The City of Burkburnett shall have the exclusive right to own, erect, maintain and operate sewer system or sewage systems and sewage disposal plants, filtering beds and emptying grounds for sewage systems, for the use of said city and its inhabitants; to regulate the same and to have power to prescribe rates for the service so furnished and to acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation or otherwise suitable grounds, within or without the limits of the city, on which to erect any such sewer system or systems, sewage disposal plant or plants, and filtering beds and emptying grounds for sewer systems, and the necessary right-of-way, and to do and perform whatsoever may be necessary to operate and maintain said sewer system or systems, sewage disposal plants, filtering beds and emptying grounds for sewer systems, and to compel owners of property and the agents of such owners or persons in control thereof to pay all charges for sewer service furnished upon such property and to fix a lien upon such property for any such charges. And the governing body of said city shall pass all ordinances or resolutions necessary or proper to give full force and effect to the provisions herein contained with reference to fixing a lien upon the property where such service may be furnished.
(Adopted May 8, 1923)