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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
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Sec. 19. That it shall be the duty of the in­
spector of plumbing to make a general inspection
of all public and private buildings and premises
containing plumbing works at least once in each
twelve months and as much oftener as the City
Council may deem necessary and direct; he shall
at once investigate all complaints of defective
plumbing and shall have defects promptly re­
paired and all works put and kept in thoroughly
sanitary condition. All soil and ventilating pipes
shall be of cast iron or lead pipes, or brass and no
wrought iron pipe shall be used in any case.
Sec. 20 It shall be unlawful for any person to
uncover the public sewer for any purpose or to
make connection therewith or to uncover the
public connections, branches or laterals thereof,
unless and except by the consent and under the
supervision of the said inspector, City Council or
its sanitary committee or its or their other duly
authorized agent whose duty it shall be to insure
full compliance with the provisions of this ordin­
ance in relation to plumbing and sewer connections;
and it shall be unlawful to make or cause to be
made any such connections except as herein pro­
vided and then only by competent and skillful
mechanics having a sanitary plumbing license as
herein provided for.

Sec. 21. No privy vault or cesspool shall be
connected with the sanitary sewer system; and no
such vaults or cesspools shall hereafter be con­
structed or allowed within the limits of said City;
and all such now within said limits shall be dis­
continued, thoroughly cleaned out and filled up
with fresh dry earth within the time above limited,
January 1st, 1907, where within reach of the sewer

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