Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 24573. Cities may provide suitable places for contents of privies;  proclamation;  penalty

The said cities shall have the right to provide suitable places for the purpose of receiving therein the contents of privies and other offensive substances, and when the same are provided it shall be lawful for said bureau of health to make proclamation thereof by advertisement in one or more of the daily newspapers of said cities, to be continued at least thirty days, and from and after the expiration of the said thirty days during which said advertisement has been published, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons employed in cleansing any privy or privies within the bounds aforesaid to deposit or cause to be deposited the contents or any part of the contents thereof in any other place or places than such as shall be designated by the said bureau of health in its proclamation;  and if any person or persons shall deposit or cause to be deposited such contents or any part thereof in any other place or places than as aforesaid without the consent of the said bureau of health, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a fine or penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.