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78 <br />Livery stable .............................. <br />2 00 <br />„ to <br />Photograph gallery <br />1 20 <br />" to <br />......................... <br />Restaurant................................ <br />2 00 <br />„ to <br />CHAPTER XXVI. <br />Residence, without closet and bath tub........ <br />50 <br />to <br />SEwt;as. <br />Residence, with one closet and one bath tub.... <br />90 <br />" <br />Residence, with more than one closet and one <br />Seo. 463. Bowers --how designated. <br />bath tub ................................ <br />1 20 <br />For the purpose of this chapter, all sewers running in the streets <br />Store, without closet ........................ <br />50 <br />toof <br />the city with which the sewers running into the lots abutting <br />Store, with one closet ...................... <br />70 <br />to of <br />on the streets connect, shall be called main or lateral sewers; all <br />Store, with more than one closet .............. <br />90 <br />" to <br />sewers leading from the main or lateral sewers to the property on <br />Store, where liquor is sold .................. <br />1 20 <br />ofof <br />either side shall be called house sewers. <br />Consumer outside city limits, 50 per centum additional. <br />If any water meter shall fail to register, the charge shall be <br />estimated from the three preceding months. <br />be granted, and shall be constructed with reference to the "Y" <br />branches as located by the Superintendent, and in accordance <br />with his directions. <br />Boo. 458. Sewers—injury to; or to gas or water pipes. <br />No person, firm or corporation, while engaged in the construc- <br />tion of house sewers or otherwise, shall injure, trim, break or re- <br />move any portion of any main or lateral sewer, or "Y," or man- <br />hole, lamp -hole or flush -tank, or do any injury to any gas or <br />water pipe or house sewer previously laid and no penalty fixed <br />by this ordinance shall prevent the city or any property owner <br />from recovering any damages sustained by reason of such injury, <br />by appropriate civil action or otherwise. <br />Seo. 469. Same—drainage of injurious matter through <br />prohibited. <br />No person shall be permitted to discharge into the main or <br />lateral sewers, any household sewer or drain through which sub- <br />stances are discharged, any cinders, vegetables, fruit, fruit peelings, <br />ashes, rags, cotton, hair, or any refuse matter or garbage or <br />anything other than the ordinary discharges of water closets, <br />liquid house slops and closet paper. No rain water from the <br />roofs of houses, surface water, drainage from the yard or cel- <br />lar shall be permitted to flow into the sewer. <br />Sec. 460. House sewers --how laid. <br />The trench for the house sewer shall be dug so as to meet the <br />main or lateral sewer at the position of the "Y" branch and at <br />the angle located and required by the Superintendent. The mate- <br />rial thrown from the trench shall be so placed as not to obstruct <br />the streets as far as possible; proper barriers and lights shall be <br />maintained on the banks of such trench to guard against acci- <br />dent during the progress of the work; and, in filling in, the earth <br />shall be carefully rammed or puddled so as to prevent settlement <br />after it is laid mus the left smooth and perfectly clean through - <br />after it is laid must be left smooth and perfectly clean through- <br />out its entire length; and to insure the same, a scraper of suit- <br />able material of the same shape of the pipe and slightly less in <br />diameter, shall be drawn through each length of pipe after it <br />has been laid. <br />Boo. 464. game—how constructed. <br />The city shall lay, construct and maintain all main or lateral <br />sewers, "Y" branches, and all house sewers from their connection <br />with main or lateral sewers to the boundary line ()f the properly <br />into which such house sewers lead, inside the city limits. '%e <br />owner of the property into which such house sewer leads shall <br />construct the same from the property line to the house connectiot <br />sec. 466. game—connections, how made. <br />No connection shall be made with the main or lateral sewers <br />without the consent in writing of the Superintendent. <br />Boo. 466. Bower connections—how permission for w <br />cured. <br />Application for permission to connect with any main or lateral <br />sewer must be in writing and must be made by the owner of the <br />property which it is proposed to connect with the sewer system; or <br />by his duly authorized agent; such application shall give the name <br />of the owner of the property, the location of the property, the <br />name of the person, firm or corporation who is to do the work, <br />the nature of the liquid that is to flow through such sewer, specie <br />f ying whether it be household waste or other fluid, and showing <br />the proposed location of the house sewer on the property by a <br />plat or drawing of the property, or otherwise. <br />Sec. 457. House sewers—how connected. <br />All house sewers shall be constructed strictly in accordance <br />with the facts stated in the application, provided said application <br />Boo. 461. sewer pipe—material and size. <br />All house sewers laid in the streets shall be of first class six <br />inch, salt glazed, vitrified pipe, or of four inch cast iron pipe of <br />the best quality. If earthenware pipe be used it must be laid sot <br />less than 18 inches below the surface. The jo►rots of the OP4 <br />if earthenware be used, shall be made with gasket and mortar <br />of good fresh cement, and clean, sharp sand of equal parts, and <br />if iron pipe be used, the joints shall be made %%,itli gasket and <br />melted lead, well calked, and all joints shall be water tight &ad <br />gas tight. All house sewers shall be run in straight lines and os <br />uniform grades, and whenever a change of direction shall be <br />required it shall be effected by curving gently. <br />sec. 465. same—stoppage of. <br />In case of any stoppage in the main or lateral sewers, the city <br />shall remove the obstruction. If the stoppage occurs in the house <br />sewer or drain, the property owner, whose prulxrty It connc,:� <br />with the main sewer, shall remove the obstruction. <br />Sec. 463. Violations of the provisions of this chapter' <br />penalty, etc. <br />Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of <br />this chapter shall be fined not less than $1 nor more than $10 for <br />each offense. <br />Boo. 464. Bower connection board. <br />The chairman of the Water and Sewers Committee, the chair- <br />The <br />of the Street Committee and the president of the Board °f <br />Health shall constitute the Sewer Connection Board, whose duty <br />and power it shall be to order, after making proper examinatiouf <br />the owner or owners of any property within the city, to conn <br />closets, urinals, bath or kitchen of said property with the Public <br />sewer; and from its decision there shall be no appeal. Any Per <br />son or persons failing to comply with the order of the board to <br />connect his or their property with the sewer shall be fined $1 <br />per day for every day that he or they shall fail to make said <br />connection after the time specified in the order of the board <br />unless lie or they can give a satisfactory reason four the delay. <br />