The age-herald., 1900-11-16
BILL MFoz=QaE CITY
 SANITARY SEWER
Report of the Subcommittee on
 Legislation
TWO MEASURES DRAF TED
One to Make Jefferson County sani' tary District and the Other for ls-
 suance of Bonds-The Board l. of Revenue to Act.

The citizens committee of fifteen, ap- pointed sometime ago to take up the ques- ton of a trunk sanitary sewer for Jeffer- son County met yesterday afternoon to hear the report of the subcommittee on legislation B. J. Smyer Is chairman of the subcommittee, and he read the bill which had been drafted and which 1t is intended to present before the General Assembly of Alabama for adoption. The bill is quite lengthy, filling fourteen typewriter pages and being divided into thirty-six sections The caption of the bill follows:
 ITO make Jefferson County, Alabama, sanitary district, to establish a sanitary commission therefor, make the commission a body corporate, prescribe its powers and duties, and to regulate and provide for san- itation in said county"
 The commission shall consist of nine members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, the commission to elect its pres- ident no members term to exceed ten years, term of one member shall expire two years from the date of the creation Of the commission, and one every succeeding year; vacancies to be filled by vote of the commission, any resident citizen of Jeffer- son County being eligible to membership; regular term of office ten years. The com missioners are to receive no compensation for ther services except for travelling and other necessary expenses.
 Section ' provides that the commission shall cause to be constructed main or trunk sanitary sewer from point in or near Birmingham to a point below the city of Bessemer, and a main or trunk sewer from a point at or near the town of East Lake to point below the town of Ensley.
 Authority of Commissioners.
 -FThe commission is given full authority in the matter of constructig the sewer or sewers, to purify sewage at any point 1t may see fit, to acquire in the name of Jef- ferson County any lands or property neces- sary, may have property condemned when necessary, the right to appeal to the Su- preme Court not being needed, the commis- sion to have the right to alter of change the course or direction of any water course, to provide for connection at such places as may be necessary; that all incorporated cities lying along the course of the main or trunk sewer shall connect with 1t.
 Section 14 provides that said commission shall have the authority and power, in It's discretion, to protect any and all streams and water courses in Jefferson County from pollution and it shall be the duty of said commission to protect from pollution eny and all water courses from which any municipality or community draws or uses in whole in part, it's supply of water. And in order to protect such supply of wa ter from pollution said commission shall have the right and power to employ such inspectors and inspect and look after the water supplies, and to take such steps as may be necessary or deemed necessary to protect the water supplies, and to prevent or remove polluting matter on and from the watersheds or sources from which the water comes.''
 The bill provides that all contract work let by the commission shall be let to the lowest and best responsible bidder, except in cases of emergency; that where the con- tract shall exceed 5000 the contractor shall be required to give bond with some guar anty company; that the supervising en- gineer or engineers in charge shall give bond; provides that the supervising en- gineer or engineers who carelessly or in- tentionally give estimates in excess of the amount for which they should be given shall be liable in an amount three times In