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Report of the Trustees of Turner Free Library
Trustees 1932
Seth T. Crawford
President
Harold F. Howard
Vice-President
Frank W. Belcher
Treasurer
William H. Leavitt*
Secretary
Walter F. Stephens
Harold W. MacAuley
William S. Condon
(Selectmen of Randolph Ex-Officials)
Mrs. Sallie W. Crawford
Raymond L. Mason
Benjamin P. Crowell
Mrs. Helen W. Saben
Asa P. French
Joseph D. Wales
Herman W. French
Albert C. Wilde
*Resigned December 5, 1932. Joseph D. Wales elected Secretary to fill vacancy.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
To the Citizens of Randolph :
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the By- laws of The Turner Free Library, this report, covering the calendar year 1932, and being the fifty-seventh an- nual report, is submitted, showing the condition of the trust consisting of the building, library, and funds, to- gether with the reports of the Librarian and Treasurer and so much of the reports submitted to the Trustees by the various committees as seems of general interest.
The Library Committee reports that the books, charts, and furnishings are in good condition and that all
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books belonging to the library are accounted for by the Librarian.
The Building Committee reports that the renovation of the reference room which was postponed from 1931, on account of the unexpected emergency expense re- quired for the installation of a new boiler, has been car- ried out. The front door has been painted and a consid- erable amount of work has been done upon the exterior of the building, including caulking. Chimney repairs and repairs to the slate work and flashings of the roof have been made. Old flashings have been replaced by new where the old ones appeared to have deteriorated to such an extent as to be no longer serviceable. Repairs have been made to the gutters and work was done upon the dry well at the south side of the building to insure the proper carrying away of the water led into it by conduc- tors from the roof. All of the work was done by resi- dents of Randolph.
The trustees feel that the building is in good condi- tion and they hope that during 1933, particularly in view of the need for economy under present conditions, little or no expenditure for repairs will be necessary. Nevertheless, it is impossible to forsee what emergencies may arise and they, therefore, ask an appropriation for the current year of $200 to cover the cost of such ex- terior and interior repairs as may be necessary. They hope that they will actually have to call upon the Town for little or none of the appropriation.
The Librarian's report is interesting as indicating a very large increase in the use of the library. The in- crease over 1931 is in books loaned, 39%, and in mag- azines loaned, 49%.
During the year the trustees were regretfully com- pelled to accept the resignation of Mr. William H. Leav-
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itt as secretary at the conclusion of thirty-two years of faithful and painstaking service to the Library in that capacity.
The trustees take this opportunity again to express their appreciation of the loyal and efficient work of the Librarian, Miss Eunice L. Belcher, and her assistants, Miss Ellen P. Henry and Mrs. Ellen C. Elden.
The report of the Librarian, the report of the Treas- urer showing the investment of the funds and the re- ceipts and expenditures of the Library, and the report of the Finance Committee are hereunto subjoined.
Respectfully submitted,
SETH T. CRAWFORD, President, Board of Trustees.
Randolph, Mass., January 26, 1933.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library:
I have the honor to submit the annual report of the Librarian for the year ending December 31, 1932.
We have issued 372 borrower's cards, making a total of 3,354 cards in use.
There have been 326 books added during the past year; 309 purchased, 17 gifts. This makes a total of 32,679 accessioned volumes.
It is interesting to note that the circulation of books and magazines has increased greatly over last year. The
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total number of books loaned this year was 27,877, an in- crease over last year of 7,868. The total number of mag- azines loaned this year was 492, an increase over last year of 162.
I wish to express my appreciation of the increasing interest and cooperation of the Trustees and the faithful services of my assistants.
Respectfully submitted,
EUNICE L. BELCHER, Librarian.
Randolph, Mass., January 9, 1933.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library :
In compliance with the requirements of the By-Laws, I hereby submit the annual report of the Treasurer of the Turner Free Library.
There has been a loss of $311.00 in the income of the Royal W. Turner Fund for the past year, four companies having omitted their dividends as follows:
California Packing Corp.
$80.00
N. Y. Central R. R. Co.
91.00
Illinois Central R. R. Co.
