The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-26
Cairo, Illinois, of 1904.

cairo, Illinois, of 1904.
BE 1T ORDAINED by tho
Council of the City of Cairo Illinois.
Section THAT Sections 8 and
10 of Chapter XVIII of the Revised
: Ordinances of the City of Cairo of
! the Revision of 1904 be and the
same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
See. 9.--That it shall not be law
full for any person, firm, association
company or corporation to keep or
store, or cause, suffer, or permit to be
, kept or stored, within the City lin
its of the City of Cairo, exceeding
! ten gallons Ito be kept in approved
safety cans) of coal oil, naptha,
gasoline, turpentine, benzine, petro-
leum, or any product of petroleum,
or other like volatile combustibles,
or their compounds, except as in
| this section below specified; Pro-
yided, that not more than five hum
| dred gallons of coal oil of the fire
/ test of not less than one hundred
and fifty degrees, Fahrenheit. And,
provided that not more than sixty
: gallons each of naptha, gasoline,
benZine and turpentine, or other
like volatile combustibles or their
compounds may be kept by any one
| person, firm, association, company
or corporation within said city lin
its in a closed metallic vessel, out
side Of buildings, and provided that
this section shall not apply to the
storage Of lubricating oils in guam
titles of five thousand gallons or
less, and provided that not more
than two hundred gallons each of
petroleum, naptha, gasoline. ben
zine, turpentine, or other like volatile
cOmbustbles or their compounds
may be kept by any one person,
firm, association, company or cor
poration within said city limits, in
a storage tank, constructed of steel
and coated on the outside with tar
or other rust resisting material,
buried under the ground, without the
building to depth of not less than
tive feet; all tanks to be completely
cased and surrounded with twelve
iRches of Payland cement concrete,
well tamped in place, but this pro-
visioR shall not Apply to tanks here
tofore constructed; or in metallic
drums or tanks, made for the pur-
pose, located in a fire proof build
ing or vault, in which all openings
are protected by approved fire doors
or shutters, said building to be not
nearer than thirty feet to any other
building; and should there be more
than one storage tank, the combined
Icapacity of all tanks, in. upon or
about the same premises shall not
exceed four hundred gallons, and
they shall be separated from each
other by at least twelve
inches of Portland cement
concrete wen tamped In
! place; and provided further that
parties storing or handling automo-
bilas or other machines using gaso-
( line, may keep not more than thirty
gallons of gasoline in each of such
machines, If the gasoline be con-
fined in tank, free from leaks, re-
, curely capped and protected by ali
necessary safety appliances; and
provided further, that this section
shall not apply to any person, firm,
association, company or corporation,
keeping or storing or causing TO be
kept or stored, any coal oil, naptha,
gasoline, benzine, turpentine. pc
troleum, or any products of petro-
leum in buildings or tanks in guam
titles greater than is hereinbefore
provided for in this section, at a To-
cation distant at least four hun
dred feet from any lot in any block
now plated or laid out, or any res
idence now constructed in the City
Of Cairo
No delivery shall be made or
material drawn at any time by e.
tificial light, and no smoking, open
fire stove or furnace, nor any open
light shall be permitted i'm the
room where said combustibles are
stored or kept All storage tanks
must be provided with suitable and
safe vent pipe. filling pipe and Off
take pipe, and shall have no other
opening or connections No Star