The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-10-17
Building Rules Require Written
ADDliCatiOn.

tlOn OF new buildings from state
chairman Lafe Young of Des Moines.
A permit must be secured to erect
any building in city or town, re-
gardless of the cost Of same, and a
person must secure permit to erect
any building or make repairs cost
ing over 81 900 on farm. The fol-
lowing are the instructions received
from chairman Young:
Some misunderstanding has been
had, and great many differences OF
opinion exist, regarding the recent
ruling of the priorities division OF
the war industries board at Wash
ingtOn, d. c., regarding non-war
construction.
The war industries board in max
ing the ruling it has made, contem-
plates the saving Of labor and ma.
and transportation in order that our
military authorities may be given
all of their requirements to enable
them in the shortest time possible to
mobilize and bring to bear against
the enemy the concentrated force OF
splendidly equipped armies. In or
der to accomplish this it is necessary
that all individual considerations
must be subordinated to the purpose
of winning the war.
Persons desiring to erect new
buildings must make written appli-
cation, in duplicate, and sworn to,
stating materials to be used, approx
innate aggregate cost Of the propoGs,3
stress upon the essentially of the
project at this time. This statement
must then be submitted to the
county chairman of the Council OF
Defense for his approval or disap-
proval, and, in turn, forwarded to
the State Council of Defense for re-
- ~l, mn vol
of the State Council Of Defense it
will be necessary to have the further
approval of the chief of non-war con-
struction section, priorities division,
war industries board, at Washington,
d. c., from which source permit will
issue.
A modification of the above ruling
buildings in Iowa, providing that
farm buildings and silos up to an
aggregate cost of $1,000 may be
built without the necessity of a per-
nit from Washington.
Other Exemptions.
From the ruling of the war in
dustries board the following addi-
tional exemptions are made:
Structures, roads or other con-
struction projects falling within the
following classifications are APPROX
ed and no permits or licenses will be
required therefor:
Cd After having first been clear
ed and approved by the war indus
tries board, those undertaken direct
department or the navy department
or the United States or the United
States shipping board emergency
fleet corporation, the bureau OF in
dustrial housing and transportation
of the United States department OF
labor or the United States housing
corporation.
(2) Repairs of or extensions to ex-
listing buildings involving to the ag-
gregate a cost not exceeding $4,000.
CO Roadways, buildings and 9TH
er structures undertaken by or un-
der contract with the United States
railroad administration or a rail-
road operated by such administra-
tion
Mines and Roads.
(4) Those directly connected with
mines producing coal, metals and
ferro-alloy minerals.
(5) Public highway improvements
and street pavements when express,
ly approved in writing by the United
States highways council.
No building project not falling
shall be undertaken without per-
nit in writing issued by or under
the authority of the chief of non-war
construction section of the priorities
division of the war industries board,
Washington, d. c.
To relieve confusion among archi-
tects, builders and material dealers
regarding the new rulings and their
effect upon buildings under construc-
ton, the following statement has
been made by the war industries
board:
"Circular No. 81, issued by the
priorities division of the war indus
8, 1918, dealing with non-war con,
struction, applices only, to projected
buildings and not to those already
of a building has already been con-
structed. Manufacturers. and dis
tributors of and dealers in building
material may continue to furnis.
such materials for the completion OF
such buildings, pending further ac-
tion by the war industries board