The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-09-20
Ordinance No. 2.

An ordinance estsb shing fire limits within the City of Skagway, District of Alaska.
 Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Skagway
 SECTION l.
 That all that territory in the City of Skagwsy. lying and being within the boundaries herein after specified and described, be, and the same is hereby established as, fire limit in said city to-wlt: Beginning at station "Kenn" of the United States coast and geodetic survey. being corner No of the boundary line of the City of Sksgway, thence running in a north easterly direction to point the left bank Of the skagway river at its confluence with Lynn Cansl at low tide, running thence northerly. along the meander line of the east channel of said river to the intersection of said line with Ninth avenue, therce easterly along the south line of Ninth avenue to it's intersection with the line of the bluff the east site. of the city of Skagway, thence ill southerly direction along the base line of said bluff to the intersec tion of said line with the south line of the said city of Skagway, thence in westerly direc- ton along the said south line of the city to the place of beginning
 SECTION ?.
 It sh.ll be unlawful for any person from and after the first day of Sep;e mber, l%O within the said district hereinbefore namei, to erect or construct, or cause to be erected or constructed, altered or repaired, or remove or cause to be removed from one place to another within or in the said district any building or structure of any kind, nature description to be used or occupied in such 6 banner as to require heat ing, unless the same shall be provided with brick or stone fiues, for the accommodation of tn hQ nSa therein. The top of said hue shall be not less than thirty inches from the roof of the struc- tnre through which it lasses, and no stovepipe shall be maintained nearer than fourteen inches from any wood or other combustible ma terial, excepting where the same enters the tue, and then such wood or combustible mate rial shall not be nearer than four inches from the said stovepipe.
 And it shall be unlawful for an person either to occupy his own premises or the prcm- jses of another as tenant, or rent the same to be occupied by any other person, unless the same be furnished with chimneys or fiues as herein prescribed.
 SECTION 3.
 That from and after the first day of Septem- ber 1900, it shall be unla wful for any person to occupy or maintain any building within the fire limits hereinbefore set forth, without hay ing complied with the requirements of section 2, herein with reference to building and main taining brick or stone iues and stovepipes, and any person or persons wfo shall violate. or cause to be violated, any provision of this ordi. nance, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in sum not less than one dollar nor more than twenty five dollars; and any building or struc- ture erected, occupied or main tained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or any building or structure maintaining metallic fines jn use after said first day of September, 1900, or otherwise contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed a nuisance, and any such hue, so erected or maintained contrary to the SD irit and intent of this ordi- nance shall be torn down, as the Council may direct and under the supervision of. the fire warden, and the expenses of such tearing down or removal shall be charged to the person or persons causing such nuisance and the amount thereof recoyere1 by an aeti ion, in the name Of the City of Skagway, in any court of competent jurisdiction; and the same shall also be charge against the structure CT building so maintained,
 SECTION 1.
 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the day of its passage and approval and be published for once week for three consecu- tive weeks in some newspaper of general circula- ton within the city of Skagsay.
 Passed by the common council of the city of Skag- way this r3th day of Augusut 1900,
 Approved August 10. 1000
 JOHN HlSLOP.
 Attest: Ex-officio Mayor, JOHN w. TROY.
 City Clerk.
 Date of First publication September 3, Iooo