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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES FOR TEE SLAUGHTER, RANDLING, AND
SALE OF 'TAT, FI SS, ETC. WITHIN THE CITY OF T TMBOCR, TEXAS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Lubbock County,Texas that the following code of rules are hereby
adopted for the purpose of regulating and governing the slaughter of
, evnd the sale of meet, fish, etc. Within the City of Lubbock, Texas.
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RME 1. All slaughter houses supplying meat to the Inhabitants of
this Citymust have an abundant supply of water f rom a well or other
source which is not contaminated. This water must be applied with
adequate pressure through a hose to all pests of the room ar rooms
used for the purpose of slaughtering or preparing meats for consump-
tion as human food.
RULE II. All such slaughter houses must have floors and water must
be carried one hundred feet (1001) away from the slaughter house,al-
T-641 g it to drain in pools. The floor must be thorou&ly wa a eac-
daya.fter the slaughtering is completed, and the diffluvia shall not be
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allowed to drain underneath the building by to collect in pools near
by, nor shall such effluvia(be conducted into any stream or pond or
be allowed to contaminate any well whose waters are used in connect-
ion with the slau&ter house, or that may be used for domestic pur-
poses.
RL3LEIII. The walls and all exposed surfaces on the insi4e of the slaugh-
ter house must be cleaned by washing or scraping as often as necessary
in order to keep the premises in proper sanitary condition. If the
walls are not painted they, be calsomined or white -washed at least
every three months. Painted walls must be re --painted at least once
e u.ch ye mr . .
PULE IV. All rooms where an"Is are killed or where meat is handled
or displayed or kept for any lenah of time must be completely screen-
ed, at all doors, windows and other ppenings and properly protected f
from flies.
RULE V. where floors .or other parts of the building ar tables or other
parts of the equipment are so old or.in such condition that they cannot
readily be made sanitary, theyyahall be removed and be replaced by suit-
able material, or otherwise, put in a. condition acceptable to the City
Health Officer.
RULE VI. All trucks, Trays, and orther receptacles, all chutes, plat-
forms, racks, tables, etc., and all knives, exus, cleavers, and all tools
and all equipment and utensils and machinery used in moving, handling,
cutting, chopping, mixing, canning or other process shall be thoroughly
cleaned daily if used.
PULE VII. The aprons, overalls, or other outer clothing of employees,
who handle meat in contact with such clothing shall be of material
that is readily cleassed and made sanitary, and shall be cleansed daily
if used. Employees who handle meats or meat food products shall be re-
quired to keep their hands clean.
R=, VIII. All offal and refuse shall be removed from the slaughter
house on the day of slaughtering and disposed of in a saniyary man-
ner.
RULE IX. Slaughter houses shall be provided with a cooler or ice box
for the proper cooling and ehillig of meats, where the carcasses are
to remain in the slaughter house for a greater length of time than
twelve (12) hours, into which the carcasses shall be placed directly
after being slaughtered,and kept until relpoved form the premises.
the cooling and storage room for meats must be properly ventilated.
RULE X. All pens and inclosures connected with any slaughter house
must be kept in a sanitary condition, and no hogs or other animals
shall be kept within one hundred (100) feet of any slaughter house.
RULE Xi. No slaughtering shall be done in barns, sheds, shipping pens
or other buildings not designed or suitable for the slaughtering of
animals and the handling, dressing and cooling 6f meats; nor shall any
slaughtering be dome outside of any building except in rural districts
for private consumptf On.
RULE X11. The City Flea.lth Officer, or a duly appointed inspector,
shall be an inspector of animals and meat supplies intended -for human
coneumption Within this City, hemay inspect meat intended for food
after it is taken to the market,
RULE XIII. Whenever provision for the inspection of meats is pro-
vided for by the appointment of a regular meat inspector, no person or
persons shall sell, or offer for sale, in this City any meat intended
for human consumption, whether slaughtered within such district or else-
where,runless the same has first been inspected and approved by such
duly appointed end co=nissioned incpector.
M E A T C A R T S
RULE XIV. Carts or vehicles in which meats or meat food products or
fish are transported, peddled or delivered shall be so constructed
as to protect the meat from contamination by flies, dust or other
extraneous; must be washed daily and maintained in a cleanly and
sanitary condition.
RULE RV, beat, whether entire darcassee, quarters or cuts thereof,
shall not be conveyed through the streets by team or otherwise,
unless properly wrapped or otherwise protected from contamination,
and such covering shall be kept clean and sanitary.
M A R X T S.
RUI=. Me arkets, fish markets, butcher shops or stalls shall be
completely screened as a protection from flies, the floor shall be
thoroughly scrubbed ogLce each day, and scraps of meat, offal, and bones,
and other refuse organic matter shall not be left exposed to the atmos-
phere 6f the rocm, but must be kept in a closed receptacle, which must
be emptied once daily; all tainted meat shall be removed from the prem-
ises at once, and fixtures, rooms, and premises must be maintained in
a thoroughly sanitary condition.
RULE XVII. Refrigerators must be scrubbed and scoured once a week and
must at all times be kept sweet and clean.
RDU RVIII. No person shall sell,or offer for sale, any part of any
animal or carcass slaughtered when not in good health, nor any decay-
ing or unwholesome animal matter, nor any article Which has been used
to any extent in any meat described, with the intent that same may be
used as human food.
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Section 2: Any person who shall wilfully violate any of the
rules and regulations contained in the Sanitary Code of the
City of Lubbock, Teams, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less
than 85.00 and not more than 8200.00.
Seotion W:The office of City Health Cffioer for the City
of Lubbock, Texas is hereby oreated, and shall be filled by
a competent physioianof reputable standing and legally quali-
fied to practices medicine within this State.
Section 4: The City Health offioer shall be clothed with
all of the powers and authority of a peace officer and shall
be authorized to arrest anyA violating any of the rules and
regulations of this ordinanoe in his preaenee� _.L�_ -A' .f,
{„ king- re , but when such violation$ is not
within hik; presence he shall only be alltborized to arrest upon
a warrant regularly iesued.
The above und. foregoing ordinance was duly and legally
parsed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, st a meeting thereof on the lst day of March A. D.
1910 by the f6ilowing vote 8o and is hereby
approved by me on said date.
Mayor of the City of Lubbock, Texas.
Attest.
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