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Ord 2007 12/10/1962 ORDINANCE NO. a c 7 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO . 1911, WHICH AMENDED SECTIONS 7-1001 AND 7-1001.1 OF TITLE 7, CHAPTER 10, OF THE 1941 CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS AS THE SAME HAVE BEEN HERETOFORE AMENDED BY ORDINANCES 1381, 1791, 1804, 1883, AND 1903, WHICH ORDINANCES AND THEIR AMENDMENTS PROVIDED FOR THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND RATES FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS WATER DEPARTMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1911, which amended Sec- tions 7-1001 and 7-1001.1 of Title 7, Chapter 10, of the 1941 Codification of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended, as follows : There is hereby deleted from said Ordinance No. 1911 the following sentence, "All water, sewer and sanitation accounts shall be due monthly and must be paid within 25 days from the post office cancellation date of statement. " In lieu of this deleted sentence, the following sentence shall be added to Ordinance No. 1911, "All water, sewer and sanitation accounts shall be due monthly and must be paid within 15 days from the post office can- cellation date of statement. " There is hereby deleted from said Ordinance No . 1911 the following sentence, "The customer shall then have 15 days in which to pay the water, sewer and sanitation accounts, with pen- alty. " In lieu of this deleted sentence, the following sentence shall be added to Ordinance No. 1911, "The customer shall then have 10 days in which to pay the water, sewer and sanitation accounts, with penalty. " SECTION 2. Because of the fact that the operation of the present Ordinance No. 1911 makes it virtually impossible to make the monthly statements correctly reflect the condition of the accounts, this ordinance is declared an emergency measure on the ground of urgent public need for the preservation of the peace , health and safety of the property of the city, and same shall become effective on the first day of January, 1963. PASSED AND APPROVED this j0 day of December, 1962. .ilk / tl� o . fa.in, rayon ATTEST: A. L. Fitts , City Clerk 1