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Each floor in dwellings with masonry walls shall have its beams so tied to the walls and to each other with wrought-iron straps or anchors at least three-eighths of an inch thick by one and one-half inch wide, as to form continuous ties across the build- ing not more than ten feet apart. Walls running parallel or nearly parallel with floor beams shall be properly tied once in ten feet to the floor beams by iron straps or anchors of the size above spe- cified. Every wooden header or trimmer more than four feet long, carrying a floor load of over seventy pounds per square foot, at connections with other beams, shall be hung in stirrup irons and joint bolted. All tail beams and similar beams of wood shall be framed or hung in stirrup irons. All iron beams shall have proper connections.
Cutting for piping or other purposes shall not be done so as to reduce the strength of the supporting parts below that required by the provisions of this act.
No part of any floor timbers shall be within two inches of any chimney. No studding or furring shall be within one inch of any chimney.
Every brick dwelling over three stories high shall have a sufficient fire-stop at each floor, covering the whole floor of each story through all stud partitions, and extending to the masonry walls. Every air-duct, except vents, shall be effectually stopped at each story. Every such fire-stop shall consist of a solid, air-tight co- hesive layer, at least one inch thick, of tile, brick, terracotta or like fire-made material, plaster, cement, cinder or ashes, or of a combina- tion of the same, or of equally non-inflammable, non-heat conduct- ing materials, laid between the upper and under floors, or occupy- ing all the space between the timbers under the under floors. And in all brick dwellings above three stories in height, and in all brick dwellings occupied as independent apartments or tenements by more than three families, all stairways shall be enclosed in walls or shafts of non-inflammable material, and all openings in said walls or shafts shall be provided with metal-covered doors hung to rabbeted iron frames with iron thresholds. The foot of each partition and of each tier of studding or furring shall be filled solid between the uprights to the full width thereof, and to the height of six inches above the floor, with the same incombustibles as above prescribed for fire- stops, or some combination thereof. The spaces between such parts of the floor joists as rest upon partition heads shall be filled with the materials above required. The spaces between stringers of stair- cases and joists of landings, unless unceiled, shall be so stopped with some of the incombustibles above mentioned, at three places at least in every flight of stairs, as to prevent the passage of air.
All new or renewed roofs shall be so constructed as to bear safely, in addition to the weight of the material, twenty-five pounds per superficial foot or area, covered with proper additional allowance for a horizontal wind pressure of thirty pounds per square foot. All thin glass skylights upon roofs shall be covered by a wire netting
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when in the opinion of the inspector such protection is needed. The roof of every brick building hereafter built shall be covered with tin, iron, slate, gravel, composition or like substantial roofing material not readily inflammable.
Section 29. All stone wall and brick-work shall be laid as described for foundations in Article 16, except that the external brick walls above the foundation, and the party walls above first floor, may be laid in best lime mortar, and if of face brick, by cutting the corners and putting in diagonal headers. Fire-stops of mortar shall be required at the floor and ceilings in each story, on party and external walls between and flush with the furring.
Section 30. In no case shall a wood lintel support any brick- work. All window and door openings shall have suitable caps, segmental arches or iron beams. All lintels for store fronts sup- porting walls, shall be of iron, the ends resting on an iron plate the full thickness of the wall. No wood posts shall support any iron beams. Iron posts for any support of walls shall have a bottom iron plate not less than twelve by twelve by two inches.
Article 18. Openings in Brick Walls
Section 31. No opening or door-way shall be cut through a party or partition brick wall of any building without a permit from the inspector. Each opening must be provided with two sets of metal-covered doors, separated by the thickness of the wall, hung to rabbeted iron frames.
Article 19. Construction of Chimneys
Section 32. All chimneys hereafter shall be built of brick, stone or other incombustible material, and shall have a footing of masonry or iron supported by iron or corbels of brick or stone. No chimney shall be hung to an 8 inch wall, or bear or rest upon wood. No chimneys corbelled from a wall shall project more than the thickness of the wall.
