Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14
No 70, 81 Published June 10, 1909,
CHAPTER 479, LAWS OF 1909.

No. 70, 81 Published June 10, 1909,
CHAPTER 479, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to repeal sections 1886 A and
4390a of the statutes; and TO create a
new section OF the statutes to bs num-
bered section 1864, relating to fire
escapes on buildings
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do
enact as follows:
Section l. Sections 1864 and 43ooa
OF the statutes arc repealed.
Section 2. There Is added 70 the stat
utes new section to read Section 1856
l. Every person or corporation owning,
occupying, or controlling any building now
or hereafter used in whole or In part, as
public building, public or private institu-
tior hotel, inn, schoolhouse. Church, public
bal, place OF assembage, or place Of pub
Il. resort, opera house; every office build
ing, fiat building apartment building, tene-
ment house, and lodging house three or
more stories high, and every factory, work.
shop or other structure three or more
stories high, in which ten or more persons
are employed above the ground floor. at
any kind of labor, shall provide and keep
connected with the same one or more good
and substantial metallic or flre-proof lad
ders stairs or stalrways, ready for use at
all times, reaching from the cornice to
the top of the hrst story and placed on
the outs' !e thereof In such position and
number az may be designated by the chief
OF the fire department or fire marshal OF
the city or village In which such structure
is situated, or by the state factory In
spector, and at each story above the first
a wrought iron balcony in conn, elton with
such ladder, such balcony to We substan.
TALLY attached to the structure, and Of such
length as to permit OF access to IL from
two or more windows on each story, and
of sufficient size to furnish reasonable
means of escape to the persons therein from
each and every floor or story above the
lrst and IN all cities and villages where
there Is water supply, either from water
works, fire engines, or pumping station,
there sEall be attached to such fire escape,
pYGDnt structures
matte sprinHlers, a three-inch wrought iron
stand pipe extending from a point within,
FIVE feet from the ground to a point three
feet above the roof N cornice, and on
the roof shall be attached a two and one
half inch angle hose valve, with male hose
connection and a double or Slamese "Y"
female hose connection at the base OF the
pipe, the threads Of which shall conform
to the size srd pattern used by the fire
department where the structure Is located.
Amy such person or corporation who Shall
fail, for three months after the receipt OF
notice in writing, stating the substance OF
the provisions Of this section, from such
chief, marshal, or Inspector TO provide and
pipe shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemean-
or and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one hundred
dbllaFs, or by imprisonment in the county
jail not more than thirty days.
Section g. ALI acts or parts OF acts In
consistent with the provisions OF this act
are repealed.
Section a. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June 10, 1900.