The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-31

THE CITY OF MILBANK.
ARTICLE 1.
SECTION J., That the waterworks Of this
city shall be known and designated as the City
Waterworks of Milbank, South Dakota.
SECTION 2. All hydrants erected within and
are hereby declared to be public hydrants. and
excepting the Superintendent of the water
works, no person or persons other than MEM
bers of the fire department of said city. and
then only for the uses and purposes of such de-
partment, shall open any such hvdrant, or
draw, or attempt to draw, any water therefrOm;
nor shall any person or persons, at any time
uncover, or attempt to uncover, any such by
drant, or remove, or ATTEMPT to remove. there
from. any matter or thing designed or intended
for the protection thereof. or in any manner in
%terfere or intermeddle with any such hydrant.
Provided: That the water ommitt of
said city, or their duly authorized agent, may
grant to any suitable person or persons permits
sion TO open any such hydrant or hydrants and
draw water therefrOm, in which event such
person or persons shall not open such hydrant
to any greater extent, nor keep the same open
any greater length of time, nor draw water
therefrom for any other purpose. nor any great
err quantity, than such as may be specified in
and by such permission.
SECTION 8. No person authorized to open
hydrants shall DELEGATE his authority to anoth-
er, 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 city, except for
purposes strictly connected with the fire de-
p%artrnent, or as they hose carts on
occasion OF IreS.
SECTION 4. No person shall make any ex-
cavations 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 pipe or sewers OF the city,
except by permission of the city council.
SECTION ). No person shall make any ex-
cavatfpn in any street or highway, for the pur-
pose of laying water pipe, or tap any water or
surface pipe laid down. without written per-
mission from the water committee, or the city
council, and all plumbing work required In a
builHinp or for other purDOSpS, must be COM
pleted to the lines of the street before any ex-
c%avation shall be made in said street for the
purpose of connecting with the mains.
SECTION 6. No person shall place in, near or
around any drinking fountain or any watering
trough, any dirt, filth or any impurity whatever,
or any substance or fluid by which the water in
such fountains or troughs shall be rendered i'm
pure or unpalatable.
SECTION I. No person shall ~wilfully or care
leSsly break, iniure, mar or deface, interfere
with or disturb, any building, machinery, appa-
ratus, fixture, attachment or appurtenance of
the waterworks of said city, or any public or
private hydrant or water trough, or stopcock,
meter, water, supply or service pipe, or any
part thereof; nor shall any person deposit any
thing in any valve or ~stopcock box, or commit
any act tending to obstruct or impair the in
tended use of any of the above mentioned prop
erty, without the permission of the water com
mittee or the city council, except in cases here
matter, or otherwise, regulated by ordinance of
said city.
SECTION 8. 1t shall be the duty of each of
the policemen of said city to report to the presl-
dent of the water committee all cases of leak
age, waste or unnecessary profusion in the use
of water, and each and every violation of any
ordinance of this city relative to the water
works thereof which may come to his knowl-
edge or notice and the said policemen shall
each enforce the observation of this ordinance
so far as they or any of them have authority
under the ordinance of this city.
SECTION 9. ANY person convicted of violat-
ing any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar
or exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprison-
ment not exceeding thirty days, and shall in all
cases of conviction. in addition to the penalties
above provided, pay the costs of prosecution.
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