The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

office, which oath shall be taken and fled
with the clerk of council. No person who
has any interest directly or indirectly, in
any plumbing business in the city of Sa-
vannah shall be qualified to hold the Of
fee of the said inspector.
The said inspector shall be subject to
discharge by the said board of sanitary
commissioners whenever, in the judgment
of the said board his discharge is required
by The public interest.
Sec. ). Be it further ordained That
there shall be charged and collected by
the treasurer of the city of Savannah an
inspection fee of three 80 dollars for each
connection with main sewer, and an addl-
tional fee of fifty go cents for each fix
ture. except gas fixtures. in new plumbing
work payable before the issuance of the
permit, and the receipt of the said treas
urer shall be exhibited to the inspector be-
fore a connection is made. A sWfciency
of the fees so collected to pay the salary
of the inspector and of the clerk Should
cerk be hereafter appointed and paid a
salary shall be placed 10 the credit of the
| committee on public health by the sald
/ treasurer The inspector shall keep daily
record of work and make weekly reports
to the board of plumbing examiners, and
the said board of plumbing examiners
shall make a report to the board of sani-
| tary commissioners at its yearly meeting.
! The report of the said inspector
| shall cover all the plumbing work done
| within the city. All plumbing work shall
/ be frequently inspected and shall be per
! formed in strict accordance with the
| plumbing regulations and with the provis-
! ions of this ordinance, and a list of con-
/ demned premises shall be kept in the office
! for open inspection.
The said inspector shall give a bond with
| surety in the sum of two thousand
/ ($2,CO0) dollars for the faithful performance
of his duties. ..
Sec 6. Be it further ordained, That on
and after the date OF the adoption of this
| ordinance, all drainage, sewerage and
/ plumbing work. whether public or private,
| shall be done in accordance with definite
plans previously submitted to and APP
| proved by the board of plumbing exam
| iners.
Sec T. Be it further ordained That it
! shall be the duty of every plumber, before
! proceeding with the construction Of any
! new work, or reconstruction of any old
work Except in the repair of leaks or other
repairs which do not involve a change in
| the sewerage, drainage or ventilation
SYSTEM, to submit to the said board of eX-
aminers a complete set of plans showing
| the proposed work to be done and no such
work shall be done without a signed permit
from the said board. The conditions of
/ this permit must be strictly compiled with
and the work must be done by plumber
! in whose name the permit is given. All
new and reconstructed plumbing work
| shall be subjected to hydraulic test
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, That the
| following additional regulations are here
! by adopted touching the work and ma
teral mentioned, to wit:
I. All traps shall be properly vented,
| but in cases where it is impracticable to
vent fixtures, antsyphon traps may be
used, of such make as shall be approved
| by the board of plumbing examiners.
,. When within a building, tar-coated
! cast iron pipes and fittings shall be used.
| No connections shall be allowed with soil
| pipes except those made Of lead and brass.
| Traps and fresh air inlets shall be placed
in sewers when deemed necessary by the
board of plumbing examiners.
3. All waste pipe systems must be as
| direct as possible and shall have a proper
fall towards The sewer. Soil pipes shall be
carried through the roof undiminished in
size, to such a hight as may be directed
by the board of plumbing examiners, and
no pipe shall be carried to the hight of
q less than one foot above the roof of the
7 building and above all openings and the
same shall be left open at the top. No
square bends shall he allowed in either
lead or cast iron waste pipe At the bot
tom of a stack and Is bends shall be
used A clean-Out shall be placed at the
base of every stack. No opening will be
/ allowed in the sewer pipe of any building
or ground water of the cellar, even if trap
ped, unless a special written permit is
| granted by the said board. which permit
may, at any time, be revoked and such
connections be discontinued and closed
upon order of the board.
4. Rain water leaders shall not be CON
nected with or emptied into house sewers
nor used as soil water or vent pipes Nor
shall any soil waste or vent pipes be used
! as a leader.
3. Within buildings and for four feet
outside of same no soil waste or drain
pipe. nor downshaft or vent shall be con-
structed of brick, sheet metal or earthen
ware, but the same shall be of cast iron
soil pipe. In every case when a line of
sewer cannot be placed four feet from the
| building, cast iron pipe shall be used. In
case of back air ventilation cast iron.
galvanized wrought iron or lead pipe shall
be used.
6. Connections between lead and iron
/ pipes shall be made with brass or lead fer
rules, Gull SIZE Of the iron pipe caulked
into the iron pipe with soft lead. and unit
cd to the lead pipe with a wiped joint. All
joints in the cast iron pipe and fittings
must be so filed with oakum and soft lead
as to make a tight joint and no putty
or red lead used.
Z. Every fixture having a waste pipe
shall have a separate suitable approved
trap placed as near the fixtures as posi-
bic, except in the case of washtrays, when
/ one trap may answer for a set Of three
compartments of such fixtures. These
/ traps shall be protected from espionage,
! or air pressure, by a special airpipe of
I size not less than the waste pipe, air.
/ pipes for water closets, slop-hoppers and
/ grease traps shall be of a size not less
/ than two-nch bore. No more than two
/ fixtures shall be allowed, except in case of
/ fixtures having vents smaller than two
! inches, when three fixtures with one and
/ one-half inch vents may be used on a two
/ inch vent pipe but when two-inch vent
] is used only two fixtures will be allowed
4 on a two-inch vent of twenty feet or less.
! Where over twenty feet or more than the
/ above mentioned fixtures are placed, the
vent pipe shah be not less than three-incn
/ bore, and ten fixtures will be allowed
without regard to the size of fixture vents
on a three-inch vent pipe. Where more
/ than ten fixtures are Placed
| four-inch vent pipe shall be
used. Back air-pipes shall be run in as
direct line as possible; they shall be so
arranged as TO drain water Of condensa-
ton, and shall either extend Independent
/ ~ through and above the roof Of the
/ house. or be connected with the main soil