The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17
CITY ORDINANCES.

ty for a violation thereof.
| BE It enacted by the City Council
of the City of Texarkana, Arkan-
sas;-
1 Section THAT il shall be a mis-
demeanor to do, or cause to be
done, any of the following acts, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, and
any or all persons guilty thereof, or
who shall violate any provision OF
this ordinance, on conviction there
OF, shall be fined in any sum not
less than one nor more than twenty
five dollars.
Section 2-To uncover the public
sewers for any purpose, or make
connection Herewith, or uncover
the public connection branches
thereof, unless and except by the
consent and under the supervision
Of the City Sewer Inspectoror a du-
Ily authorized agent Of the city,
whose duty it shall be to insure full
compliance with this ordinance in
lrelation to connections, and a fail
ure of duty in this respect shall
subject such sewer Inspector or
agent to all the penalties in this or
dinance.
Section 3-To make or cause to
be made any such connection, ex-
cept as above provided, and by a
competent and sdllful mechanic,
duly licensed to do such work by
the City Council, such mechanic not
to be the agent of the City Sewer In
spector, or to make such connec-
tions in anyother manner than as
! follows.
Every pipe connecting with
the sewer, whether of casting or
earthenware, must be sound and
! imperyious in all its parts and
iointed in the best manner. b
! Gaskets must be used in all cases;
no other metal than cast-iron will
be allowed, and Joints in iron pipe
must be of well caulked lead. c.
Cement pipe is not to be used, but
earthenware pipe Of the best quail
/ ty, iointed with fresh, strong ce-
ment mortar. D-These pipes to
be laid at least two feet deep, and
above that depth the verticle pipes
to be cast'ron; and all pipes from
the sewer connections to the top OF
the soil pipe to be fully four inches
in interior diameter at every point,
E No trap or any manner of OBJ
struction TO the free flow of air
through the whole course of the
drain and soil pipe to be allowed,
and any mechanic who shall, direct
ily or indirectly place, make or
cause, or allow to be placed or
made any trap, contraction or 9th
er obstacle anywhere in the course
of such pipe, in addition to the pen
atty herein prescribed shall forfeit
his license, and shall be Ineligible to
license for one year, and any other
person offending as above shall be
subject to the penalties Of the or
dinance and shall, in addition, pay
1 the costs Of rectifying the wrong
done. F. Every connection of wa
/ ter-closet, sink, basin or other YES
sci connected with the pipe, must
| be separated from it by trap Of,
I fering an obstacle to the passage
of air, equal to not less than three
eights Of an inch depth Of water
I G-All details OF plumbing work,
such as water closets, sinks, etc.
must be in accordance with the
/ plans and descriptions In the Office
! of the City Sewer Inspector, or
such other person as the City Coun-
Gil may appoint,
Section 1-lor the owner or oc-
cupant of any building, any portion
of which is used for any purpose du.
| ring any portion Of the day. to have
lat least one water closet connected
with the public sewer fifteen days
after notification from the City
| Sewer Inspector or President of
/ the Board of Health or other duly
authorized person, aud to fail TO
have such water closet suitably ar
ranged for such use as a urjuaL un-
less a separate urinal is provided,
Section 5-ior the owner or oc'
cupaut of any building "a which
food is cooked or cloth q is wash.
ed, fail TO have a suital sink, slop
store or hopper for the reception Of
waste water; provided, however,
| that II the water closet is of a kind
suited to such use II may receive
the waste water, and the sink, slop
store or hopper may be dispensed
with.
I Section 6 TO throw, or allow to
be thrown or deposited on the sur
| face of the ground, or In any hole
or vault in or under the surface of
| the ground, in any sewer district
whether public or private, except in
the proper and necessary manuring
of Che soil, any water which has
been used for domestic purposes, or
any LIQUID or solid filth, or faces or
urine,
Section = TO allow any surface
water or rain water from the
ground or roofs of houses 60 enter
any sewer or drain; or any vessel or
slop sink connected with any sewer
or drain, or TO admit any drainage
water from any cellar to a sewer
provided, however that drainage
for cellars may be provided in ac-
cordanee with regulations, plans
and descriptions in the City Sewer
Inspectors Office and subject also to
the restrictions OF Section of this
ordinance,
Section 8 To use or cause TO be
used any bouse drains for any other
purpose or purposes than those
| specified Ia this ordinance, except
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