4605213
ORDINANCE NO. 4605
AN ORD IIdANCE prohibiting electrical interference with radio reception,
and providing for punishment for the violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Sal -na',
Kansas.
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful -for any person, firm.
copartnership, association, or corporation knowingly or wantonly to
operate or cause to be operated, any wire or wires for carrying electric
energy, or any machine, device, apparatus, or instrument of any kind
whatsoever within the corporate limits of the City of Salina, Kansas,
the operation of which shall cause reasonably preventable eledtrical
interference with radio reception, within said municipal limits; Pro-
vided, however, that x-ray pictures, examinations, or treatments may
be made at any time if the machines or apparatus used therefor are
properly equipped to avoid all unnecessary or reasonably preventable
interference with radio reception and are not negligently operated.
Section 2. The building inspector of the City of Salina or
any police officer of said city or any person designated by the �,overn-
ing body of such city for such purpose, shall have the right at any
reasonable hour to enter any place of business or other premises in
the Uity of Salina for the purpose of inspecting or locating or
attempting to locate any wires, machine, device, apparatus or instru-
ment of any kind whatsoever, which is or may be kept or operated on
any such premises in violation of the provisions of this ordinance,
and any person who shall prevent or attempt to prevent such building
inspector or police officer or any person designated by the governing
body of such city for such puvpose, from entering any premises in the
City of Salina for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of a violation
of this ordinance.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall not be held or con-
strued to embrace or cover the regulation of any transmitting,
broadcasting or receiving instrument, apparatus, or device used
or useful in interstate commerce or the operation of which in-
strument, apparatus, or device is licensed or authorized by or
under the provisions of any act of the congress of the United
States.
Section 4. That every person, copartnership, assocation,
firm or corporation violating, or who shall cause, permit or direct
the violation of any of the provisi )ns of this ordinance, or who
shall permit to be kept or operated on any premises in said City,
under the control of, or in the possession of, any such person,
copartnership, association, firm or corporation any machine, device,
apparatus or instrument, the operation of whicta is in violation
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of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty -.five 0,21.00) dollars,
Each day during; which such vicln.tion continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effoct and be in force from
and after its nl.zblication in the official city paper.
Attest:
Introduced January 6. 1936
Passed, January 13, 1936
Chas. E. Banker
Uity Ulerk
STATE OF KANSAS )
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COUNTY OF LALINE )
F. C. Peters
Mayor
I, Chas, E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 4605 passed and approved by the Board ofCom-
missioners of the City of Salina January 13, 1936; and a record of
tLe vote on its final adoption is found on page �/6 % Journal No. 13.
( Published in the Salina Journal Januray lg, 1936)
ORDINANCE NO. 4605
AN ORDINANCE prohibiting electrical interference with radio reception,
and providing for punishment for the violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Uity of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 10 That it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm, copartnership, association, or corporation knowingly or
wantonly to operate or cause to be operated, any wire or wires
for carrying electric energy, or any machine, device, apparatus,
or instrument of any kind whatsoever within the corporate limits
of the City of Salina, Kansas, the operation of which shall cause
reasonably preventable electrical interference with radio reception,
within said municipal limits; Provided, however, that x-ray pictures,
examinations, or treatments may be made at any time if the machines
or apparatus used therefor are properly equipped to avoid all un-
necessary or reasonably preventable interference with radio re-
ception and are not negligently operated.
Section 2. The building inspector of the City of Salina
or any police officer of said city or any person designated by the
governing body of such city for such purpose, shall have the right
at any reasonable hour to enter any place of business or other
premises in the City of Salina for the purpose of inspecting or
locating or attempting to locate any wires, machine, device,
apparatus or instrument of any kind whatsoever, which is or may
be kept or operated on any such premises in violation of the pro-
visions of this ordinance, and any person who shall prevent or
attempt to prevent such building inspector or police officer or
any person designated by the governing body of such city for such
purpose, from entering any premises in the City of Salina for such
purpose shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall not be held or
construed to embrace or cover the regulation of any transmitting,
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broadcasting or receiving instrument, apparatus, or device used
or useful in interstate commerce or the operation of which in-
strument, apparatus, or device is licensed or authorized by or
under the provisions of any act of the Congress of the United
States.
Section 4. That every person, copartnership, association,
firm or corporation violating, or who shall cause, permit or direct
the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who
shall permit to be kept or operated on any premises inlaid City,
under the control of, or in the possession of, any such person,
copartnership, association, firm or corporation any machine, device,
apparatus or instrument, the operation of which is in violation
of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty-five ($25.00) dollar4q,
Each day during which such violation continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force after its publication in the official City paper.
ATTEST :
Introduced January 6, 1936
Passed, January 13, 1936.
City Clerk
Mayor