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COLUMBIA UNIVERSTY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION\n\nBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n303ZVermont.Dept.of public health.Box 305….Rules ard regulations relating to publicbuildings,fire escapes and plumbing.ontpelier,Vt.,Capital city press 1925cover-title,16 p.14cm.412262ONLy ED.  \nReproductions may not be made without permision from Columbia University Libraries.              \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\n# TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA\n\nFILM SIZE:35mmBEDUCTION RATIO:            9:1  \nIB  \nIB  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                     5133/97 INITIALS:          Tcm/s   \nTBACKING\\#:                                                                                                    21158  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \nCulumbia enibcrsitp  \nSNCE  \nVERMONT DEPARTMENT  \nOF  \nPUBLIC HEALTH  \n# Rules and Regulations\n\nRELATING TO  \nPublic Buildings  \nFire Escapes and Plumbing  \nCAPITAL CITY PRESSMONTPELIER,VT.  \n## General Laws\n\nSECTION 5412.The words\"public buildings,\"asused in this chapter,shall mean churches,court houses,jails,municipal rooms,state and county instituions,railroad stations,school buildings,school and societyhalls,hotels and restaurants more than two stories high,all buildings more than two stories high used or rentedfor tenements,boarders or roomers,and places of amuse-ment one story or more in height;also factories,mills,workshops or other buildings more than two storieshigh,in which persons are employed above the secondstory.  \nSEc.5413.Said board shall take cognizance of theinterests of life and health of the inhabitants of the state,shall make or cause to be made sanitary investigationsand inquiries respecting causes of diseases,especially ofepidemies,and the means of preventing the same,thesources of mortality and sickness and the effect of local-ities,employments,habits and cireumstances of life onthe publie health;and,when requested,or when,intheir opinion,it is necessary,shall advise with municipalofficers in regard to drainage,water supply and sewageof towns of villages,and in regard to the erection,con-struction,heating,ventilation and sanitary arrange-ments of publie buildings;and said board may compelthe owners of such buildings to provide them with thenecessary appliances and fire escapes for preventingaccidents to persons who may be in such buildings;andsaid board shall exercise the powers and authority im-posed by law upon said board.  \nSEC.5416.Said board shall,when necessary,issueto local boards of health its regulations as to the lighting,heating and ventilation of school-houses,and shallcause sanitary inspection to be made of churches,school-houses and places of public resort,and make such regu-lations for the safety of persons attending the same assaid board deems necessary.Publie buildings nowstanding or hereafter erected shall conform to the regu-  \nlations of said board in respect to sanitary conditions andfire escapes necessary for the public health and for thesafety of individuals in such publie buildings  \nA person,corporation or committee intending toerect a public building shll submit plans thereof show-ing the method of heating,plumbing,ventilation andsanitary arrangements to said board,and procure itsapproval thereof,before erecting such building.  \nSEc.5417.A person,corporation or committee whicherects a public building without the approval and with-out complying with the regulations of the state boardof health as provided for in the preceding section,shallbe fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less thanone hundred dollars,and shall make such building toconform to the regulations of said board before the sameis used,otherwise such building shall be deemed a nuis-ance,and be put in proper condition by the local henlthoficer under the direction of said board at the expenseof the owner.  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