Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-19

ing the safety of persons, the said officer shall
at once communicate the same to the nres;-
dent OF the board Of fire and police COMMITS
sieners, who snail, without delay, advertise in
one or more OF the daily papers for five days,
that the property describing the same as well
as may bel has been so reported, and notify-
ing oil persons in interest TO appear before fbe
hre committee Of the legislative council, the
cniei Oh inc nre department. and the engineer
on a day, and at a place and hour to be desiS-
mated IN said advertisement, such adyertise.
ment to be in lieu of all ether notice. and
said committees shall, on tho day mentioned
~ snlu aukerilsement examine into the com
plant, and shall hear proof and make such
personal examination of the premises ms NAV
enable them TO arrive at n proper Judgment.
Section l4-It shall be the duty of said COM
mitteei after making the examination. 10
report their decision to the president of the
board OF fire and police commissioners, who
snail thereupon, If he concur therein, order
the owner or agent of the property fo
have such building or buildings re-
moved within such time as nav be
prescribed by said committee. A fail.
pre 70 promptly comply with such order is
hereby declared q misdemeanOr, for which! on
conviction before the president of tho board Of
nre ana police commissioners, any one so Of
Tending shall be fined not less than ten nor
more than fifty dollars for each and every day
ne SAID order isnot complied with; provided,
thai. where, from n0n-residence, notice cannot
be given, or an order be served, rs also in cases
OF persistent refusal of owners or agents, sueb
unsafe and dangerous building shall or NAV
be removed by the District at the expense Of
tho property.
Section 15-Thc c%orniees of buildings here
after to be erected within the FIRE limits, or
other parts of buildings, which project beyond
inc llne of the street, shall either be formed
with some freprOof material, or be entirely
covered with some metallic covering, so that
no combustible portion be exposed externaIiy
Section l6-It shall not be lawful for any
dray, cart, wagon, street ~rail-car, or n other
venice Whatever, 20 pass over any Of the fire
hose belonging to the District or fire depart-
ment, whether such hose have water in them
or not.
Section ut shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to store, or cause. or suffer, or
permit to be kept or stored within the follow
ing limits Of tho District, tO-wit: Between
Auction and South streets and the Mississippi
river and. Bayou GayOso, II quantity greater
than hye barrels in any one locality, of any
crude petroleum or rock oil, or any camphene
or burning fluid, or any Of the products pro-
duced. by the distillation of coal, petroleum.
or rock oil, asphaltum, shale or peat, known
under the various names of coal oil, retro oil.
naptha, Kerosene, b%enzine, or benzole; the
hve barrels hereby allowed to be kept in any
one locality shall be kept in tin cans, and
shall not be drawn or sold by any artificial
ilgnt. any person or persons guilty Of a vio-
lation OF this section, in letter or spirit, shall.
upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum
not less than ono nor exceeding fifty dollars
Tor each and every oitense. The articles here
IN named shall not be stored outside of the
limits herein specified unless in f~reproof
buildings, located by and with, the approval
Of the chief of the fire department, and with
thereof designating the character of storage.
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