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READING PUBLIC LIBRARY 64 MADDLESEX AVENUE READING, MASS. 01867-2550
TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
THE
ANNUAL
REPORT
For the Financial Year
Ended December 31st
1931
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TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
1931
The Reading Chronicle Press Reading, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS 1931-1932
Elected and Appointed
Board of Selectmen
W. HOMER MORRISON, Chairman MOLLIE A. SWEETSER, Secretary
Term expires 1932
1933
ALBERT N. LEMAN LEON G. BENT, Clerk
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Board of Public Welfare
MARY F. DANIEL, Chairman
Term expires 1932
MYRTLE L. LEMAN, Secretary
1933
GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM LEON G. BENT, Clerk HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor
1934
ANNIE E. PATRICK, Visitor Old Age Assistance
Board of Assessors
GEORGE E. HORROCKS, Chairman
Term expires
1932
ALVAH W. CLARK, Secretary
1933
ARTHUR S. COOK
1934
Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Moderator CHARLES P. HOWARD
Collector of Taxes
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Town Counsel
GRACE V. VIALL
SAMUEL H. DAVIS
Treasurer
PRESTON F. NICHOLS
Town Accountant LEON G. BENT
Board of Public Works
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN, Chairman
Term expires 1934
1933
FRANK M. MERRILL, Secretary ROBERT E. FOWLE
1933
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH
1932
HAROLD W. PUTNAM ยท ALEXANDER BIRNIE, Superintendent.
1934
1934
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Board of Health
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M. D., Chairman CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary
Term expires 1934
1933
GEORGE W. S. IDE
1932
Finance Committee
ROBERT B. MOUNT, Chairman
Term expires Mar. 31 1933
PEARL M. BURGESS
1932
WILLIAM A. HALEY
46
66
1932
ORLANDO C. MOYER
EDWARD J. SCOTT
66
66
1933
JAMES W. FAIRCHILD
66
66
1933
MARGARET S. CANTY
66
66
1934
WILLIAM A. CONNELLY, D. M. D.
66
1934
JOHN L. DEVANEY
66
66
1934
MARGARET R. ELLISON
66
1934
HARRY G. PORCH
1934
LEON G. BENT, Clerk
School Committee
ARTHUR W. COOLIDGE, Chairman LOGAN R. DICKIE
Term expires 1934
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1932
*HAROLD A. CARNES, D. M. D.
66
1932
LAURA S. GORDON
1933
CARL M. SPENCER
66
1933
HELEN B. HARTSHORN
1934
+FRANK D. TANNER
1932
Superintendent of Schools ADELBERT L. SAFFORD
Attendance Officer ABIGAIL H. MINGO School Nurse MABEL M. BROWN, R. N.
School Physician
CHARLES R. HENDERSON, M. D. Municipal Light Board
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1932
HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary
1933
HARRY P. BAKER
1934
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66
1932
MILES C. HIGGINS
66
66
1933
HOWARD P. KNOX
1933
EDWARD W. BRIGGS
66
1932
46
1932
J. WARREN KILLAM, JR.
66
ARTHUR G. SIAS, Manager Municipal Light Plant. *Resigned.
+Elected to fill vacancy.
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Board of Cemetery Trustees
PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Chairman
CLARENCE C. WHITE, Secretary
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1932
WINTHROP D. PARKER
1933
HAROLD F. DAVIS
66
1934
FRANK LEE EDGERLEY
66
66
1934
Board of Registrars
ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman OWEN McKENNEY
1933
WALTER S. PRENTISS MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk.
66
66 1934
Planning Board
GEORGE W. G. POOLE, Chairman
66
1934
CLARK S. ROBINSON, Secretary LOUIS M. LYONS McPHERSON DANIEL
66 1933
WINTHROP D. PARKER
1934
Trustees of Public Library
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Chairman
Term expires 1933
RALPH S. KENEELY, Secretary
66
66
1932
HARRY J. BARCLAY
66
1933
JESSE W. MORTON
66
1934
Board of Appeal
HENRY Q. MILLETT, Chairman FRED L. NUTTER, Secretary CHARLES A. DAMON
Commissioners of Trust Funds
PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Chairman
Term expires 1935
CLARENCE C. WHITE
1933
H. RAYMOND JOHNSON
66 1937
Town Treasurer and Chairman Selectmen, members ex officiis
Reading Safety Council
GLADYS S. N. FAIRCHILD, Chairman FLORENCE H. LIBBY
ALVAH W. CLARK ERNEST A. L. HILL
EDWARD G. QUINLAN JEREMIAH CULLINANE ADELBERT L. SAFFORD ALEXANDER BIRNIE
66
1934
IDA C. LUCAS
1932
JENNY F. WEEKS
Term expires 1933
1932
FRED L. NUTTER WILLIAM P. PIERPONT, Superintendent.
