Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-08
An Ordinance

| Adding Ave 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
eryoir and supply dams Of said COM
pany.
WHEREAS. the condition Of the water as fur
nished to consumers in Annapolis city, oy the
Annapolis Water Company. has been very oau
| for over two months and II IS feared thar II
something is not done TO improve It's CONDITION,
| II will become serious menace 10 the health OF
| the citv the Condition of the water at present
being such as to render it unfit for drinking
purposes or general family Hss an9 la IA asrr
is due to the condition of the two reservoirs ana
supply dams and the storage therein OF large
| quantities of water fo- long period OF time
therefore,
Sperlos +. Re Il established and ordained by
the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of the City
| Of Anna polls that FIVE new sections to be NUM-
| f,ered seven eight. nine 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
ter 10 consumers in the city OF Annapolis by the
Annapolis Water Company. and providing for
the cleaning and inspection OF the reservoir aud
supply dams OF said company to read as FOL
lows
;. n 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 enptying and cleaning 20 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 and cleaning OF each reservoir
shall be between the fifteenth day OF April anu
the thirtieth day of May. and the second empty
ing and cleaning shall be between the hfteenth
day of October and the thirtieth day OF Novem-
Der, and it shall be the duty OF the SAID water
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.
| a During the portion OF each year between
the first day OF Nav and the first day OF Novem-
her il shall be the duty of said Water Company
| 10 so regulate its pumpiug and storage OF water
that the volume of water in each reservoir shall
he completely consumed or turned OIL, within
the period ofevery twenty days, beginning with
said first day of May in each year, 1t being the
intention ofthis 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 proVid-
ed in section nine.
% In case of an emergency or of a drauth,
water may be stored and supplied to the con
sumers of Annapolis from said reservoirs alter
i
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 il shall not be
/ turned into the supply pipes until the Health
Officer of Annapolis has inspected 1t 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 oil
the year and to file a written report OF his IN
| spection with the Mayor, Counsellor and AL
| dermen 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.
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 T. And be it established and ordain-
| ed by the authority aforesaid, that this ordi-
nance stall take effect from the date OF its
passage.
Approved August Ia 1899.
EDWIN A. SEIDEWITZ, Mayor.
Test PHIL. T.. PORTER, Clerk. SIC