This revision shall not be construed or applied so as to prevent owners of land on the northerly side of Boylston street along the area excluded from District A as above described from erecting buildings to a height permitted under the original order of November 2, 1916.

In witness thereof, the undersigned hereto set their hands this twelfth day of January, 1917.

Ralph A. Cram, John Grady, Patrick O'Hearn, Commission on Height of Buildings in the City of Boston.

Boston, January 12, 1917.

Then personally appeared the above named Ralph A. Cram, John Grady and Patrick O'Hearn, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their free act and deed.

Elisabeth M. Herlihy,

Special Commissioner.

Chapter 86, Acts Of 1916 (Special Act).. An Act Relative to the Use of Public School Property of the City of Boston for Social, Civic and Other Purposes

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby amended by striking out the words "that no admission fee is charged and," in the tenth line so as to read as follows: - Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the usefulness of the public school property of the city of Boston, the school committee of that city may conduct such educational and recreative activities in or upon school property under its control, and shall allow the use thereof by individuals and associations, subject to such regulations as the school committee may establish, for such educational, recreative, social, civic, philanthropic and similar purposes as the committee may deem to be for the interest of the community: provided, that such use shall not interfere or be inconsistent with the use of the premises for school purposes.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved February 16, 1916.]

Chapter 115, Acts of 1918 (Special Act). An Act to Allow Metal Garages of Limited Size in Certain Sections of the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Metal covered steel frame garages adapted for the accommodation of not more than two automobiles, constructed with concrete floors, with fireproof dcors, windows, and trim, and not exceeding five hundred square feet in area, may be built outside the building limits of the city of Boston as such limits existed prior to the twentysecond day of September in the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, provided that such garages are not built nearer than five feet from the lot line, or nearer than twelve feet from any other building.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved April 2, 1918.]

Chapter 32, Acts of 1919 (Special Act). An Act to Require the Registration of Hospitals in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Every person, firm or corporation, using or occupying a building in the city of Boston as a hospital, shall annually in April register with the building department of the city the name of the person, firm or corporation conducting the hospital and the situation of the building, and shall state, upon forms prescribed by the building commissioner, the number of occupants, the means of egress, the system of automatic sprinklers, the lights, fire stops and other precautions against fire provided in such building.

Sect. 2. Violation of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

[Approved February 19, 1919.]

Chapter 163, Acts of 1919 (Special Act). An Act Relative to the Construction, Alteration and Maintenance of Hospitals in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

First Class

Section 1. Every building in the city of Boston exceeding three stories or forty feet in height hereafter erected, altered or designed for use or occupation as a hospital shall be a first class building as defined in chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven and the amendments thereof. Every such building shall be provided with at least two enclosed stairways, shall have an additional enclosed stairway if the number of occupants, at any time, equals seventy-five, and a further additional enclosed stairway for every additional one hundred occupants which it may at any time contain.

Second or Third Class

Every building in the city of Boston three stories or less in height, or less than forty feet in height, hereafter erected, altered or designed for use or occupation as a hospital may be of second or third class construction, shall have means of egress satisfactory to the building commissioner, and no story or part of a story above the second shall be used for the care, treatment or lodging of patients.

Shafts, to be Sprinklered.

Sect. 2. The elevator, light and ventilating shafts and basements in all hospital buildings specified in section one, shall be provided with a system of automatic sprinklers approved as to location, arrangement and efficiency by the building commissioner.

Halls and Stairs to be Kept Lighted

Sect. 3. The halls and stairs in all hospital buildings specified in section one, shall be provided with proper and sufficient lights which shall be kept lighted during the night.

Shafts to be Enclosed in Basement

Sect. 4. The elevator, light and ventilating shafts in all hospital buildings specified in section one, shall be enclosed in the basement with masonry walls not less than eight inches thick or with two-inch metal and plaster partitions.

Sect. 5. In case of an existing or impending epidemic of a disease, the building commissioner, upon the recommendation of the health commissioner and with the written approval of the mayor, may temporarily suspend the provisions of this act.

Sect. 6. The health commissioner and the building commissioner, acting jointly, are hereby authorized to promulgate, from time to time, such regulations as in their judgment, public interests require, to govern the establishment and maintenance of hospitals whether for human beings or for domestic animals, and to regulate the issue, suspension and revocation of licenses for the same.