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 810. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 178. 1895. “R•g.¤lgjn¤cg£·: gil; · Sec. 4; That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District migumm. of Columbia, immediately after every fall of snow on the crosswalks or in the gutters, forthwith to cause the same to be removed from the said crosswalks to a width of ten feet and from out of the said gutters to the breadth of one foot in the said cities, respectively; and the said crosswalks and gutters shall be kept clean and free from obstructions, and in case the crosswalks are covered with ice it shall be their duty · to cause such crosswalks to be liberally sprinkled with sand or sawdust, or such other material as will insure safety to pedestrians. mmcvn tnmw. Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public
 * ,'j··,f;‘{$c ff§{;f‘“"· buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, immediately after a

" fall of snow or sleet, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to engage such ‘ assistance as he may deem necessary, when funds are available, and ‘ proceed to remove from all paved sidewalks or crosswalks which may be used as thoroughfares around, about, or through the public parks within the cities of Washingtoii and Georgetown all accumulations of ` snow or sleet to a width sufficient to accommodate winter pedestrian rm. tw.; so be travel;‘or'in2 case the same be so congealed as to make removal by ` material as will insure safety to pedestrians who, in the lawful and ' legitimate pursuit of their respective avocations, find it convenient to Inspection. pass around, about, or through said public parks. And it shall be the _ · · ’· _ duty of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, person- ' ally, or by deputy or deputies,-to visit each public park in the cities of Washington and Georgetown as soon as possible after any snow or sleet storm, as aforesaid, and careinlly inspect the work as herein pro- . J ‘. *1 vided for. ‘·P¤M¤•i·>¤_f=·¤¤,¤¤; » Sec. 6. That section three of the Act of Congress approved January m‘Q_,;j"· P· “"’· twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,entitled “An Act for the further protection of property from fire, and safety of lives in the District of Columbia " be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Licenses for 1¤¤f~1¤. That it shall be unlawful to issue a license to the lessee or proprietor f#§;,§L'§1,Y;;f"JmY}`;,$ of any building in the District of Columbia used as a hotel, factory, Med- manufactory, theater, tenement house, hall or place of amusement. or other building used for a business for which a licenseis required, unless the application for such license is accompanied with the certincate of the Inspector of Buildings that such building is provided with fire escapes, stand pipes, ladders, lights, alarm gongs, and descriptive wP¤¤¤}31;,g“£•:l¤¤ notices as required by sections one and two of said Act. That on the M,""' p°°` failure or neglect, after sixty days notice, of the owner or lessee of any building used as a factory, manufactory, tenement house, or to the trustee of any building used as a Seminary, College, Academy, Hospital or Asylum in the District of Columbia, to provide iire escapes, stand-pipes, ladders, lights and alarm goings as required by sections one and two of said Act, such person or persons shall be liable to a iine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each day he or they shall fail to provide the same, such tlne to be collected by prosecutions in the Police Court in the name of the District of Colum- Erection by com. bia. And in cases of default of lessees, trustees or owners in putting "'*""°'“’”’· up said tire escapes, said Commissioners are hereby empowered, and it is their duty to cause such tire escapes to be erected, and they are hereby cm. authorized to assess the cost thereof as a tax against the buildings on which they are erected and the ground on which the same stands, and to issue tax lien certificates against such building and grounds for the amount of such assessments, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, which certificates may be turned over by the Commis- Iljrhvggiun f dm sinners to the contractor for doing the work: Provided also, That the mg °’ °"lessee, owner or trustee, as the case may be, of any such building, who shall fail to erect tire escapes as in said Act provided, shall be liable to an action for damages in case of death or personal injury resulting from
 * ,f"“°" ‘"“‘ ”"°· ordinary methods impossible, he shall cause such paved side or crosswalks to be liberally sprinkled with sand _0r sawdust or such other