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(c) Not more than 4 single or 2 duplex appliance outlets shall be connected to any lighting circuit. (d) To determine the size of conductors feeding an appliance outlet circuit, -.ach ~uch circuit shall be rated as requiring 680 watts. (e) A~liance outlets located in a dining room, kitchen, breakfast room or nook, bathroom screen porch, or laundry, must not be installed on lighting circuits. A convenient outlet for iron and convenient outlet for breakfast nook may be put on same circuit. (f) Any fixture in a kitchen, breakfast room or nook, screen porch or laundry, not provided with an appliance outlet, shall be wired with not smaller than No. l~ B&S Cauge wire. (g) When a built-in ironing board is roughed-in, an appliance outlet shall be inst~]ed ~ithin four feet of said ironing board. An appliance outlet will not be approved in an ironSng board cabinet. one (h) In apartment houses, an appliance outl~t circuit shall n~ supply more than apartment without written permission from the department of Electrici~y. Heater Circuits Any heater shall be rated at not les~ than 1SO0 watts and shall be installed on a separate circuit of not less than No. 12 B&S gauge wire. Any r~ceptacle for such heater shall have a capacity of not less than twenty amperes. Section 29. Power Wiring. All power wlr~ng shall be done in accordance with Electrical Safety Orders of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of Califor~ia, with the exception that all motors over 1/2 H.P. shall have a no voltage release switch. Section 30. Responsibility. This ordinance shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any ~arty owning, operating, controlling, or installing any electric wiring, electric devices and/or electric material, for damages to person or property caused by any defect therein nor shall the City be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection authorized herein, or certificate of inspection issued as herein provided. Section 31. Saving Clause. The City Electrician is hereby empowered to make interpretations in form of rules of this Ordinance, rules and regulations, mentioned in Section 7 of his own rules wherever there is a question as to materials or method or manner in which the materials shall be installed. Said rules shall be in writing and shall be final as to that class of installati. Section 32. Contractor's Bond. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of contracting electrical installations, alterations and/or repairs, for any purpose whatsoever without firs' having deposited with the City Clerk a bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and having procured a license therefor. Applications for a license shall be made to the City Clerk accompanied by a fee of Fifty dollars ($50.00). Upon receipt of the application fee the City Clerk shall issue a license which shall expire in twelve months, which shall who proper notation has been made thereon by the City Electrician following the successful compliance by the applicant to the provisions of Section 33, shall ~rm!t the holder thereof to engage .In the business of contracting electrical installations, alterations and/or repairs Section 33. Master Electrician Licenses. A master electrician is a ~rsdn, firm or corporation engaged in the business of installing, altering and/or repairing electric ~ring directly, or through an employee who as superintendent or foreman is responsible for the work, and in direct charge thereof. There is hereby create~ a Board of F~aminers of ~iaster Electricians consisting of three men, the City Electrician and two other interested parties, appointed by the Board of Trustees. No person, firm or corporation shall engage as master electrician in the business of installing, altering oi~ repairing electric wiring for any purpose whatsoever, in the City of Santa Ann, without first having procured a license therefor as n~rein provided. App~ioation for a license shall be made to the City Olerk and before such l~ense shall be issued, the application therefor shall be approved by the Board of Examiners of Master Electricians, who shall examine such applicant, at such time and place as it shall designate, as to his qualifications and competency to engage in the business of installing electric wiring and electric material. The examination shall be practical and elementary i~ character but sufficiently strict to test the q~mlifications of the applicant. Such license: shall not be t~ansferable and shall cover only wor~ installed by the holder thereof. Any license granted ma}~ be revoked by the Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of the Board of Examiners of Master Electricians if the licensee violates any ordinance or law relating to instsllatlons of electric wiring or electric material or is responsible for any electrical installation which is a hazard to life and property. When a license is revoked, a new license shall not again be granted to the same licensee for a period of at least thirty days. If a license shall be revoked the fee paid therefor shall be forfeited to the City of Santa Ann.