St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-11-05
AN ORDINANCE.

Repeating, revising and amending GER
tain sections of an ordinance, adj
opted September 18th, 1904, relative
TO the rates to be charged for the
use OF water and electric light, and
establishing rules to be followed by
the consumer or user of said water
and electric light,
Section l. Be it ordained, by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen. that
section three 81 of the ordinance adj
opted Sept II, 1904, be amended and re-
enacted to read as follows, towft:
BE it further ordained, etc., that the
superintendent of the Electric Light
and WaterWork Plant, shall in no case
install a meter, do any plumbing or
electrical wiring without first having
caused the subscriber or applicant 10
sign a written application made upon q
blank to be furnished by the city, and
addressed to the Clerk of the Board of
Aldermen, in which the applicant
agrees to pay for services as registered
by meters and to abide by the proyi-
sions of this ordinance. Where appli-
cants are lessees the application must
be approved in writing by the owner of
the premises. ALI such applications
shall be numbered and kept on file at
the Clerks office. The applicant shall,
before being furnished with either
water or light make such deposit with
the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. as
shall be required by the superintendent
of the power plant. The amount of the
deposit to be governed by the amount
of service required by said applicant.
The amount of deposit SO made shall be
credited to the applicant, and to be re-
turned to him whenever his service
shall be discontinued, and his indebted
ness for said service shall be paid in
full.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That section fifteen (I51. of the ordi-
nance adopted Sept. II, 1904, be amend
ed and reenacted to read as follows, TO.
wit:
That 10 cents per kilowat is establish
ed to be the rates to be charged con-
sumers and users of electric light fans,
power etc, from the City Plant. In no
case where a meter is used for electric
light, fans, power, etc, shall a monthly
bill be rendered for less than,
soy where / to 10 lights are used,
65G where IL to 20 lights are used,
$l.W where Fl or more lights are used.
Temporary light may be arranged
for, by agreement with the superinten-
dent, but in no case shall the fiat rate
be less than the meter rate.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That section eighteen (18), of the ordi-
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amended and r~eenacted, to read as
follows, to-Wit:
Be it further ordained, ETC., That all
bills of the City for water, electric
light, fans, electric power, or material
used in connection Herewith, shall be
due and payable on the first day of
each month, for all work, material,
light, water, or power furnished up to
the 9th of the previous month. The
sold kills e6allL H ,1rx4ol 1o ~ Eho oot
lector's office, and a failure to settle a
like Indebtedness by the 10th of the
month, shall be sufficient cause for the
cutting off the service furnished the de-
1inquent, and it shall be the duty of the
collector to furnish to the superinten-
dent a list of the delinquent on the 18th
day of each month, and the duty of the
superintendent upon being furnished
said list, to discontinue the service of
said delinquenIs without delay, and to
remove all meters and other property
belonging to the city.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, etc,
That it shall be the duty of the col
lector, to collect from u delinquent sub
scriber, before he be reinstated, the sum
of one dollar, ($t.00), as expense charges
of 50G for cutting off the service, and
50e for putting on the service.
Section 5. Be itfurther ordained, ETC.,
That the fact of parties being in ac-
count with the city shall not be snffi-
cient cause to prevent the collector
from ordering the service of said par
ties discontinued, when same are de-
linquent in their water and light dues.
Section s. Be Il further ordained, ETC.,
That any ordinance OF part of ordi-
nances in conflict herewith, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Section Z. Be itfurther ordained, ETC.,
That for good and sufficient reason this
ordinance is to take effect from its
adoption.
81. HALPHEN, Mayor.
j. B. A. stage, Clerk.
on motion duly seconded and car
ried, the above ordinance after being
read and adopted section by section,
was unanimously adopted as u whole.