Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
NOTICE

THE following ordinance was duly
passed by the City Council and signed
by His Honor, the Mayor on the 18th
day of January, 1918, and is pub
lished as directed by Article 6, Section
:. of the Act of Assembly approved
AN ORDINANCE
Defining garbage and dead animals,
providing rules and regulations for
the collection and disposal thereof
and penalties for the violation oI
the same. and repeating Common
Council Ordinance No. 81, Session of
1909, entitled, "An ordinance pro-
vidng rules and regulations for the
collection and removal of garbage,
dead animals. miscellaneous refuse
and ashes, and also authorizing the
Sanitary Committee or Board of
Health to adopt and promulgate ad-
ditional rules and regulations, and
providing penalties for the viola
tion of the same" and all other or
dinances, or parts of ordinances, in
conflict herewith.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Council of The City of Harrisburg, and
il is hereby ordained by authority of
the same, That the term Garbage"
wherever used in this ordinace means
the refuse from animal and vegetable
matter after it has been used or pre-
pared as food for man (night soil eX-
cepted), and all refuse animal and
vegetable matter after it has been
used as food for man, including all
Kitchen and table wastes of animal or
vegetable nature such as vegetables,
meats, fish. bones, fat and other ordi-
nary kitchen wastes resulting from
the preparation of foods. The term
garbage" does not include house and
store rubbish, ashes or floor sweep
ings, nor ashes from wood or coal, nor
miscellaneous refuse, viz: broken
glass and china-ware, paper, grass
vine or tree trimmings, straw, keel
sior, rags, bottles, tin cans, shoes and
other like refuse waste matter Tho
term dead animals" means all dead
animals and parts thereof not intend
ed to be used as food for man.
Section >. The occupants of dwell
ing houses, apartments, tenements and
all other private houses, and the pro-
prietors of boarding houses, hotels
restaurants, and the occupants of all
other places where garbage is accu-
mulated. shall provide or cause to be
provided, and keep or cause to be
kept, at all times, for the use of such
premises, sufficient number of re-
Ceptacles to contain all garbage which
may accumulate on said premises
during the usual interval between the
collections of garbage therefrom. and
shall keep such receptacles at all
times water tight, free from freezing
and in good repair. Each receptacle
shall be metallic, have tight cover
and be provided with one or more
handles. No person, firm or corpora
tion shall use for the reception of
pacity of less than three go or more
than ten G0) gallons.
Each person, firm or corporation
aforesaid shall cause all garbage from
his her, their or its premises to be
deposited in the receptacles provided
for that purpose, and no substance
other than garbage, as herein defined
shall be deposited in any garbage re-
ceptacle. No more water shall be al
lowed or permitted in garbage than
naturally accumulates from table re-
fuse.
Each person, firm or corporation
aforesaid shall cause such receptacles
TO be kept covered at all times and to
be placed and remain, between the
hours of 6 o'clock A. M. and O'clock
p. NJ, of each day, or while the col
lection is made from his, her, their
or its premises. in such position upon
the street level as to be easily ac-
nessible to the garbage collector.
No garbage receptacle shall be
kept or placed at any time upon or in
are escapes, Easements, subways, cell
lars, streets, alleys, sidewalks or other
public places.
All private alleys and passageways
necessary for the collection of gar
bage must be kept free from obstruc-
ton. viz: cans, ice, snow. etc, and all
Dther accumulations, by the owners or
users thereof.
furnish to the bureau of garbage and
ash inspection, or the superintendent
bf Public Safety, immediate notice up-
pn a regular adopted forrl of the fail
are of the occupant of any premises
10 have garbage ready for collection
On the day set for such collection, or
the placing by such occupant in the
garbage receptacle of any substance
Except garbage as herein defined.
If these rules are not observed by
the occupants of premises, as afore-
laid, the contractor during the period
bf such nom observance shall be re-
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Ihall report the matter in writing to
he Bureau of Garbage and Ash In
Jpection, or the Superintendent OF
Public Safety, upon the prescribed
complaint cards.
Section 3. All dealers in vegetables