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the Inspector of Buildings, who shall prescribe such regulation for the setting or placing thereof as in his judgment the public safety may re- quire.
(b). The top of every heating furnace or steam boiler shall be kept at least one foot below the lowest part of the ceiling or floor next above it and such protective covering shall be placed on such ceiling as the In- spector may require.
(c). All register boxes shall be set in soapstone or similar borders, not less than two inches in width and said boxes back of such border shall be surrounded by an open space of not less than one inch in all directions, and when required by the Inspector the timbers and floor- ing surrounding the boxes shall be protected by sheet metal as he may direct.
(d). All elevator wells and light shafts, unless built of brick, must be filled in flush between the wooden studs with fire-proof materials, or lined with metal or plastered on metallic lathing, as may be directed by the Inspector, and all wood work inside of such wells or shaft, be lined with tin plate lock-jointed.
(e). Where floor beams rest on partition caps or on girders, wall girts or wooden sills, fill in between such beams, from the caps, girders, girts or sills to the lining floor above, solid with brick and mortar or other fire-proof material.
(f). When floor beams in frame buildings rest on ledger boards, fire- stop thoroughly at each floor, with brick and mortar resting on bridging pieces cut in between the studs, or, where practicable, on the ends of lining floor.
(g). In brick buildings the space between the furrings on the out- side walls or brick partitions should be filled flush with mortar for a space of five inches in width above and below the floor beams of each story.
(h). Where basement or other flights of stairs are enclosed by par- titions of brick or wood, the spaces between the studs or wall furrings must be so fire-stopped with brick or mortar as to effectually prevent any fire from passing up between such studs or furring back of the stair stringers.
(i). All flights of stairs between two floors must have two smoke stops built between the stringers and properly constructed.
(j). No pipes for conveying hot air or steam must be placed nearer than one inch to any wood work unless protected to the satisfaction of the Inspector by suitable guards or casings of incombustible material.
(k). No wooden flue or air duct of any description can be used for heating or ventilating purposes, except cold air inlets to heating ap- paratus.
(1). A space of at least one inch to be left between all wood work and the chimneys, also around all hot-air, steam and hot-water pipes; these spaces around chimneys and pipes, where they pass through floors, to be
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stopped with metal or other fire-proof material, smoke-tight. Steam and hot-water pipes to have metal sleeves and collars.
(m). All channels and pockets for gas, water and soil-pipes to be made smoke-tight at each floor.
(n). The space around all metal or brick ventilating ducts must be fire-stopped at each floor with metal or other fire-proof material, as ap- proved by the Inspector.
(o). Where a building is occupied above the first floor for tenements or a lodging-house, and the lower story is occupied for stores, or other purposes not connected with the upper floors, the stairways leading to such upper floors must be enclosed with brick walls or with wooden par- titions filled solid with brick laid in mortar, or other fire-proof material, and plastered on both sides on metallic lathing, and all doors in such partition covered with tin plate, lock-jointed.
The provisions of paragraphs d, e, f, h, i, k, m, n, shall not apply to any wooden dwelling house when occupied by only one family and which is situated more than twenty-five feet from any other building.
SEC. 26. No bay window, balcony or other projection, except cornices, shall be built upon the front wall of any building so as to project over the line of the street, except upon written permit of the Selectmen.
SAFEGUARDS DURING BUILDING OPERATIONS.
SEC. 27. Whenever any person is about to erect or alter the exterior walls of a building, within five feet of the line of a street, he shall cause the portion of the site of the building bordering upon the street to be enclosed by a proper fence not less than four feet high, and at least five feet from the line of such building; and the fence shall be made as much higher as the Inspector of Buildings shall direct, and the same shall be maintained until all liability to accident from falling material ceases; he shall also maintain a proper walk satisfactory to the In- spector, around said fence, as long as the sidewalk is obstructed, and he shall maintain proper lights, if so required by the Inspector at both ends of such enclosed space from sunset to sunrise. In erecting any building, no person shall place, deposit or suffer to remain in any street or highway any lumber or other building material, rubbish or remains of any old building, for a longer period than may be necessary for the work which may be going on; and in case such material, rubbish, or remains of an old building, shall necessarily remain after dark, a suf- ficient light shall be placed over or near the same, and kept from sunset to sunrise. All rubbish from the erecting or repairing of any building, or the removal of an old building shall be carried away by the person so erecting or repairing or removing such building, at such time as the Superintendent of Streets may direct; and in case of neglect or refusal so to do, it shall be removed by the Superintendent of Streets, at the ex- pense of such person. Any person violating any provision of this sec- tion shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars.
