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The EDITH and LORNE PIERCE 
 COLLECTION 0/ CANADIANA 
 
 ^eerCs University at Kingston 
 
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RULES, REGULATIONS 
 
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 BY-LAW 
 
 COVERING THE 
 
 lntro(luction,Supply I Consumption 
 
 OF 
 
 ^VATER 
 
 ADOPTED BY THE 
 
 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS 
 
 AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 VILLAGE OF MERBITTON. 
 
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 Office of the Water Commissioners. 
 
 Mekritton, October 15, 1889. 
 To whom it max concern : 
 
 The Water Commissioners of the Village of Merritton, 
 by authority conferred upon them by section 38, and other 
 sections, of the Water Works Act, do hereby ordain and 
 establish the following rules and regulations relating to 
 the protection, control and management of the Merritton 
 Water Works, and the uses of water supplied therefrom, 
 and do also establish the annexed schedule of rates as 
 provided, tc be paid for the uses of water therein indicated, 
 when supplied from said Water Works. 
 
 The said rules and regulations shall become operative 
 on the 14th of October, 1889, and so continue until 
 changed by the Water Commissioners. 
 
 O.J.PHELPS. 
 JOHN CONLON, 
 JOHN PILLING, 
 JOHN McLEAN, 
 
 Water Commissioners. 
 R, CLARK. 
 
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RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 SUPPLY OF WATER 
 
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 MERRITTON WATER- WORKS. 
 
 
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 RULES, PART OF CONTRACT. 
 
 The following rnles shall be considered a part of the 
 contract with every person who takes water supplied by 
 the Merritton Water Works, and every such person 
 taking the water shall be considered as having expressed 
 his consent to be bound thereby, and whenever any one 
 of the said rules is violated, the right is reserved to cut 
 off the water withou. notice, and the person whose water 
 is thus cut off* shall forfeit all payments made, and the 
 water shall not be turned en again until all unpaid rents 
 and charges are paid, together with a charge of $i for 
 turning the same on again. And in case the violation of 
 any rule is discovered previous to turning on the water, 
 then the water shall not be turned on said premises until 
 the rules are fully complied with. 
 
 II. 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 A. All persons desiring a water supply from 
 the Merritton Water Works shall employ a regular 
 licensed plumber to do the work. When the work is 
 completed to the satisfaction of the department, and in 
 
4 kULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 compliance with all its rules and regulations, on payment 
 of $5 oo, the water rate at the Water Works Office, the 
 water will be turned on to the premises, 
 
 B. In case the owner shall thereafter desire any ad- 
 ditional service pipe or plumbing fixture, or the discon- 
 tinuance of any particular use or fixture, a further applica- 
 tion must be made by him or by a licensed plumber em- 
 ployed by him to do the work, when an additional per- 
 mit will be issued by the Water Registrar covering and 
 authorizing the said desired change in fixtures or use of 
 water. The water rates for any additional fixtures or for 
 any desired change in fixtures or use of water shall com- 
 mence from time of issuing or granting of the permit. 
 
 C. In case the owner at any time desires to discon- 
 tinue the use of water from any service or fixture, the 
 plumber shall file at the office, in writing, upon blanks 
 furnished for that purpose, his certificate that he has dis- 
 connected from the water supply the fixtures desired to 
 be discontinued; and he will be charged for the use of 
 the water until such notice is given. 
 
 III. 
 
 GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. 
 
 A. All of the expense attending the introduction of 
 water from the street main into the line will be done by 
 the Commission, 
 
 B The plumber employed and designated by the 
 owner of the premises will be considered as the agent of 
 said owner while employed in the prosecution of the work 
 of introducing the water into the said premises, and will 
 not be recognized as in any sense the agent of the Water 
 Commissioners of the Village of Merritton, neither will 
 said Commissioners nor said Village hold itself responsi- 
 ble for the acts of said plumber. 
 
 C. The Water Commissioners will determine the 
 size of tap to be inserted in any water main under any 
 application and permit, and will furnish each of said taps. 
 
 D. The work of inserting taps in any water main 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
 shall be performed only by persons employed by the 
 Water Commissioners and designated for that duty. 
 
 E. The work of inserting tees, branches or taps in 
 water mains shall be done under the immediate direction 
 of persons in the employ of the Water Commisioners. 
 
 F. Owners desiring to introduce a water service pipe 
 into their premises from a main passing said premises 
 along any front thereof, will be required to extend said 
 service at right angles with said main pipe to the inside 
 of the curb line of the street, at which point a metallic 
 curb-cock and curb- box shall be placed, the inside diam- 
 eter of box to be not less than 3 inches at its smallest part 
 with a cover which cannot be detached from the box, of 
 such form and construction as shall be approved by the 
 Water Commissioners. The top of the cover of the 
 curb-box shall be placed at the grade of the sidewalk of 
 the street within one foot of the line of the curbstone so 
 that the word water can be read from the sidewalk. 
 
 G. In cases where the stop-cock boxes and street 
 washers are set into the flagging or pavement of the side- 
 walk, the stones are to be neatly and accurately cut, and 
 the top of the boxes set even with the surface of the pave- 
 ment or flagging; and in all other cases, flush with the 
 surface of the sidewalk. 
 
 H. In cases where the stop-cock has to be placed 
 deeper than six feet, a stationary wrench, which comes 
 up to the ordinary depth of the cocks, must be put on. 
 The top of this wrench to be formed like the top of the 
 stop-cock, and the rod to work in a guide immediately 
 below its top or handle. 
 
 /, Owners desiring to introduce water into any 
 premises along any front of which water mains have not 
 yet been laid must make application therefor to the 
 Water Commissioners 
 
 y. The owner receiving a permit for the introduction 
 of a water service into his premises, and the plumber 
 doing the work, will be required to cause siid service to 
 be placed not less than five feet below the surface of the 
 earth at any point between the water main in the street 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 and the inside of the foundation wall of the building into 
 which the water service is introduced, and in case the 
 final grade of the street has been officially determined and 
 established, then said service pipe shall be laid at a 
 depth of not less than five feet below said established 
 grade at all points in said street, so that when the street 
 is graded there shall not be less than five feet covering of 
 earth over it at any point. Information as to the estab- 
 lished grade of any street in which a service is to be in- 
 troduce?d shall be sought at the Water Works Office, pro- 
 vided there exists any doubt or question in the matter. 
 
 K. The owner of the property into which water is in- 
 troduced by a service pipe, will be required to maintain 
 in perfect order and repair, at his own expense, the said 
 service pipe and its fixtures and appurtenances, includ- 
 ing all fixtures therein provided for delivering or 
 supplying water for any purpose, and in case said 
 service and fixtures are not so kept in perfect repair, the 
 Water Commissioners may cut off the supply of water 
 therefrom without notice, and collect the expense in- 
 curred against the premises, to be collected with the first 
 bill of supply for water that shall become due against said 
 premises, 
 
 L. I. Just inside the basement wall of the building 
 into which the service pipe extends, a stop and waste- 
 cock shall be conveniently located, and arranged so that 
 the water may be drawn back and all the pipes within 
 the building emptied through said stop and waste by 
 opening the faucets at the highest points therein and 
 allowing the air to enter said pipes. Said waste must be 
 kept open, in exposed situations, in cold weather, at all 
 times when the service is not m use for drawing water. 
 When a water service pipe is introduced through exter- 
 ior walls of masonry or brick work, it shall be surrounded 
 or pass through iron or vitrified tile pipes of larger 
 diameter, leaving an air space all around the water ser- 
 vice pipe. 
 
