Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-03
City Advertisements.
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
a Plumbers in the City OF Rock Island

N ORDINANCE tOft HE IVY Ot
A Plumbers in the City OF Rock Island.
Be ordained By the city Council Of the C0g 81
Rock Island.
SEC l. License will be granted to practical Plumb
ers only by the Superintendent of the Rock Island
City Water Works, upon the payment OF ten ti0 DOL
lars. They must be experienced in their business,
mas be at least 81 years OF age, and upon makIng
application for eenee must furnish the Superinten-
dent with satisfactory evidence OF the above A Pc
titon signed by two responsible persons OF TINS city
the applicant, and for his worhness to receive IL
cence will be taken as satisfactory evidence.
SEC. 2. Application for a lieence shall be made in
writing to the Superintendent. II shall state the
full name OF the applicant his place of business, and
the firm name under which the business is to be car
SEC. g. AT the time of receiving licence, the par
~ shall execute and deposit in the Office of the Su
perintendent bond with one or more sureties TO be
approved by the Superintendent, in the sum OF two
thousand dollars, conditional that he will indemnify
and save harmless the city Of Rock Island Of and from
protecting his work or by unfaithfui or INADEQUATE
work done by virtue of his icence and that he will
also replace and restore the pavement over any
opening he may have made lay service pipe or for
any other purpose, to AS good state and condition
as he found 1t, and keep and maintain the same in
good order to the satisfaction of the Superintendent
for the period of one month next thereafter: and
that he pay all fines imposed him for violation
OF any rule regulation of the City Council
Sec A. Any Plumber who shall be guilty of a VIC
lation of any of the rules adopted by the CITY Coun
Gil who shall sign petition for a lcence of any
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interrupt an inspection of his work, shall immedi
ately forfeit his hcenee, be subject to fine upor
conviction. of not less than ten more than on.
hundred dollars forfeiture of the Gcence of an,
Plumber shall operate as suspension of the ncenct
| held by any co-partner in the same business
| SEC. 5. Any Plumber DESTROYS of introducing wa
ter from the water works any house other plac
Of business, shall first procure permit from III,
Superintendent for each and every opening required
All applications for permits must be made in writing
upon blank forms furnished by the Superintendent
and signed by the Plumber doing the work. Tn
application must be made at least two days befor
the excavation is ready but not until all PLUMBING
work on the premises is completed and the house
ready for tenan. Said application shall state tn
size OF the tap required the size and kind of servc
pipe to be used, the street and number, the side
the street, II on corner, which street main is TO
tapped the full name of the owner of the property
the purpose purposes for which the water is TO b
used the time when the tap is to be driven togethe
with a diagram OF the property to be supplied, show
ing the streets bounding the block on which ii is 81
uaied, the distance from the nearest corner and a
other particulars pertaining 10 full understandin
of the subject. The tap TO be used shall be furnishe
by the Plumber, together with iron box to cove
the same, subject TO the inspection and control of th
Superintendent, and no tap shall be driven until tn
permit is taken out. No person except the tsppt
employed by the Superintendent shall under any ci
cumstances tap the distributing pipes insert fe
= rule.
SEC. q. All service pipe placed In connection wit
the Water Works shall be made of iron except
special cases when the Superintend may grgI
otherwse(. The pipe shall be laid four feet belo
the surface of the ground and sufficiently waving,
of lead TO allow extra length of not less than
and half feet. and in such manner as may preveI
rupture by settlement said lead pipe shall be of II
Class known as extra strong, and shall weigh DC
lnlal foot for various diameters as follows