The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-28

A n ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND
- HkDA1N CHApTtR XXX OF THE q
CkSS-POOLs. AND PRIVIES." [Approved No
vember 90. 1874
BE i 9rdaiasd by tie Gpynsii efth City Gf Rich a
be amended ad reordained so as to re I'd as follows
l. That from and after the first day OF February,
1875. part of the contents Of any privies. priyy
BILE III waterl, shall b. removed therefrom or shall
be transported through any street, avenue; alley,
rcm,iv. and transported by means Of some air.
tight apparatus pneumatic, or other process SO Us
to prevent the contents of said priyy, vault, &c,
being agitated or exposed in the OPEN air during
said process OF removal and transportation.
Q. That the President of the Board of Health he
and he is hereby instructed to contract for the term
city by the process authorized by the preceding
section: Prouided that Ia 10 case shall the charge
half for sixteen and hall cubic feet, or fifty gall
Ions, and eighteen cents Tor each cubic foot ~ The
same receptacle In excess Of said six and half GU,
gallon In excess OF said fifty gallons, the measure
ment to be made as the President Of the Board Of
Health may elect. The charges for said work shall
he pal by the occupant Of each lot on which said
service Is render aud may be collected by distress
and SALE taxes tor the benefit Of the city are au-
lioriZed to be collected and If paid BY the owner,
he shall have like remedy for the collection of the
same against the tenant or occupant
the pt o Se
val of uight-soil SHALL upon the order Of the Board
Of Health, perform his duty In cleansing any prvy,
vault, box &c, upon premises occupied or unoccu-
Lied, of which complaint has been made, and the
rates of compensation shah be the same as In the
preceding section; and the order of the Board OF
Health shall create lien upon said property for
the expense of said service.
4. No person shall remove from any premises in
the city the nght-Soil contained III the pIivies,
vaults, sinks boxes, &C., OF such pI emses except
the parties, or their agents with whom the PreSi-
dent OF the Board OF Health may contract. as is
provided for In section Q OF this OF dinance; nor
shall the owner or occupant of any such premises
employ any person 10 remove said nlght-Soil eX.
cept the parties aforesaid; nor shall any person
bury or cover up amy night-soi on any lot, street,
section, or any of Its provisions, shall be fined not
less than tive nor more than hfty dollars for each
offence. 1870 r.--e-~-
S. Each party who contracts with the said Prcsi-
dent of the Board Of Health for the removal Of the
soil shall, In each case Immediately after its
removal, deodoriZe and diSnfecr the premises from
which the said nlght-soil Is removed, using such
disinfectants rs The Board Of Health shall direct:
By the Board Of Health the said places Of deposit
to be kept deodorized aud disinfected at all times,
and open TO the inspection and approval OF the
health authorities of the city. II the said parties.
any of it In the streets alleys Of the city, shall
fail TO disinfect and deodorize the premises from
which 1t has been taken, shall fail to deposit
the places indicated by the Board of Health, or to
shall be liable to fine Of not less than ten nor more
than twenty dollars for each separate offence.
8. Nothing IN this ordinance shall be construed as
applying 10 the removal Of the contents Of what are
known as earth. Closets"
7. Each party or company who contracts to per-
form this service stall give bond In the sum Of If
teen hundred dollars, wi security, TO be approved
by the Committee on Health, with condition for the
faithful performances of his duties, and shall pay
10 the city license-tax OF fifty dollars per annum