Amending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing Code

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-37- Section CXXXIX. It shall be unlawful for any person to detach and remove any of said fixtures from any building in which the same is installed or to install any of said fixtures, unless such fixtures have securely attached thereto a label or sticker as described in section one hundred thirty - eight. Section CXL. Any person desiring to secure labels herein- above described shall make written application to the Plumbing Inspector of the City of South Bend upon blanks to be furnished by the City of South Bend, which application shall show, (a) the rame and address of the applicant; (b) the number and kind of new and second -hand fixtures to be labeled; (c) That the applicant has a good title to said fixtures or a right to remove or install the same; (d) Such other information as the Plumbing Inspector may require. When the Plumbing Inspector is satisfied that the applicant is entitled thereto such label shall be attached to such fixtures of the applicant by the Plumbing Inspector, or one of his assistants. It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to keep a record of all labels affixed by him or his assistants to any such fixture. Section CXLI. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or receive thru exchange or otherwise, within the City of South Bend or the police jurisdiction thereof, any of the above named fixtures, whether new or second -hand except direct from the manufacturers thereof, unless such fixtures bear a label as hereinabove described. The possession of any detached second -hand fixture: above described not bearing a label as hereinbefore described shall be prima - facie evidence that such possession is unlawful and a violation of this ordinance and the burden of proof shall be upon the possessor to show that his or its possession is lawful.