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Treasurer of the Church .- George W. Bourne.
Sunday School Superintendent .- L. A. Chase.
Number of scholars, 140.
PEVEAR & RUSSELL, Coal, Wood, Hay, Straw, Brick. Sand, &c. R. GILKEY'S Old Stand, Watertoren.
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CHURCHES.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH. (Episcopal. Organized 1812.) Concord Street, Lower Falls.
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Wardens .- Isaac Hagar, Rufus Moulton.
Vestrymen .- J. Pulsifer, Geo. Mills, C. A. Moulton, George Spring, S. H. Warren, Francis Mills.
Treasurer .- Rufus Moulton.
Collector .- C. A. Moulton.
Clerk .- C. A. Moulton.
Sexton .- J. Boit.
Number of Communicants, 162.
Sunday School Superintendent .- C. A. Moulton. Librarian .- C. A. Moulton. -
Number of scholars, 55. Number of teachers, 9.
METHODIST CHURCH OF LOWER FALLS.
(Methodist Episcopal. Organized 1867.) Methodist Hall, Lower Falls.
Pastor .- Chas. M. Hall.
Stewards .- Noah Perrin, Leonard Hurd, Charles W. Richard- son, Marshall L. Perrin, Peter C. Baker, W. H. Guscott. Trustees .- Noah Perrin, Leonard Hurd, Charles W. Richard- son, Marshall L. Perrin, Cyrus Washburn, P. C. Baker.
Treasurer .- Peter C. Baker.
Sunday School Superintendent .- Marshall L. Perrin.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. (Organized 1832.) Summer Street, Upper Falls.
Pastor .- Charles T. Johnson.
Trustees .- N. Longfellow, H. C. Hoyt, Otis Pettee, W. Marcy, J. W. Howe, Collin Cady, H. A. Sherman, A. J. Grover, J. F. Brown.
Stewards .- A. J. Grover, W. B. Locke, Jos. F. Brown, N. Conant, John Arnold, H. C. Hoyt, N. D. Moody, Chas. E. Jack, H. A. Sherman.
Treasurer. - Joseph F. Brown.
Sexton .- Eugene Crandall.
Number of members, about 105.
Sunday School Superintendent .- A. J. Grover. Librarians .- O. Pettee, jr., W. W. Colburn.
Number of scholars, 145.
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CHURCHES.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
(Roman Catholic. Organized November 17, 1867.)
Chestnut Street, Upper Falls.
Pastor .- Michael Dolan. Assistant Pastor .- Michael Begley. Sexton .- Wm. Kelleher.
THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.
(Organized 1835.)
Chestnut Street, corner Ellis, Upper Falls.
Pastor .-
Deacons .- J. J. Bragdon, E. L. Pope.
Committee on Finance .- E. L. Pope, Eugene Fanning, J. J. Bragdon, Chas. Scott. Clerk .- Miss Josie Hopkins.
Treasurer .- Eugene Fanning.
Sexton .- John T. Thomason.
Number of members, 50.
Sunday School Superintendent .- E. L. Pope.
Secretary. - Miss Addie A. Scott.
Treasurer .- Eugene Fanning.
Librarian .- Frank Fanning.
Number of scholars, 94. Number of volumes, 575.
NEWTON HIGHLANDS CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
(Congregational Trinitarian. Organized 1872.)
Lincoln, corner Hartford Street, Newton Highlands.
Pastor .- George G. Phipps.
Deacons .- J. F. C. Hyde. A. F. Hayward.
Standing Committee .- Pastor and Deacons er-officio. W. C. Strong, Mrs. W. C. Strong. H. L. Whiting, Mrs. G. G. Phipps. Clerk .- Warren White.
Treasurer .- John Stearns.
Parish Committee .- E. S. Chapin, E. H. Greenwood. D. W. Eagles.
Parish Clerk .- A. F. Hayward.
Parish Treasurer .- H. L. Whiting.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
(Organized July 5, 1780.)
Centre Street, Newton Centre.
Pastor .- Edward Braislin.
Deacons .- James S. Newell, Gustavus Forbes, Dwight Chester, and David N. B. Coffin.
Advisory Committee .- The Pastor and Deacons, Asa W. Armington, Geo. O. Sanborn, Frank P. McIntyre, Horace S. Bassett.
Clerk .- George Warren.
Treasurer .- C. C. Patten.
Sexton .- Thomas Woodman.
Number of members, 320.
Sunday School Superintendent .- Asa W. Armington.
Number of scholars, 248. -
Librarians .- C. C. Patten, Miss A. Lecompte.
Secretary .- F. P. MeIntyre.
Superintendent Thompsonville . Mission School .- John H. Stevens.
FIRST CHURCH.
(Congregational Trinitarian. Organized July 20, 1664.) Centre Street, Newton Centre.
Pastor .-
Deacons .- John Ward, Nelson Curtis, Wilson Welch, Albert . L. Howard.
Standing Committee. - The Deacons and Sunday School Superintendent, ex-officio; William Tomlinson, George P. Davis. Treasurer .- George M. Stone.
Auditor .- Earnest Porter.
Clerk .- B. Wood.
Parish Committee .- Horace Cousens, M. O. Rice, William T. Wardwell.
Parish Clerk .- I. F. Kingsbury.
Treasurer .- W. T. Wardwell.
Number of members, 253.
Sunday School Superintendent .- S. F. Wilkins.
Asst. Sunday School Superintendent .- Charles L. Hyde. Librarian .- John Daniels.
Sexton .- A. C. Marston.
Number of scholars. 200.
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NEWTON CENTRE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Pastor .- Bradford K. Peirce.
Trustees .- Alden Speare, E. M. Fowle, William L. Libbey, Samuel D. Garey, E. G. Stevens, jr., A. R. Flanders, A. L. Rand. .Stewards .- S. D. Garey, J. B. Coit, A. R. Flanders, William N. Miller, W. L. Libbey. Avery L. Rand, Mrs. A. L. Rand, E. M. Fowle, Mrs. E. M. Fowle.
Sexton .- Thomas Armstrong.
Sunday School Superintendent .- Avery L. Rand.
Number of scholars, 73.
NEWTON CENTRE UNITARIAN SOCIETY.
(Organized 1878.)
Centre Street, corner Cypress.
Pastor .- R. P. Stevens, D. D.
Trustees .- Joseph D. Elliot, D. Frank Young, Henry N. Sheldon.
Executive Committee .- Elisha Bassett, D. Frank Young, Geo. A. Dexter, Harvey S. Sears, Benjamin Hammond, Lewis E. Coffin, Richard M. Wilson.
Treasurer .- Elisha Bassett.
Clerk .- Harvey S. Sears.
Sexton .- Thomas Woodman.
Sunday School Superintendent .- .
Number of scholars, 70. Volumes in library, 400.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
There are six legal holidays: Washington's Birthday. 22d Feb- ruary ; Fast Day ; Memorial Day, 30th May ; Independence Day, 4th July ; Thanksgiving Day ; Christmas Day.
When the 22d of February, the 30th of May, the 4th of July or Christmas day fall upon Sunday, the following Monday is a legal holiday.
Notes falling due on Sunday or legal holiday must be paid on the day preceding, and if a legal holiday occurs on Monday, notes falling due must be paid on the Saturday preceding.
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NEWTON, CEMETERY.
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NEWTON CEMETERY. (Incorporated 1855.)
OFFICERS FOR 1883.
President .- E. B. HASKELL.
Clerk and Auditor .- FRANCIS MURDOCK.
Treasurer .- OTIS PETTEE.
Superintendent .- HENRY Ross.
Assistant-Superintendent .- CHARLES W. Ross.
Trustees .- George C. Lord, W. P. Tylor, Otis Pettee. E. B. Haskell, Stiles Frost, J. F. C. Hyde. George F. Kimball, Edwin M. Fowle, B. F. Houghton, Francis Murdock.
This cemetery contains nearly one hundred acres, about one-half of .it is under improvement. Its location is near the territorial centre of the city, and is accessible by excellent roads from every direction. The surface is undulating, and sufficiently diversified for natural beauty and artificial embellishment. It is well watered by Cold Spring brook, and only requires reasonable expenditure to carry water to every part sufficient for irrigation and to main- tain ponds where nature has provided locations. About nine hundred and fifty lots have been sold, and there are now ready for sale about one hundred and sixty very desirable lots of an average size of 300 square feet. Some of these can be sub- divided into smaller lots, even only sufficient for two graves. The prices are for 300 and more square feet,-from 84 cents to $1.00 per square foot. The prices of lots of less than 300 square feet are from 90 cents to $1.00 per foot, and in all cases the price of perpetual care is added, and is from 30 to 33 cents per foot. If the monuments are elaborate the rate of perpetual care is higher.
The price of 2 grave lots is $45, and perpetual care $15. Right to bury in single graves for adults is $15; and the interment fee is $5. And for children under 11 years is $10; and the inter- ment fee is $4.
No other expense than the prices above named is necessarya except for tablets and monments, as the practice of ornamenting with elaborate stone work is discouraged by the Trustees as much as possible.
Connected with the cemetery there is a nursery and also three large greenhouses, where trees, shrubs. plants and flowers are for sale ..
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BANKS.
NEWTON SAVINGS BANK. Incorporated June 17, 1831. OFFICE IN THE NEWTON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1883.
GEORGE HYDE, PRESIDENT.
JOHN WARD, VICE-PRESIDENT. SUSANNA M. DUNCKLEE, TREASURER. ISAAC HAGAR, CLERK.
Trustees .- J. F. C. HYDE, JOSEPH N. BACON, ISAAC HAGAR, WIL- LARD MARCY, EDWARD SPEAR, WILLIAM J. TOWNE, DUSTIN LANCEY, WILLIAM H. . BRACKETT, SAMUEL M. JACKSON, FRANCIS MURDOCK, WILLIAM C. STRONG.
ISAAC HAGAR, AUDITOR.
Deposits made on the FIRST day of any quarter (January, April, July and October), will draw interest from that time.
Deposits made after the first day of any quarter will draw interest from the first day of the succeeding quarter.
Deposits received daily (except Saturday), from 9 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M.
NEWTON NATIONAL BANK. (Organized Dec. 15, 1864.) Corner Washington and Centre Streets.
Capital, - -
$200,000.
Par value of shares, $100.
JOSEPH N. BACON, President. B. F. BACON, Cashier.
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J. W. BACON, Book-keeper. EDWARD L. BACON, Messenger.
DIRECTORS :
JOSEPH N. BACON, GEORGE HYDE, CHAS .. E. BILLINGS,
W. H. BRACKETT, EDWARD SPEAR, FRANCIS MURDOCK, B. F. BACON.
Discount, Thursdays, 33 P. M. Bank hours, 9 to 12 and 2 to 4. On Saturdays, 9 to 2. Dividends payable first Mondays in April and October.
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GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
NEWTON AND WATERTOWN GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.
ORGANIZED MARCH 18, 1854.
CAPITAL, - $200,000.
OFFICE, BRACKETT'S BLOCK, NEWTON.
ANNUAL MEETING,
SECOND WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY.
President .- JOSEPH N. BACON.
Superintendent .- W. A. LEARNED.
· Asst. Superintendent .- CHARLES H. BALCOM.
Clerk and Treasurer .- B. F. BACON.
DIRECTORS:
JOSEPH N. BACON,
C. C. WALWORTH,
GEORGE C. LORD,
CHARLES M. SEAVER,
WILLIAM CLAFLIN. JOHN K. STICKNEY,
FRANCIS MURDOCK,
H. L. HOVEY,
ABRAHAM AVERY.
