If, in the opinion of the city’s Board of Health, any meat provisions exposed for sale in any market, shop, or other building in the city are tainted, decayed, unwholesome, or dangerous to the public health, it shall be the duty of the Board of Health to serve notice in writing upon the person exposing for sale such meat provisions, requiring him or her to destroy the same in such manner and within such time shall by such notice be prescribed, and if the person so served neglects to conform to such notice, it shall be the duty of the Board of Health to destroy such meat provisions at the expense of the city, and report in writing to the City Council the amount of such expense, and the name of the person exposing such meat provisions for sale; and thereupon suit may be instituted in the name of the city against such person for the recovery of expense incurred.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-4)