All installations, connections, extensions, alterations and repair of gas pipes and gas piping systems connecting houses or structures of any character with the distribution system of the City, except such as shall be done by licensed plumbers or by the gas distribution company in connecting and installing meters, shall be done only by such persons as have taken out a gas fitter’s license. Such license shall be issued by the City Clerk, upon application therefor by a gas .fitter who shall pay an annual license fee of Fifty Dollars ($50) and furnish bond in the same amount and subject to the same conditions as bonds required of plumbers; Provided, that no such license or bond shall be required of a gas utility company operating in the City under a franchise, nor of its employees when engaged in working for said company.

(R.O. 1965, Sec. 4-701; Ord. 1323)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100), or be imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.

(R.O. 1965, Sec, 4-702)