§ 34. The Municipal Explosives Commission may at any time adopt resolutions authorizing the Fire Commissioner to grant supplementary permits for larger quantities than in the foregoing Schedule "E" in cases where buildings are so located and have been so especially constructed and arranged for lessening danger that life and property are more secure than by the storage of the above specified maximum quantities in buildings of the usual location and type, or where persons in charge who have received certificates of fitness are known to be specially qualified by technical experience and habits to handle and care for the hazardous articles that may be specifically named in the supplementary permits.

$35. Chapter 3 of this part of these Regulations shall go into effect thirty days after its approval by the Mayor. (App. December 21, 1903.)

§ 36. The distribution or the having of sulphuric ether in glass bottles larger than one pound of ether in capacity shall be forbidden. All sulphuric ether shall be stored in vaults or other suitable places approved of by the Fire Commissioner. This resolution to take effect four months from date of its approval.

PART VII.

Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, Sale and Use of Inflammable and Volatile Oils.

CHAPTER 1.-DEFINITIONS.

Section 1. For the purposes of this part of these regulations the following definitions shall apply:

§ 2. The term naphtha, or naphthas, wherever used herein shall mean fluid products of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil which emit an inflammable vapor below the temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit and such as are customarily adapted for use as fuel, lighting agent, motive power, solvent, or detergent.

§ 3. The term kerosene oil shall mean that fluid product of petroleum which is manufactured for use as an illuminating agent in ordinary household kerosene lamps and which does not emit an inflammable vapor below the temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit as tested by the Tagliabue Flash Test Cup.

§ 4. The term Jobber shall mean a person, firm, or corporation regularly engaged in the business of selling and distributing fluid products of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil in original packages, and customarily acting as middleman between the manufacturer or refiner and the retailer or user.

CHAPTER 2.-MANUFACTURING AND REFINING

§ 5. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to manufacture, refine, transport, or store any inflammable or volatile oils shall first secure a license or permit therefor as hereinafter provided.

§ 6. All persons, firms, or corporations now owning, occupying, or operating plants for manufacturing, refining, or treating inflammable or volatile oils shall apply to, and obtain from, the Fire Commissioner a license authorizing them to carry on such business under, and in accordance with, the provisions of law and such regulations as may be established from time to time by the Municipal Explosives Commission.

§ 7. No license shall hereafter be granted for the establishment of new or additional plants for manufacturing, refining, or treating inflammable or volatile oils within the limits of the City until after a survey has been made of the proposed site by the Fire Commissioner and an investigation had of all the conditions connected therewith as regards hazard to life and property. If there are no buildings within one hundred and fifty feet of the proposed manufactory or refinery and the other conditions are satisfactory to the Fire Commissioner he may grant a license for the location desired, but not otherwise.

§ 8. The License Fee for permission to manufacture or refine petroleum oil, coal tar, or shale oil shall be one hundred dollars per year.

CHAPTER 3.-TRANSPORTATION.

§ 9. Distilled fluid products of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil shall be transported through the City only in one of the forms of container or package following:

(a) Tank cars of approved design and construction;

(b) Tank wagons of approved design and construction;

(c) Approved wooden, iron, or steel barrels containing not more than fifty-five gallons each;

(d) Approved safety tanks made from not less than No. 24, B. & S. galvanized iron or from double X tin jacketed, each such tank to have a capacity of not more than ten gallons;

(e) Cans made of galvanized iron of not less than No. 24, B. & S. thickness or of I. C. charcoal tin, each such can to have a capacity of not more than five gallons, these cans being packed in substantial wooden crates or cases;

(f) Cans made of galvanized iron of not less than No. 24, B. & S. thickness or of I. C. charcoal tin or terneplate, each such can to have a capacity of not more than one gallon, these cans being packed in substantial wooden crates or cases;

(g) Cans, drums, or packages made of No. 25, B. W. G. tin or terneplate with a capacity of not more than ten gallons each.

An exception is made of such products when they are intended for delivery to drug stores in glass bottles containing not more than four ounces each, said bottles being packed in cases containing not more than one dozen. Each case containing such bottles of volatile fluid products of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil shall be labeled distinctly 'Naphtha, Dangerous, Keep Away from Flame."

The foregoing portion of this section shall not be construed to permit the carrying of naphthas in tank wagons through the City, excepting that in the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond under special permits such products may be carried in tank wagons from a refinery to a factory without the opening of the tank en route, and in such cases the valve of the tank must be closed by a lock.

§ 10. In the transportation of naphthas through the streets of the city, no load shall be carried which is in excess of the equivalent of the contents of twenty-five barrels of a capacity of fifty-five gallons each.

Railroad Tank Cars.

§ 11. In railroad tank cars used for the transportation of the fluid distilled products of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil, the cars shall be of the standard type of Master Car Builders' Association tank car.

If any loaded tank is found to be leaking it shall be cut out of the train, emptied of its contents, and repaired before it is placed in commission again.

No loaded tank car shall be made part of a train in which there is any car carrying explosives.

