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 City Charter and Ordinances 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF BERLIN, N. H. 
 
 1915-1916 
 
 <tJHAETEB CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 as amended by Laws 
 1903, Chapter 225; 
 Laws 1905, Chapter 
 160; Laws 190 7, 
 Chapter 280; Laws 
 
 
 1909 , Chapter 320; 
 
 Laws 1911, Chapter 
 327; Laws 1913, 
 Chapter 300; Laws 
 1915, Chapter 312. 
 
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 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
 ninety-seven. 
 
 An Act to Establish the City of Berlin; 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ 
 sentatives in General Court convened. 
 
 
 
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 4 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 Section 1. The inhabitants of the Town of Berlin 
 in the County of Coos shall continue to be a body cor¬ 
 porate and politic under the name of the City of Berlin. 
 
 Section 2. Said City of Berlin is hereby divided into 
 four wards, which shall be constituted as follows, 
 namely: Ward One shall include all that part of said 
 City of Berlin lying northwesterly of the Androscog¬ 
 gin river and southerly and westerly of the Andros¬ 
 coggin River and southerly and westerly of the follow¬ 
 ing described line: Beginning at the point near the 
 mouth of the Bead River, where the center line of the 
 Androscoggin River is intersected by the extension of 
 the line between the property of the C. N. Hodgdon 
 heirs, known as the Hodgdon block and the property of 
 L. J. Cote, said property being situated on the south¬ 
 easterly side of Main Street, so-called; thence norther¬ 
 ly on said property line to the southeasterly side line 
 of Main Street;thence in a straight line to the south¬ 
 east corner of land of Stahl Brothers; thence north¬ 
 westerly along the line between said Stahl Brothers^ 
 property and property owned by L. J. Cote, said prop¬ 
 erty being situated on the northwesterly side of Main 
 Street, to the northeasterly corner of said Stahl 
 Brothers’ property; thence to and along the center 
 line of Bead River to the range line between ranges 
 7 and 8; thence westerly on said line to its intersec¬ 
 tion with the town line between said City of Berlin 
 and the township of Kilkenny. 
 
 Ward Two shall include all that part of said City of 
 Berlin lying northeasterly of the Androscoggin River 
 
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 aiul lying between the above described line and the 
 following described line: ' Beginning at the point 
 where the center line of the Androscoggin River is in¬ 
 tersected by the line between the property of the 
 International Paper Company and proprerty of the 
 Burgess Sulphite Fibre Company; thence in a direct 
 line to the southwesterly corner of laud formerly 
 owned and occupied by Philip St. Laurent; thence 
 northerly on the westerly line of said land formerly 
 owned by Philip St. Laurent to the southerly side line 
 of School Street, so-called; thence in a direct line to the 
 intersection of the northerly side line of said School 
 Street and the center line of Prospect Street so-called; 
 thence northerly along the said center line of Pros¬ 
 pect Street and said line continued to the check line 
 between towm lots number 4 and 5; thence southwester¬ 
 ly on said check line to the center line of Dead River; 
 thence northerly on said center line of Dead river to 
 the point w'here it intersects the range line between 
 ranges 7 and 8; thence westerly on said range line 
 to the center line of the Iqi^ation of the Grand Trunk 
 Railway; thence northwesterly along said center line 
 of the Grand Trunk Railway to the range line between 
 ranges 3 and 4; thence on said range line to the town 
 line between said City of Berlin and the township 
 of Kilkenny. 
 
 Ward Three shall include all that part of said Berlin 
 lying on the northwesterly side of the Androscoggin 
 River not embraced in Wards One and Two as herein 
 constituted. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Ward Four shall include all that part of said Berlin 
 lying on the southerly side of the Androscoggin Eiver. 
 
 Sec. 3. The administration of all the fiscal, 
 prudential and municipal affairs of said city and the 
 government there of, shall be vested in one principal 
 ofldcer to be called the mayor, and one board consist¬ 
 ing of twelve members, to be called the council, the 
 members whereof shall be called councilmen. The 
 mayor and council shall sit and act together and com¬ 
 pose one body, and in their joint capacity be called the 
 City Council. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Mayor and Council created by this act 
 shall have all powers, and do and perform in reference 
 to each other, or otherwise, all the duties which mayors, 
 boards of aldermen and common councils of cities are 
 by law authorized or required to do or perform, either 
 separately or otherwise; and all provisions of the 
 statutes pertaining to the duties or powers of aider- 
 men and common councils of cities, separately or other¬ 
 wise, shall be construed to% apply to said city council 
 unless a contrary intention appears. 
 
 Sec. 5. Said city shall constitute one school district, 
 and the administration of all fiscal, prudential and dis¬ 
 trict affairs of said district shall be vasted in a city 
 council, except such as shall hereinafaer be vested in 
 the School Board. 
 
 Sec. 6. All property of said town of Berlin, or of 
 the school district of said town, shall be vested in 
 
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 said city, and all debts of said town and said school 
 district shall be considered for all purposes as the 
 debts of said city. 
 
 Sec. 7. From and including the legislature of 1915 
 until another general census of the state is taken and 
 officially promulgated said wards may send represesn- 
 tatives to the General Court under the authority of 
 the constitution as follows: Wards One, Two and 
 Three each have three representatives; and Ward Four, 
 one representative. 
 
 Sec. 8. Each Ward shall at each state biennial elec¬ 
 tion choose by ballotra Moderator and three supervisors 
 of check lists, who shall hold office for two years and 
 until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall 
 receive for their services only such compensation as 
 the City Council may vote. 
 
 Said superivisors shall perform all the duties re¬ 
 quired by law of selectmen of wards in cities and super¬ 
 visors of check lists in towns, and for all purposes re¬ 
 quiring such officers, shall be considered selectmen of 
 said wards. 
 
 Sec. 9. Said supervisors in regulating and posting 
 cheek lists shall be governed by the law applying to 
 the supervisors of towns, their respective wards being 
 considered as a town for such purposes. 
 
 Sec. 10. The annual meeting of each ward shall be 
 held on the second Tuesday in March in each year, at 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 sucli place in said city as may be fixed by said city 
 council. The first meeting of said wards shall be called 
 by the present Supervisors of the Town Berlin, at 
 such place as they may select, arrd said board of suj)er- 
 visors shall prepare a check list for^each. ward for use 
 at such meetings. 
 
 Sec. 11. Each ward at its annual meeting shall elect 
 a Councilman who shall serve for three years, except 
 that at the first election in each ward there shall be 
 elected one Councilman to serve for one year, one for 
 two years and one for three years. 
 
 Sec. 12. The Mayor of said city shall be chosen 
 annually, and shall have a negative upon all the acts 
 of the Council to which his veto power would extend 
 had the city government herein constituted provided 
 for a board of aldermen and such veto power shall ex¬ 
 tend to individual items of appropriation. He shall 
 preside in all meetings of the City Council but shall 
 have no veto except in case of an equal division. In 
 his absence the Council may elect one of the number 
 chairman, who shall have all powers and perform all 
 the duties of mayor during his absence or disability, 
 or during the vacancy in said office from any cause. 
 The Mayor shall receive for his services an annual 
 salary of seven hundred dollars, payable semi-annually, 
 which shall be in full for all services of every kind 
 rendered by him in said office. 
 
 See. 13. The Mayor and Council shall annually, on 
 the last Monday of March, meet for the purpose of 
 
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 taking their respective oaths, and shall elect a City 
 Clerk who shall be clerk of the Council and have a 
 salary of six hundred, dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 14. Said Mayor, within one w’eek of said an¬ 
 nual meeting held on the last Monday of March, 1910, 
 shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Council, 
 a board of three Assessors, to hold office from the 
 first day of April, 1910, one of whom shall be chosen 
 for three years, one for two years, and one for one 
 3 "ear, and thereafter annually at said time, shall ap¬ 
 point, subject to the confirmation of the council one 
 Assessor who shall hold office for three years, who 
 shall receive for their services not more than three 
 hundred dollars each per annum, said Assessors shall in 
 addition to their salary, be allowed the sum of not 
 exceeding one hundred dollars per annum for clerk 
 hire; and said Mayor shall also, within thirty days of 
 said annual meeting, appoint, subject to confirmation 
 ojf said Council, a Board of Health of not more than 
 three persons, one of whom shall be chosen for three 
 years, one for two years, and one for one year, and 
 thereafter annually at said time shall appoint, sub¬ 
 ject to confirmation of the City Council, one member 
 of the Board of Health, who shall hold office for three 
 years, a City Treasurer, who shall serve also as Treas¬ 
 urer of the Board of Education, City Auditor, Collector 
 of Taxes, City Solicitor, Highway Commossioner, Sewer 
 Commissioner, Inspector of Buildings and City Engineer 
 and within thirty days of said annual meeting, said 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Mayor shall also appoint, subject to such confirmation, 
 a Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineer of the Fire 
 Department, and may create such other governmental 
 departments and appoint, subject to confirmation as 
 hereinbefore set forth, such other ofiicers or agents 
 as are necessary for the good government of the city 
 not otherwise provided for. Said Council shall receive 
 a fee of two dollars each for actual attendance at all 
 regular, special or adjourned meetings, provided how¬ 
 ever, that the total sum to be paid to each councilmen 
 for attendance at all meetings shall not exceed seventy- 
 
 five dollars per annum; and in addition thereto an 
 annual salary of fifty dollars shall be paid to each 
 member of the committee on Public Works and an an¬ 
 nual salary of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to each 
 member of the committee on Accounts and Claims. 
 
