The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-23

= tent to do sanitary plumbing or drail
Q laying properly and In accordance wit
y the city's ordinances, who will Civ
r his personal attention to the work, ais
t that the applicant will employ onl
I competent help and Is financially n
!, sponsible. Upon satisfactory proof G
: the qualifications and fitness of an al
( plicant for license as plumber or drair
: layer, the city council shall issue
: certificate of qualifications.
: License Of Plumbers and Drain
Layers.
Section IA. License to do plumbing
| and drain-laying, in connection with tn
city sewers shall be granted by tn
, city council only after a writtel
application has ben made, in tn
form prescribed accompanied by ,
certificate of qualification issued b.
: the city council, the application
. shall also be accompanied by
bond with two or more individuals, o.
with surety company, as surety, az
ceptable to the city council
for 100000, for plumbing or fol
plumbing and drain-laying, or fol
$4,000 for drain laying only, condi
toned substantially that the princi
pal will indemnify and save harmless
the city from all damage or injuries
resulting from any work done, or neg
lect or omission incident thereto, by the
principal or his employees, or from any
improper materials used therein; that
the work will be faithfully performed
and that the principal will comply with
all ordinances and regulations of the
city concerning plumbing, drain-laylng
and the city sewers, and will restore to
like conditions to that found, any
street, sidewalk or other property, dis
disturbed by him or his agert, ard
shall keep the same In good repair for
one year. The application for the IL
cense for drain-laying shall also be
accompanied by cash deposit Of
$4,000, which sum or so much thereof
as may be necessary, shall be used un-
der the direction of the street commits
sioner Of the city of Pascagoula, in re-
pairing any street or other public prop
erty, whenever said applicant shall
fail to repair the same within "a hours
after being notified in writing by the
city street commissioner; and said de-
posit shall be at all times maintained
by the applicant up to at least $4,000.
Each plumbers or drain-layer's license
shall expire December 81, and may be
revoked at any time by the city
council for violation Of this
ordinance, also at any time that it is
found that the public welfare SO re-
quires or that the member Of the firm
or officer of the corporation, whose ex-
perience has formed the basis for the
license, has ceased such relation. Each
applicant and each license shall state
whether it is for plumbing or for drain
laying, or for both. The fee for IL
cense for plumbing and drain-laying
shall be $1,000, and that for drain lay
ing only $500 No other person is al
lowed to use the name Of licensed
plumber or drain-layer, either directly
or directly, to obtain a permit, to do
work, or to make returns.
Permit and Plans.
Section Is. No property owner shall
cause or permit any connection with q
house sewer, nor the section OF any
plumbing or fixtures, to be connected
herewith, without first obtaining from
the plumbing inspector, or such other
person as the city council may
designate, permit therefor be-
|
cation for such permit shall be made
on TIE form prescribed, stating the To-
cation OF the property, the name CT
the licensed plumber or drain-layer to
be employed with a full and clear de-
scription OF the work proposed, sigIel
ty the cwner or lthOrized agent, AID
agreeing that the owner will conform
with the c,tys rules and ordinances
regulating sewer connections and
prnmhing Each application shan be
accompanied by diagram and speci-
fications made in duplicate, on the
form prescribed and furnished by the
plumbing inspector or such other per-
son as the city council shall
designate, showing and describing
clearly the location of the building
and of the rooms containing the work,
the connection with the sewers, with
every pipe fixture and connection neat
ly drawn in ink, if one vertical section
cannot be made to show the work fully,
other drawings are to be added In
showing extensions, the old work is
to be shown in red ink and all new
work in black ink. If the application
and plans are to be approved by the
plumbing inspector, or such other
person as the city council may
designate he will issue a written
permit within "a hours after the appli-
cation is filed. Approved plans cannot
be changed except the plans be like
wise sumbitted and approved. The
same plans may serve for each of sew
eral buildings, located together and be-
ing identical plumbing or drain-laying
Lroal, rar,o;t will lopco hxr lin1itq fion
and become void, if the work is not
completed within 80 days from date.
Old Plumbing and Drain-Laying.
Section 16. All plumbing and drain
laying constructed before the passage
of this ordinance shall be treated in
the same manner as new work. Be-
fore connecting with the sewers an
application shall be filed and permit
issued and the work shall be submit
ted to inspection and test, as herein
required for new work, such portions
being uncovered or removed as may be
necessary for this purpose. The plumb
ing inspector is permitted to use red-
sonable discretion in passing minor
defects in old plumbing, which cannot
be corrected without removing the
plumbing; upon final approval the GER
tificate of the plumbing inspector, or
such other person as the city
council may designate, will be
issued. this certificate stating if GER
tain minor concessions have been
made. For all reconstruction. exten-
sion or alteration of existing plumbing
or drain laying, permit shall be in
like manner obtained, provided no per-
nit or plans be required for the remov-
al or stoppage of leaks, nor the repair
of fixtures, in which no change shall
be made in the kind, size nor arrange
ment of pipes or fixtures. In repairing
broken parts are to be replaced with
construction as good as new. No per-
NIT will be issued for additions to de-
fective plumbing.
condemned PLUMBING and Drain