All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish, control, and regulate slaughterhouses and pens and to confine the same to a specified limit in or outside of the city or town or prohibit the same within the police jurisdiction of the city or town, and to regulate the sale of fresh meats within the city or town, whether butchered therein or not, and to establish a system of inspecting such slaughterhouses and such meats, either before or after the same are butchered, and to prohibit the sale of such meats after the same are condemned, and provide for the disposition thereof. Such cities and towns shall also have the power to provide for the weighing and herding outside of the city or town of all livestock intended for slaughter and to fix, regulate, and collect reasonable fees and charges to pay the expenses of carrying out the powers granted in this section.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.
Article 5 - Powers as to Health, Sanitation and Quarantine.
Section 11-47-130 - Maintenance of Health and Cleanliness Generally.
Section 11-47-131 - Powers as to Health, Sanitation and Quarantine Generally.
Section 11-47-132 - Provision for System of Compulsory Vaccination, Etc.
Section 11-47-137 - Regulation, etc., of Markets and Marketing of Food Products, Etc.
Section 11-47-139 - Inspection of Dairies, Meats, etc., for Other Municipalities.