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SEC. 28. Proper plans shall be prepared under direction of the Select- men showing a proper numbering of buildings on all streets of the Town and the Inspector shall send to the owner or person having control of every new building a written notice stating the number assigned by the Selectmen to such building, and directing that the said number be affixed or inscribed, in a proper place on said building, and all other numbers, if any, removed within one week from the receipt of notice. Whenever a building fronting on a street is found not having a number, or having a wrong number affixed or inscribed on it, then Inspector shall send a similar notice to the owner or person having control of it. Any owner or person in control of such building refusing or neglecting to comply with the directions contained in any such notice shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 29. All questions as. to the intent and meaning of the by-laws re- lating to the construction of buildings shall be decided by the Inspector, provided that any person dissatisfied with or aggrieved by any require- ment or decision of the Inspector may appeal to the Selectmen and their decision, after a hearing at which the Inspector shall be given an oppor- tunity to be heard, shall be final.
SEC. 30. In these by-laws the following terms shall have the mean- ings respectively assigned to them :-
"Alteration" means any change or addition.
"Cellar" means a basement or lower story of which one-half or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the land adjoining.
"Foundation" means that portion of a wall below the level of the street curb, and where the wall is not on a street, that portion of the wall below the level of the highest ground next to the wall; but if under party or partition walls may be constructed by the Inspector to mean that portion below the cellar floor.
"Chimney" shall apply to any permanent or fixed flues or passages built into any building for conveying away the products of combustion from furnaces, stoves, boilers, ranges or fire-places.
"Inspector" means the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Arling- ton.
"Party wall" means every wall used, or built in order to be used, as a separation of two or more buildings.
"Partition wall" means any interior wall of masonry in a building.
"External wall" means every outer wall or vertical enclosure of a building other than a party wall.
"Repairs" means the reconstruction or renewal of any existing part of a building or of its fixtures or appurtenances, by which the strength or fire-risk is not affected or modified, and not made in the opinion of the Inspector for the purpose of converting the building in whole or in part to a new use.
"Tenement house" means a building which, or any portion of which, is occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a dwelling by more than three families living independently of one another and doing their cooking upon the premises; or by more than two families above the second floor, so living and cooking.
"Thickness" of a wall means the minimum of thickness of such wall.
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SEC. 31. Whoever violates any of the provisions of these by-laws shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars unless another penalty is specifically provided herein.
SEC. 32. The provisions of these by-laws shall not apply to buildings and structures owned or occupied by the United States or by the State of Massachusetts, nor to bridges.
FIRE LIMITS.
All buildings hereinafter built or enlarged, fronting on the following street described lihes, shall be built of brick, stone or other incombustible material. Beginning at the north-easterly corner of Swan and Pleasant streets, thence running north-easterly to the south-easterly corner of Pleasant street and Massachusetts avenue; thence south-easterly on the southerly line of Massachusetts avenue, to a point opposite the Soldiers' Monument. Beginning again at a point in the northerly line of Broad- way opposite the Soldiers' Monument and running north-westerly along the north-easterly lines of Broadway and Massachusetts avenue to Central street.
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ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICI- PAL YEAR 1905.
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1905.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Garritt Barry, A Constable of the Town of Arlington, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, who are qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, on Monday the sixth day of March next, at 6.00 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz: -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To elect a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To elect a Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To elect a Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To elect an Auditor for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To elect one Selectman for the term of one year.
ART. 7. To elect one Assessor for the term of three years.
ART. 8. To elect three members of the School Committee for the term of three years.
ART. 9. To elect one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pratt Fund for the term of five years.
ART. 10. To elect one member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for the term of three years.
ART. 11. To elect two Trustees of the Robbins Library for the term of three years.
ART. 12. To elect one member of the Consolidated Board of Trustees of the Robbins Fund and Soldiers Monument Fund and the Trustees of Cemeteries for the term of three years.
ART. 13. To elect five Constables for the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To elect one Park Commissioner for the term of three years.
ART. 15. To elect one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years.
ART. 16. To elect a Tree Warden for the ensuing year.
ART. 17. To elect three members of the Board of Public Works for the term of one year.
ART. 18. To elect all other necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating ilquors in this town?"
