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Several Private Cisterns are located on Clay, above Stockton street. There will be a list of Private Cisterns and other supplies of water, kept at the Chief Engineer's Office, "which are at the disposal of the Department in time of need."
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APPENDIX. - FIRE ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCES
PROVIDING FOR MORE PERFECT SECURITY OF PROPERTY FROM FIRE.
ORDINANCE No. 233-as amended by Ordinance No. 279-fixing the Fire Limits of the City and providing for the appointment of Fire Wardens.
The People of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The fire limits of the City of San Francisco shall be within the following boundaries, viz : Beginning at the Bay and running through Union street, to its intersection with Powell street; thence along Powell street to its intersection with Post street; thence along Post street to its intersection with Second street; thence along Second street to its intersection with Folsom street; thence along Folsom street to the waters of the Bay; thence along the water, front of the city, to the place of beginning. These limits shall be sub-divided into four districts, as follows : The first district shall embrace that portion lying between Union and Jackson streets. The second district shall embrace that portion lying between Jackson and Clay streets. The third district shall embrace that portion lying between Clay and Galifornia streets. The fourth district shall embrace that portion lying between California and Folsom streets.
SECTION 2. The first, second and third Assistant Engineers, and the Secretary of the Board of Delegates of the Fire Department shall be, and are hereby constituted " Fire Wardens." Immediately after they are elected by the Fire Department as Engineers, they shall be sworn in as Fire Wardens by the Mayor, and receive from him a certificate of office, which shall vest them with all the powers of policemen, and be their authority for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.
The First Assistant Engineer shall be Fire Warden for the First District, Second As- sistant Engineer for the Second District, the Third Assistant Engineer for the Third Dis- trict, and the Secretary of the Board of Delegates for the Fourth District.
Each Fire Warden shall reside in the District for which he is appointed, and shall be paid for such services one hundred and fifty dollars per month, payable out of the Fire De- partment Fund.
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to examine as often of twice cach month, all buildings or places where fires are or may be used, within their respective districts, for the purpose of discovering any violation of this or any other Ordinance that may here- after be adopted for the prevention of fires.
SECTION 4. If in the opinion of any Fire Warden, there is any danger to be appre- hended from the construction of any fire-place, stove, stove-pipe, chimney, or in any other manner, from fire, to direct the danger to be corrected, and if the direction is not complied with, within a reasonable time, the parties so offending shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Recorder.
SECTION 5. No person shall make or cause to be made, any fire in any street, lane, open lot or public square within the fire limits, unless he or they first obtain the written per- mission of the Mayor or Fire Warden, under the penalty of not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars for each offence, at the discretion of the Recorder.
SECTION 6. No owner or occupant of any stable or other place, where combustables are exposed, shall use therein a lighted candle or lamp of any description, except the same shall be securely kept within a lantern, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offence.
SECTION 7. No hay or other dangerous material shall be stored in any lot within the fire limits, unless under secure cover, under a penalty of not less than than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Recorder.
SECTION 8. No cloth covered or tent building, shall be permitted within the fire limits, and a refusal to remove the same, shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than twenty- five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Recorder.
SECTION 9. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department shall be, by virtue of his of- fice, Fire Warden, and as such have a general supervision of the Fire Wardens and Fire Districts, and he is hereby vested with all the powers of a policeman; but he shall receive no compensation for such services.
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SECTION 10. Ordinance No. 176, creating the office of Fire Warden, and providing other means for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and all other ordinances con- flicting with the provisions of this ordinance, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
NATHANIEL HOLLAND, President of the Board of Assistant Aldermen. J. H. BLOOD, Presdent of the Board of Aldermen.
APPROVED, May 22, 1852.
S. R. HARRIS, Mayor.
ORDINANCE No. 328-Providing for the Imposing of Penalties for False Alarms of Fire. The People of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Any person or persons found guilty of wilfully creating a false alarm of fire, shall, upon conviction thereof before the City Recorder, be fined iu a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollars, together with imprisonment for a term not exceed- ing twenty, nor less than five days, at the discretion of the Recorder. Each and every mem- ber of the Fire Department, shall have the power and authority to arrest any such persons offending against the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances, in any way conflicting with the provi- sions of this Ordinance, be and the same are hereby repealed.
J. P. HAVEN, President of the Board of Aldermen.
JAMES DELONG, President of the Board of Assistant Aldermen. APPROVED, April 13, 1853. C. J. BRENHAM, Mayor.
A true copy : EDWARD TOBY, Clerk of the Common Council.
