1022 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Cns. 995-997. 1903. colonels of artillery shall not exceed thirteen; and the provisions of ,9},; °”°°* M8- 15· the foregoing sections of this Act shall take effect on August fifteenth, ' nineteen hundred and three." Approved, March 3, 1903. March8,1¤B. CHAP. 998;-An Act To authorize the promotion of Major William Crawford ·Fu Gorgas, surgeon m the Army of the United States. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢éfR¥>¢·esentat/lazes of the Unxlted ,0fg*g6Wim¤¤°*¤"· States of America in Congress assemble , That the President be, and May rlimhppointed he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, py and with the advice and §"Q‘,,‘,.{,,“}"°°"""“' consent of the Senate, to appoint Major illiam Crawford Gorgas, surgeon United States Army, to the grade of assistant surgeon-general, United States Army, with the rank of colonel, the number in that grade of the Medical Department to be temmiarily increased for that purpose during the time that he may hold t t office. Approved, March 3, 1903. March 8, 1903. 997 .—An Act To amend an Act to regulate the height of buildings in the ‘*""*_‘[Public, N0_ uu District of Columbia. V Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1·@·:‘;eser»tatives { the United b,f_*"'i°‘ °' °°*°’¤‘ States of America in Congress assembled, t section t ree of the magummidinss. Act entitled “An Act to recgiulate the height of buildings in the Dis- ...Y,·t,{;,,.€°· F °“’~ me at osiumbax appmv Mmm am, saqsasn hundred and ninety— g1•{m*gg_ exmm nine, be amended by adding thereto the fo owing: ‘fProvided, That ` this requirement shall not apply to churches erected outside of the fire limits as now or hereafter established within the District of Columbia, A“*'*°¤* and in case of additions to existing structures the restrictions contained herein shall apply only to such a ditions." __ mX€<;1k_:°· P- *2*- Sec. 2. That section four of said Act be amended to read as follows: Maxiinum bdsm, “Sec. 4. That no building shall be erected or altered on any street or avenue or highwa in the District of Columbia to exceed in height lmewmee for pun above the sidewalk the width of the street in its front; but where the u°"'°°° site of a proposed building confronts a public space or reservation formed at the intersection of two or more streets or avenues and the course of said streets or avenues is not interrupted by said public sipace or reservation, the allowable height of the building will be etermined by the width of the widest street or avenue. Where a building is to be erected removed from all points within the bounding lines of its own lots as recorded by a distance at least equal to its dproposed height above grade, the extreme limits of height permitte for reproof or nontireproof buildings in residence sections may be allowed, the measurements to be taken from the natural grades at the ”“'“‘°"'“'°°*'· building as determined by the Commissioners. On business streets and avenues, as the same are now or may hereafter be designated by ~ the Commissioners of said District, no building shall be erected or altered to exceed the height of one hundred and ten feet, except on business streets or avenues one hundred and sixty feet wide, where a height not exceeding one hundred and thirty feet may be allowed. B*“°¤°° m°°¤~ On residence streets and avenues no building shall be erected or altered so as to be over eighty feet in height, nor shall it exceed ten feet less than the width of the street or avenue upon which it abuts, except on streets sixty to sixty-five feet wide, where a height of sixty feet will be allowed, and on streets sixty feet wide and less, where a °°“‘°' ‘°‘”· height equal to the full width of the street will be allowed. The
