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All vent lines must raise from the horizontal by at least 222°. In case of batteries of water closets, the special air pipe from each trap may be omitted, provided the soil pipe or waste pipe undiminished in size, is continued to a point above the roof, or revented into the main system above all fixtures.
A 4" soil or waste line with a total developed horizontal length of over 25 feet from the stack shall be extended full size through the roof except that a 4" horizontal run on a 3" stack may be ex- tended 3" through the roof.
TESTING AND INSPECTION:
Section 11. Pipes or other fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view until approved by the Board of Health. The work shall be examined and tested with 48 hours after notice that it is ready for inspection. Plumbing shall not be used unless, when roughed in, the wastes, vents, back air pipe and traps are first tested, in the presence of the inspector, by water or sufficient air pressure. There will be an inspection when job is started and a final inspection on completion of work.
Every job when completed must be inspected and reported by inspector to the Board of Health. A call shall be made to the Board of Health for an inspection. Then the clerk shall make out an inspec- tion slip which shall be picked up and returned promptly to the Board by the inspector. All exceptions to the rule shall be written on the slip. After the job is tested, inspected and approved, the plumbing inspector will give his O.K. slip. A complaint for improper plumbing shall be handled the same as an inspection.
A second permit for the same work shall not be issued until first permit is released by first plumber. Upon refusal by first plumber an appeal may be taken to the full board.
WATER-CLOSETS:
Section 12. Every building used for habitation shall have such number of water-closets as the Board of Health may require, but in no case less than one for each tenement. Every building where persons are employed shall have at least one water-closet for every 25 persons employed therein; and in any building where persons of both sexes are employed, separate accommodations shall be fur- nished for both men and women. Every enclosure containing one or more water-closets shall be provided with adequate ventilation to
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the outer air either by window or artificial means of ventilation with at least 6 c.f.m. per occupant. No water-closet shall be set in any room, in which food products or ingredients are prepared, stored, handled or displayed. Water-closets shall be supplied with water from tank above, or by flush valves set just above the seat which in turn are supplied from tank capable of delivering five gallons of water to the closet in ten seconds. In all cases the flush pipe shall be not less than 14 inches in diameter.
STORM AND SURFACE WATER:
Section 13. Wherever a surface drain is installed in a cellar- or basement, it shall be provided with a deep seal trap and back- water valve. Drain pipes from fixtures subject to back flow from sewer shall be supplied with back-water valves.
REFRIGERATOR WASTE AND DRIP PIPE:
Section 14. All drip or overflow pipes shall be extended to. some place in open sight, and in no case shall such pipe be con- nected directly with the drain pipe. No waste pipe from a refrigera- tor or other receptacle in which provisions are stored shall be con- nected directly with drain or waste pipe. Refrigerator waste con- necting with two or more stories shall be supplied with a trap on the branch for each floor and extended through the roof.
STEAM EXHAUSTS, ETC .:
Section 15. No steam exhaust, drip or blow-off pipe shall be connected to drainage system except through a condensing tank of sufficient capacity to liquefy all steam that may be received. and discharge same on sewer side without vapor. Vapor pipe shall be. carried from tank to a point 3 feet above the roof.
HOT WATER TANKS AND SAFETY APPLIANCES:
Section 16. No range boiler, tank, vessel or container, ferrous or non-ferrous, in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure for domestic, culinary or sanitary purposes, in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen referred to as hot water tanks, shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is plainly marked by the manufacturer; by stamping into the metal of the tank, or on a metal plate permanently attached to the tank, in a conspicuous place, as follows:
A. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.
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B. Rated capacity of hot water tank in United States gallons.
C. Hydrostatic pressure in pounds per square inch at which the tank has been tested by the manufacturer, following the words "tested to."
