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 27 lots to the south line of the lote fronting north 
   
 28 on West Van Buren street ; thence west along 
   
 29 the south line of said lots to the west line of the lots 
   
 30 fronting east on Western avenue; thence north 
   
 31 along the west line of said lots to the north line 
   
 32 of the lots fronting south on West Lake street : 
   
 33 thence east along the north line of said lots to the 
   
 34 west line of the lots fronting east on Ashland av- 
   
 35 enue; thence north along the west line of said lots to 
   
 36 the north line of the lots fronting south on West 
   
 37 Indiana street ; thence east along the north line 
   
 38 of said lots to the west line of the lots fronting east 
   
 39 on North Carpenter street; thence north along 
   
 40 the west line of said lots to the north line of the 
   
 41 lots fronting south on Chicago avenue ; thence 
   
 42 east along the north line of said lots to the west 
 No^PhMon 43 line of the lots fronting east on North Wells 
   
 44 street ; thence north along the west line of said 
   
 45 lots to a point 125 feet southwest of the inter- 
   
 46 section of said North Wells street with Lincoln 
   
 47 avenue ; thence northwesterly along a line 125 
   
 48 feet from, and parallel to, said Lincoln avenue 
   
 49 to the centre of Fullerton avenue; thence east 
   
 50 on the centre line of said avenue to Lake Mich- 
   
 51 igan ; thence southerly, bounded by Lake Mich- 
   
 52 igan, to the place of beginning. The lot lines 
   
 53 herein mentioned shall be taken and held to 
 fine./" 68 B " 54 be the lines of said lots, as shown by the re- 
   
 55 corded plat or plats thereof. 
 
 
 
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 56 No building shall hereafter be erected within 
 Building For- 57 said fire limits unless a permit for the erection 
   
 nine. * >r 58 thereof shall have first been obtained from the 
   
 59 Board of Public Works of said city : Provided, 
   
 60 however, that the fee for issuing such permit 
   
 61 shall not exceed 50 cents. 
   
 62 Whenever the owners of a majority of the 
 i'n>.v,,iin-s to 63 street frontage of any block or square, which is 
   
 exfn.i Fire 64 not included within the fire limits as prescribed 
   
 65 by this ordinance, shall present to the Board of 
   
   
   
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 66 Public Works of said city a plat of such block " 
   
 67 or square designating the owners (if known) [ l 
   
 68 of each and every lot, or part thereof, together Put.. Work* 
   
 69 with a statement in writing, signed by the 
   
 70 owners (or their lawful attorneys) of a majority 
   
 71 of such street frontage stating, the fact of such 
   
 72 ownership, and that they, such owners, desire 
   
 73 that such block or square shall be included 
   
 74 within the " fire limits " of said city, it shall be 
   
 75 the duty of said Board to investigate the said 
   
 76 statement, and if they find that such statement 
   
 77 has been signed by a majority of the owners (or 
   
 78 their lawful attorneys) of the street frontage of 
   
 79 said block or square, the said Board shall so 
   
 80 certify on such written statement, and shall lk ,!i l ^"'pi 
   
 81 cause such statement and plat to be filed in the ^ithcityci 
   
 82 City Clerk's office. 
   
 
 
 
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 83 The City Clerk shall thereupon give a notice < iu- <'i,.,k t<, 
   
 84 in the corporation newspaper that such block or athvrt 
   
 85 square has been admitted within the "fire 
   
 86 limits" of said city, and is subject to the pro- 
   
 87 visions of this ordinance. 
   
 88 Upon the filing of such statement and plat 
   
 89 (so certified) with the City Clerk, and the pub- 
   
 90 lication of such notice for the same time as 
   
 91 required for the publication of this ordinance, 
   
 92 the fire limits of the city shall be held to be 
   
 93 extended so as to include such block or square, 
   
 94 and all the provisions of this ordinance shall 
   
 95 extend to and be in force so far as such block 
   
 96 or square is concerned. 
   
 97 SEC. 2. No building or structure of any 
   
 98 kind or description shall be erected or constructed construction 
   
 99 within the fire limits, as defined in section 1 of 
   
 100 this ordinance, unless the outside and party 
   
 101 walls thereof shall be composed of brick, stone, 
   
 102 iron, or other incombustible material, and all 
   
 103 buildings which shall, or may hereafter, be 
   
 104 erected or constructed within said five limits,   
 
 
 
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 105 shall have outside wall of not less than one 
   
 106 foot in thickness; and if any building shall 
   
 107 be more than two stories in height (above 
   
 108 the basement), the outside walls of the base- 
   
 109 ment and first story shall be not less than 
   
 110 16 inches in thickness; and the walls of the 
   
 111 stories above the second shall not be less than 
   
 112 12 inches in thickness, and, with the excep- 
   
 113 tion of the front wall, shall extend at least 12 
   
 114 inches above the roof. 
   
 115 Provided, that buildings erected and used as 
   
 116 dwellings only may be constructed with walls 
   
 117 in all cases four inches less in thickness than 
   
 118 is hereby above specified ; and provided further, 
   
 119 that any building, cottage, or barn, one story 
   
 120 in height, may be built with walls not less than 
   
 121 eight inches thick, and that brick buildings of 
   
 122 one story, not exceeding 16 feet in height. 
   
 123 with walls resting on wooden sills placed not 
   
 124 to exceed one foot above the ground, may 
   
 125 be erected on streets wliere there are no 
   
 126 sewers/ 
   
 
 
 
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 127 Every building hereafter erected, in which 
   
 128 partition walls supporting floor beams may be 
   
 129 required, except churches, theatres, or other 
   
 130 public buildings, shall have one or more stone, 
   
 131 brick, or fire-proof partition w^alls, which, 
   
 132 when built of brick, may be four inches less 
   
 133 in thickness than as first above specified; pro- 
   
 134 vided they are not more than 60 feet in height, 
   
 135 or, in place of walls, there shall be brick piers. 
   
 136 iron or wood columns, with girders sufficient 
   
 137 to carry the weights of the floor with their 
   
 138 super-imposed weights. 
   
