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1~ TUESDAY Mi\RCH~ 22, 1960 Section 2. Time and Method of Payment. All sewer service charges shall be due' 'and payable monthJy at the same time that wat.er charges or rentals are due and p3.yable. They shall be included in the same bills and shall be collected at t.he same time and in tffi same mamler and be subject to the same penalties as the charges for water. Section 3. Wat.er Supplied From Private Sources. Whenever a property obtains aQy or all of its water from sources other than the Cityls public water supply and discharges any portion thereof into the City's sewers, the quantity of water so obtained shall be Ireasured by a device or by devices approved by the Director of the Department of Public Works am shall be installed and maintained without cost to the City. The quantity of water so obtained shall also be subject to the sewer service charges hereinabove imposed and to all ather provisions and conditions of this ordinance. For purposes of computing and billing the total monthly sewer service charge against the property or' custoIrer the quantity of water used by the property or custoqer, from both the City's DubUc water supply and the private source, shall be combined in apl)lying the tariff herein established. For the purposes of meter reading and inspection on private property as contemplated under this section, duly-authorized representatives of the City shall have rights of ingress and egress. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to furnish the Finance Department, twenty (20) days after sewer service charges are due, a list of the premises on which sewer service charges are delinquent and the City shall disconnect the said premises from the sewer by cutting off the water on the premises or by disconnecting the premises from the sewer. The water shall not be turned on again until the sewer bill, plus a fee of one dollar ($1.00) to cover the cas t of turning the water off and on is paid or, if the sewer is disconnected, an amount to cover the cost of taking up and replacing the sewer. Section 5. On and after May 1, 1960 the revenue received from the sewer service charges nerein imposed shall be expended for the purpas es set forth in the ordinance adopted by Martirnville City Council on Jimuary 26, 1960, which ordinance is entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,500,000 OF BONffi OF THE CITY OF MARTIN3VILIE TO FINANCE THE COST OF HiPROVING mE CITY'S SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSIUN OF TIm QUESTION OF ISSUING SAID BONDS TO THE QUALIFIED VOTEH.3 OF THE CITyt', which question was approved in the special election held March 1, 1960. Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance-is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts of the or'dinance shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Coumil in adopting this ordinance that no portion thereof, or provisions or regulation contained therein, shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any section, sub- section" sentence, clause, phrase, portion, provision or regulation of this ordinance. Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be, and the sane are, hereby repealed. This ordinance shall become effective on May 1, 1960 and the charges herein stipulated shall apply to utility bills issued on and after May 1, 1960.