The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-07-17
NOTICES
PIJIMRINC CODE.

this State Boards of Health and a Bureau of {
Vital Statistics, and to define their respect
A. d 1887. the several supplements and
thereto and of the other Acts,
doth ordain:
Muster and Foreman Plumbers to Register
and obtain License.
Section /. That every person, firm OF cor
poration engaged in business or doing work
as a Master or Foreman Plumber, shall be-
fore doing any plumbing work whatever
within the City of Pleasantyille City, appear
in person at the Office of the Board of Health
and register his, their or its name and place
of business upon Blank Forms to be furnish
ed by said Board. No person, firm or corpo-
ration shall engage in business or do work
as Master or Foreman plumber within the
said City without first having obtained a
plumbers license from the Board of Health.
Cost of License.
Section 2. The fee for every such License
Certificate herein provided for shall be Two
Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50), to be paid
annually, to the Chief Plumbing Inspector,
at the time of registering for the current
year. All such License Certificates shall ex-
pire on the Thirty-frst day of December fol-
lowing their issuance; and such License Ger
tificate shall not take effect until the License
Fee herein for shall be paid to the Inspector
who is authorized to collect and receive same,
and pay same over to the Treasurer of the
said Board of Health.
Plumber Coming from Other Places.
Section 3. No person, firm or corporation
engaged in the business of Plumbing and
Drainage as Master Plumbers, desiring to do
plumbing and drainage work in the City OF
Pleasantville City shall enter upon such work
until he, they or it shall have qualified as
hereinbefore provided in Sections L and 2.
Change of Address.
Section 4. Every registered master plum
Der, firm or corporation shall give immediate
notice of change in his, their or its place of
business and upon his, their or its retire
ment from business to the Board of Health.
Plans, Drawings and Written Descriptions OF
Drainage of Buildings to be Filed.
Section 5. That before any portion of the
plumbing and drainage system of any build
ing shall be constructed, altered and extend
ed there shall be filed in the Office of the
Board of Health, a plan or drawing Tin ink)
and written description thereof signed by the
owner and Master Plumber showing the said
plumbing and drainage system entire, from
its connection with the sewer or eesspool
throughout the entire building, together with
the location of all fixtures, traps. ventilation
, pipes and other parts of system and a permit
issued therefor. No alteration or change OF
the same shall be made except upon appliea-
ton of the owner approved by the Inspector
, in writing. Plans shall be approved within
} 48 hours when practicable.
Cost of Permits.
/, Section 6. When the plan of any plumb
ing and drainage system is filed in the ofhee
of the Board of Health, a fee of Fifty Gents
4 for each of the first Five fixtures and 20
5 cents for each additional fixture will, be
charged. The word fixtures being here
pipes whether fixtures are set or not to de-
fray the expenses of inspection, the filing of
plans ana experimenting the testing OIL the
work. For every cesspool constructed in the
City of Pleasantville there shall be a charge
] of Fifty Cents and a permit issued and to be
inspected when completed. The minimum
charge for any permit will be one dollar.
Inspector to Approve Plans, Etc.
| Section Z. No opening shall be made in
e or connection made to, the public sewerage
V system without a permit first shall be obtain
= ed, and no permit shall be issued for a con.
Z ~nection to the public sewer without a eertih'
o cate of inspection by the Inspector of TIL
d Board of Health of the drainage system u
be connected.
Inspection.
Section s. No drainage work shall b.
covered or concealed in any way until afte
it has been examined and approved by
Board of Health inspector, and notice mus
be sent to the Board Of Health in writing
when the work is sufficiently advanced TO
such inspection and Immediately on tn
completion of the work, application must b.
made for final inspection and test. Any por
tion of a drainage system put in and covere'
up or concealed, without first being inspecte4
and approved, must be uncovered and exposes
for inspection and examination when requires
II by an Inspector.
II Testing.
e Section 9. Under no circumstances shall
:" plumbing and drainage work be used unit
the same has first been tested in the presenc
of the Inspector with air at a pressure of no
, less than five 90 pounds to the square inc
TX or water test at not less than ten (10
If pounds to the square inch, or both, and
said test is satisfactory. he shall issue a Ger
y ~ bhoI Sh01h IN h@RSNASA $40
,e carry a properly tested gauge.
No water test shall be permitted from tn
month of October, to the month Of Marcf
w foreman plumber, under the direction of an
It in the presence of the Inspector. The In
spector shall forthwith give notice of an
E, defects in either material or labor, unautho
Il rized changes or alterations, and such defee
shall be orthwith corrected by the Maste
or foreman plumber or owner. All materia
and labor must be approved by an Inspecto
of the Board of Health before a final eertit
cate will be issued.
Coating Of Pines.
n Section 10. : the test has bee
:. approved by the Inspector. iron drain or so
1f shall any coating be applied to cast iron so
I'd pipes or drain pipes until test has been az
&c piled and approved by the Inspector.
n Dwellings, to be Separately Connected.
VI Section II. Every house or building sha'
lie be separately and Independently connecte
with the street sewer or main drain. and ey
cry house shall be separately vented. n
3 cold air box for furnace shall be so place
that it can by any possibility draw air fro1
the Fresh Air inlet pipe on house drain.
Main Drain.
Section IL. When there is no sewer /
re the street on which the building faces, an
J. it Is necessary to construct a private sewe
to connect with a sewer on an adjace1
street or avenue, must be laid outside tn
L, property line and not through yards or IN
At der houses without a special permit from tn
A. Board of Health. When and where publ
sewers are laid in the street adjacent to th
property, the drains of all buildings on sal
property must be connected with such publ
sewers.
Material Of House Drain.
Section 10. All horizontal drains With
the walls of buildings shall be cast iron wit
al caulked lead and oakum joint, for wrougt
II iron screw joints, shall be so located as to b
readily accessible, for inspection. The hous
IL drain within buildings shall be securely hun
~ on brick piers 8 inches thick and not NOR
than Z feet apart, unless this is impractica
e BILE, in which case it must be laid in a trenc
10 cut at a grade. The house drain shall hay
lie a fall of at least one-quarter of an inch t
, the foot, and more if possible.
! Relieving Arch
u Section IA. When a pipe passes under
"a wall of a building there shall be a relievin
ID arch to prevent the pipe from being broke
~ by the settling of the foundation. Said drai
~ shall be provided with openings for cleanin
lie purposes, the same to be closed with a screI
plug. All traps shall be placed below frost
line.
All drains or soil pipes connected with tn
main house drain, or where the main pipe
above the cellar floor, shall be of plain cas-
iron pipe. or wrought iron pipe with serewe