40th SESSION.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CHAP. 59.

AN ACT Concerning the Fire Department of the City of New
York.

PASSED, February 28, 1817.

Firemen members of

ment.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly: That all persons who Fire Departnow are, or hereafter may be, appointed firemen by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, in Common Council convened, shall, while they continue such firemen, be, and they are hereby declared to be, members of the Fire Department of the City of New York.

recovered.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the fines and pen- Fines, how alties imposed by so much of the law, passed 9th of April, 1813, entitled "An act to reduce several laws, relating particularly to the city of New York, into one act,” as relates to the more effectual prevention of fires, shall and may be recovered with costs of suit, in any court of record within this State, by the Fire Department of the City of New York, for their own use.

(Repealed by the act of 15th of January, 1819.)

Firemen

on

duty, how

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That any fireman of the city of New York, who shall, while in the performance of maimed his duty as such, so maim or injure himself as to render provided for. him thereafter unable to perform the said duties of fireman, or who shall have so maimed himself since the fifth of May

Proviso.

Chief Engi

cide claims.

last, shall be, and hereby is entitled to the benefit of the law passed the 12th of April, 1816, entitled "An act granting privileges to the firemen of the city of New York," and fixing the time of their service: provided however, that he shall not receive the certificate granting him the privileges of that act, until the expiration of the time he would have been compelled to serve if he had not been so maimed or injured, in order to obtain such certificate.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That when any doubt neer to de- exists in the mind of the Chief Engineer, as to the claim of any fireman to the privileges of the foregoing section, it shall be his business to examine into such claim, and his decision shall be final.

Privates

not allowed

to

The 38th section of the act passed by the Legislature, become April 21, 1818, entitled "An act to organize the Militia,” reads as follows: "And be it further

firemen, except, &c.

enacted, that no non-commissioned officer or private, belonging to any company of cavalry, artillery, grenadiers, riflemen, or light infantry, shall be permitted, hereafter, to leave the troop or company to which he belongs, to engage to serve as a fireman in any fire company, in any city or county, which is now raised, or hereafter to be raised, or to leave such troop or company and enlist in any other, without the written consent of the captain or commandant of the troop or company to which he belongs, except in cases of removal from and out of the beat of such troop or company; and it shall be the duty of the officers commanding any uniformed company, who by law are exempted from serving on juries, to return as a delinquent every non-commissioned officer and private who shall not appear on parade in the complete uniform of his corps; and for each offense he shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding five dollars.

42d SESSION.

CHAP 6.

AN ACT to amend. "An act concerning the Fire Department of the City of New York :" passed February 28th, 1817.

PASSED January 15, 1819.

Whereas, The reference in the second section of the above-mentioned act is to the act of 1813, instead of the act entitled "An act for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of New York," passed April 11th, 1815; therefore,

recovered.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New Fines, how York, represented in Senate and Assembly: That the fines and penalties imposed by so much of the law passed April 11th, 1815, entitled, "An act for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of New York," as relates to the more effectual prevention of fires, shall and may be recovered, with costs of suit, in any court of record within this State, by the Fire Department of the City of New York, for their own use, and that the second section of the act hereby amended, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

coverable,

43d SESSION.

CHAP. 131.

AN ACT relating to the Fire Department in the City of New
York.

PASSED April 1, 1820.

Fines ro- § 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New with costs. York, represented in Senate and Assembly: That the fines

and penalties imposed by so much of the law, passed the ninth of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled "An act to reduce several laws, relating particularly to the city of New York, into one act," as relates to the more effectual prevention of fires, shall and may be recovered, with costs of suit, in any court of record within this State, by the Fire Department of the City of New York, for their own use.

45th SESSION.

CHAP. 203.

AN ACT in addition to the Act for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of New York.

PASSED April 12, 1822.

Buildings fronting

street, &c.,

brick or

§ 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly: That all dwell- Harman ing-houses, store-houses, and other buildings, which from to be built of and after the passing of this act, shall be built or erected stone. fronting on Harman street, and on that part of Clinton street which lies between Harman street and Cherry street, and also within that part of the said city which lies between Harman street and Cherry street, and between Clinton street and Catharine street, shall be made or constructed of stone or brick, with party or fire-walls, rising at least six inches above the roof, and shall be covered, except the flat roof thereof, with tile or slate, or other safe materials against fire, and not with boards or shingles; provided such Proviso flat do not exceed two fifth parts of such roof, and that there be erected around the same flat, a substantial balcony or balustrade.

sions not to

cases

in

of

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the said provisions said proviand regulations shall not extend or apply to any building apply whatsoever, that shall be erected or built upon any lands, leasehold es tenements, or hereditaments, fronting upon the said streets, or within the said limits, by any lessee or lessees, or any

other

tates.