The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-03
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Penalties for Violations
The clse council % tbe City g
wasaba,hia. Texas. ao orfain rs
follows
section The office ~ Fire
Marshal is hereby created. Such ot-
flee may be combined with any oth-
vr city department.. the Fire Mar
shall Reporting directly to the Mayor
and chg Council such office shall
be filled hy appointment by the
Mayor. by aud with the consent 81
the city Council within ten days at
ter this ordinance shall take effect.
I ne said Fire Marshal shall be prop
crly qualified for tn duties OF his
office and shall be removed only for
cause. He snail receive an annual
salary OF one Hundied and Twenty
dollars, ts120.00) payable in month
ly installments, as full compensate ]
for his services
Section . The Fire marshal
shall investigate the cause, origih
and circumstances of every fire oc-
curing within the city of WaXaha-
chic by which property mas bean
destroyed CT damaged, and shall es-
pecially make investigation as TO
whether such fire was the result Of
tigation shall be within twenty-four
hours, not including Sunday, of the
occurrence of such fire. The Fire
Marshal shall keep IN his office rec
ord of all fires occurring within the
city, together with all facts, statistics
and circumstances, including the
origin of the fires and the amount o!
the loss, which may be determine
! by the investigation required by this
| ordinance. Such record shall at al
| times be open to public inspection
| Section 8. The Fire Marshal
| when in his opinion further invcs-
| tigation is necessary, shall take OF
| cause to be taken the testimony or
| oath. of all persons supposed to Et
| cognizant of any facts or to have
means of knowledge in relation &c
the matter as to which an examina-
ton is herein required to be made
and shall cause the same to be re-
| duced to writing; and if it shall bt
| of the opinion that there Is evidence
| sufficient to charge any person with
the crime of arson, or with the At
tempt to commit the crime of arson
| or of conspiracy to defraud, or Grim
! inal conduct in connection with such
| fire, he shall cause such person e
be arrested and charged with such
| offense or either of them, and shall
furnish to the proper prosecuting at
| torney all such evidence, together
with the names of witnesses and all
of the information obtained by him
including copy Of all pertinent and
material testimony taken In the
case.
4 Section 4. The Fire Marshal
| shall have the power to summon and
compel the attendance Of witness, s
before him to testify In relation to
any matter which is by the proyls-
| ions of this ordinance subject OF
require the production of any book
| paper or document deemed pertinent
| thereto. The said Fire Marshal il
hereby authorized and empowered td
| administer oaths and affirmatioIs
to any persons appearing as witnesa-
| es before him. and false swearing IL
| any matter or proceeding aforesaid
shall be perjury and shall be pun
| ished as such. Any witness who re-
| fuses TO be sworn. or who refuses Il
testify, or who digobeys any Iawfu,
order OF said Fire Marshal, or who
fails or refuses to produce~any boot.
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paper or document touching any
| matter under examination. or who
Is guilty Of any contemptuous con.
duct after being summoned TO give
testimony In relation to any matter
ander investigation as aforesaI!
shall be deemed guilty OF mtsd .
| meanor and 1t shall be the duty u
the Fire Marshal u make complaI j
against said person or persons 10 ~
fns.ng 10 comply with the summons
or order OF said Fire Marshal before
any justice OF the peace, police mag
istrate. or In any court OF record
within the city. and npon tbs filinf
Of such complaint, such cause sha,