Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-07-11


required, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than ten dol
lars nor more than N hundred dol
lars.
inspection.
Section 4. There Is hereby estab-
lished the office of Public Service
Commissioner for the City of Her
mann. He shall be appointed by the
mayor like other officers, and may
be a member of the Board of Alder
men, and shall hold the office at
the pleasure Of the mayor, at such
compensation as shall by order OF
the Board of Aldermen be allowed
from time to time. The said Public
Service Commissioner SC appointed
for the city shall have the right to
enter upon any premises, or into
any building, containing plumbing or
drains, at all reasonable hours, to
ascertain whether the provisions Of
this ordinance have been or are be-
ing complied with. If said commits
sioner shall find that any such
plumbing, drains or attachments do
not conform to the provisions of this
ordinance in regard thereto, he shall
notify the owner Of said premises or
his agent, OF the fact. 1t shall
thereupon be the duty of such own
err, or his agent, to cause said
plumbing, drains or attachments to
be so altered, repaired or recon
structed so as to make them con-
form to the requirements of this or
dinance in regard thereto, within
such time as shall be specified by
the Public Service Commissioner.
The Public Service Commissioner Is
to be given notice when any work is
ready for inspection and all work
must be left uncovered and conve-
nient for examination until inspect
ed and approved, which shall be
done within twenty-four hours after
notification by the commissioner or a
deputy of his. The commissioner
shall see that proper materials are
used and that fixtures are put in &C
cording to the rules and regulations
prescribed therefor. In preparing
the work for inspection, the plumb
er doing the work, shall prepare the
whole system of plumbing in the
building for said commissioner, and
make the proper test by filling pipes
with water and making the water
test. After the commissioner shall
have made the necessary tests and
examination, and the same prove
satisfactory, he shall evidence ais
approval of said work by proper GER
tificate. Making use of con-
nections pricl to such approval Civ
en- by the said commissioner, shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and be
subject to fine of not less than ten
dollars and not exceeding fifty dol
lars.
Plumbing and Drain-laying.
Section 5. Plumbing is hereby de-
fined to include the fixtures and all
appurtenances thereto, which are Is
ed to conduct water to and distrib-
ute it, in or about any promises or
buildings for any S whatever; and
all pipes and appurtenances used or
to be used for conveying liquid
wastes OF water within and to a dis
lance of three feet outside of the
foundation wall of any building, and
all pipes and appurtenances used or
to be used to ventilate the drains,
fixture or traps in any building.
D~rain-laying is defined to include
the connections with the public sew
er or l~aterals. or private sewers and
such pipes as may be laid beneath
the surface, and more than three
feet outside of the foundation walls
of the building drained. Drain-lay-
ing shall be a part of The work Of
plumbing, under this ordinance.
Description of Work.
Section 6. Before a permit shall
be issued for doing any plumbing
work in a building, or before any ad-
ditions r made, except necessary
repairs, a description or plan of the
work to be done, signed by a licens-
ed plumber, shall be filed with the
Public Service Commissioner, and
no work shall be commenced until
such description and plan shall have
been approved by him. And all
work done, as we'll as all materials
used. must first be approved by the
said commissioner.
Connections.
Section Z. Each building shall
have a separate connection with
the sewer, unless a special permit
shall be granted by the Public Ser
vice Commissioner. Whenever Y
functions have been put in the sew
er, they must be used for making
such connections. No juction pipe
shall be cut or taken up for connect
ing purposes, without special permit
from said commissioner, and then
only in his presence. No connection
shall be made in any case without
the presence of the said commissions
er.
Materials.
Section s. The following rules,
requirements and regulations shall
govern the plumbing, d~rain-laying
and connection of houses with the
public sewer and laterals in the CT.
ty OF Hermann, to wit:
A four-inch running trap, with two
hand holds and with two trap screw
ferrIles shall be placed in the main
drain just inside of the cellar wall.
A four-incch vent pipe leading from
the open air outside the cellar shall
be joined to the main house drain
on the house side of the main trap
and Joined by " Y; and no other
trap or other obstruction shall be
placed in the main pipe between
this point of junction and the open
top above the roof. Such VEN pipe
must not open within fifteen feet,