Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-02-14

city of De Smet. Kingsbury county,
South Dakota:
SECTION /. The word "person"includes
partnerships and corporations as we'll as
the natural person;
SECTION 2. The singular includes the
plural and the plural the singular;
SECTION 3. Words used in the mascu-
line gender comprehends as well the fem
mime and newter;
SECTION 4. Words used in the present
tense includes the future, but excludes
the past;
SECTION 3. The mayor and city coun-
Gil of the city of De Smet shall have full
control of the water works of the city OF
De Smet, the employment of persons con-
nected Herewith, the purchase of sup
plies and making of extensions and re-
pairs, provided, however, that the mayo
and city council may appoint a water
works committee, consisting of three
members of the city council, one member
from each ward, and delegate to such
committee such duties and powers, under
che ordinance as il may see fit;
SECTION 8. That the mayor shall. with
the approval of the city ounci appoint
a superintendent of the water works, who
shall execute a bond to the city of De
Snlet, TO be approved by the city council
in the penal sum of five hundred dollars
100000 for the faithful performance of
his duties, and the superintendent ShatI,
under the supervision of the mayor ana
city council, have the charge and man
agement of the water works anu perform
such other duties as the mayor and city
council shall require and shall receive
such salary as may be fixed by the city
council. The superintendent shall re-
port, in writing. TO the city council when
ever required, as 10 the condition of the
water works, and shall make such sug-
gestions for the improvement thereof as
he may deem advisable;
SECTION Z. Property owners desiring
water from the city water works shall
make q written application to city audi
tor describing the premises, hydrants,
pipes, size of tap and purpose for which
dnliraI which "a Indication shall he accom-
panied by a fee of twenty dollars tf2O.OO).
If the application shall be approved the
city auditor shall issue a permit, and the
superintendent shall thereupon tap the
distributing pipe and put in service pipe
and necessary stop-cock and iron cutoff
box from the street main TO the outer lot
line, and the cost of such tap, pipe, nix
lures and excavation, figured in all cases
from the center of the street, shall be
twenty dollars lS2Ol, to be paid out OF the
fee accompanying the application for
the permit, provided, however, that in
case the permit is refused the said fee of
twenty dollars $4,000 shall be paid back
to the applicant;
SECTION s. The service pipe shall be
laid at least six (6) feet below the surface
and if all lead must be laid sufficiently
wavy TO allow one (1) to one and one-half
Ni2) feet extra length, and in such man
ner as to prevent rupture by settlement.
if the service pipe is of iron 1T must be of
a quality known as Extra Strong, and
there must be at least eighteen (lS)
inches of lead pipe etwee the corpora
ton stop-coCk and the coupling in the
iron service pipe to relieve the rigidity of
the iron pipe. Iflead pipe is used for ser
vice pipe it shall in all cases be first class
lead Extra Strong and all pipe wrapped
with heavy Joints into the brass connec-
ton. Lead pipe used for interior plumb
ing shall be of the same class known as
Extra Strong, and no pipe OF lighter
weight than this shall be under any cir
cumstances uses in connection with the
water works; the following table shows
nominal weight per lineal foot of lead
pipe known as Extra Strong" and pipe
used shall not be less in weight as speci-
fed below, to-wit:
LEAD PIPES
Diameter Weight per foot
"a =. - los Z OF.
* -.......3 lbs
Va inCh....... ............... -, 5IDS ~ or.
l inc ........... go. "........4lb IL OF.
IL nches =. lbs
SECTION q. There shall be a brass stop
cock in each service pipe unde the exclu-
siye control of the mayor and council; the
said stop-cock shall be placed in the pipe
on the outer side of the sidewalk just in
side the curb, and no person not a direct
employees of said mayor and council shall
open or close, or otherwise Interfere with
said stop-cock. Such s~top-cock shall be
provided with a box or tube of approved
pattern and the top of which box or tube
shall be placed on the level with the grade
of the sidewalk or alley, and no premises
shall be supplied without said box being
in good Oruer, WHICH service pipe must DC
furnished with a stop-cock and waste be
low the action of frost, so situated that
the water can conveniently be shut oil
and turned from the pipe to prevent
freezing. There shall also be a s~top-cock
in every service attachment located at a
most suitable. point beyond the street or
alley to allow customers TO turn oil the
water in case of accident to the pipes on
the premises;
SECTION 10. Persons taking waite from
the distributing pipe must keep their ser
vice pipe and fixtures connecting there
with in good repair and protected from
freezing at their own expense, and shall
prevent all unnecessary waste of the wa
ter, or the water will be turned off. No
abatement shall be allowed over the price
charged or agreed upon by reason of the
breaking of the service pipe or stop cock,
and no claim shall be made against the
city or any of it's officers, by reason of
such breaking, nor will the city its mayo
and council be liable or responsible for
any damage occurring out of the Stoppage
of said water or any insufficient supply of
the same as to quantity or quality, All
persons using water from the water works
for any purpose whatever will do so at
their own risk and subject TO the provi-
sious of this ordinance or any ordnance,
rules or regulations that may hereafter
be adopted by the said city council and
shall be deemed a part of the contract
with every user and consumer of water
from the said city water works system.
SECTION II. Service pipes intended to
suDpi TWO OF more ulSttuCI premises
must be provided with street stop cocks
and should have boxes for ZACH premise
on the outside of the curb line, or when
only one stop-cock Is used the person or
persons controlling same must pay the
water rent of the parties who are supplied
as separate water rates Will not be made
without separate stop-cocks.
SECTION II. When proprieters of lum-
Der yards, manufacturers, halls, stores,
hotels or public buildings, regular Gus
toners of the water works. wish to lay
larger pipes, with hydrants and hose
couplings, 10 be used only in case of fire,
the street main at their own expense, up
on application for a permit 10 the city
auditor, upon the approval and under the
direction of the city council, will be allow,
ed TO use the water for fire purposes only,
free of charge. but all such pipes must be
provided with a suitable valve which
must be sealed by the superintendent and
stop and waste cock attached to the bot
tom or inside the building. In case the
fire, the party shall immediately give no
tice to the superintendent, and in case
the seal shall have been broken for any
other use, the parties so offending shall
be fined the sum of twenty-five dollars
(S25 .0O). No stand pipe shall. be allowed
ON the premises where the water is not
taken for other than fire purposes;
SECTION Is The city reserves the right
at any time, to shut cff the water of the
same. making connection or the extern
sion of the same. or for the d of
cleaning the same, and 1t is expressly I'm
derstood hat no claim shall be made
against the city by reason of the break
ing OF the service pipe or stop-cock, or