Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-12
An Ordinance

Adding Eve additional Section TO Article
XII. Of the City Code of Annapolis.
title water and Gas Companies. TO
be known as Sections Seven. light
Nine, Ten and Eleven, regulating the
storage and supply al Water to con-
sumers in Annapolis by the Annapolis
Water Company. and providing for
the cleaning and inspection OF the res
ervoir and supply dams OF said COM
pany.
WHEREAS the condition Of the water as fur.
nished to consumers in Annapolis city by the
Annapolis Water Company, has been ye.y ea q
something is not done 10 improve rs CONDITION,
II will become a serious menace TO the health OF
being such as to render il unfit for drinking
purposes or general family use; and II IS gener-
aliv believed that the condition OF said water
is due TO the condition OF the two reservoirs anu
supply dams and the storage therein Of large
quantities OF water fo- long period OF time
therefore,
SEcrIox l. BE il established and ordained by
the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen OF the City
OF Annapolis that I'VE new sections to be num-
bered seven, eight. niue, ten and eleven. be ana
the same are hereby added to Article forty one,
title ..water and Gas Companies" of the City
lode regulating the storage and supply Of wa
ter to consumers in the city OF Annapolis by the
Annapolis Water Company, and providing Tor
the cleaning and inspection OF the reservoir ana
supply dams OF said company 10 read as toi-
lows
,. II shall be the duty of the Annapolis Wa
ter Company to cause each of its reservoirs and
supply dams to be completely emptied OF water
and thoroughly cleaned twice in each year, the
hrst emptying and cleaning 10 be between the
fifteenth day of october and the thirtieth day OF
November in the present year, and beginning
with the year nineteen hundred and every year
thereafter, said reservoirs and supply dams
shall be emptied and cleaned as follows The
first emptying aud cleaning OF each reservoir
the thirtieth day of May. and the second empty
ing and cleaning shall be between the fifteenth
day of October and the thirtieth day Of Noyem-
Der, and it shalt be the duty of the said Water
Company to notify the Health Offlcer OF the
city of Annapolis of the time OF the emptying
and cleaning of each reservoir and supply dam,
in order that he may be present to inspect the
same.
s. During the portion Of each year, between
the first day of May aud the FIRST day OF Noven-
Der. it shall be the duty OF said Water Company
to so regulate its pumpiug and storage OF water
that the volume of water in each reservoir shall
be completely consumed, or turned OIL, within
the period Of every twenty days. beginning with
said first day of May in each year, It being the
intention of this section that no water from said
reservoirs shall be turned into the supply pipes
after il has been pumped into said reservoir Tor
twenty days or over. that time except as proviu-
ed in section nine.
o. In case of an emergency or OF a drauth,
water may be stored and supplied to the con
sumerS OF Annapolis from Sai0 reservoirs aItcI
il has been stored Tor a period longer than
twenty days, provided the written permission OF
the Mayor and Health officer of Annapolis IS
first obtained and provided further that after
the storage OF water for longer period than
twenty days in either reservoir II shall not be
turned into the supply pipes until the Health
Officer of Annapolis has inspected II and de
clared il fit for use.
10. 1t shall be the duty of the Health officer
OF Annapolis to inspect the reservoirs and the
water works and supply ponds each month OF
the year and to file written report OF his in
spection with the Mayor, Counsellor and Al
dcrmen at each regular meeting and at the
time of the cleaning of said reservoirs to be
present and superintend the same and to I'M
fnediately report to the Mayor any violation oil
this ordinance or failure by the Water Company
to observe the same.
H. 1t shall be the duty of the Mayor to en-
force the provisions of this ordinance and upon
a report to him of any failure by the Water
Company to observe the provisions Of this Arti-
Gle he shall Immediately call special meeting
of the Mayor, Counsellor aud Aldermen.
SECTION ?. And BE it established and ordain-
ed by the authority aforesaid, that this ordi-
nance shall take effect from the date OF its
passage.
Approved August r., 1899.
EDWIN A. SEIDEwIrZ, Mayor.
Test PHIL. +. PORTER, Clerk. SIC