The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
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ORDINANCES.

BY Alderman Wilink-
An ordnance to prescribe certain fire
regulations by providing for the storage
Of excelsior moss. loose cotton. etc. illu-
minating oils, bcnzlne, gasoline, naptha.
gun powder. loaded cartridges. etc, by
providing for the proper construction OF
| floors and partitions In houses by provid-
| ing regulations for the erecting OF
| chimneys and stove pipes: by provid-
! ing for the inspection OF all buildings In
! the city by the chief and assistant chief OF
| the fire department; by providing suitable
penalties for all violations thereof.
section i. Be il ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, IN
council assembled. and 1t Is hereby or
dained by authority OF the same that from
and after the passage Of this ordinance,
no person shah be permitted TO keep IN
any building In Savannah more Than one
bale of excelsior, moss, cotton, used for
packing, except in warehouses approved
by the chief fireman.
Sec II. BE IL further ordained that no
person shall be permitted to have In any
building in the CITY Of Savannah more than
five barrels OF Illuminating oil; that said
Barrow, Jones street sewer, from prem
Uses Jones street. near Lincoln street.
illuminating oil shall be stored on the
ground floor within five feet of an exit;
that no artificial light shall be allowed
within twenty feet OF said Oil.
Sec. Ill BE II further ordained that no
person shall be permitted 70 Keep more
naptha, etc, within the nre limits in said
| city and said articles must be stored on
the outside of the buildings.
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more than twenty-five (25) pounds OF gun
powder shall be kept by any person IN
any building in savannah, at any one
! time; said gun powder must be placed over
! the front door Of the building and in front
| OF a glass so that the same may be easily
seen, and removed in case OF fire, said gun
| powder must be- kept at least twenty-five
| feet away from artificial light, oil, hay or
other combustibles and sign bearing the
words gun powder painted IN White on
| the front door.
Section g. BE 1t further ordained, that
no person shall be permitted to keep
rounds OF loaded metallic cartridges and
| not more than twenty thousand (200OO
! rounds of paper shells In any building
In this city; that said cartridges ana
/ shells must be kept ON the ground floor,
and not more than twenty GOD feet from
an exit, they shall be stored together in
such manner so that they may be cas-
| lily removed in case of fire.
| Section g. No person shall be permitted
| TO keep in any building in Savannah any
| dynamite, nitro-glycerine or like explO-
/ SiYes.
Section 7. BE It further ordained that
! all buildings constructed in Savannah aft
| er the passage OF this ordinance shall
| have suitable fire stops between the plas-
teripg and the weather boarding and IN
Section s. BE IT further ordained that all
chimneys hereafter built in Savannah
shall be built from the ground.
| Section 8. BE It further ordained. that
all partitions erected IN houses IN Savan-
nah shall go to the ceiling or roof.
| Section 10. BE It further ordained. that
| all stove pipes in Savannah which come
outside OF a building shah conform to
! the following regulationa
II the stove pipe comes through the
taken out and sheet Of metal put in its
| place. II the stove pipe runs through tho
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! must extend out at least two feet from
the side Of the building, must have an
! feet aboYe the caves OF the house.
|. Owners Of buildings IN which stove
| pipes are now run out of the side of the
building shall make all alterations nee
essary to comply with the requirements
OF this section within sixty days from the
passage OF this ordinance.
Section il. Be II further ordained. that
all ashes shall be removed from build
! ings within the city limits in metal pans
| That no ashes shall be permitted to be
| stored in wooden receptacles. No ashes
must be stored in any buildings.
Sec. II. Be IL further ordained that no
trash nay paper, or other combustlble
mitted to be accumulated within ten feet
! Of any iron gratings in a sidewalk or
! lane.
Sec. 10. BE It further ordained, and It
is made the duty Of the chief and assistant
| chief of the fire department of
ali mercantile buildings in the city at least
| once every sixty days, and report in
writing TO the mayor that the require
/ ltEAAH VI INC BAtIfiAuB bftiADih OF THIS or
! dinance have or have not been complied
with, stating specifically wherein II has
not been complied with. 1t shall also be
| the duty Of the chief and assistant chief
! fireman to put on the police docket all
who violate any Of the provisions of this
| ordinance.
Sec. a. BE 1t further ordained that any
! person who shall violate any OF the pro-
! visions of this ordinance by falling TO
! comply with any of its requirements shall
! upon conviction in the police court of the
| city of Savannah be fined in a sum not ex-
| ceeding one hundred dollars $4,000, or
| imprisoned in the Jail Of Chatham county
! for a term not exceeding thirty days, or
! be subjected to both penalties In the dis
| erection OF said police court.
Sec, Is. Be II further ordained that all
/ ordinances or parts OF ordinances In con-
/ tict with this, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance read in council for the first
time April 10, 1895, and published for in
| formation. A. N. MANUCY,
| Clerk Of Council