Hereafter no person shall be permitted to remove or cause to be removed any portion of the contents of a privy-well within the limits aforesaid excepting in vehicles so constructed and operated as to be air-tight, so as to prevent the emission of noxious smells; and if any person shall remove, cause or permit to be removed the contents or any part thereof of any privy excepting vehicles constructed and operated as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay a fine or penalty not exceeding fifty dollars; and any constable, police officer or watchman is hereby authorized to seize and detain all vehicles, horses, implements and apparatus actually taken with any person or persons detected in any violation of said provision, and deliver the same to the bureau of health for safe-keeping and as security for the payment of the penalties herein named.
53 P.S. § 24575