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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 24-83, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, RELATING TO INSPECTION FEES FOR SEWERS, WATER, PLUMBING, ETC. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 24-83, of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951, be amended and re-ordained to read as follows: Section 24-83° Inspection Fees. Before plumbing work is inspected, there shall be Imid to the City Collector by the person requiring such inspection, the follow- lng foes: For the inspection of plumbing a fee of two dollars plus an additional one dollar for each fixture or place roughed in for a fixture, installed, placed, or replaced on any premises or removed from one place to another on any premises~ The word "Fixture" within the meaning of this section shall include any of the following: bath tub, laundry tub, closet combination, frostpro~f closets, lavatories, hot v~ater heaters, urinals, automatic ~ashing machines, drinking fountains~ shower stalls, and floor drains. It ~11 be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to issue to any person for inspection a certificate showing the amount of fees to be paid by such applicant, and the City Collector shall receipt upon such certificate the fact of paymeut. The Plumbing Inspector shall keep a proper record of all certificates issued by him and upon which fees are paid and shall file a duplicate copy of such certificate with the City Auditor. Any person who shall install any plumbing work within the City with(mt paying the fees provided for in this section, shall he fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollarso This ordinance shall take effect on May 1st, 1958. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on April 8, 1958.