Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-26

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taken at once. There have been sew.
eral near serious fires recently and the
tlre and police department is prepar-
ing to get after all offenders.
Following are sections of the or
dlnanceS to be enforced.
ORDINANCE NO. Ia
SECTION V. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, or corporation
making, using, or having control of
any shavings, straw stacks, bags,
boxes, litter or other combustible
waste or fragments to permit or al
low the same to accumulate or remain
in or about the yard of any store
building within the fire limits of this
city.
SECTION VI. No person, firm, or
corporation shall stack or pile, or
cause to be stacked or piled, any hay
or straw in anv place within the fire
limits of this City outside of secure
building.
SECTION VII. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person. firm or corpora
tion to keep or maintain, at any one
place within the fire limits of this
City, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene,
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hydrocarbon liquid in quantities to
exceed 200 gallons, or to keep or store
any quantity thereof exceeding five
gallons within said fire limits, except
the same be kept in some fire proof
building or some safe metallic vessel
removed at least thirty feet from any
other building.
SECTION VIII. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person. firm, or corpora
Il tion, to keep or maintain within the fire
limits of this City, any dynamite,
giant powder, or other similar explo-
sives. provided. that gun-powder may
be kept in quantities not to exceed
twenty-five pounds when kept and
stored in metallic cases.
SECTION XIV. All engines. hose
hook and ladder wagons, and all NOV
able apparatus belonging to the Fire
Department, and the Chief of the Fire
Department, shall have the paramount
right of way through all streets, al
levs. places and courts in the City of
FL Centre, when going to or from any
fire, and all persons, must give the
Fire Department and every part there
of unobstructed use of the street either
going or returning from any fire or
while engaged in any fire.
Upon the sounding of any alarm OF
fire all persons and all vehicles and
animals occupying the street shall i'm.
mediatelv take and be removed to thf
side of the street and stop and wait
until the Fire Department shall have
passed before proceeding.
SECTION Xxx. No person shall
give any false alarm of fire by mean:
of signal or otherwise, nor break, in
jure. or disconnect the signal wires
or other apparatus adopted or used b!
the City of Ell Centre in giving fir
) signals or alarms of fire.
SECTION XXI. No person shal
drive, run, propel, haul, or move. o
. cause to be driven, run. propelled
hauled, or moved, any horse, cart
wagon, vehicle, or other thing, on 0
t over any fire hose while in use.
t SECTION XVIII. 1t shall be un
+. lawful for any person, firm, or corpo1
e alton, to make or leave, or to permi
Y to be made or left, any dirt, refuse
S or other obstruction on any publ
e street or alley, within twenty go
d feet of any fire hydrant in the Cit
d of Ell Centre, or to leave any vehicle
t horse, or other animal standing
any public street, within twenty go
n feet of any such hydrant; provide
v however, that nothing in this sectio
k shall apply to any obstruction nece
S sarily made by reason of any work {
S street Improvement ordered by tt
is Board of Trustees of said City.