70 FIFTY—NI.NTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 956, 957. 1906. . / · which the Secretary of War may require at any time in the said struc~ ture shall be promptly made by the said company at its own expense. U”°*’Y°“'°'”"“’“· Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desirmig the use of the bridge authorized by this Act shall have and enti edvto equal rights and privileges relative to the passagtp of railway trams or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reason- ¤<¤¤P¤¤¤·¤°¤- able com nsation for such use; and ID case the owner or owners of the said hiiiidge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform m using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be dec1ded by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the r,g;,{g°¢'°Ph· °*°··-parties; and equal (privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted ` to all tele mph an telep one companies. _ _ _ _ U¢h‘¤·°*°- Sec. 4. gfhat on any bridge constructed under the provisions of this Act there shall be maintained, at the expense of the company or corporation owning or controllin the same, such lights and other s1gnals . as may be rescribed by the Eight-House Board. _ ,,};f'“° °* °°"'”’“‘* Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void 1f actual construction ` of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. _ ·*¥"°"““‘“’“‘· Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act IS hereby expressly reserved. . \ Approved, March 17, 1906. A Mmh 19. 1996-(IHA?. 957.-An Act To require the erection of fire escapes in certain buildings [H- B· IR] in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. blic, No. 58.] [Pu Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·esentat2Ives of the United I;_i1s¢ri¢¢¤f<¤>1¤¤¤b*¤· States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of qm?1 iqiinigrismiii the owner, lessee, occupant, or person having ssession, charge, or '“‘;,“j,,°'·,,°§;g,i“· control of any building three or more stories in hgight, or over thirty , `feet in height, constructed or used or intended to be used as a tene- ' ment house, apartment house, Hat, hotel, office building, store, hospital, seminary, aca erny, school, college, institute, dormitory, asylum, sanitarium, hall, or place of amusement, to provide and cause to be erected and fixed to every such building, connecting with each door above the first floor by easily accessible and unobstructed openings, one or more suitable iire escapes, in such location and numbers and of such material, type, and construction as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine. h Brgildinsn occupies Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, occupant, 0I' nrimiritoiiiiiiiigiiiépriiiia person having ppssession, charge, or control of an r building already "°'*°"· erected, or w ic may hereafter be erected, in which ten or more per- _ sons are employed at the same time in any of the stories above the second story, to provide and cause to be erected and aflixed thereto a sufficient number of the aforesaid lire escapes, the location and number Nishr Haw of the same to be determined by the said Commissioners, and to keep the hallways and stairways in every such building as is used and occupied at night properly lighted, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the istrict of Columbia, from sunset to sunrise. G¤1<1¤¤iz¤¤.w= Sec. 3. That it shall also be the duty of the owner, lessee, occupant, or person having possession, charge, or control of any building used or intended to be used 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, to provide, install, and maintain therein proper and sufficient guide signs, guide lights, exit lights, hall and stairway lights, fire hose, and fire extinguis ers, in such location and numbers and of such type and character as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine.
