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~28 JANUARY 11, 1955 TUESDAY BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of' Martiroville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this eleventh day of January, 1955, that an ordinance pres- cribing rules and regulations for the operation of the City's Electric System, as adopted January 27, 1953, be and hereby is amended with respect to electric vra ter hea ter pr ovis io ns, as fo llows : The approved type of electric water heater, as contemplated under paragraph "Water Heater Serv:ic en of the Domestic Service tariff, shall conform to the following standards: Domestic electric water heaters approved for use under the water heater service provisions of the domestic service tariff shall be manufactured in accordance with NE~ffi (National Electrical 1~nufacturers Association) standards for construction, insulation, controls, etc., and shall consist of a permanently installed tank of not less than 30 gallons capacity with two thermostatically controlled elements totalling at least 1000 watts. The srraller element, located at the bottom of the tank shall not exceed 2000 watts. The larger or booster element, located approximately one- quarter of the way down the tank from the top, shall not exceed 3000 watts. When a heater has elements totalling over 3000 watts it shall be connected so that both elements will not operate at the same time. Where manufacturers are not able to certify that their heaters are built to NE1{A standards, the City reserves the right to have its own tests of heaters conducted before such heaters are accepted for use under the water heater service provisions of the domestic service tariff. An emergency existing, this amendment shall be in force from date of passage. Council, next, approved the City's Welfare Departmmt IS budget request of $41,866.00 for the fiscal year ending Jure 30, 1956. In view of the unusually large expenses incurred by the City during the six months ended December 31, 1$154 for medically-indigent hospitalization, Council authorized the transfer of $2,000.00 to this account from the General Fund Emergency Account provided the Commonwealth of Virginia. reimburse the City for fifty per cent (50%) of future expenses from this amount during the remainder of the current fiscal year.