Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-19
OrdInanees Of the \ own Of Pomeror
AN ORDINANCE for PToteotion sesinst Fires

/ AN ORDINANCE for Protection against Fires.
SEC. l. Be it ordained by the Town Council OF
| the Town OF Pomeroy, That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, in constrst ting any
chimney OF flue for the purpose of conducting OF
smoke in any dwelling house, store, or other etec-
ton within the corpomte limits Of the town of
Pomeroy; to permit any wood or other combusti-
BILE material to enter into or be in any manner
in contact with such chimney OF fhe, Without
having and continuing between the entire sur
face OF such wood or other combustible material
and the inner surface OF such chimney or fue, a
brick or bricks, well laid in mortar.
SEC. Q. That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to erect or put up any stove pipe
extending into or through any wooden partition,
ceiling, floor, or outer WALL Of any wooden build
ing, roof, or any aperture to any building what
ever, without providing in every such partition,
ceiling, roof, wall or aperture, stone, brick,
earthen, or stone crock, or tube, or other noncon
Quoting substance, in such manner as to surround
such pipe, and keep the same at least two inches
from any wood or other cembuStible substance.
SEC. 8. That in every case where any stnve
pipe shall be passed through any outside wall Of
any wooden dwelling house, store or other build
ing the same shall, by the person CT persons
erecting OF putting up the same, be made to pro-
ject and extend, from such dwelling house, store,
or other building, distance of not less than two
ieet beyond such outer wall; ana II there Shall be
any caves, or other wooden projection immediately
over such pipe, and not more than ten feet above
the same, or any caves or other wooden projection
less than ten feet above such pipe, and on an an
gle of less than forty-fve degrees from the same
then such pipe shall extend and project two feet
beyond such caves or projection; provided, how
ever, that in no case shall any such pipe be ex-
tended within less than FIVE feet of any other
wooden house or building.
SEC. A. That if any person or persons shall
erect or put up any chimney, fue, or stove pipe,
contrary to the provisions of the foregoing sec
tions, or either of them, he, she, or they, shall
shall forfeit and pay any sum not less than FIVE
nor more than one hundred dollars, to be re-
covered by action of debt before the mayor in the
name and for the use OF the town of Pomeroy,
on the complaint or information of any citizen.
SEC. 5. That if any owner or owners, occupier
ct occupers, of any dwelling honse, store, or
other building in which any chimney, fue, or
stove pipe, is now standing or being in a condi
ton prohibited by either of the foregoing Sec
tons Of this ordinance, shall permit the same to
continue in such prohibited condition for longer
period than ten days from the taking effect of this
ordinance, such owner or owners, occupier OF oc-
cupiers, shall forfeit and pay any sum not less
than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars; to be
recovered in the mode prescribed in the fourth
section of this ordinance.
AARON MURDOCH, Mayor.
L. S. NYE, Recorder
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