The Arizona sentinel., 1902-05-28
Ordinance No. 6.

Relating to the storage of Gun Powder, Gun
 cotton, Nitroglycerine Tar, Pitch, Resin
 and other combustible and infiammable ma terials
 Be It Ordained by the Common Council of the town of Yuma:
 Section 1. From and after the passage and publication of this Ordinance it shall be un- lawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in possession or keep in storage within the limits of the town of Yuma any blasting powder, gun-cotton. nitroglycerinc, dynamite, gfant-powder or any other like explosive.
 Section ,. It shall also be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation. within that DOT tion of the town of Yuma bounded on the north by line parallel to and south of the Colorado river and one hundred feet from low water mark and on the south by Third street and on the east by Gila street. and on the west by Madison avenue. to open. keep or maintain any lumbe--yard, woodward, coal-yard, or hayward, or market or place where any lumber, wood, coal hay. tar pitch, resia or crude petroleum is kept for sale or stored.
 Section 3. The provisions of section of this ordinance shall not extend to persons having in possession small quantities of the articles men, toned in said section for their own lawful and immediate personal and individual use But such persons having such small quantities of said articles in possession shall speedily aEd without delay use the same and during the time they shall have such articles in possession they shall carefully protect and handle the same so that no damage to tLe rerSon or property of others result therefrom. and immediately upon the completion of the use of such articles the
 l,n limits of the town.
 Section l. The provisions of section of this ordinance shall not extend to persons firms or corporations having in possession such quanti- ties of the articles mentioned in sl;d SC t jn as they may need for their immediate personal. private and individual use, nor to keepers of livery or sale stables or feed stables yards or corrals having or keeping in their places of business and for use therein not more than f1f- teen tons of hay at any one time.
 Section 5 It shall also be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation to have in posses sion or keep in storage within the limits of the town of Yuma more than twenty-five pounds of gun powder at any one time.
 Section 6. Every person. firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or do any of the things herein de clared to be unlawful shall on conviction there | of be fined the sum of twenty-five dollars and costs of suit. And if after such conviction such person. firm r corporation shall continue to violate the provisions of this ordinance or shall continue to do the thing of which he shall have i been convicted for a period of twenty-four hours then such person. firm corporation shall on conviction thereof be fined in the sum of twenty five dollars and costs of suit. And a like fine and costs may be imposed upon con viction of such violation or continuation of such onense for every twenty four hours thereafter that such person, firm corporation shall co.i- tinuc to do the thing Of which he shall have been convicted.
 Section r. All fines which may accrue under this ordinance shall be recovered by action of debt as prescribed in Section of Article VIII of Chapter of Title II of the Revised Statutes of Arizona. Tie first process in all such ac- tonS shall be a summons which shall be issued and served as in ordinary civil actions in the Territory of Arizona. Such summons may be served by the town marshal or any sheriff or constable within the territory of Arizona. Section 8. All judgments rendered and fines imposed under the provisions of this ordinance may be enforced by execution as in ordinary civil actions in the territory of Arizona.
 Section g. This ordinance shall be in force from and after it's passage and it's publication in three consecutive issues of the Arizona Sen tnel weekly newspaper published in the town of Yuma. Such publication may be proven by the certificate of the town clerk or the ex- parte affidavit of the editor of said newspaper. | Passed May 2Jth. 1909.
 R. s. PATTERSON. Mayor. Attest:
 (Seal) J. L. REDONDO, Town Clerk. First pIblicati5l May g 1902. (3t.(