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thereof, the owner of any premises in such district or part thereof
shall provide an ashpit which shall consist of one or more
movable receptacles, sufficient to contain the house refuse which
may accumulate during any period not exceeding three days,
which the Sanitary Authority may determine, and of which the
Sanitary Authority shall give notice by public announcement in
their district. Each of such receptacles shall be constructed of
metal, and provided with one or more suitable handles and cover.
The capacity of each of such receptacles shall not exceed two
cubic feet.
Provided always that this bye-law shall not apply to the
owner of any premises until the expiration of three months after
the Sanitary Authority have publicly; notified their intention to
adopt a system of daily collection of house refuse in that part
of their district which comprises such premises.
19. Where any receptacle shall have been provided as an
ashpit for any premises in pursuance of any bye-law in that
behalf, no person shall deposit the house refuse which may
accumulate on such premises in any ashpit that does not comply
with the requirements of these bye-laws.
Cesspools.
20. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall construct such cesspool at a
distance of one hundred feet at the least from a dwelling-house,
or public building, or any building in which any person may be,
or may be intended to be, employed in any manufacture, trade,
or business.
21. A person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall not construct such cesspool within the
distance of one hundred feet from any well, spring, or stream of
water.
22. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall construct such cesspool in such a
manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of
access to such cesspool, for the purpose of cleansing such