Show MU MUST T PAY Bill BillI I fOR WATER OR ORlO lO LOSE DP DEPOSIT IT ITON ON MI METER Policy of Forfeiture Creating Creating Creating Creat Creat- ing Precedent Adopted by Commission Will Mean I Much Revenue to City users of Salt Lake WATER v who fail to pay their water bills will lose the deposits they have put up for their meters A policy of such forfeiture was b the city commission at nt its meeting this morning It set a n precedent precedent prece prece- dent b by so confiscating tho the deposits which have have been blen made b by seventeen water users are nrc now delinquent in hi their payments The action was waR taken on motion of ot Commissioner Newman who made tho the proposal propos on recommendation of or CI C. C F. F Barrett superintendent of or water water- worl works s. s Heretofore the city has had no adequate adequate ade ads quate method of ot compelling payment of ot water bills since the they do not constitute constitute constitute con con- a lien Hen against the property Commissioner Newman expressed tho the belief that under Sunder the tho now new policy polley the city It iy will receive thousands of ot dollars I annual annually which is now lost The question whether the city elt- had the right to confiscate the meter de deposits do- do posits was raised at tho the meeting and after giving it some somo consideration City Attorney Dininny finally ruled that such action 1 I legal reter deposits for tor houF household In Instruments instruments in- in are 10 each The delinquencies delinquencies delin delia char charged ed against the seventeen seventeen seven seven- In-I In teen whoso whose deposits were confiscated nyi rl from 1 to 10 each In addition to confiscating the de deposits deposits deposits de- de posits It is understood that the tho d delinquents delinquents delin delin- lIn- lIn may also expect to see their meters removed cd and the thc water service discontinued |