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BROWN & ONNOR,
Junction W. Main and New Greylock Road
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NORTH ADAMS FIRE ALARM BOXES.
Corner State and Summer streets. Main and Holden streets.
4. 5. 6. Center and Eagle streets.
Main and Marshall streets.
66 Ashland and Chestnut streets.
66 Church and Washington ave.
Johnsons Mill.
Corner River and Brooklyn streets. River and Eagle streets.
Union street at Tannery.
Union street at Eclipse mill.
East Main street near Park avenue. Corner East Quincy and Pleasant streets. Church and Main streets.
Church and Quincy streets.
66 Ashland and Washington avenue.
State and Walnut streets.
Liberty and Eagle streets. West Main and Cemetery.
Corner Brooklyn and East Brooklyn streets.
Holden street, near Bridge. Corner Lincoln and Grant streets.
Normal School.
Near E. J. Cary's res., 164 Ashland street.
Corner N. Holden and Bracewell aventie.
One blow after an alarm of fire-fire out.
Two blows, calls engineer.
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MRS. A. SHERWOOD, Sunnyside Home.
30 SUMMER STREET,
NORTH ADAMS,
MASS.
P. J. Sullivan. James A. Reagan.
Sullivan & Reagan, THE LEADING Newsdealers and Stationers. BASE BALL AND SPORTING GOODS. Toys, Confectionery, Etc. Largest and most reliable line of Cigars, Etc., in the City. 114 MAIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
The Evening herald.
The Only Independent Daily in Northern Berkshire.
The Largest Circulation of any paper, daily or weekly, in Berkshire County or Western Massachusetts, outside of Springfield.
Best Advertising Medium in North= ern Berkshire.
Per Year. $600. Single Copy, 2 cts. W. R. SANFORD, Sole Owner.
Herald Building, 92 Main Street.
NORTH ADAMS, -
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James T. Larkin, Book and Job Printing.
Directory Building 2 Main Srteet.
Come and see us. We are always here prepared for business. Fair Prices. Good Work.
EVERYTHING THAT THE WORD
Printing SIGNIFIES IS OUR SPECIALTY.
NEW TYPE. NEW PRESSES.
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BUILDINGS AND BLOCKS.
Adams blk, Main Adams National bank blk, Main American House blk, Main Barber blk, Chestnut Beer & Dowlin blk, Eagle Blackinton blk, Main and Holden Blackinton blk, Holden Boland blk, cor Main and Bank Bradford blk, Main Burlingame blk, Main Cavanough blk, Main Chase blk, cor River and Brooklyn Clark blk, cor State and Summer Collins blk, Main Collins blk, State Davenport blk, Main F. M. T. A. blk; Center Flaherty blk, Oenter and Lincoln G. A. R. Memorial building, 67 Holden Haggerty blk, W Main Hastings blk, River
Hoosac Savings bank blk, Main Jones blk, Bank Loftus blk, Center Martin blk, Main Meade blk, Center Moloney blk, Center
Mulcare blk, Marshall and Center North Adams Savings bank blk, Main Richmond blk, Main and State Reardon blk, Bank Sibley blk, Main
Slattery blk, Main and Furnace Sperry blk, Holden and Sperry ave Sullivan blks, 18-20, 34-36 Main Thayer blk, Holden and Center Thayer blk, Eagle Transcript blk, Bank Wilson blk, Main Wright blk, Bank Y. M. C. A. blk, cor Summer and Morris
HALLS.
Academy hall. Drury heights A. O. H. Div 10 hall, 35 Fagle A. O. H. Div 4 hall, 51 Eagle A. O. U. W., No. Adams lodge, over Columbia opera house, and Mountain lodge hall, Martin blk
Bicycle Riding hall, rear 92 Main City hall, Summer and Morris Columbia opera house, 57 Center
Houghton Memorial Library build- ing Monument Square Knights of Pythias hall, 90 Main Labor Union hall, Father Mathew building Masonic hall, Burlingame bik Millers hall, Willow Dell Odd Fellows' hall, cor Main and State R. E. M. A. hall, 90 Main
F. M. T. A. hall, rear Columbia Salvation Army barracks, 47 Eagle opera house St. Joseph's hall, Eagle St. Jean Baptiste hall, Bank Wilson opera house, Main Y. M. C. A. hall, cor Summer and Morris Forrester hall, over Columbia opera house Franco-American hall, Boland blk G. A. R. hall, 67 Holden Gatslick hall, 68 Main
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
JOHN MORGAN. Florist.
