The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11
ORDINANCE Nh. 10o


 An ordinance to define the duties and powers of the City Clerk of Birming-
 ham.
 Be it ordained by the City Council of Birmingham as follows:
 Section 1. Powers and Duties-The clerk of the city shall have the follow ing powers, and perform the following duties:
 CD It shall be his duty to attend all the meetings of the City Council and at each meeting to enter in well bound book all the proceedings of the council had at that meeting, which book shall be called and labeled The Journal of the City Council of Birmingham" and shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection.
 | Provided that ordinances or resolu tions of a permanent nature when in troduced, if referred to a committee or allowed to lie over may be noted on the Journal by their caption and need only be recorded at length upon their passage or adoption.
 ! (2) When any ordinance or resolu- | ton shall be introduced in the council he shall put the appropriate number on it. and shall record the same at length in the Journal when adopted and preserve the original on file in his of fee.
 l t3D He shall under the supervision of the president of the council or the com mittee on printing have all ordinances and resolutions published provided by law and for that purpose he shall at the proper time for publication furnish the printer with copy of every such ordinance.
 (4 He shall record the statement of : accounts of the treasurer. and shall file 1 it in his vouchers in his office when ] they shall have been passed upon by ! tn council.
 { (5) He shall keep the Journal and all ! other records of the city under his charge, accurately and properly ln- | deXed.
 (6) The City Clerk shall be ex-offcio tax assessor. and he shall each year in the manner and at the time provided in this code, make a complete assessment of all taxes due the city and deliver the same to the tax collector.
 Sec ?. Shall be Custodian of the Books and Papers and Seal of the City The clerk shall be the custodian of all | the books, papers and records or the city. he shall also be the custodian Of 1 the seal, which shall be affixed and at tested by him. to all contracts In writ ing with or by the city, to all bonds, deeds. or convevances of any character.
 Sec, B. Monthly Reports of Officers Flleu With Clerk-Every officer collecting any money for the city shall file on the ! first day of every month in the oHlce or the city clerk a sworn statement snow ing the amount collected for what pur- pose and from what source collected ana when collected, and the date when the same is paid to the treasurer, and all ] such reports shall be filed by the clerk.
 Sec 4. Clerk to Furnish Certified Copy | of Minutes-'The clerk shall be required to furnish certified copies of the minutes to any person applying therefor, upon the payment of the fees that are allowed
 ..1 fr. not to exceed 15 cents q hundred words and such fees shall be immediately by the clerk remitted to the treasurer for the use of the city of Birmingham. ~
 Sec. t. All other duties required by law of the clerk, except those set out 1 in the city code of Birmingham, shall be performed by the auditor.
 Adopted September 4. 1907.
 Approved JOHN l.. PARKER, President of the Council and Mayor Pro ! Tempore
 Attest: J. c. MURRAY. City Clerk.
 Age Herald September Il, 1907.
 ORDINANCE NO. 1o2
 Section 1. Be It ordained by the City 1 Council of Birmingham. that in all cases l where hot-water or steam, hot-air or | other furnaces are used for the heating of any building in the city of Birming- l ham, the furnace pipe must be Kept at least two l2) feet below the beams or | ceiling above the same, unless said beams or ceiling shall be properly protected by a shield or tin plate suspended above said | smoke pipe with sufficient space for the free circulation of air above and below | said shield
 l Sec ?. Be it further ordained, that | where hot-air pipes are enclosed In wood | en partitions they shall be standard bright | tin, tight joints without soldering them | and shall be securely covered with | bestos at least one-eighth of an inch | thick. wrapped with wire, and securely 1 fastened so as not to slip down; all then | to be securely fastened to the woodwork | with a metallic fastening not over two @ inches apart, and said pipe to be kept at | least one 0) inch from all unprotected 1 woodwork; or said pipe can be double. l and the space between the two metal | pipes on all sides to be at least three | eights of an inch apart in the clear. | Such pipes are to be made with air-tight | joints, without soldering them, and shall | be securely fastened to the partitions at l intervals of every two f2) feet and at | least one CD inch from any unprotected | woodwork
 ] Sec 8. Be it further ordained. that | steam and hot-water heating pipes shall l not be placed within two (2) inches of | any timber or woodwork. unless the tim ! ber or woodwork is protected by 8 metal