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1932
1932
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Police Department JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief FRANCIS T. SLACK, Sergeant
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE OSCAR H. LOW
FRANK R. FISHER
GORDON G. MacINTIRE
FRANCIS L. JOHNSON
EARL R. HUTCHINSON
JAMES H. LAWLER
PATRICK J. LONG
THOMAS E. WALL THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK
Fire Department ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief JOHN J. O'BRIEN, Deputy Chief
HUGH L. EAMES, Capt. WM. H. Van HORN, Lieut.
FRANK L. MCKENNEY CHARLES H. HESELTON
GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE ALBERT C. MAXWELL
HERBERT L. ROBERTSON
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Inspector of Wires HUGH L. EAMES
Forest Warden Deputy Forest Warden ORVILLE O. ORDWAY HENRY M. DONEGAN
Constables
LEON G. BENT J. WINTHROP SIAS
Sealer Weights and Measures CARL M. SMITH
Inspector Milk and Food CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector DAVID TAGGART
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Slaughtering WILLIAM C. SMITH Inspector of Buildings A. RUSSELL BARNES
Superintendent of Moth Work and Tree Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors ALFRED E. GOODWIN Custodian Soldiers' Graves HARRY A. TURNER
HAROLD W. O'BRIEN WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN
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Measurers of Wood and Bark
THOMAS E. BROGAN
BURTON K. SYMONDS
PERCY N. SWEETSER WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
Measurers of Lumber
ORA L. MILBURY BURTON K. SYMONDS WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE WILLIAM R. ZWICKER EDWARD B. EAMES ROLLAND L. PERRY
Weighers of Coal and Hay
W. IRVING BANCROFT THOMAS E. BROGAN
BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. MacKAY WENDELL B. NEWELL PERCY N. SWEETSER
CHARLES W. LEE WILLIAM D. WARD
KATHERINE L. SWEETSER RUTH CLIMO
CHARLES H. SWEETSER
Field Drivers
WILLARD A. BANCROFT ADOLPH S. LARSEN ROLLAND L. PERRY
Fence Viewers
CARL B. SAWYER ALBERT E. TEMPLE WENDELL B. NEWELL
Director of Agriculture and Home Economics (Chapter 128, Section 41, General Laws) ROLLAND L. PERRY
Committee on Town Forests
LELAND W. KINGMAN, Chairman ORVILLE O. ORDWAY HENRY M. DONEGAN
TOWN OF READING
Population 1930 Census : 9747.
Registered Voters 1931 : Men 2236, Women 2240, Total 4476.
Fifth Congressional District.
Sixth Councillor District.
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District. Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District.
Representative in Congress, 5th District, Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell. Councillor 6th District, Joseph O. Knox, Medford.
Senator 7th Middlesex District, Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington.
Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Norman L. Duncan and Fred H. Bowser, Jr., Woburn.
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1931-1932
Prepared by the Board of Selectmen
Abbott, Edwin K., Clerk Abbott, George W., Ass't Manager
Alger, C. Irving, Salesman
Anderson, John L., Electrician
Anderson, Walter J., Manager
Badger, William S., Clerk
Barclay, Harry J., Accountant
Barnes, George E., Operator
Bedley. Robert A., Salesman
Bell, J. Angus, Voicer
Benjamin, William H., Jr., Salesman
Berle, Theodore P., Insurance
Blake, Willie R., Pressman
Bolton, John A., Voicer
Brackett, Herbert A., Merchant Brande, Mahlon E., Real Estate Briggs, Edw. W., Treasurer
Brooks, George Clark, Salesman
Burchard, Edgar R., Express Agent
Burgess, Pearl M., Merchant Burnham, Vaughan F., Salesman
Cahoon, Benjamin B., Telephone Man
Carleton, Philemon P., Clerk Carroll, Granger, Carpenter Chapin, Earle H., Salesman Christensen, Andrew, Florist Charles, Warren F., Clerk Clapp, Ernest E., Electrician
12 Bancroft Ave. 20 Mineral St. 78 Woburn St. 64 Federal St. 63 Summer Ave. 4 Middlesex Ave. Vale Rd. 63 Green St. 75 Howard St. Hanscom Ave. 12 Berkeley St. 126 Ash St. 27 Pleasant St. 14 Union St. 176 Summer Ave. 103 Woburn St. 40 John St. 48 Hillcrest Rd. 16 Middlesex Ave. 6 Dudley St. 65 Highland St. 94 Oak St. 81 Prospect St. 13 John St. 122 High St. Sunnyside Ave. 20 Pleasant St. 15 Highland St.