 2. All of the pipes connected with the service inside 
 of the building shall be laid with an inclination towards 
 the point in the cellar where the stop and waste is locatedv 
 
MERRHTON WATKR \Vt)RKS. 
 
 without any sags or pockets, so that the pipes may 
 thoroughly empty themselves from water when said 
 waste is opened. But in cases where such sags or traps 
 are unavoidable an additional stop and waste shall be put 
 
 in. 
 
 3 The service pipes in the building should be 
 located in th(^ parts ther'X)f best protected from frost, and 
 should in no case be carried any considerable distance 
 alongside any outside basement or cellar wall, and if 
 practicable should not extend any distance along side 
 walls but should be carried immediately under the bot« 
 torn of the basement or cellar to the centre or least ex- 
 posed point therein, previous to being carried upward into 
 the inhabited parts of the building. 
 
 4. All of the parts of the water service inside the 
 building, and the fixtures and appurtenances connected 
 therewith, shall be of such form, character and work- 
 manship as is hereinafter described, or as may be approved 
 by the Water Commissioners. 
 
 M. Water must not be allowed to run to waste to 
 prevent the same from freezing in the service pipes or their 
 attachments, or for the purpose of flushing soil, pipes or 
 sewers, or for the purpose of procuring cooler water, or 
 for 'any other purposes than those indicated in the applica- 
 tion and permit for same, and which are allowed by the 
 rules of the Water Commissioners. Any violation of this 
 rule will subject the person violating the same to a pen- 
 alty which may be imposed by the Commissioners. 
 
 N. Water will be turned on to premises only after 
 the plumber has completed the work, as required by these 
 rules, and after the applicant shall have signed a request 
 for such turn-on in a book kept in the Water Registrar's 
 office for that purpose, the curb-cock controlling any ser- 
 vice shall not be left open by the plumber or any other 
 person after connecting said service with the street main, 
 or after making any new extension or attachment in un- 
 occupied premises, so that the water may be supplied 
 to said premises by said service, without a written permit 
 from the water works office. But in cases where the 
 work is a simple extension or additional attachment, in 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 premises where the water is then in use, and where a 
 permit has been duly obtained for same, then the plumber 
 may leave the water on the premises, and the owner will 
 be charged for the additional use from the date of the 
 application. The penalty for a violation of any part of 
 this rule is $5 for each offense, and the revocation of the 
 plumber's license in the discretion of the Water Com- 
 missioners. 
 
 O. In all cases where boilers are supplied with water, 
 a suitable safety or vacuum valve or other sufficient de- 
 vice must be applied, to prevent damage from collapse or 
 explosion when the water is shut off from the street 
 mains. Pumps for supplying water to steam boilers or 
 other fixtures for other purposes, will not be permitted to 
 take water directly from the service pipes, but must draw 
 from an open receptacle into which the water has been 
 previously discharged. No pump will be allowed to be 
 attached directly to any pipe on which a meter is located. 
 It is understood and agreed that the Water Commis- 
 sioners, and the Village of Tvlerritton, will not be liable 
 for any damage which may result to any person or pre- 
 mises, from the shutting off ol the water from any water 
 main or service, for any purpose whatever, even in cases 
 where no notice is given; and no deduction from water 
 bills will be made in consequence thereof. 
 
 P. Permission will not be granted to supply two or 
 more buildings fronting on the same street from a single 
 tap, unless the service shall be divided at the curb, and a 
 separate service extended therefrom, controlled by a sep- 
 arate curb-cock for each service. In case only one of 
 several buildings occupies the frontage of a single village 
 lot, and the others are located in the rear of the said front 
 building, then permission may be granted to supply all 
 of the said buildings from one service. 
 
 Q. In case a double house or other building fronting 
 on any street is to be supplied with water, a separate ser- 
 vice to each from the curb, and controlled by a separate 
 curb-cock will b required, where the water rents are 
 charged and collected on the basis of the general quarter- 
 ly schedule rates; but said double house or building may 
 
 
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 pay for the water used. The Water Commissioners, 
 however, urgently advise separate services to each house, 
 tenement or other building, so as to avoid future compli- 
 cations arising from the sale or division of the property. 
 When water shall be supplied to more than one party 
 through a single tap, the bill for the whole supply will be 
 made to the owner of the estate, and in case of non-pay- 
 ment, the water may be shut off, notwithstanding one or 
 more of the parties may have paid their proportion to 
 such owner or to any other party. 
 
 R. It is understood and agreed that the officers of 
 the water works, their agents and assistants, may enter 
 the premises of any water-taker, at any reasonable time, 
 to examine the pipes and fixtures, the quantity of water 
 used, and the mrnner of its use; and in case of fraudulent 
 representation on the part of any water-taker, or un- 
 necessary waste of water, the payment will be forfeited 
 and the supply cut off. 
 
 S. In case of making repairs, or constructing new 
 work, the Water Commissioners reserve the right to shut 
 off the water from any consumer, without notice, and 
 keep it shut off as long as may be necessary. 
 
 T. Stand-pipes, or other pipes for automatic sup- 
 pression of fires in buildings, which fixtures are only in- 
 tended for use in suppression of fires, will be permitted 
 to be attached to the water supply, and no charge will be 
 made for the use of water for that purpose ; but all such 
 pipes must be provided with a suitable valve outside of 
 the building, under the exclusive control of the Water 
 Department ; also, in the case of stand-pipes, a valve must 
 be provided, placed at the bottom of the stand-pipe, 
 and at each hose opening, which valves shall be sealed by 
 the Water Department, for which the owner or tenant 
 shall pay for sealing, not less than $5. In case such seals 
 shall be broken for the extinguishment of any fire, the 
 party breaking the seal shall immediately thereafter give 
 notice at the water office, the valve be again resealed, and 
 in case of a violation of this rule, the party violating the 
 same shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ^10 for 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 each offense. And in case such seal shall be broken for 
 any other purpose or use, or any tap be introduced into, 
 or connection made with said stand-pipe, the party so 
 offending shall be subjected to a fine of not exceeding 
 #20. No stand-pipe or other fixture for fire protection 
 will be allowed in premises where the water is not taken 
 for other than fire purposes, and the Water Commis- 
 sioners reserve the right to refuse any or all applications 
 lor purely fire protection uses, in their discretion. 
 
 U. The Water Commissioners reserve the right to 
 limit the amount of water furnished to any consumer, 
 should circumstances seem to warrant such action, al- 
 though no limit may be stated in the application or per- 
 mit for such use ; or said Commissioners may entirely 
 cut off the use for any manufacturing purpose, or any use 
 for supplying power, at any time, by giving reasonable 
 notice to the consumer of such intended action. 
 
 IV. 
 
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 METERS. 
 
 A. The Water Commissioners, reserve the right to 
 attach a meter to any service pipe, at any time whenever 
 they shall deem it expedient so to do, and thereafter 
 charge quarterly for the quantity of water measured or 
 used. After said meter is so attached, and notice 
 thereof served upon the owner, agent or tenant of the 
 premises, any damage which said meter may sustain, 
 resulting from the carelessness of said owner, agent or 
 tenant, or from the neglect of either of them to properly 
 secure and protect the same, as well as any damage which 
 may result from allowing said meter to become frozen, or 
 to be injured by hot water or steam setting back from 
 a boiler, shall be paid to the Water Commissioners on 
 demand. And in case said payment Is not so made, it is 
 understood and agreed that the water may be cut off from 
 said premises without notice and will not be turned on 
 again until all charges are paid. The Water Commis- 
 sioners may also sue for and collect of the owner or ten- 
 ant, the amount of such damage in a civil action. 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 B. Owners of premises may make application to the 
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 ^ meter, at their own expense, and thereafter pay for the 
 water used at meter rates, provided that the aggregate 
 rates collected for the year from the water passing 
 through said meter, shall not be less than $ioo. The 
 owner shall also be required to maintain said meter in 
 good and perfect order and repair, at his own expense. 
 
