Sec. 25-10. Application for and use of water outside city.


Any and all persons desiring to use water outside the city supplied from the waterworks belonging to the city shall make application in writing for the use of the same, and shall state in the application a description of the premises upon which the same is to be used, and shall also state in the application his willingness to abide by and observe all ordinances passed by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city in regard to such water and the manner and mode of using the same to the same extent and in the same manner as if he were a resident of the city and using such water within the city. He shall deposit such application with the city treasurer, who shall lay such application before the board of aldermen at their first meeting thereafter, when the board of aldermen shall, if the application is in proper form and they deem it proper to contract at all in regard thereto, fix and designate the sum to be paid as water rent for the year next ensuing, which sum shall be paid in semiannual payments, on the first days of April and October; the charge for the use of water shall begin as soon as a connection has been made with the water system. The applicant shall be enTitled to use such water for the purposes specified in the application, and for such purposes only, and in case such water shall be used for any other purpose or by any other person other than inmates of the applicant’s house, or in case any provision of any ordinance of the city is violated by the applicant or through his faucet, then the water shall be cut off from the applicant even though the water rent has been paid. Every applicant shall also state in his application his ownership of the premises, and no contract shall be made with any person other than the owner of the premises. (Code 1953, § 21.14)