The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-16
Paving Ordinance killed.
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dinance upon the grounds that the city
charter provided for everything listed in
the proposed ordinance, and that no fur
Their legislation relative to any change in
the present course of business as trans
acted by the city clerk, the members of
the water works committee or the other
officials Of the city in that connection
would be necessary.
Mr.. Moore moved that the ordinance
be rejected upon those grounds. At the
vote taken upon the question of rejection
Of passage upon its first reading, the or
dinance was lost by vote of three to
five.
The ordnance introduced by Mr.. Kel-
ley is as follows:
An ordnance creating a water works
department and defining the duties Of the
city clerk, water works superintendent
and water works committee of the city
in relation to such department..
I. Be it ordained by the council of
the City of C!arksburg that from and
after the passage of this ordinance all
matters relating to the city water works
shall be included in and constitute one
department. to be known and called as
the water works department.
II. 1t shall be the duty of the city
clerk to make and keep list of all con-
sumers Of water furnished by the city Of
Clarksbmg together with items of the
purposes for which it is used and con-
sumed by each consumer.
He shall also charge the water works
superintendent with the aggregate
amount chargeable against each consum-
er and give each consumer credit for
collections from such consumer from time
to time when and as made by the water
works superintendent and credit the said
superintendent with orders issued as
hereinafter provided against the water
works fund, such credit to be made when
the said superintendent shall produce and
file with the clerk such order properly
endorsed by the payee therein.
III. It shall be the duty of the water
works superintendent to make or cause
to be made under his supervision all taps
in the water mains of the city hereafter
ordered by the council and to make and
keep list of all such taps heretofore
made and report the same to city clerk,
together with the purposes for which
such water is consumed or furnished; to
collect water rents and report such col
lection when and as made to the city
clerk and from time to time pay to the
treasurer the amount Of such collection
taking his receipt therefor and report
the same to the city clerk.
He shall also have supervision and
control Of the water works subject to
the order Of the council, when in SEES.
sion and subject to the water works
committee when the council is not in
session.
1t shall also be the duty of the water
works superintendent to use all means
and diligence to prevent the unnecessary
waste of water by the consumers of wa
ter furnished by the city and to this end
he shall inspect or cause to be inspected
service pipes and other appliances on
private property and see that they are
in good condition and that there is no
unnecessary waste therefrom and in case
he shall discover any such unnecessary
waste it shall be his duty to require the
consumer to have the same placed in
good order and repair with further power
and authority If such repair is not
promptly made to turn the water of
from the consumer at the curb.
". It shall be the duty of the city
treasurer to keep all payments made to
him by the water works superintendent
separate and distinct from other funds in
his hands belonging to the city. Such
collection shall be called and known as
the water works fund, out of which no
payments are to be made by him except
upon order Of the council drawn thereon
and designated on such order as payable
out Of such fund.
II shall be the duty of the water works
committee, in addition to the other du.
ties imposed upon 1t by the ordinances
Of the city to make monthly settle.
mcnts with the water works superin.
tendent and the city treasurer in rela.
ton to the said fund, which settlements
shall be reported to the council at the
FIRST meeting in each month and which
settlements shall also show the amount
OF the water rents in arrears and ,tncol.
lected by the superintendent, together
with all collections made by the super
intendent during the preceding month
and paid over to the treasurer and all
disbursements by the treasurer charged.
BILE to said fund.
At which settlements, said committee
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