The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-08-14

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the right to shut off water for any vio-
lation of any rules Of the waterworks
department.
Stop and Waste to Each Service.
Sec. Is. Every service pipe must
be furnished with a stop and waste
cock inside the premises and below
the action Of frost, so situated that
the water can be cut of and drained
from the pipes. When It is cold
enough to freeze water in pipes, it
must be shut of and emptied by con
sumers
Permits for Fountains.
Sec. 16. Permits for fountains must
state the number Of hours per day
land which OF the twenty.four) the
fountain is permitted to play. The
supply pipes to all fountains must
have stop cock outside OF the prem
ises subject at all times to the exclu-
sive access and control OF ,ae city
waterworks officials, unless such foun.
tains are supplied with meters.
Licensed Plumbers and Water Ex.
tensions.
Sec. II. All plumbing must be
done by plumber under license by
the city (see sections 9 and 10, ordi-
nance No 1922 and water will not be
furnished to consumers where pipes
are laid by plumbers other than those
licensed. Extensions and alterations
In water fixtures must be done by
permit of the waterworks inspector.
Continued Flow Prohlbited-steam
Boilers.
Sec. IS. No continued flow OF wa
ter will be be permitted except on
special application and on payment
of special rates. Where water is
run into tanks they must be water
tight and the supply pipes furnished
with good stop cocks. Steam boilers
taking water from service pipes and
depending on the pressure will be at
risk of the owner.
Option to Set Meters.
Sec. 10. The waterworks inspector,
with the consent OF the waterworks
committee, is authorized and empow
cred, when in his judgment the wei
fare of the city may demand, to have
water, which may be supplied to any
consumer, whether corporation. firm
or individual, and for whatever pur-
poses supplied, measured by meter,
said meter to be either rented or
paid for by consumer The inspector
of the waterworks shall designete the
make of the meter to be usel, and to
have such meter so located in The
building or vicinity as the waterworks
inspector may designate, and water
shall not be furnished to parties who
fail to comply with these re i1irements.
Meters Read.
Sec. 20. Meters shall be read on or
about the first day of each month by
the proper authorities. The consum.
ers will be notified by postal card, or
otherwise, of the sum due. aud stat
ing in such notice that unless the
sum due is paid on or before the
tenth day Of the month OF such TO.
tice at the mayors Office, the water
will be shut off and not turned on
again until the sum due Is paid and
one dollar extra for turning the water
off and on. Should any meter tail
to register properly and no, show cor
rectly the quantity of water used since
the previous reading, in arriving at
the quantity used, the right shall ex-
is, on the part of the city to average
the month and charge for water or
the basis of any three months within
Ire previous year. Tn city res ,rvcs the
right TO control all mete . in order
that they may be protected and kept
in repair
Street Sprinkling.
Sec. 21. A. persons VIII shall e,
gage in street sprinkling as a business
shall, before Undertaking to sjrinkie
streets with water frIni the city
mains appear before the mayor, who
srall confer with the waterworks com
mittee and demonstrat, 20 the salts.
faction of said mayor and water.
works committee that they have sufi-
cient teams wagons and force to per.
form the work properly They shall
make a written application to said
mayor to sprinkle the streets, desig-
mating the streets and parts OF streets
they desire to sprinkle and the period
they wish to sprinkle. 1t is unlawful
for any one to use city water in
sprinkling a greater space than is paid
for. Any person or persons doing
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