The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-12
OFFICIAL. CITY LAWS,

OFFICIAL Ciry LAWS.
BILL TO he UNTITLED AN oRDi.
~ nauoo consolidating into one the several
ordinances creating sud extending Are Districts
trcTIo l.. 20 it ordained by the Coun,il VI
/ & ny Of pallaa, Thatife following iaf crihCd
boundaries thal constitute ME districts In this
city, to-vii' beginning at the inicrseclib Of
Pacific avenue and nroa way; thence running
oest With PHclfn avenue IN Austln street; thence
with Austin 10 Ross street; thence with l.oss 10
Lamar streets, thsnco stu,heast With La ar
D rect one hundred lee thence norlhestt parsl.
lei to ROys, to Grinin strt Of; thence with drinln
street q Pacihc avenu'i thonce with ,ald avenue
g. sycamore sifeeil mono. kouin with Sycamore
street on. hundred lee; tteICe east par llel 10
aud one hundred feet rom Kim street 10 Ervay
street; thence with kiyay TO Elm sIeei; hence
WIN Kim TO n, Paul street. thenos With 81,
Paul n Main street; thence with ain 10 Fryay
street.. thencc south W In k,vay street cue hum
dtd loei; theuc GO west parallel Ia nnd oae hun.
ldrvd feet rom Man str3et, q Sycamore sifeti;
thence with Syotmon n COn1neroo street.
| thenoo with COmmcICo 10 Lamarrtr e; iheuco
| slth Lamar 10 Jackson street. hence with Jack.
son sucot 10 Broadway; and thence with Hfond-
was to the beginning on Pacific aye.ue. Tine
second district begins ~ the intersection OF Elm
aud IA irvOod streets; thence runs norih one
hundred feet from Kim street, thon,e east psr.
alel % aud one hundred feet from Elm street
thence with Rim 10 Lloyd ttreo thence 6oilh
witt lloyd QUO hundred feet ffou Elm street.;
thence wet parallel 70 and onu hundred feet
from Kim Bucet to Harw0oH street; thence north
with Hargupn street 1ne hundred and sixty
feet, crossing Elm street 10 the beginning
b . That any person or persons who shall
bmlu, piutc OF mDye within TIE Ore DIST letn.
or cilhcf OF them, or DO conc .rnod in moving.
hu idlng or plnciug thereon any building Or
structure OF wood OF other coinbuslihie mate
rial. OF erect any aooftn frams work. shall be
doomed gully OF u misCemeanOg. and, ugOn
couYi1tloh a. the MAYORS coarf, be nnrd la any
sum not lors IT, n Five ntr NOR Than one Hul-
drod Dollars, Cld each day shall constitute a
separate olhncG provided. hey may erect
wooden liiyies not exceeding Twelve Npt III
height
iug more wood gu tn outside &! tho rui ding
than that required for the dooG aud window
flames, roof, cares, dont-shutteff, sab u ri.
GOES onQ wooden steps shall constitute. aud be
deemed 3 wooden building, ind sublect 10 he
penalties imposed hy the preceding section.
Provided that TINS act shan not be- 20 construed
rs 70 permit wooden cornices or Fronts within
the hrc districts.
SIC. 4. 1t shall not be lawful ii any person
10 move any wooden buildings Within the lire
iiml : 10 any other placs wilma ihe same, nor
any building now within no fire limits. with
shingle, or other Oombusilbie mate1N; aud any
person 80 offending upon conviction before the
mayors court, shall be nned In sny sun not
over Fifty Dollars aud costs, and twenty-five
Dollars and costs for each and ov9ty day there
after that such violation shall conInue. FRO.
yided, nothing In this section shall be so con-
strned AS TO prevent any person from putting
on slight AID unimportaut repairs which may
be necessary 20 keep any bulldog IA good cou.
lhA' I AANhf AhNs We VkANiAa' lNlAAAhoaAAl
OF the city engineer
sgc. 5 Any person or persons who shall,
without tne cement OF tho city council, ret Il
steam engine. q foundry, a blacksmith shop, or
Cstablishmrlt i0g boiling soap. or any similar
est ibishmunL 10 any building other than a
brics ~ slono building, hsviug q slate or metal
4O9l, within said IRE limits, shall, uuono onYiC
iilu before tla mayors dourt, be 1ned twenty
dYllars nd costs iof each day this section Is
violated.
