The application for electric service shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the application:
(A) To pay for the electricity consumed at the rate prescribed by ordinance at the time the electricity is consumed;
(B) To recognize the right of the town to change the rate by ordinance at any time;
(C) To recognize the right of the town temporarily to discontinue electric service at any time without notice to the consumer, to install, repair or remove an electric meter or for any other proper cause;
(D) Stating that the contract is subject to all the ordinances in effect at the time of making the contract and which may be passed and go into effect thereafter;
(E) Stating that the town shall not be responsible for any damage by electricity or other cause resulting from defective appliances, and that the fact that an agent of the town has inspected appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis for recovery in case of damage to the premises from defective plumbing or appliances installed by the owner or occupant of such premises;
(F) Providing that the town shall not be liable for damages resulting from the interruption or failure of the supply of electricity, regardless of the cause thereof; and that such failure for any reasonable period of time shall not be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part of the town nor relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his, her, or their contract;
(G) Providing that all meters are the property of the town; and
(H) Providing that the electric deposit, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be retained by the town and applied by the town on any unpaid electric bill of the consumer; and providing further that unless the electric deposit is claimed by the consumer within 12 months after the consumer ceases to use the electricity or within 12 months after the electricity is turned off for any cause by the town, then the consumer forfeits all right, title, or interest in and to the electric deposit.
(Prior Code, § 17-404) Penalty, see § 53.99