70.00
Southern Railway Company
70.00
$311.00
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Income Receipts
Turner Fund Income
$611.54
R. W. Turner Fund Income
788.46
Boston Elevated Ry. Bonds income
225.00
Brockton Gas Light, rent and heat
400.00
Wm. H. Morgan, rent and heat 400.00
Fines and collections
120.31
Randolph Savings Bank, interest
13.64
Randolph Trust Co., Savings acct. interest
27.46
Randolph Trust Co., Checking acct. interest
8.91
Turner Fund-Gain in book value
American Tel. & Tel .- Pacific Gas & Elec. 2.50
Turner Fund-reimburse interest
29.64
$2,627.46
Balance income cash on hand January 1,
1932, on deposit in Randolph Trust Co.
and Randolph Savings Bank $2,025.06
$4,652.52
Disbursements Account Income
Books
$444.62
Pericdicals
57.65
Rebinding books
73.19
Librarian, salary
600.00
Assistant Librarians, salary
301.50
Janitor, salary
300.00
Electric light and bulbs
102.40
Safe Deposit Box, rent
10.00
Fuel
207.43
Repairs
28.58
Printing
4.00
Supplies
16.00
Sundries
40.43
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Check tax
.66
Turner Fund interest to be reimbursed
29.64
Commission $5-Premium $2.50
7.50
Turner Fund reduction in book value Western Tel. & Tel.
8.76
$2,232.36
.
Belance income cash on hand Jan. 1, 1933, on deposit in Randolph Trust Company and Randolph Savings Bank
$2,420.16
$4,652.52
The Turner Fund is invested in:
Par
Book
1 N. Y. Central & Hudson R. R. Co. Bond 4% -1934
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
1 Pere Marquette R. R. Co. Bond 4%-1956
1,000.00
1,000.00
2 Pere Marquette R. R. Co. Bonds 5%-1956
2,000.00
2,000.00
3 Pere Marquette R. R. Co. Bonds 5%-1956
300.00
300.00
3 Union Pacific R. R. Co. Bonds 4%-1947
1,500.00
1,500.00
1 American Tel. & Tel. Co. Bond 5 1/2 %-1943
1,000.00
1,017.50
1 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Bond 51/2 %-1952 10 shares Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y. 5%
1,000.00
985.00
10 Shares Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y.
no par value
none
33 Shares Union Pacific R. R. Co. pfd. 4%
3,300.00
3,300.00
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank
314.82
314.82
$12,414.82 $12,319.48
The Royal W. Turner Fund is invested in:
3 Philadelphia Co. Bonds 5%-1967
$3,000.00 $2,946.00
2 Indianapolis Power & Light Co. Bonds 5%-1957
2,000.00
1,924.00
2 Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Co. Bonds 6%-1968
2,000.00
1,872.50
2 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 4%-1934
2,000.00
1,799.27
5 New York Tel. Co. Bonds, 41/2 %-1939
5,000.00
5,000.00
2 Rio Grande Western R. R. Co. Bonds 4%-1949
2,000.00
1,596.01
20 shares California Packing Corp.
no par value
1,247.32
10 shares N. Y. Central R. R. Co.
1,000.00
1,205.66
10 shares Illinois Central R. R. Co.
1,000.00
1,162.74
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10 shares Southern Railway Co.
1,000.00
1,067.41
2 shares N. Y. Central R. R. Co.
200.00
200.00
1 share N. Y. Central R. R. Co.
100.00
107.00
2 shares Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y.
no par value
150.00
2 shares Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y.
no par value
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank
384.34
384.34
$19,684.34 $20,662.25 The remaining funds are invested in:
5 Boston Elevated Railway Bonds 41/2 %-1937 5,000.00 5,000.00
BILLS PAID BY TOWN OF RANDOLPH, 1932
Town Appropriation of
$500.00
John T. Boyle
$176.50
J. J. Cotter
316.59
John T. Moore
5.00
$498.09
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK W. BELCHER, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library:
Your committee on finance submits the following report:
The committee has audited the accounts of the Treasurer for the year 1932, and found them correct. All moneys received have been duly accounted for, and no moneys have been paid out except upon vouchers properly approved.
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The committee has examined, also, the securities representing the investments of the funds of the Library, and has found them to be intact, and as represented.
The following changes were made in the invest- ments :
Two bonds Western Tel. & Tel. Company were sold for $2,000.00 and we purchased 1 bond Pacific Gas & Electric Company at $985.00 and 1 bond American Tel. & Tel. Company at $1,017.50.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND L. MASON, Chairman.
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Report of the Board of Health
During the past year, the work of the Board of Health has proceeded in an orderly and systematic man- ner, with reference to the many duties involved in the enforcement of the health laws, and we are pleased to render the following account of our efforts to better the sanitary and communicable disease situation in our town.
The inspection of foods and places where the same are manufactured or offered for sale, has revealed from time to time conditions which had to be remedied, and, in most instances, we were accorded the finest of coop- eration, and our suggestions were received as construc- tive criticisms. We wish to acknowledge here the fine cooperation of such public spirited citizens. The latter do not regard the Board of Health as a prying body of men, seeking trouble, but rather look to us for guidance in their endeavor to obey the laws.
