It shall be unlawful within the corporate limits
of the City for any person to have, keep or maintain, cause or permit
any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed
or are likely to breed, unless such collection of water is treated
so as eventually to prevent such breeding; provided, however, that
nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to tidal marshes within
the limits of the City.
Any collections of water considered under § 193-23 immediately above shall be held to be those contained in ditches, gutters, pools, ponds, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, barrels, troughs, urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tires, tubs, buckets, tanks, or flush closets or other similar water containers, excepting however, tidal marshes as set forth above.
The method of treatment of collections of water
to prevent mosquito breeding shall be in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Board.
Nothing contained in the three sections immediately
above shall be deemed to prohibit the use by the Board of the services
and facilities of any commission, bureau or agency of the State of
Delaware or the United States, the duties of which involve mosquito
prevention or extermination and any agent or representative of any
such state or federal commission, bureau or agency who shall perform
any act at the instance or request of the Board connected with or
incident to the proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter,
shall be deemed an accredited agent or representative of the Board.
