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 FIFTYFIFTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 8. 1898. 233 ‘ ployed in or in attendance at such building; and also where persons of both sexes are employed or intended to be employed, or in attendance, with sufficient, suitable, and separate privy accommodations for persons of each sex. It shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to put any person or persons in possession of any building, or any part thereof, not provided with privy accommodations as aforesaid, except a watchman for the purpose of guarding such building or part thereof. Sec. 10. That no person shall, in said District, deposit any human Deppsits only in fecal matter in any place except in some properly constructed privy or §hZ`QTp$J$§.i i,`}rnY$ water-closet, nor shall any person, having removed the contents, or any ***1*** <>¤i¤¤1‘· part thereof, of any privy in the District of Columbia, deposit it in any pdace other than such as may be approved by the health officer of said istrict. Sec. 11. That it shall be unlawful for any person other than such as mj*¤*¤¤¤iy *0 ¤1·>¤¤. shall be authorized by the health office of said District to clean for pay ` any privy therein. Said authority shall be granted by said health officer upon application to any person who is properly equipped as to x apparatus and means of disposal for performing the work to be done. Sec. 12. That no person shall, in said District, erect or maintain a P¤¤¤i•>¤- privy without having secured from the health officer of said District a permit so to do. Such permits shall be issued subject to the condi- -fo_r erection of tions of this Act upon written applications without cost, shall be num- P’i"‘°°· bered consecutively, and shall describe the location where each privy is to be maintained. Sec. 13. That no person shall, in said District, construct or maintain -—f<>r rrivm ¤¤w¤s·> any system of sewage disposal by means of broad irrigation, subsoil °’°°°m' irrigation, or otherwise, except upon a permit issued by the Commissioners of said District. Applications for said permit shall bein writing to said Commissioners and shall be accompanied by detailed plans of the system which it is proposed to construct and maintain; and no permit shall be issued under this section until said Commissioners are satisfied that said system can be maintained without nuisance or danger to public health. Sec. 14. That any person who shall violate or aid or abet in violat- P°¤¤l*Y· ing any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail of the District of Columbia for not exceeding fifteen days. _ Sec. 15. That prosecutions under this Act shall bein the police court 1’r·>¤<>•i¤r¤i•>¢¢- of the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia, on information signed by the attorney for said District or one of his assist—, _ ants: Provided, That any person or persons tried under this Act shall I '°'”‘"'j have the privilege, when demanded, of a trial by jury, as in other jury J""*’“‘“l· cases in said police court. _ _ i Sec. 16. That the term privy, as used in this Act, shall be held to "P‘”“">""l°“'“°‘*· mean any building or part of a building used or intended to be used for the reception of human fecal matter or urine, and which is not connected with the public sewer or with some duly authorized system of sewage disposal, so as to immediately remove such material from such V building; that the owner or owners of the premises on which any such mQ){;¤g{c °f P'°”“*°“ privy?is situated shall be held liable for its erection and maintenance ’ ` in conformity to law, and for the removal of the contents thereof as may from time to time be necessary; and if such owner or owners can not be _ found in the District of Columbia a notice of any work required by this N°°‘°"· Act to be done, specifying a reasonable time for the performance thereof, shall be left with the agent of such premises, or if no such agent can be found in said District, such notice shall be mailed to the last known address of such owner or owners; and if the work specified in said notice be not done within the time allowed therein, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to cause such work to be done and to assess the cost thereof as a tax against the property benefited, which tax shall be carried on the regu-