The rules, regulations, and water rates hereinafter named shall be considered a part of the contract with every person, company, or corporation who is supplied with water through the water works system of the city and every such person, company, or corporation, by taking water, shall be considered to express his, her, or their assent to be bound thereby, and whenever any of the rules or regulations herein provided or such others as the Council may adopt are violated, the water shall be cut off from the building or place of such violation and shall not be turned on again except by order of the Committee on Public Sewers and Water Works nor until the expense of shutting the water off and turning it on has been paid, which expense is hereby fixed at the sum of $1, and such other terms as the Committee on Public Sewers and Water Works may determine have been complied with and a satisfactory understanding with the party has been had that no further cause for complaint shall arise; in case of such violation, the Committee on Public Sewers and Water Works shall have the right to declare any payment made for the water by the person committing such violation forfeited.
(Prior Code, Chapter 20, Article 1, § 13)