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ORDINANCE NU. 3 /
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AN U?DINANCE FUl? THE CREATION OF A BOARD FOP, EXAMINING AfJD
L 1 C EN5 I NG ~ L'cCT R I ~:. f :~i~~S : TO PP.vV I DE RULES Af~1D RE~U LAT I ~JS FOR
LICENSING' Ai~1D EXAN'~INING SUCH PERSON OR CUivi1'ANY, TI-1E ISSUArrlCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF COPJiPt ~:.._iJCY AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALT I ES FUR THE
VIUL~~TIC~'~ OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE I T U°DAI fvED BY THE C I TY CUUi~k:I L OF THE CITY OF `?fEST iviEf~.~iPH I S,
ARK.1PJSr~S
SECTION I. There is hereby created and establisi~ed a Board
of Examiners for electricians; said Board shall consist of four
(41 members who shall b¢ appointed by the N~ayor with the advice
and consent of th¢ City Council and who shall be appointed for
a term of one I11 year from th¢ first of "day of th¢ year of
their appointment and shall be appointed annually thereafter
b¢fore the first day of .Viay and said Board shalt be known as a
Board ~F Examiners for EI¢etricians. Said Board shall have the
pow¢r and it shall be its duty to examine into the qualifications
of all persons who are engaged in or desire to engage in the
business of el¢ctrical wiring, maintenance, or in the maint¢n-
ance of ¢I¢ctric equipment or other work connected directly or
indirectly with tiie ¢fectrical work.
Vacancies for any unexpired term shall be fiil¢d in th¢ same
mann¢r as herein provided for the original appointment of mem-
b¢rs. The Board shall elect one of its members to be its
secretary and who shall keep a full and complete record of all
vets and doings of the Board. Th¢ Board of Examiners shall k¢ep
and pr¢serv¢ a record of all electricians examined by them and
to whom a certificate has be¢n issued. Said record shall be
kept in a well bound volume and shall become a p¢rmanent record
of the City of !rest Memphis.
SECTiOfv 2. The Board of Examiners shal l adopt such rules
and r¢gulations for the examination of all applicants for (icen-
sing as ¢lectricians and the issuance of certifieat¢s for the
conduct of the business of the Board of Examiners as may b¢
necessary not in conflict with the statutes of the State of
Arkansas, the provisions of this ordinance or with any other
ordinance of the City of 'e~lest Memphis.
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Examinations shall b¢ held by the Board in the City Hall
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of '~YJest Memphis, Arkansas in the months of ,January, April, June
and October it there be an applicant desirous of taking said
examination. The examination shall be held at a time set by
the Board in the above stated months and each applicant for the
examination shall be notified in tivriting five l5) days prior
to the holding of th¢ examination. Each member of th¢ Board
shall submit an equal nurnber of questions for each examination
and said questions ar¢ to be taken from th¢ National Electric
Code or having direct bearing on electrical installations.
Any person passing the examination by a score or grade of
Seventy t70~) per cent as an individual, company, partnership
or corporation shall then Dave issued a Certificate of compet¢ne
and purchase and procure a license authorizing said person,
company, partnership or corporation to purchase permits for
e 1¢ctr ica I work i n th¢ City of 1~1est i'~emph i s, Arkansas. Th i s
Certificat¢ of competency and license shall be the sole property
of th¢ person taking the examination and he shall be authorized
to secure electrical permits from the City Clerk for work to
be done by him, his company, partnership or corporation.
THE BOARD SHALL REOUI i2E SUCH EVIDEf~1CE AS IT SHALL NEED AS
TO THE O`YINERSHIP BY THE APPLICAi~T Cf- HIS BUSIfvESS, COMPANY,
PARTfvE RSH I P OR COR PO RAT I C.>ni.
NU CERTIFICATE OR L1CEN~E SHALL BE ASSLGNABLE OR TRANSFER-
ABLE AND EVIDEI~JCE OF ANY SUCH TRANSFER UR ASSIGNMENT ~,vJl LL BE
~RUUfJDS AND~OR CAUSE FUR CANCELLATI(:,~i OF SAID CERTIFICATE AP~D~OR
L I CEi~SE.
