Morris tribune., 1907-07-27
CITY OFFICIAL NOTICES
Ordinance No. 81.

control of sewers and drains in the
city of Morris, Minnesota.
The common council of the city of
Morris, Minnesota do ordain:
Sec. 1: City Engineer to have con-
troll of sewers and drains. The City
Engineer of the city of Morris, MINI.
shall have general supervision and
control of all sewers and drains and
connections thereto, which have been
or may hereafter be constructed by
the city or which have been or may
hereafter be constructed by private
parties under authority granted by the
common council, and no connections
shall be made with said sewers or
drains without the written permission
of the City Engineer, unless permits
sion for said connection has been
granted by resolution by the common
council of said city.
Sec. 2: License to make connec-
tons. No connection shall be made
with any sewer or drain except by
persons to whom license to perform
that kind of work has been granted by
the common council, and no permit
shall be granted to any person except
regularly licensed drain layer.
Sec. 3: License, how obtained. Any
person desiring license to make
connection with sewers and drains in
said city shall make application in
writing therefor to the common
council, and shall furnish satisfactory
evidence that he is or has in his en-
ploy a person regularly trained and
skilled in the work of making such
connection and qualified 10 receive a
license.
Sec. 4: License bond and fee. No
license shall be issued to any appli-
can't until he has paid to the city
treasurer the license fee of $1,000 and
until he shall have executed and filed
in the office of the city clerk bond to
the city of Morris in the sum of
100000, executed by himself and two
sufficient sureties and approved by
the common council, conditioned that
he will idemnify and save harmless
the city of Morris from all suits, acct
dents and damages which May arise
on account of Or by reason of the do
ing of any work or the placing or
handling of any material in any street.
alley or public grounds pursuant to
sach license either by him or those in
his employment, and also that he will
replace and restore the street where
any such work has been done to as
good state and condition as he found
it and that he will keep guards by day
and red lights by night, and that hea
will keep and maintain same in good
order, to the satisfaction of the city
engineer and that he will conform in
all respects to the rules and regula-
tons of the common council relating
to the streets, sewers and drains and
will obey all of the ordinances of the
city relating thereto and will pay all
fines that may be imposed upon him
by law. Every license so issued shall
expire one year after the date thereof
but may be suspended or revoked at
any time by the common council on
satisfactory proof of any willful fail
ure or inexcusable neglect of the Ii.
censee to observe the rules and regu-
lations prescribed by the common
council relating to the streets, sewers
and drains or to obey any reasonable
direction given by the city engineer
respecting the performance of any
work done by him in connection with
said sewers and drains under such Ii
cense.
Sec. 5: Permits to make connec-
lions. No connection shall be made
with any sewer or drain without the
written permission of the city engin-
eer, and the making of any connection
to any sewer or drain without said
permission shall subject the person
making the same, and the owner or
occupant of the premises directing it,
to penalty of not less than $1,000 for
each and every day said connection
shall remain, after notice by the city
engineer to close, remove or discon-
tinue the same.
Sec. 6: Revocation of permits. All
permissions given as aforesaid to con-
meet with sewers and drains shall be
upon the express condition that the city
engineer may revoke and annul the
same at any time previous to the
time the work of making snch connec-
ton is commenced and the person
making such connection, or their
successors in interest shall not have
the right to claim any damages in
of such permission being