 139 In all buildings, over 25 feet in width, and 
   
 140 not having either brick partition walls, or 
   
 141 girders supported by columns or piers, the 
   
 142 walls shall be increased an additional four 
   
 143 inches in thickness for every additional 10 feet 
   
   
   
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 144 in width of said building, or any portion 
   
 145 thereof. tionT o r i coi 
   
 146 In every brick wall, at least every sixth mnna are not 
   
 147 course, shall be a heading course, except where 
   
 148 Avails are faced with pressed brick, in which 
   
 149 case every fifth course shall be bonded into 
   
 150 the backing, by cutting the course of the face structmg 
   
 151 brick and putting in diagonal headers behind 
   
 
 
 
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 152 the same, or by splitting the face brick in half, 
   
 153 and backing the same by a continuous course Heading conr- 
   
 154 of headers. In all walls that are faced with their 
   
 155 ashlar anchored to the backing, or in which 
   
 156 the ashlar has not either alternate headers and 
   
 157 stretchers in each course, or alternate heading 
   
 158 and stretching courses, the backing of brick 
   
 159 shall not be less than twelve inches thick. 
   
 160 The backing in all walls, of whatever material m 3? g 
   
 161 it may be composed, shall be of such thickness Faced waiis. 
   
 162 as to make the walls, independent of facing, 
   
 163 conform, as to thickness, with the requirements 
   
 164 of this ordinance. The full thickness of iron 
   
 165 fronts shall be filled in with brick work. 
   
 166 All posts, beams and other timbers in outside 
   
 167 and party walls of buildings in said fire limits 
   
 168 shall be separated at least eight inches from 
   
 169 each other, with stone or brick, laid in mortar 
   
 170 or cement. 
   
 171 No building which may be erected within the. 
   
 172 fire limits shall have any bay or oriel window, Bay windows. 
   
 173 constructed of wood, extending over three feet 
   
 174 above the floor of the third story of said 
   
 175 building; and no cornice of wood shall be cornices. 
   
 176 placed on any building over two stories in 
   
 177 height, not counting the basement (if any) as 
   
 178 one story. All chimneys shall be carried at chimney.-*. 
   
 179 least three feet above the roof. Felt, tar or 
   
 180 composition roofing may be allowed in the con- used L on- 
   
 
 
 
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 181 struction and erection of buildings within the 
   
 182 fire limits ; provided such felt shall be covered 
   
   
   
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 183 with distilled roofing cement, or other equally 
   
 184 non-inflammable material, and well covered 
   
 185 with gravel, or other non-combustible material. 
 jfiviu-h or Mm- 186 If a French or Mansard roof be placed on 
   
 >ard K.M.r. 187 an y building, the same shall be constructed, as 
 188 to its outside surface, of fire proof or non- 
 189 ignitable material. 
   
 190 SEC. 3. That no building within said fire 
   
 191 limits not constructed and built as provided in 
   
 192 section two of this ordinance, except those now 
   
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 be occupied for l^o in use, snail hereafter be occupied or used, in 
 5 business. 8 194 whole or in part, as or for any of the trades, 
   
 195 occupations, or businesses hereinafter men- 
   
 196 tioned, to wit: Planing mills, sash, door, and 
   
 197 blind factories, carpenter or cooper shops, 
   
 198 wagon or carriage manufactories, cabinet or 
   
 199 furniture manufactories, wood-turning and 
   
 200 veneering works, agricultural implement man- 
   
 201 ufactories, box or shingle factories, siding mills, 
   
 202 resawing or saw mills, kilns for seasoning lum- 
   
 203 ber, by any other process than steam or natural 
   
 204 heat, and that in a fireproof vault or building 
   
 205 of the same nature. No business, whether 
 Fireproof-vaults ^6 now established or hereafter commenced, shall 
   
 to be construe- 207 be conducted or carried on within the specified 
 ing & burning 208 fire limits in which shavings or light combusti- 
 buiSng"here 209 ble material is made, unless there is constructed 
 Lierefu"e b is sti ' ^10 in connection with every such establishment 
 made. 211 or manufactory a brick or fire-proof vault or   
 
 
 
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 212 furnace, in which all shavings, sawdust, chips, 
   
 213 or other light combustible refuse may be de- 
   
 214 posited and burned without endangering the 
   
 215 works in which it is made, or the surrounding 
   
 216 property ; and all such refuse shall be 
   
 217 promptly removed from the works and prem- 
   
 218 ises, either by burning the same or drawing it 
   
 219 it away, and shall not be allowed to accumu- 
   
 220 late, either in the works or on the premises 
   
 221 unless stored in a fire-proof vault, where the 
   
   
   
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 'I'l'l same may burn without causing alarm or 
   
 223 danger to any other property. The manufac- Manufacture of 
   
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 224 ture 01 set ammunition, lire-works, the distilla- coai on, EX- 
   
 225 tion or manufacture of naptha, coal, or other p^^iM.'' 
 I'K > inflammable oils; the manufacture or storage 
   
 227 of excelsior, except in bales, and all other 
   
 22S extra-hazardous avocations, are hereby pro- 
   
 229 hibited within the above described fire-limits. 
   
 280 SEC. 4. No wooden building or part of 1{lli8lng> cnlarg . 
   
 281 building within the fire-limits prescribed in ging, '!*- 
   
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 '!}'! section 1 ot this ordinance sliall be raised, en- ing wooden 
   
 288 larged, or repaired, except as herein provided ; 
   
 
 
 
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 284 but any wooden building may be removed from B ^S^S 8 tt S^ e 
   
 235 one lot to another lot within said fire-limits, be appraised. 
   
 236 provided said building shall be determined to 
   
 237 be worth more than 60 per cent, of what it 
   
 238 would cost to build a new building of like 
   
 239 character ; the Mayor and Board of Public Appraisal, how 
   
 240 Works to determine the value of said building; 
   
 241 provided, further, that the Board of Public 
   
 242 Works shall cause an advertisement to be 
   
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 243 inserted in the corporation newspaper for ten tion to mo 
   
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 244 days, of the name of the party applying for 
   
 245 such permit, the present location of the build- 
   
 246 ing to be moved, and the lot upon which it is 
   
 247 proposed to move the same, and in each case 
   
 248 give the name and number of the streets, if 
   
 249 possible; and all remonstrances against the '^o7i!fihT es 
   
 250 granting of such permit must be filed with 
   
 251 the Board of Public Works before the expira- 
   
 252 tion of the said ten days ; and after said hear- Hearing to in* 
   
 253 ing the Mayor and said Board shall have the 
   
 254 power to grant such permits. The parties 
   
 255 applying for permits shall pay the cost of ^'''f,!^* 
   
 256 the advertisement upon the application for the 
   
 257 same, but no wooden building shall be removed not 
   
 258 from without said fire limits to any place within J^ th ' 
   
 259 said fire limits; nor sliall any wooden building 
   
 260 within said fire limits, which may be damaged ^f 
   
   
   
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 261 less than 50 per cent, of the value, be so 
 Raising to gnwio 262 repaired as to be raised higher than the highest 
   
 263 point left standing after such damage shall have 
   
 264 occurred, nor so as to occupy a greater space 
   
 265 than before the injury thereto: Provided, \&i 
   
 266 the owners or occupants of buildings within 
   
 267 the fire limits shall have the right to raise 
   
 268 wooden buildings to the established grade, and 
   
 269 also to build basements or cellars of brick or 
   
 270 stone under the buildings so raised to grade. 
   
