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tAree feet and six inohes wide, whieh shall lead to all fire esoapes. Fire Esoapes For the proper and necessary proteetion of life and property all build- ings hereinafter designated in tais se.tionand ordinanoe that may be hereafter ereoted and built in this Town shall be provided and equiped with fire esoapes, as follows: Every building that is ooaupied or so oonstruoted as to be oocupied by two or Ilore fa,miles on the tr,drd story, not having proper and suff- icient exits or faailities for escapes in oase of fire, and every building building fcur or more 'stories in height, and every/used and occupied as a theatre, hospital, tenement house, apartment house, lodging nouse, or for a faotory, mill or manufaotory, or for offiees, work shop, or,publio entertainments or assemblages, above the second story, and everylsohool building of more than two storiee in height, shall be provided s.,nd' equiped with metallic ft re essapes .!oombined with suitable i ~eta11io balconies, platforms and railings, firmly seoured to the outer walls and erected and arranged in suoh a way and in suoh proxi- mity to one or more windows or to as many windows of eaoh story above the first as may be neoessary to ru.ake a.nd JJmder said fire eeoa~es readily aocessible, eafe and adequate for the inmates in the .ase of fire, find when plaoed on the rear or sides of buildings not adjoining a street they shall extend down to within eight (8) feet of tAe ground. Said fire esaapes shall extend from the level of the oeiling of the first story to and over tlle roof, and shall be either vertieal ~etalli~ ladder fire escapes, ~etal1io stair fire esoapes or other a,pproved fire eeo~pes. The Board of Trustees shall 'e~ermine the kind, aonstruQ- tion, location and number of fire eSQapes neoessary and adequate on all au.. buildings to make the means of esoape therefrom easy 'and safe to the inmates in Gase of fire. The reofs of all buildings hereafter oonstructed witain the fire limit~ 10