sible. The carcass shall, while being removed, be covered with tarpaulins or otherwise, and the teams conveying the same shall not be allowed to stop on the way unless detained by some unavoidable accident or cause.

Sec. 824. Contract For Removal of Dead Animals.-That the Hospital and Health Board is authorized and instructed to proceed without delay to, and shall from time to time, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, advertise for five (5) days in the newspaper doing the city printing for bids (reserving the right to reject any and all bids) for and the removal and final disposition of dead animals, not fit for human food, brought into or located at any place within the city (except such as may be rendered upon private premises where found and without removal through any street or public place in Kansas City) and to award a contract to the highest and best bidder therefor in accordance with specifications to be drawn by said Board and on file in its office at the time of such advertisement. Such contract shall be executed by the President of the Board in behalf of Kansas City, but same shall not be binding upon the city until confirmed by ordinance. Said contract shall provide that the city grant to the said contractor, and that the said contractor shall have the sole and exclusive right to, and shall remove all such dead animals for the period of ten (10) years within such time or times, and the work to be done in such manner as may be prescribed by sanitary regulations and ordinances now or hereafter in force; that such work shall be performed so as to be inoffensive to the senses and without prejudice to the public health, and to the entire satisfaction of the said board. Said contract shall also provide a caslı penalty for failure of the contractor to comply with the terms thereof; and that, in the event of continuous failure to comply with the terms of said contract, the city shall have the right to declare a cash penalty and forfeiture and to cancel the contract upon proper notice to the contractor. Nothing in this ordinance contained, nor shall any contract made hereunder, render Kansas City liable for failure to give good title to any dead animals to any person, firm or corporation so contracting with the city for the removal and final disposition of dead animals as against any person, firm or corporation, other than the City of Kansas City. No person, firm or corporation, except the person, firm or corporation having the contract with the city for, and the removal and final disposition of dead animals. not fit for human food, shall engage in the business or occupation of conveying nor convey such dead animals covered by this ordinance through or along

a street or public place of the city, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to in any manner interfere with the collection and transportation of such dead animals by such city contractor, when acting in accordance with the terms of his contract, the ordinances of the City of Kansas City, and the rules and regulations of the Hospital and Health Board thereof; provided, however, that the owner of any such animal which shall die on his own premises may remove or dispose of the same at any time within one hour after its death. Or if the contractor shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove any such dead animal within the time specified by the Board in the contract made as hereinbefore described and fixed as a reasonable time, then any individual suffering annoyance therefrom, his agent or employe, may remove or dispose of the same at his own expense.

Sec. 825. Regulations for Hauling Offal Through the Streets. No person shall collect or haul through the streets of the city, any offal from any butcher shop, hotel or grocery, unless the same is placed in wagons provided with wooden or iron covers. Such wagons, shall be of such a height and such covers shall be made in such manner as the Hospital and Health Board may direct. Said wagons shall be regularly disinfected, and shall be kept as free from offensive odors as possible.

Sec. 826. Penalty.-Any person violating or neglecting or refusing to comply with any regulation, requirement or provision of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense.

Charter, Art. IV, Sec. 13. Charter, Art. XIV, Sec. 1, Subd. (i).

Sec. 827. Removal of Garbage-Contract, Etc.-As a sanitary measure, and for the purpose of securing the general health of the inhabitants of this city, the hospital and health board is hereby authorized and directed, by a vote of a majority of its members to provide by contract, for the removal of garbage from such streets, alleys, highways, market houses, public buildings, and institutions in all parts of the city as it may deem necessary. And said board shall, from time to time as it may find it necessary, execute and enforce all the provisions of this ordinance.

Whenever the board shall deem it necessary, it may advertise for five days in the newspaper doing the city printing, for bids for the removal of garbage, in such parts of the city as it may deem necessary, and shall award contracts therefor, to the lowest and best bidder. The contract so entered into shall be for such a period as, in the discretion of said board, it may deem necessary or advisable; and whenever said board shall deem it advisable, it may insert in said contract a clause giving it the option to extend or renew said contract from time to time, upon the same terms and conditions as is specified in the original contract. Such contract shall be executed in behalf of the city, by the Hospital and Health Board. In every case where such a contract is awarded by the board it may require a bond, with good security to be approved by said board, from the contractor conditioned on the faithful fulfillment of the contract; provided, further, that the board may employ, for the temporary removal of garbage, such number of teams and inspectors by the day as it may deem best for the interests of the city.

