It shall be the duty of the owner of the premises from which any connection is made
with a public sewer in making and laying such connection with such public sewer to
conform to the direction of the board of aldermen or the city engineer, in regard
to the manner in which connection shall be made and the drain made and laid, and to
keep the drain at all times in good repair. The sewer commission administrative officer
shall have power, and it shall be his duty, under the direction of the board, to discontinue,
stop up, and prevent from discharging into any public sewer, any private sewer or
drain aforesaid which is not laid as hereinbefore provided, or which is not kept in
good order and repair. And no person shall open, or cause to be opened, any drain
or private sewer which shall have been stopped up or discontinued aforesaid without
the consent or direction of the sewer commission administrative officer.
