Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
least one water-closet for every two apart

least one water-closet for every two apart
ments.
9 For every tenement house heretofore
erected there shall be prov ded at least one
water-closet for every two apartments, pro-
vided that the total number of persons in
such two apartments does net exceed
eight; where the total number OF persons
exceeds eight there shall he separate
water closet for each apartment
g. In every lodging or boarding house
there shall be provided at least one water
closet for every eight persons, and for each
additional eight persons or fraction there
of there shall be at least one additional
water-closet.
4. Every water, closet and bathroom
compartment in every tenement lodging
or boarding house hereafter constructed
shall have window at least three square
feet in area opening upon q street alley,
yard, court, or upon a vent shaft not less
than nine square feet in area and every
water-cloSet and bathroom compartment
in every tenement, lodging boarding
house heretofore erected shall receive com
pa"tmcnt ventilation by such q window or
by proper metal or masonry ventilat1ng
pine running up to and above the roof,
with sectional area of at least one square
inch for every six cubic feet of space
contained in such compartment. Every
Water-clOSet compartment In every tene-
ment, lodging or boarding house shall be
provided with proper means of lighting
the same. If fixtures for gas or electricity
are not provided in any such compartment,
then the door thereof shall have ground
glass or wire glass panels or transoms. All
water-closets shall be kept in repair, and
drip trays shall not be permitted
Section 1636-170. Every tenement,
furnished in sufficient quantity at one or
more places on each floor occupied by one
or more families or by five or more dodgers.
Section 1636-171 Every tenement,
thereof shall be kept clean and free from
any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage or
other matter in or on the same, or In the
yards, courts, passages. area, or alley con-
nected with or belonging to the same. The
owner, manager or agent of any tenement,
lodging or boarding house or any part
thereof shall thoroughly cleanse and re-
pair all the rooms, hail. stairs, floors, win
pools and drains thereof, of said building
or part thereof, of which he is owner,
agent or lessee, to the satisfaction Of the
departments charged with the enforcement
of this act, and shall we'll and sufficiently
whitewash all walls and ceilings in said
buildings twice at least in every year in
the department charged with the enforce
ment of this act shall otherwise direct,
No wall paper or metal sheeting shall be
placed upon wall or ceiling in any tene-
ment, lodging or boarding house unless all
old wall paper shall be first removed there
from and the walls or ceiling thoroughly
cleaned. The owner of every tenement
lodging or boarding house shall furnish
ashes and rubbish.
Section 1636-172. No horse COW, calf
swine, poultry, sheep or goat shall be kept
in a tenement or lodging house, nor on the
lot or premises thereof unless stabbed at
least twenty feet distant from any build
ing used for living purposes, and only when
such stabling is not detrimental to health
in the opinion of any of the departments
charged with the enforcement of this act.
No tenement, lodging or boarding house or
any part thereof shall be used for the
handling, keeping or storage of combustlble
articles or of rags or any other articles
dangerous or detrimental to health.
Section 1636-173. No room used as
sleeping room in any tenement, lodging or
boarding house shall be so overcrowded
that there shall be afforded less than four
hundred cubic feet of air space to each
person over twelve years of age, and two
hundred cubic feet of air space to each
child under twelve years of age occupying
such room ; and where such room contains
more than one bed the beds shall be so
arranged as to leave a passageway not less
than two feet wide on two sides of each
bed, and all beds shall be so arranged that
under each of them the air shall circulate
freely, end direct light from windows shall
reach each bed unobstructed
Section 1636-174. All statutes of the
state and ordinances of cities so far as
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed, provided that
nothing In this act contained shall be con-
strued as repeating or abrogating any pres
ent law or ordinance in any city further
restricting or prohibiting the use or occu-
patton of cellars or easements, or increas-
ing the amount of light the amount of
air space to each individual occupying
ROOM or as prohibiting any future ordi-
nance in respect to such further restric-
ton or requirement
Section 1636-175. IN addition to the
officers now charged by law with the en-
forcement of the statutes 1t shall be the
duty of the state factory inspector or any
assistant factory inspector and the depart
ment of health and the department of
building inspection in cities to enforce the
provisions of this act, and such officers
are hereby clothed with full power and
authority for such purpose.
Section 1636-176. Every person who
shall violate or assist In violating or who
shall fail to comply with any of the pro-
visions of this act or who shall resist the
enforcement of any provision of this act
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
nor more than two hundred dollars
(S2O0.OO) or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail not less than fifteen (15) days
nor more than sixty (6o) days or By both
such fine and Imprisonment in the dis
erection of the court, and for each and
every day after the first that such viola
ton shall continue such person shall be
subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.0o1
In the discretion of the court in addition
to that hereinbefore provided.
Approved June 10, 1907.