The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
An Ordinance

Amending an ordinance relating
to the collection of water rent and
other sums due the city of Miller,
South Dakota. Approved the 10th
day of January 1906.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the City of Miller, South Dakota.
Section |. Section two of said
ordinance, relating to the collection
of water rent and other sums due
the city of Miller, S, D., is hereby
repealed, and the following inserted
thereof.
Section two. All water rent shall
be due and payable in advance on
the first of January, April. July and
October of each year, and on or
before the fifth day of each of the
said months the city auditor shall
mail a notice to each person owing
the city any sum for water rent,
labor or material furnished, a state
ment of the amount due and owing
the city: and if such amount is not
paid into the city treasury on or
before the Both day Of the month in
which such statement is issued, then
such account shall become delin-
quent and the city auditor shall add
a penalty to each such delinquent
account of ten per cent thereof. and
shall al once collect such account
together with the penalty thereon,
and pay the same into the city
treasury, except the ten per cent
penalty, which penalty he may re-
tain as his fee for making the collec-
ton of the account. Whenever any
account or accounts due the city
shall become delinquent as provided
in this section, it shall be the duty
of the city auditor to file a list of all
such delinquent accounts with the
city treasurer. Such list shall give
the amount of each account and the
name o. the person owing the same
and the city treasurer may receive
payment of such delinquent collect
ting in each case an additional sum
of ten per cent thereof. The city
treasurer, when making the collec.
ton herein named, shall credit the
city with the original amount due,
and deliver to the city auditor FIVE
per cent of the penalty, as his fee
for filing the list. Said treasurer
may retain five per cent as his com
pensation for making the collection.
Section II. Section three of the
ordinance relating to the water rent
and other sums due the city of Mil
Ter, S. D., is hereby repealed, and
the following inserted instead there
of.
Section Ill. If any person shall
neglect or refuse for ten days after
the city auditor has made demand
for same, to pay any delinquent
account due the city, the city audit
or shall cause the water supply to
the persons so refusing or neglect
ting. to be cut off and shall forbid
such person to use any water from
any hydrant connected with the city
water works: and If after such notice
the person or persons so notified
shall take or cause to be taken OF
receive and use in his or her place
of residence or business any water
taken 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
a fine of five dollars for each and
every violation Of the order served
upon him by the chief of police. and
city auditor, and upon failure to pay
such fine he o r they shall stand com
mitted to the county jail for a peri
cd Of three days. In every case the
order of the city auditor, forbidding
the use of city water to any
person owing the city shall continue
and be in force until the sum due
the city shall be paid but not longer.
This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its publication, as
provided by law.
Approved March 20 1909.
[SEALl Chas. Thomson, Mayor.
Attest Z A Nue CITY, Auditor