The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-22


4 N oRDINANCE-APPR FEB
"A RUARY IL, 1ss3--TO AMEND AND RE-
ORDAIN SECTIONS s, 8. 40 AND II or
CHAPTER 81, OF THE CITY ORDI-
NANCES, CONCERNING THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.
Re It ordained by the Council Of the
city OF Richmond. That Sections s. ., 10
and IL of Chapter 81 Of the City Ordi-
nances, be amended and reordained so as
to READ as follows
g. No person shall engage in the bust
ness Of collecting and transporting gar
bage In this city of Richmond without
having obtained a written permit from
the president OF the Board of Health.
The collectors Of garbage must conform
to the rules and regulations OF the de-
partment. II there be a failure on the
part OF any collector TO comply with the
requirements OF the regulations and rules
OF the garbage service, his permit shall
be revoked by the president OF the Board
Of Health, and he be presented as COM
hitting a nuisance. The president OF the
Board OF Health shall recommend to the
Committee on Health such measures as
appear most advantageous for the re-
moval and destruction of garbage; that IL
may not be menace 70 the public
health. The garbage shall not be re-
moved from any house or lot that is
not the waste and refuse of private fami-
lies; no collection OF garbage shall be
made from commission houses, green
groceries and the like, or from any house
where the refuse is the result of the bust
ness in which the occupant or owner may
be engaged The garbage from all COM
mission houses, green groceries and like
places shall be taken to the crematory
and deposited there TO be burned. The
only deviation from this general law shall
be when the amount OF garbage is no
more than that Of an ordinary household.
then the president of the Board of Health
shall issue orders for it's removal or have
it removed by the garbage carts Of the
department. as he may deem best. The
president OF the Board OF Health shall
district the city for the collection of garb-
age. Any person violating this section
or any Of its provisions shall be fined not
less than one nor more than ten dollars.
Section .. Housekcepers shall deposit
their garbage In water-tight vessels. each
having a capacity not TO exceed thirty
two gallons, and these shall be placed at
n point on the premises most accessible
70 the garbage collectors The vessels shall
be placed at said place before s o'clock
OF the morning of the day appointed for
collection of garbage from that district
Whenever there are carriage alleys In the
rear OF dwellings said vessels shall be
placed in immediate proximity 20 the gates
opening into said alleys. Garbage and
ashes must be kept In separate vessels on
the lot No slops or dirty water, nor
anything other than garbage. shall be
placed In the garbage vessels. The defnl-
ton OF garbage is refuse animal and
vegetable matter. Any person violating
this section or any of it's provisions shall
be fned not less than one nor more than
ten dollars.
Section TO- The Board OF Health are
empowered and instructed to prepare
suitable rules and regulations for the
garbage service. They shall also publish
in one Of the daily papers the boundaries
Of the districts and the days on which
the carts will call.
Section II. The Chief OF Police. shall de-
tail four Of the police force TO report TO
the president of the Board OF Health 10
act as sanitary inspectors.
BEN r. AUGUST,
fel9-5t City Clerk.