Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-07-15
IN COMMON COUNCIL.

In preparing uanScr'Pt oi the proceedings Of
the Common Council for publication, an important
part of the 9TH section of the Ordinance concerning
the Water Works, was omitted. My attention
being called to the subject, now hand you the Or
dinance corrected, and am instructed TO direct its
publication three times, and with it you will please
publish this note Of explanation.
JAMES f. PATTERSON, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
Concerning the Water Works.
Passed June 20, ls47.]
I. Be il ordained by the Mayorand Commonalty
Of the Town of Staunton in Common Council as
sembled, That there shall be appointed annually by
the Common Council in the month of April, or as
soon thereafter as may be, person who shall be
/. denominated the Superintendent of the Water
Works, who in the discharge of his official duties
shall be subject to the control and direction of the
Water Committee for the time being, and who
shall receive annually for his services such COM
.pensation as may from time to time be fixed by
the Common Council. And said Superintendent,
befofe dischargng any of the duties of his office,
shall take an oath before the Mayor or Recorder
faithfully to discharge all the duties of his office,
and certificate of such oath shall be made by the
0ificer administering the same, and be filed with
tho Clerk Of the Council. And said Superintend-
ent shall also enter into bond with sufficient secu-
tffty before the Common Council in the sum of five
hundred dollars, payable to the Mayor of the Town
of Stanton for the time being. and his successors
in office, with condition for the payment of all
monies that may come to his hands by virtue of his
said Office to the Chamberlain of the Corporation
of Staunton or other receiver authorized to receive
the same, at such time Or times as is or may be
required, and also for the faithful discharge of all
the duties ofsuch Superintendent which said bond
shall be filed by the Clerk of the Council and may
from time to time be sued upon for breach Of the
,ltx,As e.,
g Be il further ordained, That tho water from
the pipes laid, to be laid, in the Streets or AL
'ieys of the Town aforesaid, without the limits
of said Town, may be conducted by branch pipe to
the lot OF any person, upon the conditions and
strictons following, to wit: All work necessary to
convey water into any lot as aforesaid the fixtures
thereto, Including material, shall be done at the
expense Of the owner of such lot, or other person
desiring the water 10 be so conveyed, and said ma
terial and all fixtures shall be approved of and the
work executed under the direction of the Superin-
tcndent Of the Water Works, and under the same
direction, said branch pipc--the hydrant and other
fixtures shall at the expense and charges of the
owner or oceupier of the lot to which the Water is
so conveyed, be thereafter at all times kept in good
order.
8. Be it further ordained, That the Superintend-
ent of the Water Works, or any person acting under
him, or under order of any one or more of the
Water Committee. shall have power to examine
INTO The Siuduou vi pipe,
ture attached or connected by which the Water is
used on any lot or tenement, which he shall have
reason to believe is out of repair; and if upon
animation any such pipe, hydrant or other fixture
as aforesaid be out of repair, said Superintendent
other person shall stop the of the water flowing
from such pipe, hydran or other fixture until the
necessary repairs are made; and any owner oc-
cupier of lot or tenement, any other person
who shall cause the water to flow from any such
pipe hydrant other fixture after the same shall
have been stopped aforesaid, until the necessary
repairs in the opinion of the Superintendent shall
have been made; if any such person shall wlrully
permit the water TO flow or waste unnecessarily
from any pipe, hydrant OF other fixture conveying
water to in any lot or tenement aforesaid, he
or she shall forfeit and pay not less than or
more than five dollars besides costs of proceedings
4. Be it further ordained, That ifany person or
persons shall wiifully mutilate, njure or destroy
any of the implements or fixtures connected with
the Water Works and belonging to the Town or
corporate authorities thereof he she offending
shall forfeit and pay NOT less than double the value
of such implement or fixture provided that the
penalty in no case shall be less than ten dollars
S. Be it further ordained, That if any person
shall wilfully or carelessly drive wagon, cart,
any other vehicle against any fire plug or hydrant
belonging to the Town or Corporate authorities
thereof, or if he shall by cayelessness or absence
from the team, so that any such vehicle as afore-
said is against any such fire plug or hydrant,
every such person so offending shall forfeit and pay
to the Corporation not less than two more than
ten dollars, and shall be liable for all the
expenses incurred to be incurred in repairing the
INJURY done to such fire plug or hydrant
7. Belt further ordained, That ifany person shall
wash or bathe his or her person in the Reservoir,
or deposit therein any unsound or impure
thing, tending to destroy or impair the purity of
the water, shall without lawful authority pre-
vent the flow of water into out of said Reser-
voir OF shall turn the stop stops in the pipe from
said Reservoir, (other than the stops owned by in
divduals and within their lots or tenements,) or
shall otherwise prevent the flow of water through
said pipes-every such offender shall forfeit and
pay not less than ten more than twenty dollars
for every such offence, to be recovered with costs
and it shall moreover be the duty of the Justice
before whom any such offence shall be proved, to
commit the offender to the Jail of the CORPORATION
until the next Court TO be held for said Corpora
ton unless he she shall enter into Iecognzance
with sufficient security in such sum as the said
Justice may deem reasonable, conditioned for his
or her personal appearance at the said Court, and
moreover tor his or her good behaviour, and the
said Court shall, if they deem it expedent COM
init said offender until he or she shall enter into
recognizance with like security in such sum, and
conditioned for his or her good behaviour for such
period of time as the said Court may deem proper
8. Be it further ordained, That any owner or
occupieT Of a lot or tenement without the actual
limits oil the town, VINO snail convey, or shall
hereafter have the water conveyed in his or her lot
or tenement as authorised by this ordinance shall
pay annually for the of said water such tax or
rent as shall from time to time beassessed thereon
by the Common Council and on failure to nav
tho tax or rent at such time as may be required
by. the ordinance or resolution of the Council, the
Superintendent shall stop the Water flowing to or
In such lot or tenement until such payment be
made. he may proceed to recover the amount as
sessed and in with cost of proceeding by war
rant; provided, however, that before The water