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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2566. 1907. 1247 CHAI'. 25Q6.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to uire the erection Mardi 2. 1907- of fire escapes in certain buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other pur- [H·R·1°°“·] poses," approved March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six. [Public, Ne. 225.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat¢}vea of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections one, two, three, bif*”'*°* °* °°""“· five, eleven, and thirteen of an Act entitled "An Act to require the Fire escapesiortqnerection of fire escapes in certain buildings in the District of Columbia, °m°"th°°°°"°t”" `"' and for other purposes/’ a proved March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, are hereby amend)ed as follows: Amend section one so as to read: - "SEo. 1. That it shall be the duty of the owner, entitled to the ”“"°’°"“°"· beneficial use, rental, or control of any building three or more stories in height, or over thirty feet in height, constructed or used or intended to be used as a tenement house, apartment house, ltlat, hotel, hoslpital, seminary, academy, school, college, institute, dormitory, asy um, sanitarium, hall, or place of amusement, or office building or m;,f,’S‘g$,dPe‘(}*’d*”¥ °' store not exempted as in this Act hereinafter provided, to provide Aw. p. 70..¤mendand cause to be erected and fixed to every such buildin, connecting Fd' with each floor above the first floor by easily accessibde and unobstructed openings, one or more suitable fire escapes, in such location · and numbers and of such material, type, and construction as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine. " Amend section two so as to read: "Suo. 2. That it shall be the duty of the owner entitled to the b,}*‘§,}j”{,‘,¥°m°[,°,‘§,“I;f§;{ beneiicial use, rental, or control of any building already erected, or ¤g;¤g¤b¤v¢¢¤¤¤<>¤¤¤d which may hereafter be erected, in which ten or more persons are E H employed at the same time in any of the stories above the second story, _ except three·st0ry buildings used exclusively as stores or for office §’,‘,}‘§,l‘,{§.',°,$,°,§"§,dé purposes, and having at least two stairways from the und floor ¤¤j•_1;¤- md each three or more feet wide and separated from each oth; by a dis- ea.P' m' m— tance of at least thirty feet, from one of which stairways shall be easy access to the roof, to provide and cause to be erected and aihxed thereto a sufficient number of the aforesaid fire escapes, the location and number of the same to be determined by the said Commissioners, and to keep the hallways and stairwavs in every such building as is used and occupied at night properly lighted, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, from sunset to sunrise." Amend section three so as to read: “S1·;o. 3. That it shall be the duty of the owner entitled to the bene- ,_,f,*}{}j}‘;‘,;,,,§§Q,]f· °"`·· ticial use, rental, or control of any building used or intended to be {wc. v- 70. amendused as set forth in section one of this Act, or any building in which "` ten or more persons are employed, as set forth in section two of this Act where fire escapes are required, also to provide, install, and maintain therein proper and sufficient guide signs, guide lights, exit lights, hall and stairway lights, tire hose, and iire extinguishers in such oca— tion and numbers and of such type and character as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine." Add to section five the following: _ i H f "That such buildings as are used solely for office buildings above butiiiiéi sx2K»ii°° the second floor and defined under the building regulations of the District of Columbia to be tireproof are exempted from the require- _ _ ments of this Act as to fire escapes, guide signs. and alarm gongs; but ,h‘${}L°,EZ?§_ "°° when the face of a wall of any such Ereproof building is within thirty ed·*"‘°· P- "· °’°°“"‘ feet of a combustible building or structure, or when the side or sides, ` front or rear of such building or structure faces within thirty feet of a combustible building. or contains a light or air shaft or similar recess within thirty feet of a combustible building. then each and every window or opening in said wall or walls shall be protected from · fire by automatic iron shutters or wire glass in tireproof sash and frames. "