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SECTION 7. The boards of park commissioners in their respective towns and cities shall have the same authority to determine the value of, and assess upon real estate the amount of, betterments accruing to said real estate by the locating and laying out of a park or parks under this act that is conferred by chapter fifty-one of the Public Statutes upon boards of city or town officers authorized to lay out streets or ways; and the provisions of the first eight sections of said chapter relating to ways, shall apply to such assessments by boards of park commissioners in re- spect to the location and laying out of parks as aforesaid: provided, how- erer, that no assessment shall be laid upon any real estate except such as abuts upon the park from the laying out of which the betterment accrues, or upon a street or way bounded by such park.
SECTION 8. Any town or city in which a public park is laid out under this act may raise, appropriate and expend such sums of money as may be deemed best for the purchase and improvement of such park or parks, subject to the laws of this Commonwealth limiting municipal indebted- ness.
SECTION 9. For the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred under the provisions of this act, the city council of auy city shall have au- thority to issue from time to time, and to an amount not exceeding the sum actually expended for the purchase or taking of lands for a park or parks, bonds or certificates of debt, to be denominated on the face thereof the "Publie Park Loan," and to bear interest at such rates and to be payable at such times as said city council may determine. For the re- demption of such loan such city council shall establish a sinking fund sufficient, with the accumulating interest, to provide for the payment of such loan at maturity. All amounts received for betterments shall be paid into such sinking fund until such fund shall amount to a sum suffi- cient with its accumulations to pay at maturity the bonds for the se- eurity of which the fund was established.
SECTION 10. All lands taken or held under this act shall be forever kept open and maintained as a public park or parks. No building cover- ing more than six hundred square feet shall be placed or allowed to re- main ou any such park; and no street or way, and no steam or horse rail- road, shall be laid out over any portion of a park located under this act, except at such places and in such manner as the board of park commis- sioners shall approve.
SECTION 11. No military encampment, parade, drill, review or other military evolution or exercise shall be held or performed on any park laid out as aforesaid except with the consent of sueh board, nor shall any mil- itary body without such consent enter or move in military order within such park, except in case of riot, insurrection, rebellion or war.
SECTION 12. All such boards of park commissioners shall make re- ports of their respective doings, including detailed statements of all re-
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ceipts, expenditures and liabilities for the preceding year; such reports to be made in towns at the annual town meetings, and at such other times as the town may direct, and in cities to the city council annually in the month of December.
SECTION 13. This act shall not take full effect in any town or city unless accepted by a majority of the legal voters of such town or city present and voting thereon by ballot and using the check list. at a meet- ing or meetings notice whereof has been duly given at least seven days beforehand. Such ballots shall be "yes" or "no" in answer to the ques- tion, "Shall an act passed by the legislature of the Commonwealth in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled 'An Act authorizing towns and cities to lay out public parks within their limits,' be accepted ?" In a town such meetings shall be called and notified in the manner in which meetings for the election of town officers are called and notified; and in a city meetings to act thereon shall be held at one time in the usual vot- ing places of the city, on such days as shall be designated by the board of aldermen at any regular meeting, and shall be called and notified by the board of aldermen in the manner in which meetings for the election of municipal officers are called and notified. The ballots cast shall be as- sorted, counted, and public declaration made thereof in open town or ward meeting, and the number of ballots respectively cast shall be regis- tered in the town or ward records as the case may be. The clerk of each ward in a city shall, within forty-eight hours of the close of the polis, make return to the board of aldermen of the number of ballots cast in his ward in favor of the acceptance of this act, and of the number cast against its acceptance. The selectmen and town clerk of a town and the board of aldermen of a city in which such meeting or meetings are held shall certify, as soon as may be thereafter, to the secretary of the Common- wealth, the whole number of ballots cast in favor of the acceptance of this act, and the whole number cast against its acceptance; and if it shall appear that a majority of the ballots have been cast in favor of acceptance, the said secretary shall immediately issue and publish his certificate declaring this act to have been duly accepted by such town or city.
SECTION 14. No second meeting for the purpose of voting upon the question of accepting this act shall be called within twelve months from the first, unless the first meeting shall have failed through illegality or irregularity in the proceedings.
SECTION 15. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approred April 13, 1882.]
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[ACTS OF 1894-CHAPTER 455.]
