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Section 4. The said inspector shall immediately upon re- ceiving the result of any analysis made by virtue of this ordinance make a full report thereof to the Board of Health of this city and to the City Council, which reports shall be open to public in- spection.
Section 5. Whoever violates the provisions of either of the first two sections of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
A true copy of an ordinance passed to be ordained by the Common Council and by the Board of Aldermen and approved by the mayor July 1, 1892.
Attest : GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
No. 37.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO FLOWING WATER OVER SIDEWALKS OR UPON STREETS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Chapter fifteen, entitled "Highways," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section, namely :--
Section 33. No person shall wash or clean a carriage or horse in any street, or cause it to be there washed or cleaned, and no per- son using water for washing carriages or for other purposes shall so use it, or cause, or allow it to be so used, thrown, discharged, or to so escape as to flow or collect upon any street, or to flow upon or across the surface of any sidewalk to any street, gutter, or sewer.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council October 27, and by the Board of Aldermen November 9, and ap- proved by the mayor November 16, 1892.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville , Journal of November 26, 1892.
Attest : GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk
No. 38.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX AND SEVEN OF CHAPTER FOUR OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1891.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section six of chapter four of the Revised Ordin- ances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the word "twelfth," in the last clause of said section, and inserting in place thereof the word :-- " fourteenth."
Section 2. Section seven of said chapter four is hereby amended by striking out the word "twelfth," in the first clause of said section seven and inserting in place thereof the word : "four- teenth."
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council March 15, and by the Board of Aldermen March 22, and approved by the mayor March 27, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Citizen of March 31, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
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NO. 39
AN ORDINANCE TO SO AMEND CHAPTERS NINETEEN AND TWENTY OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1891, THAT THE SUPER-
INTENDENT OF ELECTRIC LINES SHALL ALSO BE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows .-
Section 1 .- Section one, of Chapter twenty, of the Revised Ordinances of 1891 is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words: He shall also be superintendent of lights, and shall be an electrician. He shall supervise the lighting, care, and repair of the street lights, whether the same be done un- der contract or otherwise ; and if not done under contract, he shall hire such labor as shall be necessary for performing the duties of the department, at such a price, for such a period, and under such rules and regulations as the committee on fuel and street lights may direct. Whenever any street, bridge, or public place of the city, for the care and maintenance of which the city is legally liable, shall, from the construction of public improvements therein, or from any other cause, be unsafe for travel, the said superintendent shall make it his especial concern to keep, or to cause to be kept, or to see that those whose duty it is shall keep, a sufficient number of lighted lanterns every night about the place of danger, until the / said street, bridge, or place is restored to a condition safe and con- venient for public travel. He shall in general perform such other duties, and render such other services in relation to the street lights, not herein before specified, as may be required of him by the mayor and aldermen, the committee on public property, or the committee on fuel and street lights.
Section 2. Section one, of Chapter nineteen, of the Revised Ordinance of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words "and lights " in the first clause of said section. Section Four, of said Chapter nineteen, is hereby amended by striking out the words " and on fuel and street lights." Section Seven, of said Chapter nineteen, is amended by striking out the words " and street lights." Said Chapter Nineteen is further amended by striking out Sections
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Five and Six thereof. The title, "Duties of the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Lights," is hereby amended where it ap- pears before Section Two, of said Chapter nineteen, by striking out the words " and lights."
Section. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council and by the Board of Aldermen April 12, and approved by the- mayor April 15, 1893.
Published by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Journal of April 29, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
No. 40.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ITINERANT MUSICIANS, BEARS IN THE STREETS, AND THE RINGING OF DOOR-BELLS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULARS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1 .- No person shall sing, or play, or perform on any musical instrument, in the streets or public places of the City of Somerville, except in connection with a funeral, a military parade, or a procession of a political, civic, or charitable organization for which a police escort is provided, unless licensed thereto by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as hereinafter set forth.
Section 2 .- Two or more persons joining together to sing or perform on musical instruments for gain in the streets or public places of said city will be considered a band, a collective license for which may be granted to one or more persons, and the membership of the band may be changed from time to time without additional. license fee, provided the number of members be not increased.
