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PAGE 4 THE BATTALION Legal Notices ORDINANCE NO. 50 An Ordinance to establish the office of Electrical Inspection in and for the City of College Station, to regulate and define the duties of such office and to l regulations concerning ion and maintenance rig and apparatus, to fix penalties for the violation of its provis ions and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. Be it ordained by the City Council of Let Us Fix Your Radio! ★ EXPERT RADIO REPAIR WORK ★ STUDENT CO-OP North Gate NEW BOWLING ALLEY Open 10 a. m. to 12 p. m. 10^ Per Game 4 Alleys 316 N. Bryan Bryan, Texas CAMPUS 150 to 5 P. M. 200 To 11 P. M. LAST DAY “Sandy Is A Lady” with Baby Sandy Mischa Auer Eugene Pallette Billy Gilbert FRI. and SAT. “The Return of Frank James” with Henry Fonda Jackie Cooper Late Football News Cartoon World Premiere AGGIETONE NEWS MONDAY NIGHT 9:45 the City of College Station, Texas: SECTION 1. The office of .Electrical Inspector in and for the City of College Station, is hereby created and said office shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Counfcil within sixty days after the pas sage and publication of this ordinance, and said Electrical Inspector shall hold of fice during good behavior and shall not be removed except for failure properly to perform his duties as prescribed in this ordinance or any ordinance or part of the ordinance regulating electric wires or ap paratus now in force or which may be adopted. Said Electrical Inspector shall be a person well versed in the rules and requirements of the National Electric Code. Before assuming authority confer red by this ordinance the Electrical In spector shall take an oath usually ad ministered tb other city officials, anc shall give bond to the City of College Station in the penal sum of One Thou sand Dollars ($1,000.00) conditioned up on the faithful performance of his duties SECTION 2. Every corporation, co-part nership, association or individual owninj or operating a line of wires over streets alleys or buildings in this city, shall us< only wires that are suitable and strong shall suitably and safely attach them t( strong and sufficient supports and insu late them at all points of attachment: shal remove all wires abandoned for use: sha' suitably insulate every wire where it en ters a building, and, if such wire is othei than a wire designated to carry an elec trie light or power current, shall attacl it to at suitable and convenient points ii the circuit calculated to prevent dangei from fire and near the place of entering the building, an appliance calculated tc prevent at all times a current of elec tricity of such intensity or volume as t< be capable of injuring electrical instru ments or causing fire from entering the building by means of such wire beyond the point at which such appliance is at tached. SECTION 3. No corporation, no co partnership, association or individual shall en tri ing in the City of College use in connection with electric light or power unless he shall have a “Master Electrician’s License” to engage in such a business, said license to be issued in the following manner: An examining board shall be appointed by the Mayor to con sist of the city engineer as chairman and two other persons, one of whom shall be electrician, these two persons to hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor. The examining board shall receive applications for licenses and examine the applicants in such manner as it may see fit. If a majority of the board favors granting a license, the chairman shall so certify to the city secretary who shall then, after payment of the fees specified in Section 4, issue a license to the applicant. SECTION 4. No “Master Electrician’s License” shall be issued except upon payment of a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) to the City Secretary, together with the filing of a bond of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) conditioned upon com pliance with the ordinance of the city regulating electric wiring and apparatus and the faithful performance of all con tracts entered into for the installation of electric wiring and apparatus inside any building for use in connection with electric light, heat or power. The license shall be renewed each year after date of issue upon payment of Five Dollars ($5.00). SECTION 5. Any failure on the part of the holder of a “Master Electrician’s Li cense” to comply with the provisions of 1. Chemurgic Director Elmore Torn points to Hall of Chemurgy at State Fair of Texas housing largest Chemurgic Show presented anywhere. 2. An attraction drawing large crowds is being presented to Texas audiences by Dallas Fair, Fall Fair of Houston, and South Texas Fair of Beaumont in cooperation with East Texas Chamber of Commerce. 3. Farm Chemurgic uses of sulphur are exhibited by Freeport Sulphur Company. Mural shown top background was drawn by art students of North Texas State Teachers College for use in connection with the Colleges sweet potato dehydration display. 4. Castor plant research featured by Trinity Valley Farm Chemurgic Institute, Melvin Handley, presi dent. 5. View of cotton uses section of show, most prominent feature, and emphasized by Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Assn., Texas A. & M. College, Texas University, Texas Tech, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, National Cotton Council, and others- 6. Outstanding in educa tional value is Texas Forest Service exhibit. 7. Intriguing sweet potato dehydration press of Gilbert C. Wilson, farm industrial chemist of N. T. S. T. C., is on display. Yes, these, and many more, are at Chemurgic Shows at Dallas, Houston, and Beaumont. carry out tne installing electric wiring and apparatus shall be deemed sufficient cause for re. voking said “Master Electrician’s License” together with all rights and privileges thereunder and the forfeiture of the bond filed pursuant to the requirements of Section 4 of this ordinance. