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For the work necessary to be done in 1936 this department recommends that $800.00 be appropriated for tree work and $700.00 for moth work.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. KELLEHER.
REPORT OF LINCOLN NURSING COMMITTEE 1935
During the past year, the Public Health nurse has made 1,464 calls. Sub-divided these are as follows: Medical 594, Surgical 74, Maternity 95, Child Welfare 343, Social Welfare 154, Board of Health 128, Doctor's office or hospitals 76. These figures do not include any of her school work; this appears in her report as school nurse.
The nurse has collected for her visits $393.90 which amount has been turned over to the Town Treasurer.
GLADYS DEYONGH HERMAN, ROBERT L. DENORMANDIE, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, JR.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS FOR 1935
To the Selectmen of the Town of Lincoln:
As Inspector of Animals I submit the following report.
One little child was bitten by a dog. This dog was quaran- tined for thirty days and then as he showed no symptoms of rabies was released. I suggested to the owner that the dog be destroyed, which suggestion was complied with.
Something over one hundred head of cattle have been brought into town from out of state - mostly for dairy purposes. These cattle had to be recorded and the ear tag numbers sent to the Division of Animal Disease Control. In patrolling the Town I found 318 cows, 91 young cattle, 20 bulls, 2,956 swine, 28 sheep, and 3 goats. The cattle, sheep, and goats, generally speaking, I found clean and appar- ently free from contagious disease.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. FARRAR, Inspector of Animals.
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WORK OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY SERVICE
REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY SERVICE IN LINCOLN FOR THE YEAR 1935
Milk market problems have been the subject of discussion between the farmer and the Extension Service all through the year. The town being adjacent to the Greater Boston Milk Market Area under Federal control has seen its farmers paid prices at variance with the Milk Administration and Control Board prices. The farmer wants to know all of the reasons why prices are different. In production recommendations have been made on feeding, growing of emergency hay crops and legumes. Farmers have been urged to keep production records.
To bring land back to productive purposes, a blasting demonstration was held at DeNormandie Farm in Lincoln under the supervision of the engineering specialist at the Massachusetts State College.
Suggestions and recommendations have been made on grow- ing and housing. Assistance has been given in diagnosis of disease and methods of control.
Seven farm visits were made, mostly on market gardening. A spray demonstration meeting was attended by forty people. Spray warning service was given tothirty-two fruit growers and twenty-three market gardeners, giving definite informa- tion on the time to spray, the materials to use and the insects and diseases to control.
Groups in Lincoln in the center and Baker Bridge sections continue to show their interest in the Extension Service program. These groups carried on the out-door living room, school lunch and cotton dress projects. The center group carried the series on guiding the pre-school child.
At a general meeting in Lincoln the clothing leaders set up an exhibit of work and taught a number of interested women some short cuts in home sewing.
Mrs. Harriet Haynes, home management specialist, made a visit to the town hall and gave suggestions for improving the town hall kitchen.
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Miss Grace Gerard, home furnishing specialist, taught a series of four meetings on "Art Problems of the Home." A total of 110 women attended these meetings. Braided mats and needlepoint pin cushions were made as illustrative material.
There were in Lincoln in 1935 a 4-H poultry group, with Master Walter Copeland as leader and a garden group with Mrs. Matthew Doherty as leader. Mrs. D. Lincoln Hamilton led a clothing group made up of Girl Scouts interested in receiving their merit badges for sewing.
Lincoln club members participated in county 4-H events: Alumni and Service Club meetings (organizations of older 4-H'ers); leader-training schools; county camp.
Plans for projects were made by the Town committee (Mrs. M. Doherty, chairman).
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY £ 81
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LINCOLN LIBRARY
Your Trustees submit on the following pages the reports of the Treasurer and the Librarian for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1935.
There has been no material change in the operation of the library during the past year. Some repairs have been made under the ERA and at present there is a project approved by the Federal authorities for the painting of the exterior and waxing the floors.
We are glad to note an increase of over six hundred volumes in the total circulation of books, over half of which is credited to the number of children's books borrowed. We hope that parents will encourage their children to make increased use of the facilities of the library.
No extraordinary expenses are anticipated for the year ensuing. Due to an anticipated decrease in the dog tax and a smaller balance on hand it will be necessary for the town to appropriate an additional one hundred dollars to maintain the services of the library on the same basis as last year. We ask for an appropriation of $1,079.34 plus the dog tax for the year ensuing.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. FARRAR, ROLAND C. MACKENZIE, SUMNER SMITH, GEORGE G. TARBELL, C. LEE TODD.
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Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library for Year Ending December 31, 1935
Receipts
Expenditures
Balance on hand, January 1, 1935
$269 62
Check Tax.
$0 04
Fines, 1935
79 34
Water
8 50
Dog Tax
320 41
Light
44 18
Town Appropriation .
997 80
Telephone
32 29
Income from Liberty Bonds
5 77
Fuel
208 80
Income from Codman Fund
43 75
Repairs
129 30
Income from Trust Funds
205 02
Supplies
40 21
George Russell Fund
$12 55
76 33
Julia A. Bemis Fund
20 67
Magazines
67 60
John H. Pierce Fund
33 68
Books
405 78
Fines, 1934, to Town Treasurer
97 80
Pierce Fund, to Librarian.
33 68
Salary of Librarian .
600 00
Total of expenditures
$1,744 51
Balance on hand
177 20
$1,921 71
$1,921 71
The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of Boston and Albany stock. All securities are in the hands of the Town Treasurer.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Treasurer.
TOWN OF LINCOLN
Abbie J. Stearns Fund
43 22
George G. Tarbell Fund
94 90
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
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Library Statistics - 1935
Number of volumes at beginning of year
11,694
Number added by gift 76
Number added by purchase
269
Number withdrawn
53
Total at end of year
11,986
Circulation
Number of days library was open
103
Number of volumes of fiction borrowed
4,734
Number of volumes of non-fiction borrowed
1,928
Number of children's books borrowed
2,456
Number of periodicals borrowed
1,196
Total for year
10,314
Number of borrowers
554
Number of books per borrower
18.6
Per capita circulation (population 1,500)
6.8
Number of books borrowed from other libraries
11
Library hours: Wednesday and Saturday from 3 P.M. to 9 P.M.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDING LAWS
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln:
Your Committee appointed to "investigate the necessity of laws relating to building, plumbing and electric wiring for the Town and draw up a proposed set of laws" submits the following report :
After carefully considering the matter, examining the By- laws of many neighboring towns and those of other towns of somewhat similar character, and consulting authorities of State and National standing, the Committee unanimously decided that a Building Code was necessary for the Town of Lincoln. It has prepared a proposed "Building Code" which is hereto annexed.
Your attention is called to the fact that the proposed Building Code does not require any change in safe existing structures. Its provisions are intended to cause those who hereafter desire to erect buildings in the Town to do so in a manner which will be designed to promote the health and safety of its occupants and of the Town, and which will reduce the fire hazard.
The Committee desires to thank all who have freely and courteously assisted by giving it the benefit of their experi- ence and observation.
The Committee unanimously recommends the adoption of the "Annexed Proposed Building Code" as an amendment to the present By-laws of the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. ROGERS, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY, JR., HAYWARD PEIRCE, JOHN E. SMITH.
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ARTICLE IX Chapter 1. General Provisions
Section 1. This By-law presumptively provides for mat- ters concerning the construction, alteration, use, removal, demolition, plumbing and wiring of buildings hereafter erected, remodeled, rebuilt or removed in the Town of Lincoln, and it may be cited as THE BUILDING CODE. It shall be so construed as to secure for the inhabitants of the Town the beneficial interests and purposes thereof which are: public safety, health and welfare through structural strength and stability, adequate light and ventilation, and reduction of the fire hazard. It shall take effect immediately after it has been approved by the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, and published or posted as required by law.
Sec. 2. If the meaning of any word, phrase or term in this By-law is in doubt or dispute, the same shall be construed to be that indicated in the Statues of the Commonwealth, the latest edition of the Building Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, or the National Electrical Code.