The Company carries the service pipes to the street line from the main pipe ; beyond that the pipe and fixtures are at the expense of the con- sumer. The Company also furnishes a meter, to measure the quantity of gas consumed, to which the agent of the Company is to have free access at any time. The price of gas is at the rate of $3.00 per 1000 cubic feet; a discount of 10 per cent. if paid before the 20th of month.
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ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWTON.
EXTRACTS.
CONSTRUCTION OF ORDINANCES.
SECT. 4. In the construction of ordinances the following rules shall be observed, unless the construction thereby attained would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Coun- cil, or repugnant to the context of the ordinance: that is to say,-
First, Whenever any thing is prohibited, the agent or em- ployer, as well as the person actually doing such forbidden act, shall be liable to the prescribed penalty.
Second, The words "street," "streets," "highway," and "high- ways," include avenues, courts, lanes, alleys, squares, places, and sidewalks. andreach of these words includes every other of themn.
Third, Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to the plural number, and words importing the mascu- line gender may be applied to the feminine.
Fourth, Whenever any thing is prohibited to be done, without the permission or license of some officer or board, such officer or board shall have power to permit or license such thing to be done.
TAXES.
The ordinances regarding the collection of taxes are required to be printed on all tax bills.
THE MAYOR.
SECTION 1. The Mayor only is hereby authorized and em- powered to affix the common seal of the city to, and to sign, seal, execute, and deliver, in behalf of the city, all deeds and leases of land sold or leased by the city, and all deeds, agreements, con- tracts, indentures, and assurances made and entered into by order of the City Council, or by order of any committee of the City Council, for that purpose duly authorized.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SECT. 10. The Chief of Department shall examine all places where shavings or other combustible materials are deposited or collected ; and shall see to the removal of the same. whenever, in his opinion, the same are dangerous ; and shall direct the owners. tenants, or occupants of such places, to remove the same, which they shall do forthwith; and in case of refusal or neglect, he shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owners, tenants, or occupants.
SECT. 11. The Chief of Department shall observe all buildings in which steam engines are used, and all buildings in process of
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erection or alteration, and make a record of such of them as in his judgment may be dangerous, and report thereon to the Mayor and Aldermen forthwith. Whenever, in the opinion of the Chief of Department, any camphene or other explosive or inflammable fluid or material should be removed, he shall forthwith notify and direct the owner, tenant, or occupant of the premises upon which the same are situated, to remove the same, which he shall forth- with do. In case such tenant, owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect so to do, the Chief of Department shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner, tenant or occupant. No person shall obstruct the Chief of Department in carrying out the provisions of this section.
SECT. 14. No unauthorized person shall open any of the signal- boxes, except in case of fire, or interfere with the wires, or the poles, or other supports of the wires.
SECT. 15. The Chief of Departmentshall see that every person raising a false alarm of fire is prosecuted.
SECT. 17. No person shall draw water from the reservoirs or fire-hydrants, except in case of fire, and except as otherwise pro- vided ; nor shall any engine, hose, or truck, be taken out of the city, without permission of the Chief or Assistant Chief. No part of the apparatus shall be taken from the city, unless to a fire without special permission from the Mayor and Alderinen.
SECT. 18. No occupant of any building or room in which there is a hatchway or trap-door shall suffer the same to be left open at night.
SECT. 20. No person shall wantonly or carelessly set fire to any tree, bush, grass, leaves, brushwood, rubbish or other sub- stance, in any place in the city of Newton.
SECT. 21. Whoever shall violate any provision of this ordi- . nance shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
STREETS AND WAYS.
SECT. 9. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street, square or park, or common, without a written permit from a Highway Surveyor or the Superintendent of Streets.
SECT. 10. No person shall move, or assist in moving, any building through any street or way in the city, unless by written permission of the Board of Aldermen under such restrictions as said Board may see fit to prescribe ; but no permission shall be given in any case without providing that all chimneys or other projections shall be removed down to the roof; nor shall any building be moved which will necessitate or cause the destruction, mutilation or injury of any shade tree in or upon any street or highway.
