The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-08
CITY ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 425-C
An ordinance to amend sections IA ana
On nf ordinance 264-C.

80 of ordinance 284-C.
Be it ordained, by the commission OF
the city of Birmingham, as follows:
Section l. That section IA of ordinance
264-C, approved November 4, l9l4' De
amended so as to read as follows:
That it shall be the duty of every mas
ter plumber and every person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business OF
plumbing or steam fitting to give bond
PAYABLE to the city of Birmingham in the
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars
(s25Oo). Said bond shall be made by some
suitable surety company duly authorized
to do business in the state of Alabama
and said bond to be approved by the
CITY comptroller and filed with him and
conditioned that the person. firm or cor
poration engaged in the plumbing or
drain laying business will faithfully OBJ
serve all the ordinances of the city OF
Birmingham pertaining to the plumbing
and drain laying business. blasting and
excavations and all rules and regulations
established under the authority of this
ordinance. All such plumbing and drain
laying work done by such person, firm
or corporation or under his or it's bond
shall be executed in a workmanlike man
ner; that the city of Birmingham shall
be Unidentified and saved harmless from
all accidents and damages of any char
acter whatsoever caused by the negli-
gence of such person in doing
said work. or by any unfaithful
or inadequate work done by the par
ties themselves, their agents or employees;
provided, however, that whenever any
property owner or his duly authorized
agent shall apply for permit to exca-
| vate in any of the public highways of
| the city of Birmingham where the work
| is to be done by a journeyman plumber
and not by master plumber. or per-
son engaged in the business of conducting
| a plumbing shop, such property owners
shall at the time of procuring such per-
| nit execute a bond with good and suf-
fcient surety in the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars $3.50 and conditioned to
| hold the city of Birmingham harmless on
account of any loss, damage or liability
which any person may suffer by reason
of the negligence of a property owner or
| of his servant, agent or employe or jour-
neyman plumber, either of them, en-
| ployed or engaged sin installing sucn
plumbing or excavatng IN highway OF
| any other work in connection with SAID
installation of said plumbing under said
permit and that such property ownS
will faithfully observe all the ordinances
| of the city of Birmingham pertaining TO
| the plumbing and drain laying, blasting
| and excavations and all rules and regu-
| lations established under authority OF
| this ordinance. and that all plumbing or
drain laying work done by such property
owner his servants. agents or employees
or journeyman plumber, shall be executed
= a workmanlike manner, and that he
will maintain in a reasonably safe con-
dition for period of one year all bitches
and excavations which may be opened by
such owner or his agent. servant or en-
ploye under such permit and will re-
place the dirt and material excavated
from such ditch in a proper and work.
manlike manner and spread over such ex-
cavation new material of the same quail
| ity and kind with which the street Ia
| improved and maintain the highway at
| the point of such excavation In reason
ably safe condition for a period of one
year from the date of such excavation.
where such excavation is made III an UNI