Any person, whether owner or occupant or person in possession, charge or control of any building, structure or premises with or to which it is desired to make connection with the waterworks or water-service system of the village, shall install, at his or her own expense, a buffalo or shut-off box, and such buffalo or shut-off box will be furnished by the water department, the cost being included in the price of tap used. The location of all buffalo or shut-off boxes shall be approved by the superintendent of water. No permit shall be issued to connect any building, structure or premises with the waterworks or water-service system of the village unless such connection be equipped with a buffalo or shut-off box in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(1929 Code, § 786)