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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5290, 25 January 1879, Page 3

BOROUGH OF NAPIER. ""VTOTIOE is hereby given that the fol JLN lowing proposed Bye-Lawa will be submitted to a Special Meeting of the Muni cipal Council, to \>o held in the Council Chamber, at 7 p.m., on Monday, the 3rc February, 1879. By order, M. N. BOWER, Town Clerk. Town Clerk's Office, Napier, January 24, 1879. PROPOSED WATERWORKS BYELAWS. Bye-Law No. 16. I. The following shall be the rates at which the Corporation will supply water within the limits of the Borough of Napier, as shown on the Plans of the Scheme for Water Supply — Ordinary DosrasTic. Ratable value not exceeding £12. 10s .... 10s pei annum Ratable value exceed£l2 10s, not exceed£loo ... .;. 2\ per cent. Eatable. value, exceed£loo, not exceeding £200 2 „• „ Ratable value exceeding £200 and upwards ... ... lfc „ „ Stores not occupied as dwelling houses ... 1£ „ Water for fire extinguishing purposes, only 1 „ „ Steam engines, per horse power ... 16s each per annum ON NON-RATABLE OR PROPERTY OUTSIDE BOUNDARIES OF WATER SUPPLY. , r , „ )2s 6d per thousand Meter supplies ... j g^ m Steam engines ... 30s per horse power "■> 5 per cent, addi- _ „ , „ tional on assessOrdinary domesticsup- |. ment ofproperty P lies I over ordinary J charges Supplies other than those already fixed at such prices as may be determined by Borough Council. Extraordinary Supply. Water troughs ... £1 per annum eaoh Water closetsHotels £1 per annum each Private houses ... 10s per annum each Fixed baths — Hotel and public ... £1 per annum each Temporary taps ... as per agreement Manufacturers ... Is 6d per 1000 gals, by metre The Corporation reserves the right to determine who shall be classed as Manufacturers. For Steam-engine boilers (marine) Is per tun For suppplies to Shipping. . . 2s per tun Ordinary supply shall mean only such as is required for strictly domestic uses, and the Council reserves the right to determine in any case what shall be considered a supply for domestic purposes. Extraordinary supply shall mean water used for any other than purposes of ordinary supply, and may be charged extra accordingly. Meter rates payable monthly ; all others half-yearly in advance. Consumers by meter shall be charged a minimum at the rate of consumption oi 20,000 per quarter. Every consumer using water for other than domestic purposes shall provide his own meter and all necessary fixings, subject to the approval of the Engineer and the Bye-laws or Act in relation thereto. 2. All persons supplied with water from the high pressure supply are to provide themselves with a tank of not less capacity than 200 gallons, to which must be attached a ball-cock. 3. Applications for water are to be made upon forms, to be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office. Plumbers. 4. Competent plumbers may be licensed to lay pipes and do any work in connection with water supply on payment of an annual fee of £1 Is and a deposit of £5, and no per- i sons but those duly licensed by the Corporation shall be allowed to attach or alter any service pipe, or in any way interfere with pipes, taps, cocks, meter, or any matters and things connected with the water supply. Licensed plumbers shall keep a special day-book of all work done in connection with water service, which book shall be handed to the Town Clerk when demanded. 5. No licensed plumber shall do any work connected with the water supply without giving at least two (2) clear days' notice thereof, and receiving written authority from the Engineer to do such work, and no work shall be done excepting between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Notice formß may be obtained on applica. • tion at the Town Clerk's Office. 6. The names of all plumbers and pipefitters authorised to lay private service pipes to be published in a local paper (after authorities have beea granted) for three (3) consecutive days. 7. No plumber or pipe-fitter shall lay private service pipes and attach the same to any pipe of the Borough Council, or to any private service already laid and connected with the pipes of the Borough Council, without being duly approved and authorised by the Engineer to do such work. 8. Provided always that the period of maintenance of private services laid has duly expired, deposits may be withdrawn at any time upon seven (7) days' notice in writing to that effect having been given previously to the Town Clerk. When the name or names of such parties withdrawing their deposit shall be published, as before described, in a local paper, the Borough Council reserve the right on their part to cancel and annul the term and nature of their contract with any or all of the persons concerned at any time after such intention has been fourteen (14) days previously made known in a local paper during three (3) consecutive days. 9. The whole of the works heroin referred to shall be carried out under the superintendence and according to the directions of the i Engineer of Water Supply, or his Clerk of Works. And any disputes between the various parties concerned as to the quality of the work and labor done, or as to the exact meaning of this specification and the general conditions, shall be referred to the Engineer of Water Supply, whose decision in all cases shall be final and binding upon all parties. 10. Plumbers shall be responsible for all damage done or caused by them in doing any work whatever and through bad workmanship or inferior material and in the event of any such damage, bad workmanship, or neglect shall be liable to have their licenses cancelled without any refund of deposit or fee. 11. Each authorised Plumber or Pipefitter shall be held solely responsible to the Borough Council for each service pipe being laid and completed by him in a Bound, competent, workmanlike and durable manner, and to remain in that condition (sound and watertight) for a period of three (3) months after each service pipe has been completed. 12. The deposit of £5 will be liable to forfeiture for any non-observance or non-per-formance of any of the above stipulations and conditions. Waste op Water. 13. Any person who causes or permits any wilful, negligent, or unnecessary waste or use of water to take place by allowing a cistern or other vessel to overflow, or the water to run from any tap, look, cock, valve, pipe, work, or engine, shall be guilty of an offence. Repairs. 14. Any person neglecting to repair any service pipe, meter, tap, or other fixing used in the supply of water after having received notice from any officer of the Corporation Bhall render himself liable to have the water cut off, and shall be guilty of an offence. 15. The service pipes from the main being the property of the owners or occupiers oJ the tenements supplied by auch service pipes, the occupier (if any) and if none, the owner shall in every instance in which any damage shall be caused by reason of such service pipe being out of repair, or leaky, or brokec be liable to a penalty. Rates in Arrear. 16. At the expiration of fourteen days from date of any water rate being due, anc after delivery of notice on the premises t( which such water is laid on, it shall be com petent to any officer of the Corporation t( stop and out off any such supply in whatevei j manner may be deemed advisable,