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ORDINANCE NO. 30.-
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AN ORDINANCE to amend Seotion 33 of Ordinance Number 5 of
the Town of Seward, Alaska, entitled BAn ORDINANCE defining and
providing for misdemeanors in the Town of Seward, Alaska, and for
other purposes..
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Counoi1 of the Town of Seward:
SECTION 1. That Seotion 33 of Ordinance 5 of the Town of
Seward, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 33. It shall be unlawful for any person, or oompany,
to manufaoture or keep within the limits of the Town of Seward,
any gunpowder, giant powder, gunootton, gasoline, benzine, dis-
tillate, or any other explosive substance, without having obtained
from the Common Counoil permission so to do; providing that suoh
permit shall not authorize the keeping of more than fifty pounds
or twenty gallons of any said fluid in anyone plaoe withih the Town
of Seward, which shall be kept in an airtight metal vessel, marked
with the name of the substanoe in plain Roman letters not leas
than three inohes in height and of proportionate width, whioh
vessel shall at all times be kept in a conspicuous place and
oonvenient for removal from the premises where kept; and provided
further that all gunpowder, giant powder, or other explosives
herein provided for, kept in quantities, or in any quantity greater
than fifty pounds, or twenty gallons, as the oase may be, in anyone
plaoe, within the town limits, shall be kept in a substantial
stone, briok or frame structure, and (exoept in the case of any
of 8aid fluids) shall have printed thereon in a conspiCUOUS plaoe,
so that the same may be readily seen from any point of approach,
the following words, .Powder, Dangerous,. the same to be in plain
Roman letters, not lea. than six inches high and of proportionate
width. Any person, oompany, or oorporation, violating any
provi8ions of this seotion shall, upon oonviotion thereof, be
punished by a fine not exoeeding one hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment in the to\ll1n jail notxoeeding ninety days, or both.
Provided, that the town marshal may, and it shall be his duty, to
go into or on the premises of any person, oompany, or oorporation,
who he has good reason to believe are keeping or storing explosives
oontrary to the provisions of this seotion, and to arrest all
persons violating any provisions hereof.
This Ordinanoe shall be in foroe ;?nd effeot from and after
its passage.
Passed and approved this 21st day of June, 1915.
(Signed) Ohas. T. Daggett
pro Tern
President 1 of the Common Council and
Ex-officio Mayor of the Town of
Seward, Alaska.
Attest:
(Signed) W T. Luoas.
Municipal Clerk.
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