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6.1 That all electrical work under construction or formally contracted for at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be exempted from the provisions of this ordinance. 6.2 That no permit is required to replace any electrical fixtures or appliances which require no change in the electric wiring for such fixture or appliance. I SECTION 7. LIABILITY: 7.1 That this ordinance shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any corporation, co-partnership, association, individual, or agent thereof, installing, operating or controlling any electric wiring or electrical apparatus for damages to anyone thereby, or for full and faithful performance of the contract, nor shall the City of San Marcos, Texas, be held as assuming any liability by reason of the inspection authori~ed herein Or certificate, or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance; SECTION 8. PENALTY: 8.1 That any person, firm, or corporation who violates any part of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum of not less than One Dollar nor more than Two Hundred Dollars. Each and every day's continuance of any violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 9. SAVINGS CLAUSE: 9.1 That if any section, paragraph, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance be invalid, or unconstitutional, then such invalid or unconstitutional portion shall not in any way affect the remainder of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared as the intent of the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, that the remainder of this ordinance would have been passed by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, notwithstanding the invalidity or unconstitutionality of such section, paragraph, sentence, or phrase. I SECTION 10. 10.1 That all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of San Marcos, Texas, in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby in all respects repealed. SECTION 11. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: 11.1 The public welfare, health, and safety being presently endangered due to the fact that the existing ordinances of the City of San Marcos do not afford an adequate and comprehensive code governing the installation of plumbing facilities within the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, therefore, an emergency exists, requiring the provisions of the Charter of the City of San Marcos that ordinarily require ordinances to be read on three (3) several days and that no ordinances shall become effective until the, expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage, be dispensed with; thus, this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage by this body and its publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of San Marcos. Such publication shall be accompanied by a setting out in said newspaper of the caption and the penalties for violation of said ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED fiis L~::i(Jf erbert A. c.;C:r Mayor '-- December 1971. ~EST:~"". jn /' 'I/~ tJ . Dorothy . orrell City See ary ^- I ~~wJkr Albert M. Walker City Attorney Published in THE SAN MARCOS RECORD December 30, 1971