ded.

§ 3. The time allowed said collector for collecting and making Time extenthe final return of taxes in said town shall be extended to the first day of May next.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 82.

AN ACT in relation to the Terms of the Supreme Court held in the City of Albany.

Passed March 6, 1849.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

to be held.

§ 1. The present general term of the Supreme Court appoint- General ed to be held in the City of Albany, and any future General term term where to be held in said City, may be held at the Capital or the City Hall in the discretion of the justices holding such terms. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 83.

AN ACT to change the time for holding the annual election of officers in the village of Prattsburgh in the year 1849.

Passed March 6, 1849.

The People of the state of New-York, represented in Senute and Assembly, do enact as follows:

§ 1. The annual election of officers in the village of Prattsburgh Election in the county of Steuben in the year 1849, shall be held on the when held. second Tuesday of April next. Notice thereof shall be given as required by law.

Term of

2. The officers now in office shall continue in office until the said second Tuesday of April next, and until others are elected present offiand duly qualified in their places.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

cers.

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Fire limits.

erected to be

Chap. 84.

AN ACT for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of New-York, and to amend the acts heretofore passed for that purpose.

Passed March 7, 1849.

The People of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

§ 1. The fire limits of the city of New-York are hereby extended, so as to embrace all of said city, situate to the southward of a line drawn one hundred feet north of Thirty-second street, extending from the East to the Hudson river.

Buildings § 2. All dwelling houses, store, storehouses, and all other buildfire-proof. ings, which, from and after the passage of this act, shall be built or erected in the said city, that is to say, within all that part of the said city situate to the southward of said line drawn one hundred feet north of thirty second street, shall be made and constructed as hereinafter provided, of stone or brick or other fireproof materials, and shall be constructed with party or outside walls.

Outside and party walls.

Provision respecting houses more

wide.

§ 3. The outside and party walls of all dwelling houses, stores, storehouses, and other buildings, hereafter to be erected or built within the fire limits of the said city as the same are extended by this act, or may hereafter be extended, shall be constructed of stone or brick, and said walls shall be started or built upon a foundation of stone or brick; and every such dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other building, shall have at least two side or end walls, (in addition to the front and rear walls,) whether such side or end walls be outside or party walls.

§ 4. Every such dwelling-house, store or store-house, being more than thirty feet in width, shall be erected and built with an than 30 feet additional wall, or partition walls, of stone or brick, not less than eight inches thick, running from front to rear, so that the walls of such dwelling-house, store or store-house, (except the front and rear walls) shall not be distant from each other more than thirty feet; and all such partition walls which shall exceed thirty-five feet in height from the level of the side-walk to the peak or highest point thereof, shall not be less than twelve inches thick.

Thickness of walls.

Discharging

$5. The outside and party walls of all dwelling-houses, stores, store-houses and other buildings, hereafter to be erected or built within the fire limits of the city of New-York, as the same are extended as aforesaid or hereafter may be extended, shall not be less than eight inches thick; and all such walls which shall exceed thirty-five feet in height from the level of the side-walk to the peak or highest point thereof, shall not be less than twelve inches thick.

§ 6. All discharging or arch pieces used in the chimneys of ces in chim- any such dwelling-house, store, store-house or other building, shall

or arch pie

neys.

recede from any flue in every such chimney at least four inches; and no such chimney shall be started or built upon the floor or beams of such dwelling-house, store, store-house or other building, but shall be started at the foundation of such dwelling-house, store, store-house or other building; and all hearths shall be supported by arches of stone or brick, and no chimney in any dwelling-house, store or store-house, or other building now erected or hereafter to be erected, within the fire limits, as the same are extended by this act, or may hereafter be extended, shall be cut off, to be supported below in any manner whatever.

Wooden gutters or cor

§ 7. All wooden gutters or cornices of any such dwellinghouse, store, store-house or other building, so to be built or erect- nices. ed as aforesaid, shall be firmly secured by irons, which shall not be more than seven and one half feet apart from each other; and on all such gutters not exceeding twelve inches in width, the said irons shall be at least two inches in width, and half an inch thick, and on all such gutters exceeding twelve inches in width, the said irons shall be at least two and a half inches in width, and five-eights of an inch thick, and the said irons, except those at the end of the cornice or gutter, shall be fastened or secured to the floor or roof-beams, and the end irons shall be con-. structed as to fasten in the side or end walls.

§ 8. All plate irons shall be built into the side, end or party Plate irons walls; and the iron anchors used to secure the plate pieces, shall be at least two inches wide, and half an inch thick; the anchors to be used at each end of every such plate piece, shall be worked or built into the side, end or party wall of the building, and the ends of said anchors shall turn down at least four inches.

mes and

§ 9. All scuttle frames and doors on every such dwelling- Scuttle fra house, store, store-house, or other building, so to be built or erect - doors. ed as aforesaid, shall be made of, or covered with copper, zinc, tin or iron; and every window and entrance above the first story, in the rear of every such store, store-house, or other building, used for any purpose other than that of a dwelling, over thirty in height from the level of the side-walk, shall have shutters and door thereon, made of iron or copper.