Cut Flowers for All Occasions.
Floral Designs a Specialty
Green=House Arnold, Place Rear 12 Church Street,
NORTH ADAMS, = MASS. :
E. C. STEWART.
PRACTICAL MACHINEST and Repairer of all kinds of Machinery, Including Piping for Steam, Gas or Water at the Lowest price. All work Guaranteed.
Special attention Paid to all Economic uses of Steam, in- cluding the use of the Indicator in Measuring power, and in setting Valves for the best results, etc. 14 JACKSON STREET, = = NORTH ADAMS.
D. & J. DONALD. Practical Horse=Shoers.
and General Jobbers and Blacksmiths.
REAR 15 MAIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
PETER SORELL'S HOME RESTAURANT.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Table Boarders by Day or Week.
24 STATE STREET, = - -: NORTH ADAMS.
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N. E. UNDERWOOD,
I carry the best grade of tea, coffee, spices and extracts. Also a full line of groceries and provis- ions, fruits and vegetables in their season.
59 Centre Street, Columbia Opera House Block.
EDMOND VADNAIS,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS and
HARNESSES, ROBES and BLANKETS Repairing in all our Departments.
44 CENTRE STREET, = = NORTH ADAMS.
JOHN J. SULLIVAN, -Dealer in-
Groceries and Provisions.
Canned Fruit and Delicacies a Specialty. Prompt service and courteous attention given transients.
93 CENTRE STREET, : NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
John Mansfield, General -:- Trucking.
Furniture, Safes, Pianos and Merchandise of all Kinds moved with care. Two teams constantly on the road. Orders will receive prompt attention.
13 Hudson Street, - - North Adams.
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WHITLAW & SMITH,
Managers of the Bottling Department of M. M. Welch & Co.
BOTTLERS OF
Ales, Lagers, Sodas and Mineral Waters.
Headquarters for the Best Imported and American Ales. Pre- scriptions of Physicians Strictly Attended to.
REAR 47 STATE STREET, :-: NORTH ADAMS, MASS. Telephone Call 202.
T. MULCARE,
28 MARSHALL STREET
Bottlers of all Flavors Soda and Mineral Waters, Selling Agents A. J. Houghton Co.'s Pavonia Royal and Vienna Lager Beer, Sterling Ple Ale.
Kissingen Saratoga Water.
Philadelphia Porter.
Evan's Cream Ale.
Long Distance Telephone 155-3. FIRST-CLASS CAFE IN CONNECTION.
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Quinn & Moloney,
CHOICE
Hles, Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
22 UNION STREET, ;-; NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
Morrisey & Casey,
19 MAIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
-- Finest Brands of-
Ales, Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS, ETC., A SPECIALTY.
Best Bottled Goods For Family Trade.
T. WHALEN & Blue Grass Whiskey a Specialty.
BEST OF
Hles and Lagers ON DRAUGHT. Bottlers of Ale, Lager and Porter. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 1 WEST MAIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
T. J. SCULLY & CO.
13 STATE STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS. CHOICE
Ales, Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS.
BEST LAGER ON DRAUGHT.
J. B. KEANEY &
ALES, WINES,
LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
15 CENTRE STREET,
NORTH ADAMS MASS.
BARRY & PURTELL. ... CHOICEST ...
Ales, Wines and Liquors.
LAGER, STOCK ALE AND PORTER,
Havana and Domestic Cigars.
51 STATE STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
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UNION HOUSE CAFE,
BARRY & FITZGERALD, Props.
FINEST LINE OF ALES, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
Our Goods for Family Trade is Unequaled for Purity. Goods a Specialty.
