Evening star., 1946-03-26

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tions, improving or converting
structures or installing or relocating
fixtures or mechanical equipment
cheating, lighting, ventilating and
plumbing equipment) in structures
which involves the putting up OF
putting together Of processed ma
terials, products or equipment. II
these items are:
A. Attached TO the land or
B. Attached to . structure and
used as part of 1t. or
I c. Attached 50 firmly to the land
or structure that removal would in
jure the item.
WHAT THE ORDER DOES
NOT DO.
/. 1t does not forbid or require
authorization for the completion
of construction jobs on which ma.
terials which are to be an integral
part of the structure were incorpo-
rated on the site before March II
and which are being carried In al
that date. 1t does not require
further authorizatio for construc.
ton jobs for which preference
ratings have been issued under
Priorities Regulation 80. CThe vet.
erans emergency housing program
2. 1t does not apply to repaintine
q nd }rr IN rtp rH~
repairing or installing repair or re-
placements parts in existing equip
ment. where no change is made In
the structure itself.
3. 1t does not apply to roads
streets, sidewalks, railroad or street
or 1nterurban or plant railway
tracks or operating facilities (other
than buildings, fences. silos
bridges, tunnels, subways, pipe lines,
power or utility lines, sewers, sur
face or underground mines, wells
dams or canals.
4. 1t does not apply to certain re-
pair and maintenance work in in
dustrial, utility and transportation
structures. unless such work is
capitalized for taxation purposes.
S. It does not apply to the install
lation on the ground or outside 8
structure Of any kind of equipment
not attached to the structure.
s. 1t does not apply to military
construction or to projects of tn.
Veterans Administration. The Fed.
eral Government is forming an In.
ter-Agency Committee to screen a
the source and. wherever possible
postpone its own building activities
7. 1t does not apply to the min.
innum work necessary in disasters
to prevent more damage to q struc.
ture and its contents which ha.
been damaged by flood, fire or thu
like or to the rebuilding or repair.
ing of a house or farm building
when the reconstruction costs ne
more than $1,000 and is started
within go days Of the disaster.
ALLOWANCE EXEMPTIONS.
8. 1t does not apply to construc.
ton, repair, alteration or installa.
ton jobs on which the cost doe.
not exceed the allowances listed be.
low for particular classes of struc-
lures. Applications must be made
for authorization to do work in ex.
cess Of these cost allowances:
I. House, including 4 farmhouse
or other structure (such rs garage)
on residential property, designed
for occupancy by five families Of
less-S400 a Job.
II. Hotel, resort, apartment house
or other residential building de-
signed for occupancy by more thar
hpF families-$1, 900 a job. % %
III. Commercial or service estab.
lishment such as office. store, garage
theater. warehouse, radio station
gas service station-$1 900 a job. -. -.
Nv. Farm excluding farmhouse
see Il" above)-$1 900 a Job.
v. Church, hospital, school, public
building, charitable institution
81 900 a job.
Factory Exemption Listed.
VI: Factory, plant or other in
dustrial structure used for manu-.
featuring, processing or assembling
logging and lumber camp, pier
structure for 4 commercial airport
or carrier terminal, railroad or street
railway building, research laboratory
pilot plant, motion picture set, utilit,
structure, including telephone and
telegraph; oil, gas or petroleum
refining or distribution except
service stations and garages
$4,000 a job.
In computing the cost of a job
in structure covered by the pre-
ceding paragraph CVD the cost or
value of equipment (other than
mechanical equipment) and the cost
of labor used to assemble or install
these items may be excluded. The
exclusion may not include the cost
Of equipment used for heating, light
ing, ventilating or providing sani-
tary services within q building.
VII. Other structures covered by
the order but not in the above gen
Ca al SAoSocCS- -$SVV y JOU.
Computation of the cost of q job
to determine If it comes within these
cost allowances must with the ex.
ception mentioned after paragraph
vi above) be on the cost of the
entire construction job as estimated
at the time of beginning construc.
ton, including paid labor, value oil
new mechanical equipment, fixture.
and materials incorporated in the
structure and contractors fees.
Conversion Regulation.
If q structure is used for more
than one purpose, the use to which
the greater part of 1t is put will de-
termine the class into which it falls
If structure is being converted, the
allowance applicable to it after the
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