Section 3 .- The Board may grant licenses to persons or bands. to sing or play or perform on musical instruments in the streets and
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public places of the city, and to solicit and receive compensation therefor from bystanders or the public ; but no such licensed person or band shall perform as part of any procession, parade or assem- blage in the streets or public places of the city, except as provided in Section 1.
Section 4 .- No musician or band shall perform in the streets or public places of the city before nine o'clock A. M., nor after ten o'clock P. M., nor on Sunday, except as a part of a funeral or mil- itary procession, or at a concert given by the city (and then not within three hundred feet of any place of worship, while worship is being held therein) ; nor within three hundred feet of any building, any occupant of which notifies him or them to desist, or has notified the Board of Aldermen in writing that he objects to such perform- ances.
Section 5 .- Every license herein before provided for shall ex- pire on the first day of May next succeeding its date ; the fee for such license shall be fifty cents for each and every person included therein. The license shall not be transferable, and shall be revoc- able by the Board of Aldermen at its discretion, and may be sus- pended by the chief of police pending any charges to said Board against the licensee ; and in case of revocation no portion of the license fee shall be refunded.
Section 6 .- No person shall in any street or public place of the City of Somerville lead or exhibit any bear, or permit any bear to be in any such street or public place, unless licensed thereto by the Board of Aldermen of said city, and any license so granted shall expire on the first day of May next succeeding its date : and the fee for such license shall be one dollar. The license shall not be trans- ferable and shall be revocable by the Board of Aldermen at its dis- cretion.
Section 7 .- The ringing of any door-bell by any person in dis- tributing circulars or for the purpose of peddling is hereby pro- hibited.
Section 8 .- Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 9 .- This ordinance shall take effect upon its pass- age.
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A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council June 14, 1893, and by the Board of Aldermen June 28, 1893, and approved by the mayor June 29, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Citizen of June 30, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
No. 41.
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING OFFICE HOURS AT THE CITY HALL.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1 .- From and after the passage of this ordinance, the offices at the City Hall shall be kept open to the public daily (Sun- days and legal holidays excepted), as follows :-
The office of the treasurer and collector of taxes, Saturdays, from 8 A. M. to 12 M. ; other days from 8 A. M. to 2 P. M.
The office of the city engineer, Saturdays, from 8 A. M. to 12 M ; other days from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
And the offices of the assessors, the city clerk, and the clerk of committees, Saturdays, from 8 A. M. to 12 M. ; other days from 8 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Section. 2. Sections 5 and 8 of chapter VI .. section 3 of chapter VII., and section 10 of chapter IX. of the Revised Ordin- ances of 1891 are hereby repealed.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen and by the Common Council and approved by the mayor June 28, 1993.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Journal, of July 1, 1893.
Attest : GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
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No. 42.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO EVENING SESSIONS OF THE BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. The board of registrars of voters shall hold at least two evening sessions for the registration of voters in each ward in the month of October in each year at such time and place as said Board shall determine.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council July 26, 1893, and by the Board of Aldermen September 6, 1893, and approved by the mayor September 7, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Citizen of September 15, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
No. 43.
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 36, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF HEALTH."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Ordinance number thirty-six, entitled " An Ordinance for the Better Protection of Health," is hereby repealed.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council July 26, 1893, and by the Board of Aldermen September 6, 1893, and approved by the mayor September 7, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Journal of September 16, 1893.
Attest : GEORGE I. VINCENT,
City Clerk.
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No. 44. 613
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE RIDING OF BICYCLES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1 .- Every person riding a bicycle on any street or way of the city shall be provided with a bell, gong, whistle, horn or trumpet, which shall be loudly sounded whenever such rider ap- proaches a street or way, which intersects that on which he is rid- ing, and whenever he approaches any person crossing any street or way or walking in the carriage-way thereof, and whenever he ap- proaches any horse from behind.
No person shall ride a bicycle in any public street or way of the city at a greater rate of speed then ten miles an hour, except in such streets or parts of streets, and during such periods, as may from time to time, be designated by the City Council.
Section 2 .- Whoever violates any of the provisions of this. ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dol- lars for each offence.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council September 13, and by the Board of Aldermen September 27, and approved by the mayor September 27, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville News of September 30, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
No. 45.
