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ORDIXANCE 2- 0
<br />AIT ORDIiWCE PROVIDING FOR A !MIRE INSPECTOR
<br />AND HIS CGII ENSATION, FIXING HIS DUTIES AND
<br />RuGUTATING THE INSTALI TION OI ELECTRICAL
<br />FIRES J AND AP.PARL.TUS IN TIM TOYM OF LOS GATOS,
<br />AND FLEES FOR INSPECTION.
<br />The Board of Trustees of the Torn of Los Gatos do ordain
<br />as follows:--
<br />SECTION I: A Fire Inspector_is hereby provided for the
<br />Town of Los Gatos, 'Who shall be app®._'`ted by its council and shall
<br />receive as, compensation for his services the fees hereinafter pro-
<br />vided for. It shall be, and, is hereby made :nis duty, and he is
<br />hereby empowered and authorized to enforce the provisions of this
<br />ordinance and of the general laws of the state upon the same sub-
<br />`ect, and to have and perform sub? ether or further duties, and
<br />for such further compensation as may hereafter be provided for.
<br />This employment shall continue at the pleasure of the appointing
<br />power. He shall re'por't to the council. each month at the regular
<br />meeting thereof, for the previous month, the collection of fees
<br />by him hereby provided for by a statement filed with the clerk,
<br />setting out in detail the fees collected, and for what collected,
<br />and the names of the persons from whom collected.
<br />SECTION 2. The :sire Inspector shall have the supervision
<br />about electrical
<br />any a buil.ding vacant
<br />putting , appliances, apparatus in, on or all
<br />ne
<br />n,.ct~.ons
<br />lot, public street, or alley in the Town of Los Gatos. It shall be
<br />his duty to inspect all inside or outside electrical wiring in the
<br />Town of Lo.s Gatos, whether telephone, telegraph, electric light or
<br />power or other wiring, and to report any unsafe conditions to the
<br />persons, firms, companies, or corporations owning or controlling the
<br />same. It shall be the duty of the `Mire Inspector to disconnect any
<br />electrical wiring connections, appliances or apparatus in the Town
<br />of Los Gatos by pulling the fuses or cutting the wires controlling
<br />the same, Vhene*e°r such e .ect.rical wiring, connections, '".appliances
<br />or apparatus shall have been found or reported to be in an unsafe
<br />condition, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or
<br />corporation to use such equipment until it has been repaired and ap-
<br />proved by the Fire Inspector, provided, however, that whenever such
<br />equipment has been found or reported to be in an uns fe Condit ionthe Wire Inspector shall. give or cause to be.give persons,
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<br />firm., company or corporation owning or controlling the same, notice
<br />thereof, and demand that the same be repaired within the time fixed
<br />by the Wire Inspector before disconnecting the same, as herein
<br />provided.
<br />firm, company or corporation shall
<br />SECTION 3. No person,.
<br />supply el ectrao current AV equip with electrical wiring, fixtures; ~
<br />or apparatus or xz a-Q any alterations Jin or additions to, any elec®-_
<br />trical wiring or apparatus in, on or about any building,.xacant lots
<br />public street or alley in the Town of Los Gatos, without first
<br />notifying the vfire Inspector in writing and receiving from him a II
<br />written permit to do such work. Such permit shall state the kind.,
<br />of work a, o be dome and shall. cover only the kind of work so rtes rghl at
<br />rd. Said permit shall also state the location by street and, number
<br />of the building where said work is to be done, and shall be valid
<br />only for the location so stated. When an equipment is found to
<br />conform to the rules and regulations adopted herein, the Wire In-
<br />spector shall issue a certificate that the terms of this ordinance
<br />have been complied with, but no such certificate shall be granted
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