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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved June 23, 1897.
No. 68.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE LAYING OUT OF KENT STREET AND SACRAMENTO STREET.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Kent street, a private way extending from Som- erville avenue to the location of the Fitchburg railroad and from
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such location to Beacon street, may be laid out and accepted of such width, although less than forty feet, in whole or in part, as the city council may determine, and in any layings out of said Kent street and of Sacramento street respectively from Somer- ville avenue and across the location of the Fitchburg railroad and to Beacon street, such part of either of said streets, as the city council may determine, may be laid out and constructed as foot- ways and subways.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 23, 1897.
No. 69.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTERS TWENTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-SIX OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1891.
Bc il ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, . as follows :-
Section 1. Section one of chapter twenty-five, entitled "Junk Shops and Dealers in Second-hand Articles," of the Re- vised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by adding thereto a paragraph which will read as follows :-
Fifth. No keeper of such a shop shall have his shop open for the transaction of business, nor shall he purchase any of the aforesaid articles, except between sunrise and nine o'clock in the evening of any week day, except Saturday, on which day such shop may be kept open, and such articles purchased from sunrise until ten o'clock in the evening.
Section 2. The last paragraph of section three of chapter twenty-six, entitled "Licenses and Fees Therefor," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by striking out the words "Deal in or," so that the paragraph as amended shall read as follows :- For license to collect junk, old metals, and second-hand articles, under chapter twenty-five of these ordinances, $2.00.
Section 3. Section three of said chapter twenty-six of the Revised Ordinances of 1891 is hereby amended by adding thereto
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and at the end of said section three a paragraph which shall read as follows :- For license to a keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals, or second-hand articles, and to be a dealer therein under chapter twenty-five of these ordinances, $10.00.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved August 21, 1897.
No. 70.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO JANITORS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :--
Section 1. The janitors of schoolhouses and other public buildings belonging to the city shall be employed and discharged at pleasure by the committee on public property, and shall be under its control. Their compensation shall be fixed by said committee, and shall be payable from the accounts chargeable with the maintenance of the respective buildings in which such janitors are employed, unless otherwise provided by the city council.
Section 2. All janitors shall be under the supervision of the inspector of buildings, as provided in section three of chapter nineteen of the Revised Ordinances of 1891 ; but when any janitor is employed in a building which is not in the care of the committee on public property, he shall, unless said committee otherwise directs, perform such services as may be required of him by the committee, board, or officer of the city having the care of such building.
Section 3. Section three of chapter twenty-eight, and so much as relates to janitors of section six of chapter thirteen of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved November 27, 1897.
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No. 71.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER FIF- TEEN OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1891, IN REGARD TO HIGHWAYS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section one of chapter fifteen, entitled "High- ways," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by adding after the words "forty feet" the words "except such streets or highways, not less than thirty feet in width, as were used as highways previous to the year 1872," so that as amended said section one will read as follows :- Section 1. No street or high- way shall be laid out or accepted by the city of a less width than forty feet, except such streets or highways, not less than thirty feet in width, as were used as highways previous to the year 1872. All petitions for laying out, widening, altering, or discontinu- ing any street or way shall first be presented to the city council, and be referred by it to the committee on highways.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved November 27, 1897.
No. 72.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. If any person shall, for building purposes or for other reasons, cause the whole or any portion of a sidewalk in any highway in this city to be obstructed for public travel for a period of more than twenty-four hours, he shall, if so requested by the superintendent of streets, provide and maintain a safe and convenient way satisfactory to the superintendent of streets, and at least eighteen inches in width, by means of a plank walk or otherwise, for the use of foot travelers, around or over such side- walk or portion of a sidewalk so obstructed.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved November 27, 1897.
