EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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rain-water leaders, when placed inside of any house, shall be

of iron, with leaded or screwed joints, and must be trapped

Rain-water

headers.

with cast iron running traps, so placed as to prevent freezing,

and must not be used as soil, waste or vent pipes, nor shall any

soil, waste or vent pipes be used as a leader.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That all soil, drain, waste and

Providing for

supply pipes shall be concentrated as much as possible, and

movable cov-

shall be protected from exposure to frost, and shall be so lo-

ering for in-
spection.

cated as to he accessible for inspection, either by exposing the

pipes to view or by providing a movable covering; and every

such pipe inside of the building line and five feet exterior

thereto shall be of extra heavy iron, lead or brass.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That no trap shall be allowed to

be placed on or at the foot of vertical soil or waste pipes ; that

Brick, sheet
metal or

no brick, sheet metal or earthenware flue shall be allowed to

earthenware
flues not al-

be used as a sewer or soil pipe, ventilator or trap vent, and all

lowed as
sewer or soil

cast iron soil and waste pipe fittings must be "Y" branches,

pipes.

sanitary tees one-eighth, and long sanitary bends or tees may

be used ; all other cast iron fittings must be of sanitary designs ;

wrought iron and brass fittings for soil and waste must be of

the Durham recessed pattern and of sanitary design, to be

approved by the Inspector of Plumbing.

SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That all cesspool traps for

drains, cellars and areaways, where such appliances are set,

Cesspool traps.

must be provided with a cast iron trap beneath them, and

when in exposed places must be set at a depth to protect them

from freezing.

SEC. 32. And be it enacted. That in every ease where soil

and waste pipes connect with a sewer or cesspool the following

Rules to be
observed in

rules must be .observed : If there is but one fixture in such

connecting

stack and the trap is connected directly thereto, or at any point

soil or waste
pipes.

within five feet thereof, no trap vent will be required, but

should the distance be greater than five feet, it must be vented

as herein provided for other traps, and in every case where

there are fixtures connecting into a stack of soil or waste pipe

on more than one floor of any house, shop, store or other build-

ing, each and every trap must be ventilated ; in such cases the

non-syphon may be used, the vents for each water-closet trap

must be two inches in diameter, and for traps under other

fixtures one and one-quarter inches in diameter, providing said

vents are not over twenty-five feet in length, in which case the

one and one-quarter vents must be increased to from one and

one-half to two inches, as the case may require, subject to the