Pennsylvania Act 1913-470 — FIRST CLASS CITIES, STABLES REGULATED

Act text

FIRST CLASS CITIES, STABLES REGULATED
                 Act of Jul. 25, 1913, P.L. 1041, No. 470             Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Bureau of Health in cities of the first class to
        make and promulgate rules and regulations for the sanitary
        keeping of stables and other places, in such cities, where
        horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats, or swine are kept, and for
        the collecting, storing, and transporting of manure from such
        animals; providing that no manure shall be collected or
        stored in any stable, manure-pit, or other place, without a
        permit, or transported in violation of said rules and
        regulations; making a violation of the act or of said rules
        and regulations a misdemeanor; prescribing penalties
        therefor, and repealing inconsistent acts.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Board of Health, in
     cities of the first class, is hereby authorized and empowered to
     make all reasonable rules and regulations for the sanitary
     keeping of all stables and other places where horses, mules,
     cows, sheep, goats or swine, or any of them, are kept, within
     such cities, and for the collecting, storing, and transporting
     of manure from such animals.
        Section 2.  No manure from such animals, or any of them,
     shall be collected or stored in any stable, stall, manure-pit,
     wharf, or other place, in any such city, without a permit from
     the Bureau of Health of such city; or contrary to the terms of
     said permit, or contrary to said rules and regulations; nor
     shall any such manure be transported through any such city, or
     any part thereof, except in accordance with said rules and
     regulations.
        Section 3.  The rules and regulations adopted by said Board
     of Health in any such city, as aforesaid, shall be promulgated
     by advertising, three times each, in two newspapers published in
     said city, notice that such rules and regulations have been
     adopted, and where copies thereof may be had. Such rules and
     regulations shall be printed, and shall be furnished free, upon
     application by the Bureau of Health.
        Section 4.  Such permits be issued free, upon application, by
     the Bureau of Health, to those who have complied with said rules
     and regulations.
        The persons, firms, or corporations to whom they are granted
     shall post them conspicuously within the premises to which they
     refer, so as to be readily visible.
        Section 5.  The term "manure," for the purpose of this act,
     shall be construed to mean the dung or offal of any of aforesaid
     animals, and the straw, and other refuse, dirt and waste
     ordinarily mixed with it.
        Section 6.  Any violation of the provisions of this act, or
     of any of the rules and regulations hereby authorized, shall
     constitute a misdemeanor, punishable, on summary conviction
     before a magistrate, by a fine of not less than two dollars or
     more than ten dollars; or imprisonment, in default of fine, of
     not less than one day or more than five days, subject to appeal
     as in other cases of summary conviction.