The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-05-28
CITY OF PORTLAND.
In the Year One thousand Eight Hundred and
Sirfy-three.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AMI


AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DRAINS AND
SEWERS.
BE 10 ordained BY the Mayor. aldermen, and Com
mon Cornell g ne CITY u Portland in City Con.-
election l. All Common Sewers which shall be
y considered necessary by the Mayor and Alder
men in any street highway shall be laid, as near
as possible in the centre of such street highway
shall be built by contract 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 shall under the direc-
tion OF the Mayor and Aldermen, take general
Pervision 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 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 drains and sewers. togeth-
er with list Of the persons and estates benefited
thereby, and the committee shall make out therefrom
the assessments the and report to the may
and aldermen for their action.
SECT A. 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 thererom, apportionng the assees-
ment according the number of square feet In each
lot of land thus benefited But no 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
city, by the owners of abutting lands that half
of the assessments madess shall be paid to the city
except in cases where the committee on drains and
shall decide that the direct interest the city
require that sewer shall be built.
SECT. s. 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. s. All private drains which shall hereafter
enter into such public sewer shall be built Of such
materials rs the mayor and aldermen shall direct,
and shall be laid under the direction Of tho mayor
and aldermen or by some person by them appointed ;
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
as they shall determine.
SECT 4 No person shall sink or lay any drain or
aqueduct under any sidewalk, nearer such side
walk than the outer of the gutter of such street.
under penalty of not less than ten than
ffty dollars, provided that nothing herein contain-
ed shall prevent any person from constructing
sewer from his land or premises TO the public sewer.
SECT. s. No person shall let out empty upon the
sink drain or other drain, so that the water shall
flow therefrom 10 the street, lane. alley, undo
penalty of ten dollars for each offence. and the fur
Their sum of ten dollars for each month that such
drain shall be so continued TO be let out or emptied
as Aforesaid
SECT 8. II shall be lawful for all persons having
of any buildings at their expense. to car
~ the rain water from the roofs OF said buildings
into any public sewer free of any charge from tho
city provided that the same be done by light water
spouts or tubes under ground and under the direc-
ton of the 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 Is, 1868. !
This bill having had two readings passed to be or
dained. JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
In COMMON CouScrL, May IS, 1868.
This bill having had two readings passed to be or
dained. THOS. +. TWIrCHELL, President.
my2sIw JACOB MCCLELLAN, Mayor