 The term of such ofiSicers shall be for one year and 
 until their successors are elected and qualified, unless 
 sooner removed for cause; but all officers and agents 
 shall be subject to removal by the City Council. The 
 compensation of officers and agents whose salaries are 
 fixed shall be only such as may be fixed by the City 
 Council. 
 
 Sec. 15. The general management and control of 
 the public schools and of the buildings and property 
 pertaining thereto, shall be vested in a Board of Edu¬ 
 cation consisting of three members, who shall be 
 elected by the City Council until such time as the 
 • city may vote to elect them at their annual ward 
 
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 meetings or at special meetings called for the purpose. 
 They shall hold ofEce for three years and until their 
 successors are elected and qualified, except the 
 terms of those first elceted shall be for one, two and 
 three years respectively. They shall receive such com¬ 
 pensation as may be fixed by the Council and their 
 terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in April 
 of each year. Councilmen shall be inelligible to elec¬ 
 tion as members of the Board of Education. 
 
 Sec. 16. The appropriations for schools shall be 
 vested in the City Council and the School Board shall 
 be accountable to the City Council for its expenditures. 
 
 Sec. 17. The Police Court of the Town of Berlin 
 as heretofore existing and constituted, is hereby con¬ 
 stituted and established as the Police Court of the 
 City of Berlin, and all precepts, civil and criminal, 
 which by law are made returnable to, or which have 
 been instituted and were pending before the said Police 
 Court of the Town of Berlin, when the act establishing 
 the City of Berlin shall go into effect, shall be heard 
 and administered in said Court under the name of the 
 Police Court of the City of Berlin. The salary of the 
 Justice of said Police Court shall be the sum hereto¬ 
 fore fixed by the Town of Berlin. The Justice of said 
 Court may appoint a Clerk of the Court if provision 
 is made by the City Council of said City for his 
 compensation; but until such provision is made, the 
 Justice, or in his absence, the Special Justice shall 
 be Clerk as to all business before thtem respectively 
 transacted in the Court, and such Clerk or Justice shall 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 keep a full record of all proceedings. The fees and 
 costs imposed by said Court shall be for the use of the 
 City of Berlin, and shall be paid over to the City 
 Treasurer, by any person collecting the same. 
 
 Se«. 18. All vacancies in the Board of Education, 
 and in all Ward Offices shall be filled by the City 
 Council. 
 
 Sec. 19. The general provisions of the statutes re¬ 
 lating to state biennial elections shall apply to all 
 elections for City and Ward offices. 
 
 Sec. 20. The Supervisors of said town shall season¬ 
 ably post check lists and warrants for said first annual 
 Ward meetings, and shall seasonably appoint a Mod¬ 
 erator and Clerk for each of said Wards, from the 
 legal voters thereof, who shall, after being duly sworn, 
 have the powers and perform the duties of their 
 respective offices at the first annual election under this 
 act, and until others are elected and qualified. The re¬ 
 turns of votes provided by law to be made to the City 
 Clerk shall, at said first annual election, be made to 
 said Town Supervisors, who shall forthwith perform 
 all duties in relation thereto, which are by law as¬ 
 signed to the Mayor and Council and City Clerk 
 respectively. Said Supervisors shall also select and 
 provide a suitable place for the first meeting of the 
 City Council, and seasonably notify the members there¬ 
 of the place so selected. 
 
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 Sec. 21. This act shall take effect on the 20th day 
 of February, 1897, provided the town shall before that 
 date have adopted the same at a legal meeting called 
 for that purpose. 
 
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 If at any meeting this act shall fail of adoption, it 
 may be at the expiration of three months from such 
 meeting and prior to January 1, 1900, be again sub¬ 
 mitted for adoption. 
 
 It shall also be the duty of the Selectmen to call 
 a meeting of the town to act on said question of adop¬ 
 tion in accordance with the foregoing provision upon 
 the petition of ten or more voters of said town. 
 
 An Act in Amendment of the Charter of the City of 
 Berlin creating a Board of Police Commissioners for 
 said City, and fixing the salaries of the officers in the 
 Police Department. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa¬ 
 tives in General Court convened: 
 
 Section 1. The management, appointment, and re¬ 
 moval of all Police Officers in said City shall be vested 
 in a Board of three Police Commissioners; they shall 
 have the power to make all reasonable rules, by-laws, 
 and regulations for the government of said Police Of¬ 
 ficers, and may enforce the same by suspension, or 
 expulsion from the force, as they see fit. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 2. On or before the first day of March, 1905, 
 the Governor, with the advise and consent of the 
 Council, shall appoint three Police Commissioners, (each 
 of whom shall have been a resident of said Berlin at 
 least three years immediately preceding the date of his 
 appointment} one of whom shall hold ofdce for the 
 term of one year from the first day of April, 1905, 
 one for the term of two years, and one for the term of 
 three years, from said date, or until their successors 
 are appointed and qualified; and annually, thereafter, 
 on or before the first day of April, the Governor with 
 the advise and consent of his Council shall appoint some 
 person, qualified as aforesaid, to succeed the Commis¬ 
 sioners whose term expires, who shall serve the full 
 term of three years, unless sooner revoked. Any va¬ 
 cancy in said Board shall be filled in the same manner, 
 only for the unexpired term. At no time shall more 
 than two of said Commissioners belong to one political 
 party. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Governor, with the advise and consent 
 of the Council, shall have full power to remove any or 
 all of said Commissioners, after a fair hearing, and for 
 just cause. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Police Force of said City shall consist 
 of a City Marshal, Assistant Marshal, and such num¬ 
 ber of regular Police Officers as the Police Commission 
 shall determine, who shall devote such time to the 
 performance of their duties as may be required by the 
 Commissioners; said officers 'shall not engage in any 
 
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 other business or occupation, or hold any State, Coun¬ 
 ty or Muncipal office, except Constable and as afore¬ 
 said. The Board shall have the power to appoint as 
 many Special Officers and Constables as may be con¬ 
 sidered necessary who shall perform such services as 
 may be required of them by the rules and regulations of 
 the Board. Special Officers shall exercise, when on duty, 
 ail the powers of Police Officers and Constables under 
 the laws of the State. [On and after the first day of 
 April, nineteen hundred and seven, the City Council 
 of the City of Berlin is hereby authorized, on recom-. 
 mendation of the Police Commission of said City, to 
 determine the salaries in the Police Department of 
 said City, as hereinafter specified: City Marshal, not 
 to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum; Assistant 
 Marshal, not to exceed one thousand dollars per an¬ 
 num; Police Officers, not to exceed nine hundred and 
 ten dollars per annum. (Section 1, Chapter 289, Laws 
 of 1907) each Special Officer, while on duty, such sum 
 as the Commissioners may compensate, but in no event 
 to exceed’ two dollars and twenty-five cents per day. 
 The compensation of said Board of Police Commis¬ 
 sioners shall be three hundred and fifty dollars per 
 annum, to be divided as said Board may determine. 
 All the above salaries, as well as the necessary ex¬ 
 penses of the Commissioners, to be paid monthly by 
 said City of Berlin, and to be in full for all services 
 rendered, as well as all fees in criminal cases, which 
 shall, in all cases, be paid to the City. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 5. The said Board shall elect one of their num¬ 
 ber who shall act as chairman, and one who shall act 
 as Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep 
 an accurate record of the proceeding of the Commis¬ 
 sioners, issue all notices, and attest such papers and 
 orders as said Board shall desire. 
 
 Sec. 6. The said Board shall in the month of Janu¬ 
 ary make a detailed report of their doings to the Board 
 of Mayor and Council of said city, and to the Governor 
 of the State. The records of said Board shall at all 
 times be open to public inspection. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners, 
 appointed under this act, to see that all the criminal 
 laws of the State are faithfully and impartially en¬ 
 forced, within said City. 
 
 Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 
 this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take 
 effect upon its passage. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-seven. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE in relation to general provisions of 
 the City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
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 Section 1. All by-laws passed by the City Council 
 shall be termed ordinances and the enacting style 
 which shall be but once recited in each ordinance shall 
 be: “Be it ordained by the City Council of the City 
 of Berlin as follows:” 
 
 Sec. 2. All ordinances which shall be passed by the 
 City Council of the City of Berlin shall be endorsed 
 and recorded by the City Clerk in a fair and legible 
 hand, without inter-lineation or erasure, and in the 
 order in which they shall be passed* in a book Lo be 
 kept for that purpose, made of strong linen paper 
 strongly bound with a proper margin and index, and 
 to be lettered: “Record of Ordinances of the City 
 of Berlin,” which book shall be. preserved in the o£B.ce 
 of the City Clerk, subject to the inspection of the 
 citizens of said City. 
 
