Chap. 267.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 675 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [S B 92]
Approved March 15, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion six hundred and seventy-five of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 675. Requirements as to halls, doors, stairways, height of
stories, fire escapes.—All school houses for which plans and detailed
statements shall be filed and approved by said division superinten-
dent, shall have all halls, doors, stairways, seats, passage-ways, and
aisles, and all lighting and heating appliances and apparatus, ar-
ranged to facilitate egress in cases of fire or accidents, and to afford
the requisite and proper accommodations for public protection in such
cases. All exit doors in any school house of two or more stories
in height shall open outwardly. No staircase shall be constructed
except with straight runs, changes in direction being made by plat-
forms. No doors shall open immediately upon a flight of stairs, but
a landing at least the width of the doors shall be provided between
such stairs and such doorway. Every school house hereafter erected
of two stories or more shall be equipped with an adequate number
(to be determined by the division superintendent) of fire escapes.