HomeMy WebLinkAbout2801 Report (draft), "By-Laws relating the Water Department," no date but presumed 1907Water Department ByLaws
Presented February 15, 1907
Vol. 3 Pg. 5.
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Art 3
Taylor motion
On motion of George W Taylor
it was voted to adopt the following
By-Laws relating to the Water Department
Section 1. The provisions of Section 1 of the "Rules
and regulations of the Water Department" adopted by vote of
the town on March 23, 1896, and subsequently approved by the
Superior Court shall be continued in force and considered as
a part of these By-Laws. Said section reads as follows:
Section 1. At a meeting called for that purpose, to
be held in April, 1896, the town shall elect by ballot a
Water Board, consisting of three legal voters, to be called
Water Commissioners, one of whom shall be elected for the
term of three years, one for the term of two years, and
one for the term of one year, all of said terms to date
from the annual meeting in March, and thereafter the town
shall annually elect by ballot one member of said board
for the term of three years. Every member-elect of said
board shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his
duties.
No member shall receive any salary or other compensation
for his services.
Section 2. Such Board of Water Commissioners, subject
to the direction and control of the town as expressed by
votes of the inhabitants from time to time, shall have the
care and management of the town's system of water supply
derived from the Metropolitan System, and of the property
and business connected with such supply, including all construction
and repair work and the making of contracts therefor.
Section 3. The Water Board may appoint a superintendent,
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registrar and other necessary subordinate officers or agents,
define their duties and fix their compensation; but no Commissioner
shall hold any office or position of emolument
under the Board.
Section 4. The rates to be paid for water by private
takers shall be those from time to time established by vote of
the town, or, in the absence thereof, by action of the Water
Board.
Section 5. The Water Board may establish and alter
from time to time, such rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with votes of the town, or of these by-laws, as to the
Board may seem proper, governing the use of water, the kind of
service or other pipes to be employed in such use and the
manner of connecting and maintaining the same, the metering
of water, and other matters connected with the conduct of
the business of supplying water to customers or exacting payment
therefor. Said rules and regulations, except as may
otherwise be expressly agreed in writing, shall be considered
a part of the contract with every person who takes water; and
the Water Board may shut off the water and prohibit its use
by any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the same.
Section 6. All bills for water shall be collected by
the registrar or other person appointed by the Water Board
for that purpose, and such collector shall give bond to the
town in a sum and with surety approved by the Water Board for
the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall make report
weekly to the Board of all sums collected, and concurrently
therewith pay over the same to the town treasurer.
Section 7. The town treasurer shall keep a separate
account of all water rents and receipts, and of all charges,
expenses and interest on account of the water system and the
water debt.
All moneys so received, and all appropriations made by
the town for any purpose connected with the water department,
shall be used in payment of the water debt and interest thereon,
and the expense of operating and extending the water system,
and shall be paid out by the treasurer on orders or bills
approved by the Water Board.
Section 8. The Water Board shall annually, on or before
the first day of January in each year, present to the
selectmen, for publication in the town report, a statement
of the condition of the water department, which shall show in
detail all receipts and expenditures during the year, and also
the names of all persons who are at the time in default in the
payment of water bills, with the amount due from each.
Section 9. All existing by-laws or rules and regulations
inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are hereby
repealed.
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