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Power of entry for ascertaining quantity consumed by meter, and for removing meters, &c.
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15. The officers of the undertakers may enter any house, building, or lands, to, through, or into which water is supplied by them by measure, in order to inspect the meters, instruments, pipes, and apparatus for the measuring, conveyance, reception, or storage of water, or for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of water supplied or consumed, and may from time to time enter any house, building, or lands, for the purpose of removing any meter, instrument, pipe, or apparatus the property of the undertakers ; and if any person hinders any such officer from entering or making such inspection, or effecting such removal, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds ; but, except with the consent of a justice or the sheriff, this power of entry shall be exercised only between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon.
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