, 1866-03-13
AN ORDINANCE.

|. No person or persons shall keep
on storage, or for sale, within the fire
limits Of the City of New York, any crude
rock or earth oils, petroleum, kerosene,
naptha, and b%enzoin, except as herein
after provided.
5 Ii. Crude rock or earth oils, coal oil,
and petroleum oil may be stored or kept
for sale in stores or buildings otha. than
dwelling houses, in quantities of not more
than one barrel IN any one building, pro-
vided it be kept in metallic packages.
III. Manufacturers, %refiners, or dis
tillers Of coal or rock oil, naptha, or ben
zoin, may keep or store in their factories
such quantities Of oil, naptha or benzoin
as they desire, provided always, that the
said manufacture is carried on in a brick,
stone, or fireproof building or buildings,
not nearer than so feet to any other build
ing, and not to be located south of send
Street.
5 ". Refined petroleum, earth or rock
oil, or coal oil, and kerosene for iIlumi-
mating purposes, having Il vaporising
point Of l40 degrees Fahrenheit and up.
ward, and heavy paraffine oils for lubri-
eating purposes, may be kept on sale, in
stores in dwelling houses or other build
ings, in unlimited quantities.
5 V. Naptha and benzoin may be kept
on storage or for sale in quantities not
to exceed Is gallons in any one building,
the same to be kept in metallic packages
or vessels.
5 VI. If any crude rock or earth oil,
petroleum, kerosene, naphtha, or b~enzoiu,
or any refined coal or earth oils, p%etrole-
um, benzoin, or naphtha, shall be kept
on sale, or stored in any building or
buildings within the fire limits, in larger
quantities than is especially provided for,
and in violation of the provisions of this
chapter, then all such excess may be
seized or taken by any police officer of
the said city, upon the order of the may
or, Of a captain of police, or any of the
inspectors of unsafe buildings, and the
same shall be stored or kept by such
mayor, police captain, or inspector of
buildings, upon whose order the same
was seized, at some suitable place be-
You'd the fire limits, and sold at auction
within ten days after such seizure five
days notice of the time and place Of such
sale shall be given to the person or per-
sons from whose possession the same was
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the expenses of conveyance, storage, and
sale, shall within one week after the sale
be paid over by the person ordering the
seizure to the Treasurer of the Fire De-
partment Fund, for the use and benefit
of said fund.
Several subsequent meetings were
held on the subject, and the majority of
the oil dealers were either in attendance
or represented by counsel. Mr.. Douglas,
of the MercbantS' Insurance Company,
and Mr.. Head, of the Home Insurance
Company, were also present. At each of
these meetings, the points in doubt were
very fully discussed. Several expert
ments calculating them were made by Mr..
Giuseppe Tagliahue, the inventor Of an
apparatus called the pyrometer. This
instrument gives the vaporizing degree
of the oil, and it was conceded to be the
most reliable in use. 1t was admitted
on all hands that these oils, in their
crude state, are very dangerous. and
should be excluded from within the fire