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No. 73.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :---
Section 1. In every building hereafter erected which is planned for two or more families to reside on the same floor, there shall be a partition wall of brick or other incombustible material, satisfactory to the inspector, separating each suite of rooms from the other suites. Such walls, if of brick, to be not less than eight inches thick, built up to the under side of the roof cov- ering, and the said covering shall be laid and imbedded in mortar upon the walls ; or said wall shall be built twelve inches above the roof and covered with metal covering, or where said wall is not carried above the roof, there shall be placed on each side of said wall a rafter which shall be filled in solidly with mortar between said wall and rafters, provided, however, that openings in party or partition walls may be made for the purpose of stairways, in which case, all partitions around said openings shall be brick nogged and shall be lathed on both sides with metal or wire lath- ing and plastered, and all door openings in such partitions shall be furnished with metal covered doors satisfactory to the in- spector ; the soffits of all such stairways shall be lathed with metal or wire lathing. Party walls of brick in buildings more than two stories high shall be at least twelve inches thick to the first story floor.
Section 2. No building, hereafter erected or altered, to be finished in whole or in part, shall be lathed or plastered until the inspector shall have inspected the fire stops required in said build- ing, and a written notice from him to the builder, that it has been accepted. And it shall be the duty of said inspector to inspect said premises, and issue the permit for same, as soon as practicable after receiving a written notice that said premises are ready for inspection.
Section 3. No ledger-boards shall be used in place of girts. in any building where the posts exceed fifteen feet in height, and
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all openings at floors, whether caused by ledger-board, floor joist laid upon girts, or floor joists projecting above sills, shall be stopped by joists not less than two inches thick, fitted tightly between the studs.
Section 4. Section thirteen of chapter nineteen of the Re- vised Ordinances of 1891, as amended by ordinance approved on the eleventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety- four, is hereby amended by striking out the following clause (as. contained in said amendment), namely: "And the plans, if any such have been prepared of the proposed structure, shall, at the time of giving such notice, be exhibited to the inspector of build- ings for his examination," and substituting in place of the clause- so stricken out the following clause, namely: "And plans of every building hereafter erected, intended for business, manufacturing, or storage purposes, or in which two or more families are to re- side on the same floor, or in which two or more stores are to be placed on the same floor, and every church hereafter erected shall, at the time of giving such notice, be delivered to the inspector of buildings for his examination, and a copy of the plan of the first and second floor and of one elevation shall be delivered to the in- spector of buildings, to be retained by him." So that said sec- tion shall read as follows: Section 13. No building shall here- after he erected in this city, and no addition to, or alterations in, any building shall be made, unless the person intending to erect or make alterations in such buildings shall, seven days, at least, before he proceeds to build or erect the same, or lay the foundation thereof, or to make the said alterations, or to do any act for carrying into execution his intention to do such things, give to the inspector of buildings notice, in writing, of his intention, with the dimensions of the structure, proposed, the materials to be used, the number of the street, or the precise location, and the name of the owner or owners of the land, in order that any encroachment or other injury or in- convenience to the public streets which might otherwise happen, may be thereby prevented, and that this ordinance may be com- plied with. The said notice shall be accompanied by, or contain, a statement in writing of the purpose for which the proposed
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structure is intended to be used, and of the particular kind of busi- ness, manufacturing, or storage proposed to be conducted therein, if the structure is intended for business, manufacturing, or storage purposes ; and plans of every building hereafter erected intended for business, manufacturing, or storage purposes, or in which two or more families are to reside on the same floor or in which two or more stores are to be placed on the same floor, and every church hereafter erected shall, at the time of giving such notice, be delivered to the inspector of buildings for his examination, and a copy of the plan of the first and second floor and of one eleva- tion shall be delivered to the inspector of buildings, to be retained by him ; and no building shall be erected, and the construction of any building shall not be commenced, and no work, except neces- sary repairs, shall be done upon any wall, structure, or building, without a permit from the inspector of buildings. No permit shall be granted for the erection of a building for the storage, keeping. manufacture, or refining of crude petroleum or any of its products, unless the mayor and aldermen have granted a license therefor, prescribing the place where such building shall be erected, and the particular location, materials, and construc- tion thereof, with such regulations as to the height of chimneys, dimensions of building, and protection against fire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood.