 Sec. 3. All ordinances of the City Council and such 
 resolutions and orders as the City Council may direct 
 shall be published in one or more newspapers printed 
 and published in the City as the City Council shall 
 from time to time designate. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to pre- 
 ’ serve four copies of the ordinances and resolutions here- 
 aftCi* adopted bj'' the City Council by cutting the same 
 from the newspapers in which they are printed from 
 time to time and pasting them into blank leaves of the 
 revised ordinances, preserving the number thereof, and 
 making reference thereto in the index of said ordin¬ 
 ances as recorded in the City records, one copy there- 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 of for the use of the Mayor, another copy for the 
 use of the Council, the third copy thereof for the use 
 of the City Clerk’s office and the fourth copy thereof 
 for the use of the City Solicitor. 
 
 Sec. 5. First. The repeal of an ordinance shall not 
 revive any ordinance in force before, or at the time 
 the ordinance repealed took effect. 
 
 Second. The repeal of an ordinance shall not effect 
 any punishment or penalty incurred before the appeal 
 took effect, or any suit, prosecution, or proceeding pend¬ 
 ing at the time of the repeal, for an offence committed 
 under the ordinance repealed. 
 
 CITY SEAL 
 
 Section 1. The seal of the City shall be circular in 
 form. 
 
 FINANCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN 
 EXPENDITURES 
 
 Section 1. There shall be appointed at the com¬ 
 mencement of each municipal year a Standing Commit¬ 
 tee on Accounts and Claims to consist of three members 
 of the City Council, which committee shall meet at least 
 once each month and carefully examine and audit all 
 
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 claims and accounts against tlie City which shall be 
 laid before them, approve as shall be provided in the 
 following section, and shall allow and pass the same 
 if found to be correct and justly due. 
 
 Sec. 2. No account or claim against the City except 
 judgments of judicial courts shall be received or acted 
 upon by the Committee on Account and Claims unless 
 such account or claim shall be accompanied with the 
 approval of the officer, committee or agent authorized 
 in behalf of the City, to make the contract or cause 
 the expenditure to be made. 
 
 See. 3. The City Clerk shall receive all accounts 
 and claims from persons having claims against the City 
 which shall have been approved as provided in the fore¬ 
 going section. He shall carefully examine all such 
 accounts and claims and see that they are correctely 
 cast and present the same, folded, filed and numbered, 
 to the Committee on accounts and Claims. 
 
 He shall keep a book in such a manner and form as 
 the Committee shall direct wherein he shall enter the 
 date and amount of every account and claim against 
 the City as finally corrected and allowed by said Com¬ 
 mittee and also the name of the person to whom the 
 same has been allowed, designating the fund or ap¬ 
 propriation for wdiich the same shall be paid. 
 
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 Sec. 4.—The City Clerk shall also under the direction 
 of the Committee on Accounts and Claims keep a book 
 or ledger in which he shall enter the various appropria- 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 tions made by the City Council, each under its appro¬ 
 priate head and charge to each the different payments 
 and expenditures which shall from time to time be 
 made therefrom. Whenever any appropriation shall 
 be expended the City Clerk shall immediately give 
 notice to the Mayor, the City Council and to said Com¬ 
 mittee on Accounts and Claims, and said Committee 
 shall pass no claim or account chargeable to any head 
 or appropriation which has been expended until the 
 City Council shall have provided the means of paying 
 the same. The City Clerk shall open an account with 
 the City Treasurer, charging him with the amount 
 of loans to the City and all sums of money paid to him 
 on behalf of said City, by the Collector or other officer 
 or agent of the City, and also with all notes, bonds, 
 mortgages or other securities in the hands of the 
 Treasurer, or which may pass into his hands, belong¬ 
 ing to the City, to the end that the amount and value 
 thereof may be at any time be seen on his books. 
 
 Sec. 5. No money shall be drawn out of the City 
 Treasury except upon the written order of the Mayor, 
 addressed to the Treasurer, and countersigned by the 
 City Clerk, and numbered so as to correspond with the 
 account or claim it shall be drawn to pay, and no 
 account or claim against the City, arising from any 
 contract or agreement for labor, or for the purchase or 
 sale of any goods, wares or merchandise in which 
 any member of the City Council or any officer or a'gent 
 appointed by the City Council, or either branch there¬ 
 of, has been directly or indirectly interested in a 
 
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 private capacity shall be approved by the Com¬ 
 mittee, nor shall any order therefor be drawn 
 up or paid by the City Treasurer, unless such 
 contract c>r agreement shall have been authorized 
 or ratified by the City Council; but such restriction 
 shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of or¬ 
 dinary supplies from members of the City Council who 
 may be engaged in trade, nor the employment of the 
 members of the City Council in their ordinary voca¬ 
 tion, by duly authorized heads of departments, and no 
 account or claim for the hire of horses of carriage or 
 for any other thing where the credit of the City has 
 been used shall be allowed unless incurred by the 
 authority of the City Council, or with the approval of 
 the Mayor, nor unless proper vouchers therefor shall 
 be presented by the person incurring the debt. 
 
 Sec. 6. In all bills against the City which shall be 
 presented for payment each item shall be specially set 
 forth, and no claim exceeding ten dollars in amonut 
 shall be allowed and paid unless approved by the 
 City Council. The Mayor is hereby authorized to draw 
 orders on the Treasurer for the payment of all ac¬ 
 counts and claims allowed, as provided in this chapter, 
 but he shall not draw an order in payment of any 
 services rendered or any material furnished for any 
 department beyond the sum specially appropriate 
 therefore by the City Council. 
 
 Sec. 7. Any sum of money which shall have been 
 specially appropriated for the payment of principal 
 
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 CITY O'F BEELIN 
 
 or interest due on any note or other security of the 
 City, or for the State and County taxes, may be drawn 
 from the Treasury and paid to the order of the Mayor 
 for the purpose for which it was appropriated, without 
 any action on the part of the Committee on Accounts 
 and Claims; and whenever it shall be necessary to pay 
 money in advance or contracts made, or for work be¬ 
 gun but not completed, the Mayor, upon being satis¬ 
 fied of such necessity, may draw his order upon the 
 Treasurer for a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars 
 at any one time, taking security for the same. 
 
 'Sec. 8. Whenever any money shall be drawn from 
 the Treasury for the purpose specified in the preceding 
 section, the City Clerk shall report the same and the 
 amount thereof to the Committee on Accounts and 
 Claims at their next meeting, and shall charge the same 
 under the appropriate head of expenditures. 
 
 Sec. 9. All City Officers who shall in their official 
 capacity receive any money on behalf of the City, 
 shall pay the Treasurer the amount in their hands, once'’ 
 in three months or often if required. All other per¬ 
 sons who shall at any time have money in their hands 
 belonging to the City shall forthwith pay the same to 
 the Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 10. In all cases of the payment of money to 
 the City Treasurer he shall give his receipt to the per¬ 
 son giving the same, which receipt shall be delivered 
 to the City Clerk and filed in his office, and the City 
 Clerk shall give to the person paying a certificate as 
 
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 evidence of such payment. All City Officers and 
 agents receiving money in behalf of said City shall de¬ 
 liver to the City Clerk, once in three months a report 
 of the amount received, and what disposition has been 
 made thereof, except in cases otherwise provided. 
 
 Sec. 11. The City Treasurer shall keep in a book 
 provided for the purpose, a true account of all his re¬ 
 ceipts and payments for the city, making the same 
 conform in mode of entry as near as may be with the 
 ’accounts kept by the City Clerk. He shall not pay any 
 money out of the treasury except upon orders of the 
 Mayor, drawn in the form prescribed in the fifth sec¬ 
 tion. He shall at the end of each six months certify 
 to the City Clerk all amounts by him paid for maturing 
 bonds, interest, state or county taxes, or any other pur¬ 
 pose for which he has not received an order counter¬ 
 signed by the City Clerk and the City Clerk shall en¬ 
 ter each of the said amounts in the ledger under its 
 appropriate head as provided in section four. 
 
 ■ He shall when required lay before the City Council 
 a statement of the condition of the treasury and of 
 all moneys received and paid by him on city accounts. 
 Whenever he is authorized by the City Council to bor¬ 
 row money on the credit of the city, all notes and certi¬ 
 ficates of indebtedness given therefor shall be signed 
 by the Mayor and the City Treasurer and countersigned 
 by the City Clerk, and all such notes and certificates 
 shall be registered in books kept for that purpose in 
 the office of the City Treasurer and City Clerk respec- 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 lively, such registers shall describe such notes and cer¬ 
 tificates by number, date and amount, the name of the 
 person to whom payable, where payable and the rate of 
 interest, and the date of ordinance or resolution author¬ 
 izing the same. 
 
 Sec. 12. There shall be appointed at the commence¬ 
 ment of each municipal year a Committee on Finance, 
 consisting of the Mayor and two members of the 
 Council, which committee shall negotiate all loans to* 
 the City which shall be authorized by the City Council, 
 and shall report the same to the City Treasurer. 
 
