Paper Company, asking permission to construct said railroad switch, and to which plat reference is hereby made.

SECTION 4. The said The Wardlow-Thomas Paper Company shall pay the costs and expenses of the publication of this ordinance and all other expenses arising out of the application and the granting of this ordinance.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

(Ord. Bk. 3, Page 464; Oct. 1, 1915.)

quired.

REGISTRATION OF ADDRESS. Requiring the registration of change of address of residents of the City of Middletown, Ohio.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Middletown, State of Ohio:

SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, Registration refirm or corporation owning or operating any moving van, furniture car, transfer wagon or vehicle of any kind, to haul or move or cause to be hauled or moved any article of household goods, trunks or personal effects in the possession or custody of any resident of the City of Middletown, changing the place of his or her residence, until there has been recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, the full name of the owner or the person in possession or custody of such household goods, trunks or personal effects, together with the address of the place from which and the place to which such hauling or moving is to be done, with the date Record to be kept. thereof and the name of the owner and person in charge of such vehicle.

SECTION 2. Every person owning or operating any Time of filing state such vehicle as aforesaid shall, on Monday of each week, file in the office of the Clerk of the City Commission a fuli and correct statement for the previous week, giving all the information as required to be kept in Section one of this ordinance. Upon receipt of such statement the Clerk of the City Commission shall immediately file same in his office and such statement shall be open to inspection by the

Duty of Clerk.

public. It is hereby declared to be the duty of said Clerk of the City Commission to make and preserve a register showing such changes of addresses.

Unlawful Deception. SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person

to give a fictitious name or to deceive the owner or person in charge of any such vehicle so hauling or moving household goods, trunks or personal effects as to the ownership thereof.

Penalty.

SECTION 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

(Ord. Bk. 3, Page 281; Dec. 4, 1914.)

SEWERS. Regulating the terms and conditions upon which public sewers may be tapped for private drains.

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the

City of Middletown: Must Obtain permit. That any person who shall empty into or tap any public

sewer, without first procuring a permit therefore from the City Clerk, shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars on conviction thereof before the Mayor, and each day that any person shall continue to drain into any public sewer without permission shall be considered a separate offense.

Penalty.

mits.

Clerk to grant per- SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall be authorized to grant

permits to persons desiring to tap the public sewers for private drains, provided that any person obtaining such permits shall become bound unto the City of Middletown with surety satisfactory to such clerk, to indemnify the city against liability for any damage whatever, which may be caused by such private drains entering the public sewers whether from back water or other causes, and to close such taps whenever required by the Council to do so without expense to the city, provided that if the city acquires by purchase or otherwise any sewer constructed by any person or company, such sewers shall not be tapped by any person ror shall permission to tap the same be granted unless such person shall pay for the privilege, a sum equal to one-half of the cost of constructing the same in front of the property benefited thereby, the same to be determined by Council on the recommendation of a competent engineer. And all privileges are granted under such rules as to the construction and use of private drains as Council may, from time to time, drain and establish.

nections.

Persons may be au

SECTION 3. Repealed by Section 2, Ord. Bk. 3, Page Who may make con239; Oct. 9, 1914.

SECTION 4. No person shall be authorized to do the work of making connections with any of the public sewers" thorized by Council. or drains, or lateral connections until he has furnished to Council a satisfactory certificate, signed by at least two reputable persons that the applicant is fully qualified for the duties he undertakes, and previous to being authorized er licensed the party applying shall file a bond with the City

Bond. Clerk in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, with two or more sureties approved by Council, conditioned that he will indemnify and save harmless the City of Middletown from all loss or damage that may be occasioned in any wise by accident, or the want of care or skill on his part, in the prosecution of such work, or that may be occasioned by reason of any opening by him hade in any street, lane, alley or avenue, in the making of any connection with any public or private sewer aforesaid; and conditioned also, that he will promptly and at the proper time replace and restore the street over such opening to as good state and condition Conditions. as he found it previous to opening the same, and that he will conform in all respects to the rules and regulations which may, from time to time, be established by the City Council in relation to putting junctions and tapping any of the public sewers or drains.

SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person in Pipe possession of premises into which a pipe or other connec- structed.

tion with the public sewers and drains has been laid, for the purpose of carrying off animal refuse from water-closets, slops from kitchens or for other purposes, to allow the same to remain without good and perfect fixtures so attached, and to keep the same unobstructed.

Each day the same are permitted to remain without such fixtures for supplying said water, shall be deemed 2 separate and distinct offense.

No obstruction should

be thrown in catch basin.

SECTION 6. No butcher's offal or garbage, dead aniatch mals or obstructions of any kind whatever, shall be placed,

thrown or deposited in any receiving basin or sewer, and every person who shall violate this ordinance shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter prescribed for each offense, and any person injuring, breaking or removing any portion of any receiving basin, covering, plate, man-hole cover, or any part of any sewer appurtenances, or obstructing the mouth of any sewer or drain shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter prescribed.

Size of connections.

SECTION 7. No drain from any house, store or tenement shall be connected with any public sewer in this city otherwise than by drain pipe, which shall be six inches in diameter unless otherwise ordered by the City Council.

What application

must contain.

SECTION 8. All applications for permits must be made in writing by the party employed to do the work, and must be accompanied by the signature of the owner or his or their authorized agent or attorney of the premises for whose benefit the application is made, and must state location, wame of owner, number of buildings to be connected, and how occupied, which application must be reported by the City Clerk to the Council at the next regular meeting after the same has been granted and preserved by said Clerk.

Penalty for violation. SECTION 9. Any person authorized or licensed to make

connections with sewers and drains, who shall be guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance or any ordinance relating to sewers shall be immediately deprived of his license. And any person who shall be guilty of any violation of this ordinance or any ordinance relating

to the subject of sewers shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of the City of Middletown, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars and not more than one huncred dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor.

SECTION 10. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

(Oct. 23, 1891.)

To regulate the connection with any sewer or drain of the City of Middletown, Ohio, by licensed sewer tappers.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Middletown, State of Ohio:

SECTION 1. That after a permit to tap any sewer or written notice to be drain within the City of Middletown, Ohio, has been issued given. to any licensed sewer tapper, notice in writing must in all cases be left at the office of the Building and Plumbing Inspector of said city by the person who is about to make the connection with any such sewer or drain, stating the time when such work will be ready for inspection, previous to making such connection. This notice must be left at the time for filing nocffice of the said Building and Plumbing Inspector at the tice City Hall, between the hours of nine A. M. and four P. M. on the day previous to making such connection. No such connection shall be made in the absence of said inspector.

SECTION 2. Connections with and openings into any persons to make sewer or drain shall be made only by a person authorized Co and approved by the Building and Plumbing Inspector of said city and by none others.

SECTION 3. Any person authorized or licensed to make Penalty. connections with sewers or drains in said city who shall be guilty of any violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be immediately deprived of his license and shall, or conviction thereof in the Municipal Court of said city, bé fined in any sum not less than ten dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be ir force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

(Ord. Bk. 3, Page 239; Oct. 9, 1914.)

connections.