Section 5. A full set of the plans and specifications of every public building hereafter erected by the city, and of every altera- tion in a public building, provided any plans and specifications are inade of such alteration, shall be deposited in the office of the inspector of buildings
Section 6. The external and party walls of all dwelling houses, of which such walls are of brick and stone, shall be as fol- lows: If twelve feet high, not less than eight inches in thickness ; if twelve feet to sixty feet high, twelve inches in thickness ; if sixty feet to seventy feet high, sixteen inches in thickness to second floor, twelve inches above; if seventy feet to eighty feet high, twenty inches in thickness to second floor, sixteen inches to upper floor, and twelve inches above. All walls of dwellings of eighty feet or more in height shall have for the upper eighty feet the
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thickness required for building between seventy and eighty feet in height, and every section of twenty-five feet thereof, below such upper eighty feet, shall have a thickness of four inches more than is required for the section next above it. Provided, however, that the external walls of brick buildings not exceeding twenty- five feet in height, and covering an area not exceeding two thou- sand superficial feet, to be used for stables or light mechanical purposes, may be twelve inches thick.
Section 7. All buildings, heretofore constructed, which shall be hereafter changed or altered for two families, on the same floor, shall have dividing partitions filled with brick and mortar, and wire or metal lathed both sides, and plastered.
Section 8. All wooden buildings hereafter erected shall have fire stops of two-inch stock cut on plate between rafters, filling space to roof boarding.
Section 9. Sections twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty of chapter nineteen of the Revised Ordinances of 1891 are hereby repealed.
Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 23, 1897.
No. 74.
AN ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO SEWERS IN THE DISTRICT WEST OF CURTIS STREET.
.Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Whereas, in certain territory in Somerville com- prising the district shown on the plan hereinafter in this ordinance contained, entitled "Plan of Sewerage District West of Curtis Street," dated November 16, 1897, the drainage is to be discharged into the Metropolitan sewer, and all roof and storm water is to be excluded from the sewers in said district, now,
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Therefore, the sewage from and in all said district is to in- clude sewage or drainage only from houses and buildings, and all roof and surface water is to be excluded from the sewers in said district.
No person shall cause or allow any roof water or surface water, by pipe or otherwise, to be conducted or to flow or dis- charge into any pipe or drain connecting with, or which indirectly through any other pipe or drain or directly discharges its contents into, any main drain or common sewer within said district, or the drainage from which directly or ultimately flows into any such main drain or common sewer, or shall do anything to cause, or shall allow, any sewage (except sewage or drainage from houses and buildings), or any roof water or surface water from premises, owned or controlled by him, to be conducted or to flow or dis- charge, whether directly or indirectly, immediately or ultimately, into any such main drain or common sewer in said district, and no rain water conductor or pipe for conducting water from roof or grounds shall be connected with any public sewer within said district, or with any soil or waste pipe or drain, which communi- cates or discharges, directly or indirectly, with or into any such public sewer.
Any pipe or drain, which conducts from premises roof water or surface water in violation of the foregoing provisions, may, by order of the board of mayor and aldermen, or by order of the committee on sewers of the board of mayor and aldermen, when . in the judgment of such committee immediate action is required, be cut off and disconnected, or otherwise prevented from dis- charging such roof water or surface water or any sewage, until such provision shall be made as shall be satisfactory to the city engineer for excluding roof water or surface water from such pipe or drain.
The city engineer shall not grant a permit to any person to enter a private or other drain or sewer into any main drain or com- mon sewer in said district, or into any private or other drain or sewer connecting with, or the contents of which will discharge, directly or indirectly, immediately or ultimately, into any main drain or common sewer in said district, unless it shall appear to
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his satisfaction, and upon examination of the premises by him or by the inspector of bitildings, or such other proper person as he shall direct, that such private or other drain or sewer, for which such permit to enter is required, will not conduct any roof water or surface water in violation of the foregoing provisions, and is not connected, directly, indirectly, or remotely, or in any way with any pipe or drain for conducting away roof water or surface water ; and before any such permit is granted by the city engineer to con- nect with any main drain or common sewer, any private or other drain or sewer, he may require to be cut off or disconnected, or may himself cut off or disconnect from such private drain or sewer, for which such permit to enter is required, any such private drain or sewer for the draining of any estate as does not comply with the foregoing requirements, or for which, under the foregoing provisions and requirements, no permit to enter another drain or sewer would be granted by him.
