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HomeMy WebLinkAbout57 of 1906 - Ordinance 57 of 1906 – Creating a Board of Examiners. AN' ORDINANCE . I9n ordinance creating a board of examiners to examine into the fitness and qualifications of persons following the trade of plumb- ing; providing what qualifications are necessary for persons fol- lowing. said trade; and providing for the appointment and government of the said board of examiners. Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of a plumber within Salt Lake City, State o? Utah, un- less he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration as provided in this ordinance; provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance contained shall apply to or affect any person who is now actually engaged in such occupation within. said City, except that, such persons shall be required to file the affidavit hereinafter mentioned and procure a certificate of registration within the time: hereinafter' designated. SECTION 2. PLUMBINNa DEFINED. Plumbing as referred to in this ordinance is hereby defined to oen ist of sewerage, drainage and ventilation installed in or in connection with all public and pri- vate buildings. SECTION 3. BOARD OF EXAMIUERS. A Board of Examiners to con- sist of five persons is hereby created to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this ordinance. The s aid Board of aminers shall consist of two journeyraan plumbers and two employ- ing plumbers and the duly appointed Plumbing Inspector of said City. The Mayor shall within thirty days after the approval of this ordinance, appoint the members of the said Board. The said Board shall at all times be composed of practical plumbers and the members thereof shall serve throughout the term of each city admin- istration unless removed for good cause. Incase of any vacancy arising from removal or resignation of any member, or otherwise, -2- the Mayor shall at once 'fill the vacancy by appointment. SECTION 4. BONDS OP MEMBERS. Each member of said Board shall give a bond in the sum of Three- Hundred ( 300.00) Dollars with sureties to be approved by the Mayor, for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall take the oath. of office provided by law for public officers. SEC,TIONr5. The said Board shall elect a President and a Sec- retary, both of whom shall be at all times members of said. Board, shall have its headquarters at such place within said City, as the Board may determine, and shall have and use a common seal . A majority of the members of the said Board may in meeting duly assembled perform the duties and exercise the powers devolving upon said Board under the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 6. COMPENSATION. Each member of the said Board, ex- cept the Plumbing Inspector, shall receive as full. compensation far his services the sum of four 44.00) dollars per day for -services actually rendered, said compensation to be paid monthly as are the salaries of other city officers. SECTION' 7. BOARD TO REPORT. The said. Board. shall report an- nually to the Mayor a full statement of its receipts and disburse- ments during the preceding year, a full statement of its actions and. proceedings, and such recommendations as it may deem proper, looking to the better carrying out of the intents and purpos9es of this ordinance. SECTION 8. EXAMINATIONS TO BE ?MCD. PERCONS EXEMPT PROM. The said Board shall hold arse in each month at such. time and place as the Board may designate, one examination for the purpose of testing the fitness and qualifications of persons desiring to fol- low- the trade of plumbing within said City, and shall notify each applicant by mail of the time and. place where such examination will. be held. All examinations shall be a test both in the *ey*T -3- theoretical and in' the practical krowledae and fitness of the ap- plicant in the trade of plumbing. At the time of making an appli- cation for such examination each applicant shall be required to pay to the said Board, or to the designated officer thereof the sum of three ($3.00) dollars. Upon successfully passing such examination a certificate entitling the applicant to follow the trade of plumb- ing within the said City shall be issued under the seal of the Board. Any person, firm or corporation who shall hereafter engage in the business of employing or contracting plumbers, but who shall not engage in actual a>r practical plumbing as herein defined, other' than through his or its employees, upon filing an affidavit to that effect, which affidavit shall also designate his or its name, res- idence and place of business, and who shall pay to the Secretary of the Board the sum of ane ($1.00) dollar shall thereupon receive a certificate of registration without submitting to said examina- tion, provided, however, that if such person or the members of any such firm or corporation shall engage