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on June 23, 1942, and those provisions of Ordinance No. 259, pa~lsed
by the City Council on December 28, 1936, which are in conflict wit
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'water valve at the premises of such consumer, or by removal of the I
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ater meter, or by disconnecting the water plpe at the property 11nj
ot the premises of such consumer. A reconnectlon fee of One Dollar
($1.00) shall be charged anv consumer whose water service has bf~en I
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r1sconnected for
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nonpayment of bill or other violation of' the Cj~t:r i
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Section 3. Ordinance No. 298, passed by the City Cour~1l;
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vice is discontinued.
Section 2. The water service of each and every consumer
who tails or refuses to pay any monthly water bill on or before the
~othday of the second month succeeding that for which such bill is
endered shall be discontinued by the City, by shutting off the
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sumer to the origlnal amount. Any unused portion of the deposit
shall be refunded by the City at any time the account or water ser-
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deposi t may be applied bY' the City to the pa,rnent of any unpaid.
~11IS' When 80 appl1ed the depos1t shall be restored by the con-
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each lnstance bY' the water committee of the CitY' Council.
outside of the City of La Porte, applying tor water trom the water
system of the City shall make a cash deposit with the applicat~.o11.
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lito secure the payment of the water bill, as follows, to-wit: Ileol-,
,dential or domestic consumers shall deposit the sum of Five Dollars I
($5.00); commercial or mercantile consumers shall deposit an att~\mt
'Inot less than Flve Dollars ($5.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollar
($100.00). The exact amount ot such deposit shall be determined in
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Hereafter each and every person. inside or
Section 1.
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ilTEXAS THAT:
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
ND REQUIRING A RECONNECTION FEE; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 298 AND
jPARTS OF ORDINANCE NO. 259 IN CONFLICT HEREWITH Aml DECLARING All
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OR DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY BILLS PHOMP
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I AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CASH DEPOSITS TO SECURE PAYMENT OF
,WATER BILLS; PRESC RIBING THE TIME FOR PAYMENT THEREOF; PROVIDING
ORDINANCE NO. 30 ()
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Passed and approved this the
A. D. 1942.
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Sectlon 4. The fact that the best interest and general
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'welfare of the City require that the regulations made herein be put
into effect, constitutes and creates an emergency and a public
necesslty that the rule requiring ordinances to be read at three
several meetings be suspended and that this Ordinance be passed
flnally on its first readlng; and that this Ordinance take effect
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iand be in force from and after its passage and approval; and it is
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Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed.
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