Plainville, Massachusetts annual reports 1951-1959, Part 1

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Forty-seventh Annual Report


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of


PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS


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For the Year Ending December 31st 1951


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PLAINVILLE FIRE ALARM


A. E. FRENCH, Chief - Tel. 8-1104-W


5 Fire Station


41


Walnut & Fuller Sts.


6 Center of Town


42


Spring & Cottage Sts.


7


Whiting & Davis Co. (Private)


43 Walnut & High Sts.


8 High School


45 Hancock St., Wrentham Line


12


South St. & Lincoln Ave.


46 South & Fuller Sts.


13


Assembly Call


48 George & Wampum Sts.


14 South & Pleasant Sts.


51 Warren & High Sts.


15 Bacon Square


52 South & Cross Sts.


16 Bugbee & Washington Sts.


53 High & Chestnut Sts.


18 South & Everett Sts.


54 South & Green Sts.


21 Sidney St. & Cooney Ave.


56 Berry St., Wrentham Line


24 Melcher & Pleasant Sts.


58 East Bacon & Washington Sts.


25 West Bacon & Fletcher Sts.


62 Wilkins' Four Corners


64 Taunton & Washington Sts.


72 Mirimichi Pond South


33 West Bacon & Freemont Sts.


74 Taunton & Shepard Sts.


34 South & Broad Sts.


76 Mirimichi Pond North


35 Hawkins St .. No. Attleboro Line


82 Belcher & Madison Sts.


36 School & George Sts.


84 Washington St., Wrentham Line


115 Elementary School (Private)


113 Out of Town


2 Recall


IN CASE OF FIRE CALL:


Chief A. E. French, Tel. Home 8-1104-W or Factory 8-0024


1st Assistant C. F. Henrich, Tel. Home 8-0654-R or Store 8-0556 2nd Assistant


C. A. Meyer, Tel. Home 8-1540 or Factory 8-0024


Raymond Cobb, Tel. Home 8-1123-W or Garage 8-0154 Everett W. Skinner, Tel. Home 8-1147-R Elmer C. Pease, Tel. Home 8-1148-W


Fire Station from 11:00 P. M. to 6:00 A. M. 8-0176-M Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.


Fire Station from 6:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. 8-0176-M Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. except holidays


The Plainville Engine Co., will report to the Central Station, North Attleboro on Second Alarms of the following box numbers: Located in North Attleboro: 5-6-7-8-21-24-33-34- 51-65-81-82-83-86-151-216-218-612-812-813.


NO SCHOOL SIGNALS


7:30 A.M. Three double blasts on Fire Alarm System signifies no school for all pupils for the day.


7:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school for primary school pupils.


11:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school in the afternoon and all pupils will stay in school one hour longer than the usual morning session and then be dis- missed for the day.


61 Plainville Stock Co., (Private)


26 East Bacon & Grove Sts.


31 West Bacon & Warren Sts.


32 East Bacon & Pleasant Sts.


38 Washington & George Sts.


4-4-4-4 Forest Fire


Forty-seventh Annual Report


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The North Attleborough Chronicle Company


1952


of


EDWIN W. PINK


Died January 7, 1951


Fire Engineer 3 years


Fire Chief


2 years


Assessor


11 years


Selectman


8 years


TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR-One Year CHARLES O. PEASLEY


TOWN CLERK-One Year ARTHUR W. WASHBURN CHARLES S. COBB, Assistant Clerk


TOWN TREASURER-Three Years EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM, Term expires 1953


SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH


NORMAN A. McGILL


Term expires 1952


LEROY B. WILSON


Term expires 1953


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Term expires 1954


ASSESSORS


CHARLES J. QUIRK


Term expires 1952


SYDNEY J. ANDREWS


Term expires 1953


FRANK V. HENRICH


Term expires 1954


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


CLINTON E. BARTON


Term expires 1952


EDWARD H. HEMMINGSEN


Term expires 1953


HELEN A. SMITH


Term expires 1954


WATER COMMISSIONERS


ALTON E. FRENCH


Term expires 1952


HARRY B. THOMPSON


Term expires 1953


FRANK V. HENRICH


Term expires 1954


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Term expires 1952


THEODORE A. WICKMAN


Term expires 1953


ALICE M. PEASE


Term expires 1954


TAX COLLECTOR-Three Years


THEODORE A. WICKMAN Term expires 1953


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PARK COMMISSIONERS


EDWARD H. HEMMINGSEN ROBERT J. FAWCETT


ARTHUR W. MYERS, JR.