Sec. 3. No building, except one-story wooden buildings less than ten feet square which are not to be used as habita- tions, and ordinary small one-story out-buildings used in connection with a farm, shall hereafter be constructed, struc- turally altered, remodeled, rebuilt or removed, nor shall the plumbing or electric wiring in a building be installed, ma- terially altered or removed unless the proposed work is in conformity with all By-laws of the Town of Lincoln, and a permit therefor has previously been obtained.
Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to occupy, use or maintain any building which has been constructed, structurally altered, remodeled or rebuilt in violation of any By-law of the Town, or a building in which the plumbing or electric wiring has been installed or materially altered in violation of any By-law of the Town, or from which any portion of the installation which is required by any By-law, or order of an Inspector, has been removed, or a building which has been condemned as unsafe by the Inspector of Buildings.
Sec. 5. (a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Building Code shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation.
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(b) It shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen to en- force the provisions of this By-law and the rules and orders issued by any Inspector so far as the same may be lawful and conform to the By-laws of the Town.
Sec. 6. (a) The Board of Selectmen shall, within thirty days after each annual meeting of the Town, appoint an In- spector of Buildings who shall hold office until thirty days after the next Annual Meeting of the Town, or until his suc- cessor has been appointed. The Board of Selectmen may, if at any time it deems expedient to do so, appoint a substitute Inspector of Buildings, an Inspector of Plumbing, and an In- spector of Wiring, whose term of office shall be determined by the Board. The compensation of each shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen unless fixed by vote of the Town.
(b) The Inspector of Buildings shall be an architect, a civil engineer or a builder of at least ten years' practice or experience.
(c) The Inspector of Plumbing, if appointed, shall be a Master Plumber.
(d) The Inspector of Wiring, if appointed, shall be a Master Electrician.
(e) No Inspector shall in any way be interested in the contract for labor upon or materials or fixtures to be placed in any building subject to his inspection, provided however, that he may have such an interest in any instance if he so notifies the Board of Selectmen and entirely refrains from acting as Inspector thereon.
(f) Each Inspector in the discharge of his duties shall have authority to enter any building or premises at any reason- able hour.
(g) Each Inspector shall keep complete records showing the receipt of all fees and applications for permits, the action taken thereon, the date of receiving requests for Inspection, the date and nature of the inspection made, and of all no- tices and orders issued by him. He shall pay to the Treas- urer of the Town monthly all fees received by him during the previous month.
Sec. 7. Any person aggrieved by any order, ruling or act of an Inspector, may within ten days after the order, ruling
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or act complained of, appeal in writing to the Board of Select- men, which shall constitute a Board of Appeals, and the Board shall within one week thereafter hear the parties and as soon as possible render its decision.
Sec. 8. (a) Whenever in the opinion of the Inspector of Buildings any building is unsafe, he shall cause to be served upon one of the owners, or upon the agent of the owner hav- ing authority to care for the premises or to collect the rent thereof, or upon the Lessee of the premises, a written notice containing a description of the particulars in which the building is deemed unsafe, and the order of the Inspector requiring that the building be made safe or vacated or de- molished. The Inspector shall also post upon the premises a copy of his order.
(b) If a building which the Inspector of Buildings has declared unsafe is not made safe, or vacated or removed in accordance with the order of the Inspector within a reasonable time, the Inspector shall report all of the facts to the Board of Selectmen, which shall thereupon cause suitable legal pro- ceedings to be instituted.
Sec. 9. The Inspector of Buildings may, for the purpose of properly carrying into effect this By-law, adopt such rules as are consistent therewith, it being the intent that the stand- ards of Federal or State Bureaus, National Technical Organ- izations, or Fire Underwriters, as from time to time amended, shall serve as a guide for fixing minimum rules of practice hereunder. No rule of the Inspector shall become effective until four weeks after the same has been posted in five public places in the Town of Lincoln, or advertised at least once in some newspaper published in the Town of Lincoln or in an adjoining City or Town.
Sec. 10. Every permit must be conspicuously posted upon the premises to which it applies throughout the work. Permits may be revoked by the Inspector granting the same, or by his successor, if it appears to him that the work being done or the materials used do not conform to the By-laws of the Town, the terms of the permit, or an order of an Inspector.
Sec. 11. When the work for which a permit has been issued
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has been completed, in conformity with the permit and By- laws of the Town, the Inspector of Buildings shall, if requested by the Owner, issue a Certificate showing that fact and indi- cating the use to which the building may thereafter be law- fully put.
Chapter 2. Construction of Buildings
Section 1. An application for a permit to construct, struc- turally alter, remodel, rebuild or remove a building shall, before any work is begun thereon, be filed with the Inspector of Build- ings by the Owner, or by a builder or architect employed by him, together with such plans and specifications as the In- spector may require. The Inspector of Buildings shall examine the same, and if found to be in accordance with the By-laws of the Town, he shall issue a permit.
The fees for building permits shall be paid by the applicant and shall be as follows:
(a) If the cost of the proposed work is $5,000 or less - $2.00;
(b) If the cost of the proposed work exceeds $5,000, the further sum of $1.00 for each additional $5,000 or fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. Foundations.
All buildings hereafter erected and intended for or used as habitations, shall have suitable foundations. Excavations for stone foundations shall be made at least six inches beyond the outside of foundation walls and shall not be back-filled until inspection. The foundations of all buildings for dwell- ings if of stone shall be at least sixteen inches thick and piers of masonry laid in cement mortar or iron pipe filled with cement, but cellar walls may be laid dry to within twelve inches of the finished grade, provided they are properly pointed inside and outside with cement and lime mortar. Wooden buildings not more than two stories in height, other than dwellings, may be built wholly or in part upon piers or posts. The foundations of all buildings must rest on solid ground or level surfaces of solid rock, or on piles, concrete or other solid sub-structure. Such foundation, other than solid rock, must be not less than four feet below the adjacent ground exposed to frost. Piazzas and porches shall have a suitable foundation
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of stone, brick, or concrete built on solid bottom not less than four feet below and extending not less than three inches above the finished grade. All foundations under masonry walls and piers shall be at least four inches wider than the finished wall or pier. Other materials, if approved by the Inspector of Buildings may be used for foundations.
Sec. 3. Concrete Specifications.
(a) Cellar and house walls of concrete shall be poured with forms upon both sides and shall be well rammed in place. For houses not more than two stories in height the thickness of the cellar walls shall be at least ten inches. The proportions of the mixture shall be by volume as follows:
One part standard Portland cement.
Three parts of clean sharp sand.
Five parts of broken stone or well screened gravel.
(b) No concrete or other mason work shall be erected when the temperature is below freezing, except when materials are properly heated and permission has been granted by the Inspector of Buildings.
Sec. 4. Reinforced Concrete.
(a) All reinforced concrete, including columns, beams and floor slabs, shall be mixed in the following proportions by volume :
One part standard Portland cement.
Two parts of clean sharp sand.
Four parts of broken stone or well-screened gravel which will pass through a one and one-half inch ring.
(b) All forms shall be built of material properly braced and tight. The forms shall be left in place until the concrete has had proper time to set and harden, this time to be decided by the Inspector. All steel used for reinforcement shall be clean and free from rust scales and shall pass the proper tests. All reinforcement of weight bearing columns, beams or floor slabs shall be inspected by the Inspector of Buildings before the concrete is poured.
Sec. 5. Wooden Frame Buildings.
(a) All wooden frame buildings, eighteen feet or more in width, except those of ledger or balloon construction, shall
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be built with sills, posts, girts and plates, girts to be tenoned into the posts. All buildings shall be braced in each story and in cross partitions. No wall or ceiling of any building shall be lathed or otherwise covered until the same has been ex- amined by the Inspector of Buildings and he has given written consent therefor. Balloon or ledger construction will be allowed if full size 1 x 6 spruce ledgers are fitted tightly into the studs and all joists are well spiked to the studs.
(b) In all wooden buildings, the post of which exceeds twenty-two feet in length, the sills shall be not less than four by eight inches, and the posts and girts not less than four by eight inches ; in all such buildings the posts of which are twenty- two feet or less in length, the sills shall be not less than four by six inches. In all wooden buildings the studding of all outside walls shall not be less than two by four inches, set not more than sixteen inches on centers; in all wooden buildings the studding in all carrying partitions shall be not less than two by four inches, set not more than sixteen inches on centers and on the first floor resting on girders not less than six by eight inches. All window studding shall be not less than three by four inches. All self-supporting walls or partitions above the first floor in any building shall be trussed in a manner approved by the Inspector of Buildings.
Sec. 6. Floor Timbers.
(a) Floor timbers in dwelling houses shall be placed not less than sixteen inches on centers and of sufficient size to carry a live load of not less than forty pounds per square foot. When of Douglas fir, common grade, they should be substan- tially as follows:
2 x 7 inches when unsupported span is not over 10 feet
2 x 8 inches when unsupported span is not over 13 feet
2 x 10 inches when unsupported span is not over 15 feet
2 x 12 inches when unsupported span is not over 19 feet
3 x 12 inches when unsupported span is not over 22 feet 3 x 14 inches when unsupported span is not over 25 feet
(b) If other sizes, materials or spacings are used for floor supports, the arrangement must be such as to secure, in the opinion of the Inspector of Buildings, a strength equivalent to that given above.
(c) All floor timbers of eight feet or more span shall be bridged at intervals not greater than seven feet apart with
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cross-bridging at least one by two inches in size, unless a smaller size is approved by the Inspector of Buildings.
Girders, when of Douglas fir, common grade, or its equal, shall be not less than six by eight inches under main partition. Summers or floor timbers doubled, or their equivalent, shall be used under all cross-partitions in the first and second floors of all dwellings. Headers and trimmers of all openings more than four feet square in the floors of dwellings shall be floor joists doubled or their equivalent. Beams under carrying partitions in first floor shall be supported on piers or cement- filled iron posts, the latter not less than three and one half inches in diameter or their equivalent, the same to be spaced not more than eight feet apart on centers. If structural steel or hard pine beams are used, the spacing of the posts shall be such as to give a supporting strength equivalent to the above specifications for fir. Attic floor timbers shall not be less than two by six inches. All cutting of floor timbers for the passage of pipes shall be on their upper edges and no cut shall exceed two inches in depth or be made more than two feet from the bearing point of the timber unless the consent of the Inspector of Buildings has first been obtained. No cutting in the under side of a floor timber will be allowed for any reason.
Sec. 7. Roof Timbers.
(a) In buildings which are twenty-seven feet or more in width, having wooden roofs, rafters for pitched roofs shall measure not less than two by eight inches, spaced not more than twenty inches on centers. In buildings which are less than twenty-seven feet in width the size of rafters may be determined by the Inspector of Buildings. Valley rafters fourteen feet or more in length shall not be less than two by ten inches. All timbers herein mentioned are to be solid sticks excepting the plates which may be in two pieces, each two by four inches thoroughly spiked together. Flat roofs shall be timbered the same as floors.
(b) The use of fire resisting shingles or other fire resisting roof covering is recommended.
Sec. 8. Brick Buildings.
(a) Bond.
All brick walls shall be built with proper bond and all inter- sections of walls shall be thoroughly bonded together with
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brick or tied together with wrought iron straps as often as every eight feet in height. Floor timbers shall be anchored to brick walls on which they rest and to each other so as to form continuous ties across the building at least every ten feet, and shall be staggered and bevelled.
(b) Thickness of Walls.
External walls of brick dwelling houses, if not more than twelve feet in height above the foundation walls, shall be not less than eight inches thick for their entire height; if two stories and not more than twenty-five feet in height, they shall be not less than twelve inches thick to the top of the second floor and not less than eight inches thick for the remain- ing height; if more than twenty-five feet in height, they shall be not less than twelve inches thick to the top of the third floor and eight inches thick for the remaining height.
Sec. 9. Chimneys.
(a) All chimneys hereafter erected shall be built from the ground of brick, stone or other fireproof non-heat-conducting materials, and shall be built plumb or nearly so, so as to be self-sustaining, provided however, that brick flues may be securely built into the brick work of the walls of the building to which they are hung, when the walls are not less than twelve inches thick, and provided also that, with the consent of the Inspector, other forms of support may be used with such special safeguard as he may require. The top of a chimney shall in no case be less than three feet from any point of the roof. Chimneys extending more than ten feet above intersec- tion with roof must be guyed as directed by the Inspector of Buildings.
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