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ORDINANCE NO. 237 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, 13 and 15 OF ORDINANCE NO. 161 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF DOING ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION, FIXTURE AND CONNECTION WORK AND PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN TEE SAME, OPERATING A BOARD OF EXAMINATION, REGULATING THE SALE OF ELECTRICAL FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES, PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION, FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 156 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED, 'AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF DOING ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION, FIXTURE AND CONNECTION WORK, AND PROVIDING FOR TEE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN TEE SAME, AND CREATING AN EXAMINATION BOARD, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION THEREOF', AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 128 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, ENTITLED, 'AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF', AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, " APPROVED JULY 14TH, 1930, AND AMENDED SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1931, BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 174, AND REPEALING SECTION 5 of SAID ORDINANCE NUMBER 161 AS AMENDED. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 161 of the City of Las Vegas, as amended by Ordinance No, 174 of the City of Las Vegas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "On and after the passage, adoption and completion of publication of this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any master electrician to do, or attempt to do, or cause to be done, except as hereinafter provided, any electrical installation fixture or connection work, whether original work or alteration, within any building in the City of Las Vegas, without first undergoing before the Electrical Inspector of the City of Las Vegas, or such other person or persons as may be named therefor by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, an examination as to his competency as an electrician or electrical worker and procuring from said Board of Commissioners a certificate reciting that he has been found qualified to act in such capacity and to do said class of work. Such certificate shall be signed by the Mayor and the Electrical Inspector." SECTION 2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 161 of the City of Las Vegas is hereby amended to read as follows: "Any certificate issued under the provisions of Section One of this Ordinance may be cancelled and annulled by the Board of Commissioners of said City, whenever it appears to said Board that the holder of such certificate, or any person working under him, has done, or habitually does any work or causes or permits or allows to be done any work not in strict accordance with approved electrical methods as defined by any Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas, or which said Board of Commissioners may regard as dangerous to life or property, and it shall be unlawful for any person whose certificate has been so cancelled or annulled, to again engage in such work until he has been reinstated by said Board and a new certificate issued to him." SECTION 3. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 161 of the City of Las Vegas, as amended by Ordinance No. 174 of the City of Las Vegas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Before or at the time of applying for such certificate, the applicant shall pay unto the City Clerk a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and said Board of Commissioners will thereafter and as soon as practicable and in no event later than fifteen (15) days thereafter, arrange for such examination. Any person failing to pass any such examination shall be entitled to have returned to him the said sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), but any person failing to pass such examination shall not be permitted to take another examination at an earlier time than thirty days after the last preceding examination so taken by him, unless otherwise prescribed by an order of said Board of Commissioners." SECTION 4. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 161 of the City of Las Vegas, as amended by Ordinance No. 174 of the City of Las Vegas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The word "person" as used herein shall include also any firm of persons or corporation. A "master electrician" within the meaning of this Ordinance is a person, firm or corporation actively engaged in the business of installing, altering and/or repairing electrical wiring of electrical lighting or heating apparatus for others, directly or by means of agents or employees; provided, however, that in the case of a firm or corporation engaging in the business of electrical work as aforesaid, the provisions of this ordinance relative to certificate of qualification shall be deemed to be complied with if the member of such firm, officer of such corporation, foreman or other person in charge of such electrical work for such firm or corporation, shall have complied with the requirements hereof and received a certificate as a master electrician; but nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any person to have charge of, exercise any control over or direct any such electrical work without having obtained and having in force and effect a certificate as herein provided for. Provided, that none of the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevent the lessee or owner of any premises from performing his own electrical work on such premises with his own hands only, but if any one is hired to do such work, the person hired shall be a master electrician and not a journeyman electrician. All work so done by such lessee or owner shall be subject to inspection, the payment of inspection fees, and shall be done strictly in conformity with the Ordinances of the. City of Las Vegas pertaining to electrical work. A "Journeyman Electrician" within the meaning of this Ordinance is a person employed by a master electrician to supervise under the control and direction of a master electrician the installing, altering and/or repairing of electrical, lighting or heating apparatus or to do installing, altering and/or repairing of electrical wiring of electrical lighting or heating apparatus.