 See. 13. The Committee on Finance shall at the 
 close of each financial year prepare and lay before the 
 City Council an estimate of the amount of money neces¬ 
 sary to be raised for the ensuing financial year, under 
 the various heads of appropriations ,and the ways and 
 means of raising the same, and shall also at the close 
 of each financial year prepare and lay before the coun¬ 
 cil a statement of all the receipts and expenditures of 
 the preceding financial year, and in detail the amount 
 of appropriation and expenditure for each department; 
 and said Committee on , Finance, at the close of each 
 financial year, and before making their annual report 
 of receipts and expenditures, are hereby authorized 
 to transfer from any unexpended balances of appropria¬ 
 tions so much thereof as shall be required to supply 
 such deficiencies as have been created by the necessary 
 overdrawing of the other appropriations of the same 
 
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 25 
 
 financial year, and said statement shall be accompanied 
 with a schedule of property, real and personal belong¬ 
 ing to the city, and the value thereof and the amount 
 of the city debt. 
 
 Sec. 14. The Committee on Finance shall at the 
 close of each financial year, and as much oftener as 
 they shall \leem it expedient, examine and audit the 
 accounts of the City Treasurer, and for that purpose 
 shall have access to all the books and vouchers in the 
 possession of the City Clerk or any other officer of the 
 city. Said committee shall not only compare said 
 accounts with- the vouchers thereof, but shall ascertain 
 whether all moneys due the city have been collected 
 and accounted for. They shall also examine all bonds, 
 notes and securities in the Treasurer ^s hands belonging 
 to the city and make report thereof to the City Coun¬ 
 cil. 
 
 Sec. 15. The City Treasurer shall make up his ac¬ 
 counts on the thirty-first day of January, and the 
 financial year shall begin on the thirty-first day of 
 January in each year. (As amended by ordinance 
 passed January 2nd, 1912.) 
 
 CITY CLERK 
 
 Section 1. In addition to his duties prescribed by 
 law the City Clerk shall perform such duties in connec¬ 
 tion with his office as the City Council shall from time 
 to time fix and determine. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 CITY SOLICITOR 
 
 Section 1. The City Solicitor shall act as Attorney 
 for the City in all criminal and civil cases in which 
 the city is* interested. He shall when required by the 
 Mayor and Council or any ofiGicer of the City, advise 
 them on any question of law relating to their official 
 business. • 
 
 He shall receive for his services as such officer such 
 salary as the City Council may from time to time fix 
 and determine. In all cases where his attendance may 
 be required out of the city, reasonable travelling ex¬ 
 penses shall be allowed him. 
 
 OVERSEER OF THE POOR 
 
 Section 1. The Overseer of the Poor shall perform 
 the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities 
 as are now prescribed for and incumbent on Overseers 
 of the Poor of tawns, and perform such other duties 
 as the City Council may prescribe. He shall receive 
 such compensation or salary for his services as the City 
 Council may from time to time fix and determine. 
 
 HIGHWAY AGENT 
 
 Section 1. The duties and liabilities of the Highway 
 Agent shall be such as are prescribed by law for High- 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 27 
 
 way Agents of towns, and such other duties as the 
 Mayor and Council may from time to time require. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Highway Agent shall receive such 
 compensation for his services as the City Council may 
 fix and determine. 
 
 CITY CIVIL ENGINEER 
 
 Section 1. The City Civil Engineer shall be under 
 the direction of the City Council. He shall have charge 
 of all plans of public grounds, streets, sewers and main 
 drain's of the city, except such as pertain to the city 
 system of house sewerage. He shall by himself or 
 assistants for whom he shall be responsible, make all 
 surveys, estimates, measurements and levels, and per¬ 
 form such other duties as may be required of him by 
 the City Council. All books and papers containing 
 files, notes and other memoranda shall be the property 
 of the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. The said Engineer shall -receive such salary 
 as the City Council may fix and determine. 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH 
 
 Section 1. The Bo^rd of Health shall have and ex¬ 
 ercise all the powers vested in it, and shall perform 
 all the duties prescribed for health officers of towns as 
 provided by law. 
 
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 f i ^ ■ 
 
 Sec. 2. The Board oL Health shall receive such com¬ 
 pensation for their services as the City Council may 
 from time to time fix and determine. 
 
 COLLECTOR OF TAXES 
 
 Section 1. The duties of the Collector of Taxes shall 
 be such as are prescribed by law for the Collector of 
 Taxes in towns, and his compensation shall be such 
 as the Mayor and Council may from time to time de¬ 
 termine. 
 
 SEWERS 
 
 Section 1. The present system of house sewerage 
 together with any additions to the system which may 
 hereafter be made, shall be under the general charge 
 of an officer to be elected annually by the City Council, 
 to be known as Sewer Commissioner. 
 
 The said Sewer Commissioner shall be under the di¬ 
 rection and control of the City Council in all matters 
 pertaining to the construction. Care and management 
 of the system of house sewerage of the city. He 
 shall perform such duties connected with his office as 
 the City Council shall from time, to time fix and pre¬ 
 scribe. He may make such-rules and regulations as to 
 the use of said sewers as he shall deem proper, subject 
 to the approval of the City Council. 
 
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 29 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive for his services such salary 
 or compensation as the City Council may fix and de¬ 
 termine.- 
 
 CITY MARSHAL AND POLICE 
 
 Section 1. The City Marshal give bonds in the sum 
 of three hundred dollars satisfactory to the City Coun¬ 
 cil for the faithful performance of the duties of his 
 oflBce. 
 
 Sec. 2. The City Marshal shall perform such duties 
 as are prescribed by law and such further duties as. 
 the Mayor and Council may from time to time require. 
 He shall observe all wants and defects of highways 
 and streets and give immediate notice thereof to the 
 Street Commissioner, to the end that the same may 
 be amended. He shall lay before the Mayor and Coun¬ 
 cil once a month, a statement ‘of all offences against 
 the laws of the State and the ordinances of the City, 
 and all prosecutions instituted by him on behalf of the 
 city, and the result thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Marshal and all other Police Officers 
 and Watchmen, when on duty, shall wear such badge 
 of their office as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the City Marshal, in 
 addition of his other duties, to ascertain tho circum- 
 ' stances of all accidents happening in which the City 
 
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 1 
 
 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 / 
 
 may have an interest, and all other matters of a similar 
 nature when so directed by the Mayor, and to make a 
 report to the Mayor and City Solicitor of the investiga¬ 
 tion in each case. 
 
 • 
 
 Sec. 5. Should any Police Officer or Watchman fail 
 to comply wdth his instructions or be otherwise remiss 
 in his official duties, the City Marshal, at his discre¬ 
 tion, temporarily, may suspend such delinquent, and he 
 shall report the facts in any case to the City Council, 
 and the matter shall, if in their judgment the interest 
 of the city require it, investigate the same without 
 delay, and reprimand or remove from office and Police 
 Officer or Watchman who may be found guilty of such 
 neglect. 
 
 Passed April 21, 1897. 
 
 Approved, H. F. MARSTON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: J. A. LETOURNEAU, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-seven. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to regulate the admission of chil¬ 
 dren into the public schools of the City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 That pupils who are five years old and upwards shall 
 be admitted to the primary schools only during the' 
 
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 31 
 
 first and second weeks of the Fall and Spring terms; 
 but pupils who are qualified to enter existing classes 
 may be admitted at any time during the school year, by 
 applying to the Secretary of the Board of Education. 
 Passed May 11, 1897. ® 
 
 Approved, H. F. MARSTON, 
 
 MayorT 
 
 Attest: J. A. LETOURNEAU, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-seven. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Fire Department. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The Fire Department shall consist of a 
 Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineer, to be denom- 
 imated, first and second Engineer; and a suitable num¬ 
 ber of hose men, not less than twelve nor more than 
 eighteen to form a hose company, and a suitable num¬ 
 ber of hook and ladder men, not less than eight or more 
 than fifteen to form a company. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Board of Councilmen shall in case 
 of a vacancy in the Board of Engineers, fill such va¬ 
 cancies by appointment and said Engineer shall con¬ 
 stitute the Board of Engineers and shall perform tho 
 duties and exercise the powers of a fire ward. 
 
CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 Ow 
 
 Sec. 3. Every Hose Company shall have attached 
 thereto a Foreman and Assistant Foreman, also the 
 
 Hook and Ladder Company shall have attached thereto 
 a Foreman and Assistant Foreman which must be ac¬ 
 ceptable to the Board of Engineers. 
 
 Sec. 4. No member of the Fire Department shall 
 hold the oflS.ce of Marshal, Assistant Marshal or Police 
 OflScer. 
 
 Sec. 5. In case of fire the Chief Engineer shall have 
 the sole and absolute control and command over the 
 Assistant Engineer and all other oflScers of the Fire 
 Department. 
 
