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ORDINANCE NO # �
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THLITOFFICE
OF SUPERINTENDENT OF GAS DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY OF .HUNTINGTON
BEACH,PPOVIDIITG FOR THE METHOD OF
APPOINTIuM,DZSI GNAT ING HIS DUTIES
AND PROVIDING FOR C CUPFNSAT I ON FOR
SERVICES AND ESTABLISHING THE PRICE
AT WHICH GAS IS TO BE FURNISHED AND
SOLD TO C OMSUMER THROUGH THE MUNI-
CIPAL GAS DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH;,
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The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington
i Beach do ordain as follows,
Section 1® The office of Superintendent - of Gas
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Department of the. City of Huntington Beach is be re byi
cre ate do
Section 2m The office of Superintendent of Gas
Department of the City of Hunt ingt on Beach .shall be f ille d
by appointment by the Board of Trustees and the incumbent
shall hold office during the pleasure of the Boards
Section 3o The Superintendent of Gas Department
of the City of Huntington Beach shall have general super-
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vision or control of the municipal gas desystem
in the City of Huntington Beach, subje ct to the order and
control of the of Trustees and shall perform such
othe r and furthe r dut ie s as may f rom t ime t o t ime be re
quired by the Board of Trusteeso
Section 4e The salary of the Superintendent of
Gas a shall be such as may be fixed by the Board
of Trustees and shall be payable monthly by warrants drawn
upon the City Treasury of the feaid City®
Section 5a That the price at which gas is to be
furnished and sold to the consumers the re of through the
Municipal Gas Distributing System, shall be as follows;
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$1600 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first 2,000
cubic feet used by any one consumer through one
meter any one montho
e 90 ¢r per 1,000 cubic feet for all gas used by
any -one consumer.through one me ter -in excess of
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of 2 000 c ub icl f t and up to and including
4,006 cubic feete
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80 / per cubic feet ��ir= J.l�.gas' used b
by any one -consumer through one meter in
excess of 4,000 cubic feet up to and in-
eluding 7,000 cubic feet.
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60 jd per cubic feet :C or all gas used by
any one*t onsume r through one meter in ex-
cess of 7,000 cubic feet up to and in-
cluding 10,000 cubic feets
50 p( per cubic 'foot for all gas used by
any one7ltonsumer through one meter in ex-
cess of 10,000 cubic feet up to and in-
eluding 25,000 cubic feet:
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40 per cubic foot for all gas use d by
any one'eonsumer through one meter in ex-
cess of. 25,000 cubic feet up to and in-
cluding 50,000 cubic feet,
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35 X peg cubic foot for all gas used by
any . one consumer through one meter in ex-
ce s s of 50,000 cubic feet up to and in-
eluding 150,000 cubic feet*
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30 peg cubic foot for all gas used, by
any one consumer though one meter in ex-
cess of 150,000 in any one month.
Section 6e The minimum price to be paid by .any one
consumer regardless of amount of gas used, shall be $1.00
pe r months
Section 78 All gas distributed through said Gas
Distributing System shall be measured through meters to be
furnished by said City in accordance with the rules and
regulations of said Gas :Department of said City and the
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correct reading of said meters shall be conclusive as to
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the amount of gas used and consumed by each consumer* The
term "One month" as used in Section 5 of this Ordinance
shall refer to monthly period established by the Gas De-
partment of said City for reading meters*
Section 8. Ordinance #175 and Ordinance #19b of
the said City of Huntington and all other Ordinances mid
parts of Ordinances in conflict herein are hereby re p&eM de
Section 9e This Ordinance is. necessary for the
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preservation for the public peace,health and safety, for
the reason that the rates now being charged are in excess
of the . amount required for the maintenance of the Gas
Department and caring for the sinking fund of the bonded
,indebtedness incurred therefore*
THEREFORE -it is necessary to immediately reduce the
rate sm The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by
one insertion in the Huntington Beach News a weekly news-
paper, published,printed and circulated in the said City
of Huntington Beach and it shall take effect and be in force
from and after the l'O day of 01924�
Passed and adopted this '�4�day of ,1924*
President of theBoard of
Trustees of the City of
Huntington Beach,California®
AT TLST e ,
City Clerk and ex76fficio Clerk of
t} Board of Trustees of the City
i of Huntington Beach,Califorriae
STATE OFCALIFORKIA
C OUNTY OF ORANGE SS
CITY OF HUNTINGT ON BEACH
I,W R WRIGHT 9 City C le rk and Ex-of f i c i o Clerk of
the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was presented
and read to the said Board of T stees at its regular meet-
ing held on ths"��day of ,1924,and that said
Ordinance was passed and adTptedat,,,,,, --the regular meeting of
the Board bald on the� day of G-a�ee 19240 by the following
vote g
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City Clerk and x-o f 1s io Clerk
of the Board of Trustees of the'
City of Huntington Beach,Californiae