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE LICENSING OF PLUMBERS AND THE SUPERVISION OF THE BUSINESS OF PLUMBING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, unless such person, firm or corporation has re- eeived a license or certifieate therefor in accordance with the provisions. of this act. The words "practical plumber," as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean a person who has learned the business of plumbing, by working for at least two years either as an apprentice or under a verbal agreement for instruetion, and who has then worked for at least one year as a first-class journeyman plumber. The word "journeyman," as. used in this act, shall be deemed to mean one who personally does any work in plumbing which is subject to inspection, under chapter four hun- dred and nineteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety- two, or under any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made under the authority of this act.
SECTION 2. Any person not engaged in or working at the business of plumbing prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and desiring to engage in or work at said business, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, shall apply to the board of health having jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage in or work at said business, except in eities or towns where the inspector of buildings has control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, where sueh application shall be made to the inspector of buildings, and shall, at such time and place as may be designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such applications shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifiea- tions for such business. On or before the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four every master or employing plumb- er, and every journeyman plumber, engaged in or working at the busi- ness of plumbing in this Commonwealth prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and desiring to engage in or work at said business in any eity or town where licenses for plumbers are required, shall personally register his name and address at the office of the board of health or of the inspector of buildings to whom applica- tions for lieenses are to be made in such eity or town, and state after being sworn where and how long he has been engaged in or has worked at said business and whether as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. Said board of health or inspector of buildings, if satisfied that the person so registering was actually engaged in or work-
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ing at said business prior to said date shall thereupon issue to him a certificate, setting forth that he was engaged in or working at the busi- ness of plumbing either as a master or employing plumber, or as a jour- neyman plumber, as the case may be, prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and authorizing him to en- gage in or work at said business, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a certificate for a master or employing plumber shall be two dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty cents. Said certificates shall be valid and have force throughout the Commonwealth. In the case of a firm or corpora- tion the examination and licensing of, or the registration of and granting a certificate to, any one member of the firm or the manager of the cor- poration shall satisfy the requirements of this act.
SECTION 3. There shall be in every city, and in each town of five thou- sand inhabitants or more, and in each town having a system of water supply or sewerage, a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of the chairman or such other member of the board of health as said board may designate, and in cities or towns having an inspector of buildings, the inspector of buildings of said city or town, who shall be members ex officio of said board and serve without compensation, and a third member, who shall be a practical plumber of at least five years' continued practical experience either as a master or as a journeyman during the years next preceding the date of appointment. Said third member shall be appointed by the board of health of said city or town within three months from the passage of this act, for the term of one year from the first day of May in the year of appointment, and thereafter annually before the first day of June, and shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day of actual service, to be paid from the treasury of said city or town: provided, that if in any city or town there is no inspector of buildings, said board of health shall also appoint the second member of said board of examiners, whose term of office and compensation shall be the same as is heretofore provided for said third member.
SECTION 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be after the appointment of said third member, meet and organize by the selection of a chairman, and shall then designate the times and places for the exam- ination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work at the business of plumbing within their respective jurisdictions. Said board shall examine said applicants as to their practical knowledge of plumbing, house drain- age and plumbing ventilation, and shall submit the applicant to some satisfactory form of practical test, and if satisfied of the competency of the applicant shall so certify to the board of health or inspector of build- ings in their respective city or town. Said board or inspector shall there- upon issue a license to such applicant, authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumb-
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er, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a lieense for a master or employing plumber shall be two dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty cents. Said licenses shall be vailid and have force through- out the Commonwealth, and shall be renewed annually upon a payment. of a fec of fifty cents. In case of removal beyond the jurisdiction of the- board or inspector issuing the original license it may be renewed by any board having like authority.
SECTION 5. The board of health, or inspector of buildings where such inspector has control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, of each city and town mentioned in section three of this act, shall, within three months from the passage of this act, appoint one or more inspectors of plumbing, who shall be practical plumbers of at least. fire years' continued practical experience, either as masters or as journey- men, during the years next preceding the date of appointment, and who shall hold office until removed by said board or inspector for cause, which must be shown. All such inspectors shall before appointment be subjected to an examination before the civil service commission. The compensation of such inspectors shall be determined by the board or inspector appointing them, subjeet to the approval of the eity council or- selectmen, and shall be paid from the treasury of their respective cities. or towns. Said inspectors shall inspect all plumbing work for which permits are hereafter granted within their respective jurisdiction, in process of construction, alteration or repair, and shall report to said board or inspector all violations of any law, ordinance, by-law, rule or- regulation relating to plumbing work; and also perform such other appro- priate duties as may be required. The approval of any plumbing by any other inspectors than those provided for under this act shall not be- deemed a compliance with the provisions thereof.