persorally in actual or prac- tical plumbing as herein defined, without first having complied with the provisions of this ordinance, such person or persons Shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter described. SECTIONS 9'. AFFIDAVIT. CONTENTS. CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRA- TION. Every person who shall on the date of the passage of this ordinance be actually engaged in the occupation of plumbing within the said City, either as journeyman or an employing plumber, shall within thirty days after the approval of this ordinance file with the Secretary of the said Poard an affidavit setting forth his name, residence,. place of business and how long he has been engaged in the business or occupation of plumbing, and shall pay to the Secretary of the said Poard the sum of one ($1.00) dollar, and thereupon a certificate of registration shall he issued to such ' ii -4- ' person entitling him to engage in such occupation without examine-. tion. SECTION' 10. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. I.t shall be' he duty of the said Board to issue to any applicant a certificate: which shall entitle such applicant to engage in the business of plumbing until the next regular examination of applicants. Thereafter' and. prior to the next regular examination such persons shall be notified to appear before the said Board and. take the examination as provided by it, and upon satisfactorily passing such examination, snail. be entitled to receive the certificate, in Section 7 of this ordinance provided. SECTION 11. APPRENTICES. DUTIES. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from serving as a plumber's apprentice, but in no case shall an apprentice be allowed or permitted to perform the • work or duties of a journeyman or employing plumber until he shall have appeared before the said Board, taken the examination' by them provided and. received the proper certificate. SECTION` 12. The said Board shall keep a register' in which• shall be entered the names of all persons to whom any of the cer- tificates in this ordinance provided shall have been issued, and the said register shall be at all times open to' public inspection. SECTION 13. FEES. Any and all fees derived under the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be turned into the Treasury of this C'ity.monthly by the Secretary of the said Board who shall take and receive from the City Treasurer a receipt therefor. SECTION 14. CERTIFICATES TO 7E RENEWED'. All certificates provided to be issued by the said Board by this ordinance, except- ing temporary certificates, must be renewed every twelve months • after the issuance thereof,. and the holder of such certificate, shall pay to the Secretary of said Board the sio of one ($1.00) dollar as fee for such renewal. Engaging in the business or -5- occuupation of plumbing beyond the said period. of twelve months from the date of the issuance o;f the original certificate or of the last ' renewal thereof without first having procured the e aid renewal thereof, shall be deemed an infraction of this ordinance. SECTION 15. CERTI'IC'ATES MAY B.F. REVOKED. The said Board shall have the power to revoke any certificate by it issued under this ordinance, upon a conviction of a violation of this ordinance or of the plumbing ordinances of this City by the person holding such certificate. Any person whose certificate shall have been revoked pursuant to this ordinance may, at any time after the expiration of sixty days, apply to said Board to have such certificate, re-issued, and upon making satisfactory showing before the said Board, may pro- cure a re-issuance of the s aid certificate upon the payment of the sum of one ($1.00) dollar to the Secretary of said Board. SECTION 16. E'QUIPTNT OF BOARD. The sum of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- priated from the funds of the City for the purchase of such sup- plies, stationery and equipment for the conducting of examinations as may be necessary. Said property when so acquired, to be held by said Board as the property fx of the City, and accounted for an- nua.11.y in the annual report. SECTION 17. VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR. Any person who shall, either as a journeyman or an employing plumber, practice or engage: in the business or occupation of plumbing without having first pro- cured the certificate provided in this ordinance, or• who shall,, as an employing plumber, employ a person who has not such certificate, or who shall falsely pretend to be qualified to engage. in such oc- cupation or trade under this act,. or who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction' thereof shall be punished by a fine of -6- not 1e.ss than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($10(7.00) dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days. SECTION 18. This ordinrnce shall take effect