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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. iSH. 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. 1 87. Any person violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this section shall upon conviction thereof be 