All smoke flues and ash chutes built of brick less than 8 inches thick shall be lined with flue lining, from 3 feet below any woodwork in basement to the entire height of the chimney. All brick vent flues shall be smoothly plastered or cement washed on the inside.
All flues shall be topped out at least four feet above the high- est part of the roof at the point through which they pass, with brick or stone, and the topping out shall not have more than two inches projecion, unless covered by a cap of improved incombustible material, properly secured; and in no case shall a nail be driven into the masonry of any flue. All woodwork in brick buildings shall be placed distant, one inch, and floor timbers, readers, trimmers, and girders, at least 1 1-2 inches from the outside of every chimney flue. In chimneys with more than two flues the withes shall be constructed of brick laid flatways and bonded every eight course.
Section 33. Chimneys Passing Through Floors. Where chim- neys pass through floors they shall be held central in openings by one header projected out at each corner against openings, and there shall be fire-stops of tin, sheet iron or masonry to stop draft through openings around chimneys on each floor.
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Section 34. Recesses on. Chimneys. No chimney shall be corbelled out, but may be corbelled, if thoroughly bonded to receive a thimble. All recesses shall be plastered and there shall be a space of not less than six inches between woodwork and thimble, or they shall be made safe in a manner satisfactory to the Inspector.
No brick. flue shall be built out of plumb beyond its centre of gravity.
Section 35. Flues Not on Foundation Walls, etc. Brick flues in dwellings not starting from foundation walls shall rest upon a continuous support of metal or masonry extending to the ground.
Brick flues necessary in buildings other than dwellings, and not starting from the ground, shall be supported in a manner ap- proved by the Inspector; and if other than brick, where they pass through roofs, ceilings, closets, floors, or any woodwork, shall be guarded by a double collar or pipe, with at least three inches air space and holes for ventilation or made safe in a manner satisfactory to the Inspector.
When smoke flues are connected with hot water or low pres- sure steam boilers having a grate area of over eight square feet, bakers' oven, hotel or restaurant ranges, the brick walls enclos- ing the flue linings shall be not less than eight inches in thick- ness. When smoke flues are connected with high pressure steam boilers, smelting furnaces and other apparatus which heat the flues to a similarly high temperature, enclosing brick walls shall be not less than twelve inches in thickness and in place of the lining, the inside four inches of such walls shall be of fire brick laid in fireclay extending for a distance of not less than twenty-five feet in any direction from the source of heat, and there shall be an air space of at least four inches within all walls not external to the building for the same distance as required for the lining.
Iron cupola chimneys or foundries shall extend at least ten feet above the highest point of any roof within a radius of fifty feet of such cupola, and be capped with a suitable spark arrester. No woodwork shall be placed within two feet of the cupola.
Section 36. Notice in Case of Unsafe Chimneys, etc. If any chimney, flue or heating apparatus shall, in the opinion of the Inspector of Buildings, be unsafe by reason of endangering the premises by fire or otherwise, he shall at once notify in writing the owner, agent or other party having an interest in said prem- ises, who upon receiving said notice shall make the same safe, in pursuance of the terms of said notice.
Article 20. Foundations for Fire-places, Ranges and Grates
Section 37. All hearths shall be supported by trimmer arches or bricks. The brick jambs of every fire-place, range or grate opening, and the backs of such openings, shall be at least eight inches thick. All hearths and trimmer arches shall be at least twelve inches longer on either side than the width of said open- ings, and at least eighteen inches wide in front of the chimney breast. Brick-work over fire-places and grate openings shall be supported by proper iron bars, or brick or stone arches.
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Article 21. Steam Pipes
Section 38. All steam pipes passing through floors or joists shall be protected by an incombustible ring or tube, or rest on iron supports, with air space three-fourths of an inch larger in diameter than the steam pipe.
