The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-02
LEGAL.
published in the Topeka Daily state
Journal May g. 1851
ORDINANCE NO. 2847.

ORDINANCE NO. Z641.
AN ORDINANCE creating board OF
81 lI,,. .ners and regulating the business
sas, and providing penalties for the vio-
M aoio5 s.t thereof. and repeating Ordinance a
NRo Aususr " July IS
February 10. 1906 and ali other ordi-
- fiict with this ordnance. -
Be e,, It ordsined by the Mayor and Coun-
sa Of th The city Sos q Topeka . ssamnr
With Phe fG1 Of + heEsRy
board shall consist of three members, one
OF wnicn shall be the chairman of the
o o1ard or or health. who shall be the ex
aminers. The second member of said
board Of examiners shall be a master
piumper and the third member thereof
ond and third members shall be appointed
annually by the mayor before the first
day OF May in each year, by and with the
consent of the council, and shall each be
paid from the treasury of the city the
board of examiners shall hold regular
meetings on the last Tuesday. of each
month, month for ..t the examination Of all ap.
the business of plumbing in the city of
Topeka, Kansas. Said meetings shall be
may designate Said board shall examine
said applicants as to their practical
knowledge of plumbing. house draining
and plumbing ventilation. and. if satisfied
of the competency. of said applicants,
| shall thereupon issue certificates to said
applicants, authorizing them to engage
| in or work at the business of plumbing.
| either as a master plumber or employing
plumber or as a journeyman plumber
plumber .or. employing plumber. shall be
$500 and for journeyman plumber 1t
sd be and aba be psa nto te
| treasury of the city of Topeka. Said
board shall have power and is directed to
at the discretion of the board. any certif
| cate or authority granted hereunder, II,
after notice and opportunity to be heard,
by said board of violating the terms and
conditions of this ordinance, or the rules
council under the authority of the charter
or ordinances of the city of Topeka.
Sec. q The mayor, by and with the
supervisor of plumbing, who shall be
practical plumber Of training and exper-
cute plumbing work. - His 3'e official title
shall be Inspector of Plumbing. The
Inspector of plumbing. SO appointed, shall
city of Topeka in the sum of five hundred
dollars $500. COZ. conditioned for the faith
r full performance Ina Of his duties He shall
| council may from time to time provide by
| ordinance. The bond required to be given
the mayor and council and the salary
shall be paid monthly
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the in
spector or plumbing to inspect the laying
of drains, sewers or water service and ali
other plumbing work done under these or
same. He shall be ex-officio secretary of
saio poard OF examiners but shall have
He shall keep records of all meetings of
said board and attend to all correspond
ence and all official business as directed
by said board. He shall give general in
meaning
and requirements of the ordinances, rules
and regulations to persons desiring the
violation or attempted violation of the
ordinances, rules or regulations on the
Tending party. He shall issue all notices
of certificates of registration, and keep a
report Of all inspections made; and when
the plumbing or drainlaying Of any prem
ises shall be satisfactorily completed, he
shall ISLE to the party doing the work a
properly done. He shall supervise water
and sewer connections and all work for
the purpose of making or repairing the
same. He shall collect all fees for in
spection herein authorized to be charged,
GEEK and depos the to hue e5y
lected with the city treasurer before the
first Monday in each month. The inspec-
in the course Of erection. alteration or re-
pair. as often as may be necessary, and
shall see that all plumbing, drains and
tons herein established or authorized
and that the work is done by persons
authorized to do such work.
Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corporation
in Eng city Of topeka mmae aTe
an established place Of business and
certificate Of examination from the exam
Ali persons firms and corporations. en-
gagged In or conducting a plumbing bust
ness in the city of Topeka. shall make
onn Ia until he
furnished by such board. Said reports
IN ten days before, the first days Of Jan
uary and July in each year. and shall
contain the names of all master and Jour
other persons engaged in plumbing work
In the employ of such persons firms or
corporations the Length Of time served by
required by said board necessary to the
securing and keeping of complete records
the plumbing business in the city Of To-
pka. Before engaging in the business of
plumbing every master plumber shall
give to the city bond in the sum of two
thousand dollars (s2ooO.Oo). to be approved
by the mayor and council. conditioned
The VAN and c o tby
ordinance and all rules and regulations
made in thereof tSd and will
conditions of all ordinances of said city
governing street excavations, and shall
and regulations of the board of water
works trustees of the city of Topeka
Kansas, now in force. or that may here
after be adopted for the management and
control of the water works of said city
and indemnify and hold said city harm
and injuries sustained by said city by
reason of the carelessness or neglect Of
said party in operating under this ordi-
nance or said excavation ordinances and
all ordinances enacted for the manage
ment and control of the water works of
said city of Topeka, or any
rules and regulations made in
pursuance thereof, or by reason of any
failure or neglect to comply with any of
the provisions of said ordinances or any
rules and regulations made in pursuance
Such bond shall Ia, ,,eaa...S1