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where one or more horses, mules, cows, or similar ani- 

 mals are kept, shall maintain in connection therewith 

 a bin or pit for the reception of manure, and, pending 

 the removal from the premises of the manure from 

 the animal or anim.als aforesaid, shall place such ma- 

 nure in said bin or pit. The bin or pit required by this 

 regulation shall be located at a point as remote as prac- 

 ticable from any dwelling, church, school or similar 

 structure, owned or occupied by any person or persons 

 in the neighborhood of said bin or pit, other than the 

 owner or occupant of the building or part of building 

 aforesaid, and as remote as practicable from any pub- 

 lic street or avenue; shall be so constructed as to ex- 

 clude rain water, and shall in all other respects be 

 water-tight except as it may be connected with the pub- 

 lic sewer or as other definite provision may be made 

 for cleaning and flushing from time to time; shall be 

 provided with a suitable cover, and constructed so as 

 to prevent in so far as may be practicable the ingress 

 and egress of flies. No bin or pit shall be constructed 

 the bottom of which is below the level of the surface 

 of the surrounding earth unless it be of substantial 

 masonry and connected with the public sewer. The 

 provisions of this paragraph shall take effect from and 

 after the expiration of three months immediately fol- 

 lowing its promulgation. 



Sec. i8 D. No person owning or occupying any 

 building or part of a building located within any of the 

 more densely populated parts of the District of Colum- 

 bia, in which building or part of a building any horse, 



