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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 72, 6 March 1908, Page 3

steer, heifer cr calf. " Horse " includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, fillv, ass, mule, or foal. Privies. 4. A " sufficient privy " as defined by this By-lav.- shall be deemed to be a " sufficient privy " within the meaning of " The Public Health Act, 1900." 5. No owner of any premises shall construct or build thereon or permit to be constructed or built thereon any privy ether than a "sufficient privy " as herein defined. ■6. No occupier of any [premises shall at any time one month after the date of this By-law coming into force use or permit to be used upon his premises any- privy other than a " sufficient privy " as herein defined. .7. The owner of every house, shop, factory, cr workshop, shall provide the same with one or more " sufficient privies." And in case pan privies, are provided there shall be such number of privies as will prevent the pans being over-filled if emptied one in each week. And no occupier of any house, shop, factory, or workshop shall permit the same to be occupied or used unless such house, shop, factory, or workshop is provided with one or more " sufficient privies." Provided that no person shall be. liable to any penalty for a breach of the px-ovisions of this Clause_ until two months after the date of this Bylav/ coming into force. 8. Every privy shall be well and substantially built, constructed, and fitted. It shall be enclosed on every side and properly ventilated and lighted. The floor, including the space under the seat, shall be of good and 1 sound timber, planed, tongued and grooved, or of brick or cement, and shall be at least six inches above the surrounding ground. It shall be enclosed on every side and properly ventilated and lighted, and the door shall be in a position best adapted to conceal the interior from the public view. 9. No pan privy shall be placed in any room or closet used for any other purpose except as a water closet or urinal. No pan privy shall be placed within or under, or form part of, or be attached to any house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship, or shall be placed within fifteen feet of any house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship. 10. Every pan privy shall be so constructed and placed that the pan can be easily and conveniently removed and returned. The seat shall be well and properly made and fixed such height from the floor as to permit the pan to be property placed thereunder. The seat shall be capable of being opened or removed for its entire width for the purpose of cleaning the space beneath. Battens shall be placed on the floor beneath the seat so as to secure that the pan shall be so placed that all excreta shall fall directly into the pan. 11. Every pan privy shall be furnished with a suitable pan for the reception of fecal matter. Such pan shall be well and strongly made of zinc or galvanised iron, water-tight, and so as not to permit of the escape of leakage cr otherwise of any of the contents thereof. It shall be of not less than four gallons and not more than six gallons capacity, fitted with a suitable handle or handles, and of such shape as to be conveniently placed under the seat and that all fecal matter shall fall therein.

12. Ever3 r pan privy shall be so situated that the pan can be removed and the contents disposed of without the same having to be carried through any house, shop, factory, or workshop. 13. The occupier of every house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship shall cause the pans of all pan privies used in connection with such house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship to be emptied and properly cleaned at least once in each week.

14. The occupier of every house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship shall cause all privies used, or intended to be used, in connection with such house, shop, factory, workshop, or place of worship to be at all times kept thoroughly clean to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances ; and shall not permit any filth to be spilt therein. 15. No person shall place ashes, or embers, or other refuse other than nightsoil in any pan used in connection with a pan privy.

16. No person shall place or deposit nightsoil in a pit or other fixed receptacle in the ground, or spread nightsoil upon the surface of the ground, or bury nightsoil within thirty-three feet of any house, shop, factory, or workshop or within thirtythree feet of the boundary of premises the holding of one occupier. No person shall dispose of nightsoil in any way so as to create a nuisance. No person shall bury nightsoil otherwise than in the following manner:—A Vshaped furrow or trench shall be formed of not more than eighteen inches in depth and the nightsoil shall be placed along the bottom of such furrow or trench and covered with earth level with the surface so that the nightsoil shall be forthwith covered with at least six inches of earth.

17. No person shall carry or convey nightsoil in, over, or upon any street between the hours of six in the morning and ten at night ; or otherwise than in pans cf galvanised iron or zinc made in accordance with such model pan or pans as may Irorn time to time be determined by resolution of the Council and deposited at the Council Office as a pattern of a " Regulation pan " ; or unless the pans containing nightsoil are securely sealed so as to prevent the escape of the contents thereof.

18. No person shall carry or convey nightsoil in, over, or upon any street without having" first obtained a license from the Council. Such license shall be in writing and signed by the County Clerk, and unless revoked shall be in force until the Thirty-first day of March next ensuing. Before obtaining such license the applicant shall deposit with the County Clerk the sum of One Pound as security for the due observance of the provisions of this By-law relating to the carriage of nightsoil. If the licensee shah duly observe all such provisions the said deposit shall be returned to him at the expiration of his license. The Council may refuse