School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . on room therein, and no such plans shallbe approved by him unless provision is madetherein, for assuring at least thirty cubic feet ofpure air every minute per pupil, and the facili-ties for exhausting the foul or vitiated air there-in shall be positive and independent of atmos-pheric changes. 3. No tax voted by a district meeting orother competent authority in any such city, vill-age or school district exceeding the sum of fivehundred dollars, shall be levied by the trusteesuntil the commissioner of educati
School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . on room therein, and no such plans shallbe approved by him unless provision is madetherein, for assuring at least thirty cubic feet ofpure air every minute per pupil, and the facili-ties for exhausting the foul or vitiated air there-in shall be positive and independent of atmos-pheric changes. 3. No tax voted by a district meeting orother competent authority in any such city, vill-age or school district exceeding the sum of fivehundred dollars, shall be levied by the trusteesuntil the commissioner of education shall certifythat the plans and specifications for the samecomply with the provisions of this section. 4. All schoolhouses for which plans and de-tailed statements shall be filed and approved, asrequired by this section, shall have all halls,doors, stairways, seats, passageways and aislesand all lighting and heating appliances and ap-paratus arranged to facilitate egress in cases offire or accident and to afford the requisite andproper accommodations for public protection in 195. < 4o oKu O 196 Schoolhouse Laws such cases. All exit doors shall open outwardly,and shall, if double doors be used, be fastenedwith movable bolts operated simultaneously byone handle from the inner face of the door. Nostaircase shall be constructed with wider stepsin lieu of a platform, but shall be constructedwith straight runs, changes in direction beingmade by platforms. No door shall run im-mediately upon a flight of stairs, but a landing atleast the width of the door shall be providedbetween such stairs and such doorway.—(Laws1909, Chapter 21, Article 5, Paragraph 111.) The Pennsylvania LawThat in order that due care may be exercisedin the heating, lighting and ventilating of pub!icschool buildings hereafter erected, no school-house shall be erected by any board of educationor school district in this State, the cost of whichshall exceed four thousand dollars ($4,),until the plans and
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