288 THE HOUSE FLY—DISEASE CARRIER 
mule, cow, or similar animal is kept, shall keep any 
manure, or permit any manure to be kept, in or upon 
any portion of the premises other than the bin or pit 
provided for that purpose; nor shall any person afore¬ 
said allow any such bin or pit to be overfilled or to be 
needlessly uncovered. 
Sec. i8£. The provisions of paragraphs C and D 
shall not apply to the keeping of manure from horses 
when such manure is kept tightly rammed into well- 
covered barrels for the purpose of removal in such bar¬ 
rels. 
Sec. 18 F. No person shall permit any manure to 
accumulate on premises under his control in such a 
manner or to such an extent as to give rise to objec¬ 
tionable odors upon any public highway or upon any 
premises owned or occupied by any person other than 
the person owning or occupying the premises on which 
said manure is located. Every person having the use 
of any manure bin or pit and every person keeping 
manure, in any of the more densely populated parts 
of the District of Columbia, shall cause all such ma¬ 
nure to be removed from the premises at least twice 
every week between June first and October thirty- 
first, inclusive, of each year, and at least once 
every week between November first of each year and 
May thirty-first of the following year, both dates in¬ 
clusive. 
Sec. i 8 G. Every person using within the District 
of Columbia any building, or any portion of a building, 
in the city of Washington, or in any of the more 
