Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-10-22
ORDINANCE NO. 63.

ment and Operation of the Water Works
of the Village of Morris, Minnesota, pro-
viding for the appointm ent and defining
the Powers and Duties of Employees
and licensed plumbers and prescribing
rules and rates for the use OF water by
private consumers.
The Common Council of the Village of
Morris do Ordain
sEcTIoN1. That the Waterworks of
this Village shall be known and designat-
ed as the Waterworks of the Village of
Morris, Minnesota.
SECTIoN2. That all hydrants erected
within and by said Village for fire extin-
gushing purposes, are hereby declared to
be public hydrants; and excepting the
Village Council, or its duly authorized
agent, no person or persons other than the
members of the Fire Department of said
Village, and then only for the uses and
purposes of such department, shall open
any such hydrant, or draw or attempt to
draw any water therefrom, nor shall any
person or persons, at any time, uncover
any such hydrant, or remove or attempt
to remove therefrom any matter or thing
designed or intended for the protection
thereof, or in any manner interrneddle
with any Such Migrant.
PROVIDED:-Thatt the Village Council
or its duly authorized agent may grant to
any suitable person or persons, permission
to open any such hydrant or hydrants,
and draw water there from in which
event such person or persons shall not
open any such hydrant to any greater ex-
tent, nor keep the same open any greater
length of time, nor draw water therefrom
for any other purpose than such as may
be specified in and by such permission.
SECTION 8. No person authorized to
open hydrants shall delegate his author
ity to another, nor let out or suffer any
person to take the wrenches furnished
him, nor suffer the same to be taken from
any house of said Village, except for pur-
poses strictly connected with the Fire De-
partment, or as they may accompany
hose-carts or occasions of fires.
SECTION f. No person shall make any
excavations in any street or highway
within ten feet of any laid water pipe while
the ground is frozen; or dig up or uncover
so as to expose to the frost any water pipes
of the Village except by permission of the
Village Council of said Village.
SECTION s. No person shall make any
excavation in any street or highway, for
the purpose of laying water pipe, or tap any
water or surface pipes laid down, without
the written permission from the Village
Council, or its duly authorized agent, and
all plumbing work requir red in building,
or for other purposes, must be completed
to the lines of the streets, before any ex-
cavation shall be made in the said street
for the purpose of connecting with the
mains.
SECTIONS. No person shall placein near
or around any drinking fountain or any
watering trough, any dirt, filth or any in1-
purity whatever or any substance or fluid
by which the water in such fountains or
trough shall be rendered impure or unpal-
atable.
No person shall hitch or tie any team or
animal to any hydrant or other fixture of
the waterworl1s of said Village.
SECTION Z. No person shall wi1fu1ly or
carelessIy break, injure, mar, or deface,
interfere with or disturb, any building,
machinery, apparatus, fixture, attach
1nent or appurtenance of the waterworks of
said Village, or any public place or private
hydrant or water trough, or stop cock,
meter, water supply, or service pipe, or any
part thereof; nor shall any person deposit
anything in any valve or stop cock box,
or commit any act tending to obstruct or
impair he intendeduse of any of the above
mentioned property without permission
of the Village Council, or except in cases
hereinafter mentioned, or otherwise regu-
lated by ordinance of said Village.
SECTION 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
Policemen, Watchmen, Marshals, and
Superintendent of Waterworks of said Vii
1age to report to the President of said Vii
1age or the Village Recorder all cases of
leakage, waste or unnecessary profusion
in the use of water. and each and every
violation of any ordinance of this Village
relative to the waterworks thereof, which
may come to his knowledge or notice; and
said Policemen and Marshals shall each
enforce the observance of this ordinance
so far as they or any of them have author
ity under the ordinances of this Village.
SECTION 9. Any person convicted of vio-
1ating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor and be punished by fine of not
less than $500, or exceeding 5000, and the
costs of pros ecution, and in default of pay
ment shall be confined in the common Jail
until such fine and costs are paid, for pc
Rod not to exceed thirty days.
SECTION 10, There shall be appointed by
the Village Council of said Village, one
Superintendent, who may also be required
to perform other duties in connection with
the operation and management of the
Waterworks, as may be directed by the
said Village Council.
The Superintendent shall keep himself
prepared for duty at all times, shall have
charge of the engines, pumps, boilers and
machine shops, and the care and super
vision of the running of the engines and
all machinery connected Herewith. He
shallvisit all hydrants and valves at least
once month and see that they are in
proper order.
He shall not leave the Village without
the permission of the Village Council and
shall keep the fires safely banked when
not working the pumps or engine, unless
otherwise directed by the Village Council.
He shall not allow the quantity of water
in the reservoir or tank to be diminished
more than one-third, and shall see that all
valves and every part of the Waterworks
system is in perfect running order and in
case of breakage defects in the same
give immediate notice to the Village
Council. His salary shall be fixed by the
Village Council and paid monthly.