 Sec. 6. In the absence of the Chief Engineer the 
 Assistant Engineer next in rank who may be present, 
 shall have all the power and perform the duties of the 
 Chief Engineer. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Foreman of each Hose Company and the 
 Foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company shall, at 
 least twice in each month, and also in addition thereto 
 within twenty-four hours after every fire, see that 
 such fire apparatus as they may have charge of has * 
 been operated and examined minutely and carefully 
 and report the condition thereof to the Chief Engineers. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the members of the 
 Fire Department upon an alarm of fire to repair to their 
 respective places, place themselves under Captain in 
 command and obey his orders; and upon receiving his 
 permission, return the fire apparatus to their appro¬ 
 priate places in a quiet and orderly manner. 
 
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 33 
 
 Sec. 9. The Foreman of each Hose Company and 
 Hook and Ladder Company shall cause the fire appara¬ 
 tus entrusted to their care respectively to be thorough¬ 
 ly cleaned, oiled, washed and securely housed. 
 
 Sec. 10. All species of gaming or playing of games 
 of chance, and all disorderly conduct in any hose house, 
 or hook and ladder house, or any room connected there- 
 ■with, at any and all times is forbidden, and all assemb¬ 
 ling of persons on the Sabbath in any of said houses 
 or rooms, except for the purpose of doing necessary 
 ■work on the fire apparatus belonging to such house or 
 rooms, or of accompanying such fire apparatus to a 
 place of fire or of returning ■with the same, is also 
 expressly forbidden and it shall be the duty of the 
 Chief or the City Marshall to see that the provisions 
 of this section are enforced. 
 
 Sec. 11. No Hose or Hook and Ladder Carriage 
 shall be taken to a fire out of the city without permis¬ 
 sion of an Engineer, nor shall any apparatus of the 
 Fire Department be taken from the city except in ■'ase 
 of fire, with permission of the Mayor. 
 
 Sec. 12. The Board of Engineers shall examine into 
 all shops and other places, where shavings and other 
 combustible materials may be deposited or collected 
 and at all times be vigilant in the removal of the same. 
 
 Whenever in their opinion the same may be danger¬ 
 ous to the security of the city from fires and direct 
 the owners, tenants or occupants of said shop or other 
 places to remove the same, and in case of such owner. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 tenant or occupants’ refusal or neglect to do so, such 
 person shall be liable to a penalty not excedding ten 
 dollars ($10) for such neglect or refusal, and when¬ 
 ever, in the opinion of the Board of Engineers any 
 chimney, hearth-oven, stove, stove-pipe, flue or other 
 fixtures, or any explosive or inflammable fluid or other 
 material, or whatever else may give just cause of alarm, 
 shall be altered, repaired or removed, they the said 
 Engineers shall forthwith notify and direct the owner, 
 tenant or occupant of the premises upon which the 
 same are situated to alter, repair or remove the same, 
 as the said Engineers shall direct and in case such ten¬ 
 ant, owner, or occupant shall refuse or neglect to do' 
 so, the person so refusing or neglecting shall also be 
 liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 Any person who shall obstruct the Engineer, or his 
 Assistants in carrying out the provisions of this section 
 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 13. If any person shall wilfully or maliciously 
 injure any of the apparatus owned by the city or shall 
 ride or drive any animal or carriage across any hose 
 or other apparatus when in use at any fire or any trial 
 thereof he shall be fined not less than five dollars nor 
 more than twenty dollars and shall be required to pay 
 all damages by him caused. 
 
 Sec. 14. All factories, hotels, tenement houses, 
 public halls, school houses and other buildings used 
 as places of public resort in the city shall be provided 
 with ample means of . escape in case of fire and ade¬ 
 quate facilities for entrance and exit on all occasions 
 
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 35 
 
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 and be so erected as not to endanger the health and 
 safety of persons who may occupy them. 
 
 Sec. 15. The Fire Engineers shall constitute a board 
 for the inspection of the buildings and halls mentioned 
 in the preceding section and shall from time to time 
 inspect the same and after notifying and hearing all 
 parties interested may thereupon direct such alterations 
 in any building or hall as may be necessary by the 
 provisions of said section and may "order such building 
 or hall to be closed until such alterations are made. 
 
 Sec. 16. Every person aggrieved by any decision 
 of such inspectors may appeal therefrom as provided 
 in Sec. 5 of Chapter 116 of the Public Statutes. 
 
 Sec. 17. Every person who shall let or use any 
 building for the purposes specified in section 14 of this 
 chapter after such building shall have been ordered 
 closed or altered as provided in Sec. 15 of this chapter, 
 until such orders has 'been complied with, or reserved, 
 shall be punished as provided in Sec. 6 of chapter 116 
 of Public Statutes. 
 
 Sec. 18. For each absence from fire or neglect of 
 duty the Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineers shall 
 be fined one dollar ($1.00) each and others who are 
 members of the department fifty cents (50c) each; 
 provided however that any fireman liable as above may 
 in case of temporary absence or sickness have power 
 of substitution by giving notice, each Assistant F.Ji- 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 ( - 
 
 gineer to Chief, each Captain to an Engineer and each 
 other member to the Captain of his Company. ‘ 
 
 Passed August 3, 1897. 
 
 Approved, H. F. MARSTON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: J. A. LETOURNEAU, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-seven. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to Sewers. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The word ‘ ‘ drain' ’ when used in ordin¬ 
 ances, shall be construed to mean a pipe or conduit for 
 the conveyance of storm or ground water; and the 
 word ‘‘sewer” when so used shall be construed to 
 mean a pipe or conduit for the conveyance of sewage 
 of buildings only. 
 
 Sec. 2. To the Committee on Sewerage, under the 
 direction of the City Council, shall be entrusted the 
 general management and supervision of the public 
 sewers which are now or may hereafter be constructed 
 and owned by the city, or which may be permitted to 
 be constructed or opened by its authority. The ap¬ 
 propriations for sewers shall be expended under their 
 direction and they shall have full power to make all 
 necessary repairs, extensions or improvements on said 
 
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 sewers, to procure new sewer pipes and all other neces¬ 
 sary materials, and to make all necessary contracts in 
 connection therewith; but they shall make no contracts 
 nor do any work in excess of the appropriations. 
 
 Sec. 3. All connections of house sewers, drains and 
 plumbing work with the sewer system of the city of 
 Berlin shall be made in accordance with these rules 
 and regulations, and no plumbing, house drainage or 
 connections shall be done or made in connection with 
 the sewer by any person not licensed to do such work 
 by the Sewer Committee. 
 
 APPLICATION FOR LICENSES 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person desiring to do business as a 
 plumber in connection with the ’sanitary sewer system 
 of the City of Berlin, shall file in the ofiice of the 
 Superintendent of Sewers a petition giving the name of 
 the individual and place of business, and asking to be 
 licensed as a plumber. Said petition must be signed 
 by two responsible citizens of the City of Berlin, vouch¬ 
 ing for his business capacity and reputation and that 
 he is willing to be gov^ned in all respects by the rules 
 and regulations which are now or may be adopted by 
 the city. No licenses shall be granted for more than 
 one year, and all licenses shall be granted to expire on 
 the first day of April. The fee shall be two dollars for 
 each license. 
 
 Sec. 5. Applications for permits to connect with 
 the sewer system or do plumbing work to be connected 
 therewith, must be made in writing by the owner of 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 the property, or his authorized agent. Permits to make 
 connections with the Sewer System will be issued only 
 when the plumbing in the house or building to be 
 connected is in accordance with the rules for plumb¬ 
 ing hereinafter prescribed; and all work done shall be 
 subject to the inspection of the Superintendent of 
 Sewers, and no alteration shall be made in any plan 
 or in any w'ork without a special permit in v/riting 
 from him. 
 
 STATEMENT OF WORK DONE 
 
 Sec. 6. A Plumber shall, on the completion of the 
 work, file in the office of the Superintendent of Sewers, 
 on blanks furnished for the purpose, a correct state¬ 
 ment of the work done under the permit. 
 
 CESSPOOLS 
 
 Sec. 7. No open gutter, cesspool or privy vault 
 shall be connected with any sewer or drain. 
 
 INJURY TO SEWERS . 
 
 Sec. 8. No person, firm or ccJtporation shall injure, 
 break or remove any portion of any manhole. Hush 
 tank or any part of the sew^er system; or throw or de¬ 
 posit, or cause to be thrown or deposited in any sewer 
 opening or receptacle connected with the sewer system 
 and garbage, offal or dead animals, ashes, cinders or 
 any other thing whatsoever, except faeces urine, the 
 necessary water closet paper, liquid house slops, also 
 roof and cellar water by special permit. • ^ 
 
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 39 
 
 WATER OR GAS PIPE 
 
 Sec. 9. Any person, firm or corporation desirinj^ to lay 
 pipes for water, gas, steam or any purpose in any street, 
 alley or property upon which sewers are laid shall give, 
 at least twenty-four hours' notice to the Superinten¬ 
 dent of Sewers and the manner of excavating, laying 
 and backfilling shall be subject to the approval of the 
 Superintedent. All such work shall be planned and 
 executed so that no injury shall occur to any public 
 sew'er or drain, or to any house sewer or drain, con¬ 
 nected therewith. 
 