 C. All persons are hereby forbidden to interfere with 
 or remove a water meter from any service, after it has 
 been attached by order or permit of the Water Commis- 
 sioners under a penalty of $io for each offense. 
 
 D. The Water Commissioners will cause all meters 
 SPt by them, upon any service, to be properly boxed and 
 protected Irom frost, where necessary, after which the 
 owner and tenant will be required to maintain said pro- 
 tection in good and effective order, and to provide means 
 of ready and convenient access to said meter, so that it 
 may be frequently examined and read by the agents of 
 the Water Department. The owner and tenant of the 
 premises will also be required to properly and fully pro- 
 tect the service pipe and its fixtures, leading to or con- 
 nected with said meter, from frost, so that said meter shall 
 not be injured thereby. This protection shall consist in 
 wrapping and boxing said service pipe, as heretofore de- 
 scribed, and by preventing cold air from entering thereto 
 through windows, traps, or gratings, as also heretofore 
 enumerated. On failure of the owner or tenant to ob- 
 serve this rule, the Water Commissioners will cut off said 
 service. 
 
 V. 
 
 WATER ELEVATOR AND OTHER MOTORS. 
 
 A. Permits may be granted in certain cases, on 
 special application to the Water Commissioners, for 
 supplying water from the village mains for furnishing for 
 elevators, and other purposes, under the following con- 
 ditions: 
 
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 on the specific plan devised by the Water Commissioners, 
 and the work must be performed under their direction. 
 
 2. In all cases, a gate or valve, controlling the service ^ 
 must be located in the roadway or the street, accessible 
 only to the Water Department. 
 
 3. The connection with the main water pipe must in 
 all cases be made by the employees of the Water Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 4. The service supplying the motor may have at- 
 tached to it an approved water meter, or other appliance, 
 which shall correctly and automatically register the 
 quantity of water which passes through said service. 
 
 5. All of the expense of inserting said service and its 
 appliances, as well as the cost of maintaining the same in 
 complete and perfect order, shall be paid by the applicant. 
 
 6. The charges for v;ater will be at schedule rates, 
 and will be due and payable at the times and in the man- 
 ner prescribed for water supplied at schedule rates. 
 
 7. In case the owner of the premises, at any time, 
 fails to cause prompt repairs to be made to said service, or 
 to the measuring apparatus, or to any fixture connected 
 with said service, the Water Commissioners will cut oflf 
 said water. 
 
 8. In case the Water Commissioners shall so direct, 
 the owner of any water elevator or hydraulic motor shall 
 be required to connect therewith air-chambers, of such 
 form and design as may be directed by said Commissioners. 
 
 VI. 
 
 DISCONTINUANCE OF USE OF WATER. 
 
 A. Any consumer wishing to discontinue the use of 
 water supplied from the water-works, must give notice 
 thereof at the Water Registrar's office, and he will be 
 charged for the use of water until such notice is given. 
 
 B. Whenever water has been turned off by the 
 Water Department for non-payment of rents, or for pur- 
 poses of repair or construction, or for any other necessary 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 or proper reason, no person will be permitted to turn it 
 on again who is not duly authorized so to do by the 
 proper officer of the Water Department. And when 
 water is turned cff for non-payment of rents, or for viola- 
 tion of any rule or regulation of the Water Commissioners 
 it shall not be turned on again until the party in default 
 shall pay all water rents due, and the amount of all penal- 
 ties which may be imposed by said Commissioners. 
 
 VII. 
 
 DWELLINGS, TENEMENTS AND BLOCKS. 
 
 A . On all premises into which water is or shall be in- 
 trodnced, full schedule rates will be charged for all uses, 
 and no rebate will be made or allowed for partial use of 
 water from wells or cisterns. 
 
 B. In case dwelhngs, tenements or blocks occupied 
 by families are supplied with water for baths, urinals, 
 water-closets, or other special uses, rates for families will 
 in all cases be charged in addition thereto. 
 
 C. All families or occupants of a single dwelling or 
 tenement house, in any portion or room of which the 
 water from the street mains has been introduced, will be 
 charged the schedule rates for water, even though direct 
 access to the water-works appliances or fixtures in said 
 dwelling or tenement house is not aftorded to all the occu- 
 pants thereof. 
 
 D. All families or occupants of premises which are 
 supplied with water through outside fixtures (such as 
 garden hydrants, etc.) only, will be charged with schedule 
 rates for family use, precisely the same as if similar or 
 like fixtures and appliances were located within the dwell- 
 ing or tenement house. 
 
 E. Where two or more distinct dwellings or tene- 
 ment houses stand upon a single undivided village lot, 
 into one only of which dwellings or tenement houses 
 water has been introduced in any manner, with fixtures 
 either inside or outside, or both, schedule rates for families 
 in blocks will be charged the occupants of all of the distinct 
 
14 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS, 
 
 i 1 
 
 i:i| 
 
 dwellings or tenements upon said single undivided village 
 lot. 
 
 F, In cases where water is supplied to a flat, block, 
 tenement house or double house, located on a single un- 
 divided village lot, and occupied by more than one family, 
 schedule rates for families in blocks will be charged for 
 each of said families, and schedule rates in addition will 
 also be charged for all special uses, such as baths, water- 
 closets, etc. 
 
 G. No water-taker will be allowed to supply the vil- 
 lage water in any manner, or through any fixture or de- 
 vice whatever, to the occupants of neighboring premises 
 of any description, except by special permit from the 
 Water Commissioners as hereinafter defined ; and if 
 found doing so without such permit, the water will be 
 turned off, and the water rents already paid will become 
 forfeited, unless said water-taker shall at once pay to the 
 said Water Commissioners the schedule rates for the 
 water so furnished, with any penalty the board may 
 impose. 
 
 H. In cases where it becomes advisable and necessary 
 to supply the village water to a number of separate or 
 detached buildings upon a single undivided village lot 
 from a faucet, garden hydrant, hose-bibb or hose attach- 
 ment affixed or properly belonging to only one of said 
 buildings, a special permit for the use of the village water 
 by the occupants of such other buildings, will be granted 
 by the Water Commissioners only upon the following 
 conditions : 
 
 1. Not more than one faucet, hydrant, or hose-bibb 
 shall be used for this purpose. 
 
 2. This single faucet, hydrant, or hose-bibb shall be 
 securely enclosed and become accessible only by means 
 of a proper lock and key. 
 
 3. Access to said faucet, hydrant, or hose-bibb, and 
 a key to the lock of the enclosure of the same, shall be 
 furnished only to the parties named in the permit. 
 
 4. The owner of the premises will be held responsible 
 for all unauthorized use or wasts of the water; and in 
 
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 MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 covered, the permit will be at once revoked and the water 
 cut off without notice, and the same will not again be 
 turned on until all charges for unauthorized use or waste 
 have been paid, together with a charge of ^i.oo for turn- 
 ing on the water. 
 
 5. The said faucet, hydrant, or hose-bibb shall be 
 thoroughly protected against accident by frost or other- 
 wise, to the full satisfaction of the Water Commissioners. 
 But in no case will a hydrant be permitted for the use of 
 one family. 
 
 6. The water thus used will be charged for at the 
 schedule rates for families in blocks or for shops and 
 manufactories, etc., as the case may be. 
 
