The Yale expositor., 1898-10-07

paid when due shall be subject to thu
same penalties as herein provided TO
the non-payment of other water rates
All electric lighting rates shall be due
and payable at the office of the Secretary
of the board of light and water com
missioners on the first of each month
and shall be subject to the same penal
ties as provided for the non-payment
of water rates.
Section 10. Each subscriber to the
electric lighting system shall furnish
and place all inside wires, insulators
brackets, lamps and fixtures necessary
to connect his premises with the system
at the outer wall of the building at
his own expense.
Section 20 No person except the
authorized agent of the board of light
and water commissioners, or the chief
of the fire department, shall take water
from any public or private fire ny;
drant, fire plug, street washer, draw
pipe, hose pipe, or fountain Except for
| fire purposes or for the use Of the
| fire department in case of fire. nor
shall in any way take or use any water
for private use which is furnished by
the water works, unless such person
shall have obtained written permit
signed by the Chairman and Secretary
of the board of light and water COM
missioners, and no person, except the
authorized agent of the board of light
and water commissioners shall connect,
place, cut, remove, displace or interfere
with any pole, wire, transformer, lamp
or other apparatus connected with the
electric lighting system, unless such
person shall have obtained written
permit therefor signed by the chairman
and secretary of the board of light and
water commissioners.
Section 81. No person except a duly
authorized agent of the board Of light
and water commissioners, or member
of the fire department in case of fire or
for practice. shall be allowed to open
any public hydrant, stop cock or valve,
or take, injure or destroy any hose,
wrenches, pole, wire, insulatOr, trans
! former, meter. lamp, or other apparatus
or appliance belonging to said water
works and electric lighting systems.
Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this section shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and, on conviction
! thereof shall be punished by fine of
not less than five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars and costs of prosecution,
and in the default of the payment of
said fine and costs be imprisoned in
the corporation Jail of the Village of
Yale. or the common jail of the County
of st. Clair. until such fine and costs
are paid not exceeding sixty days.
Section % Persons wishing water
must get a special permit from the
board of light and water commissioners
for each building, business, residence,
etc. The fee to be paid the village for
each original permit shall be 500, such
fee must in all cases be paid to the
secretary of the board at the time the
application is made for such permit,
such sum to be placed to the credit of
the light and water fund.
Section %. The expense of tapping
water mains and inserting the stop
cock and placing box thereon, together
with the necessary furnishing of all ma
terial for the completion of the above
shall be betrayed by the village, and it
shall be and remain the property of the
village of Yale. The service cock shall
be placed as near the curb line of the
street as convenient.
Section "a Every service pipe must
be provided with stop and waste cock
! for each consumer, easily accessible
and so situated that the water can be
conveniently shut off and drained
from the pipes.
! Section %. The beard or its repre-
sentatiyes shall be authorized TO enter
and have free access at all reasonable
hours to premises to ascertain the To-
cation or condition of all hydrants,
pipes, wires, meters, lamps, motors or
other fixtures attached to said systems
and in case it is found that the water
or current is being wasted by reason of
negligence or for want of repairs, or
If said water or current is being used
for any other purpose than that stated
in the permit therefor, and If such
waste or misuse is not Immediately
remedied the water or current shall be
shut off from premises. In case of
any defect IN any private water pipe
is discovered between the village SER
vice pipe and the stop cock, notice in
writing shall be left at the premises
and if the necessary repairs are not
made within twenty four hours there
after, the water shall be shut off and
not turned on again until such defect
is remedied, and the sum of one dol
lar is paid to the secretary of the
board, such sum is to be placed to the
credit of the light and water fund.
Section &c. Persons taking water
must keep their service pipe and all
fixtures connected Herewith in good
repair and protected from frost at
their own expense and must prevent
all unnecessary waste of water, or the
water will be shut of.
Section 81. In sprinkling streets
each water-taker must confine him
self to one half the width of the street
of the frontage for which he pays
water rent as per tariff of water rates,
and in case he sprinkles or permits to
be sprlnkled more than the above
frontage he shall be charged for the
whole at the same rate per lot.
Section 2S. Any consumer or con-
sumers Of water who shall permit
others not members of his or their
families to use water from his or their
hydrants, faucets, or other devices
without knowing that the proper water
rent has been paid, and anyone who
shall thus obtain water without the
permit from the board shall be fined
in sum of not less than one dollar
nor more than ten dollars, and the
water shall be shut off from such
premises until such fine is paid to the