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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and house drainage in any said incorporated city or town in

Master plumb-
ers to register

Allegany County shall register his or her name in a book to be

names.

provided for that purpose by the Board of Health, giving full

name, residence and place of business, and in case of removal

from place to place said change shall at once be recorded, and

shall further display at his or her place of business, in a con-

spicuous place, a sign with the full registered name as follows :

(Name) "Registered Master Plumber, License No. ———— "

in letters not less than two inches in size.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That before any portion of the

All plans of
sewerage to

soil, waste or drainage system of any building shall be laid

be filed with
the Inspec-

or constructed there shall be filed by the master plumber with

tor.

the Inspector of Plumbing, for the use of said Inspector and the

Board of Health, a plan thereof, showing the said system from

its connection with the main sewer, cesspool or any other outlet

and connections in the building, and its extensions up to and

through the ventilators, together with the location of all traps,

ventilators, etc. The name of the plumber or plumbers who

are to perform the work shall be given with the plans ; said

plans shall first be approved by the Inspector and the Board

of Health before a permit to erect, construct or build said

work shall be allowed.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That no house shall be allowed

Permit to be
connected

to be connected with any sewer, either private or public, unless

with sewer.

a permit be obtained as provided for in this Act, and all plumb-

ers are required to notify the Inspector of Plumbing of any and

all extensions or alterations of water pipes, ventilators or drain

fixtures made in any house, dwellings, storeroom or other build-

ing or part of building.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That blank forms of applications

Forms of appli-
cations.

shall be furnished all plumbers, and all applications must con-

tain, in addition to that which this Act already requires, the

name of the owner of the premises, together with his or her

or their address, signed by his, her or their signature, or by

agent only, when the owner of said premises is not within the

said county.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all connections with sewers

Connections
with sewers.

and cesspools must be inspected by the Inspector of Plumbing,

and no trench shall be filled until the approval of said Inspector

is first obtained ; sewer pipes of small drains must not be raised

or lowered or otherwise changed until a permit, as provided

for in this Act, shall first have been obtained.