12. All cars used in conveying, storing, or delivering naphthas shall have affixed to each side thereof a label at least three feet high and two feet wide, conspicuously marked as follows: "Naphtha Car, in Case of Fire Beware of Explosion."

Tank Wagons.

13. The body of a tank wagon used in the transportation and delivery of the fluid distillates of petroleum, coal tar, or shale oil

which do not emit an inflammable vapor below the temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit shall be constructed of iron or steel, of not less than one-eighth inch thickness for top plates and three-sixteenths inch thickness for bottom plates, with tight joints and with faucets so arranged that they cannot be opened readily by anyone except the duly authorized driver or person in charge.

§ 14. On the outside of tank wagons shall be painted in conspicuous letters not less than two inches high the name of the company, firm, or corporation operating the wagon, and the individual number of the wagon.

§ 15. Each driver in charge of a tank wagon shall be a person known to be sober, careful, and reliable, and one who fully understands the dangers involved and the proper precautions to be taken to avoid them.

§ 16. If any loaded tank wagon is found to be leaking it shall be removed at once from the streets, emptied of its contents, and the leak repaired before the wagon is put into service again.

§ 17. The owner or driver of a tank wagon shall secure a permit from the Fire Commissioner covering the use of same, and the application for this permit shall state the name of the owner, the size of the tank, the oil storage station at which the tank wagon will ordinarily be filled, its individual number, and the location of the premises provided for the storage of the tank wagon at night. No charge will be made for this permit.

CHAPTER 4.-STORAGE STATIONS FOR MINERAL OIL PRODUCTS.

§ 18. Refiners operating or intending to operate storage stations at points throughout the City other than refineries shall make application to the Fire Commissioner for permits authorizing such stations, and after a survey of the proposed site and an investigation of the conditions in each case the Fire Commissioner may grant permits for said storage stations upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars for each.

§ 19. The permit may provide for the storage at any such station of quantities and descriptions of the fluid product of petroleum, coal tar or shale oil not exceeding the following:

(a) Of naphtha, fifty barrels with a maximum capacity of fifty-five gallons each.

(b) Of products giving off an inflammable vapor at or above the temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, three hundred barrels with a maximum capacity of fifty-five gallons each.

If in approved tin cans, in quantity not to exceed one thousand gallons.

If in approved tanks an amount which, added to the amounts on storage in other forms on the premises as above described, shall not at any time exceed fifty thousand gallons; said tanks shall be located underground with tops at least two feet beneath the surface, and thirty feet removed from all inhabited buildings.

(c) The quantity of naphthas stored in barrels and cans shall not exceed three thousand five hundred gallons.

§ 20. Under the above paragraph (b) may be included four tanks elevated on brick piers to facilitate the filling of tank wagons with kerosene oil. Such tanks shall have a capacity not exceeding

an aggregate of five thousand two hundred gallons, and at the close of business hours the contents must be returned to the underground tanks.

§ 21. For permission to store at such a station more than fifty thousand gallons of the fluid products of petroleum, coal tar or shale oil and not exceeding a total of one hundred and fifty thousand gallons, the following requirements must be observed:

(a) Such storage stations shall be located upon premises so isolated that there is no inhabited building within one hundred and fifty feet of same, except where protected by a brick partition wall sixteen inches thick and twelve feet above grade.

(b) A watchman shall be employed at all times whose duty it shall be to keep away all unauthorized persons and to prevent smoking and the bringing of fire or matches upon the premises.

(c) All tanks shall be underground at least two feet beneath the surface, or where this is not practicable a tight wall of earth or masonry shall be constructed and maintained about the tanks sufficiently high to prevent the spreading of any oil to adjacent premises in case of the destruction of the above-ground tank; excepting in the case of storage stations already existing a permit may be granted for the storage of not over fifteen thousand gallons in tanks which are not below ground, provided there is no inhabited building within one hundred feet of the tank.

(d) No connection shall be permitted between the interior of the safety basins thus provided for oils and the drainage system of the City or with any adjacent body of water.

(e) The quantity of naphthas stored in barrels and cans shall not exceed three thousand five hundred gallons.

CHAPTER 5.-JOBBERS IN DISTILLED FLUID PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM, COAL TAR OR SHALE OIL.

§ 22. Permits for jobbers shall be issued by the Fire Commissioner only after examination of the premises proposed to be covered by the permit. An annual fee of twenty dollars will be charged for each jobber's permit.

§ 23. No package of naphtha shall be opened for the sale of such material, and all such sales must be made in original sealed packages. § 24. No jobber's permit shall be issued for premises where the following conditions are not complied with:

(a) The building must be of brick, stone or iron and have no subcellar.

(b) The building shall not be occupied as a dwelling by more than one family.

(c) No oil shall be stored on any floor above the grade floor.

(d) No more than one-third of the maximum amount of oils allowed by the permit shall be stored on the floor below the grade floor. (e) Thorough ventilation must be provided for any confined space where the oils are stored.

§ 25. The total quantity of oil stored in any building as covered y the jobber's permit shall not exceed in the aggregate one thouand one hundred gallons, unless the warehouse is of approved fireresisting construction and is not less than 50 feet from any building not controlled by the holder of the permit, in which event the Fire