Chap. 402.—An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henrico county,
Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and regulations for that portion of said
county lying within three-fourths of a mile of the corporate limits of the
city of Richmond.

Approved February 20, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, shall, at their
regular meeting in April, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, or as
soon thereafter as is practicable, adopt such rules and regulations as
may to them seem expedient to carry into effect the following sani-
tary provisions for that portion of Henrico county lying within
three-fourths of a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Rich-
mond; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall apply to
the town of Barton Heights, in said county; and provided, further,
that no fines shal] be imposed for the non-performance of any of the
rules and regulations of the said board other than those imposed by
this act for 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 super-
visors; 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 such
removal shall be made between the hours of ten post meridian and
four ante meridian.

8. The board of supervisors shall, during the month of March or
April, contract for a term of one or more years for the removal of
night soil from within the limits prescribed by thie act by such pro-
cess as may be determined on under the preceding section; provided
that in no case shall the charge for such service exceed the price of
fifty cents for a single privy and seventy-five cents for a double
privy. The charge for said work shall be paid in advance by the
occupant of each lot upon which the said service is rendered, and if
upon a vacant lot, by the owner or agent. The contractor shall give
his receipt for the same, and if he fail to cleanse any premises for
which he has been paid within three days after such payment he
shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars,
and each day the failure continues after the imposition of such fine
shall be a separate offence subject to a like penalty.

4, No owner or occupant of any premises within the boundary
prescribed in this act shall bury or cover up any night soil on such
premises, or in any alley, street, vacant lot, or road within said
boundary except by special permit of the board of supervisors, and
this permit shallin no case be given until the person so applying
shall first have proven by competent witnesses before the said board
that the issuance of such permit would not endanger the health of
the persons living adjacent thereto. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be fined not less than five nor more than
ten dollars.

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

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 faithful performance of the duties required of
him or them.

7. No person other than those to whom the contract for so doing
has been let shall remove any night soil from any premises within
the boundary herein prescribed. Any person violating this section
shall be fined one dollar for each offence.

8. This act hall, bé.an force from its passage: