Reports of the President's Homes Commission Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, Volumes 1-4 |
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Page 4
... prevent the profitable investment of capital in houses for the laboring classes a house famine is bound to occur , and there will be a constant tendency to overcrowd the old houses available for occu- pancy . Regulations to limit this ...
... prevent the profitable investment of capital in houses for the laboring classes a house famine is bound to occur , and there will be a constant tendency to overcrowd the old houses available for occu- pancy . Regulations to limit this ...
Page 11
... in Washington , as in many other cities , regulations designed to prevent the erection of insanitary dwellings were not enacted until the city had reached con- siderable proportions and the neglect had already given rise to II.
... in Washington , as in many other cities , regulations designed to prevent the erection of insanitary dwellings were not enacted until the city had reached con- siderable proportions and the neglect had already given rise to II.
Page 30
... prevent checking . In the finishing coat , use hydrated lime . PAINTING AND GLAZING . Clean down wood work to be finished . Cover knots with shellac ; prime frames on delivery at the building ; do all necessary puttying in a careful ...
... prevent checking . In the finishing coat , use hydrated lime . PAINTING AND GLAZING . Clean down wood work to be finished . Cover knots with shellac ; prime frames on delivery at the building ; do all necessary puttying in a careful ...
Page 53
... prevent the owner from receiving rents for houses that are unfit to live in . If the closing order is granted , then the houses remain empty until the necessary repairs are executed , or until the time has elapsed ( three months ) ...
... prevent the owner from receiving rents for houses that are unfit to live in . If the closing order is granted , then the houses remain empty until the necessary repairs are executed , or until the time has elapsed ( three months ) ...
Page 57
... prevent this evil ; but practical men know that no amount of inspection will correct the results of a policy that is economically unsound . The driving forces behind unsound economic conditions are far too strong to be affected to an ...
... prevent this evil ; but practical men know that no amount of inspection will correct the results of a policy that is economically unsound . The driving forces behind unsound economic conditions are far too strong to be affected to an ...
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Page 196 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the 'package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package or if...
Page 139 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount...
Page 169 - During the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise...
Page 254 - Such register shall be open for inspection to the said commissioners, their officers and agents, on every day, except Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 139 - Any weekly payment may be reviewed at the request either of the employer or of the workman, and on such review may be ended, diminished, or increased, subject to the maximum above provided; and the amount of payment shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbitration under this act.
Page 165 - Unless the cargo is stowed sufficiently far from the ladder to leave at each rung of the ladder sufficient room for a man's feet.
Page 77 - ... and to carry away the dust arising from or thrown off by such wheels or belts while in operation directly to the outside of the building, or to some receptacle placed so as to receive and confine such...
Page 154 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Page 13 - An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec.
Page 155 - Whereas the manufacture of electric accumulators has been certified in pursuance of Section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous ; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that Act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops or parts thereof in which electric accumulators are manufactured. Definitions. — In these Regulations ' lead process ' means pasting, casting, lead burning, or any work involving contact...