Section 17. Operation of crematories for disposal of garbage  


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  • A crematory in
      any  city or within ten miles of the corporate limits of any city, owned
      or controlled by any person  or  corporation  or  by  a  city,  for  the
      treatment  or consuming of garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead
      animals or fish, shall be so operated by the use of coke,  charcoal,  or
      other  fuel device and by such appliances and methods that the offensive
      and noxious gases and fumes arising from the consumption or treatment of
      such garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead animals or fish shall
      be burned or disposed of  without  offense  or  danger  to  the  persons
      residing  in the neighborhood of such crematory. The city authorities or
      the person or corporation owning or  controlling  such  crematory  shall
      cause  the necessary devices, and fuel or other supplies to be furnished
      for the consumption or proper disposal of such gases and fumes. Any city
      authority or other person or  corporation  owning  or  controlling  such
      crematory  and  any  city  employee  or  other  person  operating such a
      crematory who shall allow or permit such gases or fumes arising from the
      consumption of such  garbage  or  other  matter  to  escape  and  become
      offensive  or  dangerous  to the persons residing in the neighborhood of
      such crematory,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  upon
      conviction  be  punished  by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
      nor more than two hundred and fifty  dollars  for  each  day  that  such
      offensive  or noxious gases or fumes are permitted or allowed to escape,
      or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.