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 272 of the chapter hereby amended, and all ordi- 
   
 273 nances and parts of ordinances inconsistent 
   
 274 with this ordinance, be and the same are hereby 
   
 275 repealed, and that the ordinance passed May 
   
 276 12, 1869, repealing section 21 of said chapter 
   
 277 be and the same is hereby repealed, and said sec- 
 Be-enactraentof 278 tion 21 be and the same is hereby reordained 
   
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 ordinance. 279 and restored as fully as if the same had not been 
 Penalties. 280 repealed, and that the fines and penalties of 
   
 281 section 9 of said chapter 9 shall be extended 
   
 282 to and apply to all violations of the provisions 
   
 283 of this ordinance. 
   
 284 SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Mayor, 
   
 
 
 
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 285 Board of Public Works, and Board of Police 
   
 286 Commissioners to enforce the provisions of 
   
 287 this ordinance, and of the chapter hereby 
   
 288 amended. 
   
 Enforcement of 289 SEC. 7. This ordinance shall be in force 
   
 this Ordinance. ^ -,/->/, -IP 11 i T . 
   
 from and alter its passage and due publication. 
 Passed, February, 1872. 
   
   
   
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 291 CHAP, ix, SEC. 6. Sheds not exceeding 
   
 292 twelve feet in height at the peak or highest 
   
 293 part thereof, and privies not exceeding ten feet 
   
 294 square and twelve feet in height at the peak, 
   
 295 may be constructed of wood and shall not be 
   
 296 subject to the provisions of this chapter: Pro- mC 
   
 297 vided, that the term "shed" be so construed deftned . 
   
 298 as to mean a structure with a roof sloping one 
   
 299 way, with one or more sides of said structure 
   
 300 entirely open. But all depositories for ashes 
   
 301 within or without the fire limits, shall be built 
   
 302 of brick or other fire-proof material, without 
 303 wood in any part thereof. 
   
 
 
 
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 304 CHAP, ix, SEC. 8. The amount or extent how 
   
 305 of damage that may be done to any building found. 
   
 306 may be determined by three disinterested per- See also Sec . 4 , 
   
 307 sons, residents of the city, one of whom shall i** 1 
   
 308 be selected by the owner of the building, the 
   
 309 second by the Mayor or any two members of 
   
 310 the Committee on Fire and Water, and the 
   
 311 two so chosen shall select a third; and the 
   
 312 decision of the persons so appointed, shall be 
   
 313 final and conclusive; and it shall be the duty feponBeg of ap 
   
 314 of the owner of any building, before said refer- pmfaai, ho 
   
 315 ence is made, to deposit with the city clerk the 
   
 316 sum of six dollars, which sum shall be applied 
   
 317 to the payment of reference expenses, and the 
   
   
   
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 318 remainder, if any, shall be returned to such 
   
 319 owner. 
   
 320 CHAP, ix, SKC. 9. Any owner, builder, or 
   
 321 other person, who shall own, build or aid 
   
 322 in the erection of any building or part of 
   
 323 building within the said limits, contrary to, or in 
   
 324 any other manner than authorized by the pro- 
 visions of this chapter, or who shall own, 
 remove, or assist in removing any such building 
   
 327 from without said limits into the same, or 
   
 328 own, repair, or assist in repairing any damaged 
   
 329 wooden building, contrary in either case to any 
 230 provision of this chapter, shall be subject to a 
   
 331 fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and 
   
 332 not exceeding five hundred dollars, in the dis- 
   
 333 cretion of the court, for the first offence ; and 
   
 334 to like fine for every forty-eight hours such 
   
 335 person shall fail to comply with the provisions 
   
 336 of this chapter, or continue .in the violation 
   
 337 thereof. 
   
 338 CHAP, ix, SEC. 10. Any wooden building 
   
 339 which may be erected, enlarged, removed, or 
   
 340 repaired, or in process of erection, enlarge- 
   
 341 ment, removal, or repair, contrary to this chap- 
   
 342 ter, shall be deemed a nuisance ; and upon in- 
   
 343 formation, it shall be the duty of the Board of 
   
 344 Public Works, after twenty-four hours' notice to 
   
 
 
 
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 345 the owner, occupant, person in charge, or builder 
   
 346 thereof, to abate the same, to raze such build- 
   
 347 ing to the ground. The expense thereof shall 
   
 348 be reported by the said board to the commou 
   
 349 council, for asessment, or may be collected from 
   
 350 the owner of such building by suit. 
   
 351 CHAP, ix, SEC. 11. No pipe of any stove, 
   
 352 or Franklin, shall be put up, unless it be con- 
   
 353 ducted into a chimney made of brick, or stone, 
   
 354 and any person putting up the pipe of any 
   
 355 stove, or Franklin, contrary to this section, 
   
 356 shall, for every such offence, forfeit five dollars. 
   
   
   
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 357 and the further sum of one dollar for every 
   
 358 twenty-four hours the same shall remain so put 
   
 359 up after notice given by the fire marshal, or 
   
 360 any assistant marshal to remove the same. 
   
 361 CHAP, ix, SEC. 12. No lighted candle, or ^ 
   
 362 lamp, shall be used in any stable, or other 
   
 363 place or building, where hay, straw, or other 
   
 364 combustible materials shall be kept, unless the 
   
 365 same shall be well secured in a lantern, under 
   
 366 the 'penalty of two dollars for each offence; 
   
 267 and no fire shall be kept in any stove, or other- Fin . s . 
   
 268 wise, in any such building, or any room, where 
   
 369 such combustible material is kept, under a 
   
 
 
 
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 370 penalty of ten dollars, and an additional pen- Penalty. 
   
 371 alty of five dollars, for each and every twelve 
   
 372 hours that said fire shall so remain. 
   
