Pennsylvania Act 1907-101 — SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, LICENSING AND REGULATING

Act text

SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, LICENSING AND REGULATING
              Act of Apr. 26, (1909) 1907, P.L. 123, No. 101          Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the licensing and regulating of slaughter-houses,
        shops, wagons, and places where meats, poultry, fish, game,
        and shell-fish are prepared for use as food, or stored or
        exposed for sale, in cities of the first class in this
        Commonwealth; and providing penalties for any violation of
        any regulation governing the same.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That no place, building, or
     part of any building, or any wagon, in cities of the first class
     in this Commonwealth, shall be used for the slaughter of animals
     or poultry, or for the storage, or preparation or exposure for
     sale of meats, fish, game, or shell-fish, without first
     obtaining a license from the Bureau of Health.
        Section 2.  A license permitting the use of premises,
     buildings, or parts of buildings, or wagons, for the
     slaughtering of animals and poultry, and dressing the same, or
     for the storage, sale, or preparation for sale, of meats,
     poultry, fish, game, or shell-fish, may be granted to any
     person, firm, or body corporate, in cities of the first class,
     by the Bureau of Health, upon application for such license:
     Provided, That the premises, buildings, or parts of buildings,
     or wagons, to be used for the purposes specified, conform to the
     regulations established by the Board of Health: Further
     provided, That a separate license shall be issued for each place
     used for the purposes herein specified.
        Section 3.  The Board of Health, in cities of the first
     class, is hereby empowered to enact rules and regulations
     governing the conditions under which animals or poultry may be
     slaughtered and dressed, or meats, poultry, fish, game, and
     shell-fish may be prepared for use as food, or stored, or
     exposed for sale. Such rules and regulations shall provide for
     the proper sanitary equipment of the buildings, or parts of
     buildings, or premises so used, and also for the cleanly and
     sanitary maintenance and conduct of such establishments, or
     wagons used.
        Section 4.  Licenses, when issued, shall be valid for one
     calendar year, or fractional part thereof, next ensuing from the
     date of issue; shall not be transferable, either as to the
     person or place, and may be revoked at any time by the board of
     health, for failure to comply with the rules and regulations
     established by the board of health.
        It shall be the duty of every licensee to post and keep
     posted a printed copy of this act, and of the license granted
     under it, in the place for which the license is granted; and
     where the said license is granted for the use of any building,
     or part of building, said posting shall be in the principal or
     most public room of the said building, or part of building. A
     fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid to the Bureau of Health
     for said license.
        (4 amended Jul. 25, 1913, P.L.1042, No.471)
        Section 5.  Any person who violates any of the provisions of
     this act, or refuses to comply with any of the requirements or
     regulations of the Board of Health, made in accordance with the
     provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
     and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less
     than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars
     ($100.00).