Term expires 1952


Term expires 1953


Term expires 1954


AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER


CONSTABLES-One Year


HERBERT A. MORSE ELMER C. PEASE CHESTER A. MEYER


TREE WARDEN-One Year ALEC H. FREDRICKSON


FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year CHESTER A. MEYER


HERBERT A. MORSE ELMER C. PEASE


MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER


GEORGE H. SNELL HARRY O. PROAL EVERETT W. SKINNER


JESSE W. FRANKLIN


APPOINTED BY FIRE ENGINEERS Chief of Fire Department ALTON E. FRENCH


APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Acting Chief of Police CHESTER A. MEYER


Superintendent of Streets HARRY O. PROAL


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Fire Engineers CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH


CHESTER A. MEYER ALTON E. FRENCH


Forest Warden CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH Official Weigher and Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN G. WHEELER


Town Burial Agent WESLEY H. BURTON


Special Police


EUGENE J. BRODEUR


GEORGE A. CLARKE


CLINTON E. BARTON


ARCHIE L. WALDEN


RALPH E. FRENCH FRANK KING


ALTON E. FRENCH


CLARENCE AVERY


EVERETT SKINNER CLAYTON E. CATE


STEPHEN S. GUY-New Elementary School only


CHARLES E. CARTER-YMCA Day Camp only


EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club property only CHIEF-PETER J. McKEON, North Attleboro CHIEF-WALTER HOBBS, Wrentham CHIEF-JOSEPH DEAN, Foxboro


North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville CARL MacDONALD


JOSEPH MCAVOY


DANA RALPH JAMES N. WATTERS


JOSEPH LaCASSE HENRY IRVINE JOHN J. MCCARTHY GEORGE ELLIOTT STANLEY H. LYKUS LEO DESAUTEL ROBERT MORSE LEROY GORDON ALEXANDER GRZENDA CARL BEETY


Fire Police GEORGE A. CLARKE JESSE W. FRANKLIN CHARLES F. BREEN, JR.


Inspector of Animals EARL B. THOMPSON


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Inspector of Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON


Milk Inspector EARL B. THOMPSON


Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM B. STEELE, E. Bridgewater


Dog Officer HERBERT A. MORSE


Moth Inspector ALEC H. FREDRICKSON


Inspector of Wires CHARLES G. HAYES


Registrars of Voters


FRANK KING HAROLD L. ANDERSON


Term expires 1952


DACIA A. ANDERSON


Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Night Patrolman ELMER C. PEASE


Welfare Agent and Clerk of Selectmen RUTH R. FULTON


Town Physician MAURICE D. GRANT, M.D.


Town Forest Committee


EDGAR F. BARRY


Term expires 1952


HARRY O. PROAL


GEORGE H. SNELL


Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954


APPOINTMENT AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Advisory on Financial Committee


RALPH E. CROWELL ALPIN CHISHOLM


OLIVER P. BROWN


REGINALD B. KEYES


CHARLES F. BREEN, JR. ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM


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ANNUAL REPORT Town Clerk's Report


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


To Either of the Constables of Plainville, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in Town Hall in said Plainville, on


MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1951, A. D.


at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:


Article 1. To choose all the necessary Town Officers.


Article 2. The following to be chosen by ballot, viz: One Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Tree Warden, one Moderator, one Selectman and Overseer of Public Welfare, and three Constables for one year. One Selectman and Overseer of Public Welfare, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Water Commissioner, one member of the School Committee, one Assessor and one Park Commissioner for three years.


All officers, except the above named are to be chosen for one year.


Polls will be open at 7:00 A. M., and may be closed by vote at 2:00 P. M.


Article 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to postpone action on all other articles to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 5, 1951 at 7:30 P. M. in the Town Hall.


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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:


Moderator $20.00 each Annual Meeting


10.00 each Special Meeting


Town Clerk


300.00 per year


Town Treasurer


600.00 per year


Selectmen, chairman


300.00 per year


Second Member


200.00 per year


Third Member


200.00 per year


Assessors, chairman 400.00 per year


Second Member


400.00 per year


Third Member


400.00 per year


Tax Collector 600.00 per year


School Committee


40.00 each member


Water Commissioners, Chairman and Supt.


