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■ ( (b) Hotel and restaurant reanges shall be provided with a metal hood, placed at Yeast nine (9) inches below any wooden lath and plaster or wooden ceiling, and have an individual pipe out let connected with a good brick flue, The pipeshall be protected by at least one inch of asbestos covering or its equivalent. (c) Combustible floors under coal ranges and similar appliances without legs, such ae mentioned in sect' -on 71 in which hot fires are maintanined, shall rest upon six (6) inch foundations built of incombustible materials supported within the thickness of the rloor framing• Such hearths shall extend at least twenty four (24) fnehes in front and twelve (12) inches on the sides and back of the range or similar heating appliance. (d) All coal stoves or ranges, with legs, shall be set &n incombustible material which •hall extend at least twelve (12) inches in front. Sec.71. Heating furnace's and appliances. (a) Any woodwork, wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling within fo-ar (4) feet of the sides or back, or six (6) feet from the front of any heating boiler, furnace, backery oven, c_)ffee roaster, fire heated candy kettle, lau#dry, stove or other similar appliance shall be covered with metal to a height of at least four (4) feet above floor. This covering shall extend the full length of the boiler, furnace, or heating appliance, and to at least five (5) feet in front of it. Matal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an air space behind them, In no case shall such combustible construction be permitted within two (2) feet of the sides or back of the heating appliance, or five (5) feet in front of same. (b) No furnace, boiler, range -or other heating appliance, shall be placed against a call furred with wood. (e) Heating boilers shall be encased on sides and top by an incombustible protective wwring not less than 1-1/2 inches thick. Sec. 72. Open flame heating devices. All gas, gasoline, oil or charcoal burning stoves or heating devices, shall be placed on iron stands at least six (6) inches above combustible supports, unless the burners areat least five (5) inches above tyle base with metal guard plates four (4) inches below the burners. No open flame heating or lighting device shall be used in any room where gasoline or othe3 volatile inflammable fluids are stored or handled. Sec. 73. Gas connections. Gas connections to stobes and sidiilar heating devices shall be made by rigid metal Pipes. For small portable heating devices, flexible metal or rubber tubing may be used when theve ie not other shut off on the device. Sec. 74. Vent flues. Vent flues or ducts, for the removal of foul or vitiated air, in which the temperature Of the air cannot exceed that of the rooms, shall be constructed of metal or other incombustible material, and shall not be placed nearer than one inch to any woodwork, and no such flue shall be ueed for any other purpose. Sec. 75. Theatres. No building shall bo erected, altered or added to for the purpose of converting same into a theatre, opera house, or for use by a motion picture show, unless it conforms to the hilding Code of the National Board of Fire Underwritets, 4th edition revised, reprint 1922, and any additions or amendments hereafter made. Sec. 76. Safety of design., All parts of every building shall be designed to safely carry the loads to be imposed thereon, and shall bn all other respects conform to good enginhering practice.