The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-09
GhamheYlaIHS Couch Remedy


An ordinance regulating the storing
and keeping of explosive substan-
ccs and volatile substances in the
city of Waxahachic, Texas. and
providing penalty for "A violation
thereof
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of WaXahachie, Texas
Art l. That 1t 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
NIDED 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 Waxah ACHE, Texas, dy-
Mantle, nitro glycerine 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 or
cartridges and shells for pistols and
guns.
Art. g. That it shall be unlawful
to have or keep within the fire lin
its of said city, gasolene, benzine,
naptba or other similar volatile sub
stances except as herein provided
Art. A. Gasoline, benzine, nap
tina. or other similar volatile sub
stances, not in excess of five gallons
may be kept in metallic vessels Sc
cnrely closed, such vessels not to be
filled or drawn from by artificial
light.
Art. s. Gasoline, 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 arc 'ept be provided with a
ventilating pipe, extending at least
ten feet above the ground and fit
ted with weather proof top.
Art. 6. That any person or mem
Der of any firm, co-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 TINS
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and on convection
shall be fined in any sum nor less
than ten dollars and not more than
enc hundred dollars; and each day
that any one of the prov HionS Cf
this ordinance is violated shall con-
stitute a separate offense
Art. Z. That any corporatloh
which shall violate any one OF me
provisions of this ordinance shat Le
liable to the city of WaXahachle,
Texas, in a penalty in the sum OF
fifty dollars for each provision 1t So
violates recoverable by and In the
name of the said city in any coat'
of competent Jurisdictions ana earh
day such corporation shall violate
any one Of the provisions OF TINS or
dinance shall cons titute a separate
Cffense
Passed and approved, this INC uay
II May, 1911. ,
Mayor of the City Of NaAa ll -
fceaD CARROLL TODD
Secy. City of WaXahachle.
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