upon approval. it AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF EXAMINERS TO EXAMINE INTO THE FITNESS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS FOLLOWING THE TRADE OF PLUD'BING; PROVIDING WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR PERSONS s FOLLOWING SAID TRADE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTITg T AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SAID BOARD OF EXAMINERS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LANE CITY,UTAII: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of a plumber within Salt Lake City,State of Utah, unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration as pro- vided in this ordinance; Provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance contained shall apply to or affect any person who is now actually engaged in such occupation within said city, except that • such persons shall be required to file the affidavit hereinafter mentioned and procure a certificate of registration within the time hereinafter designated. Section 2. PLUMBING DEFINED. Plumbing as referred to in this ordinance is hereby defined to consist of sewerage, drainage and ventilation installed in or in connection with all public and private buildings. Section 3. BOARD OF EXAMINERS. A Board of Examiners to con- sist of five persons is hereby created to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this ordinance. The said Board of Examiners shall consist of two journeyman plumbers and two employ- ing plumbers and the dull appointed Plumbing Inspector of said city. The Mayor shall within thirty days after the approval of this or- dinance appoint the members of the said Board. The said Board shall at all times be composed of practical plumbers and the members thereof shall serve throughout the term of each city administration unless removed for good cause. In case of any vacancy arising from remival or resignation of any member, or otherwise, the Mayor shall at once fill the vacancy by appointment. Section f. BONDS OF MEMBERS. Each member of said Board shall give a bond in the sum of Three Hundred Dollars (y3OO.) with sureties to be approved by the Mayor, for the faithful performance of his duties, and wall take the oath of office provided by law for public officers. Any person, firm or corporation who shall herei+ engage in the S£c.Y c4w4 business of employing or coritr cting plumbers, but who shall not engage in actual or practical plumbing as herein defined, other than through his or its employees, upon filing an affidavit to that effect, which atlfadavit shall also designate his or its name, residence and place of business, and who shall pay to the Secretary ,, e cr J r- .0 of 5.644.te the sum of One Dollar (0l.00) shall thereupon receive a certificate of registration without submitting to said examination, provided, however, that if such person or the em1jers of any such firm or corporation shall engage personally in actual or practical plumbing as herein defined, without first having complied with the provisions of this ordinance, such person or persons shall be subject to the penally hereinafter descried. 2 Section 5. The said Board shall elect a President and a Secretary, both of whom shall be at all times members of said Board, shall have its headquarters at such place within said city as the Board may determine, and shall have and use a common seal. A majority of the members of the said Board may in meeting dul� assembled perform the duties and exercise the powers devolving upon the said Board under the provisions of this ordinance. Section 6. COMPENSATION. Each member of the said Board , except the Plumbing Inspector, shall receive as full compensation for his services the sum of Four Dollars ($4.) per day for services actually rendered, said compensation, po be paid qua-rterly out—ef tire--`e- ] ch v a f—o' 'a ordtna ee-pr-ovi dd. Section 7. BOARD TO REPORT. The said Board shall report annually to the Mayor a full statement of its receipts and disburse- ments during the proceeding year, a full statement of its actions and proceedings, and such recommendations as it may deem proper, looking to the better carrying out of the intents and purposes of this ordinance. Section 8. EXAMINATIONS TO BBE HELD. The said Board shall hold once in each month at such time and place as the Board may designate one examination for the purpose of testing the fitness and qualifi- cations of persons desiring to follow the trade of plumbing within said city, and shall notify each applicant by mail of the time and place where such examinations will be held. All examinations shall be a test both in the theoretical and in the practical knowledge and fitness of the applicant in the trade of plumbing. At the time of Making an application for such examination each applicant shall be required to pay to the said Board, or to the designated officer thereof, the sum of Three Doll.ars($3.) . Upon successfully passing such examination a certificate entitling the applicant to follow the trade of plumbing within the said city shall be / issued udder the seal of the Board. V SoctionY. K:TIDAVIT- OP REGISTRATION. Every person who shall on .1:..1Ln of tle page of tLis ordin- ance ; antnn11:.