It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of every vehicle employed in removing or carrying any dirt, sawdust, sand, coal or any other materials liable to be blown by the wind or fall by gravity, or any manure or filth or offensive matter of any kind or description, along or over any public street, to fail to keep the same in such tight and secure condition that such matter shall not be scattered or suffered to fall on any such streets.
(Prior Code, § 18.210)