The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-25

other pertinent data.
! Section 6. That alt owners or oc
j cupants Of premises now connected
TO the water mains desiring to con.
tlnue their water service on the
meter basis, shall forthwith make
application as provided in section
five Of this ordinance.
Section 7. That the superintendent
of the municipal power plant shall
proceed to install water meters on
all existing water services through
I out the town of Donaldsonville, the
cost Of such installation to be paid
by the property owners or occupants,
and where any consumer shall declin
to have such meter installed, such
water service shall be closed and
the water supply discontinued.
| Section 8. That water consumers
| shall have the option CT either pur-
| chasing or renting water meters; pro-
vided, that the town of Donaldsonyille
shall maintain without cost to the
! consumer all meters furnished by it
and set by Its employees, regardless
of whether meters are purchased or
rented; provided further, that all me-
tiers installed, whether purchased or
rented, shall remain under the con-
troll and supervision of the, superin-
teEdent Of the municipal power plant
as long as the service is i'll use; pro-
Vided further, that where meters
shall be purchased outright and the
service shall at any time be discon-
inued, tho purchase price CT such
meter shall be refunded, less such
proportion of the purchase price
thereof as will cover the meter rental
for the period of time that such meter
shall have been in service.
Section 8. That unless otherwise
requested, each double house will be
supplied with two meters. If only one
meter is desired, for a double house,
the owner thereof must at the. time
of making application for water SER
vice state this fact in his application,
and bird himself in writing to pay
water bill for the entire house.
Section 10. That bills for metered
water will be rendered quarterly for
the preceding three months; that
where meters are not purchased out
right, the following rental shall be
added to each quarterly bill, viz: 5-8-
inch meter, IS cents. per quarter;
3-4-inch meter, SO cents per quarter;
1-inch meter, IS cents per quarter;
1A-inch meter, S1.15 per quarter; |
Pinch meter, $1.65 per quarter;
3-inch meter, $3.50 per quarter;
4-inch meter, $500 per quarter;
6-inch meter, $1,000 per quarter;
8-inch meter, s16.5O per quarter.
The minimum meter rate for water
used shall be $1.50 per quarter, which
shall entitle the consumer to the use
Of ten thousand 10,000) gallons of
water. All water consumed in excess
of this quantity will be charged for
at the rate of ten cents per thou
sand gallons. If meter gets out Of
order and fails to register, the con-
sumner will be charged at the average
daily consumption as shown by the
meter when in order, pending repairs
thereto or the placing of a new me-
ter. AS long, as the water service
shall be open, the minimum rate and
meter rental will in all cases be
regardless of whether or not
my water is consumed
Section II. That where any water
service has been or shall hereafter
De installed and such connection is
closed, the owner of
he property shall be required to
Jay the meter rental and service
;harge as long as the property is
or until the service and
meter are removed and paid for as
provided in this ordinance.
Section 12. That all water bills shall
Ne paid within fifteen (15) days from
he date thereof; and to any bill not
'aid within fifteen days from its
ate, there shall be added ten (10)
Ter cent of the gross amount of !,
UGH bill. # bill is not paid within ]
Wenty days from its date, the water
upply shall be turned off, and shall
tot be again turned on until all de-
lnquent bills, fees, ETC., are paid
Section Is. That it shall be vio- (
alton of this ordinance for any plum 4
er to close or turn on water at the
top box on any water service unless
y order of or under the supervision
t the superintendent of the munic-
pal power plant, or ins1any way to
leter or meter box. Any one found
iolating this provision shall be liza /
lie to a penalty Of not less than SIS.
r imprisonment for not less than r
an days.
Section IA. That all ordinances,
arts of ordinances, or amendments .
, ordinances in conflict with the
ordinance be and the same
re hereby repealed.
On motion of Mr.. Schroeder, sec !.
nded by Mr.. Wathen, the ordinance !,
as adopted, roll-call resulting in q
,ur yeas and no nays. =
Alfred Landry, town clerk and ex- 6
Pficio assessor, reported that he S
ad completed the assessment rolls C
the town of Donaldsonvile for G.
lie year 1911 and turned same over
, Town Collector Robert Dill, as re- G
1ired by law. The rolls show a
,tal assessment for the year 1911 Of n
753, 180, as compared with s77S,903
II 1910, a decrease of $25,723- B
The secretary was authorized to