(1) If the lighting system belongs to the municipality:(a) To determine, in addition to the special tax mentioned in section 448, the compensation, which may vary for each class of users, to be paid for light and for the rent of meters, and for supplying meters to measure the quantity of light consumed;
(b) To prevent fraud in connection with the quantity of light supplied;
(c) To protect the wires, pipes, lamps, apparatus and other articles serving for the distribution of light;