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It shall constitute, and is hereby declared, a nuisance for any person to erect or maintain any privy as near as 40 feet to any public way, dwelling, shop, school, factory, church, or public hall or within 100 feet of any well, unless the privy be furnished with a substantial vault six feet deep and made tight so that contents cannot escape therefrom, and sufficiently secured and enclosed. Any person owning, erecting, or maintaining any privy in violation of this section shall be subject to a penalty of $10.00, and a like penalty for every week he shall maintain or continue the same after the first conviction.
(Prior code § 99-45)