St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-29
AN ORDINANCE

the House Sewers in and Under the Control of the First Sewerage
District Of the City of oPeousas La, and for Other Purposes:
District of the City of opdousas, La, that for the governing and regulating of
house sewerage, plumbing drainlaying and connections with the house se"
ss in and under the control of the First Sewerage District of the City of
opelousas, La, the following rules, laws and regulations be and they are
hereby passed, ordained and adopted:
ia, Definitions.
Section 1. In the system of sewerage for h houses, house sewer
is defined to NEAR herein the pipes, conduits, mains OF laterals laid in the
streets, o in certain places for topographic reasons laid through private
lands; house drain" the horizontal pipe laid from the sewer to " near
the building and there connected with tn pipes eonstltutng tn interior
house drainage system; soil pipe" any pipe conveying the discharge of a
water closet, with or without other fixtures, to the house drain; waste
pipe" n pipe conveying the discharge OF any fixture keep a water closet
to the house drain or to a soil pipe; went pipe" any pipe provided to ven
tIae other pipes, traps or fixtures and to prevent back pressure and the
siphomng of a trap; stack" a vertical line of pipe, especially a vertical
vent pipe; fixture" any water closet bath tub, sink or other receptacle for
water "r n nusnnhe " ~ n1aoad in = line ~ sn Or - n5ns tha among
nassing water will be held to completely fill the channel and thus seal it
and prevent the passage of air OF gas past the trap.
House Sewerage Exclusively
Section 2 The system Of house DR. sanitary sewers is fol collecting,
carving and dspoing of the house sewage, that is the liquid wastes from
domestic or household and Industrial service. 1t shall not be lawful to use
he ouse sewers fol any other purpose, or to place or cause to be placed
in any house sewer any water from rain, snow or seepage, or any swfn, gar
bage sweepngs. ashes, sand, clay, cotton, wool rags, wearing apparel rub
Dish, or other solid matter that may not be promptly dissolved by the w
age, or anything that may form deposits or distractions in the sewers. 1t
shall not be lawful to connect with any house sewer and discharge. sewage
int it, before it is completed and connected with the general outfanL
Private Sewers and Prives-
Section 8. No pnvy, cesspoo, urinal no private sewer nor other
conduit. dicharging house sewage elsewhere than into the house sewers,
viii be allowed on any lot AUDITING o a street in which a house sewer a
been constructed, nor on any lot nearer to such a street than to any other,
after "a months after the passage of this Ordinance.
City Employees Only. -.
Section A. No person but the Superintendent of the Electric Lights
and Waterworks of the City of opeIousas, La, o such other persons as the
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enter or deposit anything into, or remove anything from, o otherwise in
ternre with, any manholc or any other appurtenance to the system of house
sewers.
Repair of Sewers.
Section s.. No one but a skilled mechanic acting under the directions
persons as the Board of Commissioners may designate, shall make any
opening into, any connections with, or ny repairs to the house sewers or
their accessories.
Section 6. No other conduit shall be laid parallel to and within five
Industrial Waste.
Section Z No discharge from any slaughter house, stable, dairy
1a nnlnn nannnaa NV The sunsrfnten ento IF thu electric lights and Water
works, or such other person IS the Board of Commissioners may designate
providing against the formation of distractions in the pipe and against in
reference with the publication of the sewage.
Sediment, Heat, Pressure.
Section s.. Neither the exhaust, the blowof, the drippipe, MOI the
sediment, from any steam boiler, nor the discharge of large volumes OF not
water from ource, nor b discharge from a hydraulic elevator shall be
oon ne.s go ~m ~ ran+sd which after being relieved of sediment, press
ue, or high temperature, may discharge into the sewer. Water over 100
degrees Fab, or hot enough to cause steam to arse il the sewer, shah not
be admitted.
independent Connections.
Section {. Each building connected with a house sewer shall have
its separate house drain, connecting it with the house sewer, except
thai, when several small houses are o the same lot and have the same
owner, they may, if approved by the Superintendent of the Electric Lights
and waterworks, or such other person rs the Board of Commissioner may
designate, have their separate fixtures connected with MAR house drain
to the sewer Or may be served by the same fixtures nl n ownershl
of either of the houses changes, when such house is tic b e disconnected trm
the common house drain and connected to the house sewer by n lMe
Board Of Examiners and Plumbers.
Section 10. The Board of Commissioners will appoint a Board OF Elk
aminers of Plumbers, consisting of three members who shall serve fr sucn
time as the Board of Commissioners shall IRON I'M TO eme n' VIZ sm A
meet, organize and adopt Jules to carry into effect the PROVISIONS o1 tns
edion and shall designate The time Oh ner meeuhs H1 ie oA@maD
of applicants TO license, Or to hear and determine any appeals OF me
rulings of thu Superntendent of the Electric Lights WaterWorks. or
such other person Is the Board of Commissioners may designate, as heren
provided, or charges that may be made against any master punper OF
m journeyman plumber, or fer the transaction of other business.
Qualification of Plumbers and Drain Layers
Section II Every applicant for license as a plumber n alnlaye
as the case may De. shall appear before the Board of Examiners OF pump
eB; shall pass a thorough examination by said Board as to thu applicants
experience, knowledge and skill in practical sanitary PLUMBING or ranla
ing; and shall satisfy the said Board that the applicant or at hast oe resi-
dent member of he firm, or resident executive ohcer IN Inc orpo
ton making the application, is a master plumber or a ralnlasef as ae
case my be. skilled and experienced in his trade, competent to d sanitary
plumbing or drainlaying properly and in accordance with TN Guys ouf
nances wo will give his personal attention to the work, also that III ap.
plcant will employ only competent help and is financially responsible. upon
satisfactory proof of the qualifications and fitness OF a. apphcane nr II
eense as a plumber o IS drainlayer, the Board O. Examiners OF Plumbers
shall issue a certificate of qualification.
License of Plumbers and DrainLayers
- Section u License to do plumbing or dranlay1ng, or potn' III IN
necaon with the Sewerage Districts sewers, shall b granted o. Inc boalu
Of mmissioners only after a written application has been made IN M
form prescribed. accompanied by a certificate OF qualification sue " Inc
ponra - rmpinors Of Plumbers: tn application shall also be accompanled