 373 CHAP, ix, SEC. 13. Every person keeping 
   
 374 or occupying a shop, or other building,, wherein 81l * t I g a ^S: 
   
 375 shavings, or other combustible materials are lowed to ac- 
   
 376 made, accumulated, or may be contained, shall 
   
 377 forfeit the sum of two dollars for every neg- 
   
 378 lect to clear or remove the same out of such 
   
 379 buildings, and the yards belonging thereto, at 
   
 380 least three times in each week : Provided, such 
   
 381 buildings are situated within two hundred feet 
   
 382 of any other building ; and no stove shall be stoves to be pro- 
   
 383 used in any such shop, or building, unless the 
   
 384 same shall be set in a box surrounded with fire- 
   
 385 proof material with the pipe carefully set up 
   
 386 according to the provisions hereof; and no 
   
 387 lighted candles shall be used in any such shop, L 
   
 388 or building, except they be placed in a candle- 
   
 389 stick made of a material not liable to take fire, p ^ (U 
   
 390 under the penalty of two dollars for each 
   
 391 offenee. 
   
 392 CHAP, ix, SEC. 14. No person in removing 
   
 393 any chips, or shavings, or other combustible 
   
 on/1 i i -n & Scattering Sha- 
   
 t materials, shall scatter, or strew them m any vin^s, &c. 
 395 street, or shall at any time direct, permit, or 
   
 
 
 
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 in violation of "*' fcj 
   
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 to be altered. . _ . 
   
   
   
 suffer any chips, shavings, or other combustible 
 matter, to be taken or thrown, or scattered on 
 any street or alley, under the penalty of two 
 dollars for every offence. 
   
 CHAP, ix, SEC. 15. No person shall carry 
 fire in or through any streel, or lot, or other 
 public or private place, except the same be 
 placed or covered in some close or secure pan, 
 or other vessel, under the penalty of one dol- 
 lar for each offence. 
   
 CHAP, ix, SEC. 16. No ashes (except at 
 manufactories, where ashes are used), shall be 
 kept or deposited in any part of the city, except 
 the same be in a close and secure vessel, or brick, 
 or stone ash room, under the penalty of three 
 dollars for each offence, and a further penalty of 
 one dollar for every twenty-four hours the same 
 shall thereafter remain so kept or deposited. 
   
 CHAP, ix, SEC. 17. No chimney shall be 
 built with less than four inches thickness, of 
 brick, or stone, completely imbedded in lime 
 mortar, and plastered on the inside, with a 
 smooth coat of the same. No flue shall in any 
 case be less than eight by eight inches ; and if 
 intended for two full stories, not less than eight 
 by twelve inches ; and for three stories or more, 
 not less than eight by sixteen inches.. Holes 
 for stove pipe shall have a sheet iron thimble, 
 or other fire-proof material inserted into the 
 chimney, imbedded in mortar, and a tin or sheet- 
 iron stopper, with a flange at least one inch 
 wide, outside of the brick. Every person who 
 shall build or cause to be built a chimney con- 
 trary to this section, shall for every such 
 offence, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars ; 
 and every owner of any chimney that shall be 
 built contrary to this section, shall cause the 
 same to be altered within ten days after notice 
 shall be given by the fire marshal, or any 
   
 
 
 
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 435 assistant marshal so to do, or forfeit the sum 
   
 436 of ten dollars, and also ten dollars for every Penalty. 
   
 437 month thereafter, so long as said chimney shall 
   
 438 remain unaltered. 
   
 439 CHAP, ix, SEC. 18. No person shall build 
   
 440 or cause to be built a chimney resting upon 
   
 441 any part of a building liable to settle, unless same. 
   
 442 such foundation is permanently connected with 
   
 443 the rafters where the chimney passes through 
   
 444 the roof, so that the whole may settle together, 
   
 445 under a penalty of ten dollars for every such 
   
 446 offence, and a further sum of ten dollars penalty. 
   
 447 for every week it shall remain after notice 
   
 448 given by the fire marshal, or any assistant 
   
 449 marshal, to alter the same. 
   
 450 CHAP, ix, SEC. 19. No chimney shall be 
   
 451 commenced in any loft, unless there are fixed 
   
 452 stairs leading to the same, easy of access at 
   
 453 all times ; and no stove pipe shall pass through 
   
 454 more than one ceiling before entering a chimney, 
   
 455 under a penalty of ten dollars for each offence, 
   
 456 and a further sum of two dollars for every Penalty. 
   
 457 week either shall remain, after notice shall be 
   
 458 given by the fire marshal, or any assistant 
   
 459 marshal, to alter the same. 
   
 
 
 
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 460 CHAP, ix, SEC. 20. Stove pipes shall not be stovepipes. 
   
 461 less than four inches from any wood or other 
   
 462 combustible materials, unless there is a double 
   
 463 circle of tin connected together, and air holes 
   
 464 through the connecting tin between said pipe 
   
 465 and the combustible substance, under the pen- 
   
 466 alty of three dollars, and the sum of one dol- penalty. 
   
 467 lar for every three days it shall remain after 
   
 468 notice from the fire marshal, or any assistant 
   
 469 marshal, to alter the same. 
   
 470 CHAP, ix, SEC. 21. All chimneys erected 
   
 471 in any building or place, within the city, for chimneys for 
   
 472 manufacturing purposes appertaining to, used steani works. 
   
 473 or to be used for conveying off the smoke of 
   
   
   
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 474 any steam boiler 
   
 4T'"> firmly and substantially built of brick or stone, 
   
 47* > and shall be erected to the height of not less 
   
 477 than fifty-five feet. Any person, or persons 
   
 478 who shall build, or construct, or use, or occupy 
   
 479 any chimney heretofore or hereafter built, for 
   
 480 the purpose above specified, of any other ina- 
   
 481 terial, or in any other manner than above speci- 
   
 482 fied, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars. 
   
 483 CHAP. ix. SEC. 22. No person, or persons, 
   
 484 shall deposit, or stack, any hay, straw, or 
   
 485 other combustible substance, within one hun- 
   
 486 dred feet of any dwelling house, barn, stable, 
   
 487 or out house, or building of any description, 
   
 488 within the limits of the City of Chicago, with- 
   
 489 out first having obtained a written permission 
   
 490 from the Mayor and both the alderman of the 
   
 491 ward, in which the same be located, under a 
   
 492 penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offence. 
   
 493 and a like penalty for every week the same may 
   
 494 remain after notice. 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 21 
 495 CHAP, ix, SEC. 23. No hay, straw, shav- 
   
 496 ings, or other combustible matter shall be set 
   
 497 fire to, or burned within any street, alley, 
   
 498 public or private gaound, within the fire limits 
   
 499 of the city. Nor shall any straw r , hay, or other 
   
 500 combustible matter be set fire to, or burned 
   
 501 without the fire limits and within the city, 
   
 502 nearer than one hundred feet to any house, 
   
 503 fence, barn, shed, or wooden buildings, unless 
   
 504 by the direct permission in writing, or super- 
   
 505 intendance of the fire marshal, or of one of 
   
 506 the assistant marshals, under a penalty of not 
   
 507 less than five dollars, nor more than tw r enty 
   
 508 dollars for eaeh offence. 
   