There have been a large number of communicable diseases reported during the year, although it has been only an average year in this respect, and, when so report- ed, have been isolated for the prescribed periods. How- ever, we know that there are many unreported cases of contagious disease-a condition which is dangerous not only because not quarantined, but unfair to the public at large, the carrier of disease being a very vital factor. We urge all our citizens to report to us any such disease of which they may have knowledge in the interest of the public health.
The water supply and its possible pollution have
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been the subject of several conferences held at the State House, and which were attended by the full board in every case. There everything pertaining to this condi- tion was discussed. These matters have been explained in detail to us by our State Health Commissioner and the Chief Sanitary Engineer, whose department has made a painstaking survey of our town, and has done everything feasible to remedy all conditions pertaining to this subject. An appropriation of $4,000.00 will be asked this year, for the purpose of diverting certain streams from the watershed of Great Pond.
Many swamp holes and unauthorized dumping holes have been filled with gravel and material removed in the construction of our new highway. These places not only invited the dumping of the usual materials, which is a grave nuisance, but constituted an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes. The further fact that several were on the watershed of Great Pond has made it imperative to remove a source of direct pollution due to decayed ma- terials. This work is far from completed and the interests of the public health require that the Board of Health be alert to these possibilities at all times.
Through the efforts of our Board the Metropolitan District Commission was persuaded to build a cement wall to protect the waters of Cold Spring from pollution by surface water, as was formerly the case. The bushes and shrubbery adjacent to it have been cut away and the general improvement will be appreciated by our people, so many of whom obtain drinking water from that source.
The health of our school children, with reference to oral infection and future health, demands that we provide an adequate dental clinic for children from Grade 1 to High School age, these services to be rendered by our local dentists but who are willing to accept a very small fee. To do this work the sum of One Thousand ($1,000)
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dollars is the minimum amount which we shall ask the town to appropriate. It is easily seen that each dentist will be paid but a very small fee, and that the accom- plishment of this purpose will be realized at a very small expense. Under the law, the sum appropriated for this purpose must be expended by the Board of Health and its allocation determined after a conference with our local dentists has resulted in an agreement as to uniform fees, hours, etc.
We would be lax in our duty if we failed to bring the matter of anti-diphtheritic innoculation before our people. This immunization has been carried on for sev- eral years in nearly every town and city of the Common- wealth, ours being one of the few exceptions. The tre- mendously reduced incidence of diphtheria in the com- munities where this procedure has been carried out is convincingly shown in the charts on file at the office of the State Board of Health. Since its benefits are so well established and the question of unfavorable reaction to the Toxin-Antitoxin has been eliminated there can be no reason advanced, in our opinion, for the further post- ponement of this duty. This subject will be further ex- plained at a public meeting in the near future. The ma- terial is supplied free by the State and our physicians, we feel, will be glad to subscribe to this idea and accept a very small remuneration for their services. Literature dealing with this subject is available and will gladly be sent to all who request it. It is true that our commun- ity has enjoyed a period of relative freedom from this disease, but statistics show that such diseases occur in waves, and no person is competent to state that we shall continue to enjoy this immunity.
Following is a list of special licenses granted during 1932:
Milk Licenses (dealer) Oleo. " 1
40
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Pasteurization of Milk
1
Sale of Alcohol (denatured)
14
Hairdressing and Manicuring
8
Piggery
12
Cesspool Cleaning
2
Undertakers
3
Slaughter House
1
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chicken-pox
10
Measles
47
Scarlet Fever
53
Whooping Cough
31
Tuberculosis (extra-pulmonary)
(1 death)
12
Diphtheria
1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2
There were twelve dog-bite cases reported.
ARTHUR L. MANN,
WILLIAM M. COLBY, M. D.,
WILLIAM E. BUCK, M. D.
REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Randolph : Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report as Plumbing Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1932.
There have been 76 permits issued to install plumb- ing. Of this number 68 have passed inspection and 8 are held over for final inspection. There have been installed in new and old houses the following fixtures: 69 closets,
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52 lavatories, 42 bath tubs, 66 sinks, 8 shower baths, 33 wash trays, 31 pressure boilers, 12 refrigerator wastes, the estimated value of which was $16,958. The number of old and new buildings in which plumbing was installed are as follows: 40 old houses, 22 new houses, 13 old stores, 8 new stores. There have been 3 arrests and convictions for violation of plumbing laws by out of town men and one by a resident of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR L. MANN, Plumbing Inspector.