SECTION 6. No inspector of plumbing in any eity or town shall inspect or approve any plumbing work done by himself, or any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him, but in each city or town subject to the provisions of this act the board of health shall appoint an additional inspector of plumbing, in the same manner and subject to the same qualifications as the regular inspector of plumbing, whose duty it shall be to inspect, in the manner prescribed in this act, plumbing work done by the regular inspector or any person by whom he is employed. or who is employed by or with him. Said additional in- spector shall have authority to act in ease of the absence or inability of the regular inspector, and shall receive for his services such compensa- tion as the regular inspector would for a like duty. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city or town which has heretofore established or may hereafter establish an annual salary for the position of inspector of plumbing. and in any such city or town no inspector of plumbing shall engage in or work at the business of plumbing.
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SECTION 7. Each city or town of five thousand inhabitants or more, and every town having a system of water supply or sewerage, shall by ordinance or by-law, within six months from the passage of this act, pre- seribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction, alteration and inspection of all pipes, tanks, faucets, valves and other fixtures by and through which waste water or sewage is used and carried; and pro- vide that no such pipes, tanks, faucets, valves or other fixtures shall be placed in any building in such city or town except in accordance with plans which shall be approved by the board of health of such city or town, or the inspector of buildings, where such inspector has control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding plumbing; and shall further provide that no plumbing work shall be done, except in the case of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor, upon such terms and conditions as such cities or towns shall prescribe. But nothing in this section shall prevent boards of health from making such rules and regulations in regard to plumbing and house drainage hitherto authorized by law, which are not inconsistent with any ordinance or by- law made under the authority of this section by the respective cities or towns within which such boards of health have jurisdiction. The pro- visions of this section shall not apply to the city of Boston or to any officer or board thereof.
SECTION 8. Any person violating any provision of this act, or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every violation thereof, and if such person has re- ceived a license under this act his license may be revoked by the board or inspector issuing the same; and if such violation was committed in a city or town other than that where he received his license, the board of health or inspector of buildings having jurisdiction may forbid him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing for a period not exceed- ing one year in the city or town where the violation was committed. If any person to whom a certificate has been issued under this act violates any provision thereof, or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, either the board of health or inspector of buildings issuing his certificate, or the board of health or inspector of buildings having jurisdiction where such violation was committed, may forbid him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing in such city or town for a period not exceeding one year. Any person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing in any city or town where he has been for- bidden so to do under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every such offence. Any city or town mentioned in section three of this act refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars to the use of the Commonwealth for every month during which such neglect may continue.
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SECTION 9. The provisions of this act shall apply to all persons who are now or may be hereafter learning the business of plumbing, when they are sent out to do the work of a journeyman plumber.
SECTION 10. Any person now holding an appointment as inspector of phunbing may retain his position, and. without further examination, be deemed to have been appointed under this act.
SECTION 11. The boards of health and inspectors of buildings herein- before mentioned may expend such portion of all fees collected by them under this act as shall become necessary to properly perform all duties imposed by the passage of this act. The said boards or inspectors shall annually, before the first day of June, make a full report in detail to their respective cities or towns of all their proceedings during the year under this act.
SECTION 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. The provisions of this act so far as they are the same as those of chapter four hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three shall be construed as a continuation of that chapter and not as new enactments. [Approred June 6. 1894.]
[ACTS OF 1895-CHAPTER 186.]
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WATERING OF STREETS IN TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc .. as follows :
SECTION 1. Any town the population of which exceeds three thousand, which shall adopt the provisions of this act at its annual town meeting or at a special meeting called for said purpose, may annually appropriate and expend money for watering its public streets, and may provide that its board of assessors may assess upon the estates abutting on the streets so watered the whole or any portion of the cost of such watering; and the amount of such assessments upon cach estate, unless previously paid, shall be certified by such board of assessors to the collector of taxes of the town, who shall include the same in the next tax bill issued for an annual tax upon such estate, and the same shall be a lien upon such estate, and shall be considered as constituting a part of, and shall be levied, collected and paid or abated in the same manner as the town taxes on real estate.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved March 27, 1895.]
