13-1209. Purchase, construction or extension of waterworks; jurisdiction of city over grounds.
13-1209
13-1209. Purchase, construction or extension of waterworks;
jurisdiction of city over grounds.
Any city of the first class in the state of Kansas shall have full power
and authority to purchase, construct or extend waterworks for the purpose
of supplying such city and its inhabitants with water, and may maintain,
operate and regulate the same, and prescribe the rates at which water shall
be furnished; and any such city may acquire, by purchase or appropriate
proceedings in condemnation, all grounds deemed necessary either within or
without the city upon which to erect such works, and upon which to lay
pipes and mains for the purpose of conveying water to consumers; and for
the purpose of protecting, maintaining and operating such works, any such
city shall have the same jurisdiction over any grounds acquired outside of
the city for such purposes, as if such grounds were within the city.
History: L. 1911, ch. 87, § 1; March 25; R.S. 1923, § 13-1209.