REPORT OF THE ANIMAL INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen, Randolph, Mass .:
Gentlemen:
For the year ending Dec. 31, 1932, the following animals were duly inspected in this town:
Cattle 223 Swine 1,210 9
Goats
Stables housing these animals were also inspected. Improvements recommended in nine instances. Fifteen (15) dog cases were handled by this department. One dog shot, believed to have rabies, was found negative.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES R. POWERS, Jr.
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Report of the Water Commissioners
To the Citizens of the Town of Randolph :
The forty-seventh annual report of the Water Commissioners is herewith submitted for the year end- ing December 31, 1932.
Organization of the Board of Water Commission- ers for the year 1932 was effected as follows :
John B. McNeill . Chairman
Richard F. Forrest. . Superintendent Frederick D. Driscoll . Clerk
During the past year 31 new services were con- nected.
For the year 1932 we had 27 service pipe leaks; meters were installed on 48 services, bringing the total number of meters now in use to 1,318; 39 services pumped and cleaned; 5 hydrants broken; renewed 3 services from main to street line; removed and re- paired 3 hydrants and installed independent gates on same; repaired 6 leaks in 6x8 inch mains; repaired 5 leaks on 14 inch mains; made 6 inch connection to Van Beal Road.
EXTENSIONS
100 ft. of 6 in. main was laid on Overlook Road. This was through solid ledge which had to be removed.
500 ft. 6 in. main on Centre Street.
100 ft. 6 in. main on Russ Street.
700 ft. 6 in. main on Old Street connecting Canton and Chestnut Streets.
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850 ft. 6 in. main on High Street. There is a complete circulation from Main St. at West Corners through Chestnut Street, High Street, Lafayette Street and West Street to Main Street again.
550 ft. 8 in. main on North Main Street.
HYDRANTS INSTALLED
I Hydrant on Centre Street.
1 Hydrant on North Main Street.
1 Hydrant on Russ Street.
1 Hydrant on Old Street.
1 Hydrant on High Street.
GATES INSTALLED
2 6-in. gates on Centre Street.
2 6-in. and 1 8-in. gates on North Main Street.
7 6-in. gates on Old Street.
3 6-in. gates on High Street.
On July 21 an accident occurred to our Epping- Carpenter Flywheel Pump which caused an expense of $215.42. This amount was paid by the company in which we are insured against accidents.
Considerable repairs were made on our auxiliary pump during the year. This unit has proved to be very costly in operation, consuming more than double the amount of coal for the same results as we get on our fly-wheel pump. It may be advisable to discard this unit in the near future for one that will be more econ- omical and efficient. ,
Our boilers have been inspected and reported to be in good condition.
Six times during the year water was taken from Great Pond and its tributaries and submitted to the State Department of Health for analysis. The result of
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these analyses is on file in the office of the Water Commissioners where any person interested may inspect them.
Your Commissioners have reported, from time to time, on our very dangerous watershed. As we under- stand it, we have the most thickly settled unseweraged watershed in the Commonwealth. As you know, the Town has been warned of this condition from time to time by the State Department of Public Health, ever since the water of Great Pond has been used for domestic purposes.
In recent years the State Department of Public Works, in building highways on Main and Pond Streets, have installed a system of drain pipes into which most of the surface water from West Corners to what was formerly called Pole 43 on top of the hill beyond Pond Street runs directly into the streams that flow into the Great Pond. They have also entered Norroway River (one of our tributaries) with a system of drain pipes which carries water from Grove Street down Main Street to the entrance to the barn of the Boston School for the Deaf, where they deposit it into Norroway River. Previous to such time this water reached the pond through seepage into the ground and was well filtered before reaching our water sup- ply. Protest was made by your Water Commissioners and with the Water Commissioners of Braintree and Holbrook several conferences were held with repre- sentatives of the Highway Commission before the State Department of Public Health in the State House and also on the grounds where this drainage was in- stalled. The only result of these conferences was that the State Department of Health recommended a num- ber of filter beds at different points on the watershed principally where this drainage system deposited the water.
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In 1932 the Town of Randolph voted to construct a drainage system in front of the Devine School on Old Street, which carried all the water from that portion of Old Street directly into the drainage system installed by the State Department of Public Works. With all the drainage that now goes directly into the Pond from our thickly settled watershed it is our opinion that the time is now right to prepare for building a filtration plant that will preserve the purity of the water for a great many years.
While we are not unduly alarmed, as all the an- alyses which we have had have shown the water to be safe for drinking purposes, yet we think the time has arrived to place conditions squarely up to the citizens of the Town. We are therefore having an article placed in the Town Meeting Warrant which will be broad enough to cover any action the Town may take for the preservation and purity of its water supply.
The expenditures of the Water Department will be found in the Town Accountant's Report.
