Pennsylvania Act 1913-165 — NIGHTSOIL, USE OF PROHIBITED

Act text

NIGHTSOIL, USE OF PROHIBITED
                  Act of May 20, 1913, P.L. 240, No. 165              Cl. 03
                                  AN ACT

     Prohibiting the use of night-soil on ground whereon vegetables
        are grown which are eaten uncooked for human food, and
        providing penalties for the violation thereof.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c, That it shall be unlawful to
     use night-soil as a fertilizer, or otherwise, on any ground on
     which vegetables of a variety or varieties which are eaten
     uncooked for human food are being grown: Provided, however, That
     the term "night-soil," for the purposes of this act, shall be
     construed to include only human excrement, and the contents of
     privy-wells; and that any such night-soil which shall have been
     treated by any process approved by the Commissioner of Health of
     the State Department of Health, to remove its objectionable
     features, shall not be within the prohibition of this act.
        Section 2.  Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of
     the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
     upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five
     dollars ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for
     each offense, or imprisoned for not more than two months, or
     both, in the discretion of the court.