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to refuse to issue a “Master Electrician’s License" to any previous holder or lie.' lied, operated or maintained over eet, alley, sidewalk, or building city which shall be liable to seri- -nse which has been revoked one to any cor poration, co-partnership, association or in dividual with which said holder is asso ciated. SECTION 6. The amount realized upon the forfeiture of any bond over and above the expense involved in its forfeiture shall be expended in making the necessary changes in the electric wiring and appar atus found to be contrary to the pro visions 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 7. All wiring for electric light or power hereafter installed in churches, theatres, other places used for public gatherings and all buildings with in the fire limits in the city of College Station shall be installed in suitable ap proved metallic conduits, and all such wires hereafter installed in unfinished 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 8. It shall be the duty of the Electrical inspector to enforce the JUST THE THING FOR WEEK-END TRIPS! 16-inch Leatherette Handbag 98 16-inch Rubberized Handbags $1.15 18-inch Leatherette Handbags $1.25 18-inch All Leather Handbag $3.75 See These At The CAMPUS VARIETY STORE North Gate provisions of this ordinance or any ordi nance or ordinances now in force or which may hereafter be adopted concerning elec tric wiring or apparatus. SECTION 9. No wire or wires shall be installed, operated or maintained over any street, in this c: ously interfere with the work of the Fire Department in the use of ladders or other apparatus, or which shall obstruct or ren der hazardous the use of fire escapes, and on complaint of the fire chief, said ob struction interfering or hazardous wires shall be removed or properly rearranged. SECTION 10. Wherever possible and expedient signal wires shall not be carried the same pole with or in dangerous proximity to high potential electric light or power wires and where a joint occu pancy pole line composed of these two classes of system is necessary, or where the routine traversed by these systems cross each other, the high potential elec tric 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 separa tion it shall be the duty of the Elec trical Inspector to arrange and enforce an equitable and safe alternative plan. SECTION 11. The said Electrical In spector shall make a thorough inspection of all electric wires and apparatus with in the City of College Station at least once in each year, and where wires or apparatus are in dangerous or unsafe con dition, 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 non-inter fering condition. Any corporation, co partnership, association or individual or agent thereof failing, neglecting, or re fusing within a reasonable time to make the necessary repairs or changes, and have the necessary work completed within reasonable time after the receipt of said notice, shall be deemed guilty of violation of this ordinance and every day which shall elapse after the expiration of said reason able time until said wires and apparatus are repaired, removed or changed as re quired by said Electrical Inspector, shall be considered a separate offense within the intent and meaning of this ordi nance. SECTION 12. The Electrical Inspector by and with the consent of the Mayor and City Council shall have power to depu tize one or more assistants, and each one of said assistants shall in every case be known to be competent to discharge the duties of Electrical inspector and the rights and privileges conferred upon the Electrical Inspector are hereby conferred upon each assistant to the Electrical In spector when properly appointed. SECTION 13. The said Electrical In material which may conceal any electric wiring or apparatus contrary to the pro visions of this ordinance. On completion of the inspection of any electric wiring or apparatus designed to be concealed and found to be in full com pliance with the provisions of this ordi nance, it shall be the duty of the Electri cal Inspector to post a notice to that effect at the main cutout center, and said notice shall be considered as an express per mission to conceal said electric wiring and apparatus, but no concealment shall take place until such notice has been post ed by the Electrical Inspector. SECTION 18. The chief Engineer of the Fire Department or said Electrical Inspec tor, or a competent person delegated by them or either of them shall have the power to at once cause the removal of all wires, or the turning off of all electric current where the circuits interfere with the work of the Fire Department during the progress of a ij'.re. The said Electrical inspector is hereby authorized and em powered to cause the turning off of elec tric current from all conductors or appar atus which are deemed by him to be in an unsafe condition or which have not been installed in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance and from which the said Electrical Inspector has caused the elec tric current to be turned off. SECTION 19. No alteration or change shall be made in the electric wiring or apparatus located within a building for use in connection with the production of electric light, or power, nor shall any such electric wiring or apparatus be installed ny building without first securing the said Electric Inspector a permit UNIFORM HEADQUARTERS FISH and SOPHOMORE SLACKS JUNIOR UNIFORMS RIDING BREECHES “Made by Mendl & Hornak” is a symbol of the best in HAND MADE UNIFORMS MENDL & HORNAK’S UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP North Gate specter or competent assistant appointed by him shall have the right during rea sonable hours to enter any building, man hole or subway in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any test of the electrical appa ratus or appliances therein contained, and for that purpose he shall be given prompt access to all buildings, private or public, and to all manholes and subways on ap plication to the company or individual owning or in charge or control of same. SECTION 14. The words or terms “Electric Wiring and Apparatus” as used in this ordinance shall be construed to include all materials, devices, machinery, appliances, appurtenances or conductors used in connection with the production of electric lights, heat or power or the transmission of electrical signals except iiy