 /. A family is herein understood as meaning a single 
 distmct household, consisting of two or more persons 
 who cook, eat, wash and live apart from the other occu- 
 pants of the same building or tenement. 
 
 VIIL 
 
 SHOPS AND MANUFACTORIES. 
 
 A. In all buildings, occupied as shops and manufac- 
 tories, fronting on any street in which public water mains 
 have been extended, and into any portion of which build- 
 ings the village water is introduced, schedule rates will 
 be charged for each employee, even though direct access 
 to said water for all employees is not provided. 
 
 B. In all shops and manufactories located in the rear 
 of other buildings in which village water has been intro- 
 duced, both or all of which are located on an undivided 
 village lot, schedule rates will be charged for each opera- 
 tive in said rear shops or manufactories, even though the 
 water has not actually been introduced therein, but a 
 special charge for said rear shop or manufactory, in ad- 
 dition to the charge for each operative, shall not be made 
 unless it shall appear that the water is actually used 
 therein for such special purpose. 
 
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 l6 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 IX. 
 
 BARNS. 
 
 A. All barns or stables, having water attachments of 
 any kind connected with the village water-works either 
 inside, or outside adjacent to them, shall be charged 
 schedule rates for the uses of water therein. 
 
 B. In cases where no water attachments have been 
 specifically provided for barns or stables, either inside 
 or outside, schedule rates for the same will not be 
 charged. 
 
 SPRINKLING 
 
 A Permits will be granted for hose attachments to 
 the village water-works, to be used for streets, lawn and 
 garden sprinkling, under the following conditions : 
 
 1. Only on premises where water is taken and paid 
 for, for domestic or other inside use. 
 
 2. The hose used for sprinkling must have an inside 
 diameter of not exceeding three-quarters of an inch, and 
 the nozzle shall have an orifice not exceeding one-quarter 
 of an inch ; the use of leaky or defective hose is prohibited. 
 
 3. Sprinkling with hose will be allowed only from 
 May ist to November ist, and not to exceed three hours 
 each day. 
 
 4. No person will be allowed to sprinkle adjoining or 
 opposite premises, nor use the water from the said hose 
 attachment or through said hose for any purpose not 
 authorized by the terms agreed upon with the Water 
 Commissioners. 
 
 5. Fountain sprinklers, or hose attachments set up 
 as jets, or kept running, except as is hereinbefore specified, 
 are prohibited. 
 
 6. A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of 
 Rule X. will subject the owner or occupant of the prem- 
 ises to a penalty ot $5 for each offense. 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 B. In case dwellings or tenements are supplied with 
 a hose attachment, in which there is no inside use, 
 domestic rates will be charged in addition to sprinkling 
 rates, and in case water is carried through a hose or other 
 pipe from said hose attachment into a tank or cistern on 
 said premises, special rates will be added for all special 
 uses, such as baths, water-closets, urinals, etc. 
 
 C. In case a business place or block is supplied with 
 a hose attachment unaccompanied with inside use, domes- 
 tic rates will be added if the place or block is occupied 
 by families, as well as special rates for stores, offices, 
 saloons, etc., as the case may be, and in case water is car- 
 ried from said hose attachment through a hose or other 
 pipe, into a tank or cistern on the premises, then special 
 rates will be charged for all special uses, such as baths, 
 water-closets, urinals, etc. 
 
 D. In case a thread attachment to the faucet from 
 which water is drawn for domestic use on any premises 
 is desired, for the sole purpose of using the same for 
 attaching a filter, the owner will be required to sign an 
 application containing a stipulation to the effect that the 
 said thread attachment shall be used for no other pur- 
 pose, which stipulation, if observed, shall exempt the 
 said thread attachment from any special charge as a hose 
 attachment. But in case the same shall at any time be 
 used as a hose attachment for sprinkling, or for convey- 
 ing water through a hose or other pipe without special 
 permission from the Water Commissioners, the owner 
 will be required to pay for all uses to which the water 
 has at any time been thus supplied, from the date of the 
 application and permit, together with a penalty of I3 for 
 each violation of this provision of the rules. 
 
 XI. 
 
 FOUNTAINS AND JETS. 
 
 A. Fountains and fountain jets outside of buildings 
 are allowed to be used for a period of not to exceed three 
 hours per day, for six months in each year; and any per- 
 son using the water for this purpose for a longer period 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 n: 
 
 
 in each day, or during the year, may be charged in ad- 
 dition to the regular rates in proportion to the increased 
 length of time in which the water is so used. 
 
 B. Fountain jets, and aquaria inside a building, will 
 be charged at the regular schedule rates for a use extend- 
 ing during the whole year. 
 
 C. All fountains must be provided with such a dis- 
 charge pipe for waste water, and other fixtures, as shall 
 be satisfactory to the Board of Water Commissioners. 
 
 D. The Water Commissioners reserve the right to 
 discontinue the furnishing of water for fountains and 
 fountain jets, at any time the public interests may seem 
 to require such action. All sprinkling attachments not 
 held in the hand as described under head of sprinkling 
 shall be classed as fountains or fountain jets, and so 
 charged. 
 
 XII. 
 
 STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS. 
 
 A . In aW places where steam boilers are supplied with 
 water from the village water-works, the owner or con- 
 sumer must see that a suitable safety valve, vacuum valve, 
 or other proper device is applied to prevent danger from 
 collapse or explosion when the water is shut off from the 
 street mains. 
 
 B . The Board of Water Commissioners, its employees, 
 or the Village of Merritton, shall not be liable for any 
 damage resulting from suddenly shutting off the supply 
 of water from any steam boiler deriving its supply from 
 the water works; but it is the intention of the Board, 
 where practicable, to give suitable notice of such shutting 
 off to the consumer. 
 
 C. The consumer shall, if required by the Water De- 
 partment, submit and file in said department, a verified 
 statement from the maker of any steam boiler receiving 
 its supply of water from the village water-works, of its 
 rated capacity in horse-power. In case this information 
 is not accessible, however, the coj;suiuer4iiay ba required 
 
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MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 arged in ad- ^^ furnish the certificate of a steam expert (acceptable to 
 
 the Water Commissioners). 
 
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 XIII. 
 
 WATER-CLOSETS AND URINALS. 
 
 A. No form of hopper closets will be allowed, unless 
 each such fixture or appliance shall be supplied with 
 water from a waste-preventing cistern or service box, and 
 the board reserves the right to insist upon the use of such 
 cisterns in certain other forms of closets also. 
 
 • B. If other forms of water-closets are used without 
 such waste-preventing cisterns, they shall be provided 
 with self-closing inlet valves of such design as shall be 
 approved by the Water Board. 
 
 Bf C. All urinals in public or private buildings, for 
 which annual schedule rates are charged, must be pro- 
 vided with self-closing inlet valves of such design as shall 
 be approved by the Water Board. 
 
 D. No bibb or faucet of any kind for general use, 
 except self-closing, will be allowed in any premises if 
 placed so as to stand over any urinal. 
 
 E. In case the waste water from any bath, urinal, 
 sink, fountain or any other water-works fixtures, is con- 
 ducted or carried to and used for flushing any water 
 closet or sewer, then the schedule rates for water-closet 
 uses shall be collected, although such waste is the only 
 source of supply for such water-closet. 
 
 • 
 
 XIV. 
 
 DRINKING FOUNTAINS FOR MEN AND ANIMALS. 
 
 The Water Commissioners will provide and locate 
 such number of drinking fountains and troughs in con- 
 nection with the village water supply as in their opinion 
 the public need may require. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATI ,S 
 
 XV. 
 
