290 THE HOUSE FLY— DISEASE CARRIER 



punished by a fine of not more than forty dollars for 

 each oflfense. 



Extract from Article IX, Police Regulations- 



ARTICLE IX 



Sec. io. No person shall remove or transport any 

 manure over any public highway in any of the more 

 densely populated parts of the District of Columbia 

 except in a tight vehicle, which if not enclosed must 

 be effectually covered with canvas so secured to the 

 sides and ends of the vehicle as to prevent the manure 

 from being dropped while being removed, and so as 

 to limit as much as practicable the escape of odors from 

 said manure. 



Sec. 20. Manure may be deposited in pits below 

 the surface of alleys that are not less than fifteen feet 

 wide, but the pit must not extend more than four feet 

 beyond the building line. The walls must be substan- 

 tial and water-tight, with stone or iron coping, bedded 

 in cement, set fair with the surface of the alley. They 

 must be covered with heavy wrought-iron doors, flush 

 with the alley pavement or surface, sufficiently strong 

 to carry heavily loaded carts or other vehicles, and pro- 

 vided with ventilation by means of a flue inside of the 

 stable and extending above the roof of the same, and 

 they must be drained by sewer connections, as directed 

 by the Inspector of Plumbing. 



