Any person desiring a water connection to property owned or controlled by him or her, which property has not been assessed under the Local Improvement Act of the City by special assessment, or under an Act of the General Assembly entitled an act concerning local improvements, approved June 14, 1897, as amended, may construct and build, or cause to be constructed and built, a water main from the nearest and most feasible water main already constructed and built in the streets to a point adjacent and near to his or her property for the purpose of connecting water pipes with such property for the full use and enjoyment of water to be furnished by the City. The cost thereof shall not exceed the actual cost of such water main and the installation of such water main in any street or alley, provided that the installation and laying of the main in the street shall be under the supervision and direction of the Water Committee and under rules to be furnished by the Committee as to the size of the water main and the kind, material and workmanship of all materials used in the installation and construction of such water main. No water main shall be laid in the streets and alleys of the City unless an application is made, in writing, to the Mayor of the City for that purpose and such application is presented to Council and duly authorized by it by a majority of all members elect of Council.
(1942 Code Chap. L)