The Portland daily press., 1863-06-01
CITY OF PORTLAND.
In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred an
Sirty-three.

In the Year One Thousand Eioht Hundred and
Sirty-tkree.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AND
Be h ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com
mon Council Of the CITY Of Portland, ia City Coan
SECTI0N /. All Common Sewers which shall be
~ considered necessary by the Mayor and Alder
as possible, in the centre of such street highway
shall be built by contract or otherwise at the
pense Of the city, of such dimensions, and of such
materials, as the Committee ON Drains and Sewers
of the Mayor and Aldermen shall direct
SECT. 2 The City Engineer shall, under the direc-
tion of the Mayor and Aldermen take general SUI
pervison of all common sewers, which are now or
hereafter may be built and owned by the city, or
which may be permitted to be built or opened by its
SECT g. The City Engineer shall keep an accurate
account of the expense of constructing and repair
ing each public sewer, and shall report the same
to the committee on drains and sewers fogeth-
er with list of the persons and estates benefited
thereby and the committee shall make therefrom
the assessments the same and report to the mayo
and aldermen for their action
SECT. 4. One third part of the cost of all main
drains and sewers which shall be constructed under
the direction of the mayor and aldermen shall be
paid by the city. The remaining two-thirds of the
shall be assessed upon the persons and estates
deriving benefit therefrom. apportionng the
ment according to the number of square feet in each
lot of land thus benefited. But part of the cost
OF constructing the culyerts required for such drain
or sewer shall be charged TO the abuttor. No sewer
shall be built unless sufficient surety be given TO the
of the assessments made shall be paid TO the city
within one year from the completion of such sewer,
except in cases where the committee on drains and
shall decide that the direct interest the city
require that sewer shall be built
SECT. g. The City Engineer shall from time to
time report to the mayor and aldermen the names of
the owners of and the description of estates bene
fitted by any public sewer which may be hereafter
constructed, and who shall have entered the same
directly or indirectly.
SECT. g. All private drains which shall hereafter
enter into such public sewer shall be built of such
al.a
and shall be laid under the direction of the mayor
and aldermen or by some person by them appointed; I;
and they shall be laid in such direction of such size
with such descent, and twhere requredl with such
strainers as they shall require, and in such manner
they shall determine.
SECT. Z. No person shall sink or lay any drain or
aqneduct under any sidewalk, nearer such side
walk than the outer edge of the gutter of such street.
under penalty of not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars, provided that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent any person from constructing a
sewer from his laid or premises TO the public sewer.
SECT. s. No person shall let out empty upon the
surface of any street lane alley any cellar DRAIN
sink drain or other drain, that the water shall
How fherefrom on to the street. ane alley, unde
penalty of ten dollars for each offence and the fur
ther sum of ten dollars for each month that such
drain shall be so continued to be let out emptied
SECT. o. 1t shall be lawful for all persons having
care of any buildings, at their expense to
ry the rain water from the roof of said building rs
into any public sewer, free of any charge from the
CITY, provided that the same be done by light water
spouts or tubes under ground, and under the direc
ton OF the mayor and aldermen.
SECT. 10. All ordinances. parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
May rs, 1868.
This bill having had two readings passed 70 be or
dained JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
IL COMMON COUNCIL, May 25, 1868.
This bill having bad two readings passed to be or
my2SIw JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor.