Commissioner may take charge of private connections.

The Commissioner may, by agreement with a consumer, take charge on behalf of the Corporation of all or any of the consumer’s pipes and fitting: Provided that, if any such pipe or fittings are communication-pipes or fitting only not vesting in the Corporation, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, take charge of the same without such agreement. Any consumer’s pipes and fittings, of which the Commissioner takes charge under this section, shall thereafter vest in, and be maintained at the expense of, the Corporation as a municipal water- work.]