Report of the city of Somerville 1929, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
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Street lights reported


1,899


Sidewalks, streets and cellars flooded


5


Summons served for witnesses and defendants to ap- pear in court in other places


1,484


Threats


0


Tree dangerous


39


Trespass


10


Violations of city ordinances


147


Water pipes leaking


73


Windows broken


47


4


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CHIEF OF POLICE 1


OFFICIAL ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT


Chief of Police Thomas Damery


1-Michael T. Kennedy 2-John A. Ray


3-Ernest Howard 4-Charles J. Sharry


Lieutenants


1-James M. Harmon 2-William G. Kenney


3-Thomas P. Walsh 4-Robert T. Blair


Sergeants


1-Frank H. Graves


5-Daniel M. O'Connell


2-James M. Lynch 6- John J. Killourhy


3-Augustine J. Fitzpatrick 7-Thomas M. Sharry


4-Charles J. Fulton 8-Augustine F. Sharry


9-Joseph A. Dwyer


Patrolmen


1-Daniel G. Simmons


2-Samuel Burns 3-John A. Dadmun


4-George L. Rice


5-Myron S. Gott


6-Henry A. Sudbey


33-Timothy Buckley


7-Thomas F. McNamara


8-Louis F. Arnold 9-Charles S. Johnston


10-Claude L. Crossman


11-John J. Cummings


12-Edmund J. Keane


39-Alfred E. Robitaille 40-Allan S. Burns


41-William H. Donovan


15-Louis J. Belzarini


16-Walter Reed


17-Dennis G. Mulqueeney


44-Edward F. Culliton


18-Patrick J. Doolin


19-Edward J. Hopkins


46-James A. Fitzpatrick


20-Walter L. Groves 47-Elmer E. G. Raymond 21-Patrick McGrath 48-Frank J. Roche


22-Bernard McCabe 23-Harry C. Young


24-Robert D. Dewar


25-Peter Moore


26-Albert C. Hawes


27-Walter C. Oesting


28-John L. Cameron 29-Francis P. Higgins 30-John J. McCahey


31-Alexander Morrison


32-Jeremiah O'Connor


34-Michael J. O'Loughlin 35-Charles W. Shepherd 36-John J. Shay


37-Edward G. Butman


38-John P. L. O'Keefe


13-Denis Downey


14-George A. C. Peters


42-George R. Allan 43-Jeremiah Keniry


45-Alfred J. McFadden


49-Chester F. Warner 50-George D. MacDonald 51-Charles F. Lacey


52-William E. Dwyer


53-Charles H. McAvoy


54-James F. Holmes


Captains


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ANNUAL REPORTS


55-Earle W. Elliott


85-Patrick F. O'Brien


56-Michael J. Dowd, Jr.


86-Jeremiah G. Sheehan


57-Patrick J. Lyons


87-John J. Gallagher


58-Thomas A. Donovan


88-Daniel J. McAuliffe


59-Thomas J. Flanagan


89-George B. Phillips, Jr.


60-Timothy J. Corkery


90-Ricco J. Rossi


61-Henry W. Roche


91-John J. Cronin


62-John H. Baker


92-John M. Dunleavey


63-John J. Courtney


93-Harold L. Coffey


64-Pierce P. Ronayne


94-Joseph F. Curran


65-Joseph P. Blake


95-James M. Powers


66-Frank A. Silva, Jr.


96-Cornelius P. Canavan


67-Dennis F. Kearney


97-George W. McCauley


68-LeRoy V. Pierce


98-Garret F. J. Mehigan


69-John J. Smith 99-Daniel J. O'Connell


70-Francis R. Begley


100-Arthur W. Kelley


71-Francis X. Cavanagh


101-Thomas F. Galvin


72-Joseph F. Small


102-Walter L. McDonough


73-Edward G. Forristall


103-John H. Mckenzie


74-August S. Cidado


104-William R. Burnett


75-Hugh R. Cunningham


105-Alfred J. Carey


76-James Souza


106-William J. Baird


77-Garnet L. Reid


107-Joseph F. Fedele


78-Jeremiah F. Donovan


108-William F. Blake


79-Daniel J. Riley


109-James G. Hourihan


80-George R. Estee, Jr.