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Clark, Edward H., Mechanical Engineer Clough, George H., Manufacturer Coan, Donald W., Claim Adjuster Colley. George A., Merchant Corbett, Howard L., Telephone Crafts, Clinton W., Merchant Cullinane, Charles M., Trucking
Cummings, Joseph P., N. E. T. & T. Co.
Currell, Harold B., Contractor
Cutcliffe, Frank, Millhand
Danforth, Percy R., Druggist Davis, Clyde L., Clerk
Davis, Malcolm C., Teacher
Davis, Victor H., Merchant Dennison, Ralph H., Clerk Dickie, Logan R., Treasurer Dickinson, Norman L., Auto Painter Dillaway, Newton L., Financial Business Downs, Edward F., Accountant Dukelow, John, Superintendent Esterbrook, Alvin E., Engineer Farwell, Howard P., Insurance Ferris, Thomas, Jr., Mechanic Fleming, Harold I., Traffic Manager Fletcher, Warren L., Voicer
Fortune, William J., Asst. Vice Pres. Fuller, Albert S., Salesmanager Gale, Roger D., Chemist Goodridge, George E., Manufacturer Hapgood, Charles H., Salesman Harnden, Edward E., Salesman Hartshorn, Benjamin M., Credit Man Hawkins, Louis O., Engineer Henderson, William A., Bond Salesman Higgins, Linville H., Asst. Treasurer Hobart, Earl G., Garage Proprietor Holcomb, Charles A., Advertising Hopkins, Walter S., Merchant
56 Summer Ave. 8 Perkins Ave. 7 Oak St. 28 Prospect St. 36 Ash St. 177 Summer Ave. 119 Washington St. 4 Grant St. 5 Woodward Ave. 22 Pleasant St. 17 Middlesex Ave. 91 . Bancroft Ave. 12 Federal St. 21 Arlington St. Copeland Ave. 56 Walnut St. 40 Mount Vernon St. 12 Perkins Ave. 170 High St. Spruce Rd. 48 Temple St. 128 Salem St. 144 High St. 41 Hanscom Ave. 43 Highland St. 60 Prescott St. 18 Salem St. 8 Dudley St. 44 Temple St. 21 Salem St. 195 Summer Ave. 15 Vine St. 21 Arlington St. 126 Woburn St. 3 Echo Ave. 66 Main St. 6 John St. 348 Summer Ave.
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Ives, C. Quincy, Salesman
Jewett, Irving F., Insurance
Keating, Raymond O., Accountant
Knapp, Arthur C., Engineer Knight, Joseph D., Manager
MacLeod, Herbert W., Salesman
Millett, Henry Q., Auditor
Palumbo, John, Fruit Dealer
Parker, Harold F., Insurance
Partelow, Arthur E., Manufacturer
Faul, Theodore L., Accountant
Pearson, Alfred B., Salesman Pinkham, Carl W., Voicer
Prentiss, Archer R., Insurance
Prince, Carl C., Insurance Broker
Quigley, H. Harvey, Painter
Rich, Guy E., Superintendent
Richardson, Charles L., Broker
Rogers, Ernest W., Merchant Sawyer, Carl B., Merchant
Sias, Wilbur S., Machinist Siegars, William W., Steamfitter
Smith, Frank A., Draughtsman
Taber, Geo. A., Consulting Engineer
Thompson, Sylvanus L., Mechanic
Thorn, Jesse S., Engineer VanStone, Edward P., Manufacturer Veazie, Harold K., Clerk
Wadsworth, Stephen F., Manager Wakefield, Ernest T., Farmer Ware, Charles W., Costumer
Woodward, E. Whitcomb, Bank Clerk
Wooldridge, Herbert J., Electrician Young, Frank W., Tailor
Approved :
W. HOMER MORRISON MOLLIE A. SWEETSER ALBERT N. LEMAN Selectmen of Reading.
Reading, Mass., June 26, 1931.
