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ORDINANCE TO REGULATING LITTER IN THE CITY
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That thereafter it shall be a violation of the Ordinances of this City for any person, persons, or corporation or their agents, servants or employees, to either place or allow to be placed in any street or alley, or any part thereof in said city, any waste, filth, paper, weeds, vegetation of any kind or character, debris, or anything of any character that will litter any part of said streets or alleys, or cause sewers or drain pipes to be choked.
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation, their agents, servants or employees, to allow the accumulation of filth, waste, paper, weeds, or decaying vegetation, debris or anything that will litter up the premises, houses, lands or tenements, of any such person, or persons, or corporation, or any part thereof, or which is in or under the control of any such person, or persons, or corporation.
It shall be the duty of all persons and corporations to keep all parts of premises in or under their control, or which either of them may own, in a perfect sanitary condition, and to burn or other destroy, all waste, paper, filth, decaying vegetation and debris, as it accumulates upon or about said premises, and any waste, paper, filth, decaying vegetation or debris of any character, found upon the premises or any part thereof, which any person, persons, or corporation, owns or has under his, its or their control, shall be a sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction for a violation of this Ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, City Scavenger, Street Commissioner, and all persons by them or either of them employed, upon the discovery of any waste, filth, paper, decaying vegetation, debris, or anything of any character that will litter, being found upon the premises of any person, persons, or corporation, or which either of them control, to report promptly to the Police Judge the names of such persons owning and controlling such premises, w...
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