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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF PREMISES, FIXING A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SAID SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF AND FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-49:003 ON FEBRUARY 7, 1949; ORD-49:007 ON MARCH 18, 1949; ORD-51:006 ON MARCH 5, 1951; ORD-60:2894 ON AUGUST 8, 1960; ORD-71:2501 ON MARCH 1, 1971; ORD-73:2422 ON OCTOBER 1, 1973; ORD-93:747 ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1993; ORD-99:1258 ON JUNE 21, 1999)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1. From and after the passage and approval of this ordinance, all garbage, waste, trash and refuse in the City of Jonesboro shall be collected regularly by the employees of the City of Jonesboro, or by some person, firm or corporation as agent of the City of Jonesboro, and no other person, firm or corporation shall be allowed to collect garbage except said employee or agent of the City of Jonesboro, or the licensee of said City.
Section 2. For carrying out the provisions and purposes of this ordinance there is hereby created a garbage and sanitation department, hereinafter referred to as “Garbage Department”, to be under the supervision and maintenance of the City Engineer of Jonesboro, or such other competent person as may be selected by him. Such person to be known as the “Sanitation Engineer.” The Sanitation Engineer, under the supervision of the City Engineer, is authorized and directed to employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this ordinance.
Section 3. The term “garbage” is hereby defined to mean all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals; kitchen garbage, which is the animals and vegetable refuse from the kitchen, meat shops, fruit stands, soda fountains, restaurants, hotels and similar places; ashes, cinders, slac...
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