Sec. 326. Dangerous buildings, chimneys and stove pipes
—condemnation of.
If any person shall apprehend danger by fire from any shop or
other building on account of any defective chimney, stove pipe or
from any other cause, or if any person shall apprehend danger
from the falling of any shop or other building, on application to
the Mayor, in either case, it shall and may be lawful for the
Mayor to issue his warrant to any three judicious freeholders
within the city, requiring them to view the situation of such shop,
house, chimney, stove pipe, or other cause complained of, and
make report thereon, and if on such report it shall appear that
such apprehensions are well founded, the Mayor shall issue his
summons to the owner or occupier of such shop, house or other
cause of danger, to appear before him to answer such complaint,
and if upon a full hearing, the Mayor shall adjudge the cause of
complaint to be dangerous, he shall give judgment requiring the
party complained of to remove the cause of danger by such
means to be specified in such judgments as the case may require,
and if such party shall refuse or neglect complying with such
judgment within a reasonable time, limited in the same, he shall
pay a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for every day's
continuance of such neglect or refusal.
