The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-10
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Board of Public Safety: he shall keep
faithful record of all applications to string
wires in streets or houses, whether ap-
proved or rejected, and shall Immediately
inspect all new work and report the same
to the Board of Public Safety.
Sec. 3. That no person shall work at
the business of electrical construction for
light, heat or power, either as master
electrician. or Journeyman- electrician. in
the city of Pensacola, I:s.ess he shall
have first received a license certi6-
cate in accordance with the provisions of
this ordinance; provided. however, that
each Journeyman- electrician, actually en-
gagged in a piece of electrical work, may
have one or more helpers or apprentices.
Each journeyman- electrician and each
master electrician who proposes to do
electrical work, before he shall be allow
ed to work in Pensacola as such, shall
stand an examination before the Board
of Public Safety, and the City Electrician;
nation, there shall be issued to him
certificate. certifying that he is compe
tent to work at said business.
Sec 4. That every person, firm or
corporation desiring TO engage in the bust
ness of electrical construction, and of
the installation of wiring and apparatus
for electrical light, heat or power, in the
City of Pensacola, shall before doing so,
obtain a license therefor and shall pay to
the City an annual license tax of Twenty
five Dollars.
Sec 5. That any person. firm or cor
poratfon owning or using any such wires
or fixtures, who shall fail or refuse, after
Que nOIlce from the lily ELECTRICIAN
remove the same, shall upon conviction,
be subject to a penalty not exceeding
Fifty Dollars. And the erection or use
of any wires or fixtures condemned by
the City Electrician, shall subject the
offender on conviction, to a like penalty
Sec. 6. That on any pole of any electric
light. power, street railway. telephone or
| telegraph company, used jointly by two
or more such companies, each company
shall be allotted a special zone. and shall
confine its wires to that zone. space
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poles downward.
Sec. T. The City Electrician shall have
the power to order all dead" wires con-
demned as dangerous, to be removed
from poles or other fixtures. and all wires
and appliances found to be defective. to
be removed or rePairedi and If such order
is not complied with promptly; he may
cause them to be removed at the expense
OF the owners thereof.
Sec. s. That the City Electrician. or his
authorized representative. shall have the
enter any building nanhole or subway,
or to climb any pole for the purpose of
| examining and testing the electrical ap-
| pliances therein or thereon y contained.
| And for that purpose he shall be given
| prompt access TO all buildings. after
| proper notice to the individual or com
pany owning or in charge of same
| Sec O. That no building shah be wired
| for electric lights, heat or power. nor
| shall any telephone. telegraph or slgnaH-
| ing system be installed. or any repairs,
already installed in any building. WITHIN
the corporate limits. be made nor ShaI
any extensions or alterations be mac IN
underground or overhead coHstructlon
until application shall have been maze
and written permit obtained from the
! City Electrician.
Sec. TO- That no electrical contracL"I 4;
employe or any person whomSoevcr, shall
connect I'D any electrical wires or april
ances with any plant supplying electTic
| current until all of sad wires ana aPP pr
hay
| CITY Electrician and until the said CITY
| Electrician shall have issued his certif-
! tractor or owner that the work has been
! done in accordance with the rules of the
Board of Public Safety
Sec. IL. That no person. firm or cor
poration supplying current for electric
! light heat or power. or for telegraph,
/ telephone OF signalling systems. shall con-
! connected up with any building in the
CITY until the said certificate OF the CITY
Electrician has been issued.
Sec II. That the Board of Public
Safety shall adopt rules requiring that all
/ electrical construction. all mater!a! and
appliances used in connection with the
electrical work. and the operation OF az
electrical apparatus within the city, shaii
conform to the current Rules and Re-
| quirements Of the National Board OF Fire
! Underwriters. for the lnstaIlation OF
wiring and apparatus for electrician pur
poses.
Sec. 13-That It shall be unlawfel for
any person or persons In erecting scat
! folding putting up signs, repairing or
/ painting buildings, or in any other way,
to cut break or interfere with the ar
rangement of telegraph, telephone. light,
I yided however that when IL is found
| necessary to remove wires theretrom IN
prosecuting such work. the owner Of the
| building or the contractor engaged
| thereon shall give the City Electrician
| written notice two days before such re-
| rnoval is REQUIRED, and II shall be the
1 dutv of the CITY Electrician to motifs
/ the owner of such wires ITO remove the
I same: and upon their failure to do sc
| within twenty-four hours after such on
tice the CITY Electrician may authorize
| removal OF such wires. at the expense
of the owners.
| Sec IA That 1T shall be unlawful fnl