The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-23

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Houee Sewerage Exclusively.
Section 2. The system of house o
sanitary sewers IS Tor collecting, cal
rying and disposinS of the house sew
age That is. the liquid wastes fron
domestic or household and industria
service 1t SHALL be a misdemeanor t
use the house sewers for any otle
purpose, or to place or to cause to b.
placed III any house sewer any waite
from rain, snow or seepage, or an.
swill, garbage, sweepings, ashes, sand
clay, wool, rags, wearing apparel, rub
bish or other solid matter that ma,
not be promptly dissolved by the sew
erage, or anything that may form de
posits or distractions in the sewers
1t shall be a misdemeanor to connec
with any house sewer and discharge
sewerage into it, before it is completed
and connected with the general out
! fall
House Sewage Not On Ground Nor Ir
Storm Sewers.
Section 3. No one shall discharge
or cause to be discharged into any
storm sewer or surface drain, or or
the ground, whether in the streets OF
private lands, except on land abuttine
Oh street on which no house sewer
has been constructed, any sewage OF
foul liquid or waste from any water
closet, urinal, bath, laundry, kitchen
sink or other fixtures, from any often
sive industry or manufacturing indus
try or establishment, or from any
slaughter house or market, nor any
night soil, feces, garbage, putrescible
or decaying animal or vegetable mat
ter, nor any rubbish that may obstruct
the flow from rain or snow.
Private Sewers and Privies.
Section A. No privy, cesspool, mol
urinal, no private sewer nor other con
duit discharging house sewage else.
where than into the house sewers, is
allowed on any lot abutting on the
street in which house sewer has been
constructed, nor on any lot nearer to
such street than to any other.
Section 5. No cesspool, privy, vault
nor septic tank will be permitted, ex-
cept when shown to the city plumbing
inspector or such person as the board
of commissioners may designate, to be
absolutely necessary and built with
his written permit and according to
plans submitted and approved, as here
in provided for plumbing. Every cess
pool or privy vault shall be water tight
and at least twenty-five (25) feet from
any building, as soon as it is possible
TO connect with any house sewer, the
cesspool or privy vault is to be emp
tied, cleaned, disinfected and filled
with fresh earth, or sealed up air tight
and it's use ended
City Employees Only.
Section 6. No person but the city
plumbing inspector or such other
person than the city council
may designate, or his authorized agent,
shall open, enter or deposit any thing
into or remove anything from, or 9th
erwise interfere with any man-hole or
other appurtenance to the system of
house sewers.
Repairs of Sewers.
Section T. No one but a skilled me-
chanic, acting under the directions Of
the city plumbing inspector, or such
other person as the city council
may designate, shall make any
opening into, any connection with, or
any repairs to the house sewers or
their accessories.
Other Pipe.
Section s. No other conduit shall be
laid parallel to and within five feet of
any house sewer.
Industrial Waste.
Section 9. No discharge from any
house, stable, dairy, chemi-
cal works or any other industrial works
or manufacturing establishment, shall
be connected with any house sewer,
except under special regulations ap-
proved by the city plumbing inspector,
or such other person as the board of
commissioners may designate, provid-
ing against the formation of obstruc-
tons in the pipe and against interfer-
ence with the publication of the sew
erage.
Sediment, Heat, Prussure.
Section 10. Neither the exhausted,
the blow-off, the drip pipe, nor the sedi-
ment from any steam boiler nor the
discharge from large volumes of hot
water from any suorce, nor the dis
charge from hydraulic elevator, shall
be connected with any house sewer,
such pipe may discharge first into
basin, properly tapped and vented,
which after being relieved of sediment.
pressure or high temperature. may dis
charge into the sewer. Water over
12O degrees Fab or hot enough to
cause steam to rise in the sewer shall
not be permitted.
Independent Connection.
Section IL. Each building connected
with house sewer shall have its own
separate house drain, connecting it
with the house sewer. except that
group OF small houses such as the
houses occupied by negro tenants, may
be connected to one house drain or may
be served by one central water closet,
provided the houses are and shall re-
main the property of one owner and
provided the combination shall be ap-
proved by the plumbing inspector.
Board of Examiners of Plumbing.
Section l2 The board of examiners
Of plumbing shall be constituted of the
city council and the city plumbing in
spector.
Qualification of Plumbers and
Drain-layers.
Section Is. Every applicant for Ii
cense as a plumber or a drain-layer,
as the case may be. shall appear be-
fore the city council and city plumb
ing inspector. shall pass thorough
by said city council to the
applicants experience. knowledge and
skill in practical sanitary plumbing or
drain laying; and shall satisfy the
said city council that the ap-
plicant, or at least one resident men,
ber of the firm. or one resident execu-
tive officer in the corporation making
the application. is a master plumber or
as the case may be, skilled