Bottled
16 UNION STREET, = = NORTH ADAMS.
JOHN BARRY &
DEALERS IN . .
Ales, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars.
12 Holden Street,
NORTH ADAMS, = MASS.
Gregory & Gendron.
1 Marshall Street, Corner Main Street.
Choice Ales, Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.
Penrose & McEniry's Celebrated Ale on Draught.
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BERNARD & CUMM,
25 CENTRE STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
Choice Ales, Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
PETER SNYDER & FINE
ALES, WINES, LIQUORS,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 39 Centre Street, - North Adams.
J. H. BILLINGS. P. H. CRONIN.
BILLINGS & CRONIN, STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS Beverages of every Description CIGARS, ETC. 12 CENTRE STREET, -:- NORTH ADAMS.
Berkshire = Brewery. WHITE,
GIMLICH
BREWERS and MALTSTERS. Liquid Malt Extract. This preparation is highly recommended by physicians for invalids and children. Reliable, healthful and invigorating. Sold by M. M. Welch & Co., North Adams.
Bottlers of fine Indian Pale Ale, Old Porter, Ales and Lagers. PITTSFIELD, - - MASS.
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Conway Bros. & Kane,
BREWERS OF PURE
ALES = AND = PORTER
CELEBRATED
Still and Pressure Ales
A SPECIALTY.
2312 to 2332 7th Avenue,
Troy, E
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HOWLAND HOUSE,
HARRY DONOHUE, Prop.
This Hotel, situated between North Adamns and Adams, is fitted up in first-class style. Hot and Cold Water and all the modern conveniences. Electric Cars pass by the door.
Choice Ales, Wines, Liquors and Cigars. ZYLONITE, -
MASS.
WINDSOR HOUSE. JOHN W. PURCELL, JR., Prop.
32 State Street, North Adams, Mass.
This hotel has just been newly refurnished and fitted up with all the necessities that the traveling and theatrical people may desire. It's within a step or two of the depot. Terms Reasonable. Have added up-to-date Restaurant for the con- venience of the Public.
Also manager Bottling and Soda Water works 3 and 5 Marshall Street.
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JAMES F. HOULIHAN, Baker.
Vienna and the Famous Grandmother's Bread. Also Fine Pastry and other Specialties. Ice Cream in . . . any Quantity. . Wedding Cakes a Feature.
37 WASHINGTON AVE., = NORTH ADAMS.
JAMES EAGAN,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
We have a man in Adams and North Adams every week. Will call on you and give Lowest Prices on all goods.
32, 36 and 38 DEPOT STREET, PITTSFIELD, MASS.
GEO. D. CLEVELAND,
Contractor AND Builder.
General Jobbing of All Kinds Plans and Speci- fications Furnished.
P. O. Box 243. 5 Kimball Block, North Adams.
WALTER S. EVANS, First=Class = Tailoring. 44 State Street, - North Adams, Mass.
Strictly Fine Custom Tailoring. Cutting Department under personal charge of Mr. Frank R. Evans.
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CONRAD MAUSERT,
HOUGHTONVILLE MARKET,
COR. BROOKLYN and NORTH STS.
Finest Beef, Pork, Hams, Sausages, Poultry, Lard, Lamb, Canned Goods, etc. Everything first-class at lowest cash prices. Orders taken and delivered promptly to any part.
e. A. STROUD, Dealer in =
Groceries and Provisions and Rubber Goods.
Headquarters for the famous Red Scarlet Brand Canned Goods, For R. C. Williams & Co., of N. Y.
64 Ashland Street, North Adams, Mass.
The Place to Buy Groceries and Provisions
Greylock Cash Grocery Co.
85 EAGLE STREET, - - NORTH ADAMS MASS. J V. ASHMAN, Prop.
Orders taken and goods delivered to any part of the city Telephone 109-5.
THE ORIGINAL CATARRH CURE.
Wonderful increase in the production and sale of THE ORIGINAL CATARRH CURE. It is especially adapted for Catarrhal Colds. It will break up a cold in 24 hours if used with an Atomizer or in a spoon and snuff np the nose. Ask your druggist for it; if he does not have it on hand it can be obtained by mail by sending to address below.