110-William H. Griffin


81-John J. Brosnahan


111-William E. Johnson


82-George Spiers


112-Ludwig Nelson


83-Charles W. Ellis 113-John J. Hagerty


84-Stephen D. McDonald


114-George H. Strangman


115-George Gullage, Jr.


Matron Mrs. Mina T. Weeks


Assistant Matron Mrs. Ida M. Justice


Pensioners Retired on Half Pay


Ira S. Carlton, patrolman


May 9, 1907


James J. Pollard, patrolman


Feb. 27, 1908


Herbert Hilton, patrolman Dec. 21, 1911


George H. Carlton, sergeant Mar. 27, 1914


Jacob W. Skinner, patrolman


Dec. 31, 1917


Elmer E. Drew, patrolman July 25, 1918


Ernest S. Goff, patrolman July 11, 1919


Charles W. Allen, patrolman


Mar. 26, 1920


Charles E. Woodman, lieutenant


June 24, 1921


Frederick G. Jones, patrolman


Feb. 9,1923


Hudson M. Howe, patrolman Charles W. Reick, patrolman Frank C. Hopkins, patrolman


June 25,1927


Edward M. Davies, patrolman


Sept. 23, 1927


Sept. 28, 1927


Theodore E. Heron, patrolman Edward M. Carter, patrolman Dec. 17, 1928


Charles A. Kendall, chief


Sept. 24, 1925


June 25, 1927


Dec. 12, 1929


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CHIEF OF POLICE


CHANGES IN THE FORCE


Retirement


Chief Charles A. Kendall, retired and placed on pension December 12, 1929.


Deaths Retired pensioner, Frederick H. Googins, died April 24, 1929.


Promotions


Captain Thomas Damary, promoted to chief, December 27, 1929. Lieutenant Charles J. Sharry, promoted to captain, December 27, 1929.


Appointments


William H. Griffin, appointed patrolman Feb. 25, 1929


William E. Johnson, appointed patrolman Feb. 16, 1929


Ludwig Nelson, appointed patrolman Feb. 16, 1929


John J. Hagerty, appointed patrolman Feb. 16, 1929


George H. Strangman, appointed patrolman Feb. 18, 1929


George Gullage, Jr., appointed patrolman Dec. 14, 1929


Police Signal Service


Number of duty calls made by officers and patrolmen 290,387 Telephone calls made by officers and patrolmen 65,944


White Combination Automobile Service


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station. 918


Number of prisoners conveyed 1,080


Number of sick and injured conveyed 40


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners, sick injured, etc. 5,248.8


Reo Combination Automobile Service


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station. .... 68


Number of prisoners conveyed 103


Number of sick and injured conveyed 681


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners, sick, injured,


etc. 3,076.6


Touring Car Reports


Number of prisoners conveyed to station 87


Number of sick and injured conveyed 12


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ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF POLICE MATRON


THOMAS DAMERY,


Chief of Police, Somerville, Mass.


Dear Sir :-


The following is the matron's report for year ending December 31, 1929.


Adultery


1


Assault and battery


11


Assault with dangerous weapon


1


Capias


4


Concealed mortgaged property


1


Conspiracy


4


Default warrant


4


Disturbing the peace


1


Drunkenness


28


Escape of insane


1


Fornication


1


Keeping disorderly house


1


Keeping liquor for sale


1


Keeping unlicensed dog


2


Larceny


2


Lost children


53 1


Runaway


1


Neglected children


6


Safe-keeping


8


Stubborness


5


Violation of city ordinances


1


Violation of liquor laws


14


Violation of motor laws


4


Violation of probation


1


Warrant


2


Lewd and lascivious cohabitation


4


Total


189


The regular work of the department has been faithfully carried out.


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. MINA T. WEEKS, Matron, MRS. IDA M. JUSTICE, Assistant Matron.