96 Oak St. 213 Summer Ave. 11 Kingston St. Pinevale Rd. 7 Perkins Ave. 17 Vine St. 59 Linden St. 110 Ash St. 24 Pratt St. 22 Middlesex Ave. 2 Cross St. 38 Hanscom Ave. 24 Pleasant St. 33 Berkeley St. 19 Oak St. 119 Main St. 13 Harriman Ave 302 Summer Ave. 193 Main St. 156 Summer Ave. 430 Main St. 42 Temple St. 29 Berkeley St. 320 Main St. 8 Intervale Ter. 92 Main St. 46 West St. 48 John St. 28 Hartshorn St. 57 Wakefield St. 11 Linden St. 50 Highland St. 133 High St. 19 Highland St.
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TOWN MEETINGS, 1931
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 2, 1931.
Pursuant to the warrant and the return of the Constable, a Town meeting was held for the election of town officers and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was par- tially read when on motion it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return which was duly read.
Article 1. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Moderator, one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, Treasurer, Col- lector of Taxes, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, Town Clerk, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for two years, Tree Warden, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one mem- ber of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two members of the Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years, two Constables, two members of the Planning Board for three years, one member of the Planning Board for one year.
Moderator, One Year
Charles P. Howard, 122 Summer Ave. 2141
Blanks 388
Town Clerk, One Year
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.
2274
Blanks 255
Selectmen, Three Years
Albert N. Leman, 13 School St. 1633
James E. Lewis, 9 Park St. 785
Blanks 111
Board of Public Welfare, Three Years
George H. Sidebottom, 80 Summer Ave. 2073
Blanks 456
Assessor, Three Years
Arthur S. Cook, 59 Bancroft Ave. 1211
J. Fred Richardson, 17 Prospect St. 1112
Blanks 206
Treasurer, One Year
Preston F. Nichols, 56 Linden St. 2188
Blanks
341
Tax Collector, One Year
Grace V. Viall, 42 Bancroft Ave. 2229
Blanks
300
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Board of Public Works, Three Years
Arthur M. Curtin, 63 Harrison St. 331
Martin B. Hartshorn, 214 High St. 1602
John A. Loring, 83 Prospect St. 1309
Harold W. Putnam, 117 Bancroft Ave. 1382
Blanks 434
Board of Public Works, Two Years
Robert E. Fowle, 2 Perkins Ave.
2058
Blanks
471
Two Constables, One Year
Leon G. Bent, 315 Main St. 2110
James W. Sias, 5 Salem St. 2009
Blanks 939
Tree Warden, One Year
Henry M. Donegan, 15 Federal St.
Blanks 266
Municipal Light Board, Three Years
Harry P. Baker, 193 Main St. 2084
445
Board of Health, Three Years
2207
Blanks 322
School Committee, Three Years
Arthur W. Coolidge, 136 Summer Ave. 1778
Josephine L. Fowler, 65 Temple St. 1267
Helen B. Hartshorn, 15 Vine St. 1390
Blanks
623
Trustees Public Library, Three Years
Ralph S. Kenneely, 32 Woburn St. 2042
2134
Jesse W. Morton, 114 Woburn St.
Blanks
882
Cemetery Trustees, Three Years
Frank L. Edgerley, 203 Main St. 2170
Fred L. Nutter, 41 Linden St. 2059
Blanks 829
Planning Board, Three Years
Paul Mich, 26 Middlesex Ave. Ext. 943
Winthrop D. Parker, 1 Charles St. 1694
Clark S. Robinson, 393 Main St. 1571
Blanks 850
Planning Board, One Year
Louis M. Lyons, 5 Vale Road 2042
Blanks
487
The votes were counted and declared in open Town Meeting. Voted to adjourn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
2263
Blanks
Edward M. Halligan, 3 Salem St.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 9, 1931.
