Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16609. Grant of license;  permits;  penalties;  exception of farmers, etc.

Every person desirous of being licensed to empty or remove the contents of privy wells and sinks within the limits of the jurisdiction of the board of health, shall make application in writing to the board of health, who, on being satisfied with the character of the applicant, and the security and tightness of his carts, and that he is the owner of such horses and carts as represented in his application, and that he is not in collusion or combination with other persons to deceive and defraud the board, may, under such rules and regulations as they shall make in regard thereto, both as to their own protection from fraud and imposition by such person, and as to their supervision and control of such person in his said vocation, grant him a license for one year, and renew the same from year to year, as they may deem proper, and for each license so granted, and every renewal thereof, he shall pay therefor to the board of health the sum of fifty dollars;  and whenever any such person shall desire, under his license, to empty or cleanse any privy well or sink, he shall first take from the board of health a permit to do so, at which time he shall furnish to the clerk the name of the owner, agent or occupant of such property as shall have so employed him, and the name of such owner, agent or occupant shall be mentioned in said permit and recorded in the office, which permit shall particularly specify the privy well or sink to be emptied or cleansed, and the days or hours in which it shall be done;  and if any such person shall, by himself, his agents or servants, remove, cause or allow, or assist in removing the contents of any privy well or sink within portions of said city not excluded from the operation of this act, without first having obtained such permit, or shall do so on any other day or days, or at any other hour or hours, than those specified in such permit, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to the board of health the sum of twenty-five dollars:  Provided, That nothing herein, or in any other act contained, shall prevent farmers and others living in rural sections from cleansing their privies, without any license and without any penalty therefor.