The Portland daily press., 1863-06-02
CITY OF PORTLAND.
In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred an,
Sirty-three

In the Year one Ih0usdHd Etqht hundred and
Sirty-three.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AND
SEWERS.
BE IL ordained By the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com
mon Council Of the City Of Portland, in City Coua-
cit assembled. as. fotiocs =
SEcTl0N ]; All Common Sewers which shall be
y considered necessary by the Mayor and Alder
men in any street or highway shall be laid as near
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 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
pervision of all common sewers which are now, or
which may be permitted to be built or opened by its
authority.
SECT 3. 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-
or with list of the persons and estates benefited
thereby, and the committee shall make out therefrom
the assessments the and report to the mayor
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
same shall be assessed upon the persons and estates
deriving benefit thercirom, apportioning the
ment according TO the number of square feet in each
lot of land thus benefited. Bunno part of the cost
of constructing the cuvert required for such drain
or sewer shall be charged 20 tue aouttor: NO sewer
city, by the owners of AUDITING lands, that half
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
sewers shall decide that the direct interest the city
require that a 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. 8. 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, ooby some person by them appointed;
and they shall be laid in such direction, of such size
with such descent, and twhere requiredl with such
strainers as they shall require and in such manner
as they shall determine. =
SECT Z. No person shall sink or lay any drain or
aqueduct under any sidewalk, nearer such side
walk than tho outer edge of the gutter of such street.
under a penalty of not less than ten more than
fifty dollars. provided that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent any person from constructing a
from his land premises TO the public
SECT. s. No person shall let out empty upon the
surface of any street lane, alley any cellar dran
sink drain, or other drain, so that the water shall
flow thcrefrom on to the street. lane or aley under
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 empticd
as aforesaid.
SECT 9. 1t shall be lawful for all persons having
care of any buildings, at their own expense. TO
ry the rain water from the roofs of said buildings
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-
tion of the mayor and aldermen.
sEor. 10 All ordinances, or parts OF ordinances.
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
liz BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
May 25, 1863 !
This bill having had two readings passed TO be
dained JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
In COMMON COUNCIL, May 25 1868.
dained. rios. u TwfTCHEfL, President.
Approved May rs iss3