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covering so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or
liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent any nuisance arising
therefrom.
Provided that this By-law shall not apply to the
carriage of horse dung manure.
As to the closing and filling up of cesspools and privies.
Closing and
filling up of
cesspools and
privies.
2. Any person who shall by any works or
by any structural alteration of any premises
render the further use of a cesspool or privy unnecessary,
and the owner of any premises on which shall be situated
a disused cesspool or privy, or a cesspool or privy which
has become unnecessary, shall completely empty such cesspool
or privy of all fiecal or offensive matter which it may
contain, and shall completely remove so much of the floor
Avails, and roof of such privy or cesspool as can safely be
removed, and all pipes or drains leading thereto or therefrom,
or connected thereAvith, and any earth or other
material contaminated by such fiecal or offensive matter.
He shall completely close and fill up the cesspool Avith good
concrete or Avith suitable dry clean earth, dry clean brick
rubbish, or other dry clean material, and Avhere the Avails
of such cesspool shall not have been completely removed,
he shall cover the surface of the space so filled up with
earth, rubbish, or material, with a layer of good concrete
six inches thick.
3, Every person who shall propose to close or fill up
any cesspool or privy shall, before commencing any works
for such purpose, give to the Sanitary Authority for the
district not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing,