The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-26
cry oRDINANoEs.


AN ORDINANCE APPROVED DECEM-
BIER %. 1900 no AMEND AND REoR-
Dam SECTIONS 20, y. -, % - AND
p or CHAPTER 30 or THE CITY
CODE or 1889. CONCERNING
STREET RAILWAYS:
BE il ordained by the Council of lne
CITY OF Richmond, That Sections ~ u -,
23 "A and - Of Chapter Sd OF the 1l'!
Code of 1859 concerning street tdliNd4',
be- amended and reOrdaned so as 10 reau
az follows. t
% Every person or corporation main
tanning or operating wires alons tho
streets or alleys of this city for the con
vevance of electric currents shall con
struct and operate their respective lines
and plants so as to prevent any electrvly
tic cOrrOsiOn or damage 10 or any c.ectIlt
current upon any gas or water m'ih5 oA
the city or service pipes or connexions
thereof.
u. Every such person or corporation
having now i'm operation any such wires
snail. within six months from the ap-
prOval of this ordinance conform 10 us
provisions. and for each days failure 10
do so. after six months from the date
OF apprOval hereof each and every sucli
person or company so falling shall be fined
not less than nifty nor more than 1--WE
hundred dollars. the said fine To be inn
posed bv the Police Justice and recovera-
D.e as are other fines and penalties
-. Every sucn person or corporation
maintaining or operating such electric
wires who shall permit or allow or cause
any damage TO any gas or water main of
,,e CITY or 10 any OF their connections.
fixtures or branches thereof by electroly-
uc oorrOsion or by the passage thereof Of
any electric current shall be liable for
and pay any resultant damages; and the
cost OF all repairs or renewals that may
be necessitated by such damages or IL
jury and shall also save harmless the city
from an damages OcCasiOned either direct
IN or indirectly TO the property OF any
person.
% The Superintendent Of the Fire
Alarm and Police Telegraph shall from
time 10 time make such examinations In
vest'cations and surveys as Will determine
whether any electric current IS being car
ried 10 and on any gas on water mains Of
the CITY. or any branches or connections
thereof. and if q current Is found to be
present or 10 have existed then TO ascer-
tain and determine what person or coz
poratiOn is responsible for its presence.
and thereupon BE shall report IN writing
To the Superintendent of the Water Works
or the Superintendent Of the Gas Works.
or both, II both departments are suffering
from the presence Of the current, the loca-
llDn ana extent Nl knh hhf AfAA ~ hhl ARiiftr
and the name OF the person or corporation
responsible therefor.
"a II shall be the duty Of the Superin-
tendent Of the Gas or Water Works. or
both. as the case may be, To make, OF
cause 10 be made. such repairs or renew
ais as may be necessary. and 10 render a
bal for the same 10 the person or corpora
ton causing the damage, and II not paid
in thirty days from the date OF its pre-
"A pfq4p TNT In the hands
of the City Attorney for collection by
suit. if necessary II shall also be the
duty Of said Superintendent OF the Gas
or Water Works 10 report such person or
corporation so violating any OF the pro-
visions of this ordinance 10 the Police
Court.
% Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed to relieve or release any La
bhty already incurred under the pro-
vls.ns Of the ordinance approved January
% 1893 Il. T. AUGUST.
dc2G City Clerk.