The Portland daily press., 1863-05-30
CITY OF PORTLAND.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AMI

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AND
SEWERS.
Be IL ordained BY the Mayor aldermen, and Com
mon Council Of the City Of Portland IN City Cose-
eli assembled, as foiiors =
SECr1ON /. All Common Sewers which shall be
- considered necessary by the Mayor and Alder
men in any street or highway shall be laid, near
possible, in the centre of such street or highway
shall be built by contract or otherwise at the ex,
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 stall, under the difec-
ton of the Mayor and Aldermen, take general su-
peryislon 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
authority.
SECT. 8. 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, togeth-
er with list of the persons aud estates benefited
thereby, and the committee shall make out therefom
the assessments the same. and report the mayor
a nd aldermen for their action.
SECT. T. 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
same shall be assessed upon the persons and estates
deriving benefit therefrom, apportionng the
ment according the number of square feet in each
lot of land thus benefited. But part of the cost
of con-tructing the culyerts required Tor such drain
or sewer shall be charged TO the abuttor No sewer
shall be built unless sufficient surety be given TO the
city, by the owners of abutting lands, that half
of the assessments made shall be paid 10 the city
within one year from the completion OF such
except in cases where the committee on drains and
shall decide that the direct interest of the city
require that sewer shall be built.
SECT. B. The City Engineer shall from time TO
time report 10 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
materials as the mayor and aldermen shall direct
and shall be laid under the direction of the mayor
and aldermen or by some person by them appointed
and they shall be laid in such direction such size
with such descent and twhere required) with such
strainers as they shall require, and in such
as they shall determine
aqueduct under any sidewalk, nearer such side
walk than the outer edge of the gutter ofsuch street.
under penalty of not less than ten than
hiy dollars provided that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent any person from constructing a
sewer from his land premises 10 the public
SECT. s. No person shall LET out empty upon the
surface of any street lane alley any cellar drain,
sink drain, other drain. that the water shall
flow therefrom to the street, lane, 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 continued TO be let out emptied
aforesaid
SECT. g. 1t shall be lawful for all persons having
care of any buildings, at their expense TO car
ry the rain water from the roofs of said building
into any public sewer. free of any charge from the
city, provided that the same be done by light water
sp0uts, tubes under ground and under the direc-
tion of the mayor and aldermen.
sEcT 10. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances.
inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
May 25, 1868
This bill having had two readings passed TO be
dained JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
In COMMON COUNCIL, May 25 1868.
This bill having had two readings passed to be or
dained. THos: +. TwIrCHELL President
Approved May &C. 1858;