4568 - 48 Regulate & fix prices for East Ohio Gas

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-2- In the event of a shortage of the supply of natural gas, the Company shall, during the emergency, supply natural gas in an order of preference based upon the following specifications. First Class. The domestic consumer which shall include the users of natural g~s for such purposes as cooking, lighting a~d heat- ing in private homes, boarding houses and apartment houses; the users of natural gas for lighting and cooking only in hotels, restaurants, bakeries, eating places, club houses, public schools, parochial schools, private schools, hospitals and charitable institutions, and in places of like kind where the element of hnman welfare is the predominating requirement. And in addition, as belonging to said first class shall be in- cluded the following~ ~here natural gas is being used in limited quantities for scientific, experimental or mechanical purposes and where other means of producing light and heat for such purposes cannot be reasonably substituted, an amount essential t~ such use, but net to exceed 10,000 cubic feet per month to each consumer so engaged~ may be used for such purposes only, and as if they were included in the class of domestic consumers herein specified. Second Class. The industrial consumers. shall be classed as'industrial consumers. All other consumers Records of the Company showing the supply of natural gas and how it is apportioned shall be open for inspection at all times to said City through representatives duly authorized by council. Section 6. Meters shall be tested in accordance with Section 9329 of the General Code of Ohio, which reads as followsl eMeters in use shall be tested on the request of the consumer, in his presence, if desired, with a meter prover, tested and sealed as provided by law, by an officer or servant of the Company. If the meter be found to be correct, and it shall be deemed correct if there be no greater variation than threea p~rfcent~ the party ~equesting the inspection shall p y eeo twenty five cents, and the expense ox removing it for the purpose of being tested. The re inspection shall be stamped on the meter. Xf proved incorrect, no fees or expense shall be paid by the consumer, and the 0ompany shall furnish a new meter without charge to the consumer. No gas company shall charge rent for meters.' Section 7. No rights herein granted the Company to construct, maintain or operate shall be construed as exclusive or as preventing said City from granting a franchise or privilege to any other person, firm or corporation. Section 8. It is understood and agreed and hereby provided that all and singular the rights, privileges and benefits granted or reserved by said City, and all duties and-obligations assumed by or imposed upon the Company by Ordinance No. 511, passed by the Council of the Village of Lakewood on December 2, 1907, and accepted in writing by the Company shall remain in full force and effect except insofar as the same may be waived, released or modified by provisions herein clearly expressed. Section 9. All of the terms, conditions and provisions of the char~er of said City relating to franchises and applicable hereto are and shall be considered as a part of the terms and conditions of this ordinance as if the same were fully written herein.