Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
- Date:
- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HOLLAND, MICH. GARBAGE AND REFUSE—DISPOSAL OF. Rule 7. All rubbish, such as tin cans, leaves, ashes, cast-off crockery, bottles, glassware, and such other substances as do not properly constitute garbage shall be kept in suitable bins or containers, and shall be removed before the 1st day of June of each year and again before the 1st day of December of each year; nor shall they be deposited upon any street, alley, public space, or vacant lot, except by permission of the board of health. Rule 8. A garbage district is hereby established, which shall include all of the territory within the city limits and which shall be governed by the following regula- tions: First. Each and every householder, or occupant of any dwelling house, boarding house, or restaurant having garbage to dispose of shall provide one or more metal cans sufficient to receive all garbage that may accumulate between the times of collection; each can to have a capacity not to exceed 10 gallons and provided with a handle, bail, and tight-fitting cover. These cans must be so placed that they shall be at all times readily accessible for removing or emptying the same and no other receptacle shall be used for garbage. Second. All garbage accumulating between the times of collection shall be placed in such cans: Provided, That no tin cans, wire, or metal of any kind, glass, chinaware, crockery, or coarse rubbish shall be placed in such cans. Third. All garbage deposited in said cans shall be removed once a week by a licensed scavenger or garbage collector, except in cases of hotels, restaurants, and boarding houses, where garbage shall be collected and removed daily. The expense of such col- lection shall be paid for by the owner, agent, occupant, or tenant of the premises from which the said garbage is collected, but in no instance shall the fee charged for such collection exceed 5 cents per week for each can, whole or part. In case of hotels and restaurants, tight barrels with tight-fitting covers may be used in place of cans. Fourth. The scavenger or garbage collector shall provide a covered tank wagon, so constructed that it shall not leak or spill, in which all garbage to be removed shall be collected and conveyed to places at least one-fourth of 1 mile outside of the city limits, there to be disposed of. Fifth. The wagon and conveyors used for collection shall be kept cleansed and as free from offensive odors as possible; nor shall they be kept in any street, alley, or public place, nor upon any private premises longer than is reasonably necessary to collect the garbage, nor within the city limits except by permission of the health officer. [Regulations, board of health, adopted Oct. 2, 1911.] LITTLE ROCK, ARK. GARBAGE AND REFUSE—COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL. Section 1. The various kinds of waste matter, for the purposes of this ordinance, shall be defined as follows: (A) kitchen garbage, which is the animal and vegetable refuse from the kitchen; (B) ashes, cinders, etc., which are the refuse matter from stoves, furnaces, fireplaces, etc.; (C) rubbish, which consists of wornout household articles, rags, paper, broken crockery, tin cans, old metal, etc; (D) yard sweepings, which are composed of paper, dust, stable manure, leaves, weeds, grass, sticks, etc. Sec. 2. The short name of this ordinance shall be “The Garbage Ordinance,” and all items of waste matter mentioned or suggested in section 1 of this ordinance shall, for convenience, be hereinafter covered by the term “garbage.” Sec. 3. No person shall place or throw waste paper, trash, or other garbage on any street, sidewalk, or public alley of the city of. Little Rock at any time, day or night: Provided, That all such garbage must be placed in a receptacle as hereinafter described on the premises at some point accessible to the garbage collector: Provided, That the exact location of all receptacles may be under the further direction and control of the superintendent of the garbage department. Sec. 4. All proprietors of hotels, restaurants, caf6s, boarding or eating houses, housekeepers, and occupants of buildings in the city of Little Rock shall provide all cans at their own expense, and shall deposit daily their accumulations of garbage in a galvanized iron can, with a tin or metal cover, such cans to have a capacity of 20 gallons; said receptacles to be provided with two handles. Provided, That yard and stable manure, ashes, and cinders shall not be placed in the garbage can, but shall be kept near such can and convenient of access to the garbage collector; ashes and cinders may be kept in any box or vessel that can be](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0183.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