Pursuant to a warrant duly issued and as voted at special town meeting held on December 1, 1930 and adjourned to this date, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read when it was moved that further reading of the warrant be dispensed with except the Constable's return, which was duly read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles.
The regular annual town meeting was then opened and duly ad- journed until the business of the special town meeting was completed.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Committee appointed to revise the Buildings Laws and will vote to adopt the rules and regulations 'as a By-Law of the Town or what it will do in relation thereto. Committee on Building Laws.
Article 7. It was moved by Elias B. Currell to take up Article 7 of special town meeting and it was so voted and the following By- Laws for the construction of buildings were voted.
ADMINISTRATION
Section 1. An Inspector of Buildings shall be appointed annually by the Selectmen during the month of March for a term of one year or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. He shall be familiar with building construction and shall not be interested in any contract or engagement for furnishing labor or materials or plans for the con- struction or alteration or any building in the town.
Section 2. The Inspector shall examine all building in the course of construction, alteration and repair and see that all by-laws of the town in relation thereto are complied with and when necessary shall take proper measures to secure such compliance. He shall keep a record of the business of his office, make all returns required by law and shall make an annual report of his work to the Selectmen with such recom- mendations as he may deem best.
He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these by- laws. None of the provisions of these by-laws shall be construed so as to conflict with the requirements made by the Department of Pub- lic Safety under the authority of Chapter 143 of the General Laws.
Section 3. - No building within the limits of the Town of Reading except those which come under the provisions of Sec. 15 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws shall be erected and no addition or alteration changing the character of any such building shall be made by any person unless he shall first file with the Inspector, plans and specifi- cations or a full description of the proposed work; if the plans, specifi- cations or description so filed shall be in compliance with the building limitations prescribed in these by-laws, the Inspector shall forthwith issue a permit therefor.
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Section 4. To obtain a permit the person intending to erect or make such alterations in such building shall seven days at least before the work is to begin, file with the Inspector a notice of the intention with plan, together with specifications or a full description of the pro- posed work. No building hereafter erected, altered, added to or re- paired that is to be finished in whole or in part shall be lathed, plas- tered or sheathed until the builder or mechanic shall have notified the Inspector of Buildings to inspect the same and shall have received from said Inspector a notice in writing that the building is accepted. The Inspector of Buildings on receipt of a notice from the builder that any building or alteration or repairs to any building are ready for in- spection shall as soon as possible inspect the premises, but shall not accept building until all the requirements of these by-laws as to frame, chimneys, fire stops, furnace and steam pipes and all other parts of the construction have been complied with, and no building shall be occupied until accepted by the Inspector.
The Inspector shall also require that all permanent piers or col- umns under girders, trimmers, etc., shall be in place before the building is lathed and plastered.
Section 5 not approved.
Section 5A. No oversight or neglect of duty on the part of the Inspector of Buildings shall legalize the erection, construction, alter- ation or repair of the building in a manner not in conformity with the provision of this by-law, the Tenement House Act for Towns or any state law or regulation.
Section 5B. In case any work on any building is in violation of any of the provisions of the permit or of existing law, the Inspector of Buildings shall have the right and is hereby authorized and em- powered to order that all work in and about the building be stopped.
Section 5C. All permits shall be void unless operations there- under are commenced within 6 months after date of the permit or if the operations thereunder are discontinued for a period of more than six months.
Section 5D. The following fees shall be paid by the applicant on receipt of permit :
For a permit for the erection of each single dwelling $5.00
For each twin or duplex dwelling 8.00
For each apartment house for the first suite 8.00
Add for each additional suite 2.00
For each single one-story store 5.00
For each block of such stores for the first store
5.00
Add for each additional store
2.00
For each school building
10.00
For buildings used solely as halls or theatres for the first $1,000 of cost 1.00
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For each additional $1,000.00 of cost not exceeding in all $25 .25 For each garage for not more than two cars 1.00
For each additional car .50
For business buildings of stores and offices and for all build- ings and structures not included in any of the foregoing classifications for the first $1,000.00 of cost 1.00 1.00
and for additional $1,000.00 not exceeding in all $20
For alterations for the first $1,000.00 of cost 1.00
and for each additional $1,000.00 not exceeding in all $5.50 . .50
The Building Inspector shall endorse upon the back of the ap- plication the amount to be charged for the permit.
