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or other secure support, and shall continue undiminished in size uo through roof. Each section shall be Jointed with ce- meut or fire clay, and secured firmly in place with band iro~ or other suitable material, the galvanized vent from the wa- ter heater shall enter this partition vent through a vent collar drilled with air ports, and at a point not nearer to the ceiling than 12". On other work where the vent can be taken directly through the roof without passing through any other room, except where the water heater is installed, the water heater shall be provided with a vent pipe not less than 3" in diameter and not less than the smoke or fume outlet from said water heater, and extending through and undimintsh- ing in size, and at least 4" above the roof of the building where the s,me is or shall have been installed.: --Around every such vent at all unexposed places to the outside view where the same shall pass from the room in which the aforesaid wa-i ter heater shall have been installed, there shall be a galva-I nized iron sleeve extending the full length of the concealed ! portion of said pipe with a clear air space around said vent I of not less than l", and where this vent goes through a ceil-I ing a vent collar with air ports shall be attached to said vent pipe sleeve, and be secured with at least two screws to the ceiling. The outlet for the vent through any wood roof or roof constructed of combustible material shall be at least V" in diameter, and all offsets in vent pipes shall be made in the room where the water heater is installed and not above the ceiling thereof. All wood, sheathing, rafters or ceiling Joists shall be so placed so as not to be closer than 4" to the vent pipe at anyplace except where it makes exit through the roof. All vents shall be cepned with s suitable "T" heac galvanized or copper Roof Jack or Hood. Section 2. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordi- nance to be published three times in the Santa Aua Daily Eve. ning Register, a newspaper of general clrculatiou, published and circulated'in said city, and it shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of first publication thereof. The above ordinance was introduced on the 28th day of April, 1924, and adopted on the 12th day of May, 1924, by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes, Noes, Absent, Trustees C.H. Chapman, Nat H. Neff, J.W. Trustees None Trustees Gao McPhee, E.B. Collier Tubbs Approved this 12th day of May, 1924. J. W. Tubbs President of the Boar~ of Trus%'ees of the City of Santa Ans.