SECT. 11. Every person intending to erect or to repair any building upou land abutting on a street shall give notice to the Mayor and Aldermen, who may set apart such portion of the
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street as they shall deem expedient, for his use. All rubbish shall be promptly removed by such person, and, in case of neglect, the Superintendent shall cause it to be removed at the expense of such person.
SECT. 12. Whenever any street, under such permission, is obstructed, the person so licensed shall keep a suitable railing or fence, sufficiently lighted every night, around the part of the street so obstructed. He shall also, within such reasonable time as the Mayor and Aldermen shall direct, amend and repair such street to the acceptance of the Highway Surveyors.
SECT. 13. No person shall make or maintain any gate, door- step, portico, porch, entrance or passage-way, to any cellar or basement, or any other structure projecting or swinging into or upon any street or sidewalk, except windows, without permission from the Mayor and Aldermen ; and the lowest part of such win- dows shall be at least ten feet above the sidewalk. No person shall suffer the platform or grate of the entrance or passage-way to his cellar or basement, in any street or sidewalk, to rise above the surface thereof ; and every such entrance or passage-way shall, at all times, be kept covered by a suitable and substantial platform or grate, unless temporarily authorized to be kept open by the Mayor and Aldermen ; and, when so kept open, it shall be protect- ed by a sufficient railing on both sides, at least two feet and a half high, and shall be lighted at night.
SECT. 14. No person shall place over any sidewalk any awn- · ing or shade less than nine feet from the ground at the lowest part, nor shall any awning or shade extend beyond the line of the sidewalk ; and no person shall erect a post, in any street or side walk, for the support of an awning, or for any other purpose,. without permission of the Mayor and Aldermen.
SECT. 15. If any person shall dig a cellar or other cavity in the ground near to or adjoining any street, he shall, so long as is- necessary for the purpose, keep a railing or fence on or near the line of such street, sufficient to protect travellers from falling into the place so dug, or being injured thereby.
SECT. 16. No person shall suffer his fuel, dirt, ashes or other rubbish, or any other material, to remain on any sidewalk or any street over night, or in any manner obstruct any sidewalk or street-crossing, without a permit from the Board of Aldermen, or play at ball or football, or fly a kite, or coast, or throw or shoot stones or other missiles, in any street or way ; provided, how- ever, that the alderman and councilmen from any ward may des- ignate, by a writing filed with the City Clerk, one or more streets or parts of streets in his ward where coasting shall be permitted.
SECT. 17. No person owning or having the control of cattle or other animals, shall permit or suffer them to pasture or run at large upon any street, either with or without a keeper.
SECT. 18. No person shall ride or drive any horse, or cause the same to be ridden or driven, in any street, or over any bridge,
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at a pace faster than eight miles an hour. Every person having a wagon under his care, shall, when passing with the same over any street or bridge, hold the reins of his horse or horses, or be in such position as to be able at all times to restrain or govern such horse or horses.
SECT. 19. No bicycle or tricycle shall be propelled upon any street or way, unless provided with a bell, to be rung when approaching any person ; and neither shall be propelled upon a sidewalk.
SECT. 20. No drove of neat cattle, more than twenty-five in number, shall be driven through or over a public street, between the hours of six A. M. and ten r. M., unless in charge of three competent drivers. Any drove of a larger number shall be sep- arated into droves not exceeding fifty each in number, to be driven in the same manner; and the droves shall be kept not less than twenty rods apart.
SECT. 21. No person shall make any indecent figures or write any obscene words upon, or deface, any fence or building. No person shall designedly frighten a horse in a street. Three or more persons shall not remain together in a street so as to obstruct it.
SECT. 22. No person shall make, or cause to be made, any aperture in or under any street or sidewalk for the purpose of constructing coal holes, or receptacles for any other articles, or for light and air, or for any other purpose, without the license of the Mayor and Aldermen ; and no person shall leave such coal- hoal or aperture open or unfastened except while actually in use.
