The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-05
WATER METERS TO Be REQUIRED OF
ALL TAKERS.
Minors to be Shut Out of all Pool
Rooms and Limited Hours
Observed.
Installation Of Water Meters and Rates
for Water Takers.

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water plant shall be, and they are
hereby required to install al
their own expense, a water meter
of the make and type designated
and adopted by the said city.
The meter shall be installed just
beyond the outer edge of the side.
walk adjacent to the property
taking the water service, when
practicable, and if not, then al
some suitable point.
Section 2. That the Empire
Water Meter manufactured by the
National Meter Company, of New
York, is hereby adopted by this
board as the type and make OF
water meter required to be used
in this city and it shall be unlaw;
full for any person, firm or cor,
poration to use any other type or
make of meter than the above
named. That any person desiring
to use city water shall make
known his wishes to the Superin
tendent of the water works plant
who, on such request, and on the
payment of the price of the meter
and the cost of the installation
thereof, shall furnish to the said
property owner or water consum-
er a metre and install the same.
The price of the meter and the
cost of the installation shall be
paid to the city tax collector.
Section 3. The rates to be
charged for water service shall be
forty cents (40c. )per One Thous.
and(1, ,00O) gallons, with the fol-
lowing schedule of discounts:
For any quantity used to $4,000
gallons, forty cents per thousand
gallons: over $4,000 gallons and
under 80, 900 gallons discount of
10 per cent; over $4,000 and un-
der 100000 gallons a discount of
-1tSper cent; ever 190, ,099 and an
der 10000 gallons a discount of
20 per cent; over 100000 and
under 100000 a discount of -25
per cent; over 200, GOO aud under
800, 200 a discount of 80 per cent;
over 100000 and under 400, 900 a
discount of 35 per cent; 100000
and over discount of 40 per
cent, the above rates and dis
counts being upon the monthly
consumsption of water. all bills
to be paid by the 10th of each
month.
Section 4. In case the property
owner or water taker shall so de-
sire it the city will provide and
INSTALL the water meter for him
and charge him rent therefor at
the rate of 25 cents per month.
Any purchaser of water meter
may return the same to the city
at any time he desires to discon-
meet from the water works sys-
tenn, in which event the city will
receive the said meter, if in good
condition, and refund to the own
er the amount of the purchase
money paid therefor less a dis
count of 10 per cent for each year
or fraction of year for which the
meter may have been in use; pro-
vided the said meter shall not
have been in use for a longer
term than five years.
Section 5. That minimum
monthly charge for water service
is hereby established and fixed,
although, according to a reading
of the meter, the quantity consum
ep may be less than the amounts
herein named, to-wit: For each
residence S1.00 per month; for
sanitary toilets each 80 cents per
month additional All business
houses and Offices except dental
off ces $1.00; dental offices $3.50;
livery, sale and feed stables S.. 90;
soda fountains SO. so; pop and bot
tie factories $3.50; gasoline en-
gines with circulating tank $1.25;
gasoline engine not equipped with
circulating tank $3.50; steam en-
gines $1,000; hotels $3.50; restau-
rants and lunch stands $500; bar
ber shops $2.5 so; public baths not
connected with barber shops ST.. 90
for each tub; laundries $500;
brick yards $500. Nothing in
this section nor in the proceeding
sections shall be construed to pro-
hibit this Board from changing or
raising rates herein named.
Section 6. In the event the
water meter should fail to regis,
ter, either by reason of being out
of repair or for any other cause
then it shall be the duty of the
city tax collector to take the guam
tity of water used by the consum-
er, whose meter SO fails to regis
ter, for the three proceeding
months and average the same bv
dividing by three and the quotient
so obtained shall be the amount to
be charged to the said consumer
for the month during which the
meter was out of service.
Section Z. That the water
rates and the requirements with
reference to the installation of
water meters herein set forth shall
be SO construed iii cases where the
property owner has several tenant
houses in the same vicinity that q
meter shall be installed for each
tenant house and the monthly rates