The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-08
AM ORDINANCE

To amend chapter fourteen of the printed
code of ordinances, for prevention and eX-
tinguiShment of fires.
Section |. Be IL ordained by the City COun-
Gil oil the city of Dallas, that whenever any
wooden building now standing within the
FIRE limits of the city shall be damaged by
fire the rebuilding, or repairing Of the same
Is hereby prohibited unless the owner there
OF shall first obtain permit from the May
or of the city. and before the Mayor shall
issue any such permit, he shall cause the
said buildings to be inspected by three dis
interesteds person who shall appralse the
damage on said building, and II they shall
hppraise the damage on the building to be fifty
per cent. of Its value before the fire, or more,
no permit shall be granted. The cost of APP
praisement shall be paid by the owner.
Section 2. That whenever any building
shall from age and neglect become deapida-
ted, the same is hereby declared nuisance,
ana on complaint being made to the Mayor
OF any such buildings he shall cause the same
to be inspected by three dsinterested per-
sons, free holders in the city, and if the
same be reported by the inspectors to be in
delapldated condition, ifthe said house bc
within the fire limits and wooden house,
the Mayor shall cause 1t to be removed or
pulled down, us he may deem best giving
ten days notice to the owner to remove OF
dispose of the same SO that the nuisance
be abated, and If said house be outside the
fire limits as fixed by the ordinances of
the city, the Mayor shall require the owner
to repair the same, or abate 1t, within II time
to be lXed In the notice, and If the owner af-
ter notice fail, refuse or neglect to rennir or
abate the house within the time fixed it shall
be aDattd by the proper officers of the city
ON order of the Mayor, all expense to be
paid by the owner Of the property,
Section 3. That whenever any wooden
building within the fire limits shall be COM
plnined of as being dangerous to the contigu-
GUS buildings, or Is likely to cause fire, the
same Shall be inspected as mere in before
provided In case of delapidated BUILDINGS.
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ing complained OF to be dangerous to con-
tguous building, or as likely to cause, or
promote fires, the same shall be deemed,
ana held 10 De II nuisance, and the Mayor
after ten days notice to the owner to remove
Orabate the nuisance, shall cause the same to
of the owner.
Section 4. That any person who she!!! ;,,o-
late the first section ." 60 Ms ordinance unnn
con coon before the Mayor shall be fined
not less than ten nor more than one humid
red dollars, and cost of the prosecution and
should said fine and costs not be
paid, the person convicted snail be inpris-
oned ana may be required to work upon the
streets of the city for tfteen days, and the
same penalty shall be imposed for each of
tense,
Sections. If the owner OF, any wooden
house, damaged by fire shall desire TO repair
the same, he shall notify the Mayor, in
writing stating the locality of said building
ana that 1t Is within the fire limits as fixed
tne ordinances Oh the Guy WnereupOn the
Mayor shall appoint three disnterested per-
sons, House holders in the city whoshall in
spect the said damaged building and APP
praise the same, and the damage therto, and
make report of the same to the Mayor in
writing under oath, and If 1t shall appear
rom said appraiSement that the said build
ing has been damaged by fire to the extent of
fifty per cent. of its value, the Mayor shall
issue an order prohibiting the repairing of
SAID building and thereafter said building
shall not be repaired.
Section 0. 1t shall be the duty of the Mar
shall of the city to enforce all ordinances for
the prevention and spread of fires
Section Z. BE il further or ained that an en-
Urgency be declared and this ordinance shall
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, September 81 1873.
,, W. l.. CABELL, Mayor,
j. b. HEREFORD, Secretary.