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ORDINANCE NO. 142 85 AN ORDn~ANCE REGULATING AND PBOVIDI!~G FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE IN BUILDING OF ELECTRIC WIRING, ELECTRIC DEVICES AND ELECTRIC MATERIAL, CREATDlG THE OFFICE OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, AND FIXING THE PENALTY OOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The Village Council of Roseville ordains as follows: SECT ION 1 Electrical Inspector. There is hereby created the position of electrical inspector who shall be appointed. by the Council. The person appointed to said. position shall be a competent electrician who shall have had at least two years' experience as a master or journeyman in the practice of his trade or two years' training in a recognized college of electrical engineering, shall be well versed in approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life and property, the statutes of the State of Minnesota relating to electrical work, the rules and regulations issued by the Industrial Commission of Minnesota and the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota under authority of the statutes, the National Electrical Code, as approved by the American Engineering Standards Committee, and the National Electrical Safety Code, as approved by the American Engineering Standards Committee. SECT ION 2 Salary and Duties of Electrical Inspector. Sai~ electrical inspector shall receive as compensation for his services one-h~lf of the fees collected for electrical inspection, and he shall not engage in the business of the install- ation and the maintenance of electric wiring, electric devices and electrical material either directly or indirectly in this Village and he shall have no financial interest in any concern engaged. in such business in thi s Village. SECTION 3 Inspection. The electrical inspector shall make a thorough inspection of the installation in buildings of all electric wiring, electric devices and electric materials now installed or that m~ hereafter be installed, within thi s Village, and when the installation of a:n.y such wiring, devices or material is found to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition he shall notify the person, firm or corporation owning, using, operating or installing the same in writing to place the installation of such wiring, d.evices and material in a safe con- di tion and he shall immed.iately place a notice in a conspicuous place upon such dangerous or unsafe wiring, devices and material stating that said wiring, devices or material is unsafe and shall not be used until it is put in a safe condition and. thereafter it shall be unlawful to use said wiring, devices and material un- til it has been placed in a safe condition and has been inspected by said inspector. SECTION 4 Right to Access to Buildings. Said electrical inspector shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building in the discharge of his duties for the pur-pose of making any inspection or test of the installation of electric wiring, electric devices and electric material contained therein, and shall have the authority to cause the turning off of all electric currents and cut and disconnect in cases of emergency any wire where such electrical currents are dangerous to life or property or may interfere with the work of the Fire Department. I