Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-12-22
ORDINANCE No. BIB

An ordinance creating the office
of superintendent of the Water De-
partment and making the Superin-
tendent of the Water Department
eX-officiO Street Commissioner and
eX-officio Plumbing Inspector defin-
ing his duties, fixing his compensa-
ton and repeating all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance.
The City Council OF the City of
Pullman do ordain as follows:
Section. That there is hereby
created the office of Superintendent
of the Water Department.
Section 2. That the Superintend-
ent of the Water Department shall
have charge of the Water System
and it shall be his duty to inspect
from time to time the premises of all
users of water; to see that the tot
lets. faucets and water connections
arc in good order; to test the hy-
drants whenever it may be necessary
and repair or cause to be repaired
all that are found to be defective;
to do all pumping that may be neces-
sary to be done; to read the water
meters once each month; to do all
things that are necessary to be done
to keep the water system in a first
class condition.
Section 3. That it shall be the
duty of the Superintendent of the
Water Department, as eX-officiC
Street Commissioner, and under the
direction of the City Council, to have
supervision of all streets, alleys
roads, sidewalks, crosswalks, bridges
bulkheads, sewers, and public
grounds in the city of Pullman, and
TO have charge of all property owned
by the city for the repair and i'm.
provement of its said streets, alleys
roads, sidewalks, crossWalks, bridges
bulkheads, sewers, and public
grounds; and to report from time tC
time TO the proper committee of the
Council such alterations. repairs OIL
improvements thereto as may be
necessary, with the best manner OF
doing the same, which said repor
the committee shall bring before the
Council at its next meeting there
after.
Section 4 That it shall be the
duty OF the superintendent of the
Water Department as ex-officiC
Street Commissioner to keep in re
pair all streets, bridges, bulkheads
sewers, and crosswalks in the City
and to notify all persons to builC
sidewalks when ordered by the Coun
Gil; and when sidewalks need repair
TO notify the owners of same, and II
the owners or occupants thereof fai
to repair the same within five DAYS
from date of such notice it shall be-
the duty of the ex-Officio Street Com
missioner 10 repair the same at the
expense of the owner of the prem
ises upon which said sidewalks abut
Section ;. That it shall be tht
duty of the eX-Officio Street Commits
sioner to remove all obstruction.
from the streets, alleys. sidewalks
bridges and public grounds Of the
| city OF Pullman, unless otherwis,
provided by the Council. and to re
move all nuisances from the streets
| alleys. sidewalks and public or pri
vate grounds within the City Limits
and the necessary expense for sucl
| removal shall be a charge agains
| the person or persons MAINTAINING
such nuisance,
| Section 6 That the Superintend
ent OF the Water Department shall
be eX-officio Plumbing Inspector ant
shall perform such duties in addition
to those Of Superintendent of tn
Water Department.
Section Z. That all fees collected
by the superintendent of the Waite
Department shall be paid into tn
Current Expense Fund.
Section 8. That the Superintend
ent of the Water Department shall
'be appointed by the Mayor and ap