The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-02-04
PLUMBING ORDINANCE NO. 100

PLUMBING ORDINANCE NO. $50
An ordinance regulating the business
of plumbing in the City OF Liberal,
Kansas, providing for an inspector
of plumbing in said city and pre-
scribing penalties for violation
thereof.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Councilmen of the City of Liberal:
Section l. There is hereby Gre
ated the office of Plumbing Inspector
for the City of Liberal, Kansas.
Sec. 2. That the mayor shall, by
and with the consent of the council,
appoint a plumbing inspector for the
City of Liberal.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
plumbing inspector to inspect all
jobs of plumbing hereafter done in
the City of Liberal for the purpose
of seeing whether they comply in
every respect with the provisions of
this ordinance, as hereafter fully set
forth, and such rules and regulations
concerning health and sanitation as
may be made and promulgated from
time to time by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of said City and State Board of
Health of the State of Kansas He
shall keep record of all inspections
made by him, issue certificates to
parties completing jobs of plumbing,
inspect all buildings being erected,
altered or repaired, with regard to
plumbing therein, and shall see that
all plumbing, drainage and sewer
work is done in first class, work
manlike manner, and shall see that
the rules and regulations for plumb
ing and drainage set forth in this
ordinance are complied with and
obeyed. He shall have the power to
reject any job of plumbing which is
not done in accordance with the pro-
visions of this ordinance; and, for
accomplishing the purposes set forth,
he shall have the right to enter upon
any premises containing plumbing or
drains to ascertain whether the pro-
visions of this ordinance have been
and are being complied with; Pro-
vided that any owner of building
the plumbing of which has been re-
jected by said inspector who may
feel aggrieved at the decision of sucn
inspector may personally appeal to
the Mayor and Council and have such
order of rejection reviewed by said
Mayor and Council and the decision
OF said Mayor and Council shall be
final in the matter.
Sec. A.. Any person who shall in
any manner interfere with or pre-
vent or hinder the said inspector of
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ties under this ordinance shall be-
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction fined in any SUN
not exceeding fifty dollars for each
offense.
Sec. 5. The plumbing inspector
shall make two inspections OF the
plumbing done in every building
hereafter constructed in the City OF
Liberal, one of which inspections
shall be made when the roughing-in
work is completed and the other
when such job of plumbing is fully
completed, and he shall issue his
certificates showing such inspections
to have been made by him. The
master plumber, or person, company
or corporation having the contract
for the plumbing of any such build
ing shall pay to such inspector fee
of one dollar for each such inspec-
ton, for the payment of which such
Inspector shall issue his receipts;
Provided, that on alteration jobs
where the location of fixture or fix
lures are changed only one inspec-
tion fee of one dollar shall be col
lected and Provided, further, that
all orders for inspection must reach !
such inspector on or before 1920
a. m. on day inspection is to be made.
Later than 1890 will not be in
spected until the following day. mol
inspections to be made on Saturday |
afternoons. All fees herein provided |
for shall be by such inspector paid !
to the City Treasurer, who shall re-
ceipt such inspector for the same.
Sec 6. Every person engaged in
or working at the business of plumb |
ing in the City of Liberal, either as
Master Plumber, Employing |
Plumber or Journeyman Plumber, |
shall register his name and address |
at the office of the inspector of |
plumbing, and the Master Plumber
and the Employing Plumber shall |
file with the City Clerk a good and !
sufficient bond, running to the City
of Liberal, in the sum of $500, to be |
approved by the Mayor, conditioned !