The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-04

An ordinance regulating the storing
and keeping of explosive substan-
ces and volatile substances In the
city of Waxahpehie, Texas. and
providing "a penalty for violation
thereof t.t.4. ..-r..f
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
VIDEp 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 well secured COW
ers thereon sd8H nu Gu.p
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 other
highly explosive substance except as
herein above stated, in any quantity
whatever: PROVIDED that vendors
iof 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-
Unite. H5o4 h 1ol
PROVIDED further that nothing in
this ordinance shall be construed as
Ito 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. f. Gasoline, benAne. 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, ..t..
Art 5, Gasoline, benzine, or 9TH
err similar volatile substances not
exceeding fifty gallons may be kept
If in heavy metal tank or tank
underground and located outside all
buildings. PROVIDED that the un
derground chamber in which said
tanks are kept 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, 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
sociation of persons who shall VIC
late any one of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty Of
misd emeanor and on convection
shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten dollars and not more than
enc hundred dollars; aud Zach DAY
tdat any one Of The proS 'siohs &tf
thfs 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 lie
liable to the city of WaXahachie,
Texas, in penalty inethe sum Of
fifty dollars for each provision i 81
violates recoverable BY and In tFe'
name of the said city in any court
of competent jurisdiction; ana each
day such corporation shall violate
any one of the proyiaons-os tliis Or.
dinance shall cons titute a sebatate
Cffense. % 10
Passed and approved this enc day
e May. 1911.
E. B. PRINCE,
Mayor of the City Of zMaxahachie.
(SeaD CARROLL TODD y