200.00 per year


Second Member


25.00 per year


Third Member


25.00 per year


Auditor


75.00 per year


Constables


1.00 per hour


Tree Warden 1.00 per hour


or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 7. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1951 and expressly for the following purposes to wit:


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1. For the support of the Public Library.


2. For the Selectmen's current expenses and salaries.


3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.


4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salary.


5. For the Assessor's current expenses and salaries.


6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.


7. For the Board of Registrar's current expenses and salaries.


8. For the salary of Town Auditor.


9. For Sealer of Weights and Measurers' current ex- penses and salary.


10. For the payment of Insurance.


11. For Welfare.


12. Aid Dependent Children.


13. For Old Age Assistance.


14. For Veterans' Benefits.


15. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.


16. For Memorial Day.


17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.


18. For Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.


19. For Street Lights.


20. For Water Department incidentals, pumping and salaries.


21. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.


22. For Police Department including Night Patrol.


23. For Tree Warden.


24. For Removal of Snow.


25. For Park Commissioners.


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26. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.


27. Town Forest Committee.


28. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.


29. For maturing debt.


30. For Welfare Agent.


31. For Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Deputy Collector of Taxes, Treas- urer, Town Clerk, and Secretary of the Water Commissioner's bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appro- priate a sum of money to pay for the same.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the carrying on of the Moth work for the coming year.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the extraordinary unforeseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of money apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Ma- chinery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the care and maintenance of the Town Dump, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $200 for the use for the Director of Civilian Defense, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, or any other sum, to continue the drainage program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or, any other sum for the continuation of the eradication of poison ivy in the Town, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for all control work against the Dutch Elm Disease, as set forth by Section 13, Chapter 761, Act of 1949, to be expended under the direction of the Moth Superintendent, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote that the terms "Laborers, Workmen and Mechanics" appearing in Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, the same being an act providing for Compensation to "Laborers, Workmen and Mechanics" injured in the course of their employment and accepted by the Town of Plainville, be made, under Authority of Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1936, to include all employees of the town, regardless of the nature of their duties excepting only the members of


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the police and fire forces, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the hiring of a Day Patrolman for the Police Department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of a new truck for the Highway Department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purchase or a new snow plow, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to install one Street Light on Vernon Young Drive, the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 7, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 26. (Petition, Plainville Grange). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the care and upkeep of the abandoned cemetery on West Bacon Street, or to do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to relocate and rebuild Taunton Street from Cowell Street to the Wrentham line to meet the new road the Town of Wrentham has built, and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, or any other sum, to start said construction, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. The estimated cost of this new road in Plain- ville is $20,000.00, of which amount the State will provide $10,000.00, Norfolk County $5,000.00 and the Town $5,000.00.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $682.20, this being the amount appor- tioned to Plainville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $300.00, or any other sum for repairs to


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the Town Office Building, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 30. To see whether or not the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 820 of the Acts of 1950 of the General Court of the Comonwealth of Massachusetts, which Chapter provides in substance for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retirement allowances, annuities and other benefits payable by the Commonwealth and its Political Sub-divisions to certain former employees and persons claiming under them, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to sell certain used and out-moded equip- ment and accumulated paper. The receipts from such sales to be returned to the Town Treasurer, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the use of the athletic depart- ment of the schools, as provided for in Chapter 658, Acts of 1950, a revision of Section 47, of Chapter 71, of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 33. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to install 2 Street Lights on Highland Avenue, the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 7, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 34. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to install 2 Street Lights on Walnut Street, the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19, of Article 7, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 35. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system on Highland Avenue, to East Bacon Street, 300 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 or any other sum, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to install the water system on Berry Street, from South Street, 700 feet


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more or less, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700, or any other sum, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $350, or any other sum, to repair Berry Street after water installation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to install the water system on Warren Street, from West Bacon Street, 1800 feet, more or less, and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,250, or any other sum, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $900, or any other sum, to repair Warren Street, after water installation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to install water on East Bacon Street Extension, from Washington Street about 1000 feet, more or less, and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,550., or any other sum, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500, or any other sum, to repair East Bacon Street Extension, after water installation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept a private way, now known as Cooney Avenue, from the North Attleboro line at Moran Street to the North Attleboro line at West Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-Laws by striking out Section 2 of Article 1, that reads as follows: 'Warrants for town meetings shall be directed to any constable of the town or some other person, and it shall be the duty of said constables or other person to warn the inhabitants of said meeting by posting attested copies of the warrant in the Post Office of the Town, and in not less than five other public places, seven days as least, before the day of said meeting,' and inserting in its place, the following:


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Section 2. "Warrants for town meetings shall be directed to any constable of the town, or some other person, and it shall be the duty of said constable or other person to warn the inhabitants of said meeting, by posting attested copies of the warrant in not less than six public places, seven days at least, before the day of said meeting," or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (This will require a 2/3 vote).


Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Building Code By-Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (2/3 vote).


BUILDING BY-LAWS


These By-Laws are adopted for the health, safety, con- venience and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville, by regulating the use and construction of buildings, structures and premises within the Town of Plainville.


Part I Area Regulations and Lot Sizes


1 -- Lot Lines and Areas:


(A): No main residential building shall be nearer than twenty feet from the front lot line, and ten feet from the side and rear lot lines. Where there is more than one building located on any lot, the main building shall be the one on that lot which is principally used by the owner thereof.


(B): Commercial buildings may however face on front lot line.


(C): In the case of front lot lines where there are build- ings or structures on either side within one hundred feet of the proposed buildings or structures which are nearer to the street than twenty feet, then and in that case a building or structure may be constructed on a line with existing buildings or structures.


2-Lot Sizes:


Each main building or structure shall be erected on a lot, preferably containing no less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet with one hundred (100) foot frontage, and in no


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case containing less than seventy-five hundred (7,500) square feet, with seventy-five (75) foot frontage.


Part II Non-Conforming Uses


1-Continuation of Non-Conforming Uses:


Any lawful building or use of a building or premises or part thereof at the time this By-Law or any amendment thereto is adopted may be continued although such building or use does not conform to the provisions thereto. No such building shall be added to, enlarged, or reconstructed to an extent greater than fifty per cent (50%) of its area at the time of the adoption of this By-Law or such amendment. 2-Limitation on Restoration:


A building which does not conform with these By-Laws which has been damaged by not more than seventy-five per cent (75%) after the adoption of these By-Laws by fire or other cause may be repaired or rebuilt provided that it shall not be extended beyond its former walls in the repair or rebuilding thereof.


3-Lots owned at time of Adoption of this By-Law:


On any lot which is separately owned at the time that this By-Law is adopted by the Town, main buildings may be erected regardless of the width of the lot or the number of square feet contained in the lot provided that any such build- ings so erected shall not be nearer than twenty feet from the front lot line and ten feet from the side and rear lot line.


Part III


1-Chimneys:


In any building every chimney shall be constructed of brick, stone, or concrete and shall commence from the ground or bottom of cellar, unless corbeled from a masonry wall. The walls shall be at least four inches (4) thick with terra cotta flue lining.


2-Wiring:


All electrical wiring entrances shall not be smaller than one inch (1) conduit, with three (3) wires not smaller than


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number six (No. 6) or an approved type of service entrance cable with three (3) wires not smaller than number six (No. 6); in either case there must be an identified neutral wire. The service must be grounded with number six (No. 6) armored wire and fastened with an approved clamp to the street side of the water system. In the absence of an outside piping system, a ground rod or pipe driven into a permanently damp earth is acceptable. All electrical wiring shall be inspected before the current is turned on by an official appointed by the Selectmen, and no wiring shall be enclosed until it has been inspected. 3-Foundations:


The foundations of every structure shall conform to the standard building practice for the type of structure involved, with adequate footing where soil conditions necessitate same. 4-Framing:


The framing of every structure shall be done in accordance with standard building practice.


5-Outside Wall Finish:


No material shall be used for the permanent outside finish of the walls of buildings or structures except stone, brick, clapboards, siding, tile, glass blocks, wood, shingles, composition shingles, concrete or that type of cement which is known as "Stucco."


6-Roof Covering:


Wherever a building is nearer than fifty feet from another building, the covering of the roof of such building must be of fire resistent material. If a building is more than fifty feet from any building, the covering of the roof of such building may be any standard roofing material.


7-Sewerage:


The disposal of sewerage shall be by cesspool or septic tank and in accordance with standard practices.


Part IV Administration and Enforcement


1-Machinery for Administration and Enforcement:


There shall be a Board of Appeals of five members ap- pointed by the Selectmen. The members shall be appointed


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