Section 2. The plan hereinbefore referred to is the follow- ing, and the broad lines marked "boundary lines" about said dis- trict, and enclosing the same, are the boundary lines thereof.
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Section 3. Whoever violates any provision of this ordi- nance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty (20) dol- lars for each offence.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved December 24, 1897.
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No. 75.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ELECTRIC WIRES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. All wires, appliances, and apparatus in the inte- rior of a public building, or on private premises, which are in- tended for the transmission of electricity, and to be connected with an outside circuit, shall be placed, arranged, attached, changed, and maintained by the person or corporation owning or using the same. to the satisfaction of the superintendent of electric lines ; and the superintendent of electric lines shall have access at all reasonable times to such wires, appliances, and apparatus. Before any person shall arrange, affix, or change any such wires, appli- ances and apparatus, he shall notify the superintendent of electric lines, who shall be given full opportunity to inspect the said wires and their arrangement and fixtures before the same are cov- ered or enclosed. Wires in the interior of buildings and on private premises intended for the transmission of electricity shall not be connected with an outside circuit which crosses or runs along, over, or under any street or way of the city, without written pe: mission therefor having been first obtained from the superin- tendent of electric lines.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved December 24, 1897.
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JURY LIST.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
March 25, 1898.
The accompanying jury list is published in compliance with the following provision of law : -
Acts of 1897, Chapter 515, Section 4.
The jury list in cities shall be published as a public document, with the address and occupation of each juror.
Attest :
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
JURY LIST
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
PREPARED BY THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, UNDER CHAPTER 515 OF THE ACTS OF THE YEAR 1897, FEBRUARY 4, 1898.
[Posted March 8, 1898, and accepted by the Board of Aldermen March 23, 1898.]
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Abbott, Alonzo F., $ Concord avenue, Clerk.
Adams. Frank H., 46 Summer street, Railroad.
Albee, John G., 101 Flint street. Clerk. Alden, Fred B., 44 Skehan street, Driver. Aldrich, Francis S., 246 Broadway, Moulder. Allen, Hiram, 230 Washington street, Musician.
Allison. James W., 89 Mt. Vernon street, Carpenter.
Almeder, William F., 16? Broadway, Restaurant.
Anderson, Peter, 3-4 Joy street, Teamster. Andrews, John, 34 Albion street, Agent. Andrews, Matthew S., 63 Morrison street, Tinsmith. Angier, Lucius B., 77 Derby street, Coal and wood.
Armstrong, George D., 15 Dane street, Expressman. Armstrong, Thomas W., 39 Partridge avenue, Sawyer. Armstrong, William, 17 Dane street, Watchman. Arthur, David, 54 Medford street, Laborer. Ashworth, John, 104 Cross street, Mechanical draughtsman. Attwood, J. Lorenzo, 18 Herbert street, Bookkeeper. Ayer, Fred C., 160 Highland avenue, Lumber and wood. Ayer, John F., 17 Walter street, Lumber and wood. Ayres, John W., 75 Central street, Journalist.
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Babb, Charles D., 193 School street, Real estate. Babb, Nathaniel F., 193 School street, Real estate, etc Babbitt, Artemas B., 110 Perkins street, Machinist. Bacon, Oliver, 19 Pembroke street, Clerk. Bailey, Walter C., 72 Mt. Vernon street, Engraver. Baker, Roger H., 9 Bedford street, Cooper. Baker, Roswell F., 26 Hudson street, Salesman. Baldwin, Arthur C., 29 Albion street, Clerk.
Bancroft, Edward A., 31 School street, Clerk. Barber, William L., 36 Marshall street, Clerk. Barker, Franklin, 22 Pinckney street, Conductor.
Barker, Herman, 433 Broadway, Manufacturer. Barker, William H., 367 Summer street, Manufacturer.
