The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-22
ORDINANCES.
By Alderman Bacon Cby request of fire
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CANASAAN@hAN1AsA
BY Alderman Bacon (by request of fire
An ordinance to prescribe certain fire
regulations by providing for the storage
of excelsior, moss, loose cotton, hay,
straw and other cOmbuStible material,
Illuminating oils, gasoline, benzine. naph-
tina, benzine vanish, ether, or fluids of
a like character, petroleum or any Of its
products of a greater inflammablity than
Kerosene oil, gunpowder, loaded cart
ridges, metallic and paper shells; prohib-
iting the keeping or storing within the
limits Of the city of dynamite, nitro-glyce-
rine gun-cOtton, nitrate of silver, giant
powder, nitro-glycerine compounds or
other high explosives; by providing for
the proper construction of floors and par
titions In buildings; by providing for re-
pairs to chimneys and parapet walls and
the keeping of roofs clear of COM
bustible material; by providing for the
smoke stacks; by providing proper regu-
latfons for the construction of stove pipes
and the keeping of ashes and oily waste
in metallic receptacles; by prohibiting the
turning of trash and other material he
tween the hours Of sunset and sunrise:
by requiring owners and occupants OF
buildings to permit members OF the fire
department and the board Of fire COM
missioners to inspect buildings and by pro-
viding suitable penalties for violation
thereof.
and aldermen of the city If Savannah.
in council assembled, and IL is hereby or
dained by the authority Of the same, That
from and after the passage of this ordi-
nance no person, firm or corporation.
shall be permitted to keep or store In any
building in the city Of Savannah more
than two bales Of excelsior, moss, loose
cotton, hay, straw or other combustfble
material at any one time, and it shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corpora
ton, to place and let remain in any place
for a period longer than six hours, with
I'm thirty feet of any building in Savannah
any combustible material, except in ware
houses proylded Tor Such purposes and APP
proved by the fire chief
Sec. II. Be it further ordained, That
no person will be permitted to keep or
store at any ono time in any one building
in Savannah, more than one gallon of gas
oline, benZine, naphtha, benzine varnish
ether or fluids of a like character, or ex-
petroleum or any of its products of a
greater infiammability than kerosene oil /:
except in fire proof building, or vault,
erected for that purpose, in which all
openings are covered with metal shutters I;
said building to be not any nearer than
twenty-five feet of any other building
and at no time shall more than one hum
dred and ten gallons of gasoline, benzine
or naphtha be stored in said building and
the said gasoline, benzine and naphtha
shaH always be kept in drum used for
that purpose. 1t shall be unlawful to de-
liver Illuminating oils, gasoline benzine
or naphtha by artificial light or after sun
down of any day.
Sec. III. Be 1t further ordained. That
not more than twenty-five pounds of gun
powder shall be kept In any building in
Savannah at any one time; said gunpow-
der must be placed over the front door of
the building so that it may be easily seen
ana quickly reached in case of fire. In
buildings having transoms over front
doors the said gunpo WIDER shall be placed
IN such a way as to be plainly seen from
the street or outside Of the building Gun
powder must be kept separate from oil.
nay or other combustible material and the
door over which the said gunpowder is
placed must be plainly marked with tin
or other sign, not less than eighteen inch
es in length and five inches in width bear
ing the word "Gunpowder'' In red letters
on a white background.
sec. ~. Be IL further ordained, That
all loaded cartridges, loaded metallic and
paper shells, kept in any building in this
CITY Tor sale must be kept on the ground
moor, in metallic case or cases not more
than twenty feet from an exit, and the
chief officer OF the fire department shall
be notified by the occupant of the exact
location of such cartridges, loaded metal
lie and paper shells at once.
Sec. V. Be 1t further ordained, That no
person, firm or corporation shall be per-
mitted to keep within the limits of the
city Of Savannah any dynamite, nitro
glycerine, gun cotton, nitrate of silver,
giant powder, nitro-glycerine compounds
or other high explosives.
Sec. vi. Be II further ordained, That
all buildings constructed in Savannah af-
ter the passage of this ordinance. shall
have suitable fire stops between the plas-
tering and the weather boarding and in
all partitions; that owners of property be
required to comply with this ordinance
when remodeling or repairing weather.
the passage of this ordinance; that all
owners or their agents shall be required
to keep in thorough repair all chimneys
and parapet walls belonging to their build