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Section 3. That' Rule 20 of Section 6 of said Ordinance No. 128 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Rule 20. Whoever' shall by himself) or 'by' any` other'person acting tinder his authority, 'use' or take water from' any part of the water Vorks 'aforesaid without a license or permit, or shall, without authority from said water department, open or hitch to, take out, curb over or remove any fire plug or hydrant , stop cock valve , valve box or any other fixtures pertaining to said water works, or shall tamper with or damage any water meter, or shall let On or shut off water into or from any water pipe Wherever situated without authority, license or permit from the Town, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction therefor shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. Section 4. Amended by Ordinance No., 192. Section 7. Amended by Ordinance No. 192. Section 5. That Section 8 of the said Ordinance No. 128 is hereby amended to read as follows; Section 8. °dhenever any person shall have been convicted any second time of a violation of any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance , the Board of Trustees may, regardless of any fine or other penalty assessed or inflicted against him for such second violation, order the premises and use of such person metered for any future use of water on the same premises by such consumer un= less his water service has been shut off for such violations, in which case same may be only turned on again on condition that all charges and penalties be paid and a meter installed if the board so orders. If ' such service is not of the classification for which meter rates have been established, then the meter rates to be applied to such consumer shall be as' provided in Section 7 (a) hereof until changed by ordinance. " Section 6. It' is hereby declared that this Ordinance and the pro- visions thereof is and are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace , health and safety and that it may be in effect on the first day of January, 1935, for the reason that it is perative that an increased revenue may be derived from the operation of the Town water system without increasing the burden borne by property;' that the financial condition of the Toth has been and will continue to be materially changed and depressed 'by expenditures necessitated by work relief projects undertaken and carried on therein and in and about the Town water system; by drafts upon its finances for the payment of interest on its bonded indebtedness created for the improvement of the water system and the necessity of setting up and providing sinking funds for the ultimate redemp- tion of such bonded indebtedness'. ' Section 7_.._ All 'ordinances and parts 'of ordinances in conflict here- with are 'hereby repealed.