Document: Ordinance for the better prevention of fires in New Amsterdam

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1875-78_V16_pt1_0016b
Description

Ordinance. For the better prevention of fires in New Amsterdam.

Document Date
1648-09-28
Document Date (Date Type)
1648-09-28
Document Type
Ordinance
Document Type Unlinked
Ordinance
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Translation
Translation

The honorable lord director general and lords councilors of N. Netherland order and command the fire wardens, for the purpose of preventing any calamities from fire, to inspect every house and see whether everyone is keeping his chimney properly cleaned by sweeping; and if found in default thereof to pay a fine of three guilders immediately, to be applied according to the proclamation published on 21 January 1648.

Thus done and ordered in session in Fort Amsterdam in N. Netherland, the 28th of September 1648.[1]

Translation Superscripts
[1]: This proclamation does not appear in LO.
References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1875/NYSA_A1875-78_V16_pt1_0016b.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New Netherland Documents Series: Vol. 16, part 1, Laws and Writs of Appeal, 1647-1663 (Syracuse: 1991).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

Location
Modern Location
Fort Amsterdam, New Amsterdam
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial ordinances (Series A1875 _1647-1658)
Box
17
Volume
16 Pt. 1
Item
16b
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54016