Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-19
An Ordinance

Adding FIVE additional Section to Article
XII. of the City Code of Annapolis.
title "Water and Gas Companies. to
be known as Sections Seven. Eight
Nine, Ten and Eleven. regulating the
storage and supply.of 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 fur
nished to consumers in Annapolis city, by the
Annapolis Water Company. has been very bad
for over two months and II is feared that II
something is not done to improve ITS condition.
il will become a serious menace 10 the health of
the city the condition OF the water at present
being such as to render It unht tor drinking
purposes or general family use; and II is gener-
ally believed that the condition OF said water
is due to the condition of the two reservoirs and
supply dams and the storage therein OF large
quantities of water for long period of time ;
therefore,
SECTION l. Be il established and ordained by
the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of the City
OF Annapolis, that five new sections to be num-
bered seven, eight, nire, ten and eleven. be and
the same are hereby added to Article forty-one
title water and Gas Companies" of the City
Code regulating the storage and supply oil wa
Annapolis Water Company, and providing Tor
the cleaning and inspection OF the reservoir and
supply dams OF said company to read as tol-
lows
q 1t 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
tlrst emptying and cleaning to be between the
fifteenth day of October aud the thrtieth 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 follows The
hrs, and efssng d daS sa o Anr snd
the thirtieth day of May. and the second empty
ing and cleaning shall be between the fifteenth
day of October and hethirtieth day of Novem-
Der, and it shall be the duty of the said Water
Company to notify the Health officer 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 and the first day OF Novem-
Der, ii 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, 1t being the
intention of this section that no water from said
reservoirs shall be turned into the supply pipes
after it hds been pumped into said reservoir Tor
twenty days over, that time except as provid-
ed in section nine.
o. In case of an emergency or of drauth,
water may be stored and supplied to the con
sumers of Annapolis from said reservoirs after
II has been stored for 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 a 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 il and de
cared il fit for use,
10. II 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
dermen at each regular meeting aud at the
time of the cleaning of said reservoirs to be
present and superintend the same and to ini-
mediately report to the Mayor any violation OF
this ordinance or failure by the Water Company
to observe the same
II. 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 and Aldermen.
SECTION q. 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 ~, 1899.
EDWIN A. SEIDEWITZ, Mayor.
Test Phil. Il. PORTER. Clerk. SIC