60.-Hereafter a fire-proof curtain shall be put up, in addition to the ordinary curtain, in every theatre open to the public. 61.-The galleries, bridges and stairs, above the wings and the stage, must be made of incombustible materials. Those now in existence, which are of wood, must be painted with fire proof paint. 62. The machinist's and decorative painter's workshop must be separated from the main building by a fire proof door, which must be kept closed during the performance. 63. The stairs, passages, lobbies and alleys shall be sufficiently lighted until the close of the performance nce and until the audience have left. 64. If the building is lighted otherwise than by electricity, the lights in the side-scenes and on the stage and the foot-lights must be covered with a wire screen. 65.-The Inspector may require that above the first storey of any building of large dimensions used as a theatre or hall for meetings, lectures or public amusements, one or more watchmen shall be employed, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the hose and other fire apparatus and to see that such apparatus are always in good order and ready for use. 66. The watchmen shall constantly be present during the performances, lectures or meetings and be prepared to use such apparatus on the first alarm. They must be in uniform, remain at their posts during the entire performance or meeting, and be thoroughly acquainted with the working of the apparatus in their charge, the exits from the building and the means of escape. HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. 67. The Inspector may require that in every hotel or boardinghouse, in which there are one hundred occupied rooms, there shall be a watchman in charge all through the night. 68.-The passages and stairs must be lighted all night. Lamps indicating safety exits must have glasses of a different color from the other lamps. 69. The proprietor must post up in every room a notice in English and French containing the necessary directions to enable the inmates to reach the supplementary exits and to use the extingguishers and fire escapes. 70. There must be a loud gong or other alarm to awaken the inmates at night in case of danger. EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, HOSPITALS AND 71.-It is the duty of the director of every college, seminary, school, convent, hospital or asylum to instruct the pupils or other inmates, as much as possible, as to what is to be done in case of fire and to show them how to use the fire escapes or extinguishers. 72.-The Commissioner of Public Works will designate those of the Inspectors who are to see to the carrying out of the law and of these regulations in religious communities, and he will give them instructions to that effect. 73. The Inspector, in the execution of his duty, shall have free admission to buildings at all reasonable hours of the day, and night. 74. He has the right to exact the production of certificates or other documents required by law and by these regulations as well as all other information he may deem necessary. 75.-If he has any reason to fear that he may be impeded in the performance of his duty, he has the right to be accompanied by one or more constables in every case. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 76. The Inspector, after pointing out to the proprietor of a public building any defects that may exist in the construction or maintenance of the building or in the installation or maintenance of the establishment or other defects resulting from the absence of what is required for the security of persons frequenting such building, must suggest the works he may consider necessary, leaving however the proprietor to choose the alterations to be made in order that his establishment may, in every thing, be conformable to law and to the regulations. 77. On receipt of the present regulations, every person interested shall have the right to apply to the Inspector of the district, to visit his establishment and point out the defects noticed. 78. If the application of the prescription of the regulations necessitates a considerable alteration in the arrangements of the building, a first respite shall be granted, calculated according to the extent of the alterations considered necessary. 79.-When the delay fixed by this respite has expired, the present regulations shall be fully and completely carried out. 80.-The delay granted to the proprietor to comply with the regulations shall be at the discretion of the Inspector. 81. All prior regulations approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, respecting public buildings in the Province of Quebec, are repealed and replaced by the present regulations. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER. Quebec, 27th March, 1902. Present: The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR in Council. It is ordered that the regulations to the number of eighty-one (81) respecting public buildings, approved by His Honor the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the 31st of March, 1898, under the authority of the Act 57, Vict., ch. 29, be approved anew, in so far as it is necessary, and apply to shops and other buildings enumerated in the Act 63. Vict. ch. 22. It is ordered, moreover, that the following additional regulations be also approved under the authority of the Act 57, Victoria, ch. 29, such as amended by the Act 63 Vict., ch. 22. 82.