Article 22. Protection of Wood-work about Smoke Pipes
Section 39. No smoke pipe shall pass through any wooden partition, without a soapstone ring of the thickness of the partition and extending four inches from the pipe, or a double metal collar of the thickness of the partition, with a ventilated air space of not less than four inches around the pipe; nor shall a smoke pipe be placed within eight inches of any wood unles such wood is plas- tered and protected by a metal shield two inches distant from the wood, in which case the smoke pipe shall not be less than six inches from the wood. All smoke pipes passing through closets shall have ventilated air space pipes at least four inches larger than the smoke pipe.
Section 40. The smoke pipes of any hot-air, steam, hot-wa- ter or other furnace passing beneath wooden beams or ceilings shall be kept at least eighteen inches therefrom, or the wood-work shall be protected by a tin shield suspended at least two inches be- low said beams or ceiling, in which case the pipe may be placed within eight inches of the beam or ceiling.
Article 23. Furnaces, Registers and Hot-air Pipes
Section 41. Tops of furnaces set in brick shall be covered with brick, laid on iron bars and made perfectly tight, said cov- ering to be in addtion to, and not less than six inches from, the ordinary covering of the hot-air chamber, and shall be at least four inches below any wooden 'beams or ceilings, and the top of portable furnaces at least one foot below any wooden beams or ceilings.
Section 42. All hot-air register boxes hereafter placed in the floors or partitions of buildings shall be set in soapstone or equally incombustile borders, not less than two inches wide. Register boxes shall be made of tin plate, with a flange on top to fit a groove in the border, and shall be double throughout, with one-inch air-space all around between inner and outer casing. Hot-air pipes and register boxes of fifteen by twenty-five inches or more shall have a similar air-space, not less than two inches all around.
Section 43. Furnace or other pipes conveying heated air shall be of tin plate or its equal, and, except from hot-water or steam radiators, in partitions or between floors, shall be double, with three- fourths inch space all around between the inner and outer pipes.
Article 24. Boiler Houses, Boiler Rooms, etc.
Section 44. Boiler houses and boiler rooms in establishments where inflammable materials are used, or where shavings or other highly inflammable materials are used for fuel, shall be enclosed in brick, stone or concrete walls, or iron studs filled with concrete. Roofs or floors over such rooms or houses shall be made of iron,
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brick, stone or concrete arches. or slabs, or, if of wood, shall be pro- tected with fire-proof tile. or plastered on iron or wire netting, or covered with metal. The ceilings over all other stationary boilers than those thus described shall be plastered on wire netting or covered with metal, and the doors into all boiler rooms shall be of iron or of wood covered with metal.
Section 45. The floors of rooms containing stationary boilers shall be made of incombustible material for at least five feet in front, and for such distance on the sides and rear as may be required by the inspector of buildings. Wooden floors under portable boil- ers shall have close protection of incombustible material.
Section 46. The provisions of Articles 20 to 24 inclusive shall apply to buildings already erected, if found necessary and ordered after examination of the premises by the inspector of buildings.
Article 25. Ash Depositories
Section 47. All receptacles for ashes, waste and other sub- stances liable, by spontaneous combustion or otherwise, to cause a fire, shall be made of incombustible materials, satisfactory to the inspector of buildings.
Article 26. Electric Light Wiring
Section 48. All interior wiring must bemade in accordance with the "National Electrical Code," of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Article 27. Penalty for Violation
Section 49. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this by-law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense.
Article 28. Fees
Section 50. The following fees will be charged on all build- ing permits issued by the inspector of buildings, for the erection and alteration of buildings within the limit of the Town of Wey- mouth :
First class buildings, Val. not exceeding $5,000 $5.00
Second class buildings, Val. not exceeding $4,000 $4.00
Third class buildings, Val. not exceeding $3,000 2.00
Alterations of buildings and the erection of sheds, auto hous- es and like small buildings, valuation not exceeding $1,000, $1.00.
An additional fee of $.50 per $1,000 valuation over the above table shall be charged. Provided, however, that the amount of any fee shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Fees to accompany the application; to be refunded if permit is not granted.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In Precincts 1, 3, 5 and 6, in halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respective-
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ly ; in Precinct 2, at G. A. R. Hall; in Precinct 4, at building of the Citizens' Association Inc., on Front Street; in Precinct 7, at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Association Building on Washington Street ; Precinct 8, at Weymouth Heights Club Building, North Street, Monday, the 8th Day of March, 1926
at five o'clock and forty-five minutes in the forenoon, then and there to bring to the wardens of their several precincts, their votes on one ballot, for the following named public officers, to wit :
Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; five (5) Selectmen; five '(5) Overseers of the Poor; two (2) Assessors for three (3) years; one (1) Assessor for one (1) year to fill vacancy; two (2) School Com- mittee for three (3) years; one (1) Commissioner of Ward Two Schoolhouse Sinking Fund for three (3) years; one (1) Commis- sioner of Ward Two Schoolhouse Sinking Fund for two (2) years to fill vacancy; Collector of Taxes; one (1) Park Commissioner for three (3) years; one (1) Water Commissioner for three (3) years; three (3) Auditors; three (3) Trustees of Tufts Library for three (3) years; Tree Warden; ten (10) Constables; Annual Moderator and for the election in Precinct one (1) of ten (10) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; ten (10) Town Meeting Members for two (2) years; ten (10) Town Meeting Members for one (1) year; in Precinct two (2) of eight(8) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years and two (2) Town Meeting Members for one (1) year to fill vacancies ; in Precinct three (3) of twelve (12) Town Meeting Mem- bers for three (3) years; in Precinct four (4) of four (4) Town Meet- ing Members for three (3) years; in Precinct five (5) of eleven (11) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; in Precinct six (6) of nine (9) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; in Precinct seven (7) of three (3) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; one (1) Town Meeting Member for one (1) year to fill vacancy; in Precinct eight (8) of two (2) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; two (2) Town Meeting Members for two (2) years and two (2) Town Meeting Members for one (1) year.
The Polls will be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy there- of, attested by you in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town, seven days at least before the time for holding the first meeting called for in this warrant.
Hereof, fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the Twenty- third day of February, 1926.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this elecenth day of January, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- Six.
FRED E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, WILLIAM B. DASHA, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, THERON L. TIRRELL,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
ARTHUR H. PRATT,
Constable of Weymouth.
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Return of Service
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth, February 18, 1926
NORFOLK, ss.
Persuant to the within warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the re- spective places and times for the purposes set forth in said war- rant, by posting true and attested copies of the same in two places in each voting precinct in said town as therein directed seven days before the time of holding said meetings.
ARTHUR H. PRATT,
Constable
I hereby certify that the following notice was mailed to each Town Meeting Member, as provided by Sec. 3, Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss.
To the Town Meeting Members of the town of Weymouth in said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby notified to meet at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday the first day of March 1926, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the articles in the annual warrant (a true copy of which is enclosed. )
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord Nineteen hundred and twenty- six.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, by its duly elected Town Meeting Members assembled, was held at the hall of the Wey- mouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday, the first day of March 1926.
The meeting was called to order by Clayton B. Merchant, Town Clerk, in the absence of George L. Barnes, Annual Modera- tor, it was voted that the Town Clerk cast one ballot bearing the name of William J. Holbrook, as Moderator, pro-tem. The Town Clerk deposited one ballot bearing the name of William J. Hol- brook, as Moderator pro-tem, and he was declared elected.
He was sworn to the faithful performance of that duty by the Town Clerk.
The Police Officers stationed at the door checked 184 Town Meeting Members as being present, more than a quorum.
Art. 1. Voted: That a committee be appointed to choose all necessary Town Officers, other than those elected by ballot.
