The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-05

All tfiC
and keeping of explosive substan-
ces and volatile substances in the
city of Waxahachie, Texas, and
providing a penalty for violation
thereof.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city OF Waxahachie, Texas:
Art ] That it shall be uIIMwful
to have stored or keep stored within
the city limits of the city of Waxa-
hachie, Texas. at any time and place
more than fifty pounds of black gun
powder or of blasting powder: PRO
VIDED that this amount nor any
other amount shall not be kept I'M
less same be kept in steel or metal
canisters or stone jars with good and
closely fitted and we'll secured COW
ers thereon.
Art. 2. That it shall be unlawful
to have stored or keep stored within
the city of Waxahachie, Texas, dy-
Mantle, ro-glyeerine or any other
highly explosive substance except as
herein above stated, in any quantity
whatever: PROVIDED that vendors
of dynamite may keep stored less
than fifty pounds of dynamite where
same is confined in an iron or steel
magazine and not within any build
ing. BY the term @iron or steel maya
zine is meant the kind and charac-
ter of iron or steel magazine in or
binary use for the storing of dyna-
mite.
PROVIDED further that nothing in
this ordinance shall be construed as
to prevent the keeping for sale of
cartridges and shells for pistols and
guns.
Art. g. That it shall be unlawful
to have or keep within the fire linn
It's of said city, gasolene, benzine,
naptha or other similar volatile sub
stances except as herein provided.
Art. 4. Gasoline, benzine, nap
tina, or other similar volatile sub
stances, not in excess of five gallons,
may be kept in metallic vessels Sc
curely closed, such vessels not to be
filled or drawn from by artificial
light
Art. 5. Gasolene, benzine, or 9th
er similar volatile substances not
exceeding fifty gallons may be kept
if in a heavy metal tank or tanks
underground and located outside all
buildings: PROVIDED that the un-
derground chamber in which said
tanks are kept be provided with
ventilating pipe, extending at least
ten feet above the ground and fit
ted with weather proof top.
Art. G. That any person or mem
Der of any firm, partnership,
joint stock company or other associ-
alton of persons or the agent or en-
ployee or servant of any person,
firm, co-partnership joint stock
company or corporation or other as
ISOLATION of persons who shall VIC
late any one of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
. misdemeanor and on convection
shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten dollars and not more than
enc hundred dollars; and each day
that any one of the provt5iohs CT
tits ordinance is violated shall con
stitute a separate offense
Art. T. That any corporation
which shall violate any one of the
provisions of this ordinance shall .e
liable to the city of Waxahachie,
Texas. in a penalty in the sum of
fifty dollars for each provision it So
violates recoverable by and in the
name of the said city in any court
of competent jurisdiction; ana each
day such corporation shall violate
any one of the provisions OF this or
dinance shall cons titute separate
Cffense.
Passed and approved, this Enc day
If May, 1911
e. B. PRINCE,
Mayor of the City of WaXahachie.
(Seal CARROLL TODD
Seey City of Waxahachie