The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-25

A N ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TIKI
"A Office OF 'slop contractor and defining
his duty, and regulating the removal Of slops
BE u ordained by the city council of the city
OF Dallas:
SECTION /. That the office of "slop con
tractor" be amt is hereby tablished, and tn
C ty council of the Guy of Dallas shall eact
year elect some person to fl the offic OF slol
cJnttactor, who shall hold ST. i'd office for on,
y ar, or until his successor is elected. Pro
| vided that II said slop contractor hail fail tc
discharge the duties OF his Office TO the salts
faction of the health office or the committee OF
hospital, 1t shall be the duty of the city coun.
| Gil upoi the written request of the health of.
| ilcer or OF the mmittee ON hosrii al to imme
diately discharge said slop contractor and cleo
| some one in his stead.
SEC. .. 1t shall be the 'uty of the slop con.
| tractor, whenever requested to remove and
carry out of the city al Stops and hou.e olIai
situated in The CityRnu pre-, ared for removal
| as hereinafter designated
SEC s. The word slOps, as used in this ordl-
nance, me ans all fuse matter Md articles,
Whelher vegetable or animal, thrown Uut or
rejected Fl, IN the kitchens or hou>rS of the
Inhabitants Of the city.
SKC. !. All 81 y S and house on'a' except
ashes, shall be deposited in slitable vessels of
IRON or wood and Kept in conven ent place,
easy of access atall times, to be taken aW ay
by the FLOP contractor and when so kept III, Y
are prepared for rem oval, rs stipu ated in sec-
tion of this ordinance.
SEC D. IL shall be unlawful torsny person
to allow Stops to remain for more tn an twenty
four hours upon The premises occupied by
such person. Provided, that 1t shall not be Il
violation OF this section If such Stops remain
on SAID premises through the neglect of the
slop contractor after having b en- IT qu sted TO
remove The sane.
SEC 8. The slop contractor shall in every
particular comply with all the provisions Of
me various city ordinances AID ri es pres
scribed by the health officer regulating The
time and manner of removing slops and tilth
SEC. Z. Any person desiring the service, of
me Stop contractor may obtain the same by
leaving written request with the keeper OF
the calaboo,e or with the health officer, Civ
ing str, Ell and number ofbouse.
SEC, g. AS compensation the slop contract
or shall receive such sums as the council may
by resolution determine and one COPY of said
resolution shall be left with the keeper of the
ca'aboose, and enc copy with The health ofli-
Ger for the inspection by and Information OF
all persons interested therein,
SEC. .. The conn ensation shall be paid In
all cases by the person or persons having the
WORK S0ne, and any one employing The slop
contractor and failing to pay him for work
done snail be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
ana liable to fine, as hereinafter provided
SEC. 10 If the Slop CONTRACTOR shall fail TO
carry II any Stops within twenty-four hours
after paving b'en notified TO remove thesam",
ne shall be guilty ola misdemeanor and liable
10 line as hereinafter provided.
SEC IL. Persons may contract with Stop
,
the removal of slopS from the premises occu-
pied by them, and If the sion Contrac tor Shall,
during the term so contracted Cor, fell to visit
said PREMISES at least ono a day and remove
the Stops therefrom, he shall be deemed guilty
OF . misdemeanor and liable to fine as herein
after provided
SEQ. II, Each day that slops shall be al
lowed to remain on any premises after the ex-
piration of the time when, by the terms of
this ordinance, they should have been re.
moved, shall be deemed and held to be a sep
arate otleuse and punished accordingly.
SEC ID. The slop contractor shall have his
cart or wGgon so arranged that the swill and
stop VIII not be soillel, and said slops shall be
cor rled sufficiently far from city limits so as
not TO be ole nsive.
SEC, II If the slop contractor or any other
person shall violate any section or this ordi- !
nance, he shall be deemed guiltyof misde- |
neanor anu fined in any sum not less than
nve or more than twenty-five dollars.
SEC. Is. That this ordinance take effect
from passage and publication.
Approved this 2lst day of August, lssO.
Attes; L. +. BOHNY, Mayor pro tenn
] j. b. HEREFORD City Secretary.