Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-05
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City of Meade, or carry off or injure
any pipe, tools, fixtures, apparatus,
or property appertaining to the
water works system of the City of
Meade.
Section II. If any person or per-
sons shall turn the water on, or
cause the same to be turned on, upon
any premises where the water shall
have been shut off for any of the rea-
sons herein provided, without au-
thority from the Water Commission
er, he or she shall be deemed guilty
of violation of this ordinance.
Section IS. No person or persons
shall be permitted to make any exca-
vations in any street or alley within
the corporate limits of said City of
Meade for the purpose of laying any
pipe for water services, without
having first procured a permit in
writing to do so, from the Water
Commissioner of said City, nor make
excavation in any street or alley
within said City within six feet of any
water pipe while the ground is froz-
en-, or to dig up or uncover so as to
expose to the frost any water pipes
or sewer of the City, except under
the direction of the Water Commits
sioner. And no person or persons
shall leave any excavations made in
any street or alley within said City
open at any time without barricades,
and during nights warning lights,
must be maintained at such excava-
tions during all the time when the
same are open, or partially open, and
when any excavations are made in
said streets or alleys within the said
City, streets, sidewalks and pave
ments must be restored to as good
condition as they were previous to
the making of the excavation by the
parties making or causing the same
to be made, and should any person
or persons leave any street, alley or
sidewalk, or pavement in a condi-
ton, not as good as before such ex-
cavation was made, or should the
work be improperly done, or the rub
bish caused thereby not properly
cleared away, the Water Commits
sioner shall have the right to finish
or correct the work, and the expense
shall be charged to the consumer,
and shall be paid by him before the
water is turned on.
Section 10. No hydrant or hy-
drants, except for public drinking
fountains, public watering places,
and for fire purposes shall be placed
within the limits OF any street, un-
less such hydrant is securely closed
n Cd
Section 20. If any owner of real
estate and a regular consumer of
water from the water works of the
said City of Meade desires to lay
large pipes with hydrant and hose
couplings to be used only in case of
fire, they will be permitted to con-
meet with the street mains at their
own expense, under the direction or
control of the Water Commissioner
and under the regulations prescribed
by this ordinance upon application to
the Water Commissioner and under
his directions, and will be allowed to
use water, for fire purposes only free
of charge.
Section 81. That all consumers of
water within the said City OF Meade
shall pay to the said City for the
water so consumed as shown by the
water meter attached to the service
pipe or pipes, the following rates
Consumers using 5000 gallons or
less per month, 80 cents per thous-
and. For the second five thousand
gallons or less, rs cents per thous-
and. For all over ten thousand gal
Ions, 20 cents per thousand. Pro-
Vided, that the rate per consumer
shall in no instance be less than sew
snty-flve cents per month, in case
the water meter shall show a less
amount for any one month. Provid-
cd further, that there shall be q rem
tal charge OF ten cents per month