2219 - 24 Regulate & fix price for East Ohio Gas

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Page ordinance and the contract arising by virtue of its accep~ ance by the gas company, the company may charge and each consumer shall pay each month s service charge of fifty cents (50~. Whenever a consumer moves from the location where gas is used by him to another l~ atton for which he makes application for gas supply, thereby making the discontinuance at one point and the re-establishing of his supply at another; or where the identity of the consumer changes at any l~ation supplied by gas thereby involving the special reading of meters and transferring of accounts; or whenever an application for gas supply involves the turning on of a meter which has not been removed, the company may charge and require payment in advance at the time of application therefor, the sum of $1.00; provided, further, that when such re-establishment of such gas supply shall make necessary the setting of a meter, the company may charge, and require payment in advance at the time of application therefore, the total sum of $2.00, and in the case of a new installation, the charge of $2.00, always providing that the company will not remove a meter from any given location if the new application for gas at that location is filed at least twenty-four hours prior to date set for the d~scontinuance of the gas supplied to the consumer then occupying that location. If any such consumer, because of absence or otherwise, shall notify the company in writing to shut off the supply of gas, the company shall make no such charge for any full meter reading period during the time the gas is shut off. Provided, however, that if an whenever during said period the state of West Virginia l~wies, assesses or imposes an excise, transmissi~n or production tax upon or in respect of natural gas produces in said state, then the aggregate amount of such increased cost as pro rated and accrued monthly against the natural gas sold to consumers within the city of Lakewood, shall be paid for by such consumers in the bill for the subsequent month in the form of a supplementary charge, which shall be determined by spreading the said additional cost over the whole quantity of natural gas delivered to consumers supplied by The East Ohio Gas Company during the month in question, and applying the resulting rate per thousand to the consumption of each consumer. Provided, further, that in the event any such tax shall he imposed and collected upon any part of the natural gas furnished to the inhabitants of the city of Lakewood, the city, through agents, or officers designated for that purpose by the council, shall have the right at all reasonable times and hours to inspect the physical property of the company, wherever situated, and examine all books, records and agreements containing record thereof for the purpose of ascertaining whether such tax is being fairly pro-rated as an additional cost for natural gas and charged to the inhabitants of the city of Lakewood pursuant to the provisions hereof. Section 2. The term "natural gas" as used herein, is intended to mean natural gas of the quality and character produced by nature in the petroleum, oil and natural gas fields of West Virginia and Ohio or elsewhere, which natural gas is to Oe furntshsd in its natural state without mixture of air, the abstraction of any natural element or adulteration, at the consumer's meter; subject, however, to the removal of oil and gasoline vapors; provided, how- ever, that during the period herein named, natural gas furnished or delivered pursuant to the terms of this ordinance shall always contain a minimum of eight hundred (800) British thermal units to the cubic foot. Tests to determine the British thermal units shall be made from time to time in the city limits by the city through representatives duly authorized by council, and shall be conclusive.