 509 CHAP, ix, SEC. 24. No lumber yard, for 
   
 510 the sale of lumber, shall l^e kept upon any 
   
 511 premises within the fire limits, which are not 
   
 512 now occupied for that purpose, under a penalty 
   
   
   
 City of Chicago. 1 7 
   
   
   
 513 upon the person or persons keeping the same, 
   
 514 of ten dollars for every offence, and a like ivnaity. 
   
 515 penalty for every week the same shall be 
   
 516 allowed to remain. 
   
 517 CHAP, ix, SEC. 25. All buildings within 
   
 518 the city having hatchways, hoistways, cellar 
   
 519 openings, or other openings leading from floor iinidiways, &c. 
   
 520 to floor (except properly nrotected skylights) 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 22 
 521 of whatever name or description, shall be pro- 
   
 522 vided with good and substantial shutters or 
   
 523 doors for all of such hatchways, hoistways, 
   
 524 cellar doors, or other openings, and the said 
   
 525 shutters or doors shall be kept closed, except 
   
 526 when in actual use, from the hour of six 
   
 527 o'clock, P. M. to six o'clock, A. M. of each 
   
 528 day. All persons violating any or either of 
   
 529 the provisions of this section shall, on con- 
   
 530 viction, pay a fine of not less than ten dollars Penalty. 
   
 531 nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall 
   
 532 also in addition be personally liable to all fire- 
   
 533 men or persons, in damages for all injuries by 
   
 534 reason of such violation or neglect. 
   
 535 SEC. 26. If any person having charge of an Misuse of Fire 
   
 536 engine, or other fire apparatus, shall suffer or appan 
   
 537 permit the same to be applied to private 
   
 538 uses, or taken beyond the limits of the city, 
   
 539 without the consent of the fire marshal, or in 
   
 540 his absence, the actingfire marshal, he shall 
   
 541 forfeit a penalty of not less than five dollars, Penalty. 
   
 542 nor more than twenty -five dollars, for each and 
   
 543 every such offence, besides being personally 
   
 544 liable for all damages. 
   
 545 SEC. 27. The fire marshal, or assistant rower to Fire ^ 
   
 546 marshal in command, or, in the absence of the Marshals, dc. 
   
 547 fire marshal and of all the assistant marshals, 
   
 548 the Mayor, or two alderman, may direct the 
   
 549 hook-and-ladder men to cut down and remove TO cut down, 
   
 C ~ r I.-IT f f i remove, blow 
   
 p>U any building, erection, or tence, tor the pur- up building*, 
 551 pose of checking the progress of any fire ; and tXC ' ) at   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 23 
 [ 8 Fire Ordinances of the 
   
   
   
 552 the fire marshal, or the assistant marshal in 
   
 553 command, with the advice and concurrence of 
   
 554 two members of the common council, shall 
   
 555 have power to blow up, or cause to be blown 
   
 556 up, with powder, or otherwise, any building or 
 5.37 erection during the progress of the fire, for the 
 558 purpose of extinguishing or checking the same. 
   
 ** 559 SEC. 28. The fire marshal, or the assistant 
 prescribe Hm- 560 marshal in command, may prescribe limits in 
   
 561 the vicinity of any fhe, within which no per- 
   
 562 son, excepting those who reside therein, mem- 
   
 563 bers of the fire department, and those admitted 
   
 564 by order of the officers of the fire department, or 
   
 565 of the city, shall be permitted to come. 
 Persons at five 566 SEC. 29. Every person not a fireman, who 
   
 to obey order*. 537 sna u De present at a fire, shall be subject 
   
 568 and obedient to the orders of the fire marshal 
   
 569 and the assistant marshals,, in extinguish- 
   
 570 ing the fire and the removal and protection of 
   
 571 property, and in case such person shall refuse 
 Penalty. 572 to obey such orders, he shall forfeit and pay 
 Proviso. 573 for every offence the sum of five dollars: Pro- 
   
 574 vided, That no such person shall be bound to 
   
 575 obey any of said officers, unless such officers 
   
 576 shall bear their respective badges of office, 
   
 IfreOffloento ^rrr- i i i-ni 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 24 
 bear their re- oTT or their official character shall be known or 
 
 ^g ma( ] e k nown to them; and all such officers 
 
   
 579 shall have power to arrest any person, or per- 
   
 580 sons, so refusing to obey such lawful orders as 
 . 581 aforesaid, and hold them in custody until after 
   
 582 the fire is extinguished, when we or they shall be 
   
 583 taken before a magistrate to be dealt with ac- 
   
 584 cording to law. 
   
 ro 58 '5 SEC. 30. It shall be lawfiil for the fire 
   
 586 marshal and the assistant marshals to re- 
   
 587 quire the aid of any drayman with his horse 
   
 588 and dray, driver of a licensed wagon, with his 
 r >SD team and wagon, or any citizen, inhabitant, or 
 590 bystander, in drawing or conveying any engine 
   
   
   
 City of Chicago. 19 
   
   
   
 
 or other fire apparatus to the fire, and in work- 
 
   
 592 ing and using the same while at a fire, and on 
   
 593 the refusal or neglect of any person to comply 
   
 594 with such requisition, the offender shall for every Penalty. 
   
 595 default forfeit and pay a penalty of not less 
   
 596 than one- dollar nor more than five dollars. 
   
 597 SEC. 31. Any person who shall willfully Hindering nre- 
   
 rno <v i'i 01 p men, injuring 
   
 598 offer any hindrance to any officer or fireman apparatus, **. 
   
 599 in the performance of his duty at at a fire, or 
   
 600 shall willfully, in any manner, injure, deface, or 
   
 601 destroy any engine, or fire apparatus belong- 
   
 602 ing to the City of Chicago, shall for every such 
   
 603 offence forfeit and pay a penalty of twenty- Penalty. 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 25 
 604 five dollars, and shall furthermore be liable for 
   
 605 all damage or injury done. 
   
 606 SEC. 82. During the time of a fire, and po ^|f al F ^ d 
   
 607 for and during the period of thirty-six hours Assistants to 
   
 608 after its extinction, it shall be lawful for the 
   
 609 fire marshal and the assistant marshal, in 
   
 610 any part of the city, to arrest any suspected 
   
 611 person, or any person hindering, resisting, 
   
 612 conducting in a noisy and disorderly manner, 
   
 613 or refusingto obey any such officer while acting 
   
 614 in the discharge of his duty, and, as soon 
   
 615 as their duties in relation to the extin- 
   
 616 guishment of the fire will permit, take such 
   
 617 person before a magistrate to be dealt with ac- 
   
 618 cording to law. Said officers shall be sever- 
   
 619 ally vested with the usual powers and authority 
   
 620 of police officers to command all persons to 
   
 621 assist them in the performance of such duty. 
   
