The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-01-17
AN ORDINANCE.

Section 1.-The head of every family
keeping house and the keeper of every
place of business in which Wateris used.
who uses any water from any hydrant
connected with the water works of the
City of Miller, shall pay water rent of
two (2) dollars per quarter year into the
City Treasury And the fact that the
head of family pays rent for water at
his or her place of residence shall not
| be bar to the collection of water rent
from such person for the use of hydrant
water from each and every place of
business conducted by him or her with
in the city; provided, that any person
! paying rent for the use of water at his
or her place of residence shall be re-
quired to pay but one Dollar per quarter
year at any and all places of business
occubied by him and in which hydrant
water is used; but if..water be piped into
| his Office or place of business then the
occupant of such Office or place of bus
mess shall pay Two Dollars per quarter
year.
Section 2.--All water rents shall be
due and payable in advance on the first
of January, April, July and October
of each year; and on the third Monday
| of each of the above named months, the
| City Auditor shall send statements of
all sums due for water rent, and mate
rial sold by the city. Said statements
of account shall have printed thereon
| the following: Ifthis account is not paid
| to (place for name of treasurer) City
Treasurer on or before the first of next
month the same will be put into the
hands of the Chief of Police for collec-
ton, and after the fifteenth of next
month, if notpaid, apenalty isattaehed
to the use of water from any hydrant.
Section 3.-If any person who shall
owe the city any sum for water rent or
material sold him by the city shall fail
10 pay the same to the City Treasurer
on OF before the first day of the second
month Of the quarter in which said rent
or other sums came due, then the City
Auditor shall turn said account over to
the Chief of Police who shall forthwith
present such account to the person ow-'
ing the same and demand payment, and
| if such debtor person shall neglect or re-
fuse to pay said account to the Chief of
m haf no lo, ,,f
the same month in which said Chief of
| Police received the account from the
City Auditor then said Chief of Police
| shall serve on such delinquent rent pay
er a written notice that he shall not use
| any water whatsoever from any bydrant
connected with the city water works;
and if after such notice the person or
persons SO notified shall take or cause
to be taken or receive and use in his or
| her place of residence or business any
water from any hydrant connected with
| the city water works, he or they shall
upon conviction thereof in any court of
! the city be liable to fine of Five Dol
lars for each and every violation of the
order served upon him by the Chief of
Police, and upon failure to pay such fine
he or they shall stand committed to the
county Jail for period OF three days
In every case the order of the Chief of
Police forbidding the use of hydrant wa
| ter to any person owing the city shall
continue and be in force until the sum
due the city has been paid, but not
longer
Section 4.-Nothing in this ordinance
| shall be construed in any way as bar
ring the city from bringing suit in the
cooperate name of the city for collection
of water rent or other accounts which
may be due said city.
Section 5.--On or before the first day
OF September in each year, it shall be
the duty OF the City Auditor to make a
statement of all accounts due the city
which have been delinquent for period
OF sixty days or more and to place the
same before the City Council.
Section 6-On the first of each month
the Chief OF Polise shall pay into the
city treasury all money in his hands b.
longing to the city.
Section For the collection of all
delinquent water rent of other sums due
the city the Chief of Police shall receive
ten per cent of all such collections.
Section 8.-All persons who have or
shall hereafter wholly or partially pay
the expense of extending the city water
mains so as to secure the use of city
water shall pay such rents therefor as
may be agreed to by the city and such
persons.