 PLUMBERS. 
 
 A. No person shall make any attachment to, or con- 
 nection with the pipes of the Merritton Water-Works, 
 nor make any additions to, or alterations of, any tap, 
 pipe, cock or other fixture connected with the pipes sup- 
 plying water to consumers from the said water-works, 
 unless licensed as a plumber by the Water Commission- 
 ers, under a penalty of not less than $10.00 to $20.00 for 
 each offense. 
 
 B. Any plumber wishing to do business in connec- 
 tion with the Merritton Water- Works, shall, before re- 
 ceiving a license to do so, file in the Water- Works Office 
 his petition in writing, giving the name of his firm and 
 its place of business, and ask to become a licensed plum- 
 ber and permitted to perform work in connection with 
 the said water-works. The said petition must give satis- 
 factory evidence that the applicant is a regularly educat- 
 ed, practical and experienced plumber, that he is a mas- 
 ter of his trade, and that he will be governed in all re- 
 spects by the rules and regulations which are or may be 
 adopted by the Water Commissioners, and that he will 
 pay all fines imposed upon him for the violation of any of 
 the rules or regulations of said Board. 
 
 C. No plumber shall be allowed to make any attach- 
 ment or alteration in any pipe or fixture by which water 
 is or may be supplied to consumers, without first obtain- 
 ing a written permit for the same from the Water- Works 
 Department. 
 
 D. The provisions contained in Rule III., entitled 
 General Conditions and Restrictions, are hereby made 
 binding upon the plumber also, so far as they may be 
 applicable. 
 
 E. No plumber shall allow his name to be used by 
 any other person or party either for the purpose of obtain- 
 ing permits or doing any work under his license. 
 
 F. Plumbers will be held responsible for the viola- 
 tion of any of the rules of the Department by journeymen 
 plumbers or others while in their employ. 
 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
 21 
 
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 O. The forfeiture of or suspension of the license of 
 any plumber operates as the forfeiture or suspension of 
 the license of any co-partner, nor will a separate license 
 be granted to any person interested in or employed by the 
 said firm as long as they may be so interested or em- 
 ployed. 
 
 H. A license cannot be transferred to any successor 
 in the business, or to any person whatever under any 
 circumstances. 
 
 y. A permit will not be issued for the insertion of a 
 tap in a water pipe or for the insertion of a new water 
 service in any street, until the water mains are completed 
 and water turned on in said pipe. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 GREENHOUSES. 
 
 A. In furnishing water for greenhouses, the annual 
 schedule rate per i ,000 square feet of building shall be 
 understood to cover the use of water for sprinkling plants 
 through a hose attachment or otherwise within the said 
 greenhouse, and fcr supplying the heating boiler which 
 provides steam for heating purposes only, within said 
 greenhouse. 
 
 B. In case additional hose attachments are located 
 for sprinkling plants outside of said greenhouse, an addi- 
 tional charge for hose attachments shall be made, and in 
 case water is used through said hose attachments for 
 other purposes, special charges shall be made in addition 
 for such other uses. 
 
 C. No charge wil^ be made for water used in small 
 conservatories attached to private dwellings, in cases 
 where the products are not utilized for sale or profit. 
 
 D. The same schedule prices will be charged for iise 
 in large greenhouses, whether they are for private or 
 public use. 
 
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22 
 
 RULES AND REGULATION i5. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 ABATEMENTS. 
 
 A. No abatements from any writer bill shall be made 
 under a claim that less water has been used, because of 
 a partial use from wells or cisterns. 
 
 B. No abatement from any water bill shall be made 
 where the owner or consumer has not complied with the 
 requirements of these rules or regulations in making ap- 
 plication at the water office for the discontinuance of 
 the use of water ; in making application to have any 
 fixture disconnected; in making application to have the 
 water turned off from service ; or in giving the notice 
 required under Rule III., Div. Q., in cases where more 
 than one dwelling or building on an undividecj^ village lot 
 is supplied from a single service ; or where the claimed 
 over-charge in the bill is the result of failures on his part 
 to perform any act required by these rules. 
 
 C. No abatement from any water bill will be made 
 in cases where the charge for water results from a failure 
 on the part of the owner or consumer to promptly repair 
 any broken or defective fixture or service. 
 
 D. No abatement from any water bill will be made 
 in cases where any fixture is left open for waste of water 
 or continuous flow of the same, by any tenant or occu- 
 pant of any premises supplied with village water, 
 
 JB. No abatement in any case made shall establish a 
 precedent for an abatement in any following or ensuing 
 bill, nor for an abatement in any other case ; but each 
 case shall be determined upon its merits. 
 
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 F. No abatement from any water bill or remittance 
 of any penalty provided by these rules shall be made, ex- 
 cept with a concurrence of a majority of the members of 
 the Water Board, and the Secretary of said Board shall 
 keep a record of its action in each particular case. 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
 23 
 
 XVIII. 
 
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 of 
 
 SUII.DSRS. 
 
 A. Persons desiring to use the village water for 
 building purposes will be required to make a written 
 application therefor at the Water Secretary's office. Said 
 application shall state in detail the uses for which water 
 is desired, the name of the owner of the property and the 
 number of the lot oa which the water is to be used, as 
 follows : 
 
 1. Name of owner of premises. 
 
 2. Name of architect. 
 
 3. Name of builder. 
 
 4. Number of lot on which water is to be used* 
 
 6. Name of street. 
 
 7. Number of bricks to be laid. 
 
 7. Number of cords of stone to be laid. 
 
 8. Number of square yards two-coat plastering. 
 
 9. Number of square yards three-coat plastering. 
 
 10. Number of square feet of cement flooring to be 
 laid. 
 
 B. The amount of the charges for water, at schedule 
 rates for work thus stated, shall be paid in advance to the 
 Water Registrar, before a permit for such use shall be 
 issued to the applicant. 
 
 C. The Water Registrar may cause said work to be 
 re-measured by an inspector, under his direction, and in 
 case it shall appear that the person receiving said per- 
 mit, or the architect making the required certificate, has 
 made fraudulent representations or returns as to the 
 amount of work done under said permit, no further per- 
 mit will be issued to said applicant or to any other per- 
 son for him or in his behalf, under any circumstances. 
 
 D. No contractor or builder will be allowed to use 
 water from any fire hydrant for building purposes. 
 
24 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 E. No consumer of water will be allowed to furnish 
 water for building purposes, on his own or any other 
 premises, without first paying for the same for said pur- 
 pose and receiving a permit for such use from the water 
 office. 
 
 F. The builder must in all cases procure a permit as 
 before provided, previous to procuring water for building 
 purposes from any village water- works fixture. 
 
 G. In case the builder is required to insert a special 
 service or fixture to enable him to procure said water for 
 building purposes, the application for said service must 
 be made by the owner of the property, after which the 
 permit for such use may be issued to the builder on his 
 application, and he must file an application to have the 
 said service turned off at the curb as soon as he has 
 finished his work. 
 
 H. In case a builder desires to use water from a 
 service supplying water to adjacent premises, he must 
 procure the consent of the owner of said adjacent service. 
 
 /. A violation of any of these rules or regulations for 
 which a penalty is not herein specifically imposed, shall 
 be deemed and adjudged as coming under the operation 
 of Section 60 of the Village By-Laws. 
 
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BY-LAW No. 87. 
 
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 ling 
 
 "Whereas, it is expedient and necessary that the Cor- 
 poration of the Village of Merritton should pass a By- 
 Law for the better protection, and to govern the sup- 
 ply of water taken from their water-works for domestic 
 use and other purposes. 
 