All bids and contracts shall be for the removal of garbage in compliance with the provisions of this article and such specifications as may be prepared and on file with the board. And the compensation therefor may be for a fixed sum for each load of not less than

one cubic yard of garbage. Or, if the board shall so determine, and direct in its specifications, said compensation may be for a fixed sum for any period of time designated by said board. Said contract shall further provide that the contractors shall be required to dispose of garbage under the directions of the board, by dumping into the Missouri River by reduction, or the same may be disposed of in any other sanitary manner which shall seem to said board necessary and proper.

Sec. 828. Definition.--The word "garbage" as used in this article shall be construed to mean house and kitchen offal, and all refuse matter, whether solid or liquid, and composed of animal or vegetable substance. No ashes, dirt or other substance foreign to garbage, shall be placed or mixed with it.

Sec. 829. Not to be Used As Food for Live Stocks, Etc.— No contractor will be permitted to feed garbage to live stock, hogs. poultry or other animals within the limits of Kansas City, nor to sell or give away garbage to any person or persons for such use within the limits of Kansas City.

Sec. 830. Garbage Receptacles.-Garbage receptacles, from which citizens expect their garbage to be removed from dwelling houses and boarding houses must be water tight, and of strong material, with proper covers, and of a capacity of not less than five nor more than fifteen gallons; must be portable, and be provided with suitable handles on two sides thereof; and shall be placed upon the premises in such manner as may be designated by this article.

All houses and premises that are occupied shall be provided by the occupants thereof with a sufficient number of such receptacles to contain all the garbage that may come from such house or premises during the time between the collections thereof either by the garbage contractor or such garbage collectors as may be employed by the board. When there is more than one occupant of any building, or premises, such occupant shall provide the necessary receptacles for the deposit. of his garbage; and every owner or agent of a house and premises having more than one occupant are, by this ordinance, charged with the duty of having such house and premises provided with the necessary receptacles for the deposit of garbage therefrom. Such receptacle. shall be placed and kept at some place on the premises convenient for the garbage contractor, or the person whose duty it is to collect garbage for the city, and at such place as may be designated by any mem

ber or officer of the board. The word "occupant," as herein used, shall be construed to be the person occupying the house or premises and who is a tenant or owner thereof.

All the garbage from all premises shall be placed and kept in said receptacles and nowhere else; and no one shall place more garbage therein than will prevent the same from being handled without the garbage dropping out.

Sec. 831. How Hauled.-No one shall remove and haul garbage on and along any street, alley or avenue in the city, except the same be contained in water-tight carts, wagons or barrels, having tight fitting wooden or metallic covers, so constructed as to prevent the escape of offensive odors, and in such manner as may be provided by the board.

Sec. 832. Where Deposited.-No contractor, or other person, removing any garbage, shall deposit the same at any place other than that named by the board for such purpose.

Sec. 833. What May Be Deposited in Garbage Receptacle.— No person shall deposit in any garbage recepticle any dirt, ashes, tin cans, saw dust, grass, manure, straw, or anything but animal and vegetable matter.

Sec. 834. Failure of Contractor to Remove Garbage. If any contractor shall fail, refuse or neglect to promptly and efficiently remove all the garbage in accordance with his contract, or to comply with the terms of his contract, the same shall be reported to the board, which may, by resolution, declare the contract null and void. And thereafter on notice from the board, that his contract is terminated, such contractor shall not further remove any garbage within the limits of the city, and the board may proceed at once to enter into a new contract for the removal of garbage.

Sec. 835. Powers and Duties of Board.-The Hospital and Health Board and the members thereof are especially charged with and empowered to enforce the provisions of this article and in the performance of such duty, said board shall have the power to go upon and inspect all premises and houses, and all violations of this article shall be speedily punished. The board shall have the power to employ one or more persons for such work as they may deem proper, at a compensation of not more than two dollars ($2.00) per day, who shall inspect the work