The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-01
ORDINANCE NO. ABB.

Be it Ordained by the City Council
of the City Of Scotland:
Section One. No person shall make
any connection, attach to or tap any
lateral sanitary sewer or trunk sewer
in the city of Scotland or make any
excavation in the street. alleys or
public grounds of the city of Scot
land, or under the sidewalks of said
city. for the purpose of making such
connections or attachments to any
sewer without first having obtained a
permit therefor from the City Audit
Or Of said city or in the absence or
inability of said City Auditor them
from the Mayor of said city.
Section Two. Such permit go is.
sued shall be in writing signed by the
City Auditor or Mayor and shall des.
cribe the property to be connected
with said saver and the street or
public ground through which such
connections shall pass and shall desig-
nate the period of time within which
said connection shall be made and ex-
cavation filled and shall contain the
name of the person to whom the same
is issued.
Section Three No service sewer
trench shall be filled or sewer pipe
covered until the service sewer and
connections with the city sewer has
first been inspected by the city plum
Der and all persons making service
sewer connections shall give at leas t
six hours notice to the city plumber;
of the time when such service sewer
and connections will be ready for in-
spection and it shall be the duty Of
| the city plumber to inspect such SER
vice sewer and connections within
twenty four hours after receiving
| such notice and if in his judgment
such service sewer is properly laid
and such connections properly made
he shall give permission for the fill
ing of such trench, and if he finds
such service sewer improperly or de-
fectively laid or connected he shall
order same taken out and rela,d or
connected in accordance with his d.
rection.
Section Four. No person shall
turn gs.e. OF sewage into ee;d eewer
until such private sewer and connec.
tions is inspected and approved by
the city plumber and written permits
sion given by the city plumber to use
the same.
Section Five. All trenches and ex-
cavations shall be properly guarded
and barricaded and in the night time
shall be further guarded by placing
lighted lanterns at the excavation
which lanterns shall! be kept lighted
from shutdown until sun rise.
Section Six. All trenches and ex.
cavations made by any person IN the
streets or public grounds or under the
sidewalks of said city for the purpose
of making such sewer connections shall
be partially filled with dirt wet down
with water and thoroughly tamped
and such process shall be continued
until all earth removed from the ex.
cavation is put back into the trench
and the trench left in smooth. even
and firm condition.
Section Seven. All sewer connec-
tons with the lateral or trunk sewers
laid in the streets, alleys or public
grounds of said city shall be laid and
constructed from such lateral or trunk
sewers BY the owners of the property
AUDITING on such said lateral or trunk
sewers at such property owners cost
and expense
Any person or persons violating
any of the above provisions shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in sum of not less than five dollars
nor more than fifty dollars.
Attest: ROBERT JASMAN,
j. r. WILSON, Mayor.
| City Auditor.