2612 ARTICLE 11.

factory equipment shall be installed. All wells and cisterns that are
found by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy to be polluted or a menace
to health shall be abandoned and closed. Any violation of the provisions
of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 257 of
this sub-title.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 9.

598. Before any plumbing, water works construction is done in any
building, or upon any private property, within the corporate limits of the
town of Mt. Airy, the person, firm or| corporation doing the same shall
first obtain a permit from said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy and pay
therefor such reasonable sum as the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy may
prescribe. Such work shall be done under and pursuant to such rules,
regulations and requirements as the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
may, from time to time, formulate, and subject to such inspection as may
be deemed necessary. No connection of any kind shall be made with any
water main, constructed or maintained by said Mayor and Council of
Mt. Airy, without a permit and under such conditions as said Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy may authorize. Said Mayor and Council of Mt.
Airy shall have the right of entry at reasonable hours to all buildings
and premises having any connection with the water supply system under
its jurisdiction, and may order and require such changes in all water
supply connections as it may deem necessary ta eliminate improper use
of water. In order to prevent waste of water, said Mayor and Council
of Mt. Airy shall have the right of entry at reasonable hours to all build-
ings or premises having such connection with the water supply under
its jurisdiction, and may order and require such changes in all plumb-
ing, water works or water connections as it may deem necessary to elimi-
nate leakage or loss of water. No private or semi-public water supply
installation intended for the use of two or more buildings or premises
shall be constructed in said town of Mt. Airy without the person, firm
or corporation doing the work having first obtained a permit from said
Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy and paid a reasonable charge therefor,
and such plants shall then be installed, maintained and operated under
such rules and regulations as said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy may
require or devise. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 257 of this sub-title.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 10.

598A. For every water connection as provided under Section 249, said
Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy shall make such charge as it shall deter-
mine to be reasonable, which charge shall be uniform throughout the town
of Mt. Airy, subject, however, to revision annually by the Mayor and
Council of Mt. Airy. Said charge shall be paid by all property owners
at the Office of the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy before the actual
connection with any pipe on private property is made; or any owner
so desiring may so pay one-fourth of said charge, in which case the bal-