The Moderator appointed J. Herbert Libbey, Benjamin B. Sylvester, Frank A. Pray, Alfred S. Tirrell and Frank E. Loud as this committee.
Art. 2. Voted: That the reports of the Electric Light Com- mittee, Town Engineer, Moth Supt., Tree Warden, Chief of Fire Department, Supt. of Alewive Fishery, Celebration Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, Visitor for the Overseers of the poor, Supt. of Streets, Inspector of Milk and Dairies, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Park Com- missioners, Registrars of Voters, Trustees of Weymouth, Fore River Bridge, Board of Health, Committee of Town Forest, Visit- ing Nurse Association, Trustees of Tufts Library, Committee of Purchase of new Fire Apparatus, Chief of Police, Selectmen, In- spector of Plumbing, Tax Collectors, Town Accountant, School Committee, Auditors, Water Commissioners, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Town Counsel be accepted as printed in the Town Report of 1925.
The report of the Selectmen upon selecting a site for a hos- pital reported in writing, as follows:
Report of the committee on a site for the Laban Pratt Hos- pital.
At a special town meeting held August 24, 1925, it was ted :
That the Selectmen be a committee to investigate a site for the Laban Pratt Hospital. The committee looked at the available sites near the Old North Church and at the last minute were in- formed that the property adjourning the Church was the location Mr. Pratt had in mind. This property is owned by William Whit- man of Boston, Mr. Whitman was interviewed and he stated that the property was not for sale but if the town wanted it for the Hospital he would give the property to the town provided that a suitable tablet was placed in the Hospital, reciting that the land was originally purchased from the Indians by the town and sub- sequently sold by the town to one William Whitman, and that the land is given to the town by a descendent of said Whitman and
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in honor of his memory, and upon the further condition that in the event the town cease to occupy the land for Hospital purposes, the title to the same shall revert to William Whitman or his heirs.
It is the sense of the committee to recommend the site offered by William Whitman.
FRED E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, THERON L. TIRRELL, Majority of the Committee
Voted: That the tempory report of the Selectmen be accepted as read.
Art. 3. Voted unanimously: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1926, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said fi- nancial year.
Art. 5. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $14,000 as a reserve fund.
Art. 6. Voted: To designate the Weymouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., the First National Bank of Boston, Mass., as legal depositories for the funds of the town and the Wey- mouth Trust Company of South Weymouth as the legal deposi- tory for the securities of the town.
Art. 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,291.31 for the payment of Weymouth's portion of the cost of repairs and maintenance of Norfolk County Hospital in the year 1925.
Art. 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,965.52 for the payment of unpaid bills, as follows:
Charities
$2,504.08
Police
68.44
Highways 11.00
Permanent construction, Pleasant St. 980.61
Town Officers 1,125.30
Health 2,160.59
Miscellaneous 39.50
Libraries 1,076.00
$7,965.52
Art. 9. Voted: To appropriate the sum of $35,000 from the surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1926.
Art. 10. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,650 for the maintenance of the town survey, provided the sheets are available in time for the use of the Assessors or before July 1, 1926, the money to be expended under the direction of the Select- men.
Art. 11. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of erecting bound stones on accepted highways.
Art. 12. Voted: That the salary of the Tax Collector be seven mills on the dollar of taxes collected, and that the Selectmen
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be authorized to insure the Tax Collector in the sum of $15,000 hold-up insurance. The time of payment and rates of interest on unpaid taxes is to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59, Section 57 of the General Lat.s.
Art. 13. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $24,500 for the payment of interest which may become due this year.
Art. 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,492.75 for printing and advertising.
Art. 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,550 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the di- rection of the Tree Warden.
Art. 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,725 for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths; $2,000 of this amount to be expended upon town work, and $1,725 to be ex- pended for special or private work which the Moth Department may do, and which is assessed upon property owners and for other work for which the town is reimbursed.
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