D. Maximum allowable working pressure in pounds per square inch.
Notwithstanding the requirements of the preliminary paragraph and paragraphs A to D, inclusive, of this section, the markings therein referred to shall not be required, in the case of cast iron hot water fronts, so called, or hot water tanks, that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing, to be stamped into the metal thereof or to be stamped on a metal plate permanently attached thereto; pro- vided, that any manufacturer selling such hot water fronts with the commonwealth shall in writing certify to the Department of Public Safety and the Board of State Examiners of Plumbers that every such water front sold by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law; and provided, further, that any manufacturer of hot water tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing which are to be sold within the commonwealth shall certify in writing to the Department of Public Safety and the Board of State Examiners of Plumbers that every such tankless water heater coil or element, or hot water tank manufactured by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law, and shall permanently attach to the largest seg- ment of said jacket or casing, in a conspicuous place, a metal plate which has stamped into the metal thereof the requirements of para- graphs A to D, inclusive.
Section 17. No hot water tank shall be repaired, relocated or installed and connected, unless it meets the following constructions requirements :
A. The actual capacity of a hot water tank shall be within seven and a half percent of the capacity stamped on the tank.
B. A hot water tank shall be so constructed by riveting, weld- ing, or otherwise as to withstand the stamped test pressure without visible permanent distortion, and be so designed as to have an ultimate strength sufficient to withstand a hydrostatic pressure twenty-five per cent higher than the stamped test pressure.
C. Solder which melts at a temperature below seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit shall not be used to hold the tank together, but may be used to make it water tight, cistern tanks excepted.
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D. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch shall have a stamped test pressure of not less than two hundred pounds per square inch.
E. The maximum working pressure at which a hot water tank may be installed shall not be greater than forty-two and one-half per cent of the test pressure marked on the tank.
Section 18. No hot water tank shall be installed and connected unless it is protected with safety devices as follows:
A. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch shall be equipped with a suitable pressure relief valve installed in a tapping in the tank or in the cold water supply line, or the hot water outlet line, with no shut-off valve between the relief valve and the tank. The pressure relief valve shall be set by the manufacturer to operate at a pressure not more than twenty pounds above the maximum working pressure stamped on the tank or jacket or casing, and shall be so constructed that said setting cannot be exceeded by normal means of adjustment.
B. A hot water tank to which a heating device or appliance capable of delivering water to the tank at a temperature greater than two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit is connected shall be equipped with a suitable temperature relief valve so adjusted and installed as to prevent development of, or accumulation of, water which is at a temperature in excess of two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit. Said temperature relief valve shall be installed in a tapping directly in or on the tank, within twelve inches of the top of a vertical tank, or within six inches of the top of a horizontal tank, with no fittings between the valve and the tank, except that a bushing may be used to reduce the tapping to fit the valve, or the valve shall be installed in the hot water outlet pipe as close to the top of the tank as possible. In no case shall the heat sensitive mem- ber of the temperature relief valve be more than five inches away from the top of the tank. The discharge outlet of the temperature relief valve shall be connected by means of a non-ferrous pipe or tubing not less than three-eighths inch inside diameter, with no shut-off, to an open plumbing fixture, or to within twelve inches of the basement floor. A thermostatically controlled hot water tank may be protected by an automatic fuel shut-off device in addition to the thermostat. Such shut-off device shall be installed in the same
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location and perform the same function as said temperature relief valve.
C. All parts of temperature and pressure relief valves which are in contact with water shall be made of non-ferrous metals or materials having suitable corrosion resisting properties. All pipe and fittings between relief valves and the hot water tank shall be of non-ferrous metals.
D. Relief valves shall be marked by the manufacturer, by stamping or casting in the metal of the valve, or on a metal tag permanently attached to the valve, as follows:
1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.
2. The type or style, or the type and style, or the valve.
3. The pressure setting of the valve in pounds per square inch.
4. The temperature setting in degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Temperature relieving capacity in B.T.U. per hours.
Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph B of this sec- tion, the protective devices specified therein shall not be required in the case of that portion of tankless water heaters which contain water to be heated or stored under the provisions of section seven- teen. Said portion of tankless water heaters shall be equipped with a pressure relief valve and an automatic tempering device, set to deliver water not exceeding one hundred and eighty degrees Fahren- heit and located between tankless water heater and any hot water supply pipe which it serves.
All pipes and fittings between the tankless water heater and the pressure relief valve and the tempering device shall be on non- ferrous metals. All parts of the tempering device which are in con- tact with the water shall be of non-ferrous metals or other materials having suitable corrosion-resisting properties. Said tempering de- vice shall be marked by the manufacturer by casting or stamping in the metal of the device, or on a metal tag permanently attached to the device, as follows:
1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade name.
2. The type or style, or the type and style, of the device.
3. The temperature settings, in degrees Fahrenheit, plainly marked.
E. Temperature and pressure relief valves and other devices referred to in this section shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Health or upon recommendation of the Plumbing Inspector.
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F. All pipes and fittings in the circulating system between a hot water tank and the heating device or appliance shall be non- ferrous, and of ample size so as to make it possible to heat seventy- five per cent of the available water in the tank without raising the temperature of any part of the water above two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit.
G. No hot water tank shall be installed without being equipped with an approved device located so as to prevent any partial vacuum therein. Every water tank heater using coal, gas or oil fuel shall be properly connected to the nearest chimney or smoke pipe by a pipe of suitable size.
CROSS CONNECTIONS:
Section 19. Any connection in piping, whereby a public or private water supply used for drinking and/or culinary purposes is connected with a secondary supply or a supply of questionable quality or whereby polluted matter may enter the supply used for drinking and/or culinary purposes, shall be considered a cross connection.
No cross connection shall be installed unless the piping con- nections and valves connected thereto have been approved by the inspector of plumbing after tests showing that no polluted matter from such fixtures can enter the water supply system used for drink- ing and/or culinary purposes and all existing cross connections shown to be improper by test as herein indicated shall be removed.
Check valves or other uni-flow devices may be considered as suitable mechanical means of separation only if these devices are accessible for overhauling or inspection and equipped with drains and test outlets and the installation is approved by the inspector of plumbing. Temporary connections shall not be permitted.
Valves of the positive type which include gate, globe, stop and similar valves are not considered as adequate protection.
Any cross connection permitted with a fire service supply shall be protected by a properly installed and adequately supervised all- bronze, rubber seated double check valve of a type approved by the State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
FEES:
Section 20. Each and every application must be accompanied by a minimum fee of $2.00; in addition there will be a charge of
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$.50 per fixture for every one of such above two fixtures.
RELATIVE TO SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
The plumbing of each building shall have an independent con- nection to a public sewer outside the building. If a separate sewer connection is not feasible, upon written application to the Board of Health by the owner, the plumbing inspector may grant an alternate layout with the approval of the Board of Health. If a sewer connec- tion is not possible upon application by the owner a permit to install a septic tank or septic tanks may be granted under the following rules :
Section 1. Previous regulations notwithstanding, construction of new cesspools hereafter will not be permitted. Dry wells for" septic tank effluent will not be permitted except where established buildings are on lots of insufficient area to permit adequate sub- surface disposal trenches.
Section 2. All sewage disposal works hereafter constructed or- installed shall be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from any water supply. Greater distance may be required if soil conditions warrant.
Section 3. The approval for minimum size of house lots shall be determined by a soil percolation test made according to the current method approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The test shall be made by a properly qualified per- son versed in making such tests. The slope of the land, presence of natural or manmade bodies of water, and the size of proposed house shall be considered in determining the size of lot. All building lots shall provide at least four (4) feet of dry depth at all seasons and be sufficiently free of ledge to provide proper sewage drainage.
Section 4. Septic tanks shall be of approved design and con- structed of concrete or other durable material and subject to exces- sive corrosion or deterioration. Metal tanks shall be of at least No. 14 (0.0747 inch) gauge steel or sheet iron with protective asphaltum coating and comply with U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Standard 177-51. No metal tank will be permitted where high ground water would tend to force an empty tank out of the ground.
Section 5. All septic tanks hereafter constructed or installed shall have an effective capacity of at least 550 gallons, and shall be of approved material and construction.
