Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-04
City Advertisements.
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT @
n Plumbers in the City Of Kock Island.

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n Plumbers in the City of hock Island.
Be ordained By the City Council Of the cur Of
Rock IslaRd.
SEC. 1. License will be granted to practical Plumb
ers only, by the Superintendent of the Rock Island
City Water Works, upon the payment of ten l0 dol
lars. They must be experienced in their business,
mas be at least 81 years OF age, and upon making
application for cence, must furnish the Superinten-
dent with satisfactory evidence Of the above. pc
tition signed by two responsible perrOns OF this city
youchng for the business capacity and reputation of
the applicant and for his worthless to receive Ii
cence will be taken as satisfactory evidence.
SEC 2, Application Tor u licence shall be made in
writing to the Superintendent. II shall state the
tu name OF the applicant, his place Of business and
the firm name under which the business is 10 be car
SEC. g. AT the time Of receiving licence, the par
y shall execute and deposit In the Office of the Su-
perlntendent bond with one or more sureties 10 be
approved by the Superintendent, IN the cum of two
thousand dollars, conditional that he viii indemnify
and ave harmless The city OF Rock Island OF and from
ali accidents and damages caused by negligence in
protecting his work or by unfaithfuI inadequate
work done by virtue of his cence and that lie Will
also replace and restore the pavement over any
opening he may have made 10 lay service pipe or ioi
any other purpose, TO good state and condition
as he found II, aud keep and malLtaln the same III
good order the satisfaction OF the Superintendent
lor the period vi one month next thereafter; and
that he pay all fines imposed on him for VIOLATION
Oh any RUE or regulation of the City Council.
SEC. 4 ANY Plumber VIM shall be guilty of a VIC
lation OF any of the rules adopted by the City COun
ell who shall sign petition Tor lcence OF any
improper person, knowing him to be such, or ehal
Interrupt inspection oil his work, shall immedi
ately offeit his cence, or be subject TO fine, upon
conviction OF not less than ten nor more than ONT
hundred dollars; forfeit ure OF the leence Of any
Plumber shall operate as suspension of the hcence
| held by any coparIner in the same business.
| SEC. 5. Any Plumber DESTROYS of introducing wa
ter from the water works to any house or other place
| OF business shall first procure permit from the
Superintendent for each and every opening required
All applications for permits must be made III writing
upon blank forms furnished by the superinlen den
and slgned by the Plumber doing the work. Al.
application must be Hattie at least two days befort
the excavation is ready, but until all plumbing
work Oh the premises Il completed and the house 4
ready for tenan Said application shall state th'
size o the tap required the size and kind of servic
pipe TO be used, the street and number, the side U
the street If corner, which street main is to b.
tapped, The fun name Of the owner of property
she purpose or purposes for which the water TO b.
used The time whtn the tap TO be driven, togethe
with diagram OF the property to be supplied, show
ing the street, bounding the block which IL IL sit
uaied, the distance rom the nearest corner, and al
other particulars pertaining full undo retandin
the subject. Inc tap be Used shall be furnishe
| by the Plumber, together with iron box to cove
The same, subject to the inspection and control of tn
up4Hntendent, and no tap shall be driven until tn
permit is taken out. No person except the tappe
employed by the Superintendent ut shall under any c
cumstanGes tap the distributing pipes insert ie
rule.
| SEC. 6. All service pipe placed in connection wit
| the Wafer Works shall De made of non Except
| special ca,es when the Superintendent may gfBl
| Otherwiee). The pipe shall be laid four feet belO
he surface of the ground, and sufticenty waving.
and half feet, and in such manner may prever
rupture by settlements said lead pipe shall be of Ii
class known as extra rtrOng, and shall weigh pt
| llnlal foot Ior various dlameiers Us follows.