Control over house connection :— All house-connections, whether within

or without the premises to which they belong, with any water-supply mains which may have been constructed by a municipality, shall be under the control of the municipality but shall be altered, repaired and kept in proper order at the expenses of the owner of the premises to which they belong, or for the use of which they were constructed and in conformity with bye-laws and regulations framed by the municipality in tis behalf.