[Ord. No. 069 §§1 — 2, 9-20-1955]
A. 
It is hereby found, determined and declared to be necessary for the public health, safety, welfare and benefit of the City of Appleton City, Missouri, and its inhabitants that the existing waterworks of said City and the sewerage system to be constructed and all future improvements and extensions thereto be combined and that they shall thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.
B. 
Thenceforth, from and after the final passage of this Article, the existing waterworks of the City of Appleton City, Missouri and the sewerage system to be constructed, and all future improvements and extensions thereto, whether to the waterworks or to the sewerage system or to both, shall be and the same are combined and it is hereby declared that said waterworks and said sewerage system, and all future improvements and extensions thereto as aforesaid, thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.