-In towns where the population amounts to not less than ten thousand (10,000) souls, the proprietors of shops having in their employment ten (10) employees or more, shall comply with the following sanitary regulations: (a) Each establishment must be provided with urinals in the proportion of one (1) to every fifty (50) men and boys, or less therein employed, and earth-closets or water-closets in the proportion of one (I) to every twenty-five (25) persons, or less, therein employed. (b) In establishments provided with water-closets with lifting seats, the latter must be in proportion of one to every 20 persons. In this case urinals are not necessary. (c) These closets must not be less than thirty (30) inches in width by forty-five (45) in depth. (d) The Inspector may prescribe what he deems fit concerning the access to the urinals and closets, the form, the situation, the dimensions and construction (quality of materials) of such urinals and closets, and give upon the whole any necessary instructions. (e) The Inspector has the right to condemn the urinals and closets, if they are not built in accordance with his directions, and the requirements of these regulations, or if he finds that the closets for the use of each sex have not a separate and suitable access or entrance. 83.-Employers must give their employees water of good quality and facilities for securing individual cleanliness. 84.-Employers must place a sufficient number of seats at the disposal of the girls and women employed in their shops, so that they may be able to rest for a few moments when the nature of their work or the service of the customers will allow it. 85. In public buildings generally people having to do the cleaning of windows from the outside, must use a platform balcony solidly built and fit to prevent the fall of persons or objects. 86. In so far as they will be applicable the regulations of the Board of Health relating to the health and salubrity in industrial establishments will guide the Inspector in the application of the measures which he will have to enforce in public buildings. 87.-If in the public buildings anything occurs contrary to the letter and to the spirit of the law, not provided by the present regulations relating to the safety, the health or to the morality of the people employed in these buildings, the Inspector should point out to the manager, owner or patron of such buildings whatever he thus finds reprehensible, and if the latter neglects to re move the subjects of complaint, the said Inspector will make a report to the Minister of Colonization and Public Works, who will take such steps as he may deem proper in the best interest of the patron and employees. (All infringements of the above regulations are punishable according to the terms of the act 57 Vict., chap. 29 articles 2983 R. S. P. Q. and following. QUEBEC PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1901. I EDWARD VII, CHAPTER XIX ASSENTED TO 26TH MARCH, 1901. SECTION II. HEALTH TO INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. 66.-The Board of Health of the Province of Quebec, called in this section the "Board of Health" may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, make and amend the bylaws which it deems necessary for securing health in industrial establishments, prescribed for by the fourth section of chapter second of title seventh of the Revised Statutes and relating to: (a) The supply of drinking water; (b) Lighting; (c) The distance to be left between certain establishments and dwelling houses, as well as the arrangement and details of the construction of the rooms; (d) Cubic space; (e) Aeration and ventilation; (f) Cleanliness and cleansing; (g) The expulsion and manner of disposing of dust, gas, vapor and waste produced in the course of work; (h) The system of drainage, including sinks, lavatories, urinals, privies or closets, and the method of disposing of waste liquids; (i) The temperature of the premises; (j) All other sanitary conditions which may arise in industrial establishments. The Board of Health may declare that one or more of its bylaws shall not apply to one or more classes of establishments designated by it. The said by-laws shall be approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and come into force fifteen days after their publication, with the notice of their approval by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, in the "Quebec Official Gazette." 67.-Every infringement of the provisions of this section or of the by-laws made thereunder renders the person who is found guilty thereof liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, ($200) and another five (5) or six (6) dollars per day for every day during which the infringement lasts, after notice given by the sanitary physician or the municipal sanitary authority. 68.-Whenever the by-laws of the municipal sanitary authority are contrary to those of the Board of Health made in virtue of this section, the latter alone shall be in force. If the manner of doing anything prescribed by the municipal by-law is, in the opinion of the board of Health as efficient as that ordered by the hylaws of the Board of Health, the municipal by-law shall retain all its vigor. 69. The sanitary physicians appointed by the Lieutenant-GovGovernor in Council, in virtue of the fourth section of the second chapter of the seventh title of the Revised Statutes and the municipal sanitary authority must, under the direction of the Board of Health, see to the carrying out of the above mentioned by-laws. 70.-The procedure to be followed for notices, services, suits and other measures rendered necessary in carrying out such bylaws, shall be that in dicated for notices, services, prosecutions and other measures provided for by section fourth of chapter second of titled seventh of the Revised Statutes. However, when the prosecution is instituted by an officer who is employed by the Board of Health or by the municipal sanitary authority, the prosecutor is exempt from making the deposit required by article 3049 of the Revised Statutes. LEGISLATION RESPECTING INDUSTRIAL 57 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 30, AS AMENDED BY HER MAJESTY, by and with the consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows : 1. Section fourth of chapter second of title seventh of the Revised Statutes as amended by the acts 52 Victoria, chapter 32, 53 Victoria, chapter 38, 54 Victoria, chapter 26, and 56 Victoria, chapter 28, is replaced by the following: |