Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-23
LEGAL.

| City Auditor Of said city. lie shall also
comply with all reasonable requests asked
or demanded OF him by any proper state Of
fetal pertaining to his duty as such fire
marshal.
sector 4. The Fire Marshall shall be
deemed peace officer with full power 10
execute within said city. legal process, I'D.
minister oaths, subpoena witnesses, and maze
arrests.
Section s. Whenever, In his opinion, for.
thc- investigation Is necessary, pertaining 10
! the execution Of his duties. the Fire Marshal
may take or canse to he taken the testimony
on oath OF any person cognitant OF any facts
or knowledge, in relation to any matter under
! investigation, aud may cause the same to bo
reduced to writing. and II he shall be OF tho
opinion that there is evidence sufficient to
charge any person with the crime OF arson
! or with the attempt to commit the crime Of
arson, or Of conspiracy 10 defraud any fire
insurance company or person, by causing, or
or should the Fire Marshal have reasonable
grounds 10 believe that any peerSon has
criminally conducted himself pertaining to
any destructive fire. then IL shall be his duty
to canse such person TO be lawfully arrested
and charged with the proper offense, as by
law provided and shall furnish 10 the proper
prosecuting attorney, all evidence, facts and
circumstances, together with the names OF all
witnesses, and the source OF all information
which such Firs Marshal may have obtained,
| including q copy OF all material testimony
taken or caused TO be taken by said Fire
| Marshal
Section @. Any person who refuses to ap-
|
disobeys any lawful order Of the Fire Marshal,
or who fails or refuses 10 produce any paper.
book, or document touching any matter under
investigation within the contemplation OF this
ordinance, when so directed who Is guilty
| OF any contcmptuous conduct during the pro-
cecdings OF the Fire Marshal In any matter
under investigation, shall be deemed guilty
| OF n misdemeanor and II shall be the duty
Of the Fire Marshal TO cause all such offend
! ers TO be pros acuted In the municipal court
Of said city, or other proper court.
Section 7. All Investigations held by or
under the direction of the Fire Marshal. may
! in his discretion be private, and persons other
than those repaired to be present, may be
exclu ed from the place where such investi-
CATION is being held, and witnesses may be
kept separate and apart from each other until
they shall have been examined.
Section Z. The Fire Marshal shall have
the authority NJ all times. either by day or
night, when necessary in the performance OF
the duties imp lsed upon him by the provis.
ions Of this ordinance, to enter upon or within
any building, and examine the same the
premises connected Herewith, where any fire
or explosion has recently occurred, and may
also enter other buildings and premises ad-
joining or mean the same for the purpose OF
making any Investigation herein contemplated,
provided such officer shah exercise proper
discretion In entering any private residence
or place OF abode
Section o. The Fire Marshal shall exercise
all duties imposed upon the Chief Of the Fire
Department OF the City Of Tulsa and speci
fled in the provisions OF Ordinance No 1869
OF the ordinances of said City OF Tulsa, per-
tanning TO the use. handlinga storage and sale
of inflamable liquids, and said ordinance and
its amendments are hereby amended IN this
particular. And said Fire Marshal snail also
exercise the authority imposed upon the
Ghef Of the Fire Department OF said city,
specified in Ordinance No. 1850, OF the ordi'
nances OF said city Of Tuta and the amend
mcnts thereto, pertaining to the erection, con-
strnrtion. alteration, and repair OF buildings
in said city, and said ordinance is hereby
amended IN this particular. And he shall also
| charged ha q
the provisions Of Ordinance No. l265, OF the
ordinances Of said city lie shall also be
dillsent In exercising all reasonable means
within his power to prevent the occurrence
OF destructive fires and explosions in said
city, sud In all proper cases where the ordi-
nances q the City Of Tulsa. which have fos
their object tho prevention of fires or explos.
ions, are violated, to cause arrests OF tho
parties violating such ordinances
Provided sneh Fire Marshal shall not pre-:
The Chief of tho Fire Department. except as
herein provided.
Section 10. The Fire Marshall. at any time.
upon complaint of any person having an inter
est in any building or property adjacent to
or near to, any other building or structure,
shall have the right. at all reasonable hours for
, the purpose of investigating such complaint,
to enter In or upon the latter property, and 10
shall be his duty. at least once in every sixty
days. without complaint, TO enter upon and
make or cause TO be made, thorough exami-
nation OF all mercantile establishments. manu.
featuring establishments. and public buildings.
; including all places Of assembly, worship,
schools, charches. hotels, moving picture
shows. theatres, rooming houses, apartment
I houses, and any other place where people
congregate or reside In any considerable mum.
bers.
Whenever he shall find any building or
other structure, which, by reason of the need
! Of repair, diapidated condition, or for any
other cause is especially hazardous and which
Is so situated, maintained, constructed, or
used. that tho same endangers other buildings
| or property, or whenever he shall discover
an improper or dangerous condition, by reason
OF the construction OF. or additions or ap-
purtenances thereto. or by the use Of stoves,
ranges, furnaces. gas pipes or fixtures, or BY
the improper use or arrangement of the
electric light accessories or fixtures, q
dangerous or unlawful storage Of explosives,
volatile oils, greases, compounds, or paints,
or any other combustible or inflamable refuse
or material, or any condition which may be
dangerous In its character and liable TO create
! fires OF render any place or premises hazard
! GUS TO tho members Of the fire department in
fighting fires, or to the occupants Of such
, plsce, then, in any Of tho cases mentioned.
The Fire Marshal shall order the cause o{
such danger or hazard abated or removed
/ and shall order the owner OF such premises
or the person In charge thereof to forthwith
abate or remove any OF the dangerous con-
! ditons herein mentioned. and thereupon II
i shall be the duty OF the owner or occupant
: of such place or premises TO comply with the
order Of such Fire Marshal and a failure to
do so, within reasonable time specified by
such Firo Marshal shall constitute a violation
OF this ordinance.
Tho maintenance Of or the continuance Of
. any dangerous condition herein mentioned,
after the expiration OF the time in which such
I Fire Marshal shah have ordered the same re.
moved, shall conrtitute n separate offenss
each day the same is maintained or continued.
Section IL. Any person who wilfully vio-
lates any Of the provisioEs Of this ordinance,
or who refuses or neglects to comply with any
. reasonable order of the Fire Marshal, shall
: be deenst guilty OF a misdemeanoY and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by .
Z fine in any sum not exceeding One Hundred
= Dollars.
Section IL. That An emergency exists for
the preservation of the public welfare and
safety, and for the prevention OF destructive
q fires and explosions by reason whereof, this
. ordinance shall take effect from and after its
passage approval, and publication.
. PASSED and the emergency clause ruled
' upon separately, and approved this 18th day
a OF August 1917.
APPROVED THIS the l7.h day OF August,
= 1917.
JOHN II. SIMMONS,
l Attest: Mayor.
. FRANK NEwKIRK,
City Auditor.
4 Approved:
u u JOHN b. MEsERvE,
!. City Attorney.
O STATE OF OKLAHOMA. COUNTY OF
. TULSA-SS.
NOTICE or HEARING pFTTTION tn