ORDINANCE No. 282-Fixing Fire Limits in which no Wooden Buildings shall be erected after July 1st, 1853,
The People of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. All dwelling houses, store-houses, or other buildings whatsoever, except such as are hereinafter provided for, which, after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, shall be built or erected within that part of the city of San Francisco, bounded as follows. to wit : commencing at the south-east corner of the intersection of Dupont and Pa- cific streets, running thence southerly along the easterly line of Dupont street to the north- east coruer of Dupont and Pine streets, thence easterly along the northerly line of Pine street to the north-west corner of Pine and Front streets, theuce northerly along the westerly line of Front street to the south-west corner of Front and Pacific streets, thence westerly along the southerly line of Pacific street to the place of beginning, shall be made and constructed of stone or brick, with party or fire walls rising at least two feet above the roof, and shall be covered with brick, slate, tile, cement, or other safe material against fire.
SECTION 2. No dwelling houses, store-houses, or other buildings whatsoever, which from the passing of this ordinance till the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three, shall be built or erected of wood, or any other material, except such as provided for in the first section of this ordinance, shall exceed twelve feet in height from the ground to the roof, nor fifteen feet to the extreme top of the roof.
· SECTION 3. No wooden building shall, after the passing of this ordinance, be raised, eu- larged, built upon, or removed from oue lot to another, within the limits aforesald.
SECTION 4. Every building of any desrridtion whatever, which shall hereafter be erected, roofed, repaired, altered, enlarged, built upon, or removed, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed a common nuisance, and the proprietor or priprietors thereof shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, and to an additional penalty of two hundred dollars for every twenty-four hours during which such building shall remain in violation of this ordinance, after notice to remove the same shall have been given by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, or either of the Fire Wardens, to him or tnem, or either of them, personally, or by leaving the same in writing upon the premises.
SECTION 5. Every builder who shall so erect, roof, repair, alter, enlarge, or remove such building, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, whether he be the proprietor thereof or not, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars, all of which penalties shall be imposed upon such proprietor or proprietors, builder or builder s, by the Recorder of the city of San Francisco, upon complaint of said Chief Engineer, or either of the Fire Wardeus, whose especial duty it is hereby expressly made to see that the provisions of this ordinance are rigidly complied with.
SECTION 6. All penalties imposed under this ordinance shall be for the use and benefit of the Fire Department of the city of San Francisco, and shall be paid by the said Recorder to the City Treasurer thereof.
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SECTION 7. Any ordinance or ordinances in any way conflicting with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
J. P. HAVEN, President of the Board of Aldermen.
JAMES DELONG, President of the Board of Assistant Aldermen.
APPROVED, December 6th, 1852.
C. J. BRENHAM, Mayor.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an original ordinance returned by the Mayor to the Common Council, with his approval, December 6th, 1852.
EDWARD TOBY, Clerk.
ORDINANCE No. 364-Providing for the more perfect Protection of Property from Fire. The People of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to erect within the fire limits, as described in chapter fifth, title third, sec- tion first, Codified Ordinances, any awnings or piazzas that will extend over the sidewalks, or into the public streets, in front of any buildings fronting on any street, lane or alley, un- less the same shall be constructed on iron or metal frames, and covered with iron. zinc or tin, or other metal; otherwise the same shall be declared a nuisance, under the provisions of the Fire Ordinance of the city.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the Fire Warden of any district of the city. within his district, to have removed, at the expense of the owners or occupants. all awnings and piazzas now erected, that may be deemed unsafe or dangerous by a majarity of the Board of Fire Wardens, to the security of the city from fire ; and it shall be their duty also to serve a writ- ten notice on all owners or occupants of such premises, to remove the same within four days.
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to cause every stove pipe and chim- ney to be carried up at least four feet above the extreme height of the building to which such pipe or chimney is attached, if required by the Fire Wardens ; and should they deem them unsafe to the the buildings adjoining, they shall order the same carried four fect above the extreme top of said buillings.
SECTION 4. If, in the opinion of a majority of the Board of Fire Wardens, a sheet-iron pipe is not sufficient for the safety of the building, they shall inform the owners or occupants thereof, and order the same constructed os more substantial material, or taken down.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to remove or cause to be removed any and all wooden signs which, in their situation, or from under size, shall in their judgment be deemed hazardous to any brick building when thereto affixed.
SECTION 6. The heads of the Fire Department, the Chief Engineer and his Assistants, to- gether with the Marshal or any of the policemen or firemen, are hereby authorized and em- powered to prevent any dray, cart, or other vehicle, from approaching nearer than within one block of the fire.