 OBSTRUCTIONS 
 
 Sec. 10. The Superintendent shall have the power 
 to stop and prevent from discharging into the sewer 
 system any private sewer or drain through which sub¬ 
 stances are discharged which are liable to Injure the 
 sewer or obstruct the flow of the sewage. Before any 
 private drain or sewer shall be connected with the sys¬ 
 tem, the owner of the private drain or sewer shall prove 
 to the satisfaction of the Superintendent that it con¬ 
 forms in every respect to these rules and regulations. 
 
 PLUMBING RULES 
 
 See. 11. Each and every connection with the public 
 Sewer shall be first quality salt Glazed, Vetrified pipe 
 not less than four inches internal diameter, which may 
 extend from the sewer to within three feet of the 
 house; and from thence the house drain shall be of 
 cast iron pipe satisfactory to the Superintendent of 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sewers and shall extend upwards full size so that its 
 upper terminus shall communicate directly with open 
 air in a manner which shall secure perfect ventilation. 
 No brick, sheet metal, earthern ware or chimney flue 
 shall be used as a sewer ventilator nor to ventilate any 
 trap, drain, soil or waste pipe. 
 
 EVERY FIXTURE SHALL BE EFFECTUALLY 
 
 TRAPPED 
 
 Sec. 12. No trap or any manner of obstruction to the 
 free flow of air through the whole course of the drain 
 and soil pipe will be allowed. Every fixture shall be 
 effectively trapped. Traps to be as near fixtures as 
 possible and no traps shall be more than three (3) feet 
 from the fixture which it is to serve. 
 
 Every fixture having a waste pipe shall be furnished 
 with a Sanitas Anti Syphon trap or be vented by 
 special air pipe (of a size not less than the waste pipe 
 when there is more than six (6) feet of said waste 
 pipe) between trap and said pipe. Star or Battle traps 
 and four (4) inch water closet traps may be used with¬ 
 out venting if placed on pipe extending through roof 
 if not more than six (6) feet away. All vent pipes 
 from the inside of the roof must be at least four (4) 
 inches in diameter. No pan closet to be allowed and 
 all water closets must have a seat vent of not less than 
 two inches into the kitchen chimney when practicable. 
 
 Sec. 13. All soil and waste pipes shall be as direct 
 as possible and all parts of the work shall be so ar- 
 
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 41 
 
 ranged that they may be at all times readily examined 
 and repaired. When necessary placed within partitions 
 or in the recessess of walls, soil and waste pipes must 
 be covered with w'ood-work so fastened with screws as 
 to be readily removed. 
 
 Sec. 14. All joints in iron drain pipes, soil pipes and 
 waste pipes, except when screw joints are used, must 
 be so filled with oakum and lead and hand caulked as 
 to make them gas tight. All connections of lead pipes with 
 iron pipes must be made with a brass or lead sleeve, 
 or ferruled as large or larger than the lead pipe put 
 in the hub of the branch of the iron pipe and caulked 
 with oakum and lead. The lead pipe must be attached 
 to the ferrule by a wiped or overcast Joint. 
 
 Sec. 15. The least inclination that can be allowed 
 for house drains .is one (1) in sixty (60) without the 
 written permission of the Superintendent of Sewers. 
 The ends of all pipes not to be immediately connected 
 must be securely closed, water tight, with imperish¬ 
 able material. The inside of every drain after it is 
 laid must be left smooth and clean throughout its en¬ 
 tire length. 
 
 Sec. 16. The backfilling over drains must be puddled 
 of rammed, all water and gas pipes protected from in¬ 
 jury or settling and the surface of the street made good 
 within forty-eight hours after the completion of that 
 part of the drain lying within the public way. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 See. 17. Any person violating any of the provisions 
 of these rules and regulations shall upon conviction 
 thereof, be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars 
 ($25.00) for the use of the City of Berlin, and any 
 plumber or drain layer violating these rules and regula¬ 
 tions shall forfeit his license. 
 
 Sec. 18. The above rules and regulations shall take 
 effect when adopted by the City of Berlin. 
 
 Passed September 7, 1897. 
 
 Approved, H. F. MAESTON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: J. A. LETOUENEAU, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-seven. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE in relation to the inspection of build¬ 
 ings. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The inspector shall examine all buildings 
 in the Course of erection or alteration as often as prac¬ 
 ticable and make a record of all violations of the laws 
 herein. / 
 
 Sec. 2. Hereafter in the City of Berlin no public 
 building damaged' by fire -or other casualty shall 
 be repaired or restored to its former condition and no 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 43 
 
 work which impairs the strength or increases the fire 
 risk of any wall, structure or building shall be done 
 except upon a permit from the inspectors. 
 
 Sec. 3. No woodwork will be allowed to be put 
 within one inch of any chimney. 
 
 Section 4. All buildings over twenty feet high shall 
 have permanent means of access to the roof from the 
 inside. 
 
 The opening shall be not less than eighteen inches 
 by thirty inches. 
 
 Sec. 5. Any building which by defect, accident or 
 decay or overloading is unsafe shall be vacated forth¬ 
 with if and when the inspector shall so order. 
 
 Sec. 6. No smoke pipe in any building with wooden 
 or combustible floors or ceiling shall hereafter enter 
 any flue unless the said pipe shall be at least twelve 
 (12) inches from either the floor or ceiling and in all 
 cases where smoke pipes pass through stud or wooden 
 partitions of any kind whether the same be plastered 
 or not. They shall be guarded by either a double collar 
 of metal with air space or by at least four (4) inches 
 of brick between pipe and wood. • 
 
 Sec. 7. Every structure and every part thereof; and 
 appurtenances thereto within the City of Berlin shall be 
 BO constructed and maintained in such repair as not 
 to be dangerous, and the owners of any premises within 
 the said city upon notice from the inspector that such 
 premises are dangerous shall forthwith remedy the 
 cause of danger by removal or repair. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 8. No shanties or cheap buildings will be al¬ 
 lowed to be built or moved on to any lot in any of the 
 principal streets of the City of Berlin without a permit 
 from the Inspector. 
 
 Section 9. No chimney shall be started or built upon 
 any floor or beam, and in no case where the breast of 
 a chimney shall project more than four (4) inches 
 shall it be commenced in any wall, but shall be started 
 from the foundation. No chimney in buildings already 
 erected or hereafter to be built shall be cut off below 
 or in part and supported by wood but shall be wholly 
 supported by stone, brick, or iron. ' 
 
 Section 10. The City Council may by ordinance at 
 any time make such requirements in addition to these 
 contained in this act as they may deem expedient in 
 relation to the erection and alteration of buildings. 
 
 Sec. 11. Any person who shall build or alter any 
 building or other structure or part thereof in viola¬ 
 tion of any provisions of this act or who shall after 
 twenty-four hours’ notice from the Inspector maintain 
 or use any such building or other structure or part 
 thereof so built or altered as shall violate any provi¬ 
 sions of this act, shall be punished by a fine not exceed¬ 
 ing one hundred dollars to be paid into the Treasury 
 of the City of Berlin. 
 
 Passed August 2, 1898. 
 
 Approved, H. F. MAESTON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attested: WM. W. BUELINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
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 45 
 
 In the year, of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-eight. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the inspection of the 
 public streets and ways of the City of Berlin.’ 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person or corporation shall dig up any 
 public street, public way or public ground in said City 
 of Berlin, for the purpose of laying water pipes, sewer 
 pipes, or other structures therein, or for the purpose 
 of repairing the same, without first obtaining the con¬ 
 sent of the Mayor and City Council of said city. 
 
 Sec. 2. In case any person or corporation, after 
 having obtained the consent of the Mayor and City 
 Council as aforesaid, shall dig up any public street,- 
 public way or public ground for any of the purposes 
 mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance, he or it shall 
 restore the same to the same order and condition in 
 which the premises were in before said digging was 
 commenced, without unnecessary delay, and shall take 
 all necessary precautions to protect the public from 
 injury by their acts. 
 
 Sec. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed 
 in such manner as to relieve any person or corporation 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 from liability for damages resulting in the performance 
 of any work here in mentioned, for which they are by 
 law liable. 
 
 Passed August 2, 1898. 
 
 Approved, H. F. MARSTON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest; WM. W. BURLINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord nineteen hundred. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the inspection of teams 
 on the business streets of the City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 No truck team, hack, carriage or other team or 
 vehicle shall be placed or left on any business street 
 in said city by any person longer than is necessary to 
 accomplish the work the owner or driver thereof is at 
 the time engaged in. 
 
 Any violation of the foregoing ordinance shall be 
 punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. 
 
 Passed May 1, 1900. 
 
 Approved, FRANK L. WILSON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: WM. W. BURLINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
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 47 
 
 In the year of our Lord nineteen hundred. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the inspection of waste 
 materials in the streets of the City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin. 
 
 No person shall place or leave on any street in said 
 city any animal or vegetable matter, any wooden or 
 metallic substance, or other material in any form what¬ 
 ever. 
 
 Any violation of the foregoing ordinance shall be 
 punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. 
 
 Passed May 1, 1900. 
 
