286 THE HOUSE FLY— DISEASE CARRIER 



any such substance to remain or stand in or along any 

 railroad, street, or highway within the limits of said 

 cities or their suburbs within 300 feet of any inhabited 

 dwelling, and who shall fail, after notice duly served 

 by this board, to remove the same, shall, upon convic- 

 tion thereof, be fined not less than five nor more than 



twenty-five dollars for every such ofTense. 



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Sec. iSA. No person owning, occupying or hav- 

 ing use of any stable, shed, pen, stall, or other "place 

 within any of the more densely populated parts of the 

 District of Columbia, where animals of any kind are 

 kept shall permit such stable, shed, pen, stall, or place 

 to become or to remain filthy or unwholesome. 



Sec. iSB. No person shall use any stable, nor 

 shall any person having the power and authority to 

 prevent permit any person to use any stable, within 

 any of the more densely populated parts of the District 

 of Columbia, after the first day of July, 1907, unless the 

 surface of the ground beneath every stall and for a 

 distance of four feet from the rear thereof be covered 

 with a water-tight floor laid with such grades as will 

 cause all fluids that fall upon it to flow as promptly as 

 possible, if a public sewer be available, into the public 

 sewer, and, if a public sewer be not available, to that 

 portion of the premises where they will cause the least 

 possible nuisance. 



Sec. 18 C. Every person owning or occupying any 

 building or part of a building within any of the more 

 densely populated parts of the District of Columbia, 



