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with such of the requirements of the foregoing bye-laws as would
be applicable to the apparatus so fitted or fixed if the watercloset
were being newly constructed.
6. Every person who shall construct an earthcloset in
connection with a building shall furnish such earthcloset with a
reservoir or receptacle, of suitable construction and of adequate
capacity, for dry earth, and he shall construct and fix such
reservoir or receptacle in such a manner and in such a position
as to admit of ready access to such reservoir or receptacle for the
purpose of depositing therein the necessary supply of dry earth.
He shall construct or fix in connection with such reservoir or
receptacle suitable means or apparatus for the frequent and
effectual application of a sufficient quantity of dry earth to any
filth which may from time to time be deposited in any receptacle
for filth constructed, fitted, or used, in or in connection with such
earthcloset.
He shall construct such earthcloset so that the contents of
such reservoir or receptacle may not at any time be exposed to
any rainfall or to the drainage of any waste water or liquid refuse
from any premises.
7. Every person who shall construct an earthcloset in
connection with a building shall construct such earthcloset for
use in combination with a movable receptacle for filth.
He shall construct such earthcloset so as to admit of a
movable receptacle for filth, of a capacity not exceeding two
cubic feet, being placed and fitted beneath the seat in such a
manner and in such a position as may effectually prevent the
deposit upon the floor or sides of the space beneath such seat, or
elsewhere than in such receptacle, of any filth which may from
time to time fall or be cast through the aperture in such seat.
He shall construct such receptacle for filth in such a manner
and in such a position as to admit of the frequent and effectual
application of a sufficient quantity of dry earth to any filth which
may be from time to time deposited in such receptacle for filth,
and in such a manner and in such a position as to admit of
ready access for the purpose of removing the contents thereof.
Earth-closets.