 Approved, FRANK L. WILSON, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attested: WM. W. BURLINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 one. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the inspection Hack¬ 
 ney, Carriages and Job Teams. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The City Council may from time to time, 
 at their discretion, grant licenses upon such terms and 
 to such persons as they may deem expedient, to set up. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 employ, or use hackney carriages, or other vehicles for 
 the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place 
 within the limits of the city, which license tnay be 
 revoked at any time for any violation of the provi¬ 
 sions of this ordinance; and a record of such licenses 
 shall be kept by the City Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 2. No person or persons shall set up, employ, or 
 use any hackney coach, cab, or other vehicle for the 
 conveyance of passengers, for hire, from place to place 
 within the limits of the city, without a license from 
 the City Council. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every carriage licensed as aforesaid shall 
 be conspicuously marked with the number assigned to 
 it by the City Council, in metallic figures, not less than 
 one and a half inches long, and the name of the owner, 
 the number of the carriage, and the rates of fare duly 
 established, shall be conspicuously posted on a printed 
 card in every such carriage. 
 
 Sec. 4. No license shall be sold, transferred, or as¬ 
 signed, without the consent of the City Council, and no 
 carriage shall be driven by a minor under the age of 
 eighteen years, unless he be especially licensed by the 
 City Council. 
 
 Sec. 5. Every person licensed according to the pro¬ 
 visions of this chapter shall give bonds, with sufficient 
 surety or sureties, to be approved by the City Council, 
 in such sum as they may order, conditioned for the 
 safe conveyance of passengers and their baggage, ac¬ 
 cording to the provisions of this chapter. 
 
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 49 
 
 Sec. 6. No license granted as aforesaid shall apply 
 to any carriage, owner, or driver, except the particular 
 one designated therein by its number, or otherwise 
 made certain. 
 
 See. 7. The City Council may establish the fare for 
 the conveyance of passengers in any such hackney car¬ 
 riage, and revise or change the same at pleasure; and 
 every such license shall expire on the first day of April 
 next after the date thereof, unless previously revoked. 
 
 Sec. 8. No o'v^'^ler, driver, or other person having 
 charge of any hackney carriage, for the conveyance of 
 passengers, licensed as aforesaid, shall demand or re¬ 
 ceive a higher rate of fare than that established by the 
 City Council. 
 
 Sec. 9. Every person licensed agreeable to the pro¬ 
 visions of this ordinance shall pay for said license the 
 sum of two dollars. 
 
 Sec. 10. Every owner of carriages licensed as afore¬ 
 said shall be responsible for the acts of the driver 
 thereof, and any person licensed as aforesaid who shall 
 violate any -of the provisions of this ordinance, or any 
 person who shall set up, empoly or use hackney car¬ 
 riages for the conveyance of persons, for hire, from 
 place‘to place, within the limits of the city, without 
 license shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars or 
 be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days. 
 
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 CITl OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 11. No person or persons shall set up, employ, 
 or use any job team, wagon or other vehicle for the 
 conveyance of goods, wares, merchandise or other per¬ 
 sonal property, for hire, from place to place within the 
 limits of the city without first obtaining, for each 
 vehicle so used, a license from the City Council, who 
 shall at their discretion grant such license upon applica¬ 
 tion, under such restrictions and regulations as they 
 may prescribe, and they shall assign to each vehicle so 
 licensed a number and a record of such license shall 
 be kept by the City Clerk. Every person obtaining 
 such a license shall pay therefor the sum of one dollar 
 for the use of the city. Such license may be revoked 
 at any time by the City Council for any violation of 
 the provisions of this section or of the rules and regula¬ 
 tions prescribed by the City Council. Every wagon 
 or other vehicle so licensed shall be conspicuously 
 marked with a number assigned to it by the City Coun¬ 
 cil in metallic or painted figures, and the name of the 
 owner shall be plainly displayed on the wagon or other 
 vehicle. 
 
 Sec. 12. Any person who shall set up, employ, or use 
 any job team, wagon or other vehicle as aforesaid with¬ 
 out first obtaining a license as aforesaid, and any per¬ 
 son so licensed who shall violate any provisions of sec¬ 
 tion eleven of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding 
 ten dollars. 
 
 Passed November 6, 1901. 
 
 Approved, F. M. CLEMENT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attested: WM. W. BUELINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
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 51 
 
 In the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two. 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to Sidewalks. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin, as follows: 
 
 Section 1. Whenever any owner or owners of land 
 abutting upon any street or highway in the compact 
 part of the City of Berlin shall make application to the 
 City Council for new sidewalks to be built in front of 
 or adjoining said land, and the City Council vote to 
 construct them, then the said City Council shall forth¬ 
 with proceed to complete said sidewalk and assess upon 
 the abutting owner or owners, a sum equal to one- 
 third the entire expense of constructing said sidewalk 
 or sidewalks, and any assessment thus made shall be 
 valid and binding upon the owners of such land, and 
 shall be a lien thereon for one year after the same shall 
 have been made and notice thereof given to the person 
 assessed, and said lands may be sold for non-payment 
 thereof as in case of non-payment of taxes on resident 
 lands. The land owner shall have the same right of 
 appeal, with the same procedure, as in other cases. 
 
 Sec. 2. Said petition^ or petitioners shall, as a 
 condition to the granting'thereof of their application, 
 consider their signatures to said petition as a contract 
 with the City to pay their assessment of one-third the 
 cost for building and maintaining such sidewalks. 
 
 Sec. 3. All sidewalks in the compact part of the city 
 shall be kept free from snow, ice and dirt, by the 
 abutting owners or occupants of the land adjoining 
 said sidewalks. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 4. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed 
 as making it obligatory on the part of the City Council 
 or any committee or agent thereof, to furnish and build 
 such sidewalks; and no petition shall be granted ujoless 
 the appropriation for such purposes is sufficient to war¬ 
 rant the expense incident thereto. 
 
 Passed January 7, 1902. 
 
 DANIEL J. DALEY, For the Committee 
 
 F. M. CLEMENT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: WM. W. BUELINGAME, City Clerk. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE granting location and construction 
 of the Berlin Street Eailway Co. (as amended by an 
 ordinance passed December 9, 1902, and further 
 amended by an ordinance passed November 19, 1908.) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin, as follows: 
 
 The following location is ^*anted to the Berlin Street 
 Eailway Company along Main |3treet, in the City of 
 Berlin: Beginning at the plimping station of the Ber¬ 
 lin Water Company, the track of said Eailway Com¬ 
 pany shall run along the Easterly side of Main Street 
 as close to the limits as possible to a point near the 
 Berlin Mills Company's store at that point the track 
 shall swing to the middle of the street, and run in 
 th^ middle of the street a short distance past said 
 
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 53 
 
 Derlin Mills Company’s store, where it shall swing 
 again to the extreme Easterly side of the street and run 
 along said extreme Easterly side to a point nearly op- 
 jiosite the William Wilson homestead. Along that part 
 of the street between said Berlin Mills Company’s store 
 and said Wilson homestead, which is commonly called 
 ^‘The Narrows” the said street Railway Company shall 
 widen the street so as to make room for its tracks out¬ 
 side of the travelled road, as the same now exists, for 
 such a distance as shall be approved by the Mayor and 
 Street Commissioner. At said point nearly opposite 
 the M^'iHiam Wilson homestead said track shall swing 
 again to the middle of the street ana shall run along 
 said middle of the street, as now used, to Post-office 
 Square, where it shall swing again to the extreme 
 Easterly side of the street and run along said Easterly 
 side of the street to a point just below C. N. Hodgdon’s 
 house; the street to be widened where necessary to 
 make said street a safe and sufficient thoroughfare as 
 the Mayor and Street Commissioner may direct. At 
 said point just below said C. N. Hodgdon’s house said 
 track shall swing to the extreme Westerly side of the 
 
 street, and run along said Westerly side, as much out 
 of the travelled portion of the street as possible, to 
 the Gorham town line. But if said Railway Company 
 or other persons interested, shall apply to the Mayor 
 for a change of said location at any time during the 
 building of said road, the Mayor may, if he deems best, 
 make such change. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 The side tracks and turn-outs along said location, 
 above granted, shall be located at such points as shall 
 be consented to by the Mayor and Street Commissioner. 
 
 The grade shall be in uniformity with the present 
 grade of the street, except in such places as the Mayor 
 and the Street Commissioner may direct it to be cut or 
 filled in anticipation of future improvements; ex¬ 
 cept that said Eailway Company may, with the consent 
 of the Mayor and Street Commissioner, cut or raise the 
 grade at other places along its location than those 
 where they are directed to, but at all such places where 
 the grade is thus cut or lowered with the consent or ac¬ 
 quiescence of the Mayor and Street Commissioner, but 
 not by their direction said Eailway Company shall at 
 its own expense forthwith cut or fill the grade of the 
 street to a level with the track as laid; and if it shall 
 fail or neglect to do so, the said City may do said cut¬ 
 ting or filling and said Eailway Company shall reim¬ 
 burse it for all the expense of so doing. The rails shall 
 be laid on a level with the street grade. 
 