The applicant shall pay this amount to the Town Treasurer, who will give the applicant a receipt for same and write upon the back of the application that it has been paid.
BOARD OF APPEAL
Section 6. The Board of Selectmen shall annually appoint a com- mittee of 3 citizens of Reading for the term of 1 year or until their suc- cessors are appointed and qualified, to be called the "Board of Ap- peal". In case of doubt as to the true meaning, intent or application of these Building Laws, either the Inspector or any one aggrieved by the ruling of the Inspector thereon, may by petition bring the matter before said Board for determination. The Board shall thereupon give a hearing on such petition and determine the true intent, meaning and application of these by-laws. A decision of a majority of said Board shall be binding on all parties affected thereby. The Board of Appeal may vary the provisions of this by-law in specific cases which appear to them not to have been contemplated by this by-law or in cases where- in its enforcement would involve practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships and wherein desirable relief may be granted without sub- stantially derogating from intent and purpose of this by-law, but not otherwise.
The decision in such cases shall be unanimous and shall specify the variance allowed and the reason therefor and shall be filed in the office of the Building Inspector within ten days after the hearing.
BUILDING LIMITATIONS
Section 7. No buildings except a manufactury, railway station, tele- phone exchange, stable, church, schoolhouse, hotel, garage or hall for pub- lic assemblies shall hereafter be erected and no existing building shall be altered or added to, thereby giving it a frontage of more than 50 feet without one or more partition walls of brick or some incombustible material approved by the Inspector, extending from the bottom of the cellar or from a foundation wall through the roof and projecting at least one foot. Such wall shall not be more than fifty feet apart throughout the length of the building. No existing building having a frontage of more than fifty feet shall be converted to a use not ex-
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cepted by this section without at least one partition wall constructed as described in this section. Provided, however, that any single dwelling house intended for one family may be extended more than fifty feet in one direction without such partition wall.
Section 8. All buildings hereafter erected, which are to be used iu whole or in part for business or manufacturing purposes, or as places for public meetings, which buildings shall be erected within one hundred feet of an area bounded by a line beginning at the junction of Salem and John Streets, thence running along John Street to Vil- lage Street, continuing to Washington Street, thence turning and run- ning along Washington Street to High Street thence along High Street to Mt. Vernon Street, to Linden Street, to Lowell Street, along Lowell Street to Salem Street, along Salem Street to John Street, at the point of beginning shall be constructed of brick, stone or concrete and have slate, metal or composition roof covering and metal gutters.
Section 9. No wooden building to be used for a dwelling house shall exceed forty-five feet in height, and no wooden building shall be built, the walls of which to the main cornice exceed thirty feet in height, and no portion of any wooden building shall be placed at a less distance than five feet from the side line or rear line of the lot upon which the building is to be located or within ten feet of another wooden building except where a masonry external wall is substituted for a wooden wall, and carried to the under side of roof covering and ot a thickness and in the manner prescribed for external walls of brick buildings, openings in same to be provided with fireproof shutters. A wall with coating of cement on wood frame shall not be considered a masonry wall.
WALLS
Section 10. In all wooden buildings not exceeding 3 stories in height, the posts of which exceed twenty-two feet in length the sills shall not be less than six by eight inches and the posts and girts not less than four by eight inches; in all such buildings the posts of which are twenty-two feet or less in length, the sills shall be not less than four by six inches, unless the Inspector allows a four by eight-inch sill, and the posts and girts not less than four by six inches; in all wooden buildings the studding of the outside walls shall be not less than two by four inches, set sixteen inches on centres ; in all wooden buildings the studding in all partitions carrying floor timbers shall be not less than two by four inches set not more than sixteen inches on the cen- tres and resting on girders not less than six by eight inches. Ledger boards may be used in place of girts in one and one-half story houses or in dwellings where the attic floor is below the plates if the studding spaces between which shall be filled with joists of same size as wall studs cut in tight so as to prevent a draft in case of fire. In all build- ings where girts are used, the girts shall be mortised and tenoned into
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the posts and fastened with a wooden pin or four steel spikes. A three-quarter inch joint bolt may be used instead of mortise and ten- on, but if used, the girt must be housed into the post one inch and the joint bolt must go through the post and then into the end of the girt at least three inches with a square nut. In frame construction, every opening in an inside bearing partition shall be trussed or a beam of equal strength used.
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