Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-04-28

shall be furnished and installed by the
city Manager until deposit covering
i the actual cost thereof and the in
stallation of the same. plus 10 per
Manager.
Ali meters shall be placed on the
i service pipes not to exceed two feet
! from the wall where such service
.hpipe enters the building, with stop
and waste cock between the meter
and the wall, shall be placed so as to
| be easy of access. and shall be kept
free from all Instructions so that the
same may be easily read and inspect
I When, in the opinion of the CITY
Manager, 1T is impossible to place the
meter in cellar or basement, it may
! be placed in a box or pit constructed
| of brick, stone, cement or other mat
! erial other than wood, which box or
| pit must be constructed according to
plans or specifications furnished by
| the City Manager and under his sup
ervision, and must at all times be kept
| 'rained.
Section %. whenever, in the judge
ment of the City Manager, any meter
| must be removed for repair, change
| of location or for any cause whatever,
or any stop waste cock should be install
| led between meter and point of entran
| of a plumber, the City Manager shall
! ascertain from the consumer or pro-
perty owner the name of the plumber
whom he desires to do the work and
shall Immediately notify the said
plumber in writing, sending a dupIi-
cate to the consumer or owner to do
| said work and the exact nature of the
work to be done, the cost of such
work or material furnished to be at
the expense of the consumer or own
err The plumber however, shall in
no case charge the consumer or own
er a profit on material furnished by
| the City, under penalty of having his
/ license revoked.
! Section "a. The City Manager or
| other person under his direction shall
| be permitted at all reasonable hours
| to enter the premises or buildings of
| consumers for the purpose of reading
and inspecting meters examine water
| pipes and fixtures and the manner in
which water is used the City reserv-
ing the right to set or remove a met
| er or change it's location whenever it
| is deemed advisable to do so.
Section 25; In cases where water
water passing through them by being
! stopped UP or from any cause what
ever, the quantity of water used shall
| be determined and the charge made
based upon the average amount used
during the two or more preceding per
iods of similar length.
sumers are in doubt as to the accu-
racy of the meter, they may have
| their meters tested by depositing with
the he meter ney proves to be correct the de-
post will be retained to cover the
cost of testing. if the meter should
prove TO De more imam per cent IaSL,
the deposit to be refunded and proper
/ deductions from the bill made, where
! the meter is more than two per cent
slow the proper amount viii be ADDED
Section 81. No person shall tamper
with, reverse or brake the seal of any
meter or in any manner interfere with
/ the proper and accurate registering of
the water passing thru the same.
Whenever the City Manager or other
person under his authority finds that
| in
| any way, it shall b" his duty to i'm
medfateIy shut the water off and r"-
port the same to the City Commission,
and it shall not be turned on again
until satisfactory adjustment has been
made with the City Commission.
WATER RATES
Section %. The following rates are
hereby established for consumers tax
System of the City Of Morris. MINES
cta:
First 1000 gallons or less $500 pay
For the next $500 gallons at the
For the next $500 gallons at the
For the next 1880 gallons at the
rate of 40 cents per M. Gallons
For the next 1880 gallons at the
For everything over $1,000 gallons
at the rate of IL cents per M: gallons.
The right is hereby reserved by the
! City commission TO make special con-
tract rates in special cases.
All water accounts shall be due
and payable to the City Treasurer on
the 1st day ofMarch, June, September
and December of each year. If paid
on or before the 10th day of the
| month in which they become due a dis
count of fifty cents will be allowed.
On the 18th day of the month in
which the water bills become due it
shall be the duty of the City Treas
urer to make full and complete re-
! port to the City Manager of all water
| bills collected by him and it shall
| be the duty of the City Manager
! to Immediately notify in writing, by
! mail, the consumers and also the own
| ers, where the consumer is a tenant,
that if the water bill is not paid by
the first of the following month pen
atty of 10 per cent will be added to
! the original bill and the water shut
| off from the premises and that it
+ will not be again turned on until all
! delinquent water bills with penalties
! and the cost of shutting off and turn
| ing the water on again, has been
| paid.
! Section 20. Plumbers may, upon no
! tfce to the City Manager, turn the
water on a newly completed job for
! the purpose of testing the plumbing,
! but must Immediately after the test
! shut the water off again.
! Section 80. An annual charge of $500
| per hydrant shall be charged against