26


Lewdness


Murder


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REPORT OF THE LIQUOR SQUAD


THOMAS DAMERY,


Chief of Police.


Dear Sir :-


I herewith submit a report of the activities engaged in by the Liquor Squad from January 1, 1929, to December 31, 1929 inclusive.


Arrests


Drunkenness


36


Violation of the liquor laws


95


Violation of the automobile laws


9


Violation of gaming laws


23


Violation of city ordinances


3


Warrants served


10


Assault and battery


3


Fornication


2


Keeping disorderly house


1


Larceny


1


Forgery


1


Total


184


Dispositions in District Court


Liquor fines paid


$6,450.0


All other fines


788.00


Jail sentences, no appeal (total 12 months)


4


Jail sentences, appealed (total 54 months)


17


Not guilty


5


Suspended sentences (total 9 months)


3


On file


3


Default


2


Held for Grand Jury


11


Sentenced to State Farm


4


Dispositions in Superior Court


Liquor fines paid


$4,025.00


All other fines


135.00


Jail sentences (total 56 months)


14


Not guilty


12


Cases pending


3


Probation


1


On file


1


Samples analyzed by Department of Health


88


Complaints investigated


279


137


138


ANNUAL REPORTS


Search warrants served 72


Number of gallons of liquor seized


397


Sale of junk from raids


$68.06


Houses padlocked


10


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES J. SHARRY,


Captain of Police.


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CHIEF OF POLICE


AUTOMOBILE AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT REPORT, 1929


The following is the report of Sales, Transfers and Re- ported Stolen and Recovered Automobiles for the year ending December 31, 1929.


Number of licenses granted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the purchase, sale and transfer of second hand automobiles :


First class 19


Second class 16


Third class 10


Total 45


Number of purchases, sales and transfers by dealers


6,611


Number of individual sales and transfers 1,839


Number of stolen automobiles reported by the serveral in- surance agencies, and detective bureaus in the United States and Canada 10,291


Reported recovered by the same


9,210


Number of automobiles stolen in Somerville


341


Number of automobiles stolen in Somerville recovered


329


Number of automobiles stolen in Somerville not recovered


12


Automobiles reported stolen in Boston and vicinity, recovered in Somerville 262


Number of automobiles tagged for violation of street and traffic ordinances 2,980


Number of cases investigated by request of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles 561


Total number of cards filed


26,200


Respectfully submitted,


DANIEL G. SIMONS, Officer in Charge.


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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK


OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK,


January 1, 1930.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen : Gentlemen :


The following is respectfully submitted as the fifty-eighth annual report of the city clerk of the city of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1929.


The receipts and payments were as follows :


Balance for year 1928 being for dog licenses


issued in December, 1928:


8 males at $2.00


$16 00


2 females at $5.00


10 00


1 spayed at $2.00


2 00


$28 00


Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer, 11 at $ .20


2 20


$25 80


For dog licenses issued in 1929:


921 males at $2.00


$1,842 00


192 females at $5.00


960 00


156 spayed at $2.00


312 00


$3,114 00


For hunting and fishing licenses issued in 1929:


602 sporting licenses at $2.25


$1,354 50


3 trapping licenses at $2.25


6 75


7 alien sporting licenses at $15.25


106 75


10 minor trapping licenses at $ .75


7 50


7 duplicate licenses at $ .50


3 50


$1,479 00


Recording mortgages, assignments, etc .:


968 papers


$1,378 90


Certificates of marriage intentions:


1247 licenses


1,247 00


Furnishing copies of records


381 00


Licenses:


Auctioneers, 22 licenses at $2.00


44 00


Billiard and pool tables and bowling


alleys, 173 licenses for 118 tables and 55 alleys at $2.00.