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All Officers who are by law required to be chosen by ballot, except the Moderator, are to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and kept open until five o'clock, P. M.
ART. 20. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen and other Town Officers and Committees heretofore appointed.
ART. 21. To act on the List of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 22. To make an appropriation for the Robbins Library for the ensuing year.
ART. 23. To make an appropriation for the Public Schools for the ensuing year, and determine in what manner the same shall be ex- pended.
ART. 24. To determine in what manner the Town ways, highways and bridges shall be repaired the ensuing year.
ART. 25. To determine what sum of money the Town will raise by general tax, to defray Town expenses, interest, debt and State Aid, and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute actions in favor of the Town, and ap- pear and defend suits and legal proceedings against or involving the interests of the Town, with power to employ counsel therein, and when necessary, in all other legal matters and business appertaining to Town affairs during the year commencing March 6, 1905.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under direction of Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R.
(Inserted at request of Alexander H. Seaver and others.)
ART. 28. To see if the Town will purchase additional land for ceme- tery purposes, and make an appropriation for the same.
(Inserted at request of Trustees of Cemeteries.)
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the appointment of a Committee of Twenty-one for the ensuing year.
(Inserted at request of Committee of Twenty-one.)
ART. 30. "To see if the Town will pass the following vote or act in any manner thereto: --
Voted: - That the sum of one hundred dollars (100) be appropriated for the purchase and erection of a flag-staff, flag and fixtures for the Town Hall Building, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen."
(Inserted at request of Edward H. H. Bartlett and others.)
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Clerk to compile and publish the Town Meeting Records for the years 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903 and make an appropriation for that purpose. (Inserted at request of the Town Clerk.)
ART. 32. To see if the Town will cause the curfew bell to be rung each evening at 9 o'clock, Sundays excepted, and make an appropriation for the same.
(Inserted at request of Arlington Historical Society and others.)
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to furnish additional safes for Town offices and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to remove or repair the cupola on Town Hall Building and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will appropriate $500 for incidentals for the Board of Assessors.
(Inserted at request of Assessors.)
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ART. 36. To see if the Town will appropriate $650 for street water- ing.
(Inserted at request of the Joint Board.)
ART. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate $2,000 as the Town's share for the construction and repair of permanent sidewalks.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate $1,500 for the mainte- nance and extension of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 39. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the con- struction of sewers in a portion of Pleasant Street, Kensington Road, Kensington Park, Brantwood Road and Acton Street.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 40. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of $6,000 and the street railway taxes for the use of the Highway Division.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 41. To see if the Town will appropriate $7,000, in accordance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for water used for fire hydrants, street watering and public buildings for the ensuing year.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 42. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the extension of water mains and make an appropriation for the same. (Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 43. To see if the Town will vote to issue serial notes to the amount of $7,000 for the purpose of refunding and cancelling a bond of $4,000, dated December 15, 1903, and a bond of $3,000 dated December 15, 1904, numbered respectively 133 and 134, issued for water purposes, under the Act of 1892, and both on 30 years' time, and determine the number, dates, times and amount of said notes.
(Inserted at request of Town Treasurer.)
ART. 44. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue further addition to the fixed indebtedness of the Town, except on the serial note basis. (Inserted at request of Town Treasurer.)
ART. 45. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes men- tioned in the foregoing articles.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
WARREN W. RAWSON, GEORGE I. DOE, JAMES A. BAILEY, JR., Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
A true copy. Attest:
GARRITT BARRY,
Constable of Arlington.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Arlington, March 1, 1905.
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named, by
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causing a printed copy to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town Hall, seven days, at least, before said day of meeting.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Iown of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and five, and were called to order at six o'clock in the morning by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the return of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
First Article taken up.
"To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting."
Horace A. Freeman and George H. Peirce, who had been appointed Tellers by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful performance of their duties and put in charge of the check list and ballot box used in the election of Moderator.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for . Moderator and remained open for three (3) minutes, at the expiration of which time, all voters having voted who so desired, the polls were declared closed.
The votes cast were sorted and counted and declaration made by the Town Clerk as follows: - whole number of votes cast five (5). Walter A. Robinson had five (5) and was declared elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties.
The following Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been appointed by the Selectmen were sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful perform- ance of their duties and assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks - Edgar Crosby and Frank N. Hurley.
Clerks on Check List - Horace A. Freeman and George C. Tewks- bury.
Inspectors - Frank F. Russell and Edward H. H. Bartlett.
