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Recommend that $300.00 be raised and appropriated.
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ANNUAL BUDGET (ARTICLE IV)
Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
1.
100.00
Moderator - Salary
100.00
100.00
2.
192.25
253.00
Finance Comm. - Expense
300.00
300.00
3.
3,908.42
4,239.00
Selectmen - Sal. & Wages
4,550.00
4,550.00
4.
541.67
500.00
Expense
600.00
600.00
5.
2,070.00
2,580.00
Auditor - Salary & Wages
2,580.00
2,580.00
6.
119.07
112.76
Expense
140.00
140.00
7.
2,280.00
2,780.00
Treasurer - Sal. & Wages
3,000.00
3,000.00
8.
490.00
550.00
Expense
572.00
572.00
9.
Capital Outlay
549.50
549.50
10.
4,840.00
6,875.00
Collector - Sal. & Wages
8,180.00
7,700.00
11.
1,220.18
1,235.00
Expense
1,500.00
1,500.00
12.
6,550.00
7,700.00
Assessors - Sal. & Wages
7,300.00
7,300.00
13.
696.77
984.34
Expense
919.00
919.00
14.
150.00
Capital Outlay
225.00
225.00
15.
427.70
500.00
Legal Expenses
600.00
600.00
16.
3,061.00
3,305.00
Town Clerk - Sal. & Wages
3,500.00
3,500.00
17.
268.10
399.00
Expense
327.50
327.50
18.
Capital Outlay
309.40
309.40
Elections & Registrations
19.
300.00
1,587.00
Registrars - Salaries
1,700.00
1,700.00
20.
86.27
65.00
Registrars - operating
71.00
71.00
21.
902.75
1,489.00
Election Officers
750.00
750.00
Planning Board
22.
154.14
262.00
Salaries & Wages
350.00
350.00
0
0 0 00000000.000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Item No.
1955
1956
OFFICE
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
23.
451.09
503.00
Expenses
2,100.00
2,100.00
0
24.
50.00
Capital Outlay
80.00
80.00
0
25.
3,060.00
3,380.00
Town Hall - Sal. & Wages
3,880.00
3,380.00
0
26.
3,328.63
3,838.00
Expenses
5,200.00
4,500.00
0
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
27.
34,814.01
38,202.00
Salaries & Wages
54,496.00
46,494.00
28.
4,061.75
5,431.00
Expenses
6,125.00
6,125.00
29.
2,096.06
3,205.00
Capital Outlay
2,230.00
2,230.00
Fire Department
30.
27,254.00
36,792.00
Salaries & Wages
42,279.00
39,000.00
31.
4,793.05
6,200.00
Expenses
8,599.00
7,200.00
32.
2,425.39
3,980.00
Capital Outlay
16,900.00
5,000.00
Building Inspector
33.
2,518.00
4,500.00
Salaries & Wages
5,200.00
4,500.00
34.
481.30
646.00
Expenses
1,000.00
1,000.00
35.
345.00
Capital Outlay
196.00
196.00
Board of Appeals
36.
100.00
143.25
Salaries & Wages
200.00
200.00
37.
66.00
48.65
Expenses
105.00
105.00
38.
Capital Outlay
100.00
100.00
Sealer of Wgis. & Meas.
39.
200.00
250.00
Salaries & Wages
300.00
300.00
40.
25.00
Expenses
25.00
25.00
0 000 000 000 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
Moth Control
41.
2,415.00
2,489.00
Salaries & Wages
2,500.00
2,500.00
0
42.
85.00
Expenses
0
Dutch Elm Control
43.
1,375.00
1,470.00
Salaries & Wages
2,000.00
1,760.00
44.
18.95
390.00
Expenses
45.
267.00
Capital Outlay
270.00
270.00
Tree Warden
46.
2,655.00
3,412.00
Salaries & Wages
3,906.00
3,152.00
47.
1,715.20
1,378.00
Expenses
1,848.00
1,848.00
48.
3,045.40
Capital Outlay
Dog Officer
49.
500.00
500.00
Salaries & Wages
600.00
600.00
50.
149.50
370.00
Expenses
400.00
400.00
0
51.
49.46
Salaries & Wages
1,000.00
750.00
52.
950.64
24.00
Expenses
500.00
250.00
53.
877.18
Capital Outlay
2,000.00
2,000.00
... 0 0 0
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
54.
278.50
500.00
Salaries (3)
1,100.00
500.00 10,075.00
0
55.
4,262.84
6,056.00
Expenses Dental Clinic
9,975.00
0
56.