§ 10. The planking or sheathing of the roof of every such Planking or sheathing of dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other building, so to be roofs. erected or built as aforesaid, shall in no case be extended across the party, side, or end walls thereof; and every such dwellinghouse, store, store-house, or other building, and the top and side of dormer windows thereon, shall be roofed and covered with slate, tin, iron, copper or zinc.

other tim

§ 11. All beams and other timbers in the party or other walls Beams or of every such dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other build- bers. ing, hereafter to be built or erected as aforesaid, shall be separated from the beam or timber entering in the opposite side of the wall at least four inches, (measuring from the nearest points of the beams or timbers) by solid mason work; and all platepieces in the front or rear walls thereof, shall recede from the

Restriction.

Gutters to be lined

with copper,

&c.

New roofing.

Steeples, cupolas and spires.

Public buildings defined.

Privies and ferry-houses.

outside of the wall at least four inches, and such end, side, party or partition walls shall be built up and extended at least twelve inches above the plank or roofing, and shall be coping of stone or iron.

§ 12. No timber shall be used in the front or rear wall of any dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other building, so to be built or erected as aforeseid, where stone, brick, or iron is commonly used; each lintel on the side of the front or rear wall shall have a secure brick arch over it; rnd no bond timber in any wall thereof shall, in width and thickness, exceed the width and thickness of a course of brick; and no bond timber shall be more than three feet in length; and such bond timbers shall be laid at least eighteen inches apart from each other, longitudinally, on either side of any wall; and the continuous line thereof shall be broken every three feet, by inserting a brick of eight inches; and no front, or rear, or other wall, of any such dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other building, now erected, or hereafter to be built or erected as aforesaid, within said fire limits as extended as aforesaid, or as they may hereafter be extended, shall be cut off or altered below, to be supported in any manner, in whole or in part, by wood, but shall be wholly supported by brick, stone, or iron; and no wood or timber shall be used between such wall and such supporters.

§ 13. All wooden gutters of every dwelling-house, store, storehouse, or other building, hereafter to be erected or built within the fire limits as extended as aforesaid, or as the same may hereafter be extended, shall be lined or covered, on the upper surface thereof, with copper, zinc, tin or iron.

§ 14. If any brick front, frame, or wooden dwelling-house, already erected within the fire limits, as the same are extended by this act, or may hereafter be extended, shall require new roofing, it shall and may be lawful for the proprietor or proprietors thereof, to raise the same for the purpose of making a flat roof thereon: provided that such new roofing shall be made of copper, slate, tin, zinc, or iron; and also, provided, that such dwelling-house, when so raised, shall not exceed thirty-five feet in height from the level of the side-walk to the peak or highest part thereof.

§ 15. All steeples, cupolas and spires of churches, or other public buildings, may be covered with boards, or shingles; and churches and said other public buildings shall be excepted from the operation of so much of the ninth section of this act as relates to iron and copper shutters.

§ 16. Public buildings mentioned in preceding sections are hereby defined to be such buildings as shall be owned and occupied for public purposes by this state, the United States, the corporation of the city of New-York, or the public school society.

§ 17. All privies not exceeding ten feet square and fifteen in height, and all fire engine houses belonging to the corporation of the said city, and all ferry-houses which shall be erected with the express permission of the said corporation, may be built and covered with wood, boards, or shingles.

and houses.

§ 18. All ash-holes, or ash-houses within the said city, shall be Ash-holes built of stone or brick, without the use of wood in any part' thereof.

§ 19. No wooden shed shall be erected or permitted within the fire limits of the said city, as the same are extended as aforesaid, or may hereafter be extended, unless one whole side of the same shall be left entirely and constantly open, in addition to its not exceeding twelve feet in height at the peak, or at the highest part thereof.

Sheds.

ings.

§ 20. No wooden or frame building whatever, whether the wooden or same may have a brick front or otherwise, within the fire limits frame buildas extended as aforesaid, or as the same may hereafter be extended, shall be raised, enlarged or built upon, or removed from one lot to another within the fire limits of the said city, as the same are extended as aforesaid, or may hereafter be extended; provided, however, that brick front, frame dwelling-houses, and wooden dwelling-houses, only, may be raised under the circumstances, and in the manner specially provided for in the fourteenth section of this act.

age by fire.

§ 21. Every wooden balding, or frame building with a brick Provision in front or otherwise, within the fire limits of the said city, as the case of damsame are extended as aforesaid, 'or may hereafter be extended, which may hereafter be damaged by fire to an amount not greater than two-thirds of the value thereof, exclusive of the foundation before such fire, may be repaired or rebuilt pursuant to the provisions of the twenty-second section of this act; but if such damage shall amount to more than two-thirds of such value, exclusive of the foundation, then such building shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be taken down and removed.

determined.

§ 22. The amount or extent of such damage by fire, mentioned Amount of in the foregoing section of this act, shall be determined by two damage to be disinterested persons residing in the said city, one of whom shall be appointed by the owner or owners of such building, and the other by the board of assistant engineers of the fire department of said city; and in case such two persons disagree, they are to select a third disinterested person, and the decision in writing of any two of them shall be final and conclusive in the premises; and such building shall not be repaired or rebuilt until after the appointment of such persons as aforesaid, nor until after their decision shall be made in writing as aforesaid, finding that such damage does not exceed two-thirds of the value of such building as it existed before such fire, exclusive of the foundation.

raising or on

§ 23. No brick or stone dwelling-house, store, store-house, or Altering, other building, now erected or hereafter to be erected within the larging buildfire limits as extended as aforesaid, or as they may hereafter be ings. extended, shall be altered, raised, enlarged, or built upon, in such manner, that such dwelling-house, store, store-house, or other building, were it wholly built or constructed after the passage of this act, would be in violation of any of the provisions of this

act.