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. above, ants, night clubs, theaters, repair shops, warehouses, frosen food locker plants and radio stations. (iv) $1,000 for a farm, excluding farm- houses which are covered by paragraph (ad) (1) 4) above. A farm means a place used primarily for raising crops, live- stock, dairy products or poultry for the (v) $1,000 for a church, hospital, school, college or a publicly owned build- ing used for public purposes, or for an orphanage or other building used exclu- sively for charitable purposes... (vi) $15,000 for a factory, plant or other industrial structure which is used for the manufacturing, processing, or assembling of any goods or materials, for a logging and lumber camp, for a pier (other than a pier designed for amusement, entertainment or commer-. cla] purposes), for a structure used for or in connection with a railroad or street railway, or a commercial airport, for a bus terminal. for a truck termine] oper- ated by a common or contract carrier by truck, or for a research laboratory or pilot plant or for a motion picture set. This allowance is applicable to struc- tures used for oll, gas or petroleum pro- ducing. refining, or distributing (ex- cept service stations and garages which are covered by paragraphs (d) (1) (ili) It is also applicabie to utility structures (public or private) providing for electric, gas, sewerage, water, cén- tral steam heating, or telephone or tele- graph commitinication services. ivii) $200 for a structure covered by this order which does not fall within one of the classes listed above. (2) For the purpose of determining whether a particular job is exempted from this order by paragraph (d), the “cost” of a job means the cost of the entire construction job as estimated at the time of beginning construction. This Includes the cost of pald labor en- gaged in the construction work, regard- less of who pays for it. the cost or value of new fixtures, mechanical equipment and materials incorporated in the struc- ture, whether or not obtained without paying for them, and the amount paid for contractors’ fees. It does not in- elude the cost or value of previously used fixtures, mechanical equipment and materials, the value of unpaid labor, or the cost or value of machinery and equipment {other than mechantcal equipment) or the cost of labor engaged in assembling and installing the ma- chinery and equipment. (3) For the purpose of this exemption. A related series of operations which are performed at or about the same time or RS part of @ single plan or program con- stitute a single Job. No job which would ordinarily be done as a single piece of work may be sub-divided for the pur- pose of coming within this exemption. When a building or part of a building is converted from one purpose to another, all work incidental to and done in con- nection with the conversicn must be counted as one job. So also if a build- ing is being renovated, improved or mod- ernized over an extended period. all work donc in connection with the moderniza- tion (other than werk done before March 26. 1946) must be considered as part of we ‘ . even though separate contracts at =. for the different parts of the work. The definition of a job given in this para- graph may not be used in determining whether construction has started prior to the issuance of the order under para- eraph (c)} (2). (4) Ifa structure is used for more than one purpose and might therefore fall within more than one of the classes indi- cated, the use to which the greatest part of the structure will be put (computed on the basis of the floor area where applica- bie} determines the allowance. If a structare is being convefted from one purpose to another, the allowance ap- Plicable to the structure after the con- version is the maximum allowance for the conversion. The allowances given for Jobs on a structure apply to all sub- ordinate or related structures situated hear and used in connection with the structure. (e) Eremption for repair and mainte- nance work in industrial, utility and transportation buildings and structures. The prohibitions of this order do not apply to maintenance and repair work in structures covered by paragraph (d)} (1) {vi} of this order. For the purpose of the exemption given by this paragraph, “maintenance” means the minimum up- keep necessary to keep a structure in soufid working condition and “repair” means the restoration of a structure to sound working condition when the struc- ture has been rendered unsafe or unfit for service by wear and tear, damage, failure of parts, or the like. However, neither maintenance nor repair includes the improvement of any structure by re- placing material which is still usable with material of a better kind, quality or design. No maintenance or repair work which is capitalized by the person doing the maintenance or repair work may be performed under this exemp- tion. Alterations to a building or other structure covered by paragraph (d) (1) tvil, including alterations incidental to installation of equipment, are not ex- empted by this paragraph, even though they are not capitalized. and may only be done when and to the extent per- mitted under paragraph id} or when specifically authorized. (f) Other eremptions—(1) Disasters. di) The prohibitions of this order do not apply to the minimum work necessary to prevent more damage to a building or structure ‘or its contents) which has been damaged by flood. fire’ tornado, or similar disaster. This does not include the restoration of the structure to its former condition. (ii) The prohibitions of this order do not apply to the repair, rebuilding or re- construction of any house tincluding a farmhauca: or any ferm building which sari Nouse: OF an y 28S OUGine Wriicri was destroyed or damaged by fire. flood. tornado or similar disaster, if the tota] cost of the repairs, rebuilding or recon- struction does nat exceed $6.000 and if the reconstruction is started within sixty days of the occurrence of the disaster. (2) Military construction. The pro- hibitions of this order do net apply to work by or for the account of the U. S. Army or Navy. {3) Veterans’ Administration. The prohibitions of this order do not apply 7 construction profectse of tite Veteran. Administration, including projects being built by the Corps of Engineers for the Veterans’ Administra- tion, or to the remodeling of a building or any part of a building which has been leased to the Veterans’ Administration or to Public Buildings Administration for occupancy or use by the Veterans’ Ad- ministration. {g) Prohibited deliveries. No person shall accept an order for, sell, deliver or cause to be delivered materials which he knows or has reason to believe will be used In work prohibited by this order. th) Authorizations. Persons who wish te begin work which is prohibited by this order may apply for authorization. If the application covers housing accom- modations under Priorities Regulation 33. (including farm dwellings), it should be made on Form CPA-4386. Applications for nonfarm housing accommodations should be flied with the local office of the Federal Housing Administration. Appli- eations covering bousing sccommoda- tions on a farm should be filed with the appropriate County Agricultural Con- servation Committee. The assignment of ratings for or approval of housing ac- commodations under Priorities Regula- tion 33, whether before or after the issu- ance of this order, constitutes an author- ization under this order to do the work for which priority assistance or approval was given under that regulation. If the application covers work on a farm (other than farm dwellings), the application should be made on Form CPA-4423 and should be filed with the appropriate County Agricultural Conservation Com- mittee. If work on any other kind of structure is involved, the application should be filed on Form CPA-4423 with the appropriate Construction Field Office of the Civilian Production Administra- tion, Applications wilt be reviewed to see whether and how much the proposed construction would interfere with the Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program. In addition, the essentiality of the pro- posed work in rélation to the Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program, to the elimination of a bottleneck to the recon- version of the national economy from a wartime to a peacetime basis, to the Public health and safety of the commu- nity, or to eliminate an unusual and extreme hardship will be taken into con- sideration in determining whether the application should be approved. In case of emergency, @ request for authoriza- tion may be made by telegram to the appropriate Civilian Production Admin- istration Construction Field Office. The telegram should state the nature of the emergency (fire, flood. ete.), the use to which the building w.'] be put, the type of construction. the estimated cost of construction and the reasons why imme- diate reconstruction is mecessary. (i) Construction under authorizations. When a person is specifically authorized. either by approval of Form CPA-4423 or Form CPA-4386 or otherwise. to do work restricted by this order, he must observe the restrictions imposed on him by the asuthorization, and in doing the author-\ ized work, he must not do any work of the kinds covered by the order unless it is specifically covered by the authoriza- GPO-—-CPA 17843—p. 2 ines a en eth cil Oe