582.85
464.09
Expenses
100.00
100.00
0
000 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Civil Defense
Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
57.
775.00
867.39
Salaries
2,800.00
2,800.00
0
Inspector of Animals
58.
200.00
200.00
Salaries
200.00
200.00
0
59.
300.00
300.00
Physician - Salary
300.00
300.00
0
Slaughtering Inspector
60.
1,000.00
1,000.00
Salaries
1,000.00
1,000.00
0
Sanitation
61.
915.50
342.00
Sanitary Insp. Salary
2,425.00
2.425.00
00 0
62.
13,004.00
17,174.73
Rubbish & Garbage
19,300.00
19,300.00
0
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HIGHWAYS
63.
12,988.10
17,700.00
Salaries & Wages
14,700.00
14,700.00
0
* Raise and appropriate $12,150 and transfer
64.
6,746.60
13,629.25
Expenses
8,430.00
8,430.00
0
$22,275 from available
65.
31,445.59
11,600.00
Chapter 81
12,150.00
12,150.00*
0
funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $34,425.
66.
27,082.78
6,000.00 Chapter 90 Const.
6,250.00
6,250.00 **
0 ** Raise and appropriate $6,250.00 and transfer $18,750 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $25,000.
67.
3,958.70
1,200.00 Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,300.00
1,300.00 ***
0 *** Raise and appropriate $1,300.00 and transfer $2,600.00 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share, for a total of $3,900.00.
Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
68.
27,000.00 Highway Machinery Fund
15,000.00
15,000.00
0 Motion that fund be con- tinued and the sum of $15,000 be raised and appropriated and added to the present balance of $7,243.86.
Highway Machinery Acct.
69.
7,180.46
10,857.00
Expenses
11,000.00
0
* Transfer $18,243.86 from High. Mach. Fund.
70.
2,300.00
12,500.00
Capital Outlay
4,000.00
**
0
** Transfer $4,000 from Highway Machinery Fund.
71.
10,906.23
11,500.00
Street Lighting
15,000.00
15,000.00
0
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CHARITIES
Welfare Department
72.
7,217.36
7,525.00
Salaries & Wages
8,338.30 104,602.70
8,338.30 104,602.70
0
73.
90,281.32
102,958.00
Expenses
0
Veterans' Services
74.
550.50
550.00
Salaries & Wages
550.00
550.00
0
75.
5,104.80
7,132.00
Expenses
7,153.00
7,153.00
0
76.
10.64
Capital Outlay
15.00
15.00
0
SCHOOLS
77. 263,327.77
392,760.95
General - Sal. & Wages
526,655.12
513,000.00
0
78. 127,482.03
163,590.33
Expenses
168,959.60
168,959.60
0
79.
Capital Outlay
12,000.00
12,000.00
0
*
Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
80.
Out of State Travel
500.00
500.00
0
81.
4,999.17
5,999.00
Vocational Schools
6,000.00
6,000.00
0
82.
164.50
174.00
Stadium - Sal. & Wages
225.00
225.00
83.
1,027.52
966.00
Expenses
1,100.00
1,100.00
84.
604.25
807.00
Capital Outlay
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00 0 0 0
RECREATION
85.
360.80
295.00
Parks - Sal. & Wages
300.00
300.00
0
86.
115.15
110.00
Expenses
200.00
200.00
0
90
LIBRARIES
87.
1,166.78
1,454.00
Salaries & Wages*
1,300.00
1,300.00 **
0
* Raise and appropriate $1,300 and transfer $300 from dog license fees.
88.
1,656.48
1,584.00
Expenses **
1,610.00
**
0
** Transfer $1,610 from dog license fees.
89.
264.00
Capital Outlay
40.00
***
0
*** Transfer $40.00 from dog license fees.
WATER DEPARTMENT
90.
13,942.15
18,872.00
Salaries & Wages
20,182.00
18,744.00
0
91.
12,436.14
12,890.00
Expenses
17,200.00
14,900.00
0
92.
100.00
Out of State Travel
100.00
100.00
0
93.
147.20
6,800.00
Capital Outlay
0
.. .
..
Item No.
Expended 1955
Expended 1956
DEPT. or ITEM
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
94.
101,000.00
101,000.00
Maturing Debt
146,000.00
146,000.00
0
95.
54,290.00
62,913.00
Interest - Mat. Debt.
69,436.00
69,436.00
0
96.
360.00
Interest - Temp. Loans
400.00
400.00
0
97.
5,121.79
5,627.81
Blanket Insurance
7,000.00
7,000.00
0
98.
