Daily globe., 1883-06-28

spector of buildings to cause a carefnI in
spection of all passenger and freioht
elevators III the city of St. Paul. at Least
once In six months, and see that said ela-
vator shaft and doors are in perfectly
safe condition, and in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 80. When an inspection of an ele-
vator or elevators has been made by the
inspector of buildings, and the same has
been put in perfectly safe condition, and
the shafts and doors in accordance with
this ordinance. he shall make out a certif-
cate of the same, which shall state the
date of inspection of the elevator, the
weight 1t may safely carry, and that the
shafts and doors are constructed in &C
cordance with this ordinance, which GER
tifcate shall be framed by the owner and
put up in some conspicuous place near
such elevator for examination by the pub
lie, and the ssid inspector shall cause a
record to be made of said certificate of in
spection in a we'll bound book, alphabet
cally indexed.
Sec. 80. It shall be unlawful for any
person owning or having the care or con-
troll of any elevator, to use or permit the
use OF the same, after it has been declared
oy the inspector to be in a dangerous or
unsafe condition and he has prohibited the
use of the same, until all necessary repairs
nave been made, and the owner, agent or
| other person las procured q certificate
from said inspector, that said repairs have
been properly done, and that said elevator
May be safely used, under the penalty of
fifty dollars for each offense.
Sec. 81. No person orrersons shall carry
on the business of plumbing, or engage in
conducting plumbing or house drainage,
| until he or they shall obtain q license as
such plumber from the Board of Public
Works, and no person shall receive
such license who shall not have an
| established place of business within the
limits of said city, and who shall not fur
nish the board of public works satisfacto-
| ry evidence of his responsibility and skill
to ply his trade in accordance with the
| rules and regulations of the board of pub
| lie works, the board Of water commission
ers, the board of health or common coun-
Gil, and the ordinances of said city, and it
shall be the further duty of every person
or persons making an application FOR a Ii
| cense to carry on the business of plumb
ing to accompany his or their application
| with bond, signed by two or more sure
| ties to be approved by the board of pub
lie works, in the sum of f-e hundred dol
| lars, conditioned that he or they will in
demnify and save harmless the city of st.
Paul from all acc ient and damage caused
by negligence in either the execution or
protection of his work, or for any unfaith-
full or inadequate work done under and
by virtue of his license; and that said Ii
cense, as such, will also conform to all the
conditions and requirements of the city
| for his or their government, or in default
| thereof will submit to such penalties as
| are or may be prescribed by the Common
| council, board of public works, the board
of water commissioners, or board of health.
The inspector of buildings or health Off
Ger, shall have authority and power, when
ever in his opinion any plumber in doing
any plumbing or house drainage, violates
any rule or regulation of the board of pub
lie works, the board of health, the board
of water commissioners, or the common
council, to suspend said license; and it
shall be the duty of the officer making
such order of suspension to report the
same to the board of public works, and if
the said board shall be of the opinion that
the charges are we'll founded, they may
| revoke said license.
Sec. 92. Every plumber before doing
any work in building shall, except in the
the city engineer that the drain connect
ing the premises with the sewer has been
| accepted, and shall file in the Office of the
| inspector of buildings upon blanks to be
provided for that purpose, notice of the
work to be performed, together with a
plan which shall show the whole course
of the said pipe from its connection
with the house drain to its termination
above the roof of the house, and all
branches, traps and fixtures to be connect
ed Herewith, which plan must be approved
by the inspector of buildings before any
portion of the work shall be executed
Sec. SO. Every building shall be sepa-
rately and Independently connected with
the public sewer, when such sewer is pro-
vlded, and, if such sewer is not provided
with a stone and cement cesspool of
capacity to be approved by the said
inspector.
Sec. "a. Drain and soil pipes through
which water and sewage is used and carried
shall be of iron, when within building;
they shall be sound, free from holes and
other defects, OF uniform thickness
of not less than & of an inch, or diane
ter of four inches or less, or 5-32 of an
inch for diameter of five or six inches
with proportional increase of thickness
for a greater diameter. They shall be Sc
curely ironed to walls laid in trenches of
uniform grade, or suspended to floor tim
bers by strong iron hangers as the SAID
inspector may direct. They shall be sup
piled with suitable trap, placed, with an
accessible clean out, either outside or in
side the foundation wall of the building;
they shall have proper fall of not less
than one-quarter of an inch per foot
toward the drain or sewer, and soil pipes
shall be carried out through the roof, open
and undiminished in size, to such a height
as may be directed by the inspector; but
no soil pipe shall be carried to a height
less than two feet above the roof; changes
in directions shall be made with curved
pipes, and connections with horizontal
pipes shall be made with Y branches. All
lines of soil pipes, and the fittings on it, over
fifty feet in length to be the standard, extra
heavy pipe 4 of an inch thick. ProUided,
that if galvanized iron is used the same
shall not be of less weight than No. IS
iron, and all fittings the same as specified
in this section.
Sec. 50. Rain water leaders, when con-
nected with soil or drain pipes, shall be
suitably trapped; each house drain shall