Sec. 1038c. To authorize and empower the corporate
authorities of the incorporated cities and towns of
the Commonwealth to contract with any sewerage or
water purification company, et cetera.
The corporate authorities of any incorporated city or town of
this Commonwealth shall have power and authority to contract
with any sewerage or water purification company to introduce,
build, maintain and operate a system or systems of sewerage
and water purifications, or of sewers, pipes and conduits suitable,
necessary, and proper for the purification of the water
supply or for the sewerage of any such city or town; and shall
have power also to require the owners or occupiers of the real
estate within the corporate limits of any such city or town which
may front or abut on the line of any such sewers, pipes or conduits
as aforesaid to make such connections with and to use such
sewers, pipes and conduits under such ordinances and regulations
as the corporate authorities of any such city or town may
deem necessary to secure the proper sewerage thereof and to improve
and secure good sanitary conditions, and shall have
power also to enforce the observance of all such ordinances and
regulations by the imposition and collection of fines and penalties,
to be collected for the use of any such city or town as other
fines and penalties under their respective charters.
The corporate authorities of any incorporated city or town of
this Commonwealth contracting with any company for the objects
and purposes aforesaid shall have power and authority to
provide in any such contract for the charges and fees to be paid
by the owners or occupiers of the properties within the corporate
limits of any such city or town to any such company for connecting
with, tapping or using any such sewer, pipes, or conduits
introduced in any such city or town as aforesaid; and shall
have power also to make and pass all such ordinances and to
enforce the same as may be necessary and proper to compel the
payment of said fees and charges by the imposition and collection
of reasonable fines and penalties, to be collected for the use
of any such city or town as other fines and penalties under the
provisions of their respective charters; and shall have power
also to do all other acts and things that may be necessary to establish,
enforce and maintain under any such contract a complete
system of water and sewerage purification and sewerage for any
such city or town.