 622 SEC. 33. No hose carriage, hook and lad- Fire apparatus, 
   
 623 cler carriage, or engine, shall be drawn faster howdrawn - 
   
 624 than a walk, on its return from a fire or an 
   
 625 alarm of fire, nor shall any such carriage or 
   
 626 engine be drawn on any sidewalk opposite a 
   
 627 paved or planked street, nor shall any such 
 U2K carriage or engine be drawn to a fire, or an 
 629 alarm of fire, in a manner calculated to en- 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 26 
 2O 
   
   
   
 Fire Ordinances of the 
   
   
   
 JViuili v. 
   
   
   
 siuji Hose. 
   
   
   
 Penalty. 
   
   
   
 630 
 631 
 632 
 733 
 734 
 735 
 736 
 737 
 738 
 739 
 740 
 741 
 742 
   
 Ho<c carts to 743 
 carry huso 7/1/1 
 protector-. ^ 
   
 745 
   
 746 
 747 
   
 748 
 749 
 750 
 751 
 752 
 753 
 754 
 755 
 756 
 757 
 758 
 759 
 760 
 761 
 762 
 763 
 764 
 765 
 766 
 767 
 768 
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 27 
 Hose to ho taken 
   
   
   
 Power to remove 
 property. 
   
   
   
 Restrictions 01 
 storage of 
 combustible 
 articles. 
   
   
   
 danger the safety of persons or property in the 
 streets or alleys of said city, under the 
 penalty of not less than five dollars nor more 
 than twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the 
 person, or persons, committing the offence. 
   
 SEC. 34. No person shall go over any un- 
 protected hose of the fire department of the 
 City of Chicago, when laid down to be used 
 at any fire, or alarm of fire, with any vehicle, 
 without first obtaining the consent of the mar- 
 shal, or asssistant marshal in command, under 
 penalty of not less than five dollars nor more 
 than one. hundred dollars, and the fire marshal 
 shall procure, and cause to be carried with each 
 hose cart at every alarm of fire, efficient protec- 
 tors of said hose, and cause the same to be laid 
 dow r n with said hose, when said hose is laid on 
 any street, in such manner as to protect said 
 hose from injury when vehicles go over the 
 same ; and he shall also cause all such hose to be 
 taken up from the streets, as soon as it is no 
 longer needed to be so laid for use. 
   
 SEC. 35. Whenever it shall become neces- 
 sary for the preservation of property from fire, 
 or to remove property to prevent the spreading 
 of fire, or to protect adjoining property from 
 from fire, the fire marshal is hereby authorized 
 to cause the removal of such property as may 
 be necessary. October 23, 1865. 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 28 
 CHAP, xxxn, SEC. 1. It shall be unl awful 
 for any person, persons, or corporations, to 
 store, or keep for sale within the corporate 
 limits of the City of Chicago, any crude pe- 
 troleum, gasoline, naptha, benzine, campherie, 
 spirit gas, burning fluid, or spirits of turpen- 
 tine, exceeding a quantity of five barrels of 
 forty-five gallons each ; and it shall be unlaw- 
 ful to keep for sale or on storage, any refined 
 carbon oil, kerosene, or other products, for 
   
   
   
 City of Chicago. 2 1 
   
 769 illuminating purposes, of coal, rock, or earth 
   
 770 oils, excepting such refined oil, as will stand a 
   
 771 fire test of one hundred degrees of Fahrenheit, Fir* Test 
   
 772 according to the method and directions of John 
   
 773 Tagliabue; and it shall not bj lawful to keep 
   
 774 any quantity of said articles exceeding one 
   
 775 barrel of forty-five gallons in any part of a 
   
 776 building, excepting a cellar, the floor of which 
   
 777 shall be five feet below the grade of the adja- 
   
 778 cent streets; and no crude petroleum, gasoline, ( ' 5^';! J | l r " 
   
 779 naptha, benzine, carbon oil, camphene, spirit '*- stored on 
   
 rro, * , ' . n '.! . '. f. the side. walk. 
   
 <oU gas, burning liuid, or spirits of turpentine, 
   
 781 shall be kept, or stored, in front of any build- 
   
 782 ing on any street, alley, wharf, lot or sidewalk, 
   
 783 for a longer time than is sufficient to receive 
   
 784 in store, or in delivering the same: Provided, 
   
 785 such time shall not exceed six hours. 
   
 786 CHAP. xxxu r SEC. 2. Any person, per- 
   
 787 sons, or corporation, having within the city a 
   
 788 fire-proof warehouse detatched and clear of 
   
 789 other buildings, and at least fifty feet distant, 
   
 790 and exclusively used for the storage of such   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 29 
 791 articles as are named in this chapter, and prop- 
   
 792 erly ventilated for that purpose, having beneath 
   
 793 its ground floor an open space or cellar, three feet 
   
 794 or more in depth below the surface of the 
   
 795 adjacent ground, on procuring the approval, in 
   
 796 writing, of the fire marshal, may apply to the 
   
 797 common council of this city for a permit to 
   
 798 use said warehouse exclusively for said pur- 
   
 799 pose; and if the common council, with the 
   
 800 consent of the Mayor, shall grant such permit, 
   
 801 then while the same shall remain in force, said 
   
 802 parties using said warehouse shall not be sub- 
   
 803 ject to the foregoing section of this chapter. 
   
   
   
 22 Fire Ordinances of the 
   
 AN ORDINANCE to provide, for the care and 
 ',-: t of the Police <uxl Fire Telegraph^ 
 t>if the Common Council, Mai/ *l { Mh, 
   
   
   
 804 SKOTION 1. Beit ordfiined // the Common 
   
 805 Council of the City of Chicago': That should 
   
 Penalty tor giv- OAP '' 1-1 
   
 ing faiso 806 any person, or persons, knowingly give, or 
   
 807 cause to be given, any false alarm of fire, by 
   
 808 means of the telegraph boxes connected with 
 ' 809 the police and fire alarm telegraph, such per- 
   
 810 son, or persons, shall be subject to a fine of 
   
 811 not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one 
   
 812 hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines 
   
 813 are recoverable.   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 30 
 814 SEC. 2. And be it ordained: That should 
   
 815 any person, or persons, make, or cause to be 
 penalty for ma- 816 made any key or keys of an v fire engine, hose, 
   
 king false o -, * ,- i * r i ". i 
   
 keys. 817 truck house, or fire alarm telegraph box, or 
   
 818 use, or cause to be used, the same, except the 
   
 819 Mayor, Board of Police, Board of Public 
   
 820 Works, and Chief Fire Marshal, without the 
   
 821 consent of the proper authority, such person, 
   
 822 or persons, shall be subject to a fine of not 
   
 823 more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered 
   
 824 as other fines are recoverable. 
   
