ORDINANCE No. 17 OF 1887. 2143
Cattle Diseases, Slaughter- Houses, and Markets.
14. Every person baving in his premises or under his charge an animal affected Diseased anin als
to be reported.
with disease shall, with all practicable speed , report the same to the officer in charge of
the nearest Police Station.
15. The Police shall forthwith report to the Sanitary Board all cases of animal De.
disease coming under their notice.
16. The digging up of a carcase of an animal which has been buried is prohibited . Digging up of
carcases
prohibited.
17. The Sanitary Board shall cause all places where a discased animal has been Disinfection of
infected places.
kept to be cleansed and disinfected in such manner as it deems fit at the public expense.
(B.)
Slaughter-houses. - Bye-laws.
1. An inspector of live stock shall carefully examine every animal about to be slaughtered in Inspection of
animals about to
any of the slaughter-houses and if he finds the animal healthy and in good condition he shall mark it be slaughtered.
as being fit for slaughtering for human food . [ Revoked by additional Bye-law 21st May, 1890.]
2. No cattle or sheep shall be admitted into the slaughter-houses except those that have been Admission ofcattle
and sheep to
marked within the previous twenty-four hours by an inspector of live stock as being fit for slaughtering slaughter house.
for human food . [ Revoked by additional Bye-law 21st May, 1890.]
3. No swine shall be slaughtered in the slaughter-houses except those that have been marked Slaughtering of
swine.
within the previous twenty-four hours by an inspector of live stock as being fit for slaughtering for
human food. [ Revoked by additional Bye-law 21st May, 1890.]
4. The lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals, shall provide all persons Providing
slaughter men
necessary for the purpose of slaughtering animals and dressing the carcases thereof, and hot water.
together with a sufficient supply of hot water, and shall have the same in readiness at
all times for the service of persons making use of the slaughter-houses.
5. The lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals, shall at all times allow any Charges for
slaughtering.
person to slaughter any animal or dress any carcase for sale on payment to him of a
fee not exceeding twenty cents for cach animal weighing less than one picul or forty
cents for each animal weighing more, besides the blood of such animal, which the
lessee may retain .
6. The weight of each animal for the purposes of the preceding rule shall be Weight of
animals.
ascertained before it is slaughtered.
7. Each slaughter-house shall be provided with a hanging shed, in which the Hanging sheds
and carriage of
carcase of every animal slaughtered shall be hung as soon as it is dressed . Such meat.
carcases sball continue hanging in such shed until they are removed to the markets,
which removal shall be by means of a wheeled and covered vehicle or in a boat in
either of which the carcases can be hung, and not otherwise.