The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-29


feet of the line OF any lot; nor shall
it be made more than eighteen or
less than six feet deep. or placed in
such a position that it is not easily
accessible for emptying and clean
ing.
9. When deemed necessary by
the Board OF Health, the sides and
bottom of any privy-vsult, sink or
cesspool, shall be made either wholly
or in part water tight, so as to pre-
vent any saturation OF the ground
about the said vault, sink or cess
pool, aud shall be provided with
suitable ventilating arrangement.
TO- No structure or cover shall
be put upon or over aoy privy-vault,
sink or cesspool, until it has been
inspected by the proper Agent of
the Board Of Health and approved as
meeting the requirements OF these
regulations aud of public health.
IL. Any privy-vault, sink or cess
pool, already constructed in Homo
lulu which has become nuisance,
or in any way dangerous to life or
detrimental to health, shall be re-
moved, constructed, or altered to
meet the requirements of these re-
gulations and of public health, as
directed by the Board of Health or
its Agent.
IL. The Board of Health or it's
Agents may cause the emptying or
disinfecting of any privy-vault, sink
or cesspool that may be deemed Of
fensive, or when required by public
health, at the expense of the owner
or occupant Of the premises.
ID. Within thirty days after the
public sewer system is put into
operation the use of privy vaults
and cesspools shall be entirely dis.
continued within the limits of such
sewer system, and all prives shall
be- removed, except in so far as per-
mission may be granted by the
Board of Health to transform the
same into approved water closets
connected with the sewer system.
IA. No privy-vault or cesspool
shall be excavated or maintained
within ten feet from any dwelling
house or inhabited building or cook
house or place where cooking is
done.
Is. No privy vault or cesspool
shall be maintained or excavated in
any place where for any reason free
and unimpeded access may not be
had to the same by an excavator
cart.
16. No privy shall be built or
maintained so as to entirely cover
the cesspool or vault under the
same, but the cesspool or vault shall
project out on one side beyond the
superstructure in such a manner as
to allow the inspection and removal
of the contents of said cesspnol or
vault. The contents of any privy
vault or cesspool shall not be allow
ed to rise within eighteen inches of
the top of the same or to such
height as to flow out onto the sur
face of the ground.
II. No cesspools or privy vault
shall he built or maintained in any
location except the same shall have
a substantial water-tightc curb which
shall retain the earth without and
the contents of the cesspool or vault
within, and shall be provided with "a
water-tight cover, hav-
ing a small, movable lid in the same
to facilitate examination and re-
moval of the contents.
Is. All cesspool or privy vaults
shall have four-inch cast-iron vent
pipes with caulked lead joints, or
galvanized iron pipes, extending not
less than twelve feet into the open
air, and if within twenty feet of an
inhabited building the top of such
vent pipes shall extend above the
roof OF the highest building within
a distance OF twenty feet of the same.
All such vent pipes shall run as
direct as possible. Every privy
shall have proper seats with hinged
lids to cover the opening of same,
which shall be kept closed when not
in use.
10. All connections to cesspools
or privy vaults shall be made with
cast iron, lead, or vitrified sewer
pipe. All urinals shall be connected
to cesspools, vaults or sewer by
trapped waste pipes.
20. All cesspools shall be pro-
perly cleaned out at once, and here
after at least once every four
months, and shall be thoroughly
disinfected at least once each week
with-euch disinfectant as the Board
OF Health shall direct; all such