SECTION 1. Fire limits of first class.-All that part of the city of St. Joseph embraced within the following boundaries shall be known as the fire limits of the first class : Commencing at a point where Levee street intersects the Missouri river, thence north along the center of Levee street to Jules street, thence east along the center of Jules street to the center of Main street, thence north along the center of Main street to the center of Faraon street, thence east along the center of Faraon street to the center of Fifth street, thence north along the center of Fifth street to the center of Antoine street, thence east along the center of Antoine street to the center of Sixth street, thence north along the center of Sixth street to the center of Hall street, thence east along the center of Hall street to the center of Ninth street, thence south along the center of Ninth street to the center of Robidoux street, thence east along the center of Robidoux street to the center of Tenth street, thence south along the center of Tenth street to the center of Messanie street, thence west along the center of Messanie street to the Missouri river, thence along the river in a northerly direction to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2. Buildings within-how constructed. No building shall be erected within the fire limits of the first class unless the same shall be constructed in conformity with the general ordinances of the city, and the following provisions: All outside and party walls shall be made of stone, brick or

other fire proof materials; said walls shall not be less than eight inches in thickness. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3. Second class-boundaries of defined.— All that portion of the city of St. Joseph, lying outside of the boundaries of the fire limits of the first-class and within the boundaries in this section defined, shall be known as the fire limits of the second-class; commencing at a point where Levee street intersects the Missouri river, thence north along the center of Levee street to the center of Jules street, thence east along the center of Jules street to the center of Main street, thence north along the center of Main street to the center of Louis street, thence east along the center of Louis street to the center of Sixth street, thence north along the center of Sixth street to the south line of lot 18, Ege's addition, thence easterly along the said south line to the south line of lot 31, same addition, to the south line of lot 3, block 3, County's addition, and the south line of St. Joseph Improvement addition to the alley between said Improvement addition and Rogers' addition, thence south along said alley to the north line of Henry street, thence east along the said north line of Henry street to the north line of Thomas Henry's addition and the north line of Avenue addition to Mt. Mora road, thence north along the center of Mt. Mora road to the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence east along the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery to the center of Seventeenth street, thence south on the center of Seventeenth street to the alley in block 2, Oliver, Glass and Wilson's addition, thence east on said alley to the center of Eighteenth street, thence north on the center of Eighteenth street to the center of Colhoun street, thence east on the center of Colhoun street to the center of Nineteenth street, thence north on the center of Nineteenth street to the alley in block 6, Highley's addition, thence east on said alley to the center of Twentieth street, thence north on the center of Twentieth street to the north line of the alley in block 2, Highley's addition, thence east on the north line of said alley and said line produced east to Twenty-second street, thence

south on the center of Twenty-second street to the center of Colhoun street, thence west on the center of Colhoun street to the center of Twentieth street, thence south on the center of Twentieth street to the alley in block 5, Kemper's addition, thence west on said alley to the center of Nineteenth street, thence south on the center of Nineteenth street to the center of Union street, thence west on the center of Union street to the west line of lot 1, block 3, Kemper's addition, thence south on the west line of lots 1 and 12, block 3, and lots 5 and 16, block 2, and lot 2, block 1, all in Kemper's addition, to the center of Eighteenth street, thence south on the center of Eighteenth street to the center of Edmond street, thence west on the center of Edmond street to the center of Fifteenth street, thence south on the center of Fifteenth street to the center of Messanie street, thence west on the center of Messanie street to the center of Eleventh street, thence south on the center of Eleventh street to the center of Mitchell avenue, thence west on the center of Mitchell avenue to the Missouri · river, thence northerly along the river to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 390. Sec. 3.

SEC. 4. Buildings within-how constructed.-No buildings shall be erected within the fire limits of the second-class unless the same shall be constructed in conformity with the following provisions: All outside and party walls shall be made of stone, brick or other fire proof materials; said walls shall not be less than eight inches in thickness: Provided, that the superintendent of buildings may issue a permit for the construction of buildings within the fire limits of the second-class, said buildings to be of wood, iron or other material, to be erected according to the ordinances of the city, upon petition of three-fourths of the resident property owners owning property in the platted block in which said building is to be located. [G.O. No. 390, Sec. 4. Amended G. O. No. 445. SEC. 5. Raising and removal of wooden buildings. Permission is given to all owners and occupants of

buildings in the fire limits to raise wooden buildings to the established grade, and to build basements or cellars of brick or stone under the building so raised; but otherwise, no wooden building or part of building within the fire limits shall be raised or enlarged, nor shall the same be removed to any other lot within the same; nor shall any such building be removed into the fire limits: Provided, that when the sidewalks may be ra sed above the threshold of any building, said building may be so far raised as to keep the first floor a reasonable distance, not to exceed eight inches, above the sidewalk, without brick or stone foundation. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 5.

SEC. 6. Penalty for violation of ordinance.—Any owner, builder or other person who shall own, build or aid in the erection of any building or part of building within the said limits, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall raise or enlarge or assist in raising or enlarging any wooden building in said limits, or who shall own, remove or assist in removing any wooden building within said fire limits of the first class from one lot to another therein, or who shall own, remove or assist in removing any such building from without said limits into the same, contrary in either case to any foregoing provision of this ordinance, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the police judge, for the first offense, and to a like fine for every forty-eight hours such person shall fail to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, or continue in the violation thereof. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 6.

SEC. 7. Superintendent of buildings to order removal of wooden buildings. Whenever any wooden building shall be erected, enlarged or removed, or in process of erection, enlargement or removal contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, upon information, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of buildings to issue an order to the owner, occupant, person in charge or builder thereof, to have such building taken down or removed to some place outside the fire

limits forthwith; and upon the refusal or neglect of such person to comply with the requirements of such order within forty-eight hours after having received the same, the superintendent of buildings shall cause said buildings to be removed, and the expense thereof may be recovered of the owner of such building by suit. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 7.

SEC. 8. Lumber yard excluded.- No person or persons shall keep a lumber yard for the sale of lumber upon any premises within the fire limits of either class which are not now legally occupied for that purpose, under a penalty проп the person or persons keeping the same, of fifty dollars for every offense, and a like penalty for every week the same. shall be allowed to remain. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 9.

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5. Rope or ladder to be provided in hotel.

6. Balcony, etc., to be provided in cer

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Notice of, to be posted in room.

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Penalty for violating ordinance.

What buildings must be provided with fire escapes.-All buildings within the corporate limits of the city of St Joseph three stories high or over, wherein ten or more persons are employed or are accustomed to remain for a period of two hours or more during the day or night, and all tenement houses three stories high or over occupied by five families or more, or lodging or boarding houses three stories high or over, occupied by ten or more lodgers or boarders, and all drug houses, liquor stores, distilleries, breweries, chemical works and buildings where combustible materials are kept and stored temporarily or permanently, three stories high or over, and all manufactories three stories high or over wherein ten or more persons are employed to work, and all opera houses,