Contents of privies not to run on street or ground. and other offensive currents, substances, or smells from passing up or out through such connection from such sewer or passage; nor shall any such water-closet or privy be constructed without adequate provisions for the effectual and proper ventilation and cleansing thereof. SEC. 87. That no person shall draw off, or allow to run off into any ground, street, or place of any city, the contents (or any part thereof) of any vault, privy, cistern, cesspool, or sink; nor shall any owner, tenant, or occupant of any building to which any vault, sink, privy, or cesspool shall appertain, or be attached, permit the contents, or any part thereof, to flow therefrom, or to rise within two feet of within two feet any part of the top, or permit said contents to become offensive; nor shall any privy, or other erection in this section mentioned, be filled with or covered with dirt till its filthy contents shall be emptied. Contents of privies not of top, nor priv ies filled with dirt till emptied. Privies not to be emptied except with permit. What not thrown into privies, etc. Tubs, etc., in privies. pp. 114, 115. SEC. 88. That neither the owner, tenant, nor occupant of any building or premises, in the built-up portions of either the city of New York or Brooklyn, shall employ, cause, or permit any part of the contents of any vault, privy, sink, or cesspool (being thereon, and of which he has control) to be removed, unless according to a permit or the regulations of the Board. SEC. 89. That no person shall throw into, or deposit in any vault, sink, privy, or cesspool, any offal, ashes, meat, fish, garbage, or other substance, except that of which any such place is the appropriate receptacle. SEC. 90. That every tub or other receptacle in any necessary house, 11. Laws N. Y., sink, or privy (or placed, or allowed to stand therein, by any owner, tenant, or occupant of any building, or premises, and) used to contain any liquid or partially liquid substance, shall be sufficiently strong, perfectly tight, and adequately provided with a strong cover and with hoops and handles; shall not be allowed to be filled to within four inches of any part of the top, and shall not be allowed (or its contents) to be offensive. And the provisions of these ordinances relative to emptying cesspools, and to throwing any substance therein, shall apply to said tubs and receptacles as if here repeated and applied thereto. Contents of Privies not thrown into river or street. And no person shall throw, drop, or allow to fall into the North or East River, or into any street or place, any substance being, or having been part of, the contents of any such vault, cesspool, privy, sink, tub, or receptacle, or any offal. any Contents of privies not to be SEC. 91. That neither the contents of any such tub, or of receptacle, cesspool, privy, vault, sink, or water-closet, cistern, nor come offensive. anything in any room, excavation, vat, building, premises, or place, shall be allowed to become a nuisance, or offensive, so as to be dangerous or prejudicial to life and health. in removing SEC. 92. That no cart or other vehicle for carrying any offal, swill, Carts, etc., used garbage, or rubbish, or the contents of any privy, vault, cesspool, or garbage, etc. sink, or having upon it or in anything on such cart any manure, or other nauseous or offensive substance, shall, without necessity therefor, stand or remain, nor shall a needless number gather before or near any building, place of business, or other premises where any person may be; nor shall any such cart or vehicle occupy an unreasonable length of time in loading or unloading, or in passing along any street or through any inhabited place or ground; nor shall any such cart or vehicle, or the driver thereof, or anything thereto appertaining, be (or by any person having a right to control the same, be allowed to be) in a condition needlessly filthy or offensive; and when not in use, all such carts, vehicles, and all implements used in connection therewith, shall be stored and kept in some place where no needless offence shall be given to any of the people of said District. to be strong and spill contents. SEC. 93. That all carts and vehicles in the last section mentioned, Carts and boxes and boxes, tubs, and receptacles thereon, in which any substance in tight and not said section referred to may be or be carried, shall be strong and H. Laws N. Y., pp. 110, 126, 127. tight, and the sides shall be so high above the load or contents that no part of such contents or load shall fall, leak, or spill therefrom ; and that when, in the opinion of this Board, it is necessary to prevent the contents of such carts or vehicles, tubs or boxes, or receptacles from being offensive, each of such carts, tubs, and boxes, and receptacles shall be adequately and tightly covered, as the orders or regulations of this Board may provide or direct. privies, etc., to conducted. SEC. 94. That no driver of such cart or vehicle, nor any person Emptying having undertaken or being engaged about the loading or unloading be carefully thereof, nor person engaged about the cleaning or emptying, or having undertaken to empty or remove any manure, garbage, offal, or the contents of any vault, sink, privy, cesspool, or any noxious or offensive substance, shall do or permit to be done about the same, or in connection therewith, that which shall be needlessly offensive or filthy in respect to any person, street, place, building, or premises. Liquid, manure, Contents of privies, etc., to SEC. 95. That no person shall allow (and it shall be the duty of contractor and person who has ordered or procured, or is havevery ing any of the following articles carried, or who is driving the same, to prevent) any cart or vehicle to be so fully loaded, or being in such bad condition of repair, or of such faulty construction, or being so improperly driven or managed, that any offensive liquid, or any manure, garbage, rubbish, offal, dirt, or material thereon, shall fall upon or in any place, street, or premises; and it shall be the duty of every such person to at once replace on such vehicle and remove what has so fallen. SEC. 96. That all putrid or offensive matter, and all night soil, and be disinfected. the contents of sinks, privies, vaults, and cesspools, and all noxious substances in the built-up portion of any city, shall, before its removal or exposure, be disinfected and rendered inoffensive by the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises where the same may be, or (in default of the same being so done) by the person or contractor who removes or is about to remove the same; and for all such matter so disinfected and rendered inoffensive, the person (not being such tenant, owner, or occupant) who shall so disinfect and remove the same, shall be entitled to demand and receive a compensation, to be fixed by the Board of Health, not exceeding twelve cents per cubic foot for making