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Section 6. The capacity for septic tanks shall be determined as follows: six or less persons to be served 500 gallons, 8 or 10 persons, 750 gallons, 10 or 12 persons, 900 gallons, 12 or 14 persons, 1100 gallons. The number of persons to be served by the septic tanks should be estimated on the basis that two persons will occupy each bedroom in the proposed dwelling. If Garbage Grinders are in- stalled the above required capacities for septic tanks shall be increased 50%.
Section 7. All rough grading of a house lot shall be completed before a sewage disposal system is installed.
Section 8. An adequate supply of water from a source shall be piped into each dwelling unit of buildings used for human habita- tion. Where houses are located in sparsely settled or rural areas, and where water cannot be piped without excessive expense, the Board of Health may exempt such houses from the requirement that water shall be piped into the dwelling unit, provided a safe source is available.
Section 9. All future construction of new water supplies shall be approved by the Board of Health.
Section 10. No local sewage disposal works or other means of local sewage disposal shall hereafter be constructed or installed in this Town until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health.
Section 11. A fee for the permit for a sewage disposal unit shall be $5.00 payable at the time the application is being filed.
Section 12. No dwelling house or other inhabitant building shall be constructed until the Board of Health has approved the pro- posed lot as suitable from a sanitary point of view for human habita- tion. No dwelling house on an unsewered street shall be constructed until a permit for a sewage disposal installation has been obtained from the Board of Health.
Section 13. All sewage disposal regulations shall be inter- preted according to the current recommendations of the Massachu- setts Department of Public Health.
Section 14. Whenever local sewage disposal works become offensive or obstructive, the owner, agent, or occupant of the prem- ises shall cause same to be cleaned and made free or otherwise corrected.
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Section 15. Every owner, occupant, or agent of premises in which theirs is a local sewerage disposal works shall keep the same in a sanitary condition and have the same emptied and cleaned when necessary or at such times as ordered by the Board of Health. No privy vault, septic tanks, cesspool, or leaching pit shall be emptied except by persons and in such a manner authorized by the Board of Health.
Section 16. Penalty. Whoever, himself or his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent or any other person or any firm or corporation violates any provisions of these regulations shall be punished as provided by the General Laws of Massachusetts. Each and every violation of the provisions of those regulations shall con- stitute a separate offense.
Section 17. Repeal and date of effect. All rules and regulations and any part thereof in conflict with these regulations are hereby repealed and these regulations shall be in full force and effect immediately.
Section 18. Unconstitutionality Clause. Should any paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of these regulations be declared unconsti- tutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent juris- diction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.
Voice vote unanimous.
Article 70. Voted: That the Town vote to rescind all or any part of the following PLUMBING RULES OF THE TOWN:
Section 2. Applications to perform work (excepting repair ) shall be filed with and approved by the Board of Health before work is started, and a permit given for the same, a sketch of said work is to be submitted if requested.
Section 3. Cast-iron extra heavy pipe to be used under ground and five feet outside of cellar wall, otherwise standard pipe allowed.
Section 4. All fixtures except water-closets to be trapped with round or nonsyphon traps of a pattern approved by the Board of Health or inspector, one round trap allowed for bath-tub and lava- tory if within six feet of each other, same rule on sink and wash- trays.
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Section 5. All traps in building three stories or over to be supplied with back air pipes.
Section 6. All drainage and waste pipe work to be tested and inspected before being covered in, main house traps to be used at discretion of inspector on old work optional on new work. Seat vents are optional but are recommended if possible to get into the hot chimney flue.
Section 7. Vent pipes through roof, if within ten feet of win- dow, required to be extended three feet above same. Clean-outs required in drains at every angle where practicable.
Section 8. At least one water-closet will be required for every twenty-five persons in public places, and one closet for each tene- ment. Ice-chests or refrigerators will not be connected directly with "sewer."
Voice vote unanimous.
Article 71. Voted: That the Town appropriate from available funds under the Excess and Deficiency Account, the sum of $108,000.00 for use by the Board of Assessors in fixing the tax rate for 1960.
It was moved and seconded to dissolve the warrant. The warrant was dissolved at 11:30 P.M.
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk
A true record. Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk
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PARTY PRIMARIES, APRIL 26th, 1960 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WORCESTER, SS.
