Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-26
done by regularly licensed person as provided

done by q regularly licensed person as provided
in this ordinance.
Sec. l6. Notice in writing must be given Il
the City Engineer at his office by the person
who is to make the connection with any sewer
or drain when such work will be ready for in
spection previous to making such connection
Sec. II. No person licensed to make cOnnec
tiOns with sewers, etc., shall allow his name to
be used by any other person, either for the pur
pose of obtaining permits. or doing any worl
under the license; and every person licensed
shall have recorded in the City Engineers of
fee his place of business, the name under
| which the business is transacted, and shall i'm
mediately notify the superintendent of sewers
of any change.
SEQ. Is. No butchers offal or garbage dead
| animals kitchen slops, or any substance OF
distractions of any kind whatever shall be
placed, thrown or deposited in any catch basin
and any person offending. or causing any
such obstruction or substance to Dt
placed 30 as to be carried into such
basin shall be subject to penalty OF
ten dollars for each offense, and any
person injuring or breaking, or removing any
portion of any catch basin, covering flag
gully grating, mani hole, or side entrance cover,
or any part of any sewer or drain, or obstruot-
| ing the mouth of any sewer or drain shall be
subject to penalty of twenty dollars Tor each
offense.
Sec. 10. The City Engineer, under the direc-
| ton of the Board of Health, shall have power
| in all cases where there is public sewer IN any
street or highway, to cause every owner OF land
| upon or djoining such street or highway, bis
agent or tenant to make sufficient drain from
| his or>her house, yard or lot, whenever IN their
opinion the same may be necessary, and tney
shall thereupon give such owner, or agent, or
tenant, notice in writing, specifying the time
| when such drain must be completed, and II the
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com plete the same within the time spec
flied, and in addition to the penalties
imposed for violation OF
any of the provisions of this
ordinance, the Board of Public Works shall
cause it to be done, and shall recover the whole
amount of the expense thereof, together with
ten per cent. damages, by an action IN the
name of the city of st. Paul, before any court
proper to try the same.
Sec. 20. Whenever any drain connected
with any public sewer or drain becomes
clogged, INSTRUCTED, broken or out OF order, or
detrimental to the use of the sewer or drain, or
unfit for the purposes of drainage the owner,
agent, occupant or person having charge OF any
building, yard, lot of land or other premises
which are drained by said drain or sewer, shall
when directed by the Board of Public Works,
Board of Health or City Engineer, remove, re-
construct alter, cleanse repair said drain, as
the condition of said drain may require. In
case of neglect or refusal to remove, recon-
struct repair alte or cleanse said drain for the
space of three days, the Board of Public Works
shall cause the same to be removed, recon-
structed, repaired, altered or cleansed as they
may deem expedient, at the expense OF the
owner agent or other person as aforesaid.
Sec. 81. Any owner, agent, occupant or
other person having charge of any building,
yard, lot of land, or other premises which are
drained into any public sewer or drain, who
permits any substance or matter which may
form deposit or obstruction in any public
shall be liable to penalty of not more than
twenty dollars for each offense
And said owner, agent, occupant or. other
person, as aforesaid, shall, when directed by
the Board of Health, within ten days after
notice in writing to that effect from said board
provide his drain with sufficient cesspool or
catch basin, or if one already exists, clean
cut, repair or alter the same, and provide such
other means as shall prevent any substance or
matter from passing into the drain or sewer
which may cause a deposit OR obstruction
therein.
Sec. "a. In case of neglect or refusal to pro-
vide cesspool IT catch basin, or to clean out,
repair or alter such cesspool or catch basin, 1t
one exist, for the space of five days, the
constructed suitable and sufficient
cesspoof or catch basin, or if one ex-
lists, shall cause the same to be repaired. alter
ed, cleansed and provided with such other
means to prevent any substances or matter
from passing into the sewer or drain that may
cause deposit or obstruction therein, as they
may deem expedient at the expense OF the
owner, agent, occupant or other person having
charge of the premises and such owner, agent,
occupant or other person. shall also be liable
to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sec %. 1t shall be the duty of the police
of the city and Street Inspectors, in all cases
where they may find any person or persons en-
gagged in the work of breaking ground for the
purpose of making connections, ETC., with
sewers or drains, or in any manner interfering
with or operating upon any of the sewers or
drains of the city, to ascertain at once if suoh
person or persons are duly licensed to perform
such work, and in the event of said person or
persons not being duly licensed and having a
permit, to order them to deslst, under pain
of arrest for a violation of this ordinance, and
at once report the facts to the City Engineer.
Sec. "a. Any person licensed to make con-
nections with sewers and drains, who shall be
guilty of any violation of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be Immediately either
deprived of his license or fined, or both, at the
discretion of the court before whom the action
may be brought.
Sec. 25. All ordinances contravening the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SEQ. 26. This ordinance to be in force from
and after its passage.
Sauborn, Griggs, Brennan, Minea, MIR. Presi-
dent-9.
Passed March 10, 1880.
VIM. RHODES,
President of Council.
Approved March %, 1880.
WIN. DAWSON, Mayor.