368.29
383.00
Memorial Day
500.00
500.00
0
99.
400.00
710.00
Cemeteries
800.00
800.00
0
100.
2,500.00
Stationery and Printing
3,500.00
3,500.00
0
$ 1,369,862.00*
52,818.86* *
* Total Finance Commit- tee recommendations of amounts to be raised. ** Total Finance Commit- tee recommendations of amounts to be trans- ferred from available funds.
$ 1,422,680.86
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ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town at least fourteen days before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend adoption.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library.
Recommend adoption.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and confirm the emergency action taken by the Board of Selectmen in author- izing the trade-in of the wrecked cruiser for a new one, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900.00 for the purpose of the foregoing article. Board of Selectmen
Recommend adoption.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 in support of the trustees for County aid to Agriculture, to be expended by 4 H Club Agent, Home Demon- stration Agent and Club Leader in conjunction with the Extension Service. Board of Selectmen
Recommend adoption.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be added to the Water Department Main- tenance Account for the purpose of snow removal from hydrants, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen and Water Department
Recommend that $100.00 be raised and appropriated.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to replace trees which were removed by the Tree Warden in the area of the Town Hall and Town Com- mon, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen Recommend adoption.
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ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to change its voting pre- cincts as recommended by the Board of Selectmen in a state- ment filed with the Town Clerk as provided by Chapter 54, Section 7 of the General Laws, and which statement contains the following recommendation: "The Board of Selectmen recommends that Precinct 1 be further divided by creating a new Precinct 3 in that area located north of the Boston and Maine double railroad tracks." Board of Selectmen
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $131.25 to settle the claim of Joseph Pongonis for personal injury and property damage as the result of a collision on or about February 11, 1956 on Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts with a Police Cruiser operated by Cyril A. Gordon, or take any action in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Recommend adoption.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for legal expenses connected with the revocation and subsequent denial of a kennel license to Robert Walker d/b/a Robgil Dog Kennels and to authorize and em- power the Board of Selectmen to institute such legal action as may be necessary to enforce such revocation or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
Recommend indefinite postponement.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for legal expenses to defend the action of Andrew J. Kilpatrick for breach of contract to install water, entered in the Lowell District Court January 12, 1957, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
Recommend indefinite postponement.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following Plumbing By-Law in accordance with Chapter 142, Section 13 of the General Laws, as amended, prescribing regulations for the materials, construction, alteration and inspection of all pipes, tanks, faucets, valves and other fixtures bv, and through which water or sewage is used and carried. Board of Health
PLUMBING RULES AND REGULATIONS
SECTION 1. After acceptance of the following plumbing regu- lations, all persons who desire to engage in, carry on or work at the business of plumbing within this jurisdiction shall be registered or licensed by the State Examiners of Plumbers, in accordance with the
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provisions of Chapter 142, General Laws.
Every plumber before commencing work in a building, shall first, except in the case of the repair of leaks, file at the office of the Board of Health, upon blanks provided for that purpose, a notice of the work to be performed; and no such work shall be done in any building except in accordance with plans, to be submitted, if re- quired, which shall be approved by the einspector of plumbing and a permit issued therefore. Permits to perform plumbing shall be issued to licensed plumbers only. Permits may be recalled if the conditions are violated.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SECTION 2. The plumbing of each biulding shall have an inde- pendent connection to a public sanitarv sewer outside of building, unless in the opinion of the Board of Health a separate connection is not feasible. If a public sanitary sewer is not available, the sew age shall be discharged into a cesspool or into a septic tank with an overflow into a cesspool or into a subsurface distribution system, the plans of which must be approved by the Board of Health before the connection is made.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
SECTION 3. Drain and connecting ventilation pipes, vents and back air pipes shall be of sufficient size, and made of extra heavy cast iron pipe coated with hot tar or asphaltum if underground, and if above ground shall be made of extra heavy cast iron pipe, cast iron screw pipe, or of not less than iron size brass or copper pipe (or of copper tubing type K or L, with sweat type fittings) within the building. Galvanized or plain cast iron fittings and galvanized pipe may be used on vents only. Connections between screw pipe and fittings shall be made with pipe and fittings of the same material, where practicable. Recessed fittings shall be used on drainage pipes and connections between such fittings and pipes shall be made with sharp tapered threads, and an approved pipe joint compound. No slip joints, unions, or flanges shall be used on the threaded wastes or vents except that slip joints may be used on inlet side of trap to connect fixtures. Where other than hub and spigot pipe is con- nected to cast iron hubs the joint shall be made by means of a caulking sleeve.
