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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5339, 25 March 1879, Page 3

In pursuance of Sub-seotion 7 of Section 349 of Part XII. of " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," the Council of the Borough of Napier ordain as follows : — 1. The following shall be the rates at which the Corporation will supply water within the limits of the Borough of Napier, as Bhown on the Plans of the Scheme for Water Supply — Ordinary Domestic. Ratable value not exceeding £12 10s ... 10s pet 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 1^ „ „ Stores not occupied as dwelling houses ... H,, Water for fire extinguishing purposes, only 1 „ „ Steam engines, per horse power ... 15s each per annum ON NON-RATABLE OR PROPERTY OUTSIDE BOUNDARIES OF WATER SUPPLY. , r , „ )2s 6d per thousand Meter supplies ... J gaU{ma Steam engines ... 30a per h orse power 15 per cent, additional on assessment of property 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 each Water closetsHotels , £1 per annum each Private houses ... 10s per annum each Fixed bathsHotel 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 persons 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 bhereof, and receiving written authority From the Engineer to do such work, and no work shall be done excepting between the lours of 'B a.m. and 5 p.m. Notice forms may be obtained on application 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 been granted) for three (3) sonsecutive days. 7. No plumber or pipe-fitter shall lay private service pipes and attach the same bo any pipe of the Borough Council, or to any private service already laid and conaeefced with the pipes of the Borough Counsil, 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 euch 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 herein referred to shall be carried out under the superintendence and according to the directions of the Engineer of Water Supply, or his Clerk of Works. And any disputes between the various parties concerned aa 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 theic licenses cancelled without any refund of deposit or fee. 11. Each authorised Plumber or Pipefitter shall be held solely responsible to* the Borough Council fpr each service pipe being laid and completed by him in a sound, competent, workmanlike and durable manner, snd 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, lock, cock, valve, pipe, work, or engine, Bhall be guilty of an offence. Repaibs. 14. Any person neglecting to repair any service yi[><\ meter, tap, or other fixing used in the z-iit'jly of water after having received notice from any officer of the Corporation shall 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 of the tenements supplied by such 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, 01 leaky, or broken be liable to a penalty. Rates in Arrear. 16. At the expiration of fourteen days from date of any water rate being due, and after delivery of notice on the premises to which such water is laid on, it shall be competent to any officer of the Corporation to stop and cut off any such supply in whatever manner may be deemed advisable. 17. In no case will the use of instantaneous closing taps, valves, or cocks be*permitted. Iron piping of an approved quality only will be allowed for external services, and of the requisite sizes suitable to the requirements of the tenements as shall be determines! by the Engineer. 18. Water troughs must be supplied with self-acting cocks enclosed in a wooden case and kept locked, bo that they cannot be tampered with or the water turned on with out the sanction of the consumer.