SECTION 7. All cloth awnings attached to wooden buildings shall be supported by iron frames, and shall be so constructed as to roll up against the building, and shall be secured under a covering of some fire-proof material ; and all cloth awnings shall be rolled up and se- cured as above, at the closing of the store or saloon to which the same may be attached ; and it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer and Fire Wardens to enforce the provisions of this section.
SECTION 8. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten days, nor more than sixty days.
SECTION 9. The Chief Engineer is hereby authorized to have one thousand copies of this ordinance printed.
SECTION 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, conflicting with this ordinance, are hereby repealed.
J. P. HAVEN, President of the Board of Aldermen.
H. R. HASTE. President of the Board of Assistant Aldermen.
APPROVED, July 6th, 1853.
C. J. BRENHAM, Mayor.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an original ordinance returned by the Mayor to the Common Council, with his approval, July 8th, 1853.
EDWARD TOBY, Clerk of the Common Council.
Citizens are respectfully requested to give information of any infringement of the above ordinances to the following officers of the Fire Department, who are constituted Fire War
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dens, and charged with the enforcement of the same. Particular attention is hereby directed to the above laws, which are at this date in full effect, and will be enforced.
CHAS. P. DUANE, Chief Engineer and Fire Warden. WM. A. EBBETTS,
First Assistant Engineer, Warden First District, Union to Jackson sts. JOS. CAPRISE,
Second Assistant Engineer, Warden Second District, between Jackson and Clay sts. CHAS. S. SIMPSON,
Third Assistant Engineer. Warden Third District, between Clay and California sts. J. L. VAN BOKKELEN,
Secretary Fire Department, Warden Fourth District, between California and Folsom sts. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27th, 1853.
ORDINANCE No. 346-Prohibiting Obstructions on Public Streets. The people of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
Sec. 1. No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any street, place, square or thoroughfare, or upon the side-walks thereof, any article whatever, so as to obstruct the same ; nor shall any person expose or offer any merchandize or other property for show, or for sale by auction or otherwise, upon any street, place or square, or thoroughfare, or upon the side walks thereof.
Sec. 2: Any person or persons intending to erect any building, shall by leaving a written notice of such intent in the Street Commissioner's Office, have leave to occupy not more than one-third of the width of such street, place or thoroughfare, in front of his or their premises, for three months, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Street Commissioner.
Sec. 3: All persons violating the provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Recorder, be fined in a sum of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty, for each offence, at the discretion of the Recorder.
Sec. 4. The Street Commissioner shall serve a written notice upon the owner of any such article of obstruction, to remove the same within twenty-four hours after notice; and if not removed, such person or persons upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every twenty-four hours after such article shall remain, after notice to remove the same shall have been given. In case no owner for such article can be found, then the Street Commissioner shall post notice on said article of obstruction, and if not removed within twenty-four hours, he shall remove the same to some public place at his discretion, and advertise the same for ten days for sale ; and if no owner appears to redeem the same, they shall be sold, and the amount received be paid into the city treasury, to the credit of the Street Department fund.
H. R. HASTE, President Board of Assistant Aldermen. J. P. HAVEN, President Board of Aldermen. C. J. BRENHAM, Mayor.
Approved June 10, 1853.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an original ordinance returned by the Mayor to the Common Council, with his approval, June 13, 1853:
EDWARD TOBY, Clerk of the Common Council.
ORDINANCE No. 302-Prohibiting Riding or Driving on Side-Walks. The people of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
Sec. 1. No person shall ride or drive any horse or other animal, nor drive any cart, dray, wagon, or vehicle of any kind whatsoever, upon the side-walk of any public street, alley, place or square.
Sec. 2. All persons offending against the provisions of this act shall upon complaint thereof before the City Recorder, be fined in a sum of not less than ten dollars nor over fifty, at the discretion of the Recorder.
JAMES DE LONG,
·President Board of Assistant Aldermen.
Approved, February 14th, 1853. A true copy :
J. P. HAVEN, President Board of Aldermen. C. J. BRENHAM, Mayor. EDWARD TOBY, Clerk Common Council:
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APPENDIX .- ORDINANCE CONCERNING GUNPOWDER.
ORDINANCE-Providing for the Storage of Gunpowder.
The people of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
Sec. 1. A Storekeeper shall be appointed by the Common Council in joint ballot, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the City Powder Magazine, subject to such regulations as the Common Council may deem advisable.
