The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

An ordinance to create the office of superintendent of garbage collection 1 and provide for the bonding of such officer.
 1 Be it ordained, by the city commits sion of the city of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section l. That there is hereby cre- ated the office of superintendent of | garbage collection of the city of Bir- mingham, Alabama, which office and
 1 the officer filling the same shall be
 i attached and assigned to the depart
 ment of public safety.
 | Sec. ?. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of garbage collection to have charge of the collection of gar bage. trash and waste products in the | city of Birmingham, Alabama, and he | shall provide for the reclamation of all
 material of value, such as paper, rags. metals, bones. glass, bottles, rubber copper, brass iron. lead and all other material, and he shall. under the diree- tion of the commissioner of the de- partment of public safety, have au- thority to sell all of such material so reclaimed provided, however that he shall make weekly reports to the de- partment of public safety of all sales and other dispositions of such ma terial which reports shall designate and describe the kind and quantity of the article disposed of. to whom the same was delivered, the amount of money received, the date of such dis posal, the name of the railroad over which the same was shipped. if any, the number of the car in which the same was transported, the destination to which the same was shipped and the name of the consignee.
 Sec. 8. It shall also be the duty of the said superintendent of garbage col lection to make a record in suita- ble book to be kept in his office of all such disposals and to keep on file in his office duplicate bill of lading of each and every shipment of merchandise. Junk and by products which shall at all times be open to the inspection of {. the lefty comptroller and the commissioner of the department of public safety Sec A. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of garbage collection 1 to pay over to the city comptroller all moneys collected in the operation of the department of garbage collection as soon as the sang shall have been col |lected. All e.Euthorized to be made by the superintendent of garbage col lection shall be made for cash or on sight draft with bill of lading attached and in cases where payment is not made prior to delievery the draft with bill of lading attached shall be turned over to the city comptroller and by him deposited in bank for collection at the time of shipment.
 Sec 5. It shall also be the duty of the superintendent of garbage collection to have charge and control of the clean ing of dry closets and the disposition of the waste products therefrom. Sec G. It shall also be the duty of the superintendent of garbage collection to
 perform such other duties as may from time to time be designated in writing by the commissioner of the department of public safety, provided that the duties so designated shall be germane to the administration of the office here by created. and no duties shall be re- auired to be discharged by the super
 ntendent of garbage collection which
 ire not germane to the subject inteffd- cd to be regulated by this ordinance Sec ( Be it further ordained. that
 the superintendent of garbage collec-