The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-27
FIRST PRIZE M EDALS

A N ORDINANCE EsTABLIaHING TIL
-A oaice OF ''slop contractor" and detlnln
hi-Guty, and regulating the removal of slops
be II ord lined by the city council of tha cit
OF Dallas:
sEoTIoNl. That the Office of "slop cen
tractor be and is hereby tablished, and III
city council of the city of Dallas shall enc
year elect some person 10 flll the ONES of slo
contractor, who shall hold aid office for on
| year, on until MS succe sOr is elected Pro
| ylded mat II said slOp contractor shall fail #
| discharge the duties OF his ONCE to the salts
| faction Of The health office or the committee n,
| hospital, 1t shall be the duty of the city conn
Ell upon the written request Of the health of
| ilcer or OF the committee on hOsrir al to imme
diately discharge said slop contractor and elec
home one in his stead.
SEC, >. 1t shall be the uty Of thcslop cor
| tractor, Whenever requested, to Ieosove apr
carry out Of the city al Stops and house GRO
situated in the city and pre-! AIRED for removal
| as hereinafter designated
| SEC ). The word slOps, as Used / , this orli
| nance, me MS all r-flse matt + and artic es
| whether vegetable or animal, thrown out OF
rejected from the Xxi clens or houses of Inc
Inhabitants Of the city.
SEC !. All I'll > S and house OLA. excfpt
ashes, shall be Gt posted in suitable vessels al
non or wood and Krpt in 4 cCnven ent place,
easy of access atall lines, TO be taken av az
by the .lop contractor, and who so kent IN y
are prepared TOR removal, as stipulated in sen.
ton Of this ordinance.
SEC. 3. IL shall lie unlawful for any person
to allow Stops to remain for M ore fl mn twenty
four hours upon the premises oc upred hv
such person. Provided, that it shall not Inc n
Violation OF this section if such slops remain
ON SAID premises through the neglect of the
Stop contractor AFTER having b nrequt sted to
remove hesane,
SEQ G. The slop contractor shall i'm everv
particular comply with all the provislors az
The various city ordinances AID ru,es pres
scribed by the health officer regulating The
time and manner or rpn1pyjnu al
SEC. I. Any person desiring tie seryice1 of
me slop contractor may obtain the same nv
leaving a written request with the keeper of
the cAlaboO,e or with the health officer civ
INK str, e and number ofnouse.
SEC. ST. As compensation the sion contract.
or snail receive such sums as the council NAV
byresoluion determine and one copy of said
resolution shall be left with the keeper Of the
caaDoose, and one copy with The health OIL
Ger for the inspection by and information of
al persons intere ted therein,
SEC The compensation shall be paid in
all cases by the person rpersors having the
WORK zone, anu any one employing the slop
contractor and falling to pay him for work
done shall be deemed guilty OF q mi .deneauOr
ana lia3 e to fine, as hereinafter provided
SEC ~ II the slop eontrac' or shall fail to
carry on any Stops within twenty-four hours
aiter naVlng been notified 10 remove thesam",
ne shall be guilty of msdemeanor and liab,e
to fine as hereinafter provided.
SIC. H. Persons may contract with sIop
ooNI ACTOR D. tn4 week or month or wear for
the removal of slopS from thu premises occu-
pleo by them, and If the sloa contractor shall,
during the term so contracted COR, fail to visit
said reml SEES at least one a day and remove
the slop! therefrom, he Shall be deemed guilty
or misdemeanor and liable to fine as herein.
after provided.
SEC. II. Each day that slops shall be al
lowed TO rema!h on any premises after the ex-
h I OF the the when, by the terms of
this ordinance, they should have been re
moved, shall be deemed and held to he q sep
arats oifense and punished accordingly
SEC. Is The slop contractor shall have his |
cart or wagon so arranged that the swlll and |
slop VIII not DE settled, and sad Stops shall be
carried sufficiently far from city limits so as |
not to be ont nsive
Skc. IA, If the slop contractor or any other |
per.on shall violate any section OF this ordi- |
nance, he shall be deemed guilty of misde. |
lneanor and fined In any sum not less than
hve or ore than twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 10. That this ordinance take effect |
from passage and publication.
Approved this 2lst day of August, lsSO.
Attes l.. f. B0HNY, Mayor pro tenn
b. b. HEREFORD, City Secretary.