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    Fourth, in a b ilit y Of Witter Company to place any re stric tio n on water usage without passage of s. City Ordinance, and lack of any co­operation from 01 Tie Authorities. % il© this has b on true in the past, an Ordinance has now been passed which becomes effective in Jon© and which contains the provisions outlined, in the Las Veeras Evening Heview oumal o r May 5, 1936, as follow s: ’’She h&e C ity Commission passed fo r f i r s t read­in g an 0£diii.*ec® d e s ir e d to p ro h ib it the waste of m te r during the summer months« and e s ta b lis h in g penaltiess o f §>60 fin # or 86 4aye in J a il fo r i t s v io la tio n * under the ordinance, the waste o f water is declared to be unlawful and i s d efin ed a s: 1 . P erm ittin g a hydrant, to p , cock or v a lve connected w ith any water system to leak onto the ground ox inv© the sink, bowl, t o i l e t or tub connected with aaiw er, cesspool 9 s-s * t J i u -M s&nr# ox v * O Ip' tsf-A» jL i * Cl* i ; £&C1' 06- fell I-tO fle d to remedy the leak.# g , ^erfciit tin g the water from any water system to flow from any hose, tap , v a lv e , hydrant, pip© or cock d ire ctly in to «n y a tser ox cesspool a ft e r n o tic e or knewledge there­o f, without, f i r s t pu ttin g such water to b e n e fic ia l use, 3» i ’er s i t t i n g or causing the water from any water sys­tem to flow in to any public street or a lle y within the city or upon the lo t or l a i A o f another a ft e r n o tice th e re o f. 4, fhe waste of water in any manner by any perse© cor­poration ox association without f i r s t patting saiae to bene- ^ JLCJjLSttlL <mu@ * 6 * Permit tin g with i.nowledge, water to escape b efo re b e n e fic ia l us© from any p ip e, d ra in , or other conveyor, e ith e r above or below the surface o f tk s ground, She ordinance w ill be read for the second time at the June meeting o f the board and become effective then.* th is w ill no doubt prove h elpful, but in order to prove effective w ill necessitate p atrollin g city to detect wastage, and examinations should he made from time to time of household f a c i l­it ie s to develop whether or not leakage exists. At Hook Springs, where these things are attended to promptly due to met*rage, ninety per cent of complaints investigated are due to leaks in lavatories censing excessive b i l l s ,