Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-14
An Ordinance

Adding FIVE additional Section 70 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 of Water to con-
sumers in Annapolis by the Annapolis
Water Company. and providing tor
the cleaning and inspection OF the res
eryoir and supply dams Of said COM
pany.
wurpFAs the condition of the water as fur
uished to consumers IN AnnaPoiis city. ~ vi
Annapolis Water Company. has been very bac
for over two months and II IS feared tnat II
something is not done TO improve Its CONDITION,
il will become serious menace % lne nestn =.
being such as TO render il unit for drinking
purposes OF general family use; and II IS gener-
ally believed that the condition Of saio wates
i due 10 the condition of the two reservoirs and
supply dams and the storage therein OF large
quantities of water. for long period OF time
therefore.
srcrfoS ! Re II established and ordained by
the MAYOR, Counsellor and Aldermen Of the City
OF Annapolis that five new sections to be mum.
bered seven, eight, nine ten and eleven be and
the same are hereby added to Article forty-onle,
Code regulating the storage and supply oil wa
ter TO consumers in the city OF Annapolis by the
Annapolis Water Company, and providing foi
supply dams OF said company TO read as foi-
lows
?. IL shall be the duty Of the Annapolis Wa.
ter Company TO cause each OF It's reservoirs ano
supply dams to be completely enptied OF water
and thoroughly cleaned twice in each year the
hrst emptying and cleaning TO be between the
fifteenth day of October and the thirueth 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
& and eli Of
shall be between the fifteenth day OF April and
the thirtieth day of May. and the second empty
ing and cleaning shall be between the hiteenth
day of October and the thirtieth day OF Novem
ber and IL 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 hrst day OF Novem
Der il shall be the duty of said Water Company
TO 50 regulate its pumpiug and storage OF watel
that the volume of water in each reservoir sinai
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 tns
intention of this section that no water from saic
shall be turned into sn S snppy PiP Pe
twenty days or over that time except as provid
ell in section nine.
O. In case of an emergency or OF drauth
water may be stored and supplied to the con
il has been stored tor period longer thar
twenty days, provided the written permission O
the MAYOR and Health officer of Annapolis Il
| first obtained, and provided further that attei
the storage of water for longer period than
| twenty DAYS in either reservoir il shall not b,
turned into the supply pipes until the Health
officer of Annapolis has Inspected il and d.
| clared il fit for use,
TO- 1t shall be the duty of the Health Office
| of Annapolis to inspect the reservoirs and tht
water works and supply ponds each month Of
| the year and to file written report of his in
| spcction with the Mayor, Counsellor and Al
dermen at each regular meeting and at th'
time OF the cleaning of said reservoirs to b'
present and superiniend the same and TO i'm
| inediately report to the Mayor any violation o
| this ordinance or failure by the Water Company
| TO observe the same.
IL. II shall be the duty of the Mayor to en-
| force the provisions of this ordinance and upor
| a report To him of any failure by the Watel
Company TO observe the provisions OF this Arti
Gle he shall Immediately call a special meeting
| of the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen.
SECTION p And be it established and ordain
| ed by the authority aforesaid. that this ordi
nance snall take effect from the date OF it,
| passage,
Approved August II. 1899.
EDWIN A. SEIDEWITZ, Mayor.
Test PHIL. L. PORTER, Clerk. SIC