- 511:.:r (1 t7,,,; occit7, ti.L,n of )11.11Lif.L+1.rif: thin. jH1.6 (j oiter ac a jonrnaan or ,:(1 211nber, •:;Thin ' ay.7. r.iftor :77 o-,,,a1 of h'ru Sooretar of th'.1 Tort.rd a af tOIrit sotti ng fort . Ifs nano, r^siaance, placo of if:isiness and how 7.on[: he has -heen engaged in th.e busineas or occupation of plgmbin7,, and shall pry to id ficrota y of the said Board the anti of One Dollar ( 1.(h), and thereupon n certificate of Rogi3tration shail be issued to mica ucroon entitling 'Aim to onga7e in such occupation wit71.out exanination. 51ectioniV TwpoRNay (7=7I7ICA=1. It shall he the duty of the said Board to issue to nny aa7)licant a c,;rtificate 'Much shall ontitle such applicant to eni':;ar:e in the busir7s of plumb- ing until the next regular oxarAination of a7aicants. Thereafter and prior to the n xt ro7llar ,J.xmination ouch persons Wiall be notified to appear before the said Board and take the examina- tion as provided by t;A7em, and upon satiafactorily pnu1np h examination Ciall be entitled to receive the certificate in Section 7 of this ordinance provided, Section if. APP=ICES. DUTIES. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from servirv: as as plullberls apprentice, but in no case shall an apprentice be allowed or parnitted to perform the work or duties of a jou-neyan or employing pluriber, until he shall have appeared before the said Dcard, taken the examination by them provided end received the proper certificate. Soction .q. The said Board shall keep a register in which shall be entered the nurses of all persons to whom any of th.o certificates in this ordinance provided shall have been issued, and. the said register shall be at all times open to public in- spection. Section L . PIES. Any and all fees derived under the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be turned. into the treasury of 7 - 1 WuzA ee" 4 this city cia2LFy by the Secretary of the said Board who shall take and receive froie the City Trdasurer a receipt thorofor. • loction. CTICAbJ O 0t ii.13111n1D. Al]. certificates provided to 'ea iosued -dy the said lioard 'IQ!. this oydinance, except- parary cortifJ.cates, MUat be reneged every twelve nonthb after tho issu.nloo .t:Leroof, and 'the holdsr of soon certificate shall pay to t Le S.;crotar:y- of said. hoard the site of Ono Dollar • (01.60) as -CL". 201' an in ::he business or o f:]C.R"atioli. ofpltafsinL; -sc.: •-ond the said -period of twelve n.onths fror. t-:Le '..att; of •!:. ,! i;:sivance of the o iirlleai ourtificato or 0-1. tin Ja . ren.r,/al thereof ',-,ithout fizst hi.ivirn7, procured the said, renowal thcroof ahsli be doomed on infraction of -;, •.ira ordinancr:. S,.•ction. 1.6 rax us:rn The said :iioard • shall iiav ho po,,Isr to revoke &lly certifickte by it issued upon under this ordinance itkoc a COI1Vi i.:1.011 of a violation of till El ordinance or of the pluribiav, ser..4.4 -ordinances of this ce'..y by the porson ioldirll coo, cortificc.te. .Any person -6looe cer- , tificrLe shall have •,)•:Jon 'evoked p-c.rsuant to this ordinance may., at any 'tirae after Ito e.:•:piration of sixty d;-,ya, a-ppl;?• to ov.:id Board to Imve suclt cortifioate reissued, and upon making catinfac- tory showinc heforo the intO caid r_ay procure a toissuanoo of th.s a iii certificate rspon Lie pt.,.,:aaleht of t-ne sum of One Dollar (01.00) to ;.-lio 74.:crotary of said hoard. Clection scan of or so rialCil thereof as may be necessary, • _ ]Ler,:by apprcp.riad from the funds of tho city fcn 0 of a'..,&1 supplies, stationary and oquip.plett for e.: ...11-x.ti6ns ii itay be necessary. Said proportz to b.) acid by said :Icard as the prop :rty of the city and accourci far annua.7.1y it 0-J.c in riot. 'epu I Section. 4. . Violation a 1,,-.ISDIrdltV,101,L. Ply persunwho either as a joi.lrne:-/.ran or an employing pluaber, practicEnt} or enga.:,1 in the business or occupation of plumbing rithout havinc; first procured the certificate provided in -Lila ordinance, or who shall/as an Siiployinc placal,er,employ a person who has not • such certificate, or who a:aall falsely pretend to bo qualified • to cn(a; o in st:c:s occupation or trade under this act, or who shall violate any of tAa ,;revisions of Lhis ordinance, shall be u:aod rnilt7 of a niadeneanor, and upon conviction theroof s::.wll b punished by a fine of not lass that Ten Dollars nor ttc.o than One hundred Dollars, or by i ip iauru:i nt for not less than ten dare nor more than Ninety days. _ .. / t tr,. i. tarot hlte CI Coupe , V✓✓v111,14, li1N 2 51906 • `•.� L4 E RDER. 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