Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-26

l. ell Of the city of Bryan extend its wa
d ter mains to such parts of the city o
Bryan as the city council may deem
/ necessary and install sufficient hyd
rants and fire plugs for the extinguish
i ment of fire.
Water Meters.
Where water is furnished By the me
ter, the meter will be owned and
: maintained by the company or cor
: poration, person or persons, furnish
| ing water as hereinbefore provided
The meter shall be tested yearly by
the said company as to their accuracy
in recording the amount of water con
sumed, and during the year at inter
walls should the customer question its
accuracy. then the said company or
corporation, person or persons, shall
on written request of the customer
make an additional test. Should the
meter test out within per cent of the
standard, the customer will be re-
quired to pay the said company or cor
poration, person or persons, $3.50, to
cover the costs of the test; should the
meter vary more than per cent from
the standard no charge shall be made
by said company or corporation, per-
son or persons, making the test, and
any erroneous bill for water consum-
ed shall be proportionally corrected
That the foregoing rates to be charg
ed for water and lights are hereby es-
tablished and fixed by the city coun-
Gil of the City of Bryan, and should
any company or corporation, person
or persons, engaged in furnishing wa
ter and light to the public or to the
city of Bryan charge any greater rate
than herein fixed and established by
the city of Bryan shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be fined in any sum not
less than $25, nor more than $50, and
each day in failing to comply with this
ordinance shall constitute separate
offense.
1t is further ordained by the city
council that said company or corpor-
alton, person or persons furnishing wa
ter or lights or who will hereafter fur
nish water or electric lights to the
city of Bryan or to the citizens of said
city, shall at all times furnish an ade- !
quate supply of water and current for
lights to said consumers, and each |
days failure to comply with furnish |
ing said adequate supply of water |
and current for light shall be deduct !
ed from the amount charged said con-
sumner in proportion to the number of
days for non-supply as to the whole
number of days supplied. A penalty
of 500 per day is here made and will
be charged against any company or
corporation, person or persons furnish
ing water or who will hereafter fur
nish water by failing to furnish an
adequate supply of water for the ex-
of fires In fixing this
penalty any day, no matter whether
there is fire or not, when the water
pressure is not sufficient according to
the standard made by the insurance.
commissioner, said company, corpora
ton, person or persons, shall be deem
ed guilty of violating this provision of
this ordinance.
1t will be the duty of said company
or corporation, person or persons, to
keep all fire hydrants in repair, so
that they can be used at all times for
the extinguishment of fire, and fail
ure to keep any fire hydrant in said
city in repair, said company or cor
poration, person or persons who may
have charge of the same, the city hav-
ing rented same from said company or
person or persons, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sum not less than $50 and
not more than 5000.
Be it further ordained, that when
ever the city council orders the ex-
tensions of mains to any portion of
said town, when same is for fire pro-
lection, any company or corporation,
person or persons, who is so ordered
fails or refuses to extend said main
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not less than $25
and not more than 500, and each
days failure to comply with said or
der shall constitute separate offense.
Provided, however, that said company,
person or persons, shall
have thirty days from the date of said
order to comply with same.
Be it further ordained, that all or
dinances in conflict herewith be and
same is hereby repealed.
The fact that there is no adequate or
dinance in this city fixing and estab-
fishing water and electric light
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