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Show AN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE Keeping and storing of explosives within tho limits of Salt Lake county, and out-sldo out-sldo tho limits of Incorporated cities and town3 therein. The Board of County Commissioners of the county of Salt Lako ordains as follows: fol-lows: Section L It shall he unlawful for any poraon to erect or maintain In Salt Lako county any magazine for the storage of explosives, within three hundred feet of any road, highway, railway used tnr passenger pas-senger trafJlc, or building where pcoplo live or gather; or to construct such magazine mag-azine of other than fireproof material, tuch t3 brick, odobo, rock, iron, steel, or by excavation into tho sldo of a hill or mountain; or to fall to provldo such magazine mag-azine with doublo doors and shutters over any openings, Guch doors or shutters to be of non-combustlblo material. Section 2. It shall bo unlawful for any person to keep or storo In any enclosure, building, car, mine, or place of business. In Salt Lake county, any gunpowder, giant or hcrcul- powder, nltro-glycerlno, dynomlto, atlas, venture, or other high explosive excopt In a magazine as described de-scribed In section 1 of this ordlnanco; Provided, that a samplo of gunpowder, giant or hcrculea powder, not to exceed ton pounds, may be kept In uny licensed placo of business whero such explosives aro Hold, and the amount bo kept shall be stored in canisters or original packages and placed In a vault of construction approved ap-proved by tho Sheriff of Salt Lako county, coun-ty, and located at an ncceH.slblo point not nearer than ten feet to any other building; build-ing; and provided, further, that any per-oon per-oon may keep, In a canister or flask, for his own use, not to exceed six and one-quarter one-quarter pounds of gunpowder; and :t shall be unlawful to sell or weign gunpowder, giant or hercules powder, or other high explosive, by gas, lamp, candle or flro light, unless in, ecaled cans or canisters. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or storo giant or horculoa powder caps, or caps used to explode mailt or usrculr: pj-wdr, unless they "b6 in cuses, scparato from any kind of explosive ex-plosive powder If kept In a powder magazine, maga-zine, they shall be kept in a separate vault or rate; If kept at a place of business, busi-ness, they shall be In a vault or safe scparato scp-arato and removed from alj other explo-iilves, explo-iilves, as provided In section i: of thto ordinance or-dinance for the storage of samples of explosives. Section 1. It shall bo unlawful for any person to manufacture any combustlblo or explosive acids or othor chemicals or boil or lfcflno oils, or maintain, erect, or cause t& bo erected any worko for tho manufacture of combustible or cxplosivo aclde or other chemicals, or for tho boiling boil-ing or running or oils, within forty rod3 of any dwelllng-houBO or placo of business. busi-ness. Section D. Tho Board of County Com-nilaFlonors Com-nilaFlonors may at any lime order the removal re-moval of any magazine for the keeping or storing of explosives, and It shall bo unlawful un-lawful for any person having control of any Buch magazlno to rofust, for a period pe-riod of thirty days, to comply with any Buch order of removal. Section C. The word person aa used In this ordinance shall bo construed as Including In-cluding perHons, ttrmsf, partnerships, corporations cor-porations and associations. Suction 7. Any person violating any of tho provisions of this ordinance shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 8. This ordlnanco shall bo in effect from and after May 16, 1901, this date being not less than ilrtccn days after Its passago. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of the county of Salt Lake on tho 25th day of April. A. D. 1301. Names of membera voting for the aforesaid afore-said ordinance: James H. Anderson, William W. Wilson, Henry N. Standlah; names of members voting agulnst said ordinance, none. (Seal.) JArES H. ANDERSON, Chairman Board of County Commissioners, Commission-ers, Salt Lako County. Attest. John Jaraos. County Clorlc |