OCTOBER 7, 1896.
GENTLEMEN :- To all it may concern-I have had catarrh for thirty-five years and I have tried almost everythingto relieve me. I have used the Original and have received more benefit from it than anything else I have tried. I was not able to smell anything for twenty years, till Insed this Catarrh Cure. It will break up a cold in a short time. At first I used it six times a day and now I use it half an hour before retiring. I can highly recommend it to anyone. Yours respectfully, NELSON BABCOCK 27 Chase Ave., North Adams. Later : February 23, 1897 .- I am now entirely cured. N. BABCOCK. S. W. DICK, 10 Quincy Street, North Adams, Mass.
Watch Repairing, Etc., 63 Eagle Street.
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The Boston Store, DRY GOODS,
In direct communication with the Dry Good Centres, we can give you the very Best at the Lowest Prices. New Goods, New Ideas. We are agents for Butterick Patterns.
Boston Store, BLACKINTON BLOCK, MAIN STREET.
E. F. DUROCHER. Shaving and hairdressing Rooms.
Four Chairs and no apprentices.
Children's Hairdressing a Specialty.
39 CENTRE STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
L. A. MARSHALL, -DEALER IN
Confectionery
Groceries and Provisions, and Cigars.
Full line of Canned Goods and Table Delicacies'a Specialty. Strictly Fresh Eggs a Specialty. Orders taken and delivered promptly. Elegant Silverware given to Cash Customers. Lowest Prices for Cash.
31 BROOKLYN STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
THOMAS KEE,
Laundry,
All kinds of Linen Work Laundried in First- class Style. Particular attention paid to Family Washing. GIVE ME A CALL .- 8 Marshall Street , - - North Adams.
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TO REACH THE PEOPLE ADVERTISE IN
Che Troy Times
Best Advertising Medium in the State.
Circulation includes every city, village, town and Hamlet within the Radius of a hundred miles and more of Troy.
Daily Times, = = = $6.00. $1.00
Semi-Weekly Times, =
ESTIMATES for ADVERTISING CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.
The Daily Times is delivered by News Agents in any part of North Adams at 12 Cents Per Week.
J. M. francis & Son,
Publishers, TROY, N. Y.
ALBANY EVENINGJOURNAL.
It is the Best.
3 Cents a copy. Daily, $8 per year.
Semi-Weekly, $2 per year.
Weekly. $1 per year.
for sale by all Newsdealers ..
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J. H. BEALS, DEALER IN
Second-hand bottles bought and sold in any quan- tity. Paper Stock and Metals. Also wholesale and retail dealer in peddler's supplies. PEDDLERS ALWAYS WANTED. 3 NORTH EAGLE STREET.
HODGE & LADAM, Iron Founders
and Machinists.
Fine Light Castings. Japanning and Repairing. 37 and 39 BROOKLYN STREET, = NORTH ADAMS.
J. H. LABRIE,
Dealer in choice groceries and provisions, canned goods, etc.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN SEASON.
Orders taken and delivered promptly.
Cor. Houghton and E. Brooklyn Sts. NORTH ADAMS.
JOHN W. SARGENT, Boot and Shoe Repairing.
My specialty is repairing, which I do in a first-class manner, promptly at Lowest Living Prices. Give me a call at my new shop.
9 EAGLE STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
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CITY CASH GROCERY
Is Headquarters for everything in the line of
CHOICE GROCERIES and LOW PRICES. Flour, Butter and Eggs a Specialty. 16 MAIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
JOHH MCINTOSH, Practical Horse-Shoer.
Pearl Street, Off State Rear of Hunter's Foundry. NORTH ADAMS, : : MASS.
Agent for Dr. Lesure's Veterinary Medicines.
J. H. ORR & ., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Ice Dealers.
OFFICE 59 STATE STREET.
Orders received at 16 Holbrook Street., Tel. 111=2 and 49-2 NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
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OF BOGUS DIRECTORY CANVASSERS. CALL UP
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We will tell you if it is straight. Office 2 Main.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
. HICKS,
Contractor and Builder
Also Plans and Specifications.
