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• • CHAPTER 23 - GARBAGE REMOVAL - SCAVENGERS Section 1 Any person, company or corporation to engage in the business of City scavenger for the purpose of removing the contents of privy vaults , cesspools , sinks , or private drains , and of removing garbage, offal , swill, ashes and other house refuse, and every person, company or corporation en- gaged in said business shall be deemed a "City Scavenger" within the meaning of this section. Section 2 No person, company or corporation shall, within the City of Everett, engage in the business of City scavenger with- out having first obtained a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided; provided, however, that the owner or occupant of any premises upon which is situated any privy vault, sink, cesspool or drain, or upon which there may be any garbage, offal, swill, ashes or other house refuse, may be permitted to do so upon a written permit therefor, first had and obtained from the Snohomish Health District, and then only in such manner as said Health District may in said permit direct. Section 3 Applications shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00) , conditioned that said applicant will faithfully comply with the provisions of any and all ordinances of said City then existing or that may thereafter be enacted touching such business, and will also comply with and obey all orders , directions and regulations of the Snohomish County Health District. Section 4 License - Fee - Insurance: The license fee to be paid by any such person, company or corporation for a license to engage in the business aforesaid, is hereby fixed at the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100 .00) per year, to be paid annually in advance. Section 5 Cleaning of Cesspools , etc. - To Be In An Inoffensive Manner: The cleaning, emptying and removal of the contents of any privy vault, sink, cesspool or private drain shall be done in an inoffensive manner and any such scavenger having begun such scavenger work, shall without interruption or delay, finish the same, and shall in every instance leave the privy in as good condition, upon the vault, as when the work was undertaken. Section 6 Contents of Cesspools , Etc. , - To Be Removed in Air Tight Tanks : The contents of any privy vaults , sinks , cesspools and private drains so removed by any scavenger, shall be conveyed in air tight tanks or vessels to such place and in such manner as the Health Officer may direct. Such tanks or vessels shall be kept clean and inoffensive when not in actual use.