Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-10-09
Published in the Phillipsburg HERALD Oct 9
1901
ORDINANCE NO. II.

AN ORDINANCE MAKING RULES AND REG
ULATIoNs GOVERNING THE TAKING OF
WATER SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF
WATER OBTAINED FROM WATER WORKS
OF THE CITY OF PHILLIPsBURG, AND
FIXING RATES FOR THE RENTS AND
USE THEREOF, AND FIXING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID REGULA-
TIoNs.
Be 1T Ordained by the Mayor and
COunciInpe1a Of the City of Phillips
burg, Kansas:
SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any plumber or plumbers or pipe fit
tiers to do any work upon any of the
pipes or appurtenances of the system
of water works of the SAID city of Phil
lipsburg, or to make any connections
with or exceptions of the supply pipes
of any consumer taking water from
said city until such plumber or plumb
ers or filters shall have first procured
a license so to do as hereinafter pro-
Vided.
SEC. 2. That any plumber or
plumbers or pipe filters desiring to
do any work upon any of the pipes or
appurtenances thereto, or to make
any connections Herewith, or extern
sions of the supply pipes OF any con-
sumner taking water from the system
of water works of the city of Phillips
burg, shall make an application in
writing to the Council of said city,
for license so to do. in which said APP
plicant shall set forth the full name
under which the business is to be
transacted, and thereupon the council
may at its option direct a license to
be issued by the Clerk of said city;
provided, the applicant shall have
complied with the provisions of sec
ton three hereof.
SEC. 3. Before any such license
shall be issued, the applicant shall
execute and file with the Clerk of said
city a,bond running to the said city
in the sum of $250.00, signed by one
or more sufficient sureties, to be ap-
proved by the Mayor, conditioned
that the applicant shall indemnify and
hold harmless the said city of Phillips
burg of and from all damage caused by
any negligence arising from failure
to perfect his work or by any unskill-
ed or inadequate work done on said
pipes or the appurtenances thereto,
and shall pay to the City Treasurer the
sum of ten dollars as license fee, and
file the Treasurer's receipt therefor
with the Clerk, provided, that such
license shall continue in force for the
period of one year from its date, I'M
less revoked as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 4. Any person licensed as
aforesaid whom the Council shall find
to be guilty of a violation of any of
the provisions of this ordinance or
any rules herein prescribed, or that
may be hereinafter adopted by the
Mayor and Council, or shall interfere
with any inspection of his work, shall
Immediately forfeit his license, and
upon conviction thereof by the Police
Judge shall pay a fine not less than
ten dollars or more than one hundred
dollars and stand committed till said
fine and costs are paid.
SEC. 5. Any plumbers DESTROYS OF
introducing water from the works to
any house or other place, shall first
procure a permit from the Water
Commissioner for each and every OPP
ening required All applications for
permits must be made in writing up
on blank forms furnished by the Wa
ter Commissioner, and signed by the
owner or his agent. The application
must be made for at least one day be-
fore the excavation is ready. Such
application shall state the size of the
taps required, the size and kind of the
service pipes to be used, the street
and side of the street, if on a corner,
which street main is to be tapped, the
full name of the owner, number of the
property, purpose for which the wa
ter is to be used, the time when the
tap is to be driven, together with
diagram of the property to be sup
piled, showing the street bounding
the block on which it is situated, and
all other particulars pertaining to a
full understanding of the subject
The corporation cock to be used, in
Guiding the service pipe to connect
the same with the service cock at the
curb stone, and the iron box In which
the same is placed and digging the
trenches and filling the same, as well
as all plumbing to connect the corpor-
alton cock with the service cock shall
be furnished and performed by the
Taper, for which the applicant shall
pay the said Taper. on making the
application, as follows:
80 fist 100 # st
For Z inch pipe 5 800 S 900
l 1000 HOO
No taps shall be driven until the
permit shall be taken out No per-
son. except a duly licensed plumber,
shall under any circumstances tap the
distributing pipe or insert ferrels.
SEC. 6. All service pipes may be
made of iron or extra heavy lead
The pipe shall be laid four feet peloW
the established grade, or as low as the
street mains and sufficient waving of
lead, to allow an extra length of not
less than one foot IN such manner as