The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-06
AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the appointment OF City Elec
trical Inspector Regulating Electric Wiring
and the Use OF Electricity, and Prescribing
Penalties for its Violation.
The City OF Owosso Ordains
lection L. That on the first Monday of May
the Commiss on OF the G ty OF OwosSo shall
appoint an lectrical inspector who shall have
the supervision OF the installation OF al cleo
trlcal wiring onnections and apparatus In or
on any building In the city OF Owosso, and all
cleo rical equipments hereafter erected, added
or alt red within said ity. He shall hold Office
unlt IS sooner removed by the Commission, and
shall ceive salary OF $4,000 per year, pay
able semi-annually
Section g. All electrical equipment installed,
used or rected within the city shall conform
to the latest edition OF the National Electrical
Code, together with its supplements.
Section g. 1t shall be the duty of the cleo
trical inspector to examin each electric !
equipment used erected or instalie !, and make
recoI d and report the same for the use of
the Commission Of G City OF Owosso, which
report shall be made weekly. Stat whether
It is in eompl ance with the rules referred I In
Section 3, and all such reports shall be kept on
file In the office OF the lty Clerk and furnished
to the Commission OF the City OF Owosso on
request. The laid Inspector shall issue erti-
hcate to the person installing said equipment
which shall certify that the conditions OF this
ordinance have been complied with, but no
such certificate shall be granted unit sal
cqulphtuJ Is mduc 10 CONFORM TO tne rules OF
Section 2, and 1t shall be unlawful to use any
such equipment for lighting. power, or any
other purpose, o. to furnish electrical current
for the same, until a certificate has been fur
nished In accordance with the terms of this
ordinance
Section 4. No person, firm or corporation
shall quip any building with wiring or appar-
atus coming under the term OF this "rdinan e
without securing permit from the City Clerk
OF the City OF Owo so, and paying to said clerk
the fees mentioned in this ordinance, and when
the work mentioned in the said permit Is In
readiness for inspe ton, notify the city clerk
OF the same, when q reasonable time shall be
allowed for oppo tunity for inspection before
the wiring is concealed. The fee for such per
NIT and inspection shall be SIS and no permit
nor inspection certificate shall issue until such
fee has been paid
Section B. Any person who shall violate any
OF the provisions OF this ordinance hall, on
more than 5000 and costs OF prosecution or by
Imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or by
both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of
the court, and upon failure to pay such tine aud
costs OF prosecute n, may bp imprisoned 70 any
lime not exceeding sixty days, unless payment
thereof be sooner m de, and IL i'm 0risonment
be adjudged In any case IL shall be In the county
jail OF the county Of Shiawassee Michigan.
Section 6. There being an urgent necessity
for this ordinance FIR the preservation of the
publ So ETY., it is hereby ordered to take i'm.
mediate effect.
Passed and approved June T. 1919.
II. WRIGHT,
e. F. CoNANT,
City Clerk.