Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-12-08
City Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 900.


{ installation, alterations, repairs
>detractions anG additions to the
city electric lighting system and te
provide punishment for violation
of same in the city of Fitzgerald
county of Irwin, state Of Georgia.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
that from and after the passage OF
this ordinance the following rules
and regulations as embodied in para
graphs one ~ to seventeen (17) in
elusive, be adopted.
l. The Supt. of the Water and
Light Plant is hereby authorized, en-
powered and directed to regulate and
determine the placing OF electric
wires, or other appliances for eIec-
trio light, heat or power, in the city
of Fitzgerald. Georgia, and to cause
all such wires or appliances to be so
placed, constructed and guarded as
not to cause fres or accidents, en-
dangering life or property.
2. The said w. and L. Supt. shall
have the right, In the discharge of
his duties, to enter any building,
manhole or subway, or to climb any
pole, for the purpose of examining
and testing the electrical appliances
therein or thereon contained, And
for that purpose he shall be given
prompt access to all buildings, pub
lie and private, and to all manholes,
subways or poles, on application to
the individual or company owning
or in charge of same.
Whenever an electric wire or ap-
pliance shall be defective through
improper or insufficient insulation,
or for any other reason, he shall at
once cause the removal of any such
d feet or defects at the expense of
the owners of such wires or appli-
anceE.
3. No alteration shall be made in the
wiring of any building for light, heat
or power, nor shall any building be
wired for electric lights, motors or
heating devices without permit
therefor from the said Superintend-
ent, nor shall any change be made
in any electric plant after inspection,
without notification to the Superin-
tendent and his written permit there-
for.
4. Upon the completion of the
wiring of any building for light, heat
or power, it shall be the duty of the
company, firm or individual doing
the same to notify the Superintend-
ent, who shall at once inspect such
wiring and appliances, and If ap-
proved by him, he shall issue GER
tiflcate of satisfactory inspection,
which shall contain the date of such
inspection, and an outline of the re-
suit of his examination; but no such
certificate shall be Issued, unless
such electric wiring and appliances
be in strict conformity to the rules
and regulations prescribed or re-
quired by these ordinances, nor shall
current be turned on such installa-
tion until said certificate be issued.
5. All electrical construction. all
material and all appliances used in
connection with electrical work, and
the operation of all electrical appa-
ratus within the city of Fitzgerald
shall conform to the "Rules and Re-
quirements of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters" for the installa-
tion of wiring and apparatus for cleo
tablished, or may hereafter be amen
ded; and the said Rules and Regu-
lations are hereby adopted and ap-
proved as part of these ordinances.
s. All poles, posts, cross-bars wires
and other fixtures, placed, owned or
used in any street, alley or public
place in the city of Fitzgerald, Ca.
by any telegraph, telephone, electric
light or power or street railway COM
pany, shall be so placed, owned or
used under the supervision and di-
rection of the superintendent, and
said Superintendent shall have the
right and authority at any time to fix
the size, height, painting and desig-
nation of poles, and to locate and
to change the location of said poles,
wires, etc.
Z. 1t shall be the duty of said Su-
to so direct the placing
of poles and wires in the streets, al
leys and public places of the city
that the same shall cause as little
as possible either to pub
lie travel on such thoroughfares or
to the private use and enjoyment of
adjacent property. 1t shall also be
his duty, and he shall have the au-
thority to compel the removal of
poles
8. Any person or company own
ing and using any such poles who
shall fail or refuse, after five days
notice from the Superintendent, to
any pole or poles, deemed by
him unsuitable, unsafe or improperly
located, or the location of which he
shall require to be changed, shall
upon conviction be fined not less
than five nor more than twenty dol
lars. And the erection or use of any
poles rejected or condemned by the
Supt. shall subject the offender, upon
to like penalty.
9. The superintendent shall cause
all wires, except telephone wires,
that have not been used for thirty
days, and which are known as dead
wires, to be removed at once at the
expense of the owners of such wires.
Ali dead wires of telephone compa-
MES shall be detached from the build.