Threaded pipes shall be either cast red metal or seamless iron size brass or copper pipe, size and weight corresponding with pipe to be connected. Cleanouts, plugs, stoppers or any other fittings used in drainage system shall correspond in weight and material with above description.
Drain pipes above ground shall be secured by irons to walls, suspended from floor beams by strong iron hangers, or supported on brick piers at points sufficiently close to keep them in alignment and carry the weight of pipe and contents. Proper manholes shall be supplied to reach cleanouts and traps. Every drain pipe shall have
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a fall of not less than one-quarter inch per foot, and shall be extend- ed from a point five feet outside the inside face of the wall un- obstructed, unless special permission has been granted by the Board of Health for the use of a running trap at the entrance to building; to and through the roof, undiminished in size, and to a height of not less than two feet above the roof and not less than one foot above the top of any window or opening within fifteen feet, and not less than eight feet above the roof if the roof is used for a garden or similar purpose. The drain pipe shall be supplied with a Y branch fitted with a brass cover cleanout or with an iron stopper if required, on the direct run, at or near the point where the drain leaves the building. Changes in direction shall be made with long angle and long sweep bends, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches. Soil and waste pipes shall have the proper TY or Y branches for all fixture connections. Saddle hubs or double hubs shall not be used. All drain pipes shall be exposed to sight within the building, if such exposure is practicable, and shall not be subjected to pressure where they pass through the wall. All joints in hub and spigot cast iron pipe shall be made with oakum and molten lead, run full and caulked gas and water tight, and no cement joints nor connections between iron and cement or tile pipe or brick drains shall be made within any building.
Soil and Waste Pipes Shall Not Have Less Than The Following Diameters:
Minimum branch waste 11/2 inches
Minimum branch waste for urinals 2 inches
Branch waste for sinks
11/2 inches
Branch waste for wash trays
11/2 inches
Main waste 2 inches
Main waste for sinks, five floors or more 3 inches
Soil pipe (except as provided in section 7) 4 inches
Branch waste for sink and tray combination 2 inches
Slop sink waste
3 inches
Minimum branch waste for sinks equipped
with grease traps 2 inches
STEAM EXHAUSTS
No steam or vapor or water of a temperature over one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit shall be discharged from any premises into a sewer, drain or catch basin, nor shall any matter or thing be discharged into any sewer which may tend to cause obstruction of the sewer, or a nuisance or deposit therein or an injury thereto.
All pressure steam boilers connected to the drain shall be con- nected with a blowoff tank of a capacity not less than thirty percent of the largest boiler connected with such tank. The location of and the connections to said blow-off tank shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Health.
No steam exhaust or steam drip, unless it be connected with
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the blow-off tank shall be supplied with a vapor pipe not less than two inches in diameter which shall be carried above the roof and above the highest windows of the building.
The Board of Health may require such additional means of cooling the blow-off tanks by the injection of cold water or otherwise as may be necessary to reduce the temperature of the water passing from the blow-off tank so that it shall not exceed one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit. The discharge from blow-off tanks shall be carried ten feet outside the building before entering house sewer.
TRAPS
SECTION 4. The waste pipe of every independent fixture shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be placed as near as practicable to the fixture which it serves. A combination sink and tray may be connected with the house drain through one drum trap or through a two-inch 1/2 S brass trap, when outlets are not over three feet six inches apart; but the outlet of each fixture shall enter the trap separately. Lead bends for water closets or slop sinks shall not be used to connect waste from other fixtures. The connections between drainage pipes and earthenware traps shall be made by means of brass or iron flanges caulked, soldered or screwed to the drainage pipes and bolted to the earthenware and the joint made of grafting wax, red or white putty, except in the case of water sealed flanges where an approved gasket may be used. All traps shall be of open form, and traps depending upon con- cealed partitions to retain their seal will not be approved, except for earthenware fixtures, where the trap seal is plainly visible. Trap screws for cleaning purposes shall be placed in all metal traps, and where such traps are placed in connection with fixtures, they shall be so installed that the water seal will protect the trap screw from sewer air. Traps shall be of cast iron or brass, except that drum traps shall be of brass. 4" x 8" brass drum trap can be used for bath-tub and lavatory waste with a maximum overall run of 7 feet.
SPECIAL TRAPS Special Wastes and Traps
SECTION 5. Drainage from stables, garages, laboratories, special fixtures and kitchens shall be installed in accordance with plans approved by the Board of Health.
When liquid wastes from barns, stables, manure pits and the stable yards are permitted to enter the sewer system, they shall be intercepted by a properly trapped catch basin of suitable size and design.
