Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-09-10
AN ORDIN ANCE

| Providing for the Installation of WateI
Meters, and Fixing the Charge fol
use of Water from the Custer City
Water System, based upon Measure
ment Thereof.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Trus
tees of the Town of Custer City, South
| Dakota:
Sec. |. That all users of water from
the Custer City water system, shall i'm
mediately upon the passage and publ
cation of this ordinance, install water
meters to be designated and provided
| by the Town of Custer City, as herein
after provided in such place and man
ner rs to measure the water used from
the Custer City water system, the same
to be designated by the water commit
tee or under their supervision.
Sec. .. That for each meter installed
there shall be deposited with the Town
Treasurer of Custer City, the sum o.
seven dollars for each meter; provided
that upon discontinuance of the use oI
any meter by any patron, there shall
be- refunded, upon the return thereof
to the Town of Custer City, the said de-
post, less the sum of fifty cents pei
year or fractional part thereof as rental
therefor.
Sec g. That said meters shall be in
stalled by the patrons at their own ex.
pense, but under the supervision of the
water committee and said meters shall
at all times be and remain the property
of the Town of Custer City and under
its control and supervision.
Sec. 4. The charge for use Of water
h,, auir of hon 40
sum of 81 100 for the first $50 gallons
and the sum of $3.50 for each additional
$50 gallons or fraction thereof. Provid.
ed always; that the minimum charge
for use of water by any patron shall be
that now fixed by the ordinances or by
order of the water committee; that the
said minimum charge, the amount SO
fixed shall be paid monthly in advance
as now by law provided, and any ex-
cess under the above rates as determin-
ed from the meter shall be added to
and paid with the next months water
rental.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
Town Marshal of the Town of Custer
City, to take the readings of the meters
each month and to furnish the patron
with copy and the Treasurer with the
original of the record of such reading,
that the same may be computed and
collected as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 6. If any patron shall refuse or
fail to comply with the provisions of
this ordinance after fifteen days written
notice by the water committee, it shall
be the duty Of the Town Marshal to turn
off the water, and such patron shall be
deprived of the use of water from said
water system until compliance is made
Herewith.
Sec Z. All moneys received upon de-
posit for water meters shall be covered
into the water meter fund hereby Great
ed and the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Custer CRY shall make such
such levy of tax from year to year as
shall be necessary to meet the demands
of the Town for such purpose. And the
Board of Trustees of the Town of Custer
City are authorized to issue warrants
drawn upon the water meter fund Of
the Town of Custer City for the pur-
chase of meters and other proper pur-
poses, the same to draw interest at seven
per cent. and payable in the order of
their registration out of the funds and
moneys coming into such fund as the
same may be available for such purpose.
Provided always, that such funds shall
at no time be diverted therefrom, so
that any time the obligations thereof
may not be provided for.
Passed and ordered printed Septem-
ber 3rd, 1910.
ED. i. GRANTHAM,
President, Board of Trustees.
Attest:
HENRY Z. WAY,
[sEAL. Clerk.