The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-22
MUCH WORK DONE
 BY COMMISSIONERS
New Building Ordinance Is Adopted-Charity Organi-
 cations Must Report

An additional ordinance to the city
 building code was adopted by the city commissioners yesterday, making it com pulsory for occupants of buildings not meeting the requirements of the fire regulations to vacate at once. The regulations required are such as inclosed elevator shaits and steps and general conditions of the premises as
 might have some bearing on the fire hazard. The law empowers the city buildings inspector to issue written notice to occupants of such buildings that they must be remedied and if not
 remedied within two weeks after the mo-
 tice is received, the building must be
 vacated. The new ordinance is the re-
 suit of the recent raise in insurance
 rates.
 Paving contracts were awarded for
 several streets, including South Fifteenth
 street. The contract for the big sani-
 tary sewer at East Birmingham was
 awarded.
 Judge A. o. Lane made a motion that all charity organizations to which the city was contributing and which did not make monthly reports should be denied further funds. He stated that many of these institutions had promised to make monthly statements to the city and had failed to do so. The other commissioners agreed with him and gave such associa- tions until next Tuesday to make re- ports.
 The ordinance appropriating s15,0oO for the Central Park school was adopted. For the purpose of park band concerts
 $500 was appropriated for the Music Study club
 Routine matters acted upon included the following:
 Adopted Improvement ordinance No. &2-C providing for the paving of Cot tonwood avenue from Eighteenth street to Nineteenth street, at an estimated cost of s2S00.
 Adopted improvement ordinance No S40-C, providing for sidewalks on certain portions of Highland avenue, Peyton street and Avenue D, at an estimated cost of $14O0.
 Adopted improvement ordinance No S44-C, providing for the paving of Nine teenth street from Avenue H to Nelson avenue at an estimated cost of 9,500 Adopted improvement ordinance No. S4-C, providing for paving Third ave- nue from Twelfth street to Walker street, at an estimated cost of $22, 760. Adopted grade ordinance No. 1S0-C, es- tablishng the grade of Twenty-fifth street from Twelfth avenue, north, to Seventeent havenue. Ordered following tungsten lights in- stalled
 Harmony and Mccormick streets Fifty-first street ana Tenth avenue. Fifty-second street and Tenth avenue Marietta street between Forty-first and Forty streets Authorized the purchase of 20 cars of chert for improving East First avenue and cars slag for improving John and Joseph streets.
 Confirmed improvement ordinance No. S34-C, providing for certain Improvements | on Twelfth street from Fountain avenue | to Twelfth avenue, north. 1 Confirmed improvement ordinance No. | S35-C, providing for certain improvements I on Fiftieth street from Grand avenue to | Sixth avenue and Renfroes avenue. Adopted ordinance to provide for the | issuance of notes to the amount of $15,- l coo for the construction of public school | at Central park.
 l Appropriated the sum of $500 to the | Music Study club for park band con | pprts