No person or persons shall keep for his or their private use in any one house or place within the limits of this city more than five pounds of gunpowder, at any one time, under the penalty of not less than five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. No person shall hereafter keep powder on sale within the limits of this city without first obtaining a license of the Comptroller, which he shall be entitled to by the payment of one dollar, which shall go into the City 'Treasury ; nor shall such person keep in any one store, building or other place within the limits of the city, more than fifty pounds of powder at one time, and that shall be kept in a strong copper chest, well and securely fastened, with the word " Powder" distinctly printed upon it. The said chest shall always be kept within three feet of the main entrance of the building or place where powder is kept, so that in the event of a fire it may be readily removed. Moreover, It shall be the duty of every person obtaining a license and selling powder as aforesaid, to keep in a conspicuous place on the front of the building or place in which such powder is kept, a sign with the words "Licensed to sell Powder," conspicuously painted upon it; and any person offending against the pro- visions of this Section. shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than sixty days.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the captain or commander of any vessel which has arrived or which may hereafter arrive at this port, the cargo of which consists in whole or in part of powder, to report the fact that he has such powder on board within forty-eight hours after his arrival in port to the keeper of one of the Powder Magazines authorized by law ; and no vessel, while lying alongside any dock, wharf or pier of this city, shall receive powder on board, exceeding the quantity prescribed in Section Ist of this Ordinance, and for the viola- tion of either of the provisions of this Section, the vessel shall be liable to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, to be recovered in a prosecution before the Recorder of this city.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Storekeeper of the Magazine when requested to do so, to convey powder to and from the Magazine, and for the removal and delivery of the same, he shall be entitled to receive from the person or persons so ordering the same the sum of fifty cents per keg, and for every month that he shall keep the same in the Magazine aforesaid, he shall be entitled to receive the sum of seventy-five cents per keg.
Sec. 5. 'The Storekeeper of the Powder Magazine shall execute a bond to the city, for the benefit of the depositors, for the faithful discharge of his duties, with two sufficient securities, to be approved by the Mayor, in the sum of five thousand dollars; and it shall be his duty to give a receipt for all powder deposited with him.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of all persons having a greater quantity of powder than is allowed in the preceding Sections of this Ordinance in their possession, either in houses or vessels, to notify the Storekeeper of the Magazine immediately, so that he may remove or cause to be removed all powder within the limits of this city to the Magazine.
Sec. 7. Whenever any vessel arriving at this port shall have powder on board, it shall be the duty of the keeper of the Magazine, to whom the master or other persons having charge of such vessel shall report the fact of powder being on board. to superintend the landing and removal of said powder ; nor shall any powder be discharged from a vessel in the night time, or be permitted to remain at the place where it is landed or discharged ; and any person or persons offending against the provisions of this Section shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered on conviction before the Recorder.
Sec. 8. Whenever any powder, exceeding the quantity of fifty pounds is about to be removed to or from any magazine, it shall be the duty of the person or persons removing the same to notify the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department that such removal is about to be made ; and for the failure to so notify the Chief Engineer, the person or persons so offending shall be fined in a sum of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offence, to be recovered on conviction before the Recorder, or such person or per- sons so convicted may be imprisoned for a time not less than ten nor more than twenty days.
Sec. 9. Any person informing of the violation of this ordinance, shall be entitled to half the amount of the fine recovered,
Sec. 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions of this ordi- nance are hereby repealed.
In Board of Assistant Aldermen, May 9th, 1853, passed finally, after a third reading, by unanimous vote.
EDWARD TOBY, Clerk.
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APPENDIX .- ORDINANCES .- LAND COMMISSIONERS.
ORDINANCE Prohibiting Encroachments on Side-Walks.
The people of the City of San Francisco do ordain as follows :
Sec. 1: The entrance to any cellar or basement story of any building fronting any public street, alley, or square of the city, shall not be constructed so as to occupy more than one-half of the width of the side-walk extending along the front of said building.
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Sec. 2. Such entrance shall in all cases be closed during the night, with a strong and sufficient covering or door.
Sec. 3. Auy owner or occupant of a building who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to observe the provisions of this ordinance, shall upon complaint made to the Recorder, if convicted of a violation of any of said provisions, be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars, nor exceed- ing five hundred dollars, within the discretion of the Recorder.
In the Board of Assistant Aldermen, March 2Ist, 1853, after third reading, passed finally by unanimous vote.
EDWARD TOBY, Clerk.
ORDINANCE No. 499-To Prevent Obstructing the Harbor of, San Francisco.
The people of the City of San Francisco do.ordain as follows : 6
That no person or persons shall throw or cause to be thrown into the Bay of San Fran- cisco, within nine hundred feet of the water line front, or into any of the public slips or docks, dedicated as such by ordinance, any coal, ashes, ballast, or other substance that will cause obstruction, or sink. Any person or persons found guilty of violating this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not to exceed three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Recorder.
FRANK TURK, President Board of Assistant Aldermen. JOSEPH F. ATWILL, President Board of Aldermen.
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