permitted to one store. or their possession at any one time, a greater quan- Quantity of tity of gunpowder, than thirty-eight pounds weight; gunpowder and on information given to the Fire-Masters, of the remain in any same coming by any means to the knowledge of them, of a greater quantity than thirty-eight weight, in the possession of, or within the enclosure or enclosures of any person or persons whomsoever, the said FireMasters are hereby required and directed to prosecute such person or persons so offending, in the Inferior City Court, when on conviction of the same the party shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars. Penalty. 24. That it shall not be lawful for any person or Description of persons within the limits of the city, to keep in his or Stills allowed. their out-houses, any still or stills exceeding ten gallons, or erect any brew-house, or carry on any brewing: Provided, That nothing contained in this ordi- Proviso. nance, shall prevent the owners or proprietors of distilleries, known by the names respectively of Latham's in Hazell-street, Fitzsimon's in Anson-street, and Ehrick's in Coming-street, or their respective heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, from carrying on the business of distilling, sugar refining, baking or brewing within this city. Provided also, That the buildings necessary for carrying on the aforesaid trade, shall be erected with brick, and covered with tile or slate, and the aforesaid trades be carried on in the aforesaid places and no other whatsoever. Number of 25. That no more than six stills shall be allowed to be made use of, or erected in any of the distille- Stills allowed. ries before mentioned. And if any of the owners or proprietors of the aforesaid distilleries, shall erect or employ any more than the aforesaid number of stills respectively limited as aforesaid, he, she, or they shall forfeit and pay a sum of one hundred dollars, for each and every information and conviction of having or keeping erected or employed, each and every such still. And it shall not be lawful for bakers of bread, to carry on their trade within the city, unless their bake-houses shall be built and paved with brick or stone, covered with tile or slate, and their situations so remote, and attended with such security to the adjacent buildings, as to be approved of by the Fire Masters, or any one of them, under the penalty of one hundred dollars, for each and every offence. Description of 26. That any person or persons who shall carry on used by tallow the trade or occupation of tallow chandler and soap chandlers and boiler, or either of them, in any house or houses, houses to be soap boilers. fire. shed or other buildings, within the city of Charleston, except in such house or houses as are built of brick or stone, and covered with slate or tile, and floored or paved with brick, stone or earth; and also have a licence signed by the Intendant, for carrying on such trade or occupation, in such house and street as shall be therein described, first being examined and certified by the Fire-Masters, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than ten dollars, nor exceeding eighty dollars, for each and every such offence, to be recovered in the Inferior City Court, one half to the informer, the other half to the use of the city. Negroes to 27. That it shall and may be lawful for the Sextons carry buckets of the different Churches in the city, in times of fire, to the place of to have two or more negroes for the purpose of conveying the said fire buckets so deposited in the said Churches, to any fire which may happen in the city, then and there to be delivered to the Fire-Masters. 28. That the Board of Fire-Masters shall, from time to render ac- to time, furnish the Intendant with regular and corIntendant for rect accounts of all compensations and rewards alrewards, &c. lotted to the several persons who were employed in Fire-Masters counts to the working the city engines, in cases of fire, or at the quarterly periods of playing them off for trial; that every such account shall be conformable to this ordinance, as it regulates the compensation and rewards in the aforesaid cases, and shall be signed by the Chairman and countersigned by the Clerk of the Board of Fire-Masters. And the Intendant shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to draw an order on the City Treasurer for the immediate payment of every such account, without submitting the same to the previous inspection of the City Council; and the City Treasurer shall pay the amount of every such order to the Clerk of the Board of Fire-Masters, whose duty it shall be to distribute without delay, the money among those persons who were actually employed in working the engines, giving to every one so much as he may be entitled to, on producing a certificate from the manager of the engine at which he worked, or from the Board of Fire-Masters, as the case may require. 29. That the Clerk of the Board of Fire Masters, Salary of the shall be entitled to an annual salary of three hundred Clerk of the dollars, to be paid quarterly, and such salary shall be Board o Firein full compensation of and for all his services. Masters. 30. That the Clerk of the Board of Fire-Masters Clerk to give shall, within a fortnight after the passing of this or- bonds. dinance, give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two or more securitiès, to be approved of by the Board of Fire-Masters, for the diligent and faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that a similar bond shall be given by every Clerk of the said Board, within a fortnight after being elected. be entered by combustibles. 