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City of Georgetown, Texas
Section 2. Inspector. Thereis hereby created the office of Electrical
Inspector who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation of the
City Council. The Electrical Inspector shall have had at least two (2) years
experience as an electrician, shall be of good moral character, shall
be versed in the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life
and property and the National Electrical Code. He shall receive such compensa-
tion as the Council may decide.
Section 3. Duties. The Electrical Inspector, who for the purpose of
this ordinance shall be known as the City Electrician, and hereinafter referred
to as such, shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for
electric lights, heat or power in the City of Georgetown, T"xas, and to cause
all such wires, appliances or apparatus to be placed, constructed and guarded
as not to cause fires or accidents, endangering life or property, and to be con-
structed as to keep to a minimum the loss or waste of electric current.
-It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to enforce all provisions
of this ordinance and he is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings in
V the City of Georgetown, exas in the performance of his duties between the hours
of eight A.M. and five P.M. daily, except that in emergency and within the limits
of reason, the City Electrician may enter buildings for such purposes at other
than the designated hours.
It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to inspect and/or test all
electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with the Code when-
ever electric wiring, appliances, or apparatus shall be defective or hazardous
through improper manufacture of improper or insufficient insulation or for any
other reason, he shall at once cause the removal of such defect or defects,
at the expense of the owners of such wiring, appliance or apparatus.
Section 4. Permits. No installation, alteration, or removal shall be
made in/or of the wiring of any building or structure for light, heat or
powers or to increase the load of energy carried by such wires or equipment
nor shall eny building or structure be wired for electric lights, appliances,
motors, apparatus, or heating devices nor alterations made thereto without
a written permit therefor being first obtained from the City license issuing
clerk by the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such install-
ation.
Section 5. Inspection. Upon the completion of the wiring, installation
or alteration of any building or structure for light, heat, power, appliance or
apparatus, it shall be the duty of the person, firm, or corporation having direct
charge of such to notify the City Electrician who shall, as early as possible,
inspect such wiring, installation, appliance and apparatus and if installed,
altered and constructed in compliance with the permit and in accordance with
the requirements of this ordinance, he shall execute a certificate of satisfactory
inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result of his
examination, but no such -certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring,
motors, heating devices, appliances, and apparatus be in strict accord with the
rules and requirements and the spirit of this ordinance, nor shall current be
turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating device, and
apparatus until said certificate be issued. The amount of fee or charge to be
made for such inspections and certificate to be fixed and determined by the City