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 FlFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 957. 1906. 71 Sec. =l. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are €,gdgi€f,{,°““l Hm hereby authorized and directed to require any alterations or changesp` that may become necessary in buildings now or hereafter erected, in order to properly locate or relocate fire escapes or to afford access to fire escapes, and to require any changes or alterations in any building that may be necessary in order to provide for the erection of additional fire escapes, when in the judgment of said Commissioners additional fire escapes are necessary. _ Sec. 5. That each elevator shaft and stairway extending to the ,0;"‘QY§§Q{jf}";,§9,f}‘{j” basement of the buildings heretofore mentioned shall terminate in a sm ` iireproof compartment or inclosure, separating the elevator shaft and stairs from other parts of the basement, and no opening shall be made or maintained in such compartment or inclosure unless the same be provided with fireproof doors. Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful to obstruct any hall, passageway, ,,.,g,‘;°Q§g'“°°°d "““‘ corridor, or stairway in any building mentioned in this Act with Y ` baggage, trunks, furniture, cans, or with any other thing whatsoever. - Sec. 7. That no door or window leading to any fire escape shall be €sgf’;e*·j°‘§§c“P}Qfo,g$ covered or obstructed by any fixed grating or barrier, and no person iwd." shall at any time place any incumbrance or obstacle upon any fire escape or upon any platform, ladder, or stairway leading to or from an fire esca e. Sec. 8. That no license shall be issued to any person to conduct any rmfxtgge °‘ “°°“*° business for which a license is required in any building mentioned in ` this Act until such building has been provided and equipped with a sufficient number of fire escapes and other appliances required by this Act. W Sec. 9. That any person failing or neglecting to provide fire escapes, ,,,Q‘j;f‘““$' I"' *‘“°’ alarm gongs, guide signs, fire hose, nre extinguishers, or other appliances required by this Act, after notice from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia so to do, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall be punished by a further fine of five dollars for each day that he fails to comply with the notice aforesaid. Any per- *°°“°"Y· son violatin any other provision of this Act shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more t an one hundred dollars for each offense. Sec. 10. That the said notice requiring the erection of tire escapes *`°"'“""“°“°°· and other appliances mentioned in this Act shall specify the character and number of tire escapes or other appliances to be provided, the location of the same, and the time wit in which said fire escapes or other a pliances shall be provided, and in no case shall more than ninety diays be allowed for compliance with said notice unless the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, in their discretion, deem it necessary to extend their time. Sec. 11. That said notice shall be deemed to have been served if P°‘“°""°’·"'*°°· delivered to the .rson to be notified, or if left with any adult person at the usual residifnce or place of business of the person to be notified in the District of Columbia, or if no such residence or place of business can be found in said District by reasonable search, if leftwith any adult person at the office of any agent of the person to be notihed, provided such agent has any authority or duty with reference to the building to which said notice relates, or if no such office can be found N°“°°*’Y"”*“· in said District by reasonable search if forwarded by registered mail to the last known address of the person to be notified and not returned by the post—office authorities, or if no address be known or can by reasonable diligence be ascertained, or if any notice forwarded as authorized by the preceding clause of this section be returned by the postoffice authorities, if published on ten consecutive days in a daily m};Y‘*“°°**°“ °* “°· newspaper published in the District of Columbia, or if by reason of an outstanding unrecorded transfer of title the name of the owner in