Chap. 763.—An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the board
of supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and
regulations for that portion of the said county lying within three-fourths
of a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, approved February
20, 1896, as amended by an act approved January 8, 1898, entitled an act
to amend and re-enact section 8 of said act above stated.

Approved March 6, 19€0.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Henrico county,
Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and regulations for that portion of
said county lving within three-fourths of a mile of the corporate limits
of the city of Richmond, approved February twentieth, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, as amended by an act approved January eighth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled an act to amend and re-
enact section eight of an act entitled an act to authorize the board of
supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and
regulations for that portion of the county lying within three-fourths of
a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. That the board of supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, shall,
at their meeting in April, nineteen hundred, or as soon thereafter as
may to them seem expedient to carry into effect the following sanitary
provisions for that portion of Henrico county lying within three-fourths
of a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond: provided,
however, that nothing in this act shall apply to the town of Barton
Heights in said county: and provided further, that no fines shall be
imposed for the non-performance of any of the rules and regulations of
said board other than those imposed by this act for the failure to carry
out the provisions of this act.

§ 2. No part of the contents of any privies, privy vaults, or privy
boxes, shall be removed or transported therefrom, except by such means
and appliances as may be approved by the board of supervisors; and the
means adopted shall be such as will prevent the contents of such privies,
privy vaults, or privy boxes from being exposed to the open air during
the process of removal, and said removal shall be made between the
hours of ten postmeridian and four antemeridian.

§ 3. The board of supervisors shall, during the month of March or
April, contract for a term not exceeding two years for the removal of
night soil in the manner and within the limits prescribed by this act.
He will make charges for removing said night soil in proportion to work
required to be determined upon by the said board, in no case, however,
to exceed the cost of one dollar; the charges for such work shall be
thereupon demanded, and shall be payable in advance to said contractor,
or his agent, by the occupant of each lot at the time the work is done.

If the said payment is refused, the said contractor shall go on and
perform said work, and his charges therefor shall be collectible in the
same manner as officers’ fee bills are collected, upon the filing by him of
a sworn statement of the amount of his charges itemized, with any justice
of said county.

§ 4. No owner or occupant of any premises within the boundary pre-
scribed in this act shall bury or cover up any night soil on such premises
or elsewhere within said boundaries. Nor shall any person other than
the said contractor his agents or assistants remove any night soil within
the boundaries herein prescribed unless upon written authority given
by the board of supervisors, nor shall any owner or occupant remove,
or permit or consent to said removal contrary to the provisions of this
act. Any person violating this section shall be fined five dollars for each
offense.

§ 5. The person or persons who contract with the board of super-
visors for the removal of the night soil shall in each case, immediately
after its removal, deodorize and disinfect the place from which the said
night soil was removed, using such disinfectants as the said board may
prescribe, and they shall select place of deposit to be approved by the
said board, the said places of deposit to be kept deodorized and disin-
fected at all times, if in the judgment of the board of supervisors it is
necessary to do so. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section
shall subject such person or persons so contracting to a fine of not
less than ten nor more than twenty dollars for each offense.

&§ 6. The board of supervisors shall require the person or persons, to
whom shall be let the contract provided for in this act, to give bond in
the penalty of not less than two hundred dollars, and more, if they deem
proper, for the performance of the duties required of him or them.
§ 7. It shall be the duty of the police of the county of Henrico to
inspect within the boundaries prescribed in this act whenever they are
notified or have reason to believe that the said premises need cleaning,
and when they are found to be in a state demanding attention, they
shall leave a written notice at said premises, notifying said occupants
that the said privies shall be cleaned within five days. Upon the failure
of the occupant, tenant, owner, or agent to do so within the time pre-
scribed after notification, such occupant, and so forth, shall be fined
not less than one nor more than ten dollars, and each day the failure to
cleanse continues after the expiration of said five days shall be a separate
offense, but he shall not be liable under this section if he leaves a written
notice at the sheriff’s office to the said contractor.

§ 8. The said contractor shall inquire on each week day at the office
of the sheriff at the county court-house: for orders for work and notices
and requests from individuals who request that their premises be cleaned,
and if said contractor fails to cleanse said privy within five days after
such notice from said individual, he shall be fined ten dollars.

The board shall have the power to make rules for the keeping of all
live stock within the limits herein prescribed, or any part thereof, except
that the said board may, in its discretion, totally prohibit the keeping of
hogs within the said limits or in any part thereof.

§ 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed. ,

§ 10. This act shall be in force from its passage.