75 of 1908 - Ordinance 75 of 1908 – Creating Board of Examiners to examine into fitness of persons following tr AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF EXAMINERS TO EXAMINE INTO
THE FITNESS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS FOLLOWING THE TRADE OF
PLUMBING; PROVIDING WHAT Q.UALIFICATIINS ARE NECESSARY FOR PERSONS
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FOLLOWING SAID TRAft; AHD PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND GOVERN-
MENT 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 of Utah, unless
he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration as pro-
vided in this ordinance; Provided, however, that nothing in this
ordinunccj contained shall apply to or effect 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. Plupbing Defined. Plumbing as reared to in this
ordinance is hereby defined to consist of sewerage, drainage and
ventilation installed in or in conneotion with all public and private
buildings.
Section 3. Joard of E4amtners. A >osrd 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 duly 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 pratical plumbers and the members therof
shall serve throughout the term of each city administration unless
removed for good cause. In case of any vacancy arising from removal
or resignatio of any member, or otherwise, the Mayor shall at once
fill the vacancy by appointment.
I Section 4. Bonds of Membor . Each member of sadd Board shall
give a bond in the sum of Three Dollars (33OO.) w4,0t dnretiss
to be approved by the Mayor, 40-4to faithNiol kr-faas k. of his
is, duties, and shall take the ,r AT taw for puDlia +' '''
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Section 5. The said Board shall elect a President and a
Secretary, both of whom shall be at all times members oQ 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 the said
Board under the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 8. Gomnanaation. Bach member of the said Board,
except the Plumbing Inspector, shall receive as full compensation
for his services the sum for services
actually rendered, said compensation to be paid monthly as are the
Salaries of the other City Officers.
Ssotion 7. Board to Report. The said Board shall report
annually to the Mayor a full statement of its receipts and disburse-
ments during the year, a full statement of its actions and proceedings,
and such recommendations as it may deem proper, looking to the better
carrying out the intents and purposes of this ordinance.
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said Board shall hold once in each month at suoh time and plane as
the said Board may designate one examination for the purpose of
testing the fitness and qualificatioBs 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 pratical knowledge and fitness of the applicant in the trade
of plumbing. At the time of making an application for such examination
each applicant saall be reqired to pay to the said Board, or to the
designated officer therof, the sum of Three ($3.) Upon successfully
passing such examination a certificate entitling th e applicant to
follow the trade of plumbing within the said city shall be issued under
the seal of the Board.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall hereihafter engage
in the business of employing or contracting plumbers, but who shall
not engage in aotual or practical plumbing as herein defined, other
than through his or its employees, upon filing an affidavit to that
affect, which affidavit shall also designate his or its mame,residenoe
and place of business, and who shall pay to the Secretary of the Board
the sum of One Dollar ( $1.00 ) shell thereupon receive a certificate •
of registration without submitting to said sxamination,provided,
however, that if such person or the members 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
penalty hereinafter desoribed.
Section 9. AFFIDAVIT.CONTENTS..CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION.
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 a journeyman or an employing plumber, shall within thirty
days after the approval of this ordinance, file with the Secretary
of the said Board 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 Boar
the sum of One Dollar ($1.00), and thereupon a certificate of regis•
tration shall be issued to such person entitling him to engage in
such occupation without examination.
/ Section 10.. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. It shall be the duty of the
said Board to issue to any applicant a certificate which shall
entitle such applicant to engage in the business of $lumbidg 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 satisfaatorily passing such examination shall be en-
titled to,receive the certificate in Seotion 7 of this ordinance
provided.
Section 11. APPRENTICES. DUTIES. Nothing in this act shall
prohibit any person from sieving 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 provid-
ed 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 certifie
cates in this ordinance shall have been issued, and the said register.'; ,
shall be at all times open to publio inspection.
Section 13. FEES. Any and all fees derived under the provisions
of this ordinance shall be turned into the treasury of the oity.monthiy
by the Seoretary of the said Board who shall take and receive from
the City Treasurer a receipt therefor.
Section 14. CSRTIFICATES TO BE RENEWED. All certificates
provided to be issued by the said Board by this ordinance, excepting
temporary certificates, must be renewed every twelve months after the
issuance thereof, and the holder of such certificates shall pay to
the Secretary of said Board the sum of One Dollar (31.00) as fee for
such renewal. Engaging in the business or occupation of plumbing
beyond the said period of twelve months from this date of the issuance
of the original certificate or of the last renewal thereof without
first having procured the said renewal thereof shall he deemed an
infraction of this ordinance.
Section 15. CERTIFICATES MAY BE RENEWED. The said Board shall
have the power to revoke any certificates by it issued under this
ordinance upon a conviction of a violation of this ordinance of 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 re0ssued,
and upon making satisfactory showing before the said Board may procure
a reissuance of the said certificate upon the payment of the sum of
One Dollar (41.00) to the Secretary of said Board.
Section 18. EQUIPMENT OF BOARD. The sum of
----Dollars or so much thereof as may he necessary, is hereby appro-
priated from the funds of the city for the purchase of such supplies,
stationery and ec;uipment for the condicting of examinations as may
be necessary. Said property when so acquired to be held by-sect-d as
the property of the city and accounted for annually 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 procured
the certificates provided in this ordinance, or who shall as an
employing plumber, employ a person who shall has not such certificate,
. or who shall falsely pretend to be qualified to engage in such
occupation or trade under this act, or who shall vi)Late any of the
provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less
than Ten Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollard, or by imprison-
ment for not less than ten days nor more than Ninety days.
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