell
within said city any sick or diseased ani
In -
-_ mal commonly used for food purposes, or
►ULIa1 any part of the flesh thereof of any ani-
mal which when killed was sick or dis-
eased, or that died a natural or accidental
See .death. 2—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation to have, keep,
sell or expose for sale, or to have is
posession with intent to sell for hum
food within the city limits of Beaum
the meat or food products manufactur
;e in whole or in Part from the meat of an
cattle, calves, sheep, swine or goats, un-
less the same shall have been slaughtered
and inspected under the supervision Of
the health department of the City o
fs. Beaumont, In accordance with the
visions of this ordinance; provided, h
�r ever, that this ordinance shall not a
{s to the meat or food produces manut
to tured from the meat of ce.ttle, cal
sheep, swine or goats slaughtered or
spected under the superdisfon of
United States government in ^ccordanel
ID with the regulations relating to the !m
76 spection of meat as prescribed by the de{
at partmen tof agriculture of the Unite
V states and bearing the stamp of suet
Notary Public,
y, Texas.'
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possession with ante t so seii Lor nu
food within the city limits of Beaum
the meat or any 'portion •thereof ofCattl
there r
shall have been placed on goats nl
each
mal part theree, qi b1 of under the
conal super*si Q� &i inspector of
United Stas 4)" of the City of Be.
moat, a rank. Stamp r brand 8
that the been Inspected a
Passed for lo ses.
See. 4—Live inspection theand post mo
tem inspection mush be had and obtai
Monte Staatteectof s for I
Texas, or the f Vni
States Government as provided for
Section 3 hereof, and no meat or m
products from any such cattle, calk
sheep, swine or goats shall be kept, c
fered, exposed or had for sale in the
porate unless and limits i
ntilso theCityinspect staOf Beaumo
mp
as herein-beforeprovided for.
Sec. 5—It shall be the duty of the i
spectors o1 the. Health Department,
they are hereby empowered to enter
place where the meat, qb ormanee,
n0-labutrcts' thereof may be stored, he
kept, exposed or offered ,
preserved, cured, canned or otherwise p
pared for food and inspect the same a
whenever such meat or flesh.shall, up
inspection and examination, be found n
marked, stamped or branded so as
show that the same has been inspec
and passed for food purposes as in t
ordinance provided, the inspectors of
Health Department shall condemn t
same and shill order such disposal As
prevent its use as human food.
Sec. S—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to transport or cause to;
be transported in any vehicle through'
the streets or public ways of the City of 1, ,
Beaumont any meat unless the same !a
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securely wrapped in paper or tightly!
woven cloth covering, or unless such ve-1
hicle is provided with a tight cover which'
shall be kept, closed at all times during)
such transportation, so as not to expose
the meat to dust, dirt, filth or other)
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deleterious substances.
Sec. 7—It shall be the duty of the City
Manager of the City of Beaumont to ap-,
r
point a veterinarian, who shall be a gra
uate of a reputable veterinary school•
who shall be duly licensed to prti
veterinary medicine and surgery 1n IN
State or Texas, who shall, under th@
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direction of the Health Officer of thk
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City of Beaumont, have charge of the
inspection as may be necessary for til
carrying out of the provisions of this
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ordinance, said veterinarian shall be gov-
erned by the methods used by the United)t,.
States Department of Agriculture, Bureau
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of Animal Industry, the Health Ordi-'i�
the City Beaumont, the)
nances of of and
Sanitary Code of the State of Texas, in 1
making the necessary inspection.
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Sec. g—It shall be unlawful- for any
person, firm or corporati n except 1n- o
the Health Deplirtment of the.
spectors of
City of Beaumont, to have in posses -t. '
sion, keep or use any mark, stamp or
brand provided or used for marking,
stamping or branding as inspected and
passed any article herein required to be
so marked, stamped, or branded, or any
mark, stamp or brand having thereon a
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device or words similar in character or .-'
import to the marks, stamps or brands • ,
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provided or used for such purposes by
the Health Department of the City of
Beaumont. -
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Sec. 9—The holding or adjudication of ^'
any section or subdivision of any sec-
tion of this ordinance to be invalid shall -
not affect the validity of —v other sec.
tion or subdivision of a section, but all
other sections and subdivisions of sections
shall be and remain in full force and
effect.
Sec. 10—All ordinances and parte 01,
ordinances conflicting with this ordf-'
nance shall be, and the same are here-
by repealed in so far as in conflict and
no further.
Sec. R—Any person, persons, firm 'of
corporation violating any of the pr
visions of this ordinance shall be gui
of a misdemeanor and upon convictl0
thereof shall be ijned ifl,.�LLy sum not
less than TweufyAftve &Ws ($25.90);
nor more than _ Two Hundred Dolls!/,
($200.00), and each and every day's and.
parts of day's violation of this ordf-,
nance shall constitute a separate offense.
Seca 12—The fact that the City o,
Beaumont at this time has no adequate
ordinance regulating the inspection and
approval of meat and meat products of-
fered and exposed for sale in the city
limits, creates a dangerous condition and
a menace to life, endangering public
peace, health and safety in the City of
B3aumont creating an imperative pub-
lic emergency, necessitating the suspen-
sion of the rule requiring ordinances to
be read on three separate days before
final paysage, wherefore such rule is
hereby suspended and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and aftog-1
Its passage'
Passed by affirmative vote of all mems
,bers of the City Commission, this the 5th.
day of March, A. D. 1929. A
E. W. GROSS,