Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

said provisions
Section 80. Nothing contained herein shall be
SO construed as to in any manner affect the right
or the city IN the future to prescribe any other
mode OF conducting such wires over or under it's
thoroughfares
The terms and provisions of said sections
eighteen to thirty-fve inclusive shall apply as
well to renewals of or changes in existing lines
as to the original construction of any line of
poles, posts or wires In said city, and no such
line OF poles, posts or wires shall be erected un-
less intended for present use.
CHAPTER VI
OF THE PREVENTION FIRES AND OF FIRE CON-
Section l. All that part of the city of Lam
caster embraced within blocks ten (1O), eleven
QD, twelve Q2), twenty-one (2D, twenty-five
(22) the north half of block twenty-seven (20
the south half of block five % and the east half
of block CO., shall be known as the ire-limits of
said city
Section 2. No persons or persons shall erect
or build within the fire limits of said CITY any
wooden building, or building Of other material,
not fire proof within the provisions of the next
section, nor shall any person remove from with
out said fire limits into the same any building
not fre-proof, nor shall any person by repairing
or adding to, enlarge or heighten any wooden
building now situated within said fire limits.
provided, that upon application the common
council of said city may grant permission to
erect, repair, remove or enlarge such buildings as
they may deem prudent
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any ner
son to erect within said limits or remove from
without said limits into the same, any building
more than ten feet square or eight feet high. un-
less the outer and party walls thereof are con-
structed either of iron, brick or stone and NOR
tar; the same must be at least eight inches thick
IN any building twenty feet or less in height to
the caves; not less than twelve inches thick in a
building more than twenty feet and not more
IMAM forty feet IN height; and in the case of
buildings more than forty feet in height. four
inches additional thickness shall be added for
each twenty feet in height. The roof of any such
building shall be constructed of non-combustible
material
section 4. Whenever any person shall be
about to erect any building within said fire linn
It's, or shall be about to remove anv build;no
from without into said limits, unless It be Of q
size less than ten feet square and not to exceed
eight feet IN height, such person shall give no.
tlce in writing to the common council of the citv
OF such Intention In the case of erection Of a
building he shall, at the time of giving such no.
tlce, tile with the clerk of said city plans of such
proposed building, and in case of the proposed
removal OF a building from without into said fire
limits, he shall file with said clerk a descrintion
OF the building SO to be removed, specifying the
materials OF which it is constructed the
material with which it is rooted, it's dimensions.
and the thickness of it's walls, together with
such further information as will enable the COM
mon council to determine whether or not it's re-
moval should be permitted
Section 5. No wooden building within the
fire limits which may hereafter be damaged to
the amount of fifty per cent of the value there
OF, shall be repaired or rebuilt, nor. in case Of
less damage, shall it be so repaired or rebuilt as
to be raised higher or occupy greater space
than before the injury thereof, except upon an
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