The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-12-28
OFFICIAL.
4 n, ORDINANCE TO REPEAI. .aN or.


| SECTIONS 81, 5S, AND 80, OF CHAPTER si,H
PASSED AUGUST 81, 1871, AND TO AMEND
AND RE-oRDAJN SECTIONS 81, 5S, 90, AND
80, OF CHAPTER - OF THE ORDINANCES
OF 1869. passed Decemberl II, 1S7l)
| BE it ordained That An ordinance TO amend
and ie-ordain sections 81, IS, and %, of chapter
: of fhe ordinances of lse9n passed August y
ls7l be and the same is hereby repealed; and
{lst sections 81, 5s 3d. and 60, OF chapter 81 or
,ie oit nances of 1860, te amended and re-
o tsi ed so rs to read as follows:
o7 Tie owners OF lots with houses on them,
wl,tcl, accordinSto the plan OF the city, adioin
n tiVet in which there is sewer owned by the
y, mo which IL is practicable TO enter, or are
q ...pt nom said street not more than one-haif
of one side of Il square, snail be assessed annual
ly ihr,y cents for EACH front foot OF such lotse
specuveiy, heingtcn per cent. upon the cost of
the sewer, estimated at three dollars the OWN
ers of unimproycd lois similarly situated with
reference TO city sewer shall be assessed annu-
ally fifteen cents for each front foot of the
res pee lively; ausi whenever auch lots are built
upon the assessment shall be pIcreasod TO thirty
cents per foot until II connection with Che sewer
shall have been made Such owners shall be
assessed, Notwithstanding ,hale may he onsuch
lots a cellar eight feet below the logpl of the
sidewalk and not callabic OF drainage into il.
Tho tax so nssesscd may be coUlnuted at any
Lime .hy The payment to the Auditor of II -sium
whereof the assessment is ten per cent. Upoi,
such payment the Auditor shall furnish said
owner a receipt stating thSt the assessment bus
been coI1lmuted, and that the properly on which
the assessment is thus eomlnuted shall have ~
perpetual iigit Of diainage into said sewer
gincef CT the city shah from time to time rottf1,
to tile City Assessor litt Of the assessments 10
be made under this ordinance, and tlle ;ssessor
shall assess said owners respectively with the
amounts with Which they are reported chargca
BILE, TO be collected in the mode preserbed fosthe
collection of city taxes said lois shall be as
sessed for one sewer only, and sflch us have paid
assessments for sewerage, OF complied willr Che
requirements under 20 former ordinance Of the
ciIy, are exempt under this. But when lois
sessed under this ordinance shall afterwards lie
sub-divded as separate lots, aud Buildings erect
ed thereon with new and additional frtfiits, such
new fronts shall be subject TO assessment and
to an the provisions of this ordinance, IN like
mander as thon2h they had bt en- fronts origi
nally. M Tf
s.. The said owners OF lots with houses on
them shall form q connection from their lots re-
speciively with said sewer or with some other
sewer owned bylhp city. And Whenever ANY
person has made the oonncction herein required
he shall obtain from ,ihe CITY Engineer roeriii-
cate thereto, sthtifIg Rat lie is Thereby entitled
10 q reduction otthe asSessinent upon said lot OF
fifteen cents per foot front And The City Collec-
tor shall receive such certificates IilsmentIor
one-haf Of any uncoilected assessments of thirty
cents per iront foot Of said lot for that fiscal
year. The City Engineer shall return to the
City Assessor on the first day Of each month u
list of all owners who have made 4lie connection
herein required during the preceding month
And the Assessor shall reduce theannual assess-
ment on all such owners from thirty cents to M
teen cents per front foot of the lots from which
such connection has been made. The owners OF
lois not required under this ordinance 10 form q
-necton from tiir lots with amy accessible sewer
ewnt By thc city, upon permission from The Ear
gineer of The city. All owners malting such
necion slitll be asscssed fifteen cents per front
foot of the lots respectively from Which the Com
iieccn is nia de, stbi.iet 10 The provisions of the
preceding section applicable thereto.
80. Whenever the Board of Health shall deem
it mportant to the health Of the teiglflolitooG,
or the cleanliness of amy lot, Or the owncr there
of shall desire, that sewer or trainl ipp shall
be run from said lot 10 connect with Il plbIit
sewer, the President of said Board shall report
the fact to the City Engineer in writing, and tle
Engineer shall give the applicantsueh liorlnl-
ton as viii enable him to make such connection
the most economical plan ccnSis tent with the
requirements OF the ordinances OF the city; and
it,. shall be The duty of tho owner make t1l,
connection as soon rs possible after hHvinA re-
ceived written notification from the Engineer;
provided the sewer with which the eonnet1on X
TO be made is withinlaif OF one siQe Of a square
of the property TO be drained and cal1abie of
draining the same. Amy person fliling 10 mako
such connection within fifty days after receiving
such notice, shall he fined dollar per day for
made. 81
60. Connections may be made areenywiiH a
c-ty sewer, or through private drain or sewer
h wing x direct connection with it tit$ sewer
rpoA Payment to The owner of said sewer {; r,l-,
bic proportion of the cost thereof which il TO be
ascertained Iiy the City Engineer And all per-
sons making connections either with public or
private sewers or drtins shttil first obtain Per
mission from. the City Engineer 10 enter the,
street or alley as The case may be, a1id sha coa
meet at such polnt and in such manner rs lie may
direct, and shall forthwith cover the sewer or
drain with earth, thoroughly consolidating thc
same as it was before the connection; and inten
days after thc come, ton shall have such pave
mentor curbstone as was injured ofleiuoyed in
making said connection SO repaired restoreti,
us TO be rs good order as Il Ny;ls before: and
ANY one tailing TO comply herewith shall pay II
fine OF less than 81 nor more than $50, and eve
ry ten days that such failure shall continue shall
const tihute distinct oarnce. And All eonnee-
tions with sewers shall he made in the most sub
stantial manner, and no brick stone-box drains +
shall be hereafter constructed, but all private
sewers OF drains shall he of drain piping or Of
brick barrel drains, or such other shall he ap-
proved by the Committee oS Streets, with sufii-
cient stench-taps at their hc'ds, and any person
who shall make or cause TO be made any deiec-
tive private sewer or drstin where tie Same
passes under a public highway, shall be fineCl not
less than twenty nor more tban fifty dollars
upon conviction thereof before the Police Jus.
tice, and the City Engineer shall cause said de-
iectiSe.sewer 10 be shut mp. If any person shall
either ihiastreet or upon Il lot pat any stoup,
brick, or Other solid thing nto acuiNcrt orseWtr,
or shall in any way whatever iniure, impair, or
obstruct 4 calvert or sewer or q fixture thereof,
he shall pay fine Of not l'ss than five nor more
than twenty dollars. From and after the lst OF
Nav, 1872, all connections with the public O. pri-
Vate sewers or drains shall be protected F traps
to be eapproTed b. The City Fhgiuet1 ANY per
son iailing TO introduce traps 1T the time speei-
fled shall be fined one dollar per nonfh for the
first year, and TWO dollars per month foa each
subsequent year, and until he requirements are
complied With 1
Published by authority
de 2l--5t i, G. HOWARD, City Clerk.