Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-05
First published May 5th, 1900
NpnINA NCE No. 102

rates. the installation or meters
for the measurement of water, and
to prescribe rules governing the
putting in of meters, and the use
of water by all consumers of water
obtained from the waterworks OF
the City of Meade, Kansas, and tlx
ing penalties for the violation
thereof, and repeating Ordinances
numbered Seventy-Eight, (7S)
Seventy-Nine (79), Eighty-Two
(S2) and Eighty-Nine (89), of the
ordinances of said City of Meade.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Councilmen of the City OF Meade
Kansas.
Section 1. The following is es-
tablished as a tariff of water rates
or rents to all consumers of water
from the water works from the City
of Meade, Kansas, and from any and
all extensions of said water works
now connected Herewith, or hereaf-
ter to be connected with the mains
of said water works within the said
City of Meade, Kansas, said tariff or
water rent to be payable at the end
of each month, and, providing that
on and after the passage of this or
dinance, that no consumer of water
from said City water works shall
take from any of the mains of said
water works, any water, except such
as shall have been measured by
means of water meter connected
with the. pipe of said consumer at
or near the place prescribed by the
Water Commissioner of said City of
Meade, for the attaching of said
water meter and providing that the
water meter so used for the meas
urement of such water shall be of
the kind and make ordered by the
Mayor and Councilmen of the said
City of Meade for said purpose; said
water meters and the expense of
connecting and establishing the
same, together with such box or
other receptacle for such meter of
the kind and description ordered by
the Mayor and Councilmen of said
City, and all of the expense of es-
tablishing said meter and receptacle
thereof, to be paid by the consumer
at the time when such meter and re-
ceptacle shall be put in and connect
ed with the mains of the water
works of said City of Meade, and
when said water meter shall be fur
nished by the said City of Meade,
that the cost of the said meter and
meter box, and all of the expense of
putting in the same and connecting,
and establishing the same when
done, and furnished by the City of
Meade, shall be the sum of nine $50
dollars, payable as aforesaid; Pro-
vided that the purchase price there
of shall be credited on the monthly
water rent of such consumer, and the
City Clerk shall give such purchaser
a receipt therefor, and said meter
shall thereupon become and be the
property of the City of Meade, and
such person holding such receipt
from the City Clerk shall thereafter
receive credit of so per cent of the
amount of his water rent until such
credit shall equal the sum of nine
dollars, the purchase price-of such
meter.
Section 2. That on and after the
passage and publication of this or
dinance, the rent for the water con-
sumed upon any premises or real es-
tate within the said City of Meade,
for which payment is not promptly
made in accordance with the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be
charged to the premises and real es-
tate upon which such water is divert
ed from the mains Of the water
works of said City, and upon which
the said water is taken and used,
and the said water rent so remain
okoI
said real estate, and the amount
thereof remaining due and unpaid
under the provisions of this ordi-
nance on the first day of August of
each year may be added to the taxes
assessed against said premises and
real estate for that year, and col
I lected as other taxes are collected
kor at the option of the Mayor and
Councilmen of said City of Meade,
suit may be commenced against the
person or persons so delinquent in
the payment of their water rent,
and the lien for same against real
estate may be foreclosed as in cases
of mechanics lien, but without the
fling of the lien, or the service of
any notice upon such delinquent
COHSuulSI VI WdLSIJ anu Iu0 OWQtT
of said premises or real estate shall
be responsible for any and all water
which may be taken or delivered up
on said premises from the water
mains of said City as shown by the
water meter connected with the pipe
delivering water thereon.
Section 3. Any person who shall
withdraw and carry away any water
from any of the public watering
places, or drinking fountains, erect
ed, supplied and maintained by the
City of Meade within said city, or
who shall commit or cause to be
committed any waste of water at or
from such public watering places or
drinking fountains shall be guilty of
a violation of this ordinance.
Section 4. No person or persons
unauthorized by the City of Meade
shall take away water from any pub
lie watering places or fountain, plug,
street wash, draw cock, or hose pipe,
except for fire purposes, and for the
use of fire department in case of
fire. or in any way use or take
away water for private use without
first making payment for same and