All discharge lines from garages, service pits, washstands, and other structures where gasoline, naphtha or other inflammable oils or compounds are used shall be provided with a catch basin, prop- erlv trapped, or gasoline and oil interceptor approved by the Board of Health, so designed as to safeguard against the entrance of sand, oil, gasoline, or other inflammable compound into the sewers. The
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device shall be ventilated with a separate pipe to a point three feet above the roof. These catch basins and interceptors shall have the accumulated oil, gasoline, or other inflammable liquids, sand, silt or other solids, removed at regular intervals.
Grease interceptors or grease traps of a type approved by the Board of Health shall be installed on the waste pipes from all pot or dishwashing sinks or machines in every kitchen, pantry or serv- ing room, except in private dwellings and in cases where said :inks or machines are connected directly to an outside grease trap by means of independent waste pipes. The trap shall be placed as near as practicable to the fixture which it serves, shall be of suffi- cient size, easily accessible to open and clean. Every building from which, in the opinion of the Board of Health, grease mav be dis- charged in such quantity as to clog or injure the sewer shall have a grease trap located outside the building at a point approved by the Board of Health.
Waste and vent pipes, traps and fittings serving fixtures in chemical laboratories shall be of approved acid-resisting materials made for the purpose. The arrangement of piping shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Health. So-called acid-resisting hub and spigot cast-metal pipe of the same dimensions as extra heavy cast-iron hub and spigot pipe or other approved corrosion-resisting pipe may also be used for waste and vent pipes.
CLEANOUTS
SECTION 6. Cleanouts, known as Boston Regulation Pattern, shall be placed at changes in direction and at foot of vertical stack, or other points necessary to make all portions of horizontal drain- age system accessible for cleaning purposes.
BACK AIR PIPES, VENTS, ETC.
SECTION 7. All branches of soil or waste pipe, if more than twenty feet in developed length, shall be extended through the roof undiminished in size or re-vented into the main vent system. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure by iron, brass or copper air pipes of a size not less than the waste pipes they serve. Continuous systems shall be used and back air pipes shall not be connected to the trap or branched into the waste pipe except where a continuous vent is not practicable. Back air pipes shall enter the waste pipe within thirty-six inches measured horizontally of the trap and shall be a continuation of the waste pipe. Air pipes for water closet traps shall be of two inches internal diameter if for not more than three fixtures and less than thirty-five feet in length; if for not more than three fixtures or more than thirty-five feet in length, they shall be of three-inch internal diameter. Air pipes shall run as direct as practicable, and if one and one-half inches in diameter shall not exceed thirty feet in length. Two or more air pipes may be connected together or with a vent pipe, but, in everysuch case with connection shall be above the top of the fixture.
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The traps for the upper fixtures on a line of soil or waste pipe if within five feet horizontal developed length of the stack and the outlets of which connect independently to the stack, shall not require a special air pipe unless the outlets are branched into the stack more than eighteen inches below the floor line, or if the waste pipes from said traps are less than three inches in diameter and have more than 1/4 inch per foot pitch. Diameters of vent pipes shall be not less than two inches for main vents through less than seven stories, three inches for water closets on more than three floors, and for other fixtures in more than seven stories. All vent and air pipes shall be undimished in size passing through the roof. Vent lines shall be connected at the bottom with a soil or waste pipe or with a drain, in such manner as to prevent accumu- lation of rust scale and properly to drip the water of condensation. Offsets shall be made at an angle of not less than forty-five degrees. Drain, soil, waste and vent pipes shall be supported at least every eight feet on horizontal runs, and at least once to every story on vertical lines. In buildings where a series of bath-rooms or kitchens are located directly over each other and have a common soil or waste pipe the back air pipe required shall be a vent line connect- ing each outlet branch close to the water closet connection or outlet from the sink trap, each branch vent to connect to vent line above the top of the highest fixture on each floor, the vent line to connect to main vent line above the top of the highest fixture in the build- ing. In the case of batteries of water closets, the special air pipe from each trap may be omitted, provided that the soil or waste pipe, undiminished in size for batteries up to and including four such water closets is continued to a point above the roof of re-vented into the main soil pipe system above the top of the uppermost fixture. Stall urinals and floor drains may have the same system of battery ventilation, providing the waste pipe is one inch larger than the traps of the fixtures they serve. The waste pipes from urinals shall be the size of the discharge opening in urinal and in no case shall it be less than two inches in diameter, unless wall hung, and in such case an inch and a half trap may be used.
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