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densely populated suburbs thereof, as a stable for one 
or more horses, mules, or cows, shall report that fact 
to the health officer in writing, within thirty days after 
this regulation takes effect, giving his or her name, 
and the location of such stable, and the number and 
the kind of the animals stabled therein; and thereafter 
every person occupying any building, or any portion 
of a building, in the city of Washington, or in any of 
the more densely populated suburbs thereof, for the 
purpose aforesaid, shall report in like manner his or 
her name and the location of said stable, and the num¬ 
ber and kind of animals stabled therein, within five 
days after the beginning of his or her occupancy of 
such buildings; provided, that stables recorded at the 
Health Office as parts of dairy farms in the District 
of Columbia need not be so reported. 
Sec. i 8 H. No person who has removed manure 
from any bin or pit, or any other place where manure 
has been accumulated, shall deposit such manure in any 
place within any of the more densely populated parts 
of the District of Columbia without a permit from the 
health officer authorizing him so to do and then only 
in accordance with the terms of such permit. The 
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the dis¬ 
tribution of manure over lawns and parking when such 
manure has been so thoroughly rotted or decomposed 
that its distribution gives rise to no offensive odors on 
adjacent properties or on public thoroughfares. 
Sec. 18 1 . Any person violating any of the pro¬ 
visions of this section shall upon conviction thereof be 