$40 G. Whenever any wooden building. now
Standing within he fire linus Of tho city shell
be iamagod by tire, the uuilding or repairing of
The samo Is hereby prohibited, unless the
thsgcui shall hUt obtain u permit from
tho mayor oud city engineer Of tho city. Aud
before The may Fshnl give any such permit he
shall ,augo The said building 20 b. inspected by
threA tirinteresNd persons. who shall appraise
anpraise The DAMAGE ON SAID building 10 DO
ihirty-thsce ana Oul-thifG per cent otits y0iuf,
no lermit shat be- Pranied The cost OF np-
praisemsnt 20 te paid b. the "wt or.
SIC. r. THAI whenever any building hhell,
from age and neglect become dilnpidated. the
same iB hereby declared q nuisance, and On
complaint being m 1de 10 the mayor OF any such
BUILDING, he shall cause the same to be IN.
spCcled ry .hrac disinttrested persons, free
holders OF the city, sud ~ the SANG be reported
by the inspectors no he IN q dllapidated cOndi-
ri 3D., n tine same house be wlt1in the fir limits
and q wooden house. the mayo or shall cause it
10 be removed or pulled down, as ne mas deem
best giving ten days poticc q tho owner, 10
remove or dispogo OF tho same, 20 tina the
nuisance 30 absted. aud II the 5aid house he
outside Of the frs limits, ~ fixed by the ordi-
uancos Of the city. tho inaTor shall require the
owner % rep-ir the sans OF 05Rte II wi hin a
imc 10 be fixed IN The notice; and 10 the owner
alter nolipe, fail, refuse or ncRlGCl to repair or
ubnto the house within . lime. TO be fixed, II
shall be aba,td ~ me proper Alccr OF The c.U.
ON order OF the mayor all expense 90 be paid 0y
ihe owner Of the property
sYc 5 That Whenever any Wooden BUILDINGS
W!thin the ere limits shall DO complained OF IS
dangerous 10 the contiguous buildings, or as
tscly 10 cause fire. the same ihal Do inspected
rs hereinbefote ,r1vlded IA case OF dilapidated
buildings, and II m inspectors snail report the
building complained Of 10 be. dangerous 20 con-
iiguous buildings, or as likely TO causi or pro-
mots fires, the same shsll be deemed and held
To be q nuisance, and tho mayor, after ten days
notice 10 the owner to remove or Rbute the
nuisance, shall cause the hrmo 10 be pulled
down or removed n, the cxpvhse OF tbe owner.
SIC. 9. IL the owner Of any woodea
house damaged by nre shall desire 70
repRic the same, he shan notify the
city engineer in writing, stating The
locality Of said building, and that he ~ within
the FIRE | niss. as fixed by tho ordinances OF the
city, whereupon the mayor shall appoint three
disintereslcd persons, honseholders in the city,
who shall inspect the said damaged building
and a~ppraise the same and the dalisge thereto.
and make q report OF the same TO tho
mayor. In writing under oath, and II
1t snail eppear from said appralsement that
said building has been damaged to the extent
of 3S 1-3 per cent. value. tho may or shall issue
an order prohibiting the repairing of said build
ing, and thereafter said build ng shailnot be re-
paired.
SIC. 10. 1t shall be the duty OF the marshal
OF tho city to enfore % ell ordinsnccs for the pre-
vention and extingulshment OF fires.
SIC. IL. Every house built In the fire limits
shall have n roof OF tin, slate or iron. or come
other fre.proof material, 10 be a pprovc' OF by
tae city engi1cer; any one constructing n roof Of
sny other material Ia the fire limits, shall be
punished Tor every day such roof shall remain,
Ia any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
SWc. -. That an ordinance establishing fire
districts, approved November 2ysn, rs {, I'VE
severs ordinances extending the fire limits ap-
proved respectively October 10Th. 1879; May 23d,
iSs0; October goth, 1882 November - h, 1882;
April 12lh, 1883; December 9th, 1883, and an or.
dlnance amending section . of the iirst.named
ordinance. approved December 10Th. 1885, TO
and the same are hereoy repealed, and that
this ordinance shall take effect ana DO in folcs
from ard after its passage.
SEC. 10. That all ordinances contrary 10 the
provisions OF this ordiuapcs be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved June 9th, 1854. WI CAnELi,
Meyer.
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CERTAIN TER'
"A rilofy TO the corporate limits OF Dallss.
SIcroN l. De 10 ordained by tho City C0un-
Gil OF the city OF Dallas, that in accordance With
an election held on The l7th day of May, 1884.
u der tho provisions Of section . OF the charter
OF ,his city, as am anded On the 3lst day of
March, 1883. held by order OF the County Judge
OF Dallas county, and the verdict thereof corn
fed h. him 10 the City Council, ITO { lowing
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