El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-26
TEXAS PLU MBING LAW.
Requires Cities to Provide for Board OF
Plumbers.

Requires Cities to Provide for Board OF
Plumbers.
The following state law, published at
the present time, is very appropriate,
especially ss the plum oers' association
have just asked for the appointment OF
an examining and supervising board OF
plum bers by the city council and the
matter is now being Investigated by
the city council.
The law is as follows:
Section BE it enacted by the leg
islature of the state OF Texas: mat
every city in the state having under
ground sewers or cess pools shall pass
ordinances regulating the tapping OF
sewers and cess pools: regulating house
drainage and plumbing; creating
board for the examination OF plum bers.
to be known as the examining and sup
cruising board Of plumbers; to provide
for an Inspector of plum Ding. Sald
board TO consist of the following five
persons: A member of the local board
of health, the city engineer, the chief
plum bing Inspector, master plum Der
of not less than ten years. active con-
tinuOus business experience, ana
journey man plumbe of not less than
i've years active continuous practical
experience. The mayor and the local
board of health shall make said APP
pointments and shall regulate the
length of term each member shall
serve: they shall fill all vacancies
occurring in the examining and super
visirg board of plum bers; appointments
to said vacancies to be for the unexplr-
ed term of the member whose place is
filled
Sec. 2.-The examining and super
vising board of plumbers herein Great
ed shall examine and pass upon all
persons now to engaged in the business
of plumbing, whether as master
plum Der, employing plumber or jour
newman plumber in their resp 'ctive
cities. and al persons who may hereaf-
ter wish engage in the business OF
plum bling as master plumber, employ
ing plum Der or journeyman plumber,
within their respective jurisdiction,
for the office of plum bing Inspector.
They shall issue q license to such
person only as shall sue 'es fully pass a
required examination. They shall also
reg ster in book to be kept for that
purpose the names and p aces OF business
of all persons TO whom PLUMBERS
license is issued. They shall not issue
license for more than one year, but
the same shall be renewed from year
to year upon proper application.
Sec. 3.-Each applicant for examlna-
ton for plum ber's license shall pay to
such person as the examining and
supervising board of plumbers may de-
signate to receive the same the sum of
SO 90 for each master plumber examln-
ed, the sum of So 90 for each Journey
man plumber examined, which lee may
be used by each board to defray any OF
its legitimate expenses, the residue, if
any, to be paid over to the treasurer of
the city in which said board shall Oper-
ate. Members of the mining and
supervising board of plumbers shall re-
ce,ve no compensation for their SER
vices on said board Said license shall
not be transferable, and said examine
tion and eXami alton fee shall not be
re quired OF the same person more than
once.
Sec. In selecting the first or chief
insp c'or of plumbing herein prov ids d
for, the mayor shall act with the other
four members of said board above
specified After said inspector OF
plumbing shall have been chosen he
shall become the fifth member OF the
examining and supervising board OF
plumbers in the place of the mayor.
Sec. 5.-Be it further enacted: That
license shall not be ISSUED to any person
or firm to carry on or work at the bust
ness of plum bing or to act as inspector
of plum bling, until he or they shall
have appeared before the examining
and supervising board for examination
and registration, and shall have sue
cessful y passed the required examina-
ton. Every firm carry ing on the
business of plum bing shall have at
least one member who is q practical |
plumber.
Sec. ANY person, whether as
master plumber, employing or journey
man plum Der, engaged In working at
Or conducting the business of plum bing |
without license, as provided in this act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall pay fine
of rot less than tive nty or more than
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. Ali laws or parts OF laws in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec, S.-The near approach of the
close of the present session of the
legislature and the large number Of
bills now upon the calendar OF each
house create an emergency and an i'm
perative public ne cessity exists that
the constitutional rule requiring bills
10 be sread on three several days be
d, and it is so enacted
[Signed.l GEO. T. JESTER,
Preside nt of the Senate.
=. L. 7. DASHIELL,
speaker of the house of representa-
tives.
Introduc in senate February 4,