 Be it theiefore enacted, and it is hereby enacted as 
 follows : 
 
 Sec. I. No person shall make any attachment to, or 
 connection with the pipes of the Merritton Water-Works, 
 nor make any additions to or alterations of any tap, pipe, 
 cock, or other fixture connected with the pipes supplying 
 water to consumers from said water-works, unless licensed 
 as a plumber by the Water Board, under a penalty of 
 not less than $10.00 for each oiGfence. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any plumber wishing to do business in con- 
 nection with the Merritton Water- Works shall, before re- 
 ceiving a license to do so. file in the water-works office 
 his petition in writing, giving the name of his firm and its 
 place of business, and ask to become a licensed plumber 
 and permitted to perform work in connection with said 
 water-works. The said petition must give satisfactory 
 evidence that the applicant is (or employs permanently) a 
 regularly educated practical and experienced plumber, is 
 a master of his trade, and that he will be governed in all 
 respects by the rules and regulations which are or may be 
 adopted by the Water Board, and that he will pay all 
 fines imposed upon him for violating any of the rules or 
 regulations of said Board. 
 
 Sec. 3. - No plumber shall allow his name to be used 
 
26 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 by any other person or party, either for the purpose of 
 obtaining permits or doing any work under his license. 
 
 Sec. 4. Plumbers will be held respousible for the 
 violation of any of the rules of the Board by journeymen 
 plumbars or others while in their employ. 
 
 Sec. 5. The forfeiture of or suspension of the license 
 of any plumber operates as a forfeiture or suspension of 
 the license of any co-partner, nor will a separate license 
 be granted to any person interested in or employed by 
 said firm as long as they may be so interested or em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Sec. 6. Each plumber, upon receiving license, shal* 
 pay for the same the sum of dollars. - 
 
 Sec. 7. Any licensed plumber who shall discontinue 
 his business, or any firm of licensed plumbers who shall 
 dissolve partnership, shall forfeit their license. 
 
 Sec. 8. No person but properly authorized^ agents* ;of 
 the Water Board, acting under their direction, will be 
 permitted to tap or make any connection with the main 
 or distributing pipes of the water-works. 
 
 Sec. 9. No plumber shall make any extensions to or 
 alterations of any tap, pipe or other fixture attached to 
 the pipes of the water- works, without having first obtain- 
 ed a written permit. 
 
 Sec. 10. No plumber shall be permitted to enter pipes 
 or conduct water into any two or more distinct premises or 
 tenements, unless separate and distinct stop cocks shall 
 be placed on the outside of such premises, on the,;'side- 
 walks or in the public alley opposite the same, as the 
 Board may direct, unless the person or persons control- 
 ling the premises shall pay all water rent for premises 
 thus supplied. 
 
 Sec. II. No hydrant or street washer shall be placed 
 in any yard or common area of any premises, so situated 
 as to be accessible to persons living in or occupying ad- 
 joining premises, unless the person controlling said 
 hydrant or street washer becomes responsible lor and 
 pays the water rent for all persons so accessible. 
 
MERRITTON WATER WORKS. 
 
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 Sec. 12. In case two or more premises are, at the 
 time of the passing of this By-law, supplied by one ser- 
 vice pipe, the water shall be refused to such premises 
 until the party controUiug the main supplying such pre- 
 mises shall pay the full amount of water rent for the 
 premises thus supplied. 
 
 Sec. 13. In all cases where there are two or more dis- 
 tinct houses or tenements on a lot without dividing fences, 
 or where there are gates in the fences, the water will not 
 be not turned on to one tenement unless such gates are 
 permanently fastened, or division fences are put up or 
 the water rent paid for each tenement. 
 
 Sec. 14. No extension or alteration of service pipes, 
 whether involving new use of water or not, shall be made 
 without permission, and for any extension involving new 
 useof water an extension application covering such new use 
 or uses shall be filled out and signed by the plumber and 
 filed at the office before such extension or extensions can 
 be made. 
 
 Sec. 15. No plumber shall, after making any connec- 
 tion or extension, or after making repairs or putting in 
 any new attachment, leave the stop-cock open and the 
 water on. 
 
 Sec. 16. No plumber shall turn on the water to any 
 premises, whether an old or new supply. 
 
 Sec. 17. All service pipes for supplying hydraulic 
 elevators, or other large motors, must have suitable air- 
 chambers attached thereto, for the purpose of preventing 
 water-ram in the pipes, and the owners or users of such 
 elevators or motors must keep the same in good repair, 
 so as to prevent all leakages or waste of water. 
 
 Sec. 18. Where leaks occur in service pipes, at any 
 point beyond the line of the premises, they must be im- 
 mediately repaired by the owner or occupant of the 
 premises, and if not repaired within twenty-four hours 
 after notice, the Water Board shall cause the same to be 
 shut off until repaired, and charge the expense incurred 
 against the premises, to be collected with the first bill of 
 supply for water that shall become due against said 
 premises. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 Sec. 19. All water bills become due and are payable 
 quarterly in advance, on the first days of January, April, 
 July and October, or within ten (10) days thereafter, 
 and if not paid within the prescribed time the water 
 shall be turned off from the premises, and when turned 
 off for non-payment, the sum of one dollar shall be added 
 to the bill for renewing the supply. All water bills for 
 fractions of the quarter term shall be payable in advance. 
 
 Sec. 20. No deduction shall be made from any bill 
 for water for the discontinuance of the water supply to 
 any premises unless the owners or occupants of such 
 premises shall have given notice at the water office when 
 and where the water is no longer required, and then only 
 upon the payment of the sum of one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 21. In case any portion of a supply of water 
 within any premises is to be discontinued, and a reduc- 
 tion from the water bill to be made, the owners or occu- 
 pants ol such premises must file at the water office a 
 plumber's certificate that such fixtures supplying the 
 water have been disconnected or cut off. 
 
 Sec. 22. Street washers must not be permitted to run 
 to waste or leak, or be converted into jets, or be used for 
 washing down the collections of the gutters upon the ad- 
 joining premises, and no hydrant will be permitted upon 
 sidewalks or in the front area, and if standing in a yard or 
 alley attached to any dwelling will not be permitted to 
 run when not in actual use; taps at sinks, wash-basins, 
 water-closets, baths, urinals, &c., must be kept closed in 
 like manner. 
 
 Sec. 23. In sprinkling streets each water taker must 
 confine himself to the front of his premises and half the 
 width of the street in front thereof. 
 
 Sec. 24. In case any party or parties have been using 
 water upon or in any premises without the knowledge of 
 the Water Board, and leave such premises without pay- 
 ing for the water so used, thus getting into arrears for 
 water, the Water Board shall refuse to supply such pre- 
 mises with water until the arrears are paid. 
 
 Sec. 25. In case of fraudulent misrepresentation on 
 the part of the applicant or of uses of the water not em- 
 
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 braced in the application or bill, or of willful or unreason- 
 able wase of water, the Board reserves the right to forfeit 
 the payment and cut off the supply immediately upon 
 discovery of such fraudulent use or waste of water, unless 
 the party shall promptly pay such penalty as the Board 
 may impose. 
 
 Sec. 26. When water is found on, and in use on pre- 
 mises after having been turned off by the Water Board, 
 the water may be turned off until all arrears have been 
 paid, dating from the time the premises were first turned 
 off. 
 
