13-2418.Same; powers and duties; employees; eminent domain; rules and
regulations.
The waterworks board shall have the exclusive control of the water plant
and shall be charged with the duty of producing and supplying the city and
its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes and for
public use in the city; and may sell and dispose of any surplus outside of
the city for such purposes said board may control lines and give service
outside the boundaries of the city.
Said board shall have authority to enter into agreements to sell water
to any township which has a water distributing system and may deposit
moneys received under any such agreement to the credit of the joint account
of the township and the water board. It shall have power to hire and
discharge all employees, agents and officers of the water department and
fix their compensation, and purchase all machinery, tools and other
appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the purposes of
said department, and may in the name of the city take and hold by purchase,
gift, devise, bequest or otherwise such franchises and real or personal
property either within or without the city as may be needful or convenient
for the carrying out of the intended purposes for which it is established.
It shall be the duty of the governing body of the city when requested by
the waterworks board to enact such ordinances as may be deemed necessary
for the protection of the water plant, and to institute condemnation
proceedings whenever in the judgment of the waterworks board private
property should be taken in the name of the city for water plant purposes.
The waterworks board may establish all reasonable rules and regulations
to protect the rights and property vested in the city and under control of
the board; may issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and
accounts incurred by said board, which vouchers or warrants when approved
by the board shall be authority to the city treasurer to pay and charge the
same against the proper funds, and shall also have such other powers as may
be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties.
History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 5; L. 1941, ch. 134, § 2; June 30.
13-2418.Same; powers and duties; employees; eminent domain; rules and
regulations.
The waterworks board shall have the exclusive control of the water plant
and shall be charged with the duty of producing and supplying the city and
its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes and for
public use in the city; and may sell and dispose of any surplus outside of
the city for such purposes said board may control lines and give service
outside the boundaries of the city.
Said board shall have authority to enter into agreements to sell water
to any township which has a water distributing system and may deposit
moneys received under any such agreement to the credit of the joint account
of the township and the water board. It shall have power to hire and
discharge all employees, agents and officers of the water department and
fix their compensation, and purchase all machinery, tools and other
appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the purposes of
said department, and may in the name of the city take and hold by purchase,
gift, devise, bequest or otherwise such franchises and real or personal
property either within or without the city as may be needful or convenient
for the carrying out of the intended purposes for which it is established.
It shall be the duty of the governing body of the city when requested by
the waterworks board to enact such ordinances as may be deemed necessary
for the protection of the water plant, and to institute condemnation
proceedings whenever in the judgment of the waterworks board private
property should be taken in the name of the city for water plant purposes.
The waterworks board may establish all reasonable rules and regulations
to protect the rights and property vested in the city and under control of
the board; may issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and
accounts incurred by said board, which vouchers or warrants when approved
by the board shall be authority to the city treasurer to pay and charge the
same against the proper funds, and shall also have such other powers as may
be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties.
History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 5; L. 1941, ch. 134, § 2; June 30.
13-2418.Same; powers and duties; employees; eminent domain; rules and
regulations.
The waterworks board shall have the exclusive control of the water plant
and shall be charged with the duty of producing and supplying the city and
its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes and for
public use in the city; and may sell and dispose of any surplus outside of
the city for such purposes said board may control lines and give service
outside the boundaries of the city.
Said board shall have authority to enter into agreements to sell water
to any township which has a water distributing system and may deposit
moneys received under any such agreement to the credit of the joint account
of the township and the water board. It shall have power to hire and
discharge all employees, agents and officers of the water department and
fix their compensation, and purchase all machinery, tools and other
appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the purposes of
said department, and may in the name of the city take and hold by purchase,
gift, devise, bequest or otherwise such franchises and real or personal
property either within or without the city as may be needful or convenient
for the carrying out of the intended purposes for which it is established.
It shall be the duty of the governing body of the city when requested by
the waterworks board to enact such ordinances as may be deemed necessary
for the protection of the water plant, and to institute condemnation
proceedings whenever in the judgment of the waterworks board private
property should be taken in the name of the city for water plant purposes.
The waterworks board may establish all reasonable rules and regulations
to protect the rights and property vested in the city and under control of
the board; may issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and
accounts incurred by said board, which vouchers or warrants when approved
by the board shall be authority to the city treasurer to pay and charge the
same against the proper funds, and shall also have such other powers as may
be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties.
History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 5; L. 1941, ch. 134, § 2; June 30.