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animals, or to deal in meat, without being licensed;
and not only are the public markets under the
control of the city inspectors, but every place for
the sale of meat is appointed by the sanitary authorities
Among the regulations which are in force
for the government of these affairs are the following:—
It is not lawful to kill or dress any fresh meat of
any description in any market or place licensed as
aforesaid or occupied for the sale of meat; but all
killing and dressing must be done in the licensed
slaughter-houses.
No butcher or . other person shall sell, or offer,
or expose for sale in any of the public markets, or
in any part of the City of New York, any unwholesome
or stale articles of provisions, or any
flesh of any animal dead by accident or disease, or
known or suspected to be diseased at the killing of
the same.
No person shall bring into any market, or the
limits thereof, or offer or expose for sale, any blown,
plaited, raised, or stuffed meat, or any meagre or
back shad, within the City of New York
The general supervision of these matters is under
the direction of the city inspector (as health officer)