HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1061
CHAPTER 848.
(House Bill 803)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 9 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles
County", to be under sub-title "Garbage", said new section
to be known as Section 109A, and to follow immediately
after Section 109 of said Article, regulating the hauling and
disposal of garbage in Charles County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 9
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Charles County", to be under sub-title "Garbage", said
new section to be known as Section 109A, to follow immedi-
ately after Section 109 of said Article, and to read as follows:

GARBAGE.

109A. (1) For the purpose of and as used in this section, the
term "garbage" shall mean the entrails or waste products of
any animal, fish or fowl, refuse animal or vegetable matter
from a kitchen, market, store, or abbatoir, or any admixture of
these materials with other refuse or feeding material.

(2) No garbage shall be transported over any public high-
way or street of Charles County except to incinerators, ap-
proved municipal dumps in said county, or to destinations out-
side the limits of Charles County, or to farms in Charles County
for the use in the feeding of hogs, and no garbage shall be fed
to hogs except in concrete or other water-tight containers, the
feed containers to be washed and cleaned at least once in every
twenty-four hours, and no such feeding place shall be located
closer than 1, 000 feet of any public building or residence, ex-
cept the residence of the owner or tenant on such farm where
feeding places are established, unless written consent is ob-
tained from all property owners and tenants within the said
1, 000 feet, nor shall such feeding place be located within 1, 000
feet of any public highway. Any residue in these containers
for feeding purposes, and not devoured by the hogs, shall be
disposed of by incineration, plowing under, or spread for ferti-
lizing purposes; provided, however, that no refuse shall be
spread for fertilizing purposes within 1, 000 feet of any resi-
dence except that of the owner or tenant, within twenty-four
hours after any one feeding.

(3) All garbage transported over any public highway or
street of Charles County to incinerators, approved municipal
dumps, or to destinations outside the limits of Charles County,
shall be transported only in vehicles equipped with covered