Section 1340. Bathing places; sanitary requirements  


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  • 1.  It shall be
      unlawful for any person to maintain, either  as  owner  or  lessee,  any
      bathing  establishment of any kind, in this state, for the accommodation
      of persons, for pay, or any consideration, at a  point  less  than  five
      hundred  feet from any sewer connection emptying therein, or thereat, so
      as to pollute in any way, the waters  used  by  those  using  or  hiring
      bathing houses at such bathing establishment.
        2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of the owner, lessee or any other person
      maintaining any bathing establishment of any kind:
        (a) to provide separate  toilet  rooms,  with  water-closets  properly
      provided with sanitary plumbing, constructed in a manner approved by the
      local  board  of  health  of  the  health  district  wherein the bathing
      establishment is located, and in such a way as not  to  contaminate  the
      waters used by the bathers; and,
        (b) to thoroughly wash and disinfect, or cause to be thoroughly washed
      and disinfected, in a manner approved by the said local board of health,
      all  bathing  suits  that  have  been hired or used, before re-hiring or
      permitting the use of the same again.