Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-05

to said water rent.
Section %. All water rates shall
be due and payable on the first da!
of each and every succeeding montl
for the water consumed during thu
entire previous month, and in case
any consumer shall fail, neglect Of
refuse to pay his or her water rem
at the time specified in this ordi
nance, that then and in that case il
shall be the duty of the Water Com
missioner to at once turn off and stoI
the flow of water of such consumer
to his service pipe, and the same
shall not be turned on until such con
sumner shall have paid his water
rent then due in full, and the fur
Their sum of one dollar for turning
off and turning on the water in the
consumers service pipe or pipes.
Section 90. All water rents shall
be due and payable in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance
on the first day of each and every
month, and it shall be the duty of
the consumer and without notice to
pay to the City Water Commissioner
of said City of Meade, on the first
day of each month all water rent
then due from said consumer.
Section "a. In case of a dispute
as to the correctness of the measures
ment of any water meter shall arise
between the consumer and the Water
Commissioner or other officer Of said
City, the said meters may be re-
moved and tested upon the request
in writing by the consumer, present
ed to the said Water Commissioner,
and the payment in advance by the
said consumer to the said Water
Commissioner, of the sum of two dol
lars, and in case the said meter upon
being tested shall prove to be cor
rect, and in that case, the said two
dollars shall be retained by the said
City of Meade, but in case the said
meter shall prove to have been in
correct upon such testing being
made, then and in that case the sum
of two dollars shall be returned by
the City to the consumer requiring
such test to be made.
Section rs. The Water Commits
sioner of said City of Meade, and un-
Mayor and Council, shall have gen
eral supervision over all matters
pertaining to the water service of
said City, and in all disputed matters
in controversy between said Water
Commissioner and the consumers of
said City, an appeal shall lie from
either party to the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of said City, whose decision
shall in all cases be final.
Section 26. The water works de-
partment and the water and rents
thereof, and the finances connected
Herewith shall be separate and in
dependant from other departments
of the City Government, and all rev.
enues arising from this source, save
and except from the sale of water
meters to consumers, shall consti-
tute separate fund, to be used for
the payment only of any and all eX-
penses incurred by said City in con-
nection with said water works, and
it is hereby made the duty of the
Treasurer of said City to keep sep
arate account of such fund, to re-
ceive and dsburse the same sepa-
rately, and warrants drawn against
this fund shall state on their face
that they are drawn against this
fund for what purpose.
Section 27 The Water Commits
sioner shall give to every consumer
Of water a receipt for all money re-
ceiVed by him from consumers of
water, which receipt shall plainly
state thereon, the name of the per-
son making such payment, the num-
Der of the meter registering the
same, and the number of the lot and
block where such water was con-
sumed and the name of the month
Or months for which paid.
Section %. Any person or per-
sons who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined in
any sum not less than one dollar nor
more than one hundred dollars and
shall stand committed until such
fine and all costs of the trial shall
have been fully paid.
Section 20. Ordinances numbered
Seventy-Eight (7S), Seventy-Nine
(79), Eighty-Two 1927, and Eighty
Nine (S9), of the ordinances of the
said City of Meade and all other
ordinances of said City that in any
way conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 80. This ordinance shall |
AXE effect and be in full force from
and after its passage and publica-
lion in the Meade County News, the
official paper of the City of Meade,
Kansas.
Approved by me this 26th day CT
April, A. d. 1910.
(SEAL) S. d. ADAMS,
Attest: Mayor
FRANK WEHRLE.
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