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R, C. P. ~ay 90, 1919 An Ordinance Providing for the Sanitation of Slaughter- Houses, Abatt~irs, Packing Houses, Sausage Factories, Rendering Plants and Other Places where Animals are Slaughtered for Sale for ~'F~od or Where Animal Carcasses or Part~ Thereof are Prepared for HurmanFood; Providing fo~tthe Issuance of Permits to Such Establisbmaents; Pro~iding for Inspection of Meats and for the Ante-mortem Inspection of Animals Slaughtered for Sale for Huma~ FOod; Creating the Office of-Meat inspector and Providing his Compensation; Defining Violations of the Ordinance and Fix- Penalties Therefor. The following opinion was read from the "Department of Law, City Attorney concerning the ordinances: "May 20th,~ 19'19. City Council, PortsmoUth, Va. "Gentlemen:-- I have examined the Ordinances submitted to me, designated: ('a) An Ordinance Providing for the Sanitation of Slaughter Houses, &e. (b) m~nt; and (e) An Ordinance tO amend and Re-ordain the Ordinance in reference to the Health Depart- An Ordinance Governing the, Proper Sanitation of Soda Fountains, &c. I find the~ sa~.~e in'proper form and know of no legal objection to their passage. In the first mentioned ordinance, relating to Slaughter HoUses &C., I find in Section 6 an apparent error, which should~e corrected, In that' these¢ond paragraphreads: ~All carcasses or. parts of carcasses which are found after such inspection to be unwholesome' and unfit for human-food, shall be marked or stamped by the meat inspector "Portsmouth Inspected and Passed~ this should read ~Wholesome and fit for human feed.' I find also What seems to me to be a conflict between Section 5 and Section 7 in'reference to the inspectors fees. ~Section 10 Mays as follows- 'The ~eat Inspectors are authorized official iS'hereby char~ed' &c. Are no doubt~ is intended to be or but the ordinance pro~ides' for, and 6reates the office of 'e~t InspectOr' and does not prOVide for ar~y othe~ authorized official; I, therefore, think .that the words 'or authorized official' should be eliminated. "Respectfully, Jno. ~. Happer, City Attorney." On motion, the ordinances were ordered to lie on the table until the next meeting of the Council. ~ BUS i!~SS A commj~ication was read from. the Central Improvement Leagu* bndorsing ~etition of merchants and property owners to have paved the west sid~ o~ Orawford street, beginning at High street and extending same to South street; and same was referred to the Department of Public Service and City Manager. A co~m~unication was received from the Central Improvement League endorsing petition of mer- chants and property owners on High street, west of Chestnut, to have sidewalk~paving of a reason- able width along this street. On'motion, the oomm~n~ication was referred to the Department of P~blic ServiCe and City Manager. A petition from ~ertain merchants on High street, between Chestnut and~Pes~!, to-have a light installed and maintained in the re~ of buildings occupied by Eetzer-Hamper Motor Corpora- tion and other fi~ms on said street, was referred to the Department of Public Safety and City Manager. ~ ~o~ication was read from the Contra! Improvement League endorei~ng a petition of met. c~ntS~and property owners-on High street, west of Chestrro%, to have the "White Nay" extended; and same was referred to the Department of Public Safety and City Manager. A request from the South Hill Manufacturing Company tO be allowed to close Eighth Street in the Ninth Ward, was re~erred to the Department of Public Service. On motion of Mr~Herbs~t~ the advisability of an automobile for the Chief of Police was referred to the ~P~blic Safety~Dep~rtment. 0n motion of Mr. Herbert, an appropriation for exper~es of~the Chief of Police to the Con- vention of Police Chiefs was referred to the Finance Department. Mr. Herbert moved t~t special appropriatiOnS ~f $!2~, and $~8. be allowed for Fire Oepart- merit buildings and Buildings at the Stables, respectively~ The motion was a~pted by the fo!lowimgvote: -Ayes-- Claud,'Culpeppe~, Dean~ Hanvey, Herbert, Wright, Mr. Deans moved that the Clerk be instr~.cted to call the City M~nager~s attention to the fact. that ~_he Police Department,has not been notified Of the ordinance in regard to the "one-man