NO. 46 NORTH ST.,
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
THOMAS MONTEATH, Merchant Tailor.
Business Suits made up in First-Class Order Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed.
50 HOLDEN STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
Wallace R. Kezer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
OCEAN. LAKE and RIVER
Oysters, Clams, Smoked,
Dried and Salt Fish Fish. Canned Goods, Pickled Tripe, Etc.
Telephone Connection. 49 Holden Street.
MARY R. BARDEN. Dress and Cloak Maker, ROOM 5 GATSLICK'S BLOCK.
68 Main Street, North Adams, Mass.
All Styles of Cloaks, Waists and Skirts Fitted and Finished Perfectly. Ter's Reasorable.
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W. N. & A. R. SMITH,
DEALERS IN-
Groceries and Provisions
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes and Notions. General Store.
41 BEAVER,
NORTH ADAMS.
DR. CLARK,
TESTING
FREE
Dental and
Optical Parlors.
BRADFORD BLOCK, MAIN STREET, COR. EAGLE.
NORTH ADAMS, = - MASS.
PARKER & Light Machine Work and General Repairing
Sewing Machine Repairs, Model Work, Grinding, Braz- ing, Key and Gunsmith. Lawn Mowers sharpened Umbrellas and Bicycles Repaired.
22 CHASE AVE., - NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
The Massachusetts Year Book,
Contains a complete directory of every Town, City, County, and State, Official, besides a great amount of Statistical Matter to be obtained nowhere else.
Indispensable for Business and Professional Men.
A Gazetteer and Hand Book covering a wide range of practical information. Over 700 pages, cloth bound. By mail prepaid $1.75.
F. S. BLANCHARD & CO., Publishers, Worcester, Mass,
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JAMES. T. LARKIN'S.
LOFTUS
PLUMBING and HEATING COMPANY.
Practical
Plumbers,
Hot Water and Steam Heat- ing. Dealers in .....
PLUMBERS
SUPPLIES.
STOVES and RANGES. 48 Centre Street,
NORTH ADAMS, -
MASS.
THOMAS F. LOFTUS, Real Estate and
Insurance.
Business Opportunities. Em-
igration and Foreign Exchange. OFFICE 55 HOLDEN STREET, ; NORTH ADAMS.
GEORGE M. DYKE, Locksmith and Machinist,
Locks and Keys made to order and repair- ing. Saws filed and General Jobbing. 9 EAGLE STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
Rules
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Board of health.
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ADOPTED, MARCH 1898.
BOARD OF HEALTH NORTH ADAMS.
DR. F. D. STAFFORD, Chairman.
EDMOND VADNAIS, W. B. ARNOLD, Sec.
JAMES A. BOUGHTON, Agent. Meeting Every Thursday Evening at 7.30. 0
Rules and Regulations
OF THE-
Board of Health.
The Board of Health of the City of North Adams hereby makes and publishes, as required by the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the fol- lowing rules and regulations for the public health and safety:
Extract from the Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Sec- tion 18.
"The Board shall make such regulations as it judges necessary for the public health and safety. Whoever vio- lates such regulations shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00)."
Drainage, Privies, Vaults and Cesspools.
Chapter 74, Acts of 1890.
SECTION 1. No privy vault shall be established in a city which accepts this act either upon premises situated on a public or private street, court or passageway where there is a public sewer opposite thereto, or upon premises con- nected with a public or private sewer, without permission in writing first obtained from the Board of Health of such city. And whenever there is in such city a privy vault so
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situated which, in the opinion of the Board of Health of such city, is injurious to the public health, said Board shall declare the same to be a nuisance, and forbid its continu- ance, and sections twenty-one to twenty-three inclusive of chapter eighty of the Public Statutes shall apply to such nuisances so declared.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect in any city of the Commonwealth when accepted by the City Council thereof. Adopted by the City Council April 6, 1896.
Chapter 312, Acts of 1893.
An act relating to the repair of private drains in streets or ways.