Milford, April 26, 1960
Pursuant to a warrant signed by the Selectmen of Milford, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in primaries met in the New Memorial School, in said Town on Tues- day, the 26th day of April A.D. 1960 at 12 o'clock noon and the meeting was called to order by Town Clerk Catherine L. Coyne, Presiding Election Officer.
The Town Clerk read the warrant and the officer's return. The Town Clerk administered the oath to the election officers.
During the voting the ballot box was opened at 3 P.M. when the box registered 389; it was opened at 4:55 P.M. when it registered 666; it was opened at 6:15 P.M. when it registered 972; it was opened at 7:20 P.M. when it registered 1270; and at 8 P.M. when the final register showed 1541. The official count was 1542, the box did not register one.
The polls were declared closed at 8 P.M. by Town Clerk Coyne.
There were 1368 Democratic ballots cast and 174 Republican ballots cast making the total 1542.
The result of the Democratic ballot was announced at 11:30 P.M. and the Republican ballot was announced at 11:50 P.M.
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Delegates at Large and Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention
Group Delegates
Foster Furcolo-812 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow 956 John W. McCormack-726 Columbia Road, Boston 813
John M. Lynch-34 Browning Road, Somerville 745 Robert F. Murphy-90 West Border Road, Malden 761
Joseph D. Ward-29 Allston Place, Fitchburg 757
Edward J. McCormack, Jr .- 1110 Morton Street, Boston 768
Thomas J. Buckley-290 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 758 John F. Collins-20 Myrtle Street, Boston 761
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Joseph William Belanger-2 Lillie Way, Boston 686
John E. Powers-158 M Street, Boston 734
John F. Thompson-59 Fairway Drive, Ludlow 679 Endicott Peabody-19 Larch Road, Cambridge Robert Francis Kennedy-Marchant Avenue, Barnstable 787
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Howard W. Fitzpatrick-100 Maple Street, Malden 721
Garrett H. Byrne-52 Tacoma Street, Boston 701
Balcom S. Taylor-924 Tremont Street, Boston 665
Mary L. Fonseca-102 Webster Street, Fall River
680
John L. Saltonstall, Jr .- 73 Middlesex Road, Brookline Betty Taymor-44 Fairfax Street, Newton 666 Stephen T. Chmura-4 Elm Street, Holyoke 659
717
Bernard Solomon-89 Mount Vernon Street, Boston 659
Kenneth J. Kelley-275 Washington Street, Hanover 700
A. Frank Foster-472 Norfolk Street, Boston 67]
Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr .- 142 Merrimac Avenue, Springfield 716
Blanks 15,348
Alternate Delegates
William F. Donoghue-217 Commercial Street, Weymouth 642
Charles N. Collatos-46 Webster Road, Lexington 620
Mary DePasquale Murray-18 Grant Street, Milford 818 Peter J. Rzeznikiewicz-26 Chestnut Street, Ware 589
Edward King-21 Birch Street, Ludlow 595
Joseph A. DeGuglielmo-24 Arlington Street, Cambridge 610
Cornelius W. Phillips, Jr .- 30 Spruceland Avenue, Springfield 621
Anthony M. Scibelli-200 Maple Street, Springfield 607
Richard Maguire-20 Ridgefield Road, Winchester 612
Paul W. Glennon-31 Bellingham Road, Worcester 626
Dan H. Fenn, Jr .- 22 Sherburne Road, Lexington 589
Thomas J. Noonan-53 Craftsland Road, Brookline 609
Blanks
8,878
District Delegates and Alternate District Delegates to National Convention-Third District
Group Delegates
Joseph F. Gibney-440 Thompson Road, Webster 902
Bernard T. Moynihan-34 Ellis Street, Fitchburg 683
Laurie J. Cormier-100 Second Street, Leominster 652
Philip A. Quinn-101 Main, Spencer 674
Blanks 2,561
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Alternate Delegates
Davitt M. Rooney-23 Squier Street, Palmer 671
Doris M. Racicot-192 Chapin Street, Southbridge 605
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