Chapter III: Section 1: Be it ordained -------- of the city of --------, That

from and after the promulgation of this ordinance, the owner, agent,
and occupant of every premise, improved or unimproved, in the city
of --------, whereon or wherein garbage shall be created, shall
provide a metal, water-tight container or containers, each with a
tight-fitting cover, such container or containers to be of such size
as to be easily manhandled, and of such number as to receive the
garbage accumulation of five days from each such premise, and shall
place or cause to be placed such container or containers, for the
purpose of having their contents removed, on the sidewalks or open
alleys in front or rear of said premises, at the times hereinafter
set forth.

Sec. 2. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That for the purposes of
this ordinance, the city of -------- is hereby divided into --------
garbage districts.

Sec. 3. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That for the purpose of
this ordinance, the word "garbage" as used in this ordinance shall
be construed to mean house and kitchen offal, and all refuse matter
not excrementitious liquid, and composed of animal or vegetable
substances, including dead animals (except cows, horses, mules, and
goats) coming from public and private premises of the city, and not
destined for consumption as food.

Sec. 4. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That it shall be unlawful for
such owner, agent, or occupant of any such premise to have, maintain,
or keep any garbage on any premise except in such garbage containers
as are provided for in section 1 of this ordinance.

Sec. 5. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That such garbage containers
shall be kept tightly covered at all times, except when momentarily
open to receive the garbage or to have the contents therefrom
removed, as provided for hereinafter.

Sec. 6. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That when such garbage
container is placed on the outside of any premise it shall be
unlawful for any person engaged in the removal of garbage, or for any
person to remove the cover from such garbage container, except for
the purpose of emptying its contents Into a duly authorized garbage
wagon or to throw such garbage container on the street or sidewalk,
or to injure it in any way, so as to make it leak or to bend it or
its cover, as to prevent said garbage container from being tightly
covered; and all persons engaged in the removal of garbage shall,
after emptying said container, replace the cover tightly on said
container.

Sec. 7. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That the owner, agent, or
occupant of every premise in the city of -------- shall keep separate
from their garbage and ashes, tin cans, broken crockery, hardware,
old planks, wooden matter, paper, sweepings and other trash, and
place same in a sound, substantial vessel or container kept for that
purpose, which vessel or container shall be placed on the sidewalk or
alley in front or rear of each premise of the city of --------, as
provided in section 1 of this ordinance, for garbage containers, for
removal on --------, provided that such rubbish, other than garbage,
may be so placed -------- on --------.

Sec. 8. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That the provisions of this
ordinance shall apply to all public and private markets, as well as
all places of business, hotels, restaurants, and all other premises,
whether used for business, boarding, or residential purposes.

Sec. 9. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That for the purpose of
enforcing this ordinance any person living on any premise shall be
deemed an occupant, and any person receiving the rent, in whole or in
part, of any premise, shall be deemed an agent; that on any premise
where construction of any kind is in progress, and where employees or
workmen eat their dinners, or lunches, In or about said premises, or
scatter lunch or food in or about such premises, the contractor or
foreman or other person in charge of such workmen shall be deemed an
occupant; and that the person in charge of any market, or stall in
any market, shall be deemed an occupant.

Sec. 10. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That it shall be unlawful
for any person to pick from or disturb the contents of any garbage
containers or vessels, or other containers provided for in this
ordinance.

Sec. 11. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That each day's violation of
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.

Sec. 12. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That any person violating
any provision of this ordinance shall, on conviction, be punished
by a fine of not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or in default of the payment of said
fine by imprisonment -------- for not less than ten (10) days nor
more than thirty (30) days, or both, at the discretion of --------
having jurisdiction of the same.

Sec. 13. _Be it further ordained, etc._, That any law or ordinance in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, In whole or in part,
be and the same is hereby repealed.

ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHEN THIS PUBLICATION WAS LAST PRINTED

_Secretary of Agriculture_ Arthur M. Hyde.
_Assistant Secretary_ R. W. Dunlap.
_Director of Scientific Work_ A. F. Woods.
_Director of Regulatory Work_ Walter G. Campbell.
_Director of Extension Work_ C. W. Warburton.
_Director of Personnel and Business W. W. Stockbebger.
Administration_
_Director of Information_ M. S. Eisenhower.
_Solicitor_ E. L. Marshall.
_Weather Bureau_ Charles F. Marvin, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Animal Industry_ John R. Mohler, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Dairy Industry_ O. B. Reed, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Plant Industry_ William A. Taylor, _Chief_.
_Forest Service_ R. Y. Stuart, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Chemistry and Soils_ H. G. Knight, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Entomology_ C. L. Marlatt, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Biological Survey_ Paul G. Redington, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Public Roads_ Thomas H. MacDonald, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Agricultural Economics_ Nils A. Olsen, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Home Economics_ Louise Stanley, _Chief_.
_Plant Quarantine and Control Lee A. Strong, _Chief_.
Administration_
_Grain Futures Administration_ J. W. T. Duvel, _Chief_.
_Food and Drug Administration_ Walter G. Campbell, _Director of
Regulatory Work, in Charge_.
_Office of Experiment Stations_ --------, _Chief_.
_Office of Cooperative C. B. Smith, _Chief_.
Extension Work_
_Library_ Claribel R. Barnett, _Librarian_.

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