School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . an approved systemof heating and ventilation by means of whicheach classroom shall be supplied with fresh airat the rate of not less than thirty cubic feet perminute for each pupil, and have a system ofheating capable of maintaining an average tem-perature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit duringthe coldest weather.— (Laws 1907, Art. XV., ) The Kansas Law-Sec. 1. That the doors of all public or pri-vate schoolhouses shall open outwards, and alldoors of schoolhouses shall remain unlockedwhile the school i
School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . an approved systemof heating and ventilation by means of whicheach classroom shall be supplied with fresh airat the rate of not less than thirty cubic feet perminute for each pupil, and have a system ofheating capable of maintaining an average tem-perature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit duringthe coldest weather.— (Laws 1907, Art. XV., ) The Kansas Law-Sec. 1. That the doors of all public or pri-vate schoolhouses shall open outwards, and alldoors of schoolhouses shall remain unlockedwhile the school is in session. Sec. 2. That in every public or privateschoolhouse of two or more stories, every storyabove the first shall be provided with either twoor more exits from the upper floor separate anddistinct from the exits of the lower floor, orshall be provided with sufficient and suitable fireescapes which shall be built of iron or steel. Sec. 3. That the tops of all furnaces in pub-lic or private schoolhouses shall be covered withasbestos covering, and the top of such furnace 207. u — X- ^u 1/2 o 208 Schoolhousc Lazvs shall not be nearer than eighteen inches to thenearest woodwork above. The ceiling abovesaid furnace shall be covered with asbestos ormasonry. Sec. 4. That no contract shall be let for theerection of any school building, nor shall anypublic funds be paid out for the erection ofschoolhouses of two or more stories until theplans for such buildings shall have been sub-mitted to the state architect and approved as toall the requirements of this act.—(Laws 1909,Chapter 209.) The Virginia Law Construction of schoolhouses. No school-house shall be contracted for or erected untilthe site, location, plans and specifications there-for shall have been submitted to and approvedin writing by the division superintendent ofschools, whose action in each case shall be re-ported by him to the State Board of Education;and no public school shall be allowed in anybuilding which
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