346 00


Bus route licenses, 9 at $25.00


225 00


Carried forward


$3,621 90


$4,618 80


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Brought forward


$3,621 90


$4,618 80


Bus licenses, 100 at $10


1,000 00


Drain layers, 10 licenses at $1.00


10 00


Drivers' licenses, 433 including 338


443 00


licenses to drive buses, at $1.00 Engines and motors, 31 licenses at $1.00


31 00


Garages, 33 licenses at $2.00


66 00


Hackney carriages, 61 licenses at $1.00


61 00


Intelligence offices, 6 licenses at $2.00


12 00


Junk and second hand licenses :


31 licenses at $10.00


310 00


13 licenses at 25.00


325 00


Liquor licenses (third class) 21 at $1.00


21 00


Lodging house licenses, 43 at $2.00


86 00


Slaughtering licenses, 11 at $1.00


11 00


Street Musician, 2 at $ .50


1 00


Storage of explosives, 57 licenses at $1.00


57 00


Transient Vendors, 3 at $25.00


75 00


Victuallers' licenses, 110 at $2.00


220 00


Wagon licenses, 41 at $1.00


41 00


Wagon stand, 54 at $1.00


54 00


Permits for projections over sidewalks, for 48 electric signs, including 7 granted in 1928


14 stationary signs


6 swing arms, including 2 granted in 1928


5 barber signs


5 awnings


2 banners


1 marquee


1 filling trap


3 reflectors


4 metal signs


1 ash hoist


94 licenses at $1.00


94 00


Certificate of cropping


1 00


Physicians registerations


2 50


Filing certificates, 53 at $ .50


26 50


Copies of zoning ordinance


30 00


7,731 15


$12,349 95


Payments


To Charles E. Hatfield, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1 receipts for dog


licenses from December 1, 1928 to November 30, 1929, both inclusive: 921 males at $2.00


$1,842 00


193 females at $5.00


965 00


153 spayed at $2.00


306 00


$3,113 00


Less city clerk's fees, 1267 at $ .20


253 40


$2,859 60


Badges


6 25


Second hand auto licenses, 45 at $25.00


1,125 00


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To the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game for licenses for hunting in 1929:


602 sporting licenses at $2.25 $1,354 50


3 trapping licenses at $2.25 6 75


7 alien sporting licenses at $15.25 106 75


10 minor trapping licenses at $ .75 7 50


7 duplicate licenses at $ .50


3 50


Less city clerk's fees, 622 at $ .25.


155 50


$1,323 50


To the city treasurer monthly:


City clerk's fees for issuing and record- ing dog licenses, 1269 at $ .20 ...... City clerk's fees for issuing and record- ing hunting licenses, 622 at $ .25 All the receipts above specified except for dog licenses and hunting licenses


$ 253 80


155 50


7,731 15


$8,140 45


$12,323 55


Total Payments


Balance, January 1, 1930, being for dog


licenses issued in December, 1929:


8 males at $2.00


16 00


1 female at $5.00


5 00


4 spayed at $2.00


8 00


29 00


Less city clerk's fees, paid to the city


treasurer, 13 at $ .20 2 60


26 40


$12,349 95


Licenses and Permits


Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of receipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the board of aldermen, without charge, as follows :


To hold religious services in streets and squares 2


To parade in streets with music, etc. 9


28


Children under fifteen take part in entertainments


2


Boxing


To use auto with musical attachment through streets


10


To hold street meeting


1


To hold auto parade


To hold bowling matches


1


To hold block party


1


To sell flowers


1


2


Newsboys


$1,479 00


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BIRTHS 1929


Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1929 :


Males 878 Females 756


A canvas of the city is at present being made under the direction of the city clerk as required by section 5, chapter 29, of the Revised Laws, to ascertain the facts required for record relative to children born during the year.


As the information derived from such canvas will not be available in time sufficient for its incorporation in this report, a statement in full of the births of 1929 will be given in the City Clerk's report for the year 1930.


