Ontario Adopts Lightning Rod Act
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Can., adopted on January 2, 1922, “An Act to Regulate the Sale and Installation cf Lightning Rods for the Province of Ontario,” and the Fire Marshal’s office of the Province has issued a useful and neatly printed booklet in flexible covers, containing a compendium of the Act, the Lightning Rod Act itself and Rules and Regulations, prescribing standardization of equipment and methods of installation under the Lightning Rod Act.
The act provides for the licensing of all manufacturers and others selling lightning rods, subject to the approval of the fire marshal of the province. The fire marshal shall approve of (a) material or apparatus; (b) manner and system of installation and (c) a guarantee agreement to be filed with him providing for the return of money paid for rodding of building to customer, in case of danger by lightning, if claim is made within thirty days after damage.
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