building; provided in each case of each such room the ceiling shall be at least four feet six inches above the adjoining street grades and actual ground levels.

Such room shall be at least nine feet in every part from the floor to the ceiling.

There shall be appurtenant to such room or apartment a water-closet conforming to the regulations and ordinances relating to water-closets, of the incorporated town, incorporated city or city and county in which the tenement house is or is to be built.

38. Basement Walls Dampproofed.-If the basement of any tenement house hereafter erected is used or designed to be used for living purposes it shall have all walls below the ground level and all cellar or lower floors dampproofed and waterproofed. When necessary to make such floors and walls dampproof and waterproof, the dampproofing and waterproofing shall run through the walls as high as the ground level and continue throughout the floor. All cellars and basements in such tenement houses shall be properly lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the department charged with the enforcement of this act.

39. Bottom of Shaft to Be Six Inches Below Floor Level. In every tenement house hereafter erected the bottom of all shafts, courts, areas, and yards which extend to the basement for light or ventilation of living rooms, must be six inches below the floor level of the part occupied or intended to be occupied. In every tenement house all shafts, courts, areas and yards shall be properly graded and drained, and connected with the street sewer so that all water may pass freely through into it, and when required by the department charged with the enforcement of this act, shall be properly concreted.

40. Sinks and Running Water.-In every tenement house hereafter erected, there shall be in each apartment a proper sink with running water, provided there is a water system accessible to said tenement house.

41. Water-closets and Baths. In every tenement house hereafter erected there shall be a separate water-closet in a separate compartment within each apartment, and one shower bath or bath tub in a separate compartment, shall be provided on each floor for every ten rooms or fraction thereof, and arranged so that one bath tub or shower is accessible to each apartment, provided that where there are apartments consisting of but one or two rooms there may be one watercloset compartment for every two such apartments accessible from each apartment through the public hall, and not more than twenty feet distance from an entrance of each such apartment, provided there is a water system accessible to such tenement house.

Each compartment shall not be less than two feet four inches wide and shall be enclosed with plastered partitions which shall extend to the ceiling.

Every such water-closet compartment shall have a window or windows of at least six square feet total area opening directly upon a vent shaft, court, street or yard.

However, a bath tub or shower may be placed in the separate water-closet compartment where neither bath tub or shower, or water-closet are to be used by more than one apartment.

Every water-closet compartment shall be provided with proper means for lighting same by night.

The floor of every such water-closet compartment shall be made waterproof with asphalt, tile, cement or some other non-absorbent waterproof material.

42. Rooms in Wooden Tenements.-No wooden tenement house shall hereafter be erected which shall contain more than one hundred and fifty rooms exclusive of bath

rooms.

43. Height of Tenements.-No wooden tenement house exceeding three stories in height, exclusive of cellar, shall hereafter be erected. However, the building may step up to follow the grade, provided no part of the said building is over three stories in height.

A non-fireproof tenement house may be built four stories in height, provided the exterior walls are all of brick or stone or concrete and all other municipal requirements for this class of building are complied with. If in addition to above requirements all joists, girders, studding, furring and the soffits of stairs be lathed with metal lath and plastered, such tenement house may be built not to exceed six stories, provided the height limits imposed by municipal ordinance for all buildings of this particular class be not exceeded. A cellar is not a story within the meaning of this section, provided that no part of such cellar is occupied or arranged to be occupied for living purposes. However, the building may step up to follow the grade, provided that no part of said building exceeds the number of stories provided for in this section.

Every tenement house hereafter erected exceeding six stories or parts of stories in height (above the curb) shall be a fireproof tenement house. A cellar is not a story within the meaning of this section, provided no part of such cellar is occupied or arranged to be occupied for living purposes.

44. Stand Pipes, Fire Escapes, Etc. Every tenement house shall be provided and equipped with stand pipes and with metallic fire escapes, combined with suitable metallic balconies, platforms and railings, as provided for, or which shall be provided for by the ordinances of the incorporated town, city or city and county in which the tenement house is situated. No incumbrance of any kind shall at any time be placed before, upon or against any stairway, steps or landings or fire escapes in or upon any tenement house. All fire escapes upon tenement houses shall be kept in good order and repair, and every exposed part thereof shall at all times be protected against rust by durable paint.

45. Stairs to Roof. - Every tenement house hereafter erected shall have stairs with a guide or hand rail, leading to the roof and enclosed between ceiling and roof by fireproof partitions with fireproof door to same opening

onto roof, except that in non-fireproof tenement houses hereafter erected such partitions may be of wood covered with metal on both sides. These stairs shall be at least two feet six inches wide and constructed as specified in this act. All doors in the above partitions shall be fire doors, metal lined on both sides.

46. Stairs from Entrance to Roof. Every tenement house hereafter erected shall have at least one flight of stairs, extending from the entrance floor to the roof, and the stairs and public halls therein shall be at least three feet wide in the clear, and every non-fireproof tenement house containing not more than fifty rooms shall have a secondary flight of stairs running from the top floor down to the second floor and not less than two feet six inches wide. A fire escape may take the place of this second stairway, provided said fire escape connects directly with a public hallway or is accessible to each apartment.

47. Additional Flight of Stairs for Tenement Having More than Fifty Rooms.-Every non-fireproof tenement house hereafter erected containing over fifty rooms, exclusive of bath rooms, above the entrance story, shall also have an additional flight of stairs for every additional eighty rooms or fraction thereof; if said house contains not more than one hundred rooms above the entrance story, in lieu of an additional stairway, the stairs, stair halls and entrance halls throughout the entire building shall be at least one-half wider than is specified in this act. However, where an additional flight of stairs is added in accordance with the provisions of this section, the secondary stairway may be omitted.

48. Additional Flight of Stairs for Fireproof Tenements Having More than One Hundred and Twenty Rooms. Every fireproof tenement house hereafter erected containing over one hundred and twenty rooms above the entrance story, exclusive of bath rooms, shall have an additional flight of stairs for every additional one hundred and

twenty rooms or fraction thereof; but if said house contains not more than one hundred and eighty rooms above the entrance story, exclusive of bath rooms, in lieu of an additional stairway the stairs, stair halls and entrance halls throughout the entire building may each be at least one-half wider than is specified in this act, and if such house contains not more than three hundred rooms, above entrance story, exclusive of bathrooms, in lieu of four stairways there may be but three stairways, provided that one of such stairways and the stair halls and entrance halls connected therewith are at least one-half wider than is otherwise specified in this act.

49. Stairs to Have Entrance from Street. Each flight of stairs mentioned in the last two sections shall have an entrance on the entrance floor from the street or street court, or from an inner court which connects directly with the street. All stairs shall be constructed with a rise of not more than eight inches, and with treads not less than nine inches wide, exclusive of nosings. Where winders are used all treads at a point eighteen inches from the strings on the wall side shall be at least ten inches wide.

50. Width of Entrance.-Every entrance hall in a tenement house hereafter erected shall be at least three feet six inches in the clear from the entrance up to and including the stair enclosure, and beyond this point three feet wide in the clear. In every tenement house hereafter erected, access shall be had from the street to the yard, either in a direct line or through a court.

51. No Closet Under Stairs in Non-fireproof Tenements. In non-fireproof tenement houses hereafter erected no closet of any kind shall be constructed under any stairway leading from the first story exclusive of the cellar, to the upper stories, but such space shall be left entirely open and kept clear and free from incumbrance.