Morris tribune., 1898-10-15
ORDINANCE NO. 63.

An ordinance for the Protection, Manage
ment and Operation of the Water Works
of the Village of Morris, Minnesota, pro
viding for the appointm emit 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:
SECTION /. That the Waterworks of
this Village shall be known and designat-
ed as the Waterworks of the Village of
Morris, Minnesota.
SECTIoN2 2. That all MIGRANTS erected
within and by said Village for fire extin-
gushing purposes, are hereby declared to
be public hydrants; and excepting the
Village Council, or it's 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
thereof, or in any manner intermeddle
with any such hydrant.
PROVIDED:-That the Village Council
or it's duly authorized agent may grant to
any suitable person or persons, permission
to open any such hydrant or MIGRANTS,
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 g. 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 frpm
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 4. 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 5. 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 it's duly authorized agent, and
all plumbing work required 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
SECTION6. Noperson shall place in, near
or around any drinking fountain or any
watering trough any dirt, filth or any i'm
purity whatever, or any substance or fluid
by which the water in such fountains or
trough shall be rendered impure or unpa1-
atable.
No person shall hitch or tie any team
animal to any hydrant or other fixture of
the waterworks of said Village
SECTION Z. No person shall wilfully or
carelessly break, injure, mar, or deface,
interfere with or disturb, any building.
machinery, apparatus, fixture, attach
nlent 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 intended use 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 dutyof the
Policemen, Watchmen, Marshals, and
Superintendent of Waterworks of said Viii
1age to report to the President of said Viii
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 Marsha1s 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.
SECTION9. 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 $50 90, and the
costs of pros ecution, and in default of pay
ment shall be confined in the common jai!
until such fine and costs are paid, fora 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 opera ton 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 |
shall visit all hydrants and valves at least
once a 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 res ervoir or tank to be diminished |
more than one-third, and shall see that all |
valves and every part of the Waterworxs |
system is in perfect running order and in |
case of breakage or defects in the same
give immediate notice to the Village