The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-25
CHAPTER 1o14.

(Passed March IS, 19o2.)
AN ACT to Regulate Public Lodging
Houses In The City OF Providence.
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section 1. Every building or part
thereof In the city OF Providence. In
which ten or more persons are lodged for
price for a single night OF twenty five
cents or less for each person, shall be
deemed public lodging house within the
meaning OF this act.
Sec. 2. The board Of police commis-
sioners for said city may license persons
to keep public lodging houses In said city.
fee OF one dollar shall be charged for
such license. and It will expire on the
first day OF February next after the
granting OF the same, but no fee shall
be charged for such license In case such
building or part there Of Is licensed as a
tavern. Every such license shall specify
the street or other place, and the number
Of the building. or give some other par
ticular description thereof, where the IL
censee shall exercise hts employment;
and the license shall not protect a person
exercising his employment In any other
place than that so specified.
Sec. 3. No such license shall be grant
ed until the inspector OF buildings OF said
city has certified that the building or part
thereof TO be used as such public lodging
house is provided with sufficient means
to escape in case of fire.
Sec. 4. No such license shall be grant
ed until the superintendent of health OF
said city has certified that the building or
part thereof to be used as such public
lodging house Is provided with n sufficient
number of water closets. and also has
good and sufficient means OF ventilation;
and said superintendent may from time
TO time require the licensee to thoroughly
cleanse and dislnfect all parts Of such
public lodging house. and the bedding,
furniture, and other property used there
in, to the satisfaction OF said superintend-
ent, and the licensee shall comply at once
with any such requirement.
Sec. 5. In every public lodging house
a register shall be kept, In which shall
be entered the name and address Of each
lodger, together with the time OF his ar
rival and departure, and such register
shall at all times be open to the inspec-
tion OF the police
Sec G. The keeper OF every public
lodging house shall at all times, when re-
quired by any officer OF the health de-
partment OF said city. give him free ac-
cess TO said house and any part thereof
for the purposes OF inspection or other
purposes OF this act.
Sec. Z. The board OF aldermen OF said
city, acting as the board OF health Of
said city. may prescribe from time to
time sanitary rules and regulations, sub
ject to which such public lodging houses
shall be conducted.
Sec. s. Whoever keeps a public lodg-
ing house. or IL concerned or in any way
interested therein. without being duly IL
censed as hereinbefore provided, shall,
upon conviction thereof. be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars: and any
keeper of a public lodging house who vio-
lates any OF the provisions Of this act,
or any such rules or regulations of said
board OF aldermen. shall upon conviction
thereof be fined not exceeding one hum
dred dollars. In case any such licensee
shall violate any Of the provisions Of this
act or any such rules or regulations OF
said board OF aldermen, or shall fail to
comply with any such requirement OF said
superintendent OF health. said licensing
board may Immediately revoke his license.
Sec 9. This act shall take effect from
and after the lst day of June, A. ID. 1902.