The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-03

An ordinance regulating the storing
and keeping of explosive substan-
ces and volatile substances In the
city of Waxal,achie, Texas, and
providing penalty for violation
thereof
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of Waxahachie, Texas:
Art l. That it shall be unlawful
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 un-
| less same be kept in steel or metal
canisters or stone jars with good and
| closely fitted and well 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, nitro-glycerine or any othe
highly explosive substance except a
herein above stated, in any quantit
whatever: PROVIDED that vendor
of dynamite may keep stored lesl
than fifty pounds of dynamite where
same is confined in an iron or steel
| magazine and not within any build
1 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
to prevent the keeping for sale of
cartridges and shells for pistols and
guns.
Art. 3 That it shall be unlawful
to have or keep within the fire lin
its 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. ). Gasoline, benzine, or 9th
err similar volatile substances not
exceeding fifty gallons may be kept
ii 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 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 rot less
than ten dollars and not more than
che hundred dollars; and each day
that any one of the prov iTions CT
this ordinance is violated shall con
stitute separate offense
Art. 7. That any corporation
which shall violate any one Of the
provisions of this ordinance shalt Le
liable TO the city of Waxahachie,
Texas. in a penalty in the sum Of
| fifty dollars for each provision 1t s.
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 constitute separate
offense.
Passed and approved, this Enc day
| tf May, 1911.
E. B. PRINCE,
| Navor of the City of WaXahachia,
! tSeaD CARROLL TODD
| Of "a Al IA a.