 825 SEC. 3. That all persons whatsoever, except 
   
 826 the duly authorized agents, or officers of the 
 Pe ting wL cut " 8 2? Board of Police, are hereby forbidden to cut 
   
 828 or remove, or in any way alter or 
   
 829 interfere with any fire alarm, police, water, or 
   
 830 other telegraph wire belonging to the City of 
   
 831 Chicago; and any person violating this section 
   
 832 shall be subject "to a penalty of "fifty dollars, 
   
 833 to be recovered as other fines for the violation 
   
 834 of city ordinances are recoverable. 
   
 835 SEC. 4. This ordinance shall be in force 
   
 836 and take effect from and after its passage and 
   
 837 due publication. 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 31 
 City of Chicago. 23 
   
   
   
 AN ACT supplementary to " A?? Act to reduce the 
 Charter of the City of Chicago, and the several 
 acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and to re- 
 vise the same," aqproved February 13fA, 1863, 
 and the several amendments thereto. 
   
 838 CHAP, in, SEC. 9. The Board of Police 
   
 839 are hereby empowered to regulate the con- 
   
 840 struction of chimneys, and to compel the clean- Board of Pol}ce 
   
 841 ing thereof; to prevent the setting up or con- authority of, ' 
   
 842 struction of boilers, stoves, ovens, or other 
   
 843 things in such a manner as to be dangerous; 
   
 844 to prohibit the deposit of ashes in unsafe 
   
 845 places ; to regulate the carrying on of manu- 
   
 846 factories dangerous in causing or promoting 
   
 847 fires ; to regulate or prohibit the sale or use 
   
 848 of fireworks in said city ; to raze or demolish 
   
 849 any building, wall, or erection, which by 
   
 850 reason of fire or any other cause, may become 
   
 851 dangerous to human life or health, or tend to 
   
 852 extend a conflagration. 
   
 [Approved March 9*7*, 1867.] 
   
   
   
 AN ACT to amend an act supplementary to "An 
 Act to reduce the Charter of Chicago, and the 
 several acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and 
 to revise the same,'" approved February &th. 
 1863, and the several amendments thereto, ap- 
 proved March 9th, 1867. 
   
 853 SECTION 8. Any person or corporation 
   
 854 being the owner or occupant of any building 
   
 855 or premises within the City of Chicago, who 
   
 856 shall violate any regulation or order of the 
   
 857 Board of Police, w r hich may be made by said 
   
 858 Board in conformity with the powers conferred 
   
 859 upon said Board by section nine (9), chapter 
   
 860 three (3), of an act supplementary to an act 
   
   
   
 24 Fire Ordinances. 
   
 
 
 
 Fire ordinances of the city of Chicago Pg 32 
 861 to reduce the charter of the City of Chicago, 
   
 862 and the several acts amenditory thereof into 
   
 863 one act, and revise the same, approved Febru- 
   
 864 ary 13th, 1863, and the several amendments 
   
 865 thereto, approved March 9th, 1867 ; or who 
   
 866 shall fail to comply to [with] any regulation or 
   
 867 order of said Board directing such person or 
   
 868 corporation to raze, demolish, remove, change, 
   
 869 or make safe any building, wall, or erection, 
   
 870 or any part thereof, which by reason of fire, lack 
   
 871 of sufficient number of props, stairways, doors, 
   
 872 landings, passage-ways, or other things neces- 
   
 873 sary; or which, in the opinion of the Board 
   
 874 may by any possible contigency become nec- 
   
 875 essary to insure safety to the occupants, or to- 
   
 876 the life or health of the people in the vicinity 
   
 877 thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less 
   
 878 than five dollars and not exceeding one hun- 
   
 879 dred dollars for each day after being notified 
   
 880 of such regulation or order, such person, or 
   
 881 corporation shall fail to comply with such reg- 
   
 882 ulation or order of said Board. 
   
 [Approved March 15, 1869.] 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 33 
   
 Commencing Page. 
 Line. 
   
 Ammunition, manufacture of 223 9 
   
 Appraising buildings to be removed 234 9 
   
 Appraisal, how made 239 9 
   
 Advertising, cost of 254 9 
   
 Ashes, depositories of 300 11 
   
 Appraisal expenses of, how paid 313 11 
   
 Ashes, how to be kept 406 14 
   
 Assistant fire marshals 545 17 
   
 Arrests, by fire marshal and assistants 578 18 
   
 Apparatus fire how drawn 622 19 
   
 Advertising for admission to fire limits 83 5 
   
   
   
   
   
   
 Building permits 56 4 
   
 Board of Public Works to certify to and file with City 
   
 Clerk, plat of block to be included in fire limits 79 5 
   
 Buildings, construction of 97 5 
   
 Buildings, material to be used 101 5 
   
 Barns 115 6 
   
 Brick piers, iron or wooden columns, where to be placed . 141 6 
   
 Bay windows 172 7 
   
 Buildings not to be occupied for certain kinds of business . . 193 8 
   
 Burning of hay, straw, &c 495 16  
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 34 
 Board of Police, authority of 838 23 
   
 Buildings to be destroyed by Fire Marshal 549 17 
   
 Badges to be worn by Officers 576 18 
   
 Buildings to be moved must be appraised 234 9 
   
   
   
 26 Index. 
   
   
   
   
 Commencing Page. 
 Line. 
   
 City Clerk to give notice by advertising of any block 
   
 admitted in fire limits jyj ^ 
   
 Construction of buildings J' 
   
 Columns of iron or wood, where to be placed iji 
   
 Construction of walls, manner of v& 
   
 Cornices ~g 
   
 Chimneys 99 o q 
   
 Coal Oil, manufacture of g~ 
   
 Cost of advertising, how paid ~'* '* 
   
 Chimneys for steam works *" 
   
 Cellar doors, hatchways, &c * ' A 
   
 Combustible articles, storage of <? 
   
 Cutting telegraph wires, penalty of ? 
   
 Candles and lamps, use of ^" 
   
 Candles, lighted J? 
   
