§ 29. Fire limits; fire department; alarms; fireproof buildings.  


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  • The said mayor and city council of Fort Valley shall have power to fix and establish fire limits, and from time to time to enlarge, restrict or change the same; to provide a fire department and a system of fire alarms, within which fire limits as established it shall not be lawful for anyone to build or cause to be built other than fireproof buildings, except by special permission of said mayor and city council of Fort Valley, which must be unanimous; and in case of any offense against ordinances passed in pursuance of this act [section], the said mayor and city council of Fort Valley, after five (5) days' notice given, shall cause the said nonfireproof buildings to be removed, at the expense of the owners or builders thereof, to be collected by executions as other executions issued by the city; and the said mayor and city council of Fort Valley shall have the right to determine what are not fireproof buildings.