SECT. 23. No person shall, except in the performance of some legal duty, discharge any fire arm within the city.
SECT. 24. No person shall behave himself in a rude or disor- derly manner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language in any street, lane. alley or other public place, or near any build- ing, or be or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any door-step, portico or other projection from any such building, to the annoy- ance or disturbance of any person.
SECT. 25. Any person who shall place snow or ice upon a street, except that removed from a sidewalk, shall cause the same to be spread evenly ; and no snow or ice shall be thrown or put into a street, or upon a bridge, contrary to the orders of the Superintendent of Streets.
SECT. 26. The owner, tenant and occupant of any building or lot of land abutting on any sidewalk built in whole or in part by the city or town of Newton, shall, after a fall of snow. without delay, cause the same to be removed from the sidewalk adjoining the premises. If they shall fail to do so, the Superintendent of Streets shall cause the snow to be removed, and such owner. tenant and occupant, shall severally be held to pay the expenses of such removal. and in addition shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars.
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SECT. 27. No owner or driver of any vehicle shall place such vehicle in any street, to await employment, without the permis- sion of the Mayor and Aldermen.
SECT. 28. No person shall drive, wheel, or draw any vehicle, except a child's carriage drawn by hand, or permit any horse, or any cattle, swine, or sheep, under his care, to go upon a sidewalk, or otherwise obstruct or injure any sidewalk. No person shall unnecessarily stop a vehicle, or place any other obstruction, on any street crossing, or suffer his vehicle to stand an unreasonable. length of time in a street ; nor shall any person drive a vehicle upon or over any hose-pipe lawfully placed in a street, or in use at a fire.
SECT. 30. The Mayor and Aldermen may direct numbers, in regular series, to be affixed to or inscribed on buildings fronting on any street ; and may determine the form, size, and material of numbers, and the manner of affixing or inscribing them.
The owner and the occupant of any building, or part of a building, when so directed as aforesaid, shall affix to the same the numbers so designated, in such manner as shall be prescribed; and no such owner or occupant shall affix or retain on such build- ing for more than three days, any number contrary to the direc- tion of the Mayor and Aldermen.
SECT. 31. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance . shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty dol- lars, unless otherwise provided in the preceding sections, and a like sum for every day an offence shall be continued.
BUILDINGS.
SECTION 1. No person shall erect, alter or rebuild, or essentially change any building, or any part thereof, for any purpose other than a dwelling-house, without first obtaining in writing a permit from the Board of Aldermen. The application for such permit shall specify the location and size of said building, the material of which it is to be constructed, and the use for which it is intended.
SECT. 2. No person shall use any building or part thereof, for any purpose rendering said building. or buildings adjacent thereto, hazardous, unsafe, or liable to be destroyed by fire, or dangerous to persons or property, without first obtaining a permit as named in section number one.
SECT. 3. All chimneys hereafter erected shall be built of brick, stone, or other fire-proof non-conducting material. All brick flues shall be smoothly plastered inside with mortar, from top to bottom, and outside below the roofing. In no case shall chimneys rest upon any flooring withont a footing of masonry or iron, supported by iron beams, having a secure bearing on iron at either end.
Hearths of fire-places or grates shall be laid upon brick or other trimmer archers, or upon bars of iron supporting a bed of brick- work.
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No wood-work of any kind shall be placed at a less distance than one inch froin the outside brick-work of any flue, and in no case shall a nail be driven into the masonry of any flue.
No wood-work shall be placed at a less distance than one inch from any tin or other metal flue or flues, pipe or pipes, used or intended to be used to convey heated air or steam in any building, unless such flues or pipes be cased with metal, leaving a free circulation of air all around the same.
No smoke-pipe shall pass through any stud or wooden partitions, whether plastered or not, without being guarded either by a double collar of metal, with at least four inches air-space, and holes for ventilation, or by a soap-stone ring not less than three inches in thickness and extending through the partition.
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