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electric lighting plant, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient for the purpose of paying off such indebtedness as maturity; and to cover the following annual appropriations; Section 23. Electric Rules and Regulation. The Commission shall adopt and amend, from time to time, rules and regulations pertaining to electric service to consumers and customer relations. Such rules and regulations shall prohibit the Commission and is employees from servicing customer equipment on customers' premises except for the installation and maintenance of its property; however, the commission may make an allowance to a customer installing an electric range or water heater to defray the cost wholly or in part for wiring for such installation. Section 24. Water Rules and Regulations. The Commission shall adopt and amend, from time to time, rules and regulations pertaining to water service to consumers and customer relations. Such rules and regulations shall specifically provide that no person except the tappers employed by the Commission, or persons in their service duly approved, will be permitted to tap any distributing pipe, or insert stop-cocks or ferrules therein in and that the Commission shall not install or maintain the service to any customer. Section 25. Policy as to Employees. The Commission shall adopt and amend from time to time rules and regulations in respect to labor and employment policy and thereupon publish. In the selection of employees of the department, the fullest preliminary information, including a birth certificate, shall be submitted to the Commission prior to consideration for employment by the Commission. The Commission shall require that all present employees submit comparable information, including a birth certificate, to the Commission. Selection of or appointment to the service of the Commission will not be made when such appointments involve nepotism as defined by the Commission. All appointments and promotions shall be made on merit. In positions or employments, comparable to private registration under the statutes, State of Minnesota, all appointees and present employees shall be required to hold a certificate of registration. Section 26. Application of By-Laws. In the event that any provision of these by-laws is or may be in conflict with any law of the United States, of the State of Minnesota, of the Village of Elk River, Minnesota, or of any other governmental body or power having jurisdiction over this Commission or over the subject matter to which such provision of the by-laws applies or may apply, such provision of these by-laws shall be inoperative to the extent only that the operation thereof unavoidably conflicts with such law and shall in all other respects be in full force and effect. 56