o4 AttowasLe Loans Section 40. Roof Loads. Every roof with a pitch of less than 20 degrees with the horizontal, shall be propor- tioned to bear safely a live load of 50 pounds per square foot of surface. If the pitch be more than 20 degrees, the live load shall be assumed to be 30 pounds per square foot measured on a horizontal plane. ‘Nore.—The live toads given in this section include a snow load of 10 pounds. In sections of the country where snow-falls are heavy, due allowance should be made for the additional weight on roois having a slope of less than 45 degrees, ; Roofs having a slope less than 20 degrees are always liable to accidental loading, such as groups of moving people, storage of material, erection of signs, etc. Hence the necessity for moderately large unit loads in design. Section 41. Column Loads. 1. Every column, post or other vertical support shall be of sufficient strength to bear safely the combined live and dead loads transmitted to it. Columns eccentrically loaded, Sec. 66, par. 5. 2. In buildings more than five stories in height, the fol- lowing reductions are permissible: For columns supporting roof and top floor, no reduction; for columns supporting each succeeding floor, a reduction of 5 per cent of the total live load per floor may be made, but the total deduction shall not exceed 50 per cent. 3. No reduction of live load on columns shall be per- mitted in buildings where the assumed floor load is more than 120 pounds per square foot and is likely to be per- manent in character, as in warehouses, printing houses, machine shops, etc. 4. For structures carrying machinery, such as cranes, conveyors, printing presses, etc., at least 25 per cent shall be added to the stresses from live loads to provide for ef- fect of impact and vibrations. Section 42. Sidewalk Loads. For sidewalks be- tween the curb and building lines, live loads shall be taken at 300 pounds per square foot or a concentrated load of 5 tons at any point. Section 43. Strength of Existing Floors to be Com- puted. In every existing building of Classes E and F, erected and occupied before the adoption of this Code, the