1928


The following is a statement in full of the births for 1928 :


Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in


Somerville in 1928 registered


1,832


Males


956


Females


876


1,832


Born of American parents


792


Born of foreign parents


632


Born of American father and foreign mother


163


Born of foreign father and American mother


210


Born of American mother and father of unknown nationality


21


Born of foreign mother and father of unknown


13


Born of father and mother of unknown nationality


1


1,832


Number of still-births in Somerville in 1928 as registered


56


Number of births in other places in 1928 registered


813


Number of cases of twins


23


MARRIAGES 1929


Number of intention certificates issued in 1929


1,252


More than previous year


37


Marriages registered


1,309


More than previous year


35


Both parties American


771


Both parties foreign


234


American groom and foreign bride


144


Foreign groom and American bride


160


1,309


nationality


144


ANNUAL REPORTS


First marriage


2,329


Second marriage


271


Third marriage


17


Fourth marriage


1


1309 couples


DEATHS


1929 (Exclusive of still-births)


Number of deaths in Somerville in 1929


947


Less than previous year


112


Males


411


Females


536


947


Under ten years of age


132


10 and under 20 years of age


18


20 and under 30 years of age


42


30 and under 40 years of age


38


40 and under 50 years of age


78


50 and under 60 years of age


102


60 and under 70 years of age


214


70 and under 80 years of age


188


80 and under 90 years of age


99


90 years of age and over


36


Age of oldest person deceased 98 years


Born in Somerville


160


Born in other places in the United States


407


Of foreign birth


380


Number of deaths in January


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February


104



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April


85


May


77



June


51


July


55


August


56


" September


73


October


62


November


77


" December


85


947


The number of still-births during the year was forty-five. In addition to the above 347 deaths which occurred elsewhere were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire number of per- sons deceased having been residents of this city.


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947


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ORDINANCES


Somerville, January 1, 1930.


The following ordinances have been adopted since the: printing of the annual reports for the year 1928:


ORDINANCE NO. 143


An Ordinance Relative to Associate Members of the Board of Appeal


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. The associate members of the Board of Appeal whom this city is authorized to appoint under the provisions of Chapter 81 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts for the year 1928 shall be three in number. They shall be appointed as soon as this ordinance takes effect to serve one for one year, one for two years and one for three years and thereafter as their terms expire their successors shall each be appointed for three years, all to serve until the first Monday of January and until their successors are appointed and qualified.


Section 2. When the services of an associate member are needed, His Honor the Mayor shall appoint such associate member to act with said board.


Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved February 19, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 144


An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville,. as follows:


Section 1. Section 1 of the Building Zone Ordinance adopted December 30, 1925, is hereby amended by striking out in the second line the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the word "seven",. also by inserting after the words "Residence 'A' Districts" the words "Residence A-1 Districts," also by inserting after the words "these dis- tricts" the words "except Residence A-1 Districts," also by adding to Section 1 the following:


The boundaries of Residence A-1 Districts are as follows: A certain tract of land bounded northeasterly by Powder House Square; southeasterly by a line parallel with College Avenue and distant one hundred and fifty feet southeasterly therefrom; southwesterly by the: southwesterly side of Morrison Avenue and said Southwesterly side extended northwesterly to a point one hundred and fifty feet north- westerly from College Avenue and northwesterly by a line parallel with College Avenue and distant one hundred fifty feet northwesterly there- from.


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Section 2. Section 4 of said building zone ordinance is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: Residence A-1 District Uses. Within any Residence "A-1" District any use and building and structure permitted and as regulated in Residence "A" Districts shall be permitted and in addition thereto apartment houses to wit, building divided into suites of rooms, each suite intended for residence of one family or housekeeping unit provided such apartment houses are of first-class or second-class construction, each apartment house costing not less than $100,000. No other uses, buildings or structures shall be permitted in said Residence A-1 Districts.


Section 3. Certain provisions of said building zone ordinance shall apply to such apartment houses namely:


Section 10 paragraphs (c) (g) and (h)


Section 11 paragraphs (b) (c) (d) and (e)


Section 12 paragraphs (b) (d) (e) (f) (g) and (j)


Section 13 paragraphs (b) (d) (e) and (f)


Section 14 the entire section except paragraph (e)


No other provisions in said sections 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 shall .apply to such apartment houses.


Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved February 21, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 145


An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 117 Relative to Signs over Sidewalks


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. Ordinance No. 117 entitled "An Ordinance Relative to Signs over Sidewalks" is hereby amended by striking out the word "six" in line three and line four and inserting the word "nine" in place thereof in Section 2, so that said Section shall read as follows: Section 2. No permit shall be granted to place or maintain or cause or allow to be placed or maintained over a public way any sign or advertising device more than nine feet in its greatest length or extending more than nine feet from the street line over the public way or extending from the street line beyond one foot within the outer line of the side- walk or at a height of less than nine feet at the lowest part thereof above the sidewalk.


Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect 60 days after date of its publication.


Approved February 21, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 146


An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. Ordinance No. 114 entitled The Building Zone Ordin- ance and The Building Zone Map accompanying same is hereby


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amended by changing from Residence "C" District to a Business Dis- trict a certain parcel of land numbered 55 to 57 Chester Street; being lot one on plan of lots for T. C. Connor by Dana E. Perkins, C.E., dated February 22, 1895, bounded as follows: Southeasterly by Chester Street, forty-two and 11/100 feet; Southwesterly, by lot numbered two (2) on said plan seventy-five and 34/100 feet; Northwesterly, by lot numbered three (3) on said plan forty feet; Northeasterly by land now or late of Leckie and Haskins, sixty-three and 69/100 feet.


Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved March 29, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 147


An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 144 Entitled "An Ordinance Amending the Buiding Zone Ordinance"


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. Ordinance No. 144 entitled "An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance" is hereby amended by adding the follow- ing at the end of Section 1. "Also a certain tract of land bounded south- easterly by Walnut Street, southwesterly by a line parallel with High- land Avenue and distant one hundred and fifty feet southwesterly therefrom, northwesterly by a line parallel with School Street and distant one hundred feet southeasterly therefrom, northeasterly by a line parallel with Highland Avenue and distant one hundred and fifty feet northeasterly therefrom.


Also a certain tract of land bounded southeasterly by a line parallel with School Street and distant one hundred feet northwest- erly therefrom, southwesterly by a line parallel with Highland Avenue and distant one hundred and fifty feet southwesterly therefrom, north- westerly by a line parallel with Central Street and distant one hundred and seventy-five feet southeasterly therefrom, northeasterly by a line parallel with Highland Avenue and distant one hundred and fifty feet northeasterly therefrom.


Section 2. All the tracts of land above described are hereby re- moved from the district in which they were formerly placed.


Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved May 14, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 148


An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. The tract of land hereinafter described is hereby re- moved from "Industry A" district and shall hereafter be a "Residence C" district. A certain tract of land comprising the area on both sides of Dana Avenue now zoned as "Industry A" district.


Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved May 14, 1929.


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ORDINANCE NO. 149


An Ordinance Establishing Arthur Street as a One Way Street, Southwesterly


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle other than a vehicle propelled by hand to pass along any portion of Arthur Street, from Broadway to Bonair Street, except in a southwesterly direction.


Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.


Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved July 3, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 150


An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. The tract of land hereinafter described is hereby re- moved from Residence "A" district and shall hereafter be a Business District. A certain tract of land comprising the premises numbered 8 Curtis Street now zoned as Residence "A" district.


Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved July 12, 1929.


ORDINANCE NO. 151 An Ordinance Amending the Building Zone Ordinance


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


Section 1. The tract of land hereinafter described is hereby re- moved from Residence "B" district and shall hereafter be a Residence "C" district. A certain tract of land comprising the premises numbered 22 and 24 Cottage Avenue now zoned as Residence "B" district.


Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved July 12, 1929. 1


ORDINANCE NO. 152


An Ordinance Prohibiting Parking on Portion of Broadway, at Marshall Street


Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows:


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Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to remain standing in that portion of Broadway from the southwesterly corner of Marshall Street, a distance of sixty feet southwesterly for more than one hour.


Section 2. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles left stand- ing while taking or leaving passengers or while receiving or deliver- ing merchandise and other articles from and to the adjoining premises.




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