The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-05-27
ORDINANCE NO. 90.

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
A GARBAGE DEPARTMENT FOR
THE CITY OF WALLACE, PRONiD-
ING FOR THE REGULATION, COLI
REMOVAL, DISPOSITION
AND CREMATION OF GARBAGE,
oFFAI.. DEAD ANIMALS AND 9TH
Err REFUSE MATTER, PRESCRlB-
ING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY
CLERK. OVERSEER OF STREETS,
AND THE COMMITTEE ON
STREETS AND ALLEYS IN RE
LATION THERETO, AND PRE-
SCRIBING THE PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDl-
pE IT ORDAINED BY THE May
OR AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY of WALLACE:
Section /. That there be and here
by is created department in the CITY
Government of the City of Wallace,
which shall be known as the dafDase
Department which department SHAH
be under the control of the Committee
on Streets and Alleys, the OVerseer OF
Streets, and the City Clerk as herein
after specified.
Section g 1t shall be unlawful Tor
any person residing within the limits
of the City of Wallace, or elsewhere
Ia deposit, throw or place garbage,
offal or dead animals in any lane,
alIey. street or other public place with
In the City Of Wallace, nor shall any
person place any garbage, offal or dea6
animals or other refuse matter upon
any private property whether owned
by such person or not unless the same
he enclosed in proper vessels OF gal :
lvanized iron, such vessel to be perfect
Nv water tight and to be OF Uniform
size, such as now generally in use III
said city, and 50 kept with tlghtly
fitting covers, which covers shall not
be removed, except when apsoluteiy
necessary, and such vessels shal De
kept in the rear Of the house, or IN the
Easements area or passageWay SO as
10 he readily accessible for collection
and never upon the street, alley, SIDE
walk, or other public place. Ana al
such vessels shall be promptly dellV-
cred to the collector when called TOT
and shall be returned by him IN such
place or places without unnecessary
delay and no person except Tor ShCIl
purposes shall In any manner inter-
fere with such vessels or WIN the con
tents thereof, provided, however tha'
this section shall not apply 10 any
person who Immediately destroys by
cremation or otherwise Satisfactorily
to the Health officer of the CITY ol
Wallace, such garbage,
Section g. The word. Garbage as
used In this ordinance shall be held
to include all offa and every refuse
denomination Of animal, fruit or veg
etable matter, liquid or otherwise that
attends the preparation, use, dealing
! In or storing of meat, fish. fowl, fruit
or vegetables.
Section 4. It shall be the duty OF
the Oyerseer Of Streets to furnish to
lany person maintaining a house, resi-
dence. business house, restaurant
stable market or any other place
where garbage accumulates, upon be-
ing requested so to do, a proper num-
Der of vessels of galvanized IRON OF
such form and device as shall be de-
termined upon by the Committee OF
Streets and Alleys and said OVerseel
of Streets for the purpose OF deposit
ing therein garbage. Provided, how
ever. that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as compelling an.
person to receive any such vessel from
the Overseer where such person FUR
lnishes such suitable vessel or vessel
of such prescribed form at his own eS
pense. II being intended hereby tina
lcny person may furnish his own Vee
Isel or vessels and that he shall not b
charged as much for the collection o
garbage as those who do not turnls
same.
section 5. 1t shall be the duty o
the Oyerseer of Streets as often q
shall be necessary to collect from eae
person having such vessels, the garb
age contained therein and all othe
garbage, offal and refuse matter, q
often as 1t shall be necessary for IN
proper disposition of such garbag'
IoGfal and other refuse matter to IN
end that the city and all places therel
shall be kept and maintained in
Clearly, sanitary and healthful cor
dition.
Section 6. It shall be the duty
the Overseer of Streets to collect an
remove the garbage deposited in eac
of said vessels at least once each an
every week and as much oftener n
shall be necessary to remove the sal
garbage from the premises of all PEI
sons having an accumulation of gar
bage
section 7. That for the purpose
having the necessary expenses {
maintaining the Garbage Department
of the City of Wallace, and COLLECTING
removing and dsposing of all sue
garbage. each person for whom sue
garbage shall be removed, shall pay
the said City Clerk of the City of Wal
lace, which shall be placed In IN
Garbage Fund of said City, tn
lamounts herein specified, to-wit:
Where the CITY furnishes the YES
sells, the person for whom the garbag
lis removed shall be required to pa
for the removing of such garbag
from:
month .,n -,
month;
vessel three times week, $1,9
per month;
month:
and for each additional vessel frol
which garbage is collected, such pei
son shall be required to pay an addl
ltional sum of 65 cents per month I
said amounts above set out, provide,
II such person shall make such pay
ment on or before the 18th day of IN
month Immediately succeeding tn
month in which said garbage Is co
lected and removed, he shall be en-
titled to a rebate of twenty-five cent
each month When such person own
|, the vessel or vessels in which sue
garbage is deposited there shall be dc
Quoted from the above amounts iiftee
cents each month for each vessel
owned For the removal of garbas
offal and other refuse matter not plac
ed in such vessels, and any eXtraord'