Barnard, Thomas L., 11 Grant street, Fish. Bartlett, George E., 5 North Union street, Railroad. Beal, Albert H., 96 Wallace street, Barber. Bean, Gerard D., 9 Bradford avenue. Bookkeeper. Beckley, Henry F, 83 Morrison street, Salesman.
Belcher, Horace A., 12 Webster avenue, Produce. Belding. Oscar H., 62 Hudson street, Carpenter. Bennett, Dana W., 41 Putnam street, Agent. Bent, Charles E., rear 9 Marion street, Carpenter. Bent, Thomas A., 120 Summer street, Carpenter. Berry, Andrew C., 6 Centre street, Engraver. Berry, Charles M., 14 Miller street, Provisions. Berton, John F., 400 Highland avenue, Painter. Bertwell, Henry P., 20 Cameron avenue, Clerk. Bickford, Frank W., 76 Curtis street, Carpenter and builder. Binney, Henry M., 61-R Prescott street, Painter. Binney, Martin, 9 Linden place, Agent. Black, Peter F., 14 Atherton street, Agent. Blake, Charles M., 13 Preston street, Newsdealer. Blake, G. Stanley, rear 26 Park street, Railroad. Blaskovec, Frank, 240 Columbia street, Cabinetmaker. Blevins, Joseph J., 28 Dickinson street, Roofer. Bossey, Charles W., 22 Ashland street, Salesman.
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Bowen, Cornelius, 128 Linwood street, Safe and machine mover. Bowers, Harrison G. O., 249 Elm street, No occupation. Bowie, David, 11 Belmont street, Machinist. Bowker, Frank P., 31 Avon street, Clerk.
Bowman, Henry F., 10 Winter-hill circle, Lithographer. Bowman, Sumner E., 26 Dover street, Mason.
Boyer, F. Howard, 13 Highland avenue, Engineer.
Brackett, Walter S., 16 Greene street, Traveling salesman.
Bradley, Daniel. 19 Concord avenue, Barrels.
Bradley, Daniel A., 67 Beacon street, Pianos.
Bradley, Daniel H., 19 Concord avenue, Student.
Bradley, Dennis E., 303 Washington street,, Ornamenter. Bradshaw, Charles H., 171 Summer street, Real estate. Bradshaw, J. Edwin, 16 St. James avenue, Clerk. Brastow, George K., 162 Summer street, Clerk. Brennan, Stephen, 70 Oxford street, Mason and builder. Briggs, J. Albion, 59 Vinal avenue, Real estate. Brigham, Charles A., 3 Dell street, Salesman. Brine, Lawrence F., 10 Kingman court, Music. Brine, William H., 40 Houghton street, Upholsterer.
Broadhead, William H., 61 Summer street, Electric supplies. Brophy, Daniel, 17 Fremont avenue, Traveling salesman. Brown, Charles E., 36 Albion street, Carpenter. Brown, Frank A., 12 Otis street, Hairdresser.
Brown, John H., 311 Washington street, Painter.
Brown, Lyman H., 284 Somerville avenue, Livery stable. Bryant, John E., 24 Grant street, Undertaker. Bryant, Thomas H., 6 Edmands street, Receiving clerk. Buckley, Daniel J., 213-R Norfolk street, Laborer. Buckley, John E., 18 Hancock street, Lineman. Bucknam, Davis P., 12 Vine street, Mason. Bucknam, William E., 341 Beacon street, Mason. Bullard, Walter H., 22 Stickney avenue, Grocer. Bunten, Frederick R., 32 Cedar street, Feather duster manf'r. Burckes, Arthur L., 18 Sargent avenue, Clerk. Burke, Walter W., 337 Washington street, Hatter. Burns, Robert, 21 Lincoln street, Milk inspector.
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Burns, Samuel A., 77 Pearl street, Milk driver.
Burrows, Edwin S., 408 Highland avenue, Insurance. Burrows, George H., 25 North Union street, Machinist. Burton, Edward H., 6 Rogers avenue, Provisions. Butler, James H., 40 Gilman street, School furniture. Butler, William, 106-A Albion street, Printer. Buttimer, Maurice, 351 Lowell street, Contractor. Byam, Augustus B., 7 Melvin street, Soap manufacturer.
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