The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-04
THE COUNTY DADS
ADJOURN


journed.
The petition for an election precinct
at Seven Troughs was laid over to
the next meeting.
Petition for the opening of the al
ley in block 5 upper town was grant.
ed.
The petition for a new fire ordi-
nance was granted and ordinance was
passed as follows
Section /. The fire limits of the
town of Winnemucca are as follows:
Blocks n, NJ, B, Q, S, T, X, w, and
Y of said town, in what is commonly
known as lower part of said town,
as they appear on the official map of
said town on file in the office of the
Recorder of Humboldt county, Ne
vada.
Section 2. On and after the date
on which this ordinance takes effecs
it shall be unlawful to erect, cause
to be erected or assist in the erection
of any building or addition to any
building within the fire limits of said
town which SHALL take G higher rate
of insurance to insure the same than
the rate of insurance on brick build
ings, as such rate is determined bv the
Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pa
cifc.
Section 3. Any person or persons,
firm, association. partnership or cor
poration, who shall erect or cause to
be erected, or assist n the erection of
any building contrary to the provi-
sions Of this ordinance. or shall main
tain or refuse to remove any building
o. any addition to any building erect
Cd contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance for the period of five days,
after Teeeiving notice to remove the
same by the fire warden of said
town, shall upon conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
anu may " ilhtu III any sum NOT
greater than one hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail of
sand county for not more than thirty
days, or be both fined and imprisoned
1t the discretion of the court; pro-
vided, further, that any building or
any addition to any building erected
and maintained contrary to this ordi-
nance for a period of five days after
the owner or owners thereof. and the
owner or owners of the premises on
which said building or additions are
erected and maintained, or his or their
geat shall have received notice from
She fire warden of said town to re-
move the same, shall be torn down by
81 4 fire warden and the expense of
such tearing down shall become
claim against said premises and the
owner or owners thereof, to be reeov-
cred in an action at law instituted and
prosecuted in the name of the Board
Of County Commissioners for the use
and benefit of the inhabitants of said,
town in any court of competent juris-
diction in the county in which said
town is situated.
Section 4. All fines together vita
all costs of action, imposed or arising
upon prosecutions for the violation Of
tbs ordinance, shall be lien upon the
premises wherein the violation there
of occurs.
Section 5. In all prosecutions arising
under this ordinance, the court having
jurisdiction thereof, shall in all con
victions enter Judgment against the
owner or owners of the premises
wherein the violation of this ordinance
is shown to have occurred for the
amount of the fine imposed and all
costs attending such prosecution, to
be taxed as in civil cases.
Section 6. 1t is hereby made the
duty of the fire warden of said town
to examine all buildings and all addi-
rfons thereto hereafter built and cree
ted with in the fire limits of said
town and to institute prosecutions for
all violations of the provisions of
this ordinance, and shall be allowed
fee of twenty-five dollars for each
conviction, in addition to the other
costs to be taxed to and collected from
the defendant.
Section I. An ordinance entitled,
An Ordinance to Provide for the
Prevention of Fires and Defining Fire
limits in the Town of Winnemucca
evada. and Other Matters Relal'
1 rhereto,' approved August s. 1905
said board of County Cimmissior-
4 ard all other ordinances and par's
or1;nanaes IN conflict with tbi or.