The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-11
ORDINANCE NO. 1876
An Ordinance Providing A Meter Sys.
tenn, for SuDpIying Wafer. Fstab.

An Ordinance Providing A Meter Sys.
tenn, for Supplying Water, Estab-
fishing Meter Rates Providing For
the Installation OF Meters, Reg
ulating the Use of the Water,
Providing for the Superyi-
sion OF the Municipal Wa
ter Works System of the
City OF Miller, and Pro-
yiding Penalties for
the Violation of
Said Ordinance
Be It Ordained by the city of Mi
Ter, Hand County, South Dakota:
Section /. That on and after the
first day OF April, A.. d., 1920, all wa
ter sold or furnished by the Municipal
Water Works System of the City OF
Miller shall be measured by the meter
and paid for at the rates hereinafter
fixed.
Section 2. That the meter rates
shall be as follows: For the first
four thousand (4000) gallons or less,
for three months, consumer shall pay
the sum of $500; for the next six
thousand 10000 gallons in three
months soc per one thousand gallons
(1000); for the next fifteen thousand
(l5,OOO) gallons in three months soc
per 1000 gallons: all over twenty-five
thousand (25 ,000) gallons in three
months 25c per one thousand (1000)
gallons. and the minimum rates To
be fixed at $500 per quarter, and
where two or more parties or famiI-
les use water passing through one
meter each party or family shall pay
the fiat minimum rate per quarter
$500 for four thousand gallons or
less. and any water used in the excess
Of four thousand $4,000 gallons per
quarter for each party or family shall
be charged according to the above
scale to the parties or families where
such meter is installed.
Section 3. The use OF water for
sprinkling and irrigation is limited
as follows: All that part of the City
lying east of Broadway Street may
use water for sprinkling and irriga-
tion on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day forenoon of each week and are
prohibited from using water for
sprinkling and irrigation on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday of each week;
all that part of the city lying west oil
Broadway Street may use water for
sprinkling and irrigation on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday forenoon On
each week and are prohibited from
using water for sprinkling Or irriga
tion on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day OF each week; and that no water
shall ha rtCod For CnrswE1s,~ - s~.sn~
ton by any person, firm or corpora
ton between the hours of IL o'clock,
noon, and z o'clock D. m. of each ano
every day during the period from
June Is 10 September Is OF each wear.
No sprinkling or irrigation shall BE-
allowed at any time between the
hours OF IL o'clock noon and Z O'Clock
p. M.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
the Water Commissioner TO have al,
meters carefully read and reported to
the City Auditor by the first day Of
April, July, October. and January of
each year for the three months pre-
5ea.SS such dates. or the same shall
be read and reported monthly II so
ordered by the Miller City Council.
Where meters are read less frequent
ly than monthly the monthly rate
shall be the average determined by
dividing the total reading by the num-
Der of months, but in no case shall the
charge made be less than S1.00 per
month. 1t shall be the duty or the
City Auditor to mail to every custom
err a statement Of the amount due for
the water consumed during the pre-
ceding period not later than the 5th
tay 0f the month in which a reading
OF such meter is reported to him and
IL such amount is paid by the 18th
day of the same month to the City
Treasurer, 1t shall be discounted
per cent.
Section 5. That In case any meter
fails to register from any cause, or
n meter has been installed for any
reason, the charge Tor the month shah
be estimated by the Water Commits
sioner, such estimate to be based on
the average amount consumed for like
refiod and In no case shall It be less
than $500 per quarter for any one
consumer.
Section 6. The City OF Miller shall
furnish and install meters OF suitable
size and Of such make as shall be de-
signsted by the City Council. Meters
so Installed may be paid TOR IN one
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