All provisions of the statutes, and all ordinances of any municipality availing itself of the provisions of this chapter, relative to the manufacture, use, generation or distribution of gas or electricity, or the quality thereof or the plant and appliances therefor, shall apply to such municipality so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter, as the same are applied to persons and corporations engaged in making, generating and distributing gas or electricity therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 730.)