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Show HOTEL MEASURE BECOMES A LAW Senator Fern's "clean sheet" bill was approved by the governor yesterday yes-terday The law provides for the inspection of every hotel in the state by the state dairy and food commissioner commis-sioner or his deputy at least once a year. Every building used as a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent per-manent guests In which five or more-rooms more-rooms are used as sleeping rooms, is deemed to be n hotel A fee for an annual certificate is required on the following basis: Five to 50 rooms. $2; 50 to 100 room's, $5 100 to 150 rooms, $10; more than 150 rooms, $ ?. Every hotel ho-tel must have such a license There Is a provision In the law which requires every hotel to be properly prop-erly lighted and ventilated and to meet the requirements as lo sanitation sanita-tion Under the requirements relative rela-tive to ventilation the law specifies speci-fies that each bed room shall have at least one door and one outside or light well window, also a transom tran-som as wide as the door leading into the hallway. All sleeping rooms must bo provided with sliding bolts. Wuliin six months after the act becomes operative every hotel Is required re-quired to install fire escapes of a modern type and to keep red lights burning at night indicating the way to the fire escape-Section escape-Section 11 says that In each bed room and In each public wash room between 6:30 a. m. and 9 pm. there shall be turnlshed at least two clean Individual towels for each guest, so that no guest will be required to use any except individual towels The towels must be at least 10 Inches wld and 15 inches Ions after being washed wash-ed The section relating to clean sheets sas that all hotels shall provide each bed. bunk, cot or other sleeping sleep-ing place for guests with pillow slips and under and top sheets, the sheets to be not less than 99 inches long after being washed and of sufficient width completely to cover the mattress mat-tress and springs The sheets must be made of white cotton or linen and after being u'ed by one gueBt they shall be washed and ironed before they are furnished to another guest, a clean set being supplied to each guest. Other Oth-er bed clothing must be aired, disinfected disin-fected and kept clean No womout J sheets, pillow cases or comforts may be U6ed The law presides that any room Infested In-fested with vermin or bed bugs shall be fumigated, disinfected and renovated renovat-ed until the unwolcomc strangers are totally eradicated. Violation of the act is deemed a misdemeanor The law becomes operative op-erative May 13. |