Outstanding water rates will be found in the re- port of the Water Collector.
REPORT OF JOHN B. McNEILL, COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES
Balance Levy 1929
$89.34
By Collections
$23.52
Abatements
3.00
Water Rates Uncollected
62.82
$89.34
Balance Levy 1930
$909.65
By Collections
$546.16
Water Rates Uncollected
363.49
909.65
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Balance Levy 1931 By Collections Abatements Water Rates Uncollected
$3,361.41
$1,921.47
9.05
1,430.89
$3,361.41
Water Levy 1932
$22,830.34
By Collections
$18,040.88
Abatements
11.75
Water Rates Uncollected
4,777.71
$22,830.34
TOTAL WATER COLLECTIONS OF YEAR 1932
Braintree Highlands
$1,233.24
Meter Rates
14,332.87
Meter Rental
1,131.00
Fixture Rates
3,135.59
Broken Hydrants
113.00
Joint
40.00
All Other
546.33
$20,532.03
STATEMENT OF JOINT ACCOUNT
Joint Account-Paid by Holbrook
Pay Rolls
$2,218.14
Coal
2,005.00
Insurance
966.00
Material and Supplies
58.02
Gasoline
2.59
Repairs to House
27.93
Wall Paper
30.00
Writ
9.30
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Printing
4.00
Paint
4.55
Express
1.25
Surveying and Bounds
329.50
Use of Truck
15.00
Amount paid by Holbrook
$5,671.28
Joint Account-Paid by Randolph
Labor
$526.50
Oil and Waste
255.61
Coal
1,450.84
Chlorine
115.65
Repairs on Building
79.66
Repairs on Compensator
37.26
Repairs on Pump
18.50
Repairs on Cylinder
146.55
Blasting
69.36
Insurance
621.08
Rings, Springs, etc.
60.57
Charts
9.67
Valves
111.10
Bushings
12.40
By-pass
10.12
Stuffing Box
21.95
Gates and Service Box Tops
14.85
Lighting
18.53
Telephone
67.77
Misc.
61.91
$3,709.88
Superintendent's Salary
188.50
Use of Truck
29.00
$3,927.38
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Refunds :
On Coal
$23.50
On Oil
23.92
On Chlorine Tanks 40.00
$87.42
Amount paid by Randolph $3,839.96
SUMMARY OF JOINT ACCOUNT
Total Joint Bills paid by Holbrook $5,671.28
Total Joint Bills paid by Randolph 3,839.96
$9,511.24
One-half to be paid by Randolph 4,755.62
One-half to be paid by Holbrook 4,755.62
$9,511.24
Joint Bills paid by Holbrook 5,671.28
Amount owed by Randolph to bal-
ance Joint Account 915.66
$4,755.62
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RECORD OF PUMPING
To the Water Commissioners of Randolph and Hol- brook :
The following is the record of pumping for the year 1932 :
Lbs. Coal
Lbs.
Gallons Pumped
Daily Av.
Burned Daily Av.
January
16,031,234
517,136
49,200
1,587
February
16,221,788
559,372
47,900
1,651
March
17,267,747
557,024
47,700
1,538
April
16,639,156
554,638
46,900
1,563
May
21,487,173
693,134
57,100
1,841
June
23,537,458
784,581
62,100
2,070
July
29,387.985
947,999
87,500
2,822
August
20,476,275
660,525
82,500
2,661
September
18,324,802
610,826
51,400
1,713
October
17,776,915
573,448
53,500
1,725
November
17,719,195
590,639
42,300
1,410
December
16,017,688
516,699
51,500
1,661
230,887,416
632,568
679,600
1,861
Largest day's pumping-July 15, 1932: 1,699,748 gallons.
Largest week's pumping ended July 23, 1932: 8.542,539 gallons.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. McNEILL, Engineer.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water:
1. All applications for use of water must be made at the office of the Water Commissioners, and state fully the purposes for which it is intended to be used. Water will not be introduced to premises except on the written application of the owner thereof, or by a duly authorized agent. The property will in all cases be held responsible for the water rates.
2. All persons taking water must keep their water pipes and fixtures in good repair and protected from the frost at their own expense. They will be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall prevent all unnecessary waste, and water shall not be left running to prevent freezing. The Water Commissioners or their agents may, from time to time, ascertain the quantity of water used, the manner of its use, and whether there is any unneces- sary waste. They and their agents shall have free ac- cess to the premises supplied, to examine the appar- atus, and if any fixtures are found not to be in good order, they shall direct them repaired, and if not re- paired within two days the water shall be shut off and not let on again until such repairs are made, and the sum of two dollars paid for shutting off and turning on the water.
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