4804 Examinations for Plumbers2ILI
orDi A1zCE '70* 4804
(Published in the Sal_na Journal
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ANO I TANCE requiring examinations and certificates for plumbers,
creating a Board of Examiners of Pliurbers, providing for
the duties of such Board, and providing for penalties for
the violatiM of such ordinance.
BE IT ORDA--"= by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. Plumber's Certificate Required= No person shall
engage in or work at thle business of plumbing, either as a master
plumber, employing plumber or as journeyman plumber in the City
of Salina, Kansas, unless and until a certificate has been obtained
by him therefor as provided for and in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance, or after any such certificate has been revolted
or provided for in this ordinance.
Section.2. Examination by .15oard: Any person desiring to
engage n or work at the plumbing business, either as a master
plumber or mploying plumber or as a journeyman pltmnber in this
city, shall ma application to the Board of Examiners hereinafter
provided for, and all at such time and place as said Board may
designate, be required o take such examination as to his qualifica-
tions as said Board may dir ct. Said examination may be made :in
whole or in part in writing ancl`,,�ay be in part oral, or by demon-
stration, and shall be of a practieand elementary character,
but sufficient to test the qualificatio of the applicant to engage
in the kind of work in the business specifiX in his application.
In addition thereto the Board of Examiners may,`vkt the time of the
application or at the time of the exardination, requ- a any person
making such appli.ation to undergo, at said applicant'%la ses
a physical examination by a physician to determine saicantle
physical fitness to engage in such work.
Section 3. Board of Examiners: That there shall be in this
city a Board of 'Examiners of Plumbers consisting of three members,
one of Which shall be chairman of the Board. of Health of said c-ity,
Who shall be ex -officio chairman of the said Board of Dicar-niners; a
second member, who shall be a master pluTtbe:, •, and a third member.,
who chall be a journeyman plumber. Said second and third membe^rs
shall be appointed by the Board of CorLmissioners of said city,
within ten days after this ordinance takes effect, for terms of
one year from the fir.bt day of December, and thereafter annually
before the first day of December, and the compensation of the :members
of said Board of Examiners shall be determined by the Board of Com-
missioners, to be paid out of the fees paid by the applicants for the
examination.
Section 4. Exgmination, Certificate, Fees: Said Board of
Examiners shall as soon as may be after their appointment, meet,
and shall then and from time to time thereafter designate the times
and places for examination of all applicants desiring to engage in
or work at the business of plumbing 'within said city. Said Board
shall examine each applicant as to his practical knowledge of
plumbing, house drainage, plumbing ventilation and other matters
related to pliunbing, and if satisfied of the competency and physical
fitness of such applicant shall upon paZ=ent of the fees herein
specified, issue to such applicant a certificate authorizing him
to engage in or work at the business of plz;mbing, either as a master
plumber or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber in the City
of Salina, subject to compliance with all other ordinances of said
city relating to licenses, permits, and plumbing requirements. Each
certificate 60 issued shall entitle the person to whom it is issued
to engage in or work at the business of master plui:�ber, employing
plumber or journeyman plumber, as the case may be, for a period of
one year from the date of the certificate. Such certificate may be
renewed each year by any holder thereof, upon payment of the annual
fee herein specified, without farther examination, or at the dis-
cretion of the Board of Examiners, upon such further examination as
they may deem necessary* The annual fee for a certificate for a
master plumber or employing plumber shall be five (4x5.00) dollars
and for a Journeyman Plumber shall be two ($2.00) dollars. All fees
received for said certificates shall be paid into the treasury of
said city*
Section 5, Arbitration Power of Board: In addition to the above
duties of the Examining Board, it shall act as an arbitration Board
in deciding any question that may arise between the Plumbing Inspector
and any master plumber that is not covered by ordinance, and the de-
cision of said Board in such matters shall be final, unless an appeal
is taken to the Board of Commissioners of said city, where decision
shall be final.
Section 6. Rules and R ,gulations : All plumbers s1 -.all be governed
by the ordinances of the City of Sal_na relative to plLunbing and by
such rules and regulations as the Board of Examiners see fit to adopt,
and any violation of the provisions of any such ordinance or of any
such regulations shall be sufficient grounds to work forfeiture of
such plumberts certificate, and the Board of Exariiners may for such
violation revoke such certificate.
