P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 683
All yards, stables, sheds or other premises used by railway or steamship companies, or other persons, for the accommodation of animals shall be maintained in a clean, comfortable and sanitary condition, and shall be subject at all times to inspection by inspectors acting under the authority of the Secretary of Health, who, when they deem such action necessary, may order the cleansing and disinfection in a satisfactory manner of said yards, stables, sheds or other premises.
Should any railway or steamship company, or other person, refuse or neglect to carry out the orders of the inspector in regard to such cleaning or disinfection, or should such company or person neglect to maintain its or his yard, stables, sheds or other premises for the use of animals in a clean, comfortable and sanitary condition, the Secretary of Health, upon the report of the inspector, may condemn the said premises as unfit for use, whereupon the said premises shall not be used for the accommodation of animals until such times as the order of the inspector, or of the Secretary of Health, in regard thereto has been satisfactorily complied with.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 23, eff. July 1, 1907.