 Sec. 27. In cases where the water has been turned off 
 for non-payment of water rent, or by any other rule of 
 the Water Board, and it is found on again, or when in 
 the opinion of the Water Board the turning off the water 
 at the stop-cock is not a sufficient protection against the 
 use or waste of the water, it shall be lawful for the Water 
 Board to cause the drive-cock to be drawn. 
 
 Sec. 28. Upon a re-application for the water, where 
 the drive-cock has been drawn, the person making the 
 application must first pay for the drive-cock and all ex- 
 pences of replacing it. 
 
 Sec. 29. Water will not be furnished where the only 
 fixture for obtaining it from is a street washer or hydrant 
 placed in the sidewalk. 
 
 Sec. 30. Urinals, with stop-cocks to be turned by 
 hand, unless self-closing, are not to be permitted. 
 
 Sec. 31. Water-closets must be fitted to be operated 
 by the regular water-closet valves of the different makes; 
 the use of ordinary draw-cocks in connection therewith 
 will not be permitted. 
 
 Sec. 32. No arrangements shall be made for supply- 
 ing water-closets or urinals by common stop-cock and no 
 arrangements shall be made for cleaning water-closets or 
 privy vaults by waste pipes from wash-basins or 
 sinks, or by any other means of evasion, but they shall 
 be fitted up with the fixtures and appurtenances belonging 
 to them respectively. 
 
 Sec. 33. No yard foupt5iin, street washer or jet shall 
 
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 be used longer than three hours each day without a 
 special permit. 
 
 Sec. 34. Hose larger than f inch will not be permit- 
 ted, except upon additional charge, and sprinkling with- 
 out a nozzle or with a larger opening than J inch is for- 
 bidden. 
 
 Sec. 35. No counter or bar cocks with a waste pipe 
 in connection therewithjand so arranged that it can be left 
 constantly running, and no jet or constantly running 
 stream of any kind can be arranged for without a permit. 
 
 Sec. 36. All hydraulic or beer motors shall have at- 
 tached to them some self-acting recorder or meter, from 
 which the amount of water can be ascertained or calcu- 
 lated, without a special rate is agreed upon. 
 
 Sec. 37. In all cases where boilers are supplied, a suit- 
 able safety or vacuum valve must be applied to prevent 
 damage from collapsing or otherwise when the water is 
 shut off from the street mains. Check valves are not 
 permitted to be used. 
 
 Sec. 38. Pump9 for supplying water to steam boilers 
 or other fixtures for other purposes will not be permitted 
 to take water directly from the service pipes, but must 
 draw from an open receptacle into which the water has 
 been previously discharged; no pump will be allowed to 
 be attached directly to any pipe on which a meter is 
 located. 
 
 Sec. 39. The Water Board and their employees shall 
 have access to all parts of the premises to which the 
 water is supplied, for the purpose of inspection, examina- 
 tion of fixtures, &c. 
 
 Sec. 40. It shall be the duty of any police officer, or 
 patrolman, to close any fire hydrant or other hydrant that 
 may be set for public use if found running or wasting 
 water, and to notify all persons or premises where yard 
 hydrants or other fixtures may be found wasting, leaking 
 or out of order, to stop said waste and repair all leaks, 
 and in case fire hydrants, or public hydrants, are found 
 out of order, or wasting or leaking, so that said police 
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 the water-works, with as little delay as possible, of said 
 leak, and it shall likewise be the duty of the police to 
 notify the office of the water-works of all leaks from main 
 or service pipes that may occur in the streets, and to pre- 
 vent all persons from opening the fire hydrants and 
 wasting or taking water therefrom who have not written 
 permission so to do from the Superintendent or Water 
 Board. 
 
 Sec. 41. No person being tenant, occupant or inmate 
 of any house, buildmg or other place supplied with water 
 from the water- works of the Village of Merritton, is per- 
 mitted to lend, sell or dispose of the water thereof, or for 
 giving it away or permitting it to be taken or carried 
 away, or for using or applying it to the use or benefit of 
 others, or to any other than his or her or their own use 
 and benefit, or to increasing the supply of water agreed 
 for with the corporation, or wrongfully neglecting or im- 
 properly waste water shall, upon conviction of violating 
 any of the above conditions, have the supply cut off and 
 not again turned on until one dollar for turning off and 
 on, and any penalty the Board may see fit to impose. 
 
 Sec. 42. In all cases where the Water Board decide 
 to place a meter upon any premises, the owner, agent or 
 occupant of the premises must provide a suitable place 
 wherein to place the meter. 
 
 Sec. 43. All bills for water furnished by meter shall 
 be payable quarterly at the same time at other rates. 
 
 Sec. 44. The Water Board may make abatements in 
 the water rates in proper cases. 
 
 Sec. 45. No person or persons shall commit any 
 nuisance in or about the grounds of the settling basin, or 
 throw any sticks, stones or any substances into said set- 
 tling basin, or enter Or fish within the fence enclosing said 
 basin on the top of the bank, nor shall any child or per- 
 son, on the Sabbath or any other day of the week, play 
 upon the grass or upon the embankment of the said set- 
 tling basin, or in any way injure or deface the fences, 
 shade tfees or shrubbery around said basin. A violattoii 
 
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 of any of the foregoing provisions shall subject the 
 ofiender to a penalty of ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 46. No person shall hitch any horse, team or 
 animal to any hydrant, and any person who shall injure 
 any valve or hydrant, or who shall break or interfere 
 with the same, and draw off or waste or cause to be re- 
 moved, any water therefrom, except to draw water from 
 such hydrants as may be set or designated for public use 
 in certain localities, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not 
 less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 47. If any person shall turn on or off the water 
 in any of the water pipes, reservoirs or hydrants without 
 permission of the Water Board, lie shall be liable to a 
 penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty 
 dollars, except fire hydrants in case of fire. 
 
 Sec, 48. No water can be taken from any free or 
 public hydrant except for domestic use, and no builder or 
 mason or other person s'l dl be allowed to take any water 
 into tubs, barrels, wheelbarrows, carts or otherwise from 
 any free or public hydrants to be used in any manner or 
 business for mechanical purposes, supply of steam 
 engines, or any like use, without paying in advance the 
 regular and established rates therefor and obtaining 
 written permission for such purposes and use of the 
 water under a penalty of ten dollars for each and every 
 offence. 
 
 Sec. 49. No person shall water any horse or cattle 
 within thirty feet of any public, or from any free hydrant, 
 nor shall any person, filling any cask at any such hydrant, 
 delay or hinder any other person in obtaining water with 
 a pail or bucket, under the penalty of two dollars for 
 each and every offence. 
 
 Sec. 50. No person shall wilfully delay or hinder any 
 other person from procuring water at any of the free 
 hydrants in this village under the penalty of two dollars 
 for each and every offence. 
 
 Sec. 51. If any person shall open any fire hydrant 
 .within the Village of Merritton, or lift or remove the 
 . cover of any valve-box, without the permission of the 
 
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 Sec. 52. If any person entrusted with the wrenches 
 of the fire hydrants, or others, shall open the same on any 
 occasion whatever, except by permission of the Water 
 Board, or in case of fire in the neighborhood, he, she or 
 they so offending shall forfeit and pay for each and every 
 offence the sum of five dollars, and if the person or per- 
 sons entrusted with the wrenches of the fire hydrants 
 shall neglect or refuse to shut the same as soon as the fire 
 is extinguished, he or they shall pay for such offence the 
 sum of five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 53. If any person shall make any opening or con- 
 nection with any main, pipe or reservoir without permis- 
 sion of the Water Boarci , he shall be liable to a penalty of 
 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 54. In making repairs or constructing new 
 works, the Water Board reserves the right to shut off the 
 water and keep it shut off as long as may be necessary 
 for making such repairs or extensions, and no deduction 
 will be made or damages allowed for the time the water 
 is so shut off. 
 