Tellers - George H. Peirce, Frank R. Daniels, M. Francis Mead, John M. Tierney, John Gray, George M. Richardson, William H. Bradley, Frank J. Rowe, Edward W. Schwamb and Ervin V. Gay.
A sealed package of ballots was then delivered by the Town Clerk to the Moderator, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the Ballot Clerks.
Cards of instructions and penalties on voters were prominently posted in conformity to law, as were also specimen ballots.
The ballot box was examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk and was found to be empty and the register set at zero. The box was then locked and the keys delivered into the custody of Constable John Duffy, in whose custody they remained until the polls closed.
A list of registered voters was supplied by the Registrars of Voters to the Ballot Clerks and Checkers at the ballot box.
A list of women voters was also furnished by the Registrars.
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At five (5) minutes after six (6) o'clock the polls were declared open for the reception of votes for Town officers, under articles two (2) to nineteen (19) inclusive, and remained open until five (5) o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
By unanimous consent the ballot box was opened at thirty (30) min- utes after seven (7) o'clock, and at various other times during the day, for the purpose of removing ballots to be counted.
At the close of the polls the ballot box registered fourteen hundred and twenty-six (1426).
The names checked by the Ballot Clerks and the names checked by the Checkers at the ballot box were counted and found to agree with the number registered by the ballot box, fourteen hundred and twenty-six (1426).
The ballots not used were inclosed in a package, sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk.
The election officers canvassed the votes given in and the whole num- ber was found to be fourteen hundred and twenty-six (1426), of which number forty-two (42) were women, which agreed with the total num- ber registered by the ballot box.
The ballots were then canvassed by the Moderator, Town Clerk and Tellers and declaration made thereof at twenty-five (25) minutes after six (6) o'clock in the afternoon as follows: - whole number of votes cast, thirteen hundred and eighty-four (1384).
Town Clerk for one year - Thomas J. Robinson had eleven hundred and seventy-five (1175) and was declared elected. (Sworn by the Moderator in open meeting.) Blanks, two hundred and nine (209).
Selectman for one year - S. Frederick Hicks had seven hundred and seventy-three (773) and he was declared elected. (Sworn March 8th.) Winfield S. Durgin had five hundred and ninety-five (595). Blanks, sixteen (16).
Assessor for three years - Philip A. Hendrick had eleven hundred and forty (1140) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 7.) Blanks, two hundred and forty-four (244).
Treasurer for one year - William A. Muller had ten hundred and eleven (1011) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 7.) Blanks, three hundred and seventy-three (373).
Collector of taxes for one year - Harvey S. Sears had eleven hun- dred and seventeen (1117) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 7.) Blanks two hundred and sixty-seven (267).
Auditor for one year- Elbert L. Churchill had nine hundred and ninety (990) and was declared elected. . (Sworn March 10th.) Blanks, three hundred and ninety-four (394).
Board of Public Works for one year - Samuel E. Kimball had ten hundred and fourteen (1014) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 10th.) William N. Winn had ten hundred and six (1006) and was de- clared elected. (Sworn March 7.) Peter Schwamb had nine hundred and seventy-seven (977) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 11th.) Blanks, one hundred and fifteen (115).
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School Committee for three years - Hattie F. Hornblower had ten hundred and ten (1010) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 7.) John H. Perry had eight hundred and fifty-two (852) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 14.) Ida F. Robbins had nine hundred and sixty-six (966) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 9.) Francis L. Maguire had four hundred and seventy-five (475). Blanks, nine hundred and seventy-five (975).
Park Commissioner for three years - William E. Lloyd had nine hundred and sixty-four (964) and ,was declared elected. (Sworn March 13.) Blanks four hundred and twenty (420).
Board of Health for three years - John S. Lamson had six hundred and nineteen (619) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 9.) Ed. win Mills had five hundred and seven (507). Blanks, two hundred and fifty-eight (258).
Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years - William G. Peck had ten hundred and five (1005) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 11.) Blanks, three hundred and seventy-nine (379).
Trustee of Pratt Fund for five years - George Hill had nine hundred and eighty-six (986) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 8.) Blanks, three hundred and ninety-eight (398).
Trustees Robbins Library for three years - Samuel C. Bushnell had ten hundred and eight (1008) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 9.) Charles A. Keegan had ten hundred and eighty-eight (1088) and was declared elected. (Sworn March 14.) Blanks, six hundred and seventy-two (672).
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