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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 44, 45. 1887. 365 of Columbia, occupied by the Young Men’s Christian Association of P¤‘¤p¤¤y Of, <>K— Washington, be, and the same is hereby, exempt from all taxation s0 °}“P* f’°“‘ “*“` long as the same is so occupied and used; and the taxes which have mm' accrued and become due on and after July tirst, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be, and the same are hereby, released, subjects to the provisions of section eight of the act approved March third, eighteen hun- Vol. 19. p. 399. dred and seventy-seven, providing for exemptions of church and school property from taxation. Approved, January 26, 1887. CHAP. 45.-Au act for the further protection of property from fire, and safety of J an. 26, 1887. V lives, in the District of Columbia. —;-———-— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the P'°*°°°*‘°¤ °*` owner or owners, in fee or for life, 0§' every building constructed and ;`;°&p$;3$?}}?;;’ used, or intended to be used, as a factory, manufactory, theater, District 5{ Columi tenement-house, seminary, college, academy, hospital, asylum, hall, or bm. place of amusement, and of the trustee or trustees of every estate, If¥°*°}$·°1:°·¤°"°' association, society, collegepncudemy, school, hospital, or asylum owning ioi S? or using any building fifty feet high or upwards, used for any of the and sm,d.pg`p€s, purposes herein above mentioned, to provide and caused to be erected and affixed to said building iron tire-escapes and conybined stand-pipes and ladders, or eitherof said appliances as may be approved and adopted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That in all hotels, factories; mmmfactories, workshops, schools, Haiiwnys a ¤ d seminaries, colleges, hospitals, asylums, halls, or places of amusement, *{?**{]j‘*(QF¤, * ° b ° or other places mentioned in this act, the hallways and stairways shall lg ° ' be properly lighted when occupied at night; and at the head and foot of each fiight: of stairs, and mz the intersection of all hallways with main corridors, shall be kept during the night a. red light; and one or more A"‘""“· proper alarms or gongs, capable of being heard throughout the build- · ing, shall always remain easy of access and ready for use in each of said _ buildings, to give notice to the inmates in case of fire; and there shall N°t‘°“‘ be kept posted in a conspicuous place in every sleeping-room zu notice descriptive of such means of escape; and the building inspector and chief engineer of the ure department shall have the right to designate the location of the said fre-escapes and stand-pipes in conformity with this act., and shall grant certificates of approval to every person, firm, corporation, trustee, and board of school trustees complying with the requirements of this uct, which certificates shall relieve the party or yarties from the liabilities of lines or damages imposed by this act. SEO.3. T1mtcveryporson,corporation,trustee,0x·boardofschooldirccI:· P°¤¤l*Y *°¤‘ ¤°* ors neglecting or refusing to comply with therequirements of the tirst sec- °°"‘Y’lY“‘g‘ tion of this act, upon receiving thirty da5s’ notice of the same, shall bc liable to a hue not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be collected as lines are now by law collected; and the building inspector and chief engineer shall cause to be erected upon said building said appliances as in their judgment may be necessary, and the same shall be charged and held asa lien against said property and collected the same as other improvements made by the District authorities; and in case of fire occurring in any such building not provided with said appliances as may be required by the building inspector and chief engineer of the Me department, and in _ _ _ accordance with the requirements of the first section of this act, the 8Ll;::"1‘*Y M person, persons, trustee, trustees, corporation, or school directors who ° g ' or which neglected to provide such building with said appliances as aforesaid shall be liable in an action for damages in case of death or personal injury being caused in consequence of such tire breaking out