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF PLUMBING.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person, firm, or corporation not now engaged in or working at the business of plumbing shall hereafter engage in or work at said business in this city, either as a master or employ-
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ing plumber or as a journeyman plumber, unless such person, firm, or corporation first receives a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of chapter four hundred seventy-seven of the acts. of the general court of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three ; and the application for such license shall be made to the inspector of buildings of this city.
Section 2. The inspector of buildings shall, subject at all times to the direction and control of the mayor and aldermen, have control of the regulations regarding plumbing and the general supervision of the business and inspection of plumbing, and of the enforcement of all laws and ordinances in regard thereto.
Section 3. The rules and regulations in this ordinance con- tained are prescribed for the materials, construction, alteration, and inspection of all pipes, tanks, faucets, valves, and other fixtures by and though which waste water or sewerage is used and carried, and no such pipes, tanks, faucets, valves, or other fixtures shall be placed in any building in this city except in accordance with plans which shall, before such placing of any such fixtures, be submitted to and approved by the Board of Health of this city, or such person or persons as said Board of Health may designate, and which shall conform to the provisions of this ordin- ance, and no plumbing work shall be done, except in the case of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor by the inspector of buildings ; and every person before doing any such plumbing work in a building shall file in the office of the inspector of buildings, upon blanks provided for that purpose, a notice of the work to be performed, with such specifications in regard to such work as said inspector shall require, and shall obtain from such inspector a permit to do such work; and no such work or any plumbing work shall be done in any building except subject to the approval of the inspector of buildings, and in accordance with the aforesaid plans, notice, specifications, permit, and any ordinance of the city or any law applicable to such work.
Section 4. Every person carrying on the business of plumbing shall register his name and place of business in the office of the inspector of buildings, and notice of any change in the place of business of a registered plumber shall be immediately given to the inspector of buildings.
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Section 5. The plumbing of every building shall be separately and independently connected with the public sewer, when such sewer is provided, or with a proper and sufficient drain connected thereto outside of the building ; and if a sewer is not accessible, with a proper cesspool ; and in no case shall the drain or soil- pipe be used for more than one dwelling in a block of two or more houses, but a block of two houses may be connected with the public sewer through one pipe, connections being made five feet outside of the building.
Section 6. Pipes and other fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view until inspected and approved by the inspector of buildings, or under his direction by an inspector of plumbing, who shall examine the same within two working days after notice that they are ready for inspection.
Section 7. Plumbing work shall not be used unless the same has first been tested in the presence of the inspector of buildings, or under his direction by an inspector of plumbing, with the water test, or, if that is not practicable, with peppermint or other reliable test, approved by the inspector of buildings ; and connec- tions must be made of all pipes, traps, and other fixtures that are to be concealed, before the test of plumbing is made.
Section 8. Drain and connecting ventilating pipes shall be of sufficient size and made of cast or standard wrought iron within the building, and for a distance of at least five feet outside, except that lead pipes may be used for short connections. Such pipes, if of wrought iron, shall be of standard weight and strength, and if of cast iron, shall be of uniform thickness throughout, and when. placed below the cellar floor and for a space of two feet up from the floor shall have an average weight of not less than that below specified, namely :-
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Section 9. Drain-pipes shall be properly secured by irons to walls, laid in trenches to uniform grade, or suspended to floor tim- bers by strong iron hangers. Every drain-pipe shall be supplied with a suitable trap, placed, with an accessible clean-out, at or near the point where it leaves the building, and shall have a proper fall. Drain-pipes shall be carried above the roof, open and undiminished in size, and to a sufficient height, not less than two feet above the roof and not less than five feet above the top of any window within ten feet. Changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches. All drain-pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the building, and shall not be exposed to press- ure where they pass through walls. Every part of every drain-pipe below a cellar floor shall be laid in a brick trench with a concrete base, and shall be accessible through sufficient unattached covers.
Section 10. Rain water leaders, when connected with soil or drain-pipes, shall be suitably trapped.
Section 11. Iron pipes used in plumbing shall be coated in- side and out with coal-tar pitch, applied hot, or with paint, or with some equivalent substance. Joints shall be run full with molten lead, and thoroughly calked and made tight. Connections of lead pipes with iron pipes shall be made with brass ferrules, properly soldered and calked to the iron.
