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SECTION 7. The amount realized upon the
forfeiture of any bond
over and above
ow�
the expense involved in it's forfeiture shall
be expanded in making
the necessary
changes in the electric wiring; and apparatus
found to be contrary to
the provisions
of this ordinance or deficient in quality or
other particulars as specified
in the
contract or contracts entered into and covered
by the bond, and the
unused balance,
if any, shall be paid into the City Treasury.
SECTION Q. All wiring for electric light or power hereafter installed in Churches,
theatres, gasoline service stations, places used for public gatherings and all buildO
ings within the fire limits in the City of Geor-etown, Texas shall be installed in
suitable approved metallic conduits, and all such wires hereafter installed in unfin-
ished basements in all buildings other than dwellings designed for the occupancy of
not more than three families, shall be likewise placed in similar conduits.
SECTION 9. It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to enforce the
provisions of this ordinance or any ordinance or ordinances now in force or which
may hereafter'be adopted concerning electric wiring or apparatus.
SECTION 10. No wire or wires shall be installed, operated or maintained over any
street, alley, sidewalk, or building in this city which shall be liable to seriously
interfere with the work of the Fire Department in the use of ladders or other apparat-
us or which shall obstruct or render hazardous the use of fire escapes, and on com-
plaint of the -vire Chief, said obstruction interfering or hazardous wires shall be re-
moved or properly rearranged.
SECTION 11, Wherever possible and expedient signal wires shall not be carried on
the same pole with or in danr-erous proximity to high ,potential electric light or
power wires and where a joint occupancy pole line composed of these two classes of
system is nedessary, or where the route traversed by these systems"cross each other,
the high potential electric light or power wires shall be placed and maintained not
less than four feet above every signal wire, and where it is impossible to provide for
such a separation it shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to arrange and en-
force an equitable and safe alternative plan.
SECTION 12. T1:e Electrical Inspector shall make a thorough inspection of all elec-
tric wires and apparatus within the City of Georgetown, Texas at least once in each
,year, and where wires or apparatus are in dang;;rous or unsafe condition, or are deemed
to be an interference with the work of the Fire Department, he shall notify the
person, firm or company owning, using or operating them to place them in a safe secure
and noninterfering condition. Any person, firm or corporation or agent thereof fail-
ing neglecting, or refusing within a reasonable time to make the necessary repairs or
changes, and have the nesessary work completed within a reasonable time after the
receipt of said notice, shall be deemed guilty of violation of this ordinance and every
day whVich shall elapse afoer the expiration of said reasonable time until said wires
and apparatus are repaired, removed or changed as required by said Electrical
Insp,=ctor, whall be considered a separate offense within the intent and -meaning of
this ordinance.
SECTION 13. The Electrical Inspector by and with the consent of the governing
body shall have power to deputize one or more assistants, and each one of said assist-
ants shall in every case be known to be competent to discharge the duties of Elect-
rical Inspector and the rights and privileges conferred upon the Electrical Inspect-
or are hereby conferred upon each assistant to the Electrical Inspector when pro-
perly appointed.
SECTION 14, The Electrical Inspector or competent assistant appointed by him
ahall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building, manhole or sub-
way in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any test of
the electrical apparatus or appliances therein contained, and for that purpose he
shall be given prompt access to all buildings, private or public, and to all man-
holes and subways on application to the company or individual owning or in charge
or control of same.
SECTION 15. The words or terms "Electric Viiring and Apparatus" as used in this
ordinance shall be construed to include all materials, devices, machinery, ap-
plianoest appurtenances or conductors used in connection with the production or
transmission of electric li,ht, heat or power or the transmission of electrical sig-
nals, except where specifically limited to one or more of them and then only as
specifically limited.
Section 16. The Electrical Inspector shall decide all questions not provided
for in this ordinance pertaining to installation, operation or maintenance of
electric wiring and apparatus.
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