The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-21
AN ORDINANCE
Making Precautions Against Fires

clI Of the City Of San Angelo:
Art. |. 1t shall be the duty of
the city officers and all other per-
sons within the city TO aid in ex-
tlnguishing fires aud preserving
property and goods in danger at
fires from being stolen.
Art. 2. No chimney, nue, stove
pipe, stove, furnace, range, hearth,
boiler oven, kettle, smokehouse
or other thing in this city in
which fire is kept aud used, shall
be constructed, kept or used in a
manner thai is dangerous or cal
culated 70 cause or promote fires
Art. . Every stove, range or
furnace, while in use III this city,
shall be at least two feet from
every wooden wall, partition or
other combustibIe material, un
less such wall or partition be Sc
curely protected from all danger
of fire by n metallic or plastering
covering.
Art. 4. Every stove, range or
furnace, while in use in this city,
shall be placed upon a platform
Of brick, stone, zinc, sheetiron or
other fire proof material, extend
ing not less than six inches in all
directions beyond every part of
the same out of which fire may
be taken.
Art. 3. Whenever stovepipe
projects or passes through the
roof or woodwork Of any building
in this city, the pipe shall be sep
arated from such roof or wood
work at least six inches by hue
of brlck, stone or other combusti-
ble'material, and shall project
above or beyond the roof, ridge
or wall, as the case may be, to a
distance of not less than three
feet.
Art. 6. No person shall allow
the ilues or chimneys of any
building owned or occupied by
him in this city to become I'M
clean 50 as to be liable to cause
fire; and no person shall burn
out or cause or allow to be burned
out any flue or chimney on any
premises owned or controlled by
him in this city, except in the
daytime and when rain is falling
or snow is on the roof.
Art. Z. The chimneys and
smokestacks of every mill, foun-
dry, factory, machine shop or
other establishment in this city,
where steam power 10 used, shall
be erected to a height of not less
than twenty feet above the adj
joining buildings
Art. 8. 1t shall be unlawful to
carry in or through any place,
public or private, within this city,
containing hay, straw, cotton,
shavings or other combustible ma
terial, any lighted match, candle
or lamp, torch, brand or other
fire, unless the same be securely
enclosed and protected in a COW
cred vessel
Art 8. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person, firm or company
to deposit or keep on hand IN any
street, alley, lot or other place in
this city, within fifty feet of any
dwelling or other house, where
there is fire kept or used, any hay,
straw, shucks, fodder, shavlngs
or other combustible material,
unless the same be securely en-
closed and covered 50 as to he pro-
tected from flying sparks or fire.
Art. 10. 1t shall be unlawful in
this city to discharge, fire or set
off any rocket, squib, blue light,
fire cracker, pyrotechnic exhibi-
ton or fireworks of any kind
whatever, without the written
consent Of the Mayor, specifying
the time and place, when and
where the same may be done.
Art. IL. The Mayor and Alder
men shall have power, and it shall
be their duty, to notify all per-
sons to correct, remove or abate
anything or state Of things done,
caused or permitted by them, or
either of them, liable or calcu-
lated to cause fire; and if any
person shall fail or refuse to COM
ply with the requirements of such
notice, it shall then be the duty
of the City Marshal to correct,
remove or abate the same, and
the costs thereof shall be taxed as
other costs and collected from the
party so failing or refusing.
Art. II. Any person who shall
violate any provision of the pre-
ceding article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined IN
any sum not more than one hum
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