Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-06-25


nat. engine or other rolling stock. to stand
or remain upon or across any street or pub
lie highway within the corporate limits o
the City OF Linton for period OF more th af
i've minutes At any one time. and 10 cut,ini
any train for any street crossing. such open
Ing shall extend No as 10 leave sidewalk,
open.
sec. n. Speed OF Trains. II shall be unlaw
fnl for any engine or train nf cars To be ru
or drawn on any line OF railway through OF
within the corporate limits OF the City OF
Linton at n greater speed than eight mile,
per hour
Sec. 2i. Traction Engines 1t shall be un
lawful for any person or persons 10 run o
operate any traction engines npon Broad
way between Sampson and Walnut avenues
and shall plank all sidewalks crossed In sait
city.
Sec. 20. Penalty. Any person or person.
violating any Of the provisions of any OF tn,
sections of this chapter shall, upon convlc
tion thereof. be fned In any sum OF not les
than five nor more than one hundred dollar
and costs OF prosecution or be committed 70
period not exceeding thirty days or b,
both fine and imprisonment.
Chapter VII.
Fire Limits. Erection OF Buildings Thercir
and Fire Regulations.
Sec. l. The following blocks. Including al
lots therein. are hereby declared to be will,
in'the fre limits OF the city OF Linton. En-
mons County. North Dakota. viz: West hal
OF blocks Eve O). ten (O). thirteen (1D ant
east half OF blocks six 10Y. nine tN and four
teen 90 OF the plat OF Linton.
Sec. 9. Any person desiring to erect, alte
or repair any building within the said fir,
limits. shall apply to the city council for
permit. and furnish plan and specification
sufficient for the council to determine whetn
er such building, alteration or repair Is IL
compliance with the provisions OF tn,
chapter.
Sec. 3. The city counc! shall act upor
such applications without unnecessary dc
lay; and II granted, u written permit refer
r'ng to such application, shall be issued t.
such applicant, signed by the mayor and cit,
auditor: and Il duplicate of such permit
with the application. shall be filed In the of
fee of the city auditor
Sec :. No permit shall be granted to erect
or place within the Are limits OF the City o
Linton. any building or part thereo
unless the entire outside walls are con
structed OF stone. brick. cement or othel
hard and lncombustible material. ant
rooted with slate. zinc, iron or 9th = fire
proof roofing: nor rebuild or ,rpnir an,
wooden building which becomes damaged b,
fire. or otherwise. or decayed To the extent Of
ffty per cent Or more Of the value thereof
and no building shall be repaired so MS TO bt
raised higher or to occupy q greater space
than before.
Sec. s. Whenever any frame or wooder
building now within the fire limits shal
have been damaged by fre. or otherwise, OF
decayed to the extent OF so per cent, or more
OF its value, the same shall be torn down o,
removed from within said hre limits.
Sec. @. Any building OF which the externa
or division walls are constructed In whole OF
In part OF wood. and having more wood o.,
the exterior than that required for the door.
and window frames, doors, sash. shutters
verandas and steps, and all frame building,
and sheds, although the sides and ends are
proposed to be covered with corrugated Iron
or other metal, or veneered with brick, shall
be deemed q wooden building under this or
diuancu.
Sec. z. The extent OF damage or decay or
which may be done TO any
building from any cause wheh In doubt. may
be determined by three dlsinterested resi-
dents Of the city, one of whom shall be APP
p"inied by the mayor nr city council, one
u, the owner OF the building or his agent and
I he Two thus ch 'sen shall select Il third.
IL the owner or his agent refuse 10 make II
selection. the city council shall select for
him. aud the decision %! the persons thus
chosen shall be final aud conclusive. aud
shall be reported TO the city council.
Sec. 8. Any building or addition to build
iDgs hereinafter erected or constructed
within the FIRE limits In violation CT the
terms hereof, are hereby declared to be pub.
lie nuisances. aud 1t shall be the duty OF the
chief OF police to forthwith abnte the sane.
Any person violating the prov vlsions OF this
ordnance by building any such structure
herein prohibited. shall he deemed guilty OF
misdemean0r
Sec. 0. The cost OF abating such nuisances
shall he cOllectible from the owner of the
property and may be established AS a lie,
upon the said real estate. building. or ma.
terial thereof.
hotels and other buildings used for public
purposes which are two or more stories ii
height shall bc provided with Ere escapes
subject to the approval Of the city council
and In case the owner. agent. lessee or oc
cupant or either OF them. fails to provid,
such Gre escapes within thirty days afte
notice from the mayor or city council shal
be served upon him or them, he or they shal
be subject to the penalty hereinafter pro
vided.
Sec. II. Furnaces. Stoves. Etc. Steam
furnaces and smoke flues shall be kept q
least twelve inches from the WOOD work. AL
furnaces shall be placed upon incombustibl,
foundations, which shall extend two feet II
front of the ash pit.
Floors under stoves shall be protected b.
some incombustible covering. The wood II
boiler houses shall be Mt least six feet from
the boiler. unless sufficiently protected b.
incombustible material: and all floors TO
boiler houses or rooms shall be of lncom
hustible material.
Sec. .l2. Exits in Public Halls. Ever,
public hall or place used for public IS
semblage, shall have at least two exits, eacl
Mt least four feet wide and the doors to sucl
exits shall open outward, and no chairs O
seats shall be allowed In the aisles when thu
audience IL present
Bee. 10. Unsafe Chimncys and Fluet
Such persons as tho mayor may appoin
with the approval Of the city council, shal
examine the chimneys and fiucs within tn
FIRE limits. and II In an unsafe condition. h
shall serve notice in writing on the owne,
agent or occupant Of said building, to max
II safe and conform to the provisions of thi
chapter: provided, that II such chimney !
not repaired within ten days. such inspecto
shall have IL repaired at tho expense of tn
owner or occupant.