Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-25
ORDINANCE NO. 50

An Ordinance to amend certain sec
tiOns Of Ordinance No. 90 relating to
the WaterwOrkS of the City of Lady
smith and establishing Water Rates,
Regulations and Penalties for the Gov
eminent of water consumers, licensed
plumbers and others, and to repeal GER
tain sections and parts of sections of
said Ordinance.
The Council of the City of Ladysmith
do Ordain as follows:
Section 1. The following Sections
and parts of Sections of Ordinance No.
20 relating TO the waterworks Of the
City of LadySmith, which was passed
December H. 1909. are hereby stricken
out and repealed:
IN Section 3 the words - Il monthly
and" where they are found just before
the words IAN annual report; all of
Sections 8, II. 10, p and % that part
of Section "A beginning with the word
provided" and ending with the word
''evening"; all of Sections IS and %,
the first sentence of Section 81, the
first sentence in Section 80, all of Sec
unless the person SO taking water
shall provide at his own expense a
meter. than he shall pay at meter
rates." and all Of Section AZ.
Section ,. Section 40 Of said Ordi-
nance No. %, is hereby amended by
striking out the words free Of
charge where they are found in said
section and by inserting in lieu there
of the words 'at the rates in this Ordi-
nance provided for private fire protec-
tom
Section 3 All of Section Al OF said
ordinance No. % is herewith amended
to read as follows:
i Section Al. The Council of the
City Of Ladysmith shall act eX otticio
rs Board Of Public Works for said
city as provided in Section 63.12 of the
Wisconsin Statutes relating to Boards
of Public Works In cities under the
commission form of government from
and after the passage and publication
of this ordinance"
Section f. Section 43 relating to wa
ter rates is herewith repealed and the
rates for consumers OF water as fixed
by the order Of the Railroad Commits
sion of Wisconsin on June Is. 1916, es-
tabishing water rates for the city Of
LadySmith. Wisconsin, are hereby
adopted and continued in force, except
as modified by the order Of the Rail-
road Commission of Wisconsin, eStab-
! fnr ln 1if u Of In
dySmith under date OF October ~,
| 1920. so that the rates as now estab=
| lished by said Railroad Commission
shall be as follows from and after the
passage and publication Of this ordi-
nance:
Water Rates
Each dwelling, fat, suite, store or
distinct units Of service are supplied
ed as one consumer and the minimum
assessed accordingly. Suites in houses
or apartment buildings in which com
plete housekeeping functions (such as
cooking) are not exercised, shall be
classed as rOOming houses. Whefe'
however. one or more flats, suites or
through the same meter, each such con-
consumer in addition to the first. shall
be assessed a minimum of S1.00 per
quarter.
If additional meters are required fol
any building such meters shall be sub
ject to the minimum charge as herein
before provided for each meter.
Bills due and payable the first OF
January. April, July, and October, OF
each year. A penalty OF Is per cent
shall positively be charged on all pay
ments not received before - O'Clock
noon. 10 days from date Of bill.
Each consumer agrees, by virtue OF
tbe acceptance of service from quarter
TO quarter. that the utility may discon-
tinue such service if the consumer has
failed to pay bills by the close OF once
hours on the Goth day OF the month
bill is rendered.
Failure on the part Of the consumer
TO nav bills shall not affect the right
of the utility to enforce payment foi
services rendered as provided by law
Emergency and Occasional Service
Flushing sewers (by private consumer
ner 100 lineal feet on all sizes OF
Settling trenches, for each 100
so. #. I.oo
| Building purposes