HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927 BY-LAWS TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGHPUBLIC SAFETY LAWS
for the
Town of Middleborough
Approved 1927
GENERAL
BY-LAWS
PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS
for the
Town of Middleborough
Al:proved 1927
B¥-LA~VS ADOPTED BY TOWN OF
MIDDI,EBOROUGH,
March 7th, 1927.
GENERAL BY-LAWS.
AI%TICLE 1.
will do so upo[1 the deposit of one ($1 00)
dollar being made to the dcpartmcnt.
fuses to pay the water rates chargeable
to said premises for more than fifteer~
days after the same are due and payable,
the ~clcctmen shall proceed to collect
said rates according to law, or they may
cause the water to be shut off from said
premises, and the water shall not be
turned on again until said rates, and the
further sum of one ($1) dollar and fifty
(50) cents for shutting off and turning
on the water are paid.
Section 7. A charge of one ($1) doN-
lar shall be i:[lade whenever the Select-
off the water iii any service pipe.
Section 8. No altei~ttion shall
made in any of the pipe~ or £1xturcs
serze~I by the town, except by persons
a~thorized by the Water Commissioners.
of the appropriations against which they
are authorized to draw, to the end that
no debt shall be contr,~cred or expendi-
ture made in excess of such appropria-
Al~TICLE 4,
Seefion 4. No person shall tie a horse
to a tree in any public street, public
place or §round in the town.
Section 5. No poi'son shall suffer
at large in this to\vn, or to feed by the
work. shall cause a bond for the faithful
perforl~ance of tho provisions of said
contract, to be cxecuted by sucl~ con-
tractor and filed with tile TOWII Trcas-
u~'er, if for any reason the said bo~ld
sidewalk where no drive has been con-
structed, within the territory known as
the Old Fire District, without first ob-
tainin~ from the ~electmen ~ written
permit therefor.
AI:tTiCLE 8.
Litter.
Section I, No person shall distribnt£
paper, circulars or advertisements
through the public streets or public
Section 2. Every keeper of a shop for
the purchase, sale er bar,er of junk, old
r~etals or second hand articles within
the limits of the town, shall keep a
book, in which shall be written, at the
time of every purchase of any articles a
description thereof, the name, age and
residellce of the persoI1 froln %vho/~l ~rld
the day and hour when such purchase
hundred feet of any other buildii~g.
ARTICLE 10.
Contr,~cts by Town Officers.
Section 1. [Every t~oard or officer in
charge of a department may, witl% the
approval of th~ Selectmen, sell any per-
sonal property or material I1O~ required
cer or conlmittee, and shall be ~ccoln-
panied by a suitablc bond, cer%i~cd
check or certificate of deposit for the
fs. ithful performance of such proposal.
Section 5. All contracts made by' any
of~cer, board or COlilllli]-[ee of the tokvi1,
for the do~ng of any ptlblic %'ork, Or for
the construction of ~..lly public building,
or for ~he purchase of property, other
case den~ands and the security of the
public allows; such permit in no case
to be in forcc longer than ninety days,
and to be on such conditions, and by
furnishing such security, by bond or
o~herwise for ~he observance and per-
for~ance of the COnditions and for the
protection of the town, as the Select-
~en n~ay require; and esp~cially in
lng, lighted lanterns shall be so placed
liability to injury.
Public
Safety Laws
BYq~XWS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
At~TICLE 1.
Requiremen£s for Firc-,qtopping for All
Classes of Buildings.
Floor Fire-Stoppitlg.
Section 1. The spaces between floor
ings shall be filled solid with brick or
story,
tu.'ing buildings within the old are dis-
trict.
fgtair-Partition Fh'~-stopping.
Section 5, Where the base~nent or
poses for two separate families, there
shall be at les~st two independent and
sufficient ways of egress, accessible qt
r£zents. Sllch ways of egrcss shall con-
sist of flights of stairs extending from
the lowsst to the highest floor contain-
ing more than two rooms, and no~
more than one Dight of stairs shall
be placed in the same hallway.
Ai~TICLE 3.
Material
ney.
Supports
through studs or wooden partitions of
any kind, wllather the same are plas-
tered or not, they shall be guarded by a
doubled pipe with at leas5 two inches
o~ air space with holes on the end for
of the same thickness as thc partition.
or by a casing of brick, with a face of
chimney.
I'ro~ision
Section 15. Tile pro~'i$1oi1 of this ~r-
AItTICLE 5.
Steam Boilers
Section 1, All stationary steam boilers
used in hotels, laundries or public
buildings, hereafter erected or converted
for such use, shall be enclosed in a fire-