Sec. 3. Each twenty-five hundred (2500) superficial feet of area, or fractional part thereof, covered by buildings or structures specified under classification 1, of section 2 of this act, shall be provided with one ladder fire escape of steel or wrought iron construction, attached to the outer wall thereof, and provided with platforms of steel or wrought iron construction of such size and dimensions and such proximity to one or more windows of each story above the first as to render access to such ladder from each story easy and safe, said ladder to start about five feet from the ground and extend above the roof, or a drop ladder may be hung at the second story in such a manner that it can be easily lowered in case of necessity; provided, however, that where such building shall be occupied by more than twenty (20) persons, the said building shall be provided with one stairway of steel or wrought ron construction with above described platforms, accessible from each story with a drop or counterbalance stairway from the second story balcony to the ground, or a stationary stairway may be carried down to within five feet from the ground. Buildings under classification 2 of section 2 of this act shall be provided for in the same manner as those under the head of classification 1. Buildings under classification 3 of section 2 of this act shall be provided with at least one above described outside stairway, or such a number exits or such a number of above described stairways as may be determined by the chief of fire department, or the mayor of each city or town where no such chief of fire department exists. Each twenty-five hundred (2,500) superficial feet of area or fractional part thereof covered by buildings, structures or enclosures under classification 4 of section 2 of this act, shall be provided for in the same manner as those under the head of classification 3. Each twenty-five hundred (2,500) superficial feet of area or fractional part thereof covered by buildings, structures or enclosures under classification 5, section 2 of this act, shall be provided with at least one above described outside stairway; provided, however, that if there be living or sleeping quarters for more than twenty-five (25) persons in such building, then there shall be at least two of the above decided outside stairways. Each five thousand (5,000) superficial feet of area or fractional part thereof covered by buildings under classification 6, section 2 of this act, shall be provided with at least one above described ladder, and platforms at each story, and if not more than twenty (20) persons be employed in the same, if more than twenty (20) persons be employed, then there shall be at least two of the above described ladders and platforms attached, or one such stairway and platforms of sufficient size at each story, and if more than forty (40) persons be employed in said building, then there shall be at least two, or such number of the above described outside stairways as the chief of fire department, or the mayor of any city or town where no such chief of fire department exists, may from time to time determine. Sec. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the chief of fire department, or the mayor of each city or town where no such chief of fire department exists, or the chairman of the board of supervisors, in case such building is not within the corporate limits of any city or town, to adopt uniform specifications for fire escapes as herein before provided, and keep such specifications in their respective offices, and to serve or cause to be served a written notice in behalf of the state of Iowa upon the owner or owners, or their agents or lessees, of buildings within this state not provided with fire escapes in accordance with the provisions of this act, commanding such owner, owners, or agents, or either of them, to place or cause to be placed upon said buildings, such fire escape or fire escapes as are provided in this act within sixty days after service of this notice, pursuant to the specifications established. Any such owner, owners or agents, trustees or either of them so served with notice as aforesaid, who shall not within sixty days after the service of said notice upon him or them, place or cause to be placed such fire escape or fire escapes upon any such buildings as required by this act and the terms of said notice, shall be subject to a fine not less than fifty ($50) dollars, and not more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and shall be subject to a further fine of twenty-five ($25) dollars for each additional week of neglect to comply with such notice. Sec. 5. All fire escapes erected under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the inspection and approval or rejection in writing, by the person named in section 4 of this act who has caused such written notice to be served. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the fourth day of July, A. D., 1902. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are heareby repealed. J. S. ALEXANDER, Read first and second time and placed on file. Senator Molsberry, from the committee on Elections, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 82, a bill for an act to amend section one thousand eighty (1080) of the code, relative to the correction of registry of voters, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the following substitute therefor, with the recommendation that the substitute do pass. SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 82. A bill for an act to amend section one thousand seventy-seven (1077) of the code, relative to the registry of voters. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. That section one thousand seventy-seven (1077) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the first and second lines thereof the words "second Thursday prior to any general election", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Thursday of the second week prior to the week in which any general election occurs. F. M. MOLSBERRY, Chairman. Substitute read first and second time and placed on file. Senator Molsberry, from the committee on Elections, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT--Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 33, a bill for an act to amend section eleven hundred nineteen (1119) of the code, relative to the marking of ballots, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate without recommendation. F. M. MOLSBERRY, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Senator Blanchard, from the committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 230, a bill for an act requiring the auditor to complete and prepare a financial report, and providing for the printing and distribution thereof, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended as follows: Strike out all after the word "country," in the fourth line of section two of said bill, and when so amended that said bill do pass. Ordered passed on file. L. C. BLANCHARD, Senator Blanchard, from the committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 337, a bill for an act defining the crime of sodomy, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass, Ordered passed on file. L. C. BLANCHARD, Senator Lister, from the committee on Compensation of Public Officers, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred substitute for House file No. 35, a bill for an act to repeal section two hundred fifty-four (254) of the code, relating to com pensation of shorthand reporters and enacting a substitute therefor, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recom. mendation that the same do pass, Ordered passed on file. GEO. W. LISTER, Chairman President pro tem Harriman was called to the chair at 9:55 A. M. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following messages were received from the House: MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House file No. 351, a bill for an act relating to negotiable instruments, being an act to establish a law uniform with the laws of other states on that subject, and to repeal sections three thousand forty-three (3043), three thousand forty-five (3045), three thousand forty-nine (3049), three thousand fifty (3050), three thousand fifty-one (3051), three thousand fifty-two (3052), three thousand fifty-four (3054) and three thousand fifty-five (3055) of title fifteen (15), chapter three (3) of the code, additional to code title fifteen (15), chapter three (3). Also: C. R. BENEDICT, MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the House was asked: Senate file No. 70, a bill for an act to repeal section eight hundred fiftythree (853) of the code, and section two (2) of chapter twenty-eight (28) of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, and amend subdivision six (6) of section ten hundred five (1005) of the code, relating to the subject of taxes for library purposes in cities acting under special charter. Also: C. R. BENEDICT, MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House file No. 62, a bill for an act to amend section four hundred fortyone (441) of the code, relating to compensation of official papers. C. R. BENEDICT, Also: Chief Clerk MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the House was asked: Senate file No. 138, a bill for an act to amend section sixteen hundred eleven (1611), title nine (9), chapter twelve (12) of the code, relating to authorized indebtedness of certain corporations. C. R. BENEDICT, Chief Clerk. THIRD READING OF BILLS. On motion of Senator Griswold, substitute for House file No. 141, a bill for an act to repeal section five hundred nine (509) and section five hundred and ten (510) of the code, in reference to the compensation of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and the following enacted in lieu thereof, with report of committee recommending amendments, was taken up, considered and the report of the committee adopted. Senator Griswold offered the following amendment and moved its adoption: I move to amend section one (1) by inserting in line nine, between the words "of" and "less," the following: "over eleven thousand and". Carried. Senator Griswold moved the adoption of the following committee amendments: Insert after the word "Provided", in the twentieth line of section 1 of the substitute, the words that in counties having a population of less than eleven thousand, in which the receipts of the office, together with the salary allowed under section five hundred eleven (511) of the code, do not amount to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in any year, the board of supervisors shall, at the January session thereof, allow the sheriff a sum which, added to such salary and receipts of the office for the previous year, will amount to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and". Carried. Senator Blanchard offered the following amendment, and moved its adoption: I move to amend the bill by striking out the words "section one" in line four of the bill, and by adding the words section one" at the commencement of the first line of the bill. Carried. |