DISCHARGE OF LIEN. Lien, how discharged. Fees. 15. A lien may be discharged by a receipt signed by the claimant or his agent and verified by affidavit and filed, such receipt shall be numbered and entered by the regis tration clerk like other instruments but need not be copied in any book. N. 31 of 1902, s. 15. FEES. 16. The fee for registering any instrument under this Ordinance shall be $2. No. 31 of 1902, s. 16. CHAPTER 55. An Ordinance respecting Slaughter Houses and the SHORT TITLE. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as " The Yukon Slaughter Short title. House Ordinance." No. 33 of 1899, s. 1. INTERPRETATION. 2. Where the following words occur in this Ordinance, Interpretation they shall be construed in the manner hereinafter mention ed, unless a contrary intention appears: 1. "Animals" mean cattle, sheep, hogs and all other "Animals." domestic animals generally killed for food. 2. "Slaughter House" means any building or place used "Slaughter for the slaughtering, butchering and dressing of animals. House." 3. "Person" means any person, partnership, company "Person." or corporation. No. 33 of 1899, s. 2. LICENSES. slaughter license. 3. No person shall carry on in the Yukon Territory any No person to slaughter house, without first having obtained a license for carry on that purpose, which license shall be issued by such person house without or persons as the Commissioner in Council may authorize, and in every case the license shall expire on the thirty-first day of December next following the date thereof, which License to said license may be assigned with the consent of the person December 31. expire issuing the same, and no such slaughter house shall be permitted to exist within a mile from the spot where the post office of Dawson now stands. (2.) No such license shall be issued until after the Inspector of Slaughter Houses has inspected the premises and made a report in writing thereon to the Commissioner and said report shall contain. 1. A description of the premises. 2. A statement of the distance said premises are from any building occupied as a dwelling. 3. A statement that the premises are so constructed as to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and so as not 29-Y. O. License fee. Animals to be killed at a licensed slaughter house. Slaughter houses to be under control of Commissioner in Council. to endanger the health of the inhabitants of the Territory; and 4. Such other remarks as may be required by the Commissioner. No. 33 of 1899, s. 3. No. 18 of 1902, s. 1. 4. The license shall be for one year, and the sum of fifty dollars shall be paid therefor by the applicant. No. 33 of 1899, s. 4. 5. All animals killed for food to be consumed by the public residing in Dawson and surrounding territory from Dawson to a distance of five miles in the Yukon Territory shall be killed at a licensed slaughter house. For other places the Commissioner in Council may fix by resolution how and where the same are to be killed. No. 33 of 1899, s. 5. 6. All slaughter houses in the Yukon Territoy shall be under the control of the Commissionner in Council, and shall be subject to such regulations as may be from time to time passed by resolutions of the said Commissioner in Council. No. 33 of 1899, s. 6. Commissioner in Council may appoint inspector. Duties. No person to sell meat unless killed in slaughter house. Offal to be burnt. Slaugter houses to be kept clean. INSPECTORS. 7. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint a special inspector of slaughter houses, whose duties shall be as follows, to wit: 1. To inspect all slaughter houses as he may be directed from time to time by the resolutions of the Commissioner in Council. 2. To inspect all animals delivered at said slaughter houses for the purposes of being killed for food. 3. To inspect all animals brought into the Yukon Territory for the purpose of being killed for food and also all meat offered to the public for sale for food. 4. To condemn and destroy all diseased animals and tainted meat and food within the territory aforesaid. No. 33 of 1899, s. 7. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits aforesaid to offer for sale, or to have in his possession any animal meat which has not been slaughtered at a licensed slaughter house. No. 33 of 1899, s. 8. 9. All debris and offal accumulated at any slaughter house shall be destroyed by fire, and in no other manner. No. 33 of 1899, s. 9. 10. All slaughter houses must be kept at all times in a cleanly condition, and if they are not kept in said condition the said Commissioner shall have the right at any time to terminate and cancel their license. No. 33 of 1899, s. 10. 11. No person shall be permitted to offer for sale any Meat to be meat for public use until after the same shall have been killed 10 hours killed for at least a period of ten hours. No. 33 of 1899, s. 11. before sale. 12. The Inspector aforesaid shall mark in a manner or Inspector to way to be by him selected, all animals and meat inspected mark meat. by him; and no person shall offer for sale, or have in his possession any meat not marked or inspected by said Inspector. No. 33 of 1899, s. 12. FEES. 13. No slaughter house shall charge or receive a com- Fees. pensation greater than the amount following, to wit: 1. For killing and dressing beef per head, eight dollars ($8.00). 2. For killing sheep and calves per head, one dollar and a quarter ($1.25). 3. For killing and dressing hogs per head, two dollars ($2.00). No. 33 of 1899, s. 13. to fix salaries 14. The Commissioner may appoint one or more inspec- Commissioner tors of slaughter houses and fix their salaries and pres- and prescribe cribe such other duties as they are to perform in addition duties. to the duties required of them by this Ordinance. No. 18 of 1902, s. 3. 15. This Ordinance does not affect or apply to game Not to apply killed by hunters or other persons in the Yukon Territory, to hunters. No. 33 of 1899, s. 15. PENALITIES. 16. Any person who violates any of the provisions of Penalties. this Ordinance, or any of the regulations thereunder, shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs. No. 33 of 1899, s. 16 17. Any person who obstructs the Inspector in the per- Obstructing formance of his duties hereunder shall be subject to the inspector. same penalty as provided in the next preceding section. No 38 of 1899, s. 17. assistance of 18. The Inspector may, if obstructed in the performance Inspector may of his duties, call to his assistance any constable or other require person he thinks fit, and it shall be the duty of any such constables, etc constable or other person to render assistance to said Ins 29-Y.O. Liens. Medical pector in the carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance. No. 33 of 1899, s. 18. 19. The Inspector and slaughter houses shall have a right to hold all meat in their possession until the payment of their legal charges, as provided by this Ordinance. If said charges are not paid within ten hours after becoming due, then all meats in their possession may be sold by them at public auction, and out of the proceeds of the said sale shall be paid: first, the cost of sale; second, the fees and charges of said Inspector and slaughter houses, and the balance then remaining shall be paid to the person to whom said meat belongs. No. 33 of 1899, s. 19. 20. Until a special Inspector is appointed the Medical Health Officer Health Officer shall inspect the meat offered for sale within the limits aforesaid. No. 33 of 1899, s. 20. to inspect. Number of slaughter houses may be limited. Tariff to be fixed. Penalty for slaughtering at any other place. 21. If, in the opinion of the Commissioner in Council of the Yukon Territory, it is desirable for the sake of the public health or in the interests of the public, to limit the number of slaughter houses to be established within the Yukon Territory, he may limit the number of such slaughter houses to one in any one or more of the districts within the said Territory, which he may establish, and may designate such slaughter house. If in any district the Commissioner in Council limits the number of slaughter houses to one he may make such provision with the person to be entrusted with such slaughter house as in his opinion seems just and proper for the compensation of any person who has already established and has in operation a slaughter house complying with the provisions of this Ordinance. No. 18 of 1902, s. 4. 22. If such slaughter house is established under the next preceding section in any district, the Commissioner in Council may fix a tariff of charges for slaughtering the different kinds of animals. No. 18 of 1902, s 5. 23. If the Commissioner in Council under this Ordinance limits the number of slaughter houses in a district to one, as aforesaid, and designates such one, it shall be unlawful for any animal to be slaughtered at any other house than at the one so designated. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, and in default of payment forthwith to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two months. No. 18 of 1902, s. 6. |