HomeMy WebLinkAbout5136ORDINANCE NO. 5136
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR
LICENSES TO OPERATE STEAM BOILERS AND /OR REFRIGERATING MA-
CHINES; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS; FIXING
THE LICENSE FEES FOR SANE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. The Mayor of the City of Little Rock is
hereby authorized and directed to appoint a Board of Examiners,
who shall serve without pay, to examine all engineers who oper-
ate stationary steam boilers with twenty -five (25) pounds of
steam pressure or more, or steam boilers attached to hoisting
machines and /or commercial ice or refrigerating machines of
fifteen tons (15) or more, and /or refrigerating machines of
five tons (5) or more used in public buildings. The said
Board of Examiners shall consist of three (3) members, each of
whom shall be skilled in the operation of both boilers and re-
frigerating machines as herein described, and shall have at
least five (5) years' experience in the operation of same, and
it shall be the duty of said Board to examine all applicants
for licenses to operate such boilers and /or refrigerating ma-
chines within the City of Little Rock. It shall be the duty of
the said Board to make proper rules and regulations governing
the conduct of examinations of applicants, and to make and con-
duct investigations for the purpose of the enforcement of this
ordinance, and to report violations of this ordinance to the
duly constituted legal authority of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 2. As designated by the Mayor, one member
of said Board shall hold office until May 1, 1935; one member
until May 1, 1936; and one member until May 1, 1937. Their
respective successors shall thereafter be appointed for a term
of three years.
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SECTION 3. Until a license has first been procured,
no person shall operate, or assist in the operation of, any
boiler, or boilers, of any kind whatsoever, or for any purpose,
when such boiler `has a steam capacity of twenty -five (25)
pounds of steam pressure, or more, or operate, or assist in the
operation of, any refrigerating machine of fifteen tons (15),
or more, used in commercial plants, or refrigerating machines
of five tons (5), or more, used in public buildings, in the
City of Little Rock; provided that miniature boilers are exempt
from this ordinance. A miniature boiler is described to em-
brace fired pressure vessels which do not exceed the following
limits: Sixteen (16) inches inside diameter of shell, forty -
two (42) inches in length of shell, twenty (20) square feet of
heating surface, one hundred (100). pounds per square inch max-
imum working pressure.
SECTION 4. Every such applicant who shall present
himself for examination before said Board of Examiners shall
pay a fee of three dollars ($3.00).
SECTION 5. Every person who is now operating any of
the boilers and /or refrigerating machines included in this or-
dinance shall be licensed to operate said boiler and /or re-
frigerating machine without examination by making application
to said Board within thirty days after written notice is given
such person by said Board, and by paying to the City Collector
of the City of Little Rock a fee of $1.50.
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SECTION 6. Examinations shall be held by said Board
during the month of July of each year, and oftener at the dis-
cretion of the Board, and if upon examination, a majority of
the Board deems an applicant qualified to operate steam boilers
and /or refrigerating machines aforesaid, said applicant shall
be granted a license in his proper classification, in the classes
herein set out, to extend to the end of the calendar year for
which it is granted;
First Class: to operate any and all classes
of steam and refrigerating machines.
Second Class: to operate steam boilers of forty
70-7— orse power, or less, capacity, and refrig-
erating machines of fifteen (15) tors, or less,
capacity, provided that the holder of a license
as a second class engineer may operate all
classes of steam boilers and /or refrigerating
machines as an assistant to the holder of a first
class engineer's license.
SECTION 7. The license fees herein provided for shall
be payable,. on January 1st of each year, and shall, together with
the fees paid by applicants, go to the general revenue fund of
the City of Little Rock.
SECTION S. Any person who shall have been granted
such a license may have the same renewed at the beginning of
each calendar year by paying a fee of $1.50 to the City Collect-
or of the City of Little Rock, and it shall be the duty of the
City Collector to endorse such renewal date and receipt of pay-
ment upon the said license.
SECTICN 9. The Board of Examiners shall furnish to
the City Collector a list of the names of all persons granted
such licenses, and the location of the boiler and /or refriger-
ating machine such person is operating, and when such holder of
a license shall begin work at a different location, it shall be
his duty to notify the City Collector in writing.
SECTION 10. Upon affidavit of the holder of such
license that it has been lost or destroyed, the City Collector
shall issue a copy of said license to the person making such
affidavit, provided the name of such person appears upon the
regular list of license holders in the City Collector's office.
SECTION 11. It shall be unlawful for any person to
operate, attempt to operate, or assist in the operation of, any
boiler and /or refrigerating machine defined and included in this
ordinance without having first complied with the provisions of
this ordinance.
SECTION 12. Any person violating the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction, shall be fined in any sum not less than $10.00, nor
more than $25.00, and each day such violation shall continue
shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 13. If any section, or sections, of this
ordinance shall be declared void by any court of this State,
that fact shall not affect the remaining sections of this
ordinance, but they shall.continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 14. Ordinance
is hereby repealed, and all other
dinances in conflict herewith are
ordinance shall be in full orce
passage and approval.
Passed: May 4, 1934
Attest:
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No. 2564, passed June 2, 19190
ordinances and parts of or-
hereby repealed, and this
and effect from and after its
Approved:
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