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Section 7. violations, Penalty: Any person violating any pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be subject to a fine of not lessthan five dollars nor exceeding
fifty dollars for each and every violation thereof*
Section Be This ordinance shall take effect and be in force after
its publication in the official city paper*
Introduced, November 22, 1937
Passed, November 29, 1937
Attest:
Chas, E, Banker
City Clerk
STA'a" OF KANSAS
Ed Morgenstern
NM or
) SS
COUNTY OF SALIl�' )
I. Chase E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas, do
hereby certifyy that the above and foregoing is a true and correct coa;y
of Ordinance Noo 4804 passed and approved by the Board of Conmissioners
of the City of Salina November 290 1937; and a record of the vote on its
final adoption is found on page 7,/i Journal No. 14
_"may Clerk
(Published in the Salina Journal dJ-e 6- 1937)
ORDINANCE N0. 4804
AN ORDINANCE requiring examinations and certificates for plumbers,
creating a Board of Examiners of Plumbers, providing for
the duties of such Board, and providing for penalties for
the violation of such ordinance.
EE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1• Plumber's Certificate Required: No person shall
engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master
plumber, employing plumber or as journeyman plumber in the City
of Salina, Kansas, unless and until a certificate has been obtained
by him therefor as provided for and in accordance with the pro-
visions of this ordinance, or after any such certificate :has been
revoked or provided for in this ordinance*
Section 2. Examination by Board: Any person desiring t
engage in or work at the pluiabing business, either as a mas
plumber or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber,,X5 this
city, shall make application to the Board of
hereinafter
provided for, and shall at such times and places said Beard may
designate, be required to take such examin on as to his qualifica-
tions as said Board may direct. Said ,ination may be :made in
whole or in part in writing and e in part oral, or by demon-
stration, and shall be of a pr tical and elementary character,
but sufficient to test th ualifications of the applicant to engage
in the kind of work o n the business specified in his application.
In addition there the Board of Examiners may, at the time of the
application at the time of the examination, require any person
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making s application to undergo, at said applicant's expense,
a p ical examination by a physician to determine said applicant's
ysical fitness to engage in such work*
Section 3g Board of Examiners: That there shall 'be in
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this city of Board of Examiners of Plumbers consisting of three
members , one of which shall be chairman of the Board of Health
of said citys who shall be ex -officio chairman of the said Board
of Examiners; a second member, who shall be a master plumber, and
a third member, who shall be a journeyman plumber. Said second
and third members shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners
of said city, within ten days after this ordinance takes effect,
for terms of one year from the first day of December, and there-
after annually before the first day of December, and the compensa-
tion of the members of said Board of Examiners shall be determined
by the Board of Commissioners, to be paid out of the fees paid by
the applicants for the examination.
Section 4. Examination, Certificate, Fees: Said Board of
Examiners shall as soon as may be after their appointment, meet,
and shall then and from time to time thereafter designate the times
and places for examination of all applicants desiring to engage in
or work at the business of plumbing within said city. Said Board
shall examine each applicant as to his practical knowledge of
plumbing, house drainage, plumbing ventilation and other matters
related to plumbing, and if satisfied of the competency and physical
fitness of such applicant shall upon payment of the fees herein
specified, issue to such applicant a certificate authorizing him
to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master
plumber or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber in the City
of Salina, subject to compliance with all other ordinances of said
city relating to licenses, permits, and plumbing requirements. Each
certificate so issued shall entitle the person to whom it is issued
to engage in or work at the business of master plumber, employing
plum'oer or journeyman plumber, as the case may be, for a period of
one year froyl the date of the certificate . Such certificate may
be renewed each year by any holder thereof, upon payment of the
annual fee herein specified, without farther examination,or at the
discretion of the Board of Examiners, upon such further examination
as they may deem necessary. The annual fee for a certificate for a
master plumber or employing plumber shall be five ($5.00) dollars
and for a Journeyman Plumber shall be two ($2.00) dollars. All fees
received for said certificates shall be paid into the treasury of
said city,
Section 5, Arbitration Power of Board: In addition to the
above duties of the Examining Board, it shall act as an arbitration
board in deciding any question that may arise between the Plumbing
Inspector and any master plumber that is not covered by ordinance,
and the decision of said oard in such matters shall be final,
unless an appeal is taken to the Board of Co=�issioners of said
city, where decision shall be final.
Section 6. Rules and Regulations: All plumbers shall be
governed by the ordinances of the City of Salina relative to plumb-
ing and by such rules and regulations as the Board of Examiners see
fit to adopt, and any violation of the provisions of any such ordin-
ance or of any such regulations shall be sufficient grounds to work
forfeiture of such plumber's certificate, and the Board of Examiners
may for such violation revoke such certificate.
Section 7. Violations Penalty: Any person violating any
provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be subject to a fire of not less than five dollars nor exceeding
fifty dollars for each and every vioiatior, thereof,
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
after its publication in thePff icial city paper.
Introduced, November 222 1937
Passed, November 29, 1937
Attest: mayor
Gity Clerk