§ 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or
an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case
may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of
plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law,
regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or
an official or board designated by local law of such city. All
inspectors of plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall
be practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in
the business of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They
shall be citizens and actual residents of the city in which they are
appointed; except in the cities of Cortland and Corning, where such
inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or
counties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent
county; except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be
citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated
except in the city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall be
citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is
situated, or within a twenty-five mile radius of the city of Middletown
as long as such inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this
state; except in the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors shall be
citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is
situated; except in the city of Tonawanda, where such inspectors shall
be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is
situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county; except in any city with
a population of less than twenty-five thousand, where such inspectors
shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or counties wherein
the city is situated. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties
as such inspectors they shall each be required to obtain a certificate
of competency from said examining board. They shall be entitled to
receive compensation to be fixed by the officer, board, commission or
department having power to fix salaries generally or, if there be no
officer, board, commission or department thereof having such power, by
the board of aldermen or common council.