SECTION 1. Every owner of an estate that drains into a private drain in a public or private street or way, who shall neglect to put such drain in good repair and condition for ten days after being notified by the Board of Health of the city or town that the drain is out of repair and condi- tion, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every day that such neglect continues after the expira- tion of said ten days.
SEC. 2: This act shall take effect in any city when accepted by the City Council thereof, and in any town when accepted by a majority vote of the voters of such town present and voting at a meeting of said town duly called for that purpose. (Approved.)
Adopted by the City Council of North Adams, April 6, 1896.
RULE 1 Every tenement in said city used as a dwell- ing house shall be furnished with a sufficient drain, under- ground, to carry off the waste water into a common sewer or reservoir; and also with suitable water closets. or with a privy, the vault of which shall be underground, built and kept in the manner prescribed in these rules, and of suffi- cient capacity for the number of occupants in such tene- ment.
RULE 2. Every vault or privy shall be so constructed that the inside of the same shall be at least three feet from the line of every adjoining lot, unless the owner of such lot . shall consent or agree otherwise ; and also three feet from every street, lane, passageway or public place; and every
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such vault or privy shall be built in a thorough and substan- tial manner and kept water tight, and its contents shall never be within eighteen inches of the surface of the ground. Whenever any privy or vault shall become offen-' sive the same shall be cleansed.
RULE 3. No privy, cesspool or vault shall be opened in any manner or at any time than at such time and in such manner as the Board of Health may direct ; and no person shall remove or carry through any public street, highway or square of the city the contents of any privy or vault, un- less the person removing the same, and the cart, wagon or conveyance in which the same is carried, shall be licensed for such purpose by the Board of Health.
All such vaults shall be thoroughly cleaned out and the contents thereof removed once in each year, and oftener if the Board of Health so direct.
RULE 4. No sewer drain not water tight shall be allowed to pass within twenty feet of any well or other source of water used for culinary purposes, and no person. shall allow any pool of stagnant water to be and remain up- on his premises after notice to remove the same by the Board of Health.
RULE 5. The owners or occupants of estates abutting on a public sewer shall cause such estates to be connected by proper drains with such public sewer. Whoever neglects or refuses to comply with such regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each day that such neglect or refusal continues.
RULE 6. No person shall permit the drainage of any building to enter any lake, pond or stream within the limits of the City of North Adams. the water of which is used for domestic purposes.
Cleanliness of HousesTand Premises.
Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 24, provides : "The Board when satisfied upon due examination that a cellar, room, tenement or building in its city, occupied as a dwelling house, has become, by reason of the number of inhabitants, want of cleanliness or other cause, unfit for
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such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the in. habitants or the public, may issue a notice in writing to such occupants or any of them requiring the premises to be put in a proper condition as to cleanliness ; or, if they see fit. requiring the occupants to quit the premises within such time as the Board may deem reasonable."
RULE 7. No dwelling, or any part thereof, within the city shall be used for the sale, storage, sorting or handling of rags, without a written permit frem the Board of Health.
RULE 8. No person shall collect, remove or carry in or through any of the streets, lanes, avenues, places or alleys within the City of North Adams, the contents of any cess- pool, vault, privy or privy well, the drainage of any stable, dwelling house, slaughter house, or other building in the city, unless expressly licensed therefor by the Board of Health, upon such terms and conditions, and by such methods, as the Board may deem that the public health re- quires, and upon failure to comply therewith, the license shall be forthwith revoked and cancelled. No privy, vault or cesspool shall be cleaned between 6 p. m. and sunrise.
RULE 9. No putrid, decaying or decayed animal or vegetable matter shall be allowed to remain in cellars or outbuildings. No fish, slaughter house offal or other decay- ing and offensive animal or vegetable matter shall be left or permitted to remain upon the land for purposes of fertiliza- tion without being plowed in or otherwise rendered inoffen- sive.
RULE 10. Every owner or occupant of any building in this city shall keep such building and the yard belonging thereto free from all filth and substances liable to produce offensive odors, especially fruit, meat and vegetable cans.
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