Chap. 465.—An ACT to regulate the disposal of human waste or excreta within the
Commonwealth of Virginia and to provide penalties. [S B 279]

_Approved March 21, 1924.

_ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That inlany
city or incorporated town in the State and for a radius of one-half mile
beyond the corporate limits thereof it shall be unlawful for the owner
of any house or other building to be used as a human habitation to
occupy or to rent or lease the same.for occupancy by any person, firm
or corporation, or for any person, firm or corporation to occupy same
until said house shall have been supplied with a sanitary privy or closet
of such form as to comply with the law. If any landlord shall fail to
supply any house of his with a sanitary privy or closet as required by
this act, his tenant shall supply the same in conformity with the orders
of a health officer or health inspector and may deduct the cost thereof
from any sum due the landlord for rent.

2. That it shall be unlawful to maintain or to rent or lease any rec-
reation or construction camp or camping place for tourists, to use any
building for educational purposes, or to permit the use of any building
or tent for protracted meetings until such camps or buildings are supplied
with sanitary closets or privies.

3. That for the purpose of this act a “sanitary closet or privy”
deemed to be any one which provides for the disposal of human wastes
or excrements in such a manner that they shall not be accessible to
flies or obviously endanger a source of drinking water.

4. That it shall be unlawful for any tenant or lessor of a premises
properly supplied with such a sanitary privy or closet to neglect it or
to allow it to cease to be sanitary within the meaning of this act.

5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-
five dollars, and each week’s failure to comply with any provision of
this act shall be deemed a separate offense. —