Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-10-22

| or $l.UO Will be made. Ii Such seal De at
any time broken or defaced, the Village
| Council mtls5 be notified thereof inlme-
| diately.
METERS.
SECTION q. In all cases where meter
rates are required,th meter must be
owned by the consumer and shall not be
smaller in size than that of the service pipe.
! No restriction is placed upon TIE use of
water taken through meter, as to pur-
pose, manner or quantity, except as pro-
vided in Section "a and that wanton waste
is hereby prohibited.
All meters must be approved by the Viii
1age Council and must be set, and at all
times, under the supervision and direction
of the Village Council or it's duly author
lied agent.
Said meters must be set so that they
may be easily examined and read and be
provided with suitable protection so that
they are made safe from frost or other
damage.
Incase of refusal or neglect to set or pro-
tect a meter as herein required, the Viii
1age Council or its duly authorized agent,
shall refuse to turn on water, or if water
has been turned on, it shall be turned off
until the consumer shall have complied
with said requirements.
All expense of attaching meters, and of
protecting them from frost or other dam
age shall be paid by the consumer; and
any meter found at any time frozen dam
aged or registering incorrectly, must be
repaired or replaced upon the order of the
said Village Council, or their duly author
lied agent, at the expense ofthe consumer.
And no meter shall be repaired or re-
moved except upon permission of said
Village Council or their duly authorized
agent.
The Village Council may order any con-
sumner to apply meter to his service pipe
and pay meter rates for water whenever
they shall deem it advisable. The said
Council shall furthermore have the right
to attach a meter to any service pipe,
whenever they shall deem it expedient to
ascertain the amount of water being de-
1ivered by such pipe, the expense in such
case to be borne by the said Village.
RATES, RENTS AND PAYMENTS.
SECTION 49, All rates and rents must
be paid promptly when due to the Super
intendent who shall pay them to the
Treasurer, take receipts therefor, and de-
liver the same to the Village Recorder.
| SECTION %. Rates and rents for building
purposes will be payable on demand,
| When water is measured by meter, the es-
| timated amount shall be payable monthly
! in advance, subject to the meter measure
ment the amount of water used, deter
mining the price for each month. Rates
| for fountains, hose for sprinkling streets
| and sidewalks, and yard sprinklers,w will be
payable on the first day of May for the
season. All rates and rents, other than
specified above, will be payable semi
annually. in advance, on the first day of
May and November of each year,
SECTION 80. Public schools and churches
are to receive water free, except for foun-
tains and sprink1ing lawns, provided said
public schools and churches shall, at their
own expense furnish and lay all service
pipes and other necessary pipes and con-
nections from the distributing main to the
said schools and churches, and provided
further, that all Observation-Disclosures
using water hereunder shall promptly re-
pair and keep in repair all portions of pipes
and connections so furnished and laid by
pair and keep in repair sail pipes and con-
nections, the Village Council may order
the water shut off forthwith.
SECTION 81. Any person wishing to dis
continue the use of water from the village
Waterworks, or desiring a change in his
application as to the use of water, must
give notice thereof at the Office of the Su-
perintendent at least five days previous
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been paid, or water rent will be charged as
before for the next period.
SECTION 80. No rebates from rates will
be allowed for partial u.s. of water from
wells, cisterns, etc, or from any portion of
period during which water is used.
All fixtures for the supply of water for
which there are regular rates, must be
paid for, whether in use or not.
SECTION 50. 1.-THE rates and rents are not
paid within ten days after the same shall
become due, the Village Council shall or
der the water shut off forthwith, and it
shall not be turned on again except by or
der of the Village Council or it's duly au-
thorized agent. and the payment of all
arrears of rent, the expense of shutting off
and letting on (for which one dollar will
be charged, unless digging shall be done,
IN which case charges shall be proper
tional to the cost and such other terms as
the Village Council shall prescribe or de-
ternline.
+ SECTION 81. The following water rates
and rents are hereby adopted as annual
rents and rates, unless otherwise noted:
Bakeries, notexceeding bb1s. per
day.. .......................S SUI
Bakeries and Restaurants com
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Banks Observation-Disclosures. 500
Barber Shops, one chair. .. 500
g each additional chair 200
Bath, private, tub and washbasin 500
public, one tub. .......... 1000
!" each additional tub. 500
Billiard Halls. Observation-Disclosures. 500
Blacksmith Shops, / fire ......... 500
each add. fire. 1.OG
hose for setting
tire 200
Boarding Houses, one faucet... 500
each add. faucet 100
Building purposes, not less than. 200
Laying brick, thousand, mason's
measurement ............... 10
Laying stone, per cord, 1nason's
measurement ...... ........... 20