HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1795 ORDINANCE NO. 1795
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE QUALITY AND PRESSURE OF
NATURAL GAS DELIVERED TO CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH BY ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS
ENGAGED IN M BUSINESS OF DISTRIBUTING SUCH PRODUCTS,
DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE Cbhi"TIVE OF All OTHER
ORDINANCES REGULATING THE QUALITY AND PRESSURE OF GAS,
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. �
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTS, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That all persons, firms or corporations engaged in'the business
of furnishing or distributing natural gas to the inhabitants of the City of
Fort Worth shall furnish natural fuel gas to the consumers; that the term
"natural gas", as used herein, is intended to mean natural gas of the quality
and character produced by nature in the petroleum, oil and natural gas fields
of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana or elsewhere and which, excepting only that
helium and sulphur content and/or natural gas gasoline, oil or gasoline vapors
may be extracted therefrom, upon the condition, however, that said gas shall
be delivered to the consumer without the mixture of air or the elements of air
from which the oxygen content has been extracted.
SECTION II.
That no natural gas shall be delivered and sold to any consumer
which shall contain less than one thousand (1000) British Thermal Units per
cubic foot of the natural gas, as determined at a temperature of sixty (60)
degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure equivalent to thirty (30) inches of mercury
at thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit, and water vapor saturated. The
-S'i'M sh Thermal Unit content of the-7latural gas shall be determined and cal-
culated from the gas discharged from the service main.
SECTION III.
That natural gas deliverable shall be measured on a basis of one
thousand (1000) cubic feet at a base .temperature of sixty (60) degrees
Fahrenheit and at a base pressure of not less than four (4) ounces gauge
pressure above fourteen and forty-three one-hundredths (14.43) pounds per
square inch7atmospherio pressure at the outlet side of the consumers' meter-
ing device, but UOU11 g herein shall in any manner abrogate any contractual
agreements relating to pressure applicable to industrial consumers.
SECTION IV.
This ordinance is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other
ordinances in the City of Fort Worth regulating the pressure or quality of
natural gas, and it is not intended to repeal any other such or-dinanaesx
except in those instances where its provisions are in direct conflict with
the provisions of said ordinances.
SECTION V.
Any person, firm or corporation, their agents, servants or
employees, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any
sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars 3200.00), and each day's violation
thereof shall constitute a separate offense; and the furnishing of gas to
any consumer in violation hereof shall likewise constitute a separate offense.
SECTION VI.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the 14th day of August, A. D. 1934, thirty (30) days after the date of its
passage and publication, as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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