1955-3-Ordinance-Prohibiting the Sale of Fireworks-12/05/1955ORDINANCE NO 1955-3
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITI NG THE SALE OR OFFERING
FOR SALE OF ANY FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF SANGER, T +,XAS; PROHIBITING THE
DISCHARGE OF ANY FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF SANDER,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR AN EXCEPTION OF SAID
ORDINANCE: PROVIDING A PENALTY: AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
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SECTION 1.
It shall be unlawfui for any person, firm, c orportati on, company,
or partnership to sell, offer for sale, either directly or in"
directly, any type of fireworks or other similar thing as that term
is hereinafter defined, within the corporate limits of the City of
Sanger, Texas, and any person, firm, corpor&ation, company, or
partnership who shall sell or offer to sell any fireworks or other
similar thing wihin the corporate limits of City of Sanger, Texas,
shall be fined as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2.
any person who discharges or caused to
as that term is hereinafter defined, or
the City limits of the City of Sanger,
hereinafter provided.
SECianv
TI
b
e discharged any fireworks
other similar thing within
Texas, shall be fined as
The term "fireworks"shall mean firecracker, torpedo, skyrocket,
roman"candle, sparkler, spit®devil, or other similar thing.
Noth hng in thi
celebration of
direction and
Sanger, Texas.
Council of the
tions with the
SECT 10 N Imo.
be construed
s Ordinance shall so as to prohibit the
certain events with the use of fireworks under the
supervision of the Fir® Marshall
It shall be within the
City of Sanger, Texas a
use of fireworks will b
SECTION 5.
of the City of
discretion of the City
s to when and what celebra-
e allowed.
Any person, firm, corporation, company, or partnership violating
any of the provision of this ordinance, shall upon conviction,
be fined in any sum not less than Fiive Dollars ( 5.00) nor more
than One H1zndred. Dollars ($100.00) .
SECTION 6.
4ny ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
VVF1r 1EAS, the City of Sanger, TPxas, now has no adequate ordinance
regulating; the sale and discharge of fireworks and the fact that the
disharge of such fireworks constitutes a serious fire hazard tothe
property of the citizens of Sanger, Texas,a nd also constitutes a
serious hazard in regard to life and limb of its citizens, creates
an emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring that the
rule providing that such ordinances shall be read on three several
occasions be and the sane is hereby suspended and the same shall be in
full force and effective from and after the date of its passage
and publication as Tr ovided by law.