The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-07-23

sons, firms or corporations engaged or en-
gaging in the business or work of INSTALL
ing and erecting wiring, fixtures, engines
and machinery or work of whatever char
acter for the conduct and use Of electric
ity, and imposing fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES for the violation thereof.
Section l. Be it Ordained by the Com
mon Council of the City of Pleasantville that
an Electrical Examining Board consisting OF
the Electrical Inspector of the City of Pleas
antyille. one Master Electrician and one
Journeyman Electrician, the latter two to
be appointed by Common Council and to hold
office for one year, be and the same Is here
by created.
No person, firm or corporation shall en-
gage in the electrical business as Master
Electrician in the City of Pleasantyille, or
engage to erect, install, alter, repair or make
any addition to any electrical system or sys-
TENS in said City unless such person, firm or
corporation shall furnish to the City Clerk
a certificate from the City Electrical Exam
lining Board, certifying that such person,
firm or corporation is qualified to engage in
the said business as a Master Electrician.
and shall have registered his. their or its
name or names and business or home adj
dress in the office of the said City Clerk,
upon such form or forms as may from time
to time be furnished and prescribed by the
said City Clerk, provided that the registra-
ton of any one member of the firm or cor
poration, or of the superintendent or fore
man thereof shall be deemed sufficient.
Every person, firm or corporation qualified
as herein provided shall receive from the
said City Clerk a certificate of registration
which shall be for the period of one year or
fractional part thereof. next ensuing from
the date of registration, and shall entitle the
person, firm or corporation therein named to
engage in and carry on the business of erect
ing, installing, altering or making any addi-
ton to any electrical system or systems in
the City of Pleasantville, as a Master Elec-
trician, for which a fee Of Seventy-fve
($75) Dollars must be paid.
Section 2. Be 1t further Ordained that at
the expiration of each calendar year said
rprfiHpatp nf registry shall he mil and V0l1
A registered Master Electrician desiring to
continue in the business of erecting, alter
ing, repairing or making any addition to any
electrical system or systems for the ensuing
year, shall between the LIST and 31st days of
December of each and every year, surrender
the said certificate of registry for the then
current year to the City Clerk and register
his, their or its name or names and business
or home address as hereinbefore provided,
for which registration a Master Electrician
shall pay to the City of Pleasantville the
sum of Two t$2) Dollars. Any person, firm
or corporation engaged in the electrical bust
ness failing to register during the time
specified, must present to the City of Pleas
antyille, a certificate from the examining
board as to qualifications, before he, they or
it shall be registered.
Section 3. Be it further Ordained that no
person, firm or corporation engaged in the
business of erecting, installing, altering, re-
pairing or making any addition to any cleo
trical system or systems in other places as
Master Electricians desiring to engage in or
perform a job of electrical work in the City
of Pleasantville, shall enter upon such work
until he, they or it shall have qualified as
hereinbefore provided in Section l.
Section 4. Be it further Ordained that a
person upon presenting satisfactory proof Of
his ability may be registered as a Master
Electrician for the care, alteration or addi-
ton of the electrical system of a designated
manufacturing or mercantile establishment,
institution. hotel, etc, where it is necessary
to have the continual service of a Master
Electrician and receive a certificate of reg
istry, but in no case shall a person be per-
mitted to do any electrical work in any
building or buildings other than that for
which he Is registered, unless he has first
secured a place of business as provided for
in Section 8. Of this ordinance.
Section 8. Be it further Ordained that
every registered Master Electrician shall
have a bona fde place of business in the
City of Pleasantville and shall display on
the front of his or their place of business a
sign Registered Electrician bearing the
name or names of the persons, firm or cor
p%oration in letters not less than one and
one-half inches high, except as provided in
Section 8 and 4.
Section 6. Be 1t firther Ordained that no
person other than a registered Master Elec-
trician shall be allowed to carry on or en-
gage in the electrical business. nor shall any
person or persons expose the sign of %electri-
clan or any advertisement pertaining thereto
unless he or they shall have first been regis
tered in the office of the City Clerk and re-
ceived a certificate of registry. Nor shall
any person or persons other than a register
ed Master Electrician Cor a person in his or
their employ or under his or their supertis-
ion) be allowed to alter. erect, install, repair
or make any addition to any electrical sys-
TEN or systems.
Section Z. Be it further Ordained that no
person, firm or corporation registered as a
Master Electrician or Master Electricians
shall allow the use of his, their or its name,
by any person or persons, directly or indi-
rectly, for the purpose of obtaining a permit
or permits to do any electrical work.
Gaation & Re n fnrthar Ordainpd that
the certificate of registry granted under
these rules and regulations may be suspend
ed or revoked by the Common Council when
the Master Electrician, firm or corporation.
or the registered representative thereof shall
violate any of the provisions of this or any
other ordinance of the City of Pleasantville,
pertaining to the subject of electricity and
shall refuse or neglect to make any OF the
necessary corrections to the work not APP
proved by the Electrical Inspector within a
reasonable time after notification thereof. or
who shall permit the use of his, their or its
name by a person or persons for the pur-
pose of obtaining a permit or permits to do
electrical work.
Section 8. Be it further Ordained that
every registered Master Electrician, firm or
corporation shall give immediate notice of
any change in his, their or its place of bust
ness, and upon his, their or its retirement
from business, shall surrender his, their or
its certificate of registry to the City Clerk.
Section 10. Be it further Ordained that
every person, firm or corporation or repre-
sentative thereof, IN registering. snail give
the full name or names of the person, firm
or officers names of the corporation for
which he or they shall register.
Section II. Be it further Ordained that
every person, so registered as a Master Elec-
trician shall make and execute unto the
City of Pleasantville a bond in the sum of
Two Hundred ($200) Dollars. with sufficient
security, to be approved by the said Common
Council and renewed annually. conditioned
upon the proper and faithful performance,
in accordance with the ordinances, rules and
regulations of the said Common Council by
said Master Electrician of all the electrical
work, both inside and outside buildings done
by him within the corporate limits Of said
City of Pleasantville, and no person shall
engage in business or do work as a Master
Electrician within the corporate limits OF
said City until such bonds shall be filed
with and approved by said Common Council.
Section 70. BE it further Ordained that
it shall be the duty of any person now en-
gagged in the business of a Master Electrician
in the City of Pleasantville and who shall
desire to continue the same, to file an appli-
cation with the City Clerk containing his
NAME, residence and place of business and
the name under which he is doing business,
and a statement that at the time of the pass
age of this ordinance, such applicant was
actually and actively doing business at the
place therein named and that said business
is to be conducted continuously by said party
within the City of Pleasantville, such appli-
cation to be signed by the applicant and a
statement therein contained to be duly sworn
to before an officer authorized to take oaths,
Whereupon the CITY Clerk upon the receipt