the only specifically of them and limited. SECTION 15. The Electrical Inspector shall decide all questions not provided for in this ordinance pertaining to the instal lation, operation or maintenance of elec trical wiring and apparatus. SECTION 16. All electric signs shall be erected under the supervision of the Elec trical Inspector. SECTION 17. No corporation, co-part nership, association or individual or agent thereof shall hereafter conceal or cause to be concealed any electric wiring or ap paratus mentioned in this ordinance ex cept with the express permission of the Electrical Inspector and he is hereby auth orized and directed to remove any floor ing, lathing or plaster, sheet metal or other in a from therefor, nor shall any change be made In any wiring or apparatus after inspection without notifying the said Electrical In spector and securing a permit therefor. SECTION 20. Before issuing a permit for the installation of any wiring or ap paratus or the alteration or change of any wiring or apparatus as provided in Sec tion 19, an application shall be filed with the Electrical Inspector describing with plans and sketches such installation or the alteration or changes to be made, including the apparatus and material used. No deviation shall be made in the details for wiring or apparatus as shown plication without permission from ap; the Electrical Inspector in writing. In pan ions the person, ork els firm :trical Inspector in electrical installati firm, or corporation, doing the wo shall post a legend showing the name of said person, firm, or corporation and a diagram showing what work was done. SECTION 21. Upon the completion of the installation of electric wires and ap paratus in any building for use in con nection with electric light, heat or pow er, it shall be the duty of the corpora tion, co-partnership, association or indi vidual doing the same to notify said Elec- : < putizea oy mm wno snan at once insp< the same, and if approved by him shall issue a certificate of satisfactory inspec tion which shall contain the date of in spection and outline of the results of such examination, but no certficiate be is ite of sat . All elect 1 and all with elect 1 and all ap; tion with electric work, and the operation ing trie Inspector or competent asi mtized by him who shall at once inspect stant de- shall titicate or satislactory inspection is is sued. All electrical construction, all ma terial and all apparatus used in connec tion with electrical construction, all ma- iparatus used in connec- of all electrical apparatus conformity with the rule: shall be in and regula- conformity with the rules and regula tions set down in what is known as the “National Electrical Code”, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Secretary of the City of College Station. Provided also that no roonex, steel tubes or box cables shall be used. SECTION 22. Any corporation, co-part nership, association or individual or agent thereof desiring to place any pipe, sheet metal or other material within six inches of any electric wire or wires installed for use in connection with electric light, heat or power shall, before proceeding with the execution of the work, obtain from the Electrical Inspector a permit therefor, and in completion of said work and said corporation, co-partnership, or associatic or individual or agent thereof shall notify said Electrical Inspector who shall inspect the same and cause all wires to be placed in a safe and secure condition. Provided however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to refer to wires installed in approved iron conduit or armored cable. J STUDENTS LIKE OUR SERVICE Careful attention to details, prompt service, and fair prices — these have won us many campus friends. CAMPUS CLEANERS Above Exchange Store In New “Y” SECTION 23. No corporation, no co partnership, association or individual or agent thereof shall interfere with the Electrical Inspector or any competent per son or persons lawfully deputized to assist him as herein before provided, while in the performance of duty and each such inter ference shall be deemed to constitute a separae offence within the intent and meaning of this ordinance. SECTION 24. The said Electrical In spector shall keep a full and complete re cord of all work done, permits issued, examinations made or other official work performed as required by this ordinance and shall be so arranged as to afford on concerning the con- general arrangement of any electrical equipment at the time of the Electrical Inspector’s last visit. SECTION 25. This ordinance shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen co agent thereof; installing, operating or control ling any electric wiring or apparatus for damages to anyone injured thereby, nor shall the city be held as assuming any liability by reason of the inspection herein or certificate or permit issued pur suant to the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 26. Any corporation, co partnership, association, individual or agent thereof found guilty of violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and the cost of prosecution for each and every offense. SECTION 27. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 28. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication. and shall be so prompt informatio dition and genera the responsibility of any corporation, partnership, association, individual or ag “Nickel milk” is one plan by which the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, in coopera tion with local agencies and farm ers, arranges for milk to be sold or given to needy families at a price they can afford to pay or the community can finance. Flying Club Organized For Would-Be Birdmen The A. & M. Flying Club was organized at a meeting held last Monday night. The club was form ed for the purpose of making avail able flying time at a very reason able rate to those who are interest ed in flying. The membership will be limited to 20, and anyone is eligible since no experience is re quired; although many of the members thus far are C. A. A. graduates. An instructor will be available for those who have not had any flying time. 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