Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-12-14
NEW WATER ORDINANCE.

At the regular meeting of the Board ot
Trustees of the Town of Custer City, held
on last Monday night the following Or
dinance regulating the charges for the
use of Water from the Town water works
was presented and read for the first
time. This Ordinance unless it should
be amended or rejected at the next
Board meeting will govern the water
rates for the Town. Considerable objec-
ton has been raised to the provisions oi
the old Ordinance, principally on the
grounds that it provided different mini
mum rates for different classes of users
irrespective of the amount of water act
ualIy used by them. In the new Ordi-
nance a minimum charge of $l.OO Is
made for the use of water irrespective OF
The amount consumed, whether the
water be used for baths, or any other
purpose, instead of the existing schedule
which provided for varying minimum
charges dep ending on the classification
OF The users and the purpose for which
such water is used.
oRDINANCE.
An Ordinance Establishing Water
Rates and Regulating the use Of Water
from the Custer City Water Works.
Be 1t Ordained by the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Custer City, South
Dakota:
Section !. The following monthly
rates are hereby established for the use
Of water from the Custer City Water
Works:
Minimum rate for each and every
user per month l 90
For such charge the user shall be per.
mitted to take and use 300 cnbic feet
A. l,a IA Of GI m nd for zach al
ditiOnal 100 cubic feet, up to and includ-
ing 700 cubic feet, the sum oftwenty We
cents for each 100 cubic feet or fractional
part thereof; and twenty-five cents for
each additional 200 cubic feet or frac-
;ional part thereof over and above the
700 cubic feet; such water rental to be
paid as now by Ordinance provided.
Section 2. Noperson using water from
Custer City Water Works shall permit
or suffer any person not having paid the
Town of Custer City therefor, to take
from and carry away water from any
hydrant, pipe or other connection with
the Custer City Water Works, or water
taken therefrom, for any purpose except
for fire protection. In case such act be
uttered or permitted, fine of Sl00
shall be imposed for each offence, and
npon refusal to pay, the watea shall be
turned off until such fine or fines and
all arrearges shall have been paid, and
an additional $l.00 for turning on the
water.
Section g. Any resident of the Town
Of Custer City who shall habitually use
water for any purpose from public drink
ing places or fountains or pipes provided
for the public, without permission there
for from the Water Committee, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and subject to
y fine of $1,000, which shall be paid into
he water fund; proof of the using of
such water three times in one week is
uflicient to establish that the water is
.abitually used by such person.
Section 4. Ordinance passed and ap-
roved August l4th, 1911, and all Ordin.
4nces and parts of Ordinances in conflict
With the provisions of this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
CATHOLIC OaUROH NOTES.
Upon last Saturday at the Catholic
church which was taxed to its full capa-
city took place the obsequies of the late
Thomas Bellemars, whose sad death was
recently chronicled. After the Mass,
a discourse on Death, its certainty and
uncertainty, the necessity of being pre-
pared, the souls appearance before the
Tribunal of Christ, the Judgment and
Verdict, the contrast between the Death
of the Just and Sinner, the bitterness OF
Death robbed by the consoling doctrine
of praying for the departed, as evil
denced from Jewish and Christian ira
dition, was given by the pastor. May
his soul rest in peace.
During the coming week services will
be held at Hill City, Keystone and
Rock erville, and at the same time,
owing to an oversight, the members are
reminded that the week preceding
Christmas, is Ember week
The next service at Custer will be on
Dec. 22Dd. when the Christmas an
nouncements will be given. On Dec
Goth the morning service will be at
Pringle, and in the evening, sermon
will be given at Edgemont at the request
OF the local pastor.
In next weeks CUSTER CHRONICLE will
appear a poem entitled 'The Orphans
Xmas Gift; and on the following week
a moral hint on Taking Stock"
The pastor gratefully acknowledges
two very heavy loads Of furnace wood
for the church from Ernest Grossk laus
and Mat Riley, Sr. Thanks, indeed,
Gents. So far eight loads have been
donated, which proves how generous the
FIN.