ALL LICENSES ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK ~YJILL EXPIRE ON DEC-
EMBER 31st OF EACH YEAR AND IF NCT RENEWED BY JANUARY 31st OF
THE F U L LU`:~j I NG Y EAR I T S HA L L B ECUiviE VU f D. Af~IOTf-I E R E XANi I NAT I ON
BEFUf?E THE BOARD OF EX;~P~INERS f~~~AY BE RE~iUI RED AND APPLICANT
SHALL PASS SAID EXAPnINATIUN AND BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPETENCY BEFORE BEING ISSUED A LICENSE BY THE CITY CLERK TU
ENGAGE I N Ti-~E E LECTR I ~.:AL BUS I i~ESS.
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The certificate issued by the Board_of Examiners shall not
be considered as the annual license fee (Certificate of License)
issued by the City Clerk and required of every person, firm, or
corporation engaged in carryinc, on or following the business of
'electrical wiring or maintenance of electrical equipment, but
is in addition to the annual license fees, above referred to,
and provided by Ordinance.
SECTIUN 3. - FEES - THE FEE CHARGED AN APPLICAVT BY THE
BOARD SHALL BE FORTY DOLLAR5 ($40.001 FOR EACH EXAMCNATIUN
HELD FUR A PERSON.
THE E X~~~ I NG BOARD SHA L L HAV E THE PU~:~lE R AND AUTHORITY TU
ISSUE TU AN INDIVIDUAL, COMPAi~~Y UR CURPURATIUN DESIRING TU DG
ELECTRICAL ~'WINTENAf~ICE C~1tY, A CERTIFICATE THAT `:r:l LL ALLOW SAID
INDIVIDUAL, F I KM UR CURPU'',ATION TU DO MAINTENANCE ONLY '~'lITHUUT
COMPLYING `;UITH THE SECTION OF THIS URDINAI~CE AS TU v1AINTAINiN~
AN ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS.
SECTION 4. From and after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be wnlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
engage in electrical work in any of its phases including the
installation of electric fixtures or equipment or doing any
other thine directly or indirectly connected with electrical
work, without first having made application to the Board of
Examiners and having secured a certificate of competency as
herein provided. Any person, firm or corporation or member
thereof in the City of '.vest ~~~¢mphis holding himself or itself
out as licensed to do electrical work of any kind, in any of
its branches without first securing license in the manner herein
provided shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions
of this ordinance.
SECTIUN 5. Every person, firm, or corporation, its members
or employes of a firm or corporation, desiring to engage in
electrical work in any of its branches shall apply in writing
to the Secretary of the Board and shall deposit with the Trea-
surer of the City of C~:'est Memphis the fee as set in Section 3
hereof required by this ordinance of applicant or applicants
for examination.
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The Board shall fix the hour at which said applicant shall
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appear and be examined and the Board of Examiners shall examine
the applicant to determine his qualifications and fitness to carry
on the business or calling of electrical work. And if the Board
shall find upon examination that the applicant has a reasonable
knowledge of the natural and practical rules of electrical work,
the safe, correct and approved manner of installing wire and
electrical equipment or fixtures, and is familiar with the
ordinances of the City of ~5`es t fv1emph i s, and the statutes of the
State of Arkansas governing the installation of electrical
equipment, wiring, fixtures and devices, then the Board shall
issue to said person a CERTIFICATE to engage in and carry on
the business of electrical ~:vork and shall register such person
as duly certified under .the terms and provisions of this
ordinance.
SECTION 6. The certificate or certificates of competency
granted hereunder shall not be ASSIGI'.vaBLE UR TRANSFERABLE. Any
certificate issued may be suspended or revoked by the Board for
violation of the provisions of this ordinance or any section
thereof of any other ordinance governing the installation or
inspection of electric wiring, fixtures, apparatus or devices.
SECTION 7.
Any member of the Board may be removed by the
Mayor of the City of ~;~est Memphis for incompetency, inefficiency
or dereliction of duty. The Board shall serve without pay
including the Secretary thereof.
SECTiUN 8. By the term "electrical" as used in this ordin-
ance is included all work of every character connected with the
installation or repair of any electrical fixtures, wiring, mat-
erial connected with or in any manner used in furtherance of
such work.
SECTION 9. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance or any rule or regulation
established and prescribed under the authority herein designated,
shall b¢ guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than T¢n Dollars ($10.001 nor more than Fifty
Dollars ($50.001 for each and every violation of the law, and in
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gddition th¢reto th¢ certificate of the person or persons in-
volved in such violation may be revok¢d by the Board as herein
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provided.
SECTION 10. B¢ it further ordained, that if any section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any r¢ason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid,
such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not aff¢ct th¢
remainder of this ordinance and that all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict h¢rewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED ,4ND APPf:uVEU THIS 2Uth U,~Y OF DUNE, 1957.
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