HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1752 ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, BY
ANY ACT, SIGN OR SIGNAL, KNOWINGLY TO GIVE A FALSE
ALARld OF FIRE, TO OPEN ANY SIGNAL BOX, EXCEPT IN
CASE OF FIRE OR THE PROBABLE DANGER OF FIRE, OR IN
ANY ';�1AY TO TAMPER, MEDDLE OR INTERFERE T,17ITH ANY BOX
OR APPARATUS CONNECTED 1�7ITH THE FIRE .hLARN1 TELEGRAPH
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; AND PROVID-
ING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT `NORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION I.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons
to call by telephone, or by sign, signal or in any way knowingly
give a false alarm of fire, and it is hereby further declared to be
unlawful for any person or persons to open any of the signal boxes
connected with the fire alarm telegraph system of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, for the purpose of giving an alarm of fire, or to
pull the hooks in any of the signal boxes, except in case of fire
or probable danger of fire, or to tamper, meddle or interfere in
any way with said boxes or apparatus, or any part thereof.
SEC`e'ION II.
The term "false alarm" , as used, in this ordinance, shall
mean any act, sign, call or signal of any kind that shall be made
for the purpose of giving an alarm of fire when there is neither a
fire nor the probable danger of a fire.
SECTION III.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars 0200.00) .
SECTION IV.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication, as provided by law.
APPROVED ka TO FaFJA AND LEGALITY:
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