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ORDINANCE NO. /Z 7
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRn~G THAT ,ALL GAS METERS BE
EQUIPPED WITH APROPER REGULATOR IN GOOD WORK-
ING ORDER AND 'THAT SM~E BE SO,SET THAT THE GAS
PRESSURE 'GOING INTO ANY BUILDING LOCATED WITH-
IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERITY PLACE, TEXAS, SHALL BE 4 OUNCES; PRO-
'VIDING THE GAS PRESSURE GOING INTO ANY BUILDING
WITHIN THE CITY SHALL BE 4 OUNCES; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVID~
ING THAT ALL ORDn~ANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE ARE HEREBY REPEAL-
ED; AND, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE IN FORCE
n~MEDIATELY FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND AFPROVAL.
BE IT ORDAINED THE BOARD OF COMMISSIOmERS OF THE CITY
OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1.
Each gas meter heretofore installed within the corporate
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lim~ts of the City of West University Place, Texas, shall be
immediately equipped with a proper regulator in good working
order and so set that the pressure of the gas going into any
building within the City shall be 4 ounces.
Section 2.
Each gas meter hereafter installed within the corporate
limits of the City of West University Place, Texas, shall be
equipped with a ppoper regulator in good working order and
so set that the pressure of the gas going into any building
within the City shall be 4 ounces.
Section 3.
Such regulators shall be regularly inspected for the
purpose of checking the gas pressure and to see if they are
in good working order. All defective regulat0rs shall be
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immediately replaced and regulators in good working order
installed. Such inspection shall be immediately made upon
request from the City or any of its officials.
Section 4~
The pressure of the gas going into each and all build-
ings within the City shall be so regulated that it shall have
a pres sure of 4 ounces.
Se~-r.jon 5.
If any corporation, person, partnership or associa-
tion, or any employe thereof, violates any provision of
this ordinance it or he, as the case may be, shall be
guilty of an offense, and upon conviction in the Corpora-
tion Court of the City, shall be fined in any sum not to ex-
ceed $100.00; and, each day such violation continues shall
be deemed a separate offense, punishable as herein provided.
SAC t:i O!A 6
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 7.
This ordinance shall be in force immediately from
and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED This the
November,
A.D. 1937.
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