Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-14

or Los Angeles, or its inhabitants, for
use with the current so supplied shall
be plainly marked with the voltage at
which IL is intended to be used, and
with the candle power of the light
given thereby, at said voltage; and the
voltage of the electric current supplied
by such person, firm, association or
corporation to any customer, for use I'm
the lamp so furnished, shall not be
more than three per cent greater or
less than the voltage for which said
lamp is marked; and every such per-
son, firm, association or corporation
shall plainly mark the main or con-
ductor through which any electric cur
rent furnished by such person, firm,
association or corporation, for light
ing purposes. is delivered by afixing
thereto, at the point where such main
or conductor is attached to the premises
of the consumer of such current, tag
or label bearing in plain figures the
voltage at that point of the current
supplied by such main or conductor.
Sec 0. Every meter furnished or
installed by any person, firm, associa-
ton or corporation engaged in the busi-
ness of supplying electric light or elec-
trio current for lighting purposes to
the city of Los Angeles, or to its in
habitants, shall be plainly marked on
the outside and on the front thereof,
with the current capacity of such
meter, in amperes, and shall also be
plainly marked with it's meter con-
stant; this is to say with the factor by
which the reading of said meter must
be multiplied in order to ascertain the
amount of energy registered thereby.
Sec. TO- 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, association or cor
poration engaged in the business Of
supplying electric light or electric cur
rent for lighting purposes to the city
of Los Angeles or it's inhabitants to
furnish or supply to any customer for
use in any lamp furnished or supplied
by such firm, association or corpora
tion for use with such current any
electric current which is more than )
per cent greater or less in voltage than
the voltage marked upon such lamp,
unless such excess or deficiency of
voltage could not have been prevented
by the exercise of ordinary care or pru-
dence on the part of such person, COM
pany or corporation; or for any such
person, firm, association or corporation
to fail or neglect to mark in the man
ner prescribed in section hereof any
lamp furnished or supplied by such
person, firm, association or corporation
TO any customer for use with the cur
rent supplied by such person, firm, as
sociation or corporation; or to fail or
neglect to mark in the manner pre-
scribed in section hereof any meter
furnised or installed by such person,
firm, association or corporation; or to
fail or neglect to mark in the manner
prescribed in section hereof the main
or conduit through which electric cur
rent is furnished; or for any such per-
son, company or corporation, or for
any agent of any such person, COM
pany or corporation knowingly to col
lect from any person, firm or corpora
tion for greater quantity of electric
current than has been actually fur
nished.
Shall Test Lights
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of the
city electrician to make an eXamina-
tion and test the accuracy, capacity
the city of Los Angeles installed and
used for the purpose of measuring
electric current furnished to the city
of Los Angeles or to any person, firm,
association or corporation therein for
lighting purposes by means of wires
or other conductors, suspended or laid
along, across or in the streets Of said
city, and to test and measure the
voltage of any electric current so fur
nished at the point where the main or
conductor carrying such current is at
tached to the premises in which said
current is used. Such examination,
test and measurement shall be made
upon the written request of the person,
firm, association or corporation receiv-
ing and using for lighting purposes the
electric current measured through the
meter to be tested. After making such
examination, test and measurement
the city electrician shall give certiti-
cate in writing showing the result
thereof to the person, firm, association
or corporation at whose request the
examination, test or measurement is
made, and shall deliver to the person,
firm, association or corporation furnish
ing the electric current through said
main and measured by said meter a
duplicate of such certificate. Said GER
tificate shall show the time and place
of the examination, the number and
make of the meter examined, its ca
pacity in amperes, the percentage
and character of errSr, If any, in the
measurement made thereby, and the
voltage of the electric current supplied
through the said main or conductor at
the point where the same is attached
to the premises of the consumer. And'
the city electrician shall and he is here
by authorized and empowered to