The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-14
ORDINANCE NO. 499

An ordinance for the disposition of
garbage and refuse in the City of Red
Lodge, providing for the installation
of garbage receptacles, prescribing the
kinds of receptables to be used,
furnishing violations thereof, and for
other purposes.
Be it ordained by the Council of the
City of Red Lodge:
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to throw, dump, deposit or
otherwise dispose of any garbage,
ashes, debris or other refuse from any
house, building or other structure in
the City of Red Lodge, Montana, into
the streets, alleys or other public
places or in any other manner or place
than in receptacles to be provided for
that purpose as hereinafter described
and set forth, except that all waste
paper shall be burned on said premises
and all animal and vegetable matter
that can be readily burned and des-
troyed shall be burned on the
premises.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of
every resident, householder, tenant,
hotel keeper, boarding house keeper,
merchant, school, church, bank and
every person occupying any business
place or residence or other place with
in the city of Red Lodge, to provide
and at all times keep portable recep-
tacles for holding garbage and other
refuse, animal and vegetable matter,
ashes, tin cans, originating upon the
premises of any person or corpora
ton, none of which receptacles shall
hold less than one bushel nor more
than three bushels, and each recep-
tacle shall be constructed of metal
and each such receptacle shall be pro-
vided with close-fitting cover to be
kept thereon at all times except when
depositing refuse and garbage in such
receptacle. Sufficient receptacles shall
be kept to hold and contain all garbage
and refuse matter and no garbage or
refuse matter or other waste matter
shall be dumped on the ground, either
upon said premises or in the rear
thereof, and such receptacles shall be
kept in the rear Of the premises, eth
er upon platforms to be erected by
the occupant of said premises or in
such manner as to be easily accessible
to the garbage collector hereinafter
provided for.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of
the owners or users of barns or
stables, whether public or private, in
which stock are kept for shelter, to
provide receptacle in which shall be
deposited all manure originating from
such barn or stable or around said
premises, and shall at his own ex-
pense haul the same off and dispose
of the same at least once week and
oftener, if necessary, in manner to
be approved by the Board of Health
Of said city.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
the City Council of the city of Red
Lodge to employ a garbage collector
for the purpose of disposing of all
garbage and refuse hereinbefore men
toned, and the City Council shall adj
vertise for bids for the purpose of
employing a garbage collector, in the
manner provided by law; that con-
tract shall be let to the lowest and
best bidded and he shall enter into a
written contract for the performance
of his duty as garbage collector and
shall execute bond to the city Of
Red Lodge in an amount not less than
One Thousand Dollars $1,000.0O) for
the faithful performance of his said
duties as such, and it shall be the
duty of said garbage collector to re
move from the receptacles above men
TONED and rofoyrad to- all garbage