such disinfection and removal, to be paid by any tenant, owner, or occupant. Construction of carts. pp. 126, 127. SEC. 97. That every cart and other vehicle hereafter constructed H. Laws N. Y., for or engaged about any business, or intended to be loaded with any matter or substance in the last section mentioned, shall be constructed according to these ordinances, and to the regulations and orders of this Board. Notice to be given before garbage carts. H. Laws N. Y., p. 135, § 5. Manure to be removed. SEC. 98. That the drivers of all carts for the removal of any garbage, offal, rubbish, or dirt from any building or premises, shall give adequate notice to those dwelling in any street whose buildings or premises such cart is about to or should approach for the removal of any substance aforesaid. SEC. 99. That every owner, lessee, tenant, and occupant of any stall, stable, or apartment in which any horse, cattle, or swine, or any other animal shall be kept, or of any place in which manure or any liquid discharge of such animals shall collect or accumulate, within the built-up portion of any city, shall cause said liquid and manure to be at once removed to some proper place, and shall at all times keep or cause to be kept such stalls, stables, and apartments, and the drainage, yard, and appurtenances thereof, in a cleanly and wholesome condition, and no offensive smell shall be allowed to escape therefrom. Every such stall, stable, or apartment, where horses Manure vault. or cattle are kept, shall have an underground and properly covered manure vault of not less than sixty-four cubic feet capacity. to be accumu lated. SEC. 100. That no pile or deposit of manure, offal, dirt, or gar- Manure, etc., not bage, nor any accumulation of any offensive or nauseous substance, H. Laws N. Y., shall be made within the built-up portions of the cities of New York pp. 126, 127, 128. or Brooklyn, or upon any open space inclosed within any portions thereof, or upon the piers, docks, or bulkheads adjacent thereto, or upon any open grounds near (or upon any vessel or scow other than those to be speedily, and according to the duty of any person, removed, lying at) any such pier, wharf, or bulkhead, except according to a permit obtained from this Board, and according to its regulations. And no person shall contribute to the making of any such accumulations. Nor shall any straw, hay, or other substance which has been used as bedding for animals, be placed or dried upon any street or sidewalk. not to run at Laws Brooklyn, SEC. 101. That no person shall allow any swine or goat to run at Swine and goats large in any city, and no person shall, within the built-up portions of large or be kept. any city, or within one thousand feet of any residence or place of pp. 354, 355. business or street thereof, keep any swine or goat, without a permit pp. 108, 109. so to do from this Board. H. Laws N. Y., SEC. 102. That every place where any such swine may be kept Places where shall be kept at all times in a cleanly and wholesome condition. swine kept to be clean. to run at large. p. SEC. 103. That no cattle, sheep, horse, goat, goose, or mule, or Cattle, etc., not any dangerous or offensive animal, shall be allowed by any owner, or H. Laws N. Y., by any person having charge of, or who should have charge of the P. 109, § 7. same, to go at large in any street or public place in either of the cities of New York or Brooklyn. And no pigs, swine, or cattle shall be Pigs, etc., not to unloaded from any cars upon any street or public place in the city of street. New York, except pursuant to a written permit from this Board. be unloaded in require permit. p. 355. SEC. 104. That no cattle, swine, or sheep, geese, goats, or horses, Cattle-yards shall be yarded within or adjacent to the built-up portions of either Laws Brooklyn, of the cities of New York or Brooklyn without the permit of this Board, or otherwise than according to its regulations. etc., not to be SEC. 105. That no diseased or sickly horse, cattle, swine, sheep, Diseased horses, dog, or cat, nor any that have been exposed to any disease that is brought into contagious among such animals, shall be brought into the city of New York or Brooklyn. cities. Mad animals. Laws Brooklyn, “ p. 356 Disposition of dead animals. H. Laws N. Y., pp. 101, 102. Animals injured or diseased, SEC. 106. That every animal which is mad or has the hydrophobia, shall, by the person owning the same, or having the possession, charge, or control thereof, be at once killed; and every animal that has been exposed to such disease, shall be at once confined in some secure place for such length of time as to show that such exposure has not given such animal said disease, and so as to avoid all danger to life or health. And the dead body of any animal that died of such disease shall be at once, by such person, buried not less than three feet under ground, at some place not within one thousand feet of any residence. SEC. 107. That no person shall leave in or throw into any place or street or public water, nor offensively expose or bury, the body (or any part thereof) of any dead or fatally sick or injured animal; nor shall any person keep any dead animal or any offensive meat, bird, fowl, or fish in a place where the same may be dangerous to the life, or detrimental to the health of any person. SEC. 108. That any animal, being in any street or public place, how disposed of. within or adjacent to the built-up portions of New York or Brooklyn, and appearing in the estimation of any officer or inspector of this Board (and of two discreet citizens, called by such officer or inspector to view the same in his presence) injured or diseased, past recovery for any useful purpose, and not being attended and properly cared for by the owner or some proper person to have charge thereof for such owner; or not having been removed to some private premises, or to some place designated by such officer or inspector within one hour after being found or left in such condition, may be deprived of life by such officer or inspector, or as he may direct, and shall thereafter, unless at once removed by the owner or proper person, be treated as any other dead animal found on a street or place. Dead animals to be removed. Treatment of sick or injured animals in streets. SEC. 109. That any person having a dead animal or an animal past recovery, and in an offensive condition, on his premises in any city, and not killed for and proper for use as meat or fish, and every person whose animal, or any animal in his charge or under his control in any street or place, may die or become or be in a condition past recovery, shall at once remove or cause the removal of such animal, dead or alive, to some proper place; and when such place may be designated by any officer or inspector of this Board, to the last-named place. SEC. 110. That no person other than the inspectors or officers of this Board or the Board of Police, or persons thereto authorized, |