(Adopted in town meeting, May, 1896.)
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF
HIGHLAND CEMETERY.
Toted-That the tract of 17 2-10 acres conveyed to the Town of Nor- wood by Matthew Clay, John Nugent, William Cuff and others, by their deeds recorded in Norfolk Registry-Lib. 504, Folios 88, 89, 90 and 91- be set apart for the purposes of a cemetery, and held by the town in perpetual trust-
First, for the use of those to whom separate lots or exclusive burial rights shall be allotted, assigned or conveyed, and their representatives and assigns. Second, for the use of all who shall bury their dead therein, in accordance with the rules and regulations that may, from time to time, be in force, in relation thereto, or by permission of the connnission- ers having charge thereof, and it is hereby declared that all citizens resi- dent within the town, or who have at any time resided in the town, shall be entitled to bury their dead therein, conforming to such rules and regulations.
Toted-That the chairman of the selectmen be authorized to execute and acknowledge such instrument as may be necessary. for the purpose of causing the foregoing declaration of trust to be properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds for Norfolk County.
Voted-That the plans submitted by the cemetery commissioners be hereby approved and adopted, and that the cemetery be hereafter known as the "Highland Cemetery."
Toted-That suitable provision be made for the transfer of certificates of proprietorship, for recording the same, and the issue of new certificates in such manner and form, upon such conditions, and by the payment of such clerical fees, as the said commissioners shall prescribe.
Toted-That the following rules and regulations, and the form of con- veyance hereafter set forth, be adopted by the town, viz .:
INTERMENTS.
No interments shall be made until the commissioners or superintendent in charge shall have been furnished with such permits as may be required by the laws of the Commonwealth, or of the city or town from which the
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deceased may be brought, together with an order from the proprietor of the lot in which such interment is to be made, or from his legal represent- ative; nor until the fees hereinafter provided shall have been paid.
The charge for opening a grave for an adult, and making an interment, shall be five dollars; for the same service in the case of a child under ten years of age, three dollars.
Interments may be made in single graves sold from lots reserved for that purpose (other than the public lot), and the graves numbered, upon the payment of five dollars each, in addition to the fees hereinbefore provided; and the commissioners shall give the purchaser of a grave a certificate therefor in the form provided for that purpose. Whenever any such grave shall become vacant by removal of the body interred therein, the owner may sell said grave within one year from time of removal, with the approval of the commissioners, otherwise the land shall revert to the town; but in case the owner thereof, or his representative, becomes the purchaser of a lot in the cemetery, the original price for the grave, in case of reversion to the town, shall be allowed in part payment for the lot.
Not more than two interments shall be made in the same grave, whether in a private or a public lot, and the latter interment shall be at least four feet below the surface of the ground.
Bodies may be deposited in a receiving-tomb, with the consent of the commissioners. If, within four months after the deposit, such body shall not have been removed to any other part of the cemetery, the commis- sioners may, at any time thereafter, remove the body to such place within the cemetery as they may deem proper. The commissioners shall deliver any such body to the friends or relatives applying for it in a legal man- ner, for removal, at their own expense, from the cemetery.
At military funerals, no firing of volleys shall be allowed within the cemetery, except by special permission of the commissioners.
No grave or tomb shall be opened for interment or removal by any person not in the employ of the commissioners.
RECORDS AND PLANS.
There shall be kept at the office of the town clerk, under the control of the commissioners of the cemetery, all the books necessary for recording the original deeds of lots, or the certificates of purchase of single graves, of ornamental grounds, and of spaces between lots; of transfers from pro- prietor to proprietor, and transfers by will or by operation of law; also, instruments of donation in trust for the perpetual care of lots, or for any purpose consistent with the objects of the cemetery; also, a register of interments; and such other records as may, from time to time, be found necessary and convenient by the commissioners.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING LOTS, TOMBS, ETC.
1. No lot shall be enclosed by a wall, fence, coping, hedge, or by any boundary whatever; but the limits of each lot shall be marked at each corner by suitable granite posts, and these boundary marks shall be sunk in the ground, so that the tops shall not be more than one inch above the surface of the lots. Each lot shall be legibly numbered, in a manner to be approved by the commissioners.
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