The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-29
No. 3J.
AN ORDINANCES 10 PREVENT
FIRES

WHEREAS, Many persons, resident in
w the town of Emporia. have stove pipes
passing through floors. ceilings and roofs ot
houses. with but little or no protection be
tween the pipe and the wood, thus making the
danger from fire imminent i'll said town; there
fore,
Be it Ordained by The Board Of Trustees 81
the Inhabitants Of the T0IUR oJ Enporid:
SECTION |. That all persons owning or occu-
pVing any building in said town, situated
within one hundred feet of another building.
and having a stove or furnace i'll use IN said
building, shall construct Il chimney or Hue OF
brick through the roof of said building, for the
pipe of said stove or furnace to enter, and IL
shall be the duty of such owner or occupant
to keep the pipe of said stove or furnace III said
iue or chimney at distance Of not less than
two feet from the roof of such building to the
place where said pipe enters said hue.
SEC. .. That it shall be unlawful for the
| occupant of any building in said town, situ-
| ated within one hundred feet of another build
| ing, to permit the pipe of stove or furnace in
! use to pass through the roof or side of such
| building, without the flue or chimney men
toned in the first section of this ordinance.
SEC. 3. That when the owner of any build
| ing in said town is not the occupant of the
| same the provisions of this Ordinance may be
| enforced against both the owner and oceu-
pant. either of them.
| SEC 4. That the provisions of this Ordi
nance shall apply to all buildings now erected
| within the corporate limits of said town, or
which may hereafter be erected therein, and
| shall attach and apply to any building in said
| limits whenever the same shall become within
| one hundred feet of another building in said
! town, either in consequence of the erection or
removing of other buildings, or in any other
manner.
SEC. >. That any person who is now the
| owner or occupant of any building within the
| corporate limits of said town, having stove
| or furnace in use in such building, shall COM
| ply with the provisions of this Ordinance with
| in thirty days after the taking effect OF the
| same.
SEC. 6. That there shall be appointed by the
| Board of Trustees some suitable person to act
as fire inspector, to hold Office for six months,
unless sooner removed by the Board, whose
| duty it shall be to examine the fiues and
| chiInneys in the buildings in said town, and
| determine whether said fiues and chimneys are
constructed in a safe and proper manner,
and in case such flues and chimneys are not
properly constructed to Immediately mo-
tify the owner or occupant of such building,
| and such owner or occupant shall immedi-
ney in the manner directed by such fire in
| spector.
| SEC. I. That such fire inspector shall receive
such compensation as may be from time tc
time allowed by the Roard of Trustees.
| SEC. s. That any person violating any of the
| provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of miSdemeanOr, and fined i'll any sum
| not more than one hundred dollars, nor less
than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an ac.
ton in the name of the corporation. said fine
| to be assessed by the jury trying the case.
SEC. 8. This Ordinance shall be i'll force and
take effect from and after its publication once
in THE MMPORIA NEWS.
| Passed by the Board, October 26th, 1869.
| II. ID. THOMAS,
Chairman of Board of Trustees, pro tenn.
| AUGUSTUS OTTENoT, Clerk. A