 Sec. 55. Stand pipes are only intended and permitted 
 for fire protection, for which no charge will be made for 
 the water thus used, but all such pipes must be provided 
 with a suitable valve at the bottom of the pipe where the 
 water is let on, the same to be sealed by an agent of the 
 water office. In case such seal shall be broken for the 
 extinguishment of any fire the party shall immediately 
 give notice at the water office, and in case such seal shall 
 be broken for any other purpose or use, or any tap in- 
 troduced into, or connection made with said stand pipe, 
 the party so offending will be subjected to a fine of twenty 
 dollars. No stand pipe will be allowed on premises where 
 the water is not taken, for other than fire purposes, and 
 in any case the Water Board reserves the right to refuse 
 any or all applications for this purpose in their discretion. 
 
 Sec. 56. Any manufacturer having water into his or 
 their factory for fire purposes from the village water- 
 works, and having outside hydrants of their own, shall 
 
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 be allowed to use the water from said hydrants oDce 
 each week for to practice their own firemen, but no 
 longer than half an hour at each practice. 
 
 Sec. 57. In cases where fixtures or property of the 
 water-works are broken or damaged, the party or parties 
 so offending shall be liable for all damage done. 
 
 Sec. 58. The foltowing table of rates (see page 35) 
 shall be charged for the use of water as far as specified, 
 and all uses of water for which a rate is not herein speci- 
 fied shall be fixed by the Commission or Superintendent. 
 
 Sec. 59. Any person violating any of the above By- 
 laws, except where a penalty is described therein, shall 
 forfeit and pay a penalty of five dollars for each and 
 every offence. 
 
 Sec. 60. Any person or persons having violated any 
 of the foregoing By-laws, and refusing or neglecting to 
 pay the fine or fines imposed therein, and such person is 
 convicted of such act before a Justice ol the Peace hav- 
 ing jurisdiction in the locality within which the offence 
 is committed, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and 
 pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars nor less than one 
 dollar, together with the costs and charges attending the 
 proceedings and conviction, or such offender may be im- 
 prisoned in the first instance for any term not exceeding 
 thirty days. 
 
 Sec. 61. The penalties in money under this By-law, or 
 any portion of them which may be recovered, shall be 
 paid to the convicting justice and'by him paid, one-half 
 to the treasurer of the corporation and the other half to 
 the prosecutor, unless the prosecutor is the servant or 
 officer of the corporation, in which case the whole of the 
 penalty shall be paid to the corporation. 
 
 Sec. 62. It i» also understood that nothing herein 
 shall prevent the Council or Commission to alter or 
 change the schedule rate herein attached, or any portion 
 of these By-laws at any time they deem expedient. 
 
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 The annual rates for the use of water shall be paid quar- 
 terly in advance on the first days of January, April, July and 
 October at the office of the Water Works Commission. 
 
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 Private Dwellings and Tenement Houses— 
 
 Not exceeding six rooms, from hydrant or tap $4 00 
 
 Exceeding six rooms, from hydrant or tap. 5 o-.' 
 
 SPECIAL AND ADDITIONAL RATES. 
 
 All conveniences in connection with dwelling houses anc. o*hei 
 
 buildings are chargeable, in addition to the foregoing rates / > n 
 
 ordinary supply : 
 
 Bath Tubs, each .5 • 
 
 Bakeries, average daily use for each barrel of flour, (no bak' 
 
 less than $8)... 2 00 
 
 Barber Shops — 
 
 One chair 2 00 
 
 Each additional chair i 00 
 
 Butcher and Fish Stalls, each 4 00 
 
 Breweries and all Manufacturing Businesses — 
 
 Using 1000 gallons per day or less, per 1000 gallons 20 
 
 For all over 2000 gallons per day. per 1000 gallons 14 
 
 Building Purposes — 
 
 For each 1000 brick. ..< 08 
 
 For each 100 square yards plastering 20 
 
 For each cord of stone 10 
 
 Fountains — 
 
 On counters, 1-16 inch jet 6 00 
 
 In gardens or lawns, 1-16 inch jet, six hours per day 5 00 
 
 In gardens or lawns. 1-8 inch jet, six hours per day 12 00 
 
 Greenhouses — 
 
 For first 1,000 square feet or less 5 00 
 
 For each additional 1,000 square feet 2 00 
 
 Hotels and Boarding Houses, (in addition to opening charges.)— 
 
 For each bed-room 25 
 
 Barroom $5 00 to 8 00 
 
 or meter rates. 
 
 *Hose Attachments for street sprinkling and window washing 
 (where water is taken for inside use) for not over loo feet 
 
 front or less, for each premises 2 00 
 
 For all premises over 100 feet front, each additional foot,... a^ 
 
 *Hose under this rate shall only be used on the street fronting 
 the premises of the person paying for such use, and shall not be used 
 for sprinkling streets, sidewalk and window washing, except one 
 hour before 9 a. m., one hour at noon and one hour aftef s p. m. 
 
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 Hose Attachments continued — 
 
 For lawn and garden sprinkling, any area less than 10,000 
 
 square feet 3 00 
 
 For an area greater than 10,000 square feet, at the rate of $2 
 
 per 10,000 square feet extra 2 00 
 
 Locomotives, JFor one trip out per day, per year 60 00 
 
 Laundries, (public laundries) $8 00 to 10 00 
 
 Motors— Special rates 
 
 O^ces and Sleeping Rooms in Blocks — 
 
 For one room, where special service is put in 4 00 
 
 For one room, where service is already in 2 00 
 
 For each room, without tap, buc accessible to one i 00 
 
 Ofl&ces — medical, law or dental $4 00 to 5 00 
 
 Photograph Galleries 8 00 to 15 00 
 
 Printing Offices, according to number of presses ...5 00 to 25 00 
 
 Schools — 
 
 Public S 00 to 8 00 
 
 Boarding, (in addition to dwelling house rates) 4 00 to 6 00 
 
 Stores or Places of Business, occupied by one party — 
 
 When not over twenty-five feet front 4 00 
 
 For each additional twelve feet or part thereof. i 00 
 
 Stables — 
 
 Livery and sale, each horse, with privilege of washing car- 
 riages 2 50 
 
 Private, each horse, with privilege of washing carriages 2 00 
 
 Hotel stables, each stall, (hose $7 extr?^) 50 
 
 Dray horses and cows, each i 00 
 
 Steam Engines — 
 
 For each horse-power used 10 hours per day or more, 
 
 special rates (or meter rates) 
 
 For each boiler where the steam or water is returned to the 
 
 boiler, and the water not otherwise used on the premises 6 00 
 Where otherwise used on the premises 3 00 
 
 Street Sprinkling, for each cart per month 20 00 
 
 Saloons and Eating Houses $5 00 to 8 00 
 
 Ice Cream, Confectionery and Oyster 4 00 to 7 00 
 
 Urinals — 
 
 Private dwellings — 2 00 
 
 Each additional one i 00 
 
 Other private dwellings 3 00 
 
 Each additional one 2 00 
 
 Wash Basins — 
 
 Private dwellings, one or more i 00 
 
 Other than private dwellings, each one i 00 
 
 Water Closets- 
 Private dwellings, one or more 2 00 
 
 Other than private dwellings 3 00 
 
 Each additional one 2 00 
 
 Wash Tubs, (stationary) each partition i 00 
 
 By order of the Board. 
 
 R. CLARK, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 O. J. PHELPS, 
 
 Chairman.