31. That it shall and may be lawful for the Fire- Houses may Masters, or any two of them, to enter into the houses, Fire-Masters out houses, stables and yards of every owner or ten- to search for ant of the same in Charleston, whenever they shall see occasion, and enquire, search and examine, if any quantities of gunpowder, hay, straw, fodder, pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, unpacked cotton, hemp, oil, or other combustible matters, are lodged in any such place, within the said city, which may be in danger of taking fire, and if the said Fire-Masters or any two or more of them, shall find that there is apparent danger that fire may be communicated by such combustibles, they shall admonish the tenant or owner of such house or houses, to remove the same, and in case such person or persons shall refuse or neglect to remove the same within twelve hours from such notice being given, the said Fire-Masters, or any two of them, are empowered and directed to cause the same to be removed and lodged in some secure place, at the charge of such owner or tenant, and on refusal to pay the same, to be recovered in the Inferior City Court, and a fine of fifty dollars for every such offence, to use of the city. 32. That the Fire-Masters, or any two of them, shall have power to examine into the situation of any chimney or other fire place in Charleston, and if they N Chimneys sup- or any two of them, shall think the same dangerous po-ed dangerous to be alter to the neighborhood, or that fire may be communi ed or pulled cated thereby, they or any two of them, are hereby discretion of empowered and required to order the same to be Fire-Masters. pulled down, altered or removed immediately; and down at the in case the owner or tenant shall refuse or neglect to alter, remove or pull down the same, the Fire-Masters, or any two of them, shall cause the same to be altered, removed or pulled down, at the expence of such owner or tenant, and shall, on the refusal of the owner or tenant to pay for the same, cause the same to be recovered in the Inferior City Court, and also a fine of twenty dollars, for every such refusal or neg lect; and the owner or tenant of any house, whose chimney shall take fire and blaze out at top, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, to be appropriated as before, which said fine or fines so imposed, shall be prosecuted for and recovered in the Inferior City Court. Engineers to 33. That immediately after the passing of this or be appointed. dinance, there shall be appointed by the City Council, one principal and three assistant Engineers, whose duty it shall be to attend the supervising committee of the Fire-Masters, for the purpose of blowing up any building or buildings, which the said committee may deem necessary to be destroyed for the purpose of stopping a fire. Divisions of the city. ་ 34. That from and immediately after the passing of this ordinance, the city shall be divided, and is hereby divided into twenty-eight divisions, which division shall be as follows: No. 1. From South-Bay to run north up Churchstreet to Tradd-street, thence east through the said street to Cooper river. No. 2. From South-Bay to run north up Meeting street to Tradd-street, thence east through the said street to Church-street. No. 3. From South-Bay to run north up King-street to Tradd-street, thence east through the said street to Meeting-street. No. 4. From South-Bay to run north up King-street to Tradd-street, thence through the said street westwardly to Ashley river. ge No. 5. From Tradd-street to run north through Divisions of Church-street to Broad-street, thence east through the city. the said street to Cooper river. to No. 6. From Tradd-street to run north through Meeting-street to Broad-street, thence east through the said street to Church-street. No. 7. From Tradd-street to run north through King-street to Broad-street, thence east to Meeting street. No. 8. From Tradd-street to run north through King-street, to Broad-street, thence westwardly thro' the said street to Ashley river. No. 9. From Broad-street to run north through Church-street to Queen-street, thence east through the said street to Cooper river. No. 10. From Broad-street to run north through Meeting-street to Queen-street, thence east through the said street to Church-street. No. 11. From Broad-street to run north through King-street to Queen-street, thence east through the said street to Meeting-street. No. 12. From Broad-street to run north through King-street to Queen-street, thence west to Ashleyriver. No. 13. From Queen-street to run north through Church-street to Market-street, thence through the said street east to Cooper river. No. 14. From Queen-street to run north through Meeting-street to Market-street, thence east through the said street to Church-street. No. 15. From Queen street to run north through King-street to Market-street, thence east through the said street to Meeting-street. No. 16. From Queen-street to run north through King-street to Beaufain-street, thence west through the said street to Ashley river. No. 17. From Market street to run north through Anson-street to Hasell-street, thence east through the said street to Cooper river. No. 18. From Market-street to run north through Meeting-street to Hasell-street, thence east through he said street to Anson-street. |