The Yale expositor., 1911-04-13
ORDINANCE NO. 80

ORDINANCES repeating ORDINANCE No. n
and section forty-siN and one hall entitled AN
ORDINANCE creating "A Board OF Light and
Water Commissioners for the Village OF
Yale. and providing for the appointment OF the
members OF said board anu a secretary thereof,
! licensing plumbers. pipe-iitters electricians and
| linemen and establishing rules regulations and
/ penalties Tor the government. care. protection.
preservation and control of the electric light and
| waterworkS system of the Village of Yale. and
creating Board of Light and Water Commits
sioners and providing for the appointment of
| the members of the said hoard and of secre-
tary thereof. licensing plumbers, pipe ftters,
electricians anu llnenlen, ana establishing rules.
regulations and penalties for the government.
care, protection, preservation and control OF
the electric light and waterworks system of the
Village of Yale said ordinance To stand and he
designated as 'ordinahceNo' 30 OF the ordinan-
ces of said Village"
! The City Of Yale OTd0inS.
Section 1.-The City of Yale ordans that there
shall be Light and Water Commission consist
| ing of one member.
Section The Mayor of the city of Yale. by
and with the consent of the Common Council of
the said city, shall appoint commissioner. who
shall be II qualified elector of the said city, and
| whose term of Office shall terminate OH the first
| Monday in May of the year nineteen hundred
! twelve and every year thereafter. and the said
commissioner shall he knownas the Light and
Water Commissioner of the City OF Yale. That
the salary or fees of the said commissioners shall
| be determined by the Common Council OF the
said city. That upon the passage of this ordi-
nance the mayor OF the said City, by and with
| the consent of the Common Council OF the SAID
city shall appoint the said commissioner for
term or period to extend up to and until the first
regular meeting of the Common Council of the
said city for the month OF May in the year nine
| teen hundred twelve, and that at the first regu-
| lar meeting of the Common Council OF the said
| city for the month of May in the year nineteen
| hundred and twelve and every year thereafter
the Mayor of the said city. by and with the
| consent of the Common Council of the said city,
| shall appoint the said Light and Water Com
missioner for the said city. And that such com
missioner shall take the oath OF Office provided
rat nv nninaPg nfhprusn
| said office as hereinafter provided, within ten
| days from the date of his appointment. in de-
| fault of which, the said appointment shall be
considered cancelled and the Mayor of said city.
| by and with the consent OF the Common Council
of the said city. shall appoint new commission
rr ut the next regular meeting OF the Common
| Council.
Section THAT the said commissioner shall
have the care and control OF the electric light
and waterworks system of the said city and
| shall enforce such rules and regulations and
| penalties in the exercise OF such control rs the
Common Council of the said city or the said
commissioner shall prescribe In relation thereto
and that such commissioner may employ such
persons and purchase such materials as he shall
deem necessary for the operation and mainten-
ance of the said systems
Section 4-Section four of ordinance No. 10 is
hereby repealed.
Section THAT the said commissioner, before
taking up the duties of the said office shall exc
cute Il bond. running to the City of Yale. in IA
penal sum to he fixed by the Common Council OF
the said city. with AT least two sureties, who
be approved by the Common Council of the said
city. the conditions of such bond being that the
said commissioner shall turn over to the city
treasure of he said city all moneys
coming into his hands, and shall faith
fully perform all of the duties of his office as out
lined and defined in this ordinance. That If the
Common Council OF the said city shall deem ii
necessary and for the best interests of the said
city, II may appoint secretary for the said
Light and Water commissioner, which secretary
shall reform the clerical duties connected with
and pertaining to the said office of Light and
Water Commissioner. and who shall give bonds
in an amount and with conditions to be decided
10y the Common Council of the said city, and the
said secretary shall receive for his services,
salary or fees in an amount to be decided by the
Common Council of the said city.
Section 6-rhat the said commissioner or his
authorized secretary, II secretary snail be APP
pointed by the Common Council of the said city
as above provided, shall keep suitable books and
| records similar to those in use by the Light and
Water Board at the time of the passage of this
ordinance and shall keep Il correct and detailed
| record of his acts and doings as such commits
sioner and give reports OF such acts and
doings to the Common Council of the
said city when called upon to do SO. To
this end, it shall be his duty to attend any
meeting of the Common Council OF the said city
on being given twelve hours previous notice to
that effect. The said commissioner shall be
| given all other powers and duties which are now
delegated to the Light and Water Commission of
| the city of Yale under the said Ordinance No.
30 of the ordinances of said city. The said com
missioner shall issue and cancel permits for the
use of electric lights and water in said city and
Il
| issuances and cancellations in separate books
| provided for such purposes; and at the end of
each month the said commissioner shall pay
over to the city treasurer OF the said city all
moneys collected by him, and the said city treas
urer shall issue to the said commissioner dupli-
cate receipts for all moneys so turned over
| to the said city treasurer. and the said
commissioners shall on or before the first
Monday of each month, make and file with the
| city clerk of the said city verified written
report of all light and water permits issued and
cancelled, with the dates thereof, and of all
moneys received by him and paid over by him
to the said city treasurer, with the dates Of such
receipts and payments, together with one of the
duplicate receipts of the city treasurer Therefore
and of all expenses incurred by the said COM
missioner in operating and maintaining the
said light and water systems; and state
ment of the amount of the balance remaining I'm
the Light and Water fund of the said city. That
all other sections Of Ordinance No. 80 shall he
| construed so as to harmonic with this amend
ment and all parts of the said Ordinance No. 30
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Section THAT the first sentence Of section
thirty-two of the said Ordinance No. 80 shall be
amended to read as follows: The use of hand
hose when actually held, guided or directed by
the hand or hands OF some person Is permitted
during all hours of the day for any of the pur
poses named in the permit, to-wit: Sprinkling
streets. yards and gardens, washing sidewalks,
walks, steps, windows and fronts and sprinkng
lawns, yards and gardens, but unless held,
guided or directed by the hand or hands of some
person the use of the hand hose for the follow
Ing purposes, to-wit: sprinkling lawns, yards and
gardens is prohibited excepting during the hours
between six O'Clock and nine o'clock In the
morning and five O'Clock and eight o'clock in the
afternoon, local time being the official time.
Section SHAT the paragraph under the head
ing meter Rates" in section Il of the said Or
dinance No. 30 shall be amended to read as
follows:
5000 cubic feet or less per month,
per 100 cubic feet Observation-Disclosures. 1Jc
Over 1900 cubic feet per month,
per 100 cubic feet ......... ........5e
All rates not herein Enumerated shall be pro-
portioned to the water consumed and all special
Iptpruupd
Water Commissioner.
Passed, approved and adopted this, the 3rd
day of April. A. ID. 1911.
WILLIAM +. RUIZ, Mayor
FRED +. PALMER, Clerk