The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-12
ORDINANCE NO. 172.


Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City
of KenOSha:
SECTION l. The management, control and SUI
pervision of the water works of the City of Keno
sha and of any and all property pertaining there
to shall be vested in Board of Water Commits
sioners, to consist of three disinterested free
holders and taxpayers of the City of KenOSha.
The said Board of Water Commissioners shall
be elected by ballot by the Common Council OF the
City of KenOsha, and shall hold such office for the
period of three (3) years from and after their
election and qualification and until their success
sors are elected and qualify. They serve without
pay -,
at their first meeting, divide the members thereon
into three classes by lot or otherwise, so that the
Board first elected hereunder shall hold office as
follows One for one year, one for two years, and
one for three years, and until their successors are
elected and qualify; and all Water Commissioners
elected after the first shall hold Office for the term
of three 60 years, and until their successors are
elected and qualify, except In cases OF Commits
SiOnerS elected to fill vacancies.
1t shall be the duty of the said Board of Water
Commissioners to protect the water works system
and appliances from all unnecessary damage or
loss and to keep said water works system In good
running order and repair; and they shall direct
| all work pertaining to the further extension OF
said water works system and all repairs upon the
same of every kind and nature, and shall procure
at the expense of the City of KenOSha all material
necessary to operate said works. and shall en-
| plOy all labor necessary In the operation, man
| agement and extension OF said works.
| The said Board of Water Commissioners shall,
at the first meeting of the Common Council of the
| City of KenOSha In each month, make full and
| complete report OF all and singular their dO1ngS
| to the said Common Council, and shall cause to
| be made and filed with the City Clerk correct
| map or profile of all water mains now or here
after laid in said city, with their dimensions, 10
cation connections, hydrantS and cut-OffS, and
shall cause to be kept just true and correct books
| of accounts in such manner as at all times TO
show the true condition and state OF business OF
the city water works; and such books shall at all
times be subject to inspection by the City Council,
and they shall deliver such books to their success
| SOFS In Office.
The said monthly reports to be made by said
Board to the Common Council shall, In addition
| to the matters here1nbefOre required to be re-
nOrted show the kind and amount OF material
used, and the cost thereof, and the expense at
tending all work DONE and shall be duly temiZed.
SECTION g. The City Engineer shall be x-officio
Superintendent of the water works system OF the
| City of KenOsha Wisconsin, under the control
and direction of the said Board OF Water Com
miSSiOnerS.
Board of Water Commissioners, and shall keep
all books records and proceedings OF said Board
of Water Commissioners under the supervisor
and direction of the said Board, and shall per
form such other duties as shall be required OF
him.by the said Board of Water Commissioners
or by the Common Council of the said city OF Ke-
nOSha.
SECTION g. The said Board of Water Commits
soners shall make all the necessary contracts for
the purchase of material and supplies for use in
and about the operation OF said works. All SUCH
| for previously made by the City Engineer and
submitted by him to the said Board OF Water
Commissioners.
SECTION T. The Superintendent of said water
works and all other employees in and about said
works SHALL at all times and in all things, be sub
iect to the supervision and direction of the Board
of Water Commissioners.
| SECTION 5. Every consumer of water Of the city
water works shall be governed by and subject to
the following rules and regulations, and 1t Is here
/ by made the duty of the Board of Water Commits
SiOnerS, and the superintendent acting under
their supervision, to enforce the same:
| l. No person, company or corporation shall be
| permitted to tap or make any connection with
the distributing pipes OF the water works Of the
| City of KenOSha unless duly authorized by the
| Superintendent thereof
z. Persons desiring such permit must get a
| special permit from said Superintendent, and
such permit shall in no case be issued permitting
| connections to be made from any new job of
plumbing until the applicant therefor presents to
said superintendent the approval by the Board OF
| Water Commissioners OF such plumbing. Said
Superintendent of water works will in all cases tap
| the water main and insert the corporation cock
and put In such service pipe, either lead or iron,
as in his Judgment shall be proper, to the side
walk, or to point one foot inside the curb line
OF the street where there shall be StOp-cOck and
an iron cutoff box attached: Allapplicants shall
| be charged on the basis OF ten (10) dollars for
three-quarter ga inch pipe, and the same shall be
paid to the City Clerk upon completion of the
work.
3. All material used for service pipe must con-
form to the standard given in the rules governing
plumbers.
4. Service pipe intended to supply two or more
distinct premises must be provided with separate
and distinct StOp-cOckS for each tenement on the
outside of the Same or, when only one StOp-cOck
| Is used, the person or persons controlling the
| same must pay the water rent of the parties who
are thus supplied as separate water rates will not
be made.
| tap, pipe, water-cOck or other fixtures shall be
made or caused to be made by any person taking
| water, except through a duly licensed plumber and
| a permit In writing first obtained from said SUI
perintendent
6. Hydrants, taps hose water closets, urinals,
baths or other fixtures will not be permitted to
be kept running when not in use.
z. Application for water must be made to the
| Superintendent OF water works upon blanks fur
niShed by said city therefor and must state fully all
purposes for which water Is required Consumers
must answer without cOncealment all questions
| put to them by the Board of Water Commissioners
or the superintendent, or his assistants, relating
| to water consumption. And in case of any
consumer the payment will be forfeited and the
supply Of water stopped. The superintendent
| shall at once make record Of such applications
in book kept by him for that purpose, and shall
then file such applications in the Office of the City
Clerk.
8. No person shall supply other persons or
families, or suffer them to take water, except for
drinking purposes on the premises
g. Water rents must be paid semi-annually in
advance, on and between the LIST and 10th days OF
January and July in each year, at the Office of The
Northwestern Loan and Trust Company In the
city or kon0Shd, Wisconsin, and all rates not paid
within the first and tenth days as aforesaid of
| each half year shall be deemed delinquent, and
| the water supply of any such person not paying
within such time shall be shut off under the pro
visions of Rule II Of this section.
10. Persons taking water must do so at their
own expense, and must keep their service pipe
| Stop-cock and apparatus in good repair, protect
them from frost and prevent al unnecessary
waste of water.
IL. Consumers of water shall at all reasonable
| hours permit the Board of Water Commissioners,
or either OF them, the Superintendent or his as
| siStantS, or the Common Council of the City Of
KenOSha, or any or either of them, or any COM
| mittee thereof, to enter their premises and ex-
anime the manner In which water is being used.
IL. Persons wishing to discontinue the use of
water must give written notice thereof at the
office OF the City Clerk previous to the expiration
| OF the time for which payment has been made, or
become due and remaining unpaid; otherwise
they shall be liable for the rent of the ensuing
half year.
Ii. Water must be taken from the main in
| such manner us will occasion the least incon-
venience to the public, and provide for the pass
| age OF water along the gutter. Dirt replaced In
the trenches must be well tamped, and the paving,
tagging and sidewalks restored to as good cOndl-
| ton as previous to excavation.
IA. In case OF making repairs or making new
works OF extending the works, the city reserves
the right to shut OF the water at once, and keep