The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-08
ChamberIaln's Cough Remedy

An ordinance regulating the storing
and keeping of explosive substan-
ces and volatile substances in the
city of Waxahschie, Texas, and
providing a penalty for a violation
thereof
BE 1t ordained by the city council
of the city of Waxahachie, Texas:
Art /. 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 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~f fire linz
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. 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 UNI
derground chamber in which SAID
tanks are kept be provided with a
ventilating pipe, extending at leas'
3 -, -
ted with weather proof top
Art. g. That any person or mem
Der of any firm, co-partnershlp
Joint stock company or other assocl
alton of persons or the agent or en-
ployee or servant of any person
firm, co-partnership joint stoef
company or corporation or other as
ISOLATION of persons who shall vlo
late any one of the provisions OF TINS
ordinance shall be deemed guilty o.
misdemeanor and on conV.ctloi
shall be fined in any sum nor les
than ten dollars and not more thai
enc hundred dollars; and each daA
that any one of the PROVISIONS G
this ordinance is violated shall con
stitute separate offense
Art. T. That any corporauoi
which shall violate any one OF IN
provisions of this ordinance shah
liable to the city of WaXahachl@
Texas, in a penalty in the sum o
fifty dollars for each provision 1t >
violates recoverable by and In IL
name of the said city in any corr
of competent jurisdiction; ana earI
dav such corporation shall yloiAt
any one of the provisions Of TINS o.
dmance shall cons titute aeEafat
Cffense.
Passed and approved this 2nc da
e May, 1911 ,,,
Mavor Of the City of Waxahaehi
Cscan CARROLL TODD
secy. City OF Waxahachl'
NAV 2, 1911.