Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-31
OIdinapces Of the Town Of POmeroy
AN ORDINANCE for Protection against Fires.

AN ORDINANCE for Protection against Fires.
SEC. 1. Be il ordained by the Town Council Of
he Town of Pomeroy, That It shall be unlawful
Cnr any person OF persons, in Constructing Gny
chimney or Aue for tn purpose Of conducting of
smoke in any dwelling house. store, or other cree
ion within the corporate limits of the town OF
Pomeroy to permit an, wood or other combusti-
hle material to enter into OF be in any manner
n contact with such chimney or fue, 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, q
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, for, 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, o stone, brick,
earthen, or stone crock, or tube, or other noncon-
| Quoting substance, in such manner as to surround
A., such pipe, and keep the same at least two inches
from any wood or other combustible substance.
SEc. :. That in every case where any st We
pipe shall be passed through any outside wall OF
any wooden dwelling house, store OF other build
ing the same shall, by the person or persons
erecting or putting up the same, be made to pro-
iect and extend, from such dwelling house, store,
or other building, a distance of not less than two
| feet beyond such outer wall; and il 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 FIVE degrees from the same,
then such pipe shall extend and project two feet
beyond such caves OF 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. 4. 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
tons, 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 fany citizen.
SEC. 5. That if any owner or owners, occupier
II occupiers, of any dwelling honse, store, Of
other building in which any chimney, fue, OF
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 tC
continue in such prohibited condition for a longeI
period than ten days from the taking effect Of thi!
ordinance, such owner or owners, occupier or &C
%cupiers, shall forfeit and pay sny sum not les
than FIVE dollars nor more than fifty dollars; to be
recovered in the mode prescribed in the fourl
S ection of this ordinance.
AARON MURDOCH, Mayor.