The Ward County independent., 1909-04-15
ORDINANCE NO.

same, and fixing a penalty for it,
violation.
Be it Ordained by the City Coun'
! Gil of the City of Minot, North Da
kota:
Section 1. Garbage is hereby de-
fined and divided into classes as
follows: ..-. I.
Glass l. Kitchen Garbage, which
includes all manner Of kitchen OF
table refuse and offal including de-
caying or spoiled fruit, vegetables
etc.
Class 2. Night soil, which includ-
es the contents of privy vaults, cess
pools, etc. So.
Glass 3. Dead animals OF all kinds
Glass 4. Ashes, tin cans, broken
bottles, stable manure and all other
refuse of the like general nature, in
cluding herein all sorts of refuse not
included in the foregoing three
classes.
Section 2. Garbage of the first
class shall be kept only in water
tight covered receptacles. Such re-
ceptacles shall be emptied and the
contents thereof removed as often
as such receptacles become full, and
in case of private residences at inter-
walls of not more than two weeks, IN
case of boarding houses at intervals
Of not m~re than one week, and in
case of hotels of twenty rooms or
more at intervals Of not more than
two days; provided that kitchen gar
bage may at the option of the occu-
pant of premises used only as pri-
vate residence be piled up in some
Convenient place thereon from De-
cember 1, to March 10, of the fol-
l. wing year, and if so accumulated,
the same shall be removed not later
than March 25th in each year.
Section 3. Garbage of the second
class shall be emoved as often as
such privy vault, cess pool, etc., be-
come full, and in no event at inter-
vals of more than one year, and at
such other time or times as may be
ordered by the health department Of
the city, and when removed the con-
tents of such privy vaults, cess pools,
etc., shall be entirely removed and
the occupant Of the premises shall
thoroly disinfect the same.
Section 1. Garbage Of the third
class shall be removed within twen-
ty-four hours after the death OF the
animal, and until removal no such
dead animal shall be suffered to re-
main in any street, alley or other
public place of the city.
Section S. Garbage Of the fourth
class shall be removed from time to
time as may be deemed necessary
by the occupant of the premises or
as ordered by the board Of health,
but the same shall be piled or heap
ed up in some convenient place on
the premises, shall not be permitted
to be unnecessarily scattered over
or upon any premises, and no such
garbage shall be thrown In or up
on any street, alley, avenue or
other public place Of the city nor
shall any owner, occupant Of any
premises within the city, suffer or
permit any such, to be or remain
in or upon any street, avenue. alley,
or any other public place Of said city
adjacent to the premises owned or
occupied by him.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to deposit place or caused to be
deposited any garbage upon the
banks or in the waters of the Mouse
River, so far as the same is within
the city limits.
Section 7. The provisions of the
last section shall be construed to
include privies and privy vaults, any
stable, shed, pen, yard or corral
wherein is kept any horses, cattle,
sheep or swine and located nearer
than sixty feet from the bank OF
such river, and also any slaughter
house located nearer than one hund-
red feet from the top of the bank OF
such river.
Section 8. No person, firm or cor
poration, except the city scavanger
shall remove any garbage in Class
2 of this ordinance, and then only
as provided in Ordinance No. 63.
Section 9. No person, firm or cor
poration shall remove any garbage
of Glass One except in water tight
boxes with covers, to prevent leak
age and the escape Of offensive odors