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For testing 1/2 inch to 2 inch meters $ 5.00 For testing 3 inch meters 10.00 For testing 4 inch meters 20.00 For testing 6 inch meters 30.00 (6) All water meters shall be and remain the property of the Village. (7) Authorized Village employees shall have free access at reasonable hours of the day to all parts of every building and premises connected with the water system for reading of meters and inspections. SECTION 32. Deposit. Each user shall pay to the Village a deposit, before connecting to the municipal water system, of a sum of $35.00, or a sum equal to 6 months of anticipated water usage, whichever is larger. Such sum shall be returned to such user upon his discontinuance of municipal water service if the user's obligation for water service has been met; if a balance remains owing, such sum shall, after 30 days after such discon- tinuance, be applied to such obligation. SECTION 33. Water Meter Setting. All water meters hereafter installed shall be in accordance with the following rules: (1) The service pipe from the water main to the meter, when the same enters the building, shall be brought through the floor or bottom course of concrete block of foundation. (2) The meter shall be located so that the bottom is from 12 inches to 24 inches above the finished floor line. The meter shall be set out not more than 12 inches measured horizontally from the inside line of the basement wall, unless an alternate method is approved by the Plumbing Inspector. (3) All meter installations shall have a stop and waste gate valve .on the street side of the meter. In no case shall there be more than 12 inches of pipe exposed between the point of entrance through the basement floor and the stop and waste valve. A stop and waste gate valve shall also be installed on the house side of the meter. All fittings and pipe to be red brass, or bronze. Gate valves shall be brass 125 pounds standard. SECTION 34. Use of Fire Hydrants. No person other than authorized Village employees shall operate fire hydrants or inter- fere in any way with the water system without first obtaining a permit to do so from the Village as follows: