No person shall overload or cause to be overloaded any cart, trucks, wagon, or other vehicle in such a manner that the contents or any part thereof shall be scattered in any public way or other public place in the city. It shall be the duty of every person in charge, possession or control of any cart, truck, wagon or other vehicle, the contents of which or any part thereof may become scattered in any public way or other public place, to replace at once on such conveyance any part of the contents thereof which shall or may have fallen, dropped or spilled from such conveyance.
(Prior code § 36-24)