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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS . 388, 389 . JUNE 4, 1934 . centum per annum, which certificates may be turned over by the Commissioners to the contractor for doing the work . " SEC . 11 . The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in term time or in vacation, may, upon a petition of the District of Columbia, filed by its said Commissioners, issue an injunction to restrain the use or occupation of any building in the District of Columbia in violation of any of the provisions of this Act . " SEC. 12. As used in this Act- Def initions . "( a) The terms `apartm ent house', `t enement house ', and `flat' mean a building in which rooms in suites are provided for occupancy by three or more families . "(b) The term I rooming house' means a building in which rooms are rented and sleeping quarters provided to accommodate ten or more persons, not including the family of the owner or lessee . "(c) The term' lodging house' means a building in which sleeping quarters are provided to accommodate ten or more transients . "(d) The term `hotel' means a building in which meals are serve d and rooms are p rovide d for the ac commo dation of te n or more transients . "(e) The term `elev ator shaft' i ncludes a dumb waiter shaft . "(f) The term `fire escape' means an exterior open stairway or arrangement of ladders constructed entirely of incombustible ma- terials and of approved design, or an interior or exterior stairway of fire-resistive construction with enclosing walls of masonry with fire- resistive do ors and windo ws . "(g) The term `standpipe' means a vertical iron or steel pipe provided with hose connections and valves, so arranged as to supply water for fire-fighting purposes . "(h) The terms `fireproof' and 'fire-resistive' have the same meaning as is ascribed to the term 'fire-resistive' in the Building Code of the District of Columbia . " SEC . 13 . All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed ." Approved, June 4, 1934 . Injunction re str ain use etc ., of building. Saving provisions . [CHAPTER 389 .1 June 4, 1934 .

AN ACT [n .R. 9061 .) Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other [Public, No. 285 .1

activitie s chargeable in whole or in part agai nst the reve nues of such District for the f iscal year e nding June 3 0, 1935, and for other pu rposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, any revenue (not including the proportionate share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and, in addition a sum equal to $5,700,000 less a sum equal to 70 per centum of the amounts expended under the allotments from the Public Works A dministration of $1,759,50 0 for sewers a nd $148,650 for park improvements is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not o therwise appr opriated, to be advanced Ju ly 1, 1934, and all of the remainder ou t of the comb ined revenues of the Dis- trict of Columbia, namely District of Columbia . Appropriations 1 o r expenses of, fiscal year 1935, from District rev- en ues and $5,7 00,000 from the Treasury . Less 70 percent of Public Works Admin- istration allotments .