The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-06-20
after its passage.
Approved June 5th, 1913.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest, r. H. HICKS, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE

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Be it ordained by the Mayor ant
Board of Aldermen of the City OF
Greenwood, State of Mississippi, as
follows:
Section l. All horizontal boilers
shall be encased on sides and top in
brick setting, and shall not be support
ed on beams or floor construction made
of wood or other conbustible material.
Section 2. Vertical boilers may be
supported by beams or floor construc-
ton of wood or other combusti-
BILE material, but in such case the floor
shall be protected by covering of
brick laid in cement mortar, or of con-
crete not less than four az inches in
thickness. Such covering shall be con-
structed upon continuous sheet metal
plate not less than 3-l6 of an inch
thick, having all joints substantially
riveted and the edges turned up four
| a. inches on all sides. This floor COW
ering shall extend under the whole of
the fire box and ash pit of the boiler
and outwardly not less than two (2)
feet on all sides.
Section 3. All smoke-stacks or pipes
shall have clearance from any COM
bustible material at all points of not
less than one-half J. the diameter of
of the stack, but never less than eight
Isl inches, and where passing through
the roof be guarded by a galvanized
iron ventilating thimble extending from
the under side of the ceiling or roof
beams to at least six [6] inches below
the roof. No smoke-stack or pipe shall
pass through any combustible floor or
partition.
Section 4. Heating furnaces, bakery
ovens, coffee roasters, fire heated can
dy kettles or other similar appliances
in which fires are maintained, when
supported by beams or other floor con-
struction made of wood or other com
bustible material, shall rest on a floor
covering as herein provided for vertical
boilers.
Section s. No combustible wall or
partition shall be within four [4l feet |
of the sides or back or six f61 feet
from the front of any boiler; unless said |
wall or partition shall be covered with !
metal to height of at least four [4l
feet above the floor, and this covering
shall extend from the end or back Of |
the boiler to at least five [5] feet in
front of it, then the distance shall be |
not less than two III feet from the
sides and five Isl feet from the front
of the boiler.
Section 6. All woodwork within
twenty-four [24 inches of any furnace
or other heating apparatus shall be
protected by metal shield with one-half
L inch air space between woodwork
and shield. No furnace, boiler, range
or other heating device shall be placed
against furred wall.
Section 7. All woodwork within three
[3] inches of register box shall be
covered with asbestos not less than
[l-Sl inch in thickness, and
sheet tin extending three [3] inches on
all sides beyond. All heat register op-
enings in floors in buildings other than
dwellings, shall not have valves or shut
tiers, but register face only. Z
Section 5. All horizontal hot-air
pipes leading from furnace shall be not
less than (6l inches from any wood
work and shall be covered with asbes-
tos one-eighth, l-s, inch thick, and
shall have regulating damper at point
not more than two, 2, feet from furn-
ace
Section 8, No hot-air pipe shall be
placed in combustible wall or parti-
ton or wooden enclosure, unless it be
at least eight, 8, feet distance in hor-
zontal direction from the furnace and
De placed inside another pipe with at
least one. l, inch air space between, or
covered with asbestos one
eighth, Is, inch in thickness. All
louble pipes, referred to above, shall
De so braced or supported as to retain
their relative position one within the
other, and maintain the proper air
space between them.
Section 10. The cold air boxes of all
not-air furnaces shall be made of brick.
metal or other incombustible material.
Section IL. All steam and hot water
pipes shall be placed not less than one.
|, inch from any woodwork or other
material; and, when pass
ing through floors or partitions. shall
be protected by metal shield, to pre-
vent vibration.
Section IL. All floors. walls. cell
ngs, doors and partitions enclosing
Trying rooms where the tempera.