Section 12. The waste-pipe of every sink, basin, bath-tub, water-closet, slop-hopper, and of each set of trays or other fixtures shall be furnished with a trap, which shall be placed as near as practicable to the fixture that it serves. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air-pressure by special cast or wrought-iron air- pipes of a size not less than the waste-pipes they serve, placed out- side or below the trap. Lead air-pipes may be used only where they are exposed to view, or cased with movable casing. Air-pipes for water-closet traps shall be of two-inch bore if thirty feet or less in length, and of three-inch bore if more than thirty feet in length. Air-pipes shall be run as direct as practicable. Two or more air- pipes may be connected together or with a drain-pipe ; but in every case of connection with a drain-pipe such connection shall be above the upper fixture of the building.
Section 13. Drip or overflow pipes, from safes under water- closets and other fixtures, or from tanks or cisterns, shall be run to
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some place in open sight, and in no case shall any such pipe be con- nected directly with a drain-pipe. No waste-pipe from a refrigera- tor, or other receptacle in which provisions are stored, shall be connected with a drain-pipe or other waste-pipe.
Section 14. Every water-closet, or line of water-closets on the same floor, shall be supplied with water from a tank or cistern, and shall have a flushing-pipe of not less than one-inch in diameter ; but this requirement shall not apply to water-closets substituted for vaults, where the same are located outside of the building proper, and such water-closets may be arranged so as to receive their supply directly from the main, with proper fixtures approved by the in- spector, the water board, and the board of health.
Section 15 .- No steam-exhaust shall be connected with any public sewer or with any soil or waste-pipe or drain which com- municates with a public sewer.
Section 16 .- Water-pipes in exposed places shall be properly protected from frost.
Section 17. A grease-trap shall be constructed under the sink of every hotel, eating-house, restraurant, or other public cooking establishment, in such a manner as to be easily accessible for inspec- tion and cleaning.
Section 18. Sections seventy-eight to eighty-nine, both inclu- sive, and sections ninety-one, ninety-two, and ninety-seven of chap- ter nineteen of the revised ordinances of 1891 are hereby repealed.
Section 19. Any owner, lessee, contractor, workman, agent, or any other person, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 20. This ordinance shall take effect upon its pas- sage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the the Common Coun- cil and by the Board of Aldermen and approved by the mayor December 4, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Journal of December 16, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
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No. 46.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE, APPROVED JUNE 29,. 1893, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ITINERANT MUSICIANS, BEARS IN THE STREETS, AND RINGING OF
DOOR-BELLS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULARS."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section one of an ordinance, approved June 29, 1893, entitled " An Ordinance in relation to Itinerant Musicians, Bears in the Streets and Ringing of Door-bells for the Distribution of Circulars," is hereby amended by striking out said section one, and substituting in place thereof the following :-
Section 1. No meeting shall be held, and no person shall deliver a sermon, lecture, address, or discourse, or shall sing, or play or perform on any musical instrument, in the streets or public places of the City of Somerville, except in connection with a funeral, a military parade, or a procession of a political, civic, or charitable organization for which a public escort is provided, unless licensed thereto by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as hereinafter set forth, and such licenses may be made sub- ject to such conditions and restrictions, as to time, place, duration of the license, number of performers, or otherwise, as to said Board of Aldermen shall seem best, and in regard to licenses for singing, or playing on musical instruments in connection with processions or meetings of charitable or religious organizations, a collective license may be granted to such organizations for singing or playing on musical instruments, with such limitations or restrictions as said Board may deem advisable, and the license fee provided for in the fifth section of this ordinance, may be remitted in whole or in part, at the discretion of said Board.
Section 2. Section four of said ordinance, approved June 29, 1893, is hereby amended by inserting after the word " Sun- day" therein the following words :- Except where in the case of processions or meetings of charitable or religious organizations,
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as hereinbefore provided for, specially licensed by said Board to perform on Sunday, or.
Section 3. The title of said ordinance arppoved June 29, 1883, is hereby amended by striking out the words "for the distribution of circulars," so that said title shall read, " An Ordinance in relation to Itinerant Musicians, Bears in the Streets and Ringing of Door Bells."
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
A true copy of an ordinance passed by the Common Council and by the Board of Aldermen and approved by the mayor December 27, 1893.
Published, by order of the City Council, in the Somerville Citizen of December 29, 1893.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
Said Section four of said ordinance, approved June 29, 1893, as amended by section two of the foregoing ordinance, reads as follows :-
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