[Amended 3-23-1934]
The slaughtering, killing or dressing of cattle, swine or sheep shall not be allowed within the limits of this Township except in regularly authorized slaughterhouses without a permit for that purpose from the Division of Health, and no slaughterhouse or slaughterhouses shall be allowed in this Township unless a permit for that purpose shall have been granted by the Division. No such permit shall be issued by the Division of Health unless there shall have been paid to the Division for the issuance thereof and for the proper inspection and supervision of the slaughtering, killing or dressing of cattle, swine or sheep, and for the proper inspection and supervision of the premises where such slaughtering, killing or dressing shall be carried on, the sum of $350.
Each permit issued under the provisions of this article shall continue for the term of one year from the date of granting of same; provided, however, that if any person or persons so licensed as aforesaid or any of his employees, servants or agents shall violate any of the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations of the Division of Health regulating the slaughtering, killing or dressing of cattle, swine or sheep or the cleansing and purification of the premises where such business is carried on, such permit may, at the discretion of the Division of Health, be revoked.
The owners or operators of any such slaughterhouse shall not cause, suffer or allow any obnoxious or offensive odors or smoke to escape or to be discharged from such building or premises to the detriment or annoyance of such persons not being therein or thereon engaged.
It shall be the duty of every person or persons owning or operating a slaughterhouse within the limits of this Township to keep the building or place or any part thereof and the yards and appurtenances thoroughly cleansed and purified, and to remove therefrom all offal, blood, fat, garbage, refuse and all offensive matter at least once in every 24 hours after the use thereof, and it shall be the duty of every such person or persons to comply with such rules and regulations as shall from time to time be promulgated by the Division of Health of this Township.