 Chimneys, construction of 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 35 
   
 Dwelling houses ........ ;-.-; ............. " " ...... Hq 
   
 Damaged buildings, repairing of..... .................. *> 
   
 Damage to buildings, how ascertained .................. U4 
   
 Definition of the term " shed" ......................... ^ 
   
 Depositories for ashes ................................. du 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 Excelsior, manufacture or storage of .................... 223 
   
 Enlarging wooden buildings ........................... ^ ? 
   
 Enforcement of ordinance ............................. ^ |y 
   
 Expenses of appraisal, how paid ....................... ^ 
   
 Extension of fire limits, proceedings of ................. 
   
   
   
 Fire limits, South Division ............................ 1 
   
 Fire limits, West Division. . ........................... g 
   
 Fire limits, North Division ............................ 
   
 Fee for building permit ............................... j> 
   
 Fire limits proceedings to extend ..................... 
   
 Faced walls, thickness of backing to ................... W 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 36 
 Index. 2 7 
   
   
   
 Commencing Pago. 
 Line. 
   
 French roofs 186 8 
   
 Fire proof vaults, to be built for receiving and burning 
   
 shavings, &c 205 8 
   
 Fireworks, manufacture of 223 9 
   
 Fire in stoves, not to be kept in rooms containing com- 
 bustible material 267 13 
   
 Fire, carrying in the street 400 14 
   
 Fire test of oils, -fee 770 21 
   
 False alarm, penalty for 804 22 
   
 Fire apparatus, misuse of 535 17 
   
 Fire marshal, powers of 545 17 
   
 Fire marshal may require aid 585 18 
   
   
   
   
 Heading courses 153 7 
   
 Hay stacks 483 16 
   
 Hay, straw, &c, where to be burned 495 16 
   
 Hatchways, cellar doors, &c 517 17 
   
 Hindering firemen on duty 597 18 
   
 Hose, how crossed, protected and taken up 735 20 
   
   
   
   
 Injuring fire apparatus .................... ........... 600 19 
   
   
   
 " Lot lines " defined ................................... 52 4 
   
 Lamps and candles, use of ............................. 361 13 
   
 Lumber Yards ....................................... 509 16 
   
 Limits at fire to be prescribed by fire marshal ........... 559 18 
   
 Lighted candles ....................................... 386 13   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 37 
   
 Material to be used for buildings 101 5 
   
 Material to be used for roofs 180 7 
   
 Mansard roof .. ..186 8 
   
   
   
 2 8 Index. 
   
   
   
 Commencing Page. 
 Line. 
   
 Moving wooden buildings 234 9 
   
 257 9 
   
 Misuse of fire apparatus ->J5 17 
   
 Manufacture of ammunition 223 9 
   
 Manufacture of coal oil 223 9 
   
 Manufacture of excelsior 223 9 
   
 Manufacture of fireworks 223 9 
   
 Manufacture of naptlia 223 9 
   
 Manner of constructing walls 149 7 
   
   
   
   
 North Division, fire limits 43 4 
   
 Naptha, manufacture of 223 9 
   
 Notice of intention to move to be published 242 9 
   
 Nuisance, (wooden buildings) how abated 343 12 
   
   
   
   
 Outside walls, thickness of, in absence of partitions or 
   
 columns 144 7 
   
 Old ordinance, sections repealed 271 10 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 38 
 Ordinance, by whom enforced 284 10 
   
 Oils, fire test of 770 21 
   
 Orders of fire marshal to be obeyed 566 18 
   
 Officers at fire to wear badges 574 18 
   
 Old ordinance, re-enactment of section 21 of 278 10 
   
 Ordinance, enforcement of 289 10 
   
   
   
   
 Permits for buildings to be obtained from Board of Pub- 
 lic Works 56 4 
   
 Permits, fee for issuing of 59 4 
   
 Proceedings to extend fire limits 62 4 
   
 Plat representing block to be included in to fire limits to 
   
 be submitted to Board of Public Works 66 5 
   
 Partition walls, how thick 131 6 
   
 Proceedings to remove buildings 234 9 
   
 Penalties ..280 10 
   
   
   
 Index. 29 
   
   
   
 Commencing Pago. 
 Lino. 
   
 Privies 291 11 
   
 Police, see Board of 838 23 
   
 Power of lire marshal 545 17 
   
 Persons not firemen to obey orders of fire marshal 5(56 18 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 39 
   
 Roof, walls to extend above 113 6 
   
 Roofs, material to be used 180 7 
   
 Roofs, French, or Mansard 186 8 
   
 Raising wooden buildings 230 9 
   
 Repairing wooden buildings 230 9 
   
 Remonstrance against moving buildings 249 9 
   
 Repairing damaged buildings, . . ? 259 9 
   
 Raising to grade 262 10 
   
 Restriction on storage of combustible articles 759 20 
   
 Re-enactment of section 21, old ordinance 278 10 
   
   
   
 South Division, fire limits 1 5 
   
 Sills, building on wooden 123 6 
   
 Shavings, sawdust, &c., how to dispose of 212 
   
 Sections of old ordinance repealed 271 10- 
   
 Sheds and privies 291 11 
   
 Shed, definition of 297 11 
   
 Stove pipe to be conducted into brick chimney 351 12 
   
 Shavings, &c. not allowed to accumulate 373 
   
 Stoves 'in shops, how to be protected 382 13 
   
 Shops 373 13 
   
 Shavings not to be scattered on street 392 13 
   
 Stove pipes 382 
   
 Sta :king hay, straw, &c 483 16 
   
 Storage of combustible articles 778 21 
   
   
 Thickness of walls { {^l 6 
   
 Thickness of partition walls 133 
   
 Thickness of outside walls where partitions or columns 
   
 are not used 144 7 
   
 
 
 
 INDEX Pg 40 
 3O Index. 
   
   
   
 Commencing Line. 
 Page. 
   
 u, 
   
 Use of lamps and candles 301 13 
   
   
 West Division, fire limits 15 o 
   
 Walls, how thick 105 (> 
   
 Walls to extend above roof 113 <> 
   
 Wooden sills 123 ( 
   
 Walls, partition 131 6 
   
 Walls, thickness of 105 6 
   
 Walls, outside, how thick in absence of partitions or 
   
 columns 144 
   
 Walls, manner of constructing 149 7 
   
 Wooden buildings 230 9 
   
 Wooden buildings not to be moved in fire limits 257 9 
   
 Wooden buildings to be deemed a nuisance 338 12 
   
 Warehouses, fire-proof 786 21 
   
 Wire, of alarm, police, water, or other telegraph, not to 
   
 be interfered with . . . .825 22 
   
 
 
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