 Wherever there is a liability that surface water will 
 collect or be obstructed on account of the construction 
 of the track, or tracks' of said Eailway Company or 
 wherever it is so collected or obstructed hereafter by 
 said track, or tracks, said Company shall at its 
 own expense construct such drains and culverts, or take 
 such measures to divert such water as the Street Com¬ 
 missioner shall direct. 
 
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 55 
 
 Tlie poles and posts necessarily used in the construc¬ 
 tion of said railway and in the proper maintenance of 
 the same, shall be approved by the Mayor and Street 
 Commissioner, and in the business portion of said Main 
 Street, said poles shall be round, straight, hard chest¬ 
 nut, free from bunches and bark and shall be painted 
 a uniform color to be determined upon by the City En¬ 
 gineer. And all of said poles shall be placed in the 
 edge of the sidewalk, outside that part or part of the 
 street used by vehicles, as the electric light poles are 
 now placed. 
 
 • 
 
 Trolley wires, feed wires and all other wires shall be 
 maintained not less than eighteen (18) feet above the 
 grade of the rail and guard wdres shall be placed over 
 said trolley wire whenever the Mayor and Council may 
 from time to time so order. 
 
 If the style of rails used by said Railway Company 
 shall hereafter prove unsatisfactory to the Mayor and 
 Council, the said Railway Company shall, upon six (6) 
 months’ notice from the Mayor and Council, put in 
 rails known as the Girder rails, or such other rails as 
 the Mayor and Council may direct. 
 
 The said Railway Company shall at its own expense 
 clear the snow from the tracks, and shall not, except 
 with the consent of the Street Commissioner, deposit it 
 in the Street along-side the track, but shall draw the 
 same away, and if the removal of said snow from said 
 railway track shall render the street so uneven, incon¬ 
 venient, or dangerous; as to necessitate the removal of 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 snow from portions of the street not covered by said 
 tracks, said railway company shall also at its own ex¬ 
 pense remove said snow at the direction of the Street 
 Commissioner. 
 
 Said Railway Company shall not, between the pump¬ 
 ing station above mentioned and said Wilson home¬ 
 stead, run its cars at a greater rate of speed than ten 
 miles an hour; and between said Wilson homestead and 
 Post-office Square, it shall not run at a greater rate 
 of speed than six miles an hour; and from said Post- 
 office Square tn a point near the transformer station 
 of the Cascade Electric Light and Power Company, it 
 shall not run its cars at a greater rate of speed than 
 ten miles an hour. 
 
 If at any time it shall be necessary, in the laying of 
 sewer pipes or water mains, or other under-ground con¬ 
 structions, or in the laying out and making of new 
 streets, or in the doing of any public work, temporarily 
 to remove any of the tracks, or appurtenances of said 
 Railway Company, said Railway Company shall at the 
 request of the ' Mayor and Street or Sewer Commis¬ 
 sioner, and at its own expense, remove said tracks and 
 appurtenances, and, if it shall delay such removal, the 
 said City may remove the same and the expense of such 
 removal shall be repaid to it by said Railway Company. 
 
 Said Railway Com^pany shall save said City harmless 
 from all loss, costs, damage and expense in consequence 
 of, or in any way arising out of the construction, main¬ 
 tenance and operation of said railway; and said Rail- 
 
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 way Company shall leave all of- the streets in which it 
 shall construct its tracks in as good condition as the 
 same were before the construction of said tracks, and 
 if it shall fail or neglect so to do, said City may itself 
 put the same into such condition, and the said Rail¬ 
 way Company shall repay and reimburse it for all the 
 expense of so doing. And under no circumstances shall 
 said Railway Company ever have or maintain any claim 
 
 against said City on account of any interference with 
 said Railw'ay, its tracks, appurtenances, or traffic, 
 
 which shall be rendered necessary by the construction 
 or maintenance of any public work. 
 
 The foregoing requirements and provisions are in the 
 nature of restrictions, subject to which said location 
 is granted, and all of said restrictions are made strictly 
 the conditions of said grant, and said Railway Com¬ 
 pany shall not build its tracks upon, nor operate its line 
 of railway along any portion of said location, 
 except upon a full and complete acceptance of said 
 conditions and restrictions, and such building or opera¬ 
 tion by said Railw'ay Company shall have the effect of, 
 and shall be a complete assent to, and acceptance of, 
 said restrictions and conditions. 
 
 Passed May 14, 1902. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBERT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, Citv Clerk. 
 
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CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 58 ' 
 
 In the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and 
 two. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE relating to animals running at large 
 in the City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person shall permit or allow his swine, 
 neat cattle, horses, sheep or other creatures to be at 
 large upon any of the streets of the City of Berlin. 
 
 See. 2. Any person violating the foregoing section 
 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty 
 dollars ($20.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding 
 sixty (60) days. 
 
 Passed June 6, 1902. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBEET, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 two. 
 
 9 
 
 AN OEDINANCE in relation to muzzling vicious dogs. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 No person who is the owner of a dangerous or vicious 
 dog shall suffer the same to run at large within the 
 city limits unmuzzled; and any owner or keeper of a 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 59 
 
 dangerous or vicious dog who shall suffer the same to 
 run at large unmuzzled, after being directed by the 
 City Marshal to cause the same to be muzzled, shall 
 be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. 
 
 Passed August 5th, 1902. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBERT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 three. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the use of sleighs and 
 sleds upon public streets. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person shall, either by himself or 
 agent, drive any sleigh, sled or vehicle upon runners of 
 any description upon any public street within the 
 limits of the City of Berlin, without having-attached to 
 the same, or to the horses or other aminals drawing 
 the same, such number of bells as shall give suitable 
 W'arning of the approach of said vehicle to the persons 
 who may be using said street. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any violation of the provisions of this or¬ 
 dinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten 
 dollars. 
 
60 
 
 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect. from its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed February 3, 1903. 
 
 JOHN B. GILBEET, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 three. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE relating to the licensing of Employ¬ 
 ment Offices. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. All licenses granted to keepers.of Intelli¬ 
 gence Offices under the provisions of an Act passed by 
 the Legislature of 1901, approved March 7th, 1901, 
 entitled ‘ ‘ An Act to regulate Employment Offices, ’ ’ 
 shall be signed by the City Clerk, and shall be recorded 
 by him in a book kept for that purpose before being 
 delivered to the licensee. Such licenses shall set forth 
 the name of the person licensed, the nature of the 
 business, and the building or place in which it is ^to 
 
 be carried on, and shall continue in force until the 
 
 • 
 
 first day of May next, ensuing, unless sooner revoked. 
 
 Sec. 2. The license fee shall be ten dallors ($10) 
 and shall be paid to the City Clerk before the license 
 is issued. , 
 
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 61 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 
 passage. 
 
 Passed May 5, 1903. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBERT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk.' 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 three. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the use of the public 
 streets. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to 
 move any building into, along or across any street in 
 the City of Berlin, unless he shall first obtain from 
 the City Council a written permit therefor. 
 
 No permit shall be granted by the City Council to 
 any person to move any building into, along or across 
 Main Street, nor any other street when by so doing 
 the public service furnished by railroads, telegraph, 
 telephone or electric light companies shall be unrea¬ 
 sonably interferred with. 
 
 It shall be a condition of every such permit to move 
 any building into, along or across any street that the 
 
62 
 
 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 person obtaining the same shall be liable anji he shall 
 agree to become liable for all damages that may be 
 caused by the moving of such building, and the City 
 Council shall before granting such permit be satisfied 
 that the person applying for the same is financially 
 able to pay any and all damages that may be caused 
 to the City of Berlin, or to any person by moving such 
 building in accordance with such permit. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of Sec¬ 
 tion 1 of this ordinance shall be fined not more than ten 
 dollars $10), or may be imprisoned not more than sixty 
 days. 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed May 14th, 1903. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBERT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred 
 and four. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE compelling attendance at school by 
 children between the ages of six and sixteen years. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 C3 
 
 Section '1. Any child in this district between the 
 ages of six and sixteen years, without a regular and 
 lawful occupation, who shall, except in case of ill 
 health, be abserft from school for more than one day 
 during the space of any one month, unless excused by 
 the School Board, shall be fined not exceeding ten dol¬ 
 lars for each offence. 
 
 Passed March 1st, 1904. 
 
 Approved, JOHN B. GILBERT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: W. A. BOOTHBY, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 six. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prohibit minors under sixteen 
 years of age from loitering on the streets of Berlin 
 after eight o’clock at night. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City.of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No minor under sixteen years of age shall 
 without a good excuse, be allowed to remain on the 
 streets of said Berlin after eight o ’clock at night, un¬ 
 less accompanied by parent or guardian. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any minor violating this ordinance shall be 
 fined not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00.) 
 
 Passed Jaunary 2nd, 1906. 
 
 Approved, G. E. HUTCHINS,. 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: M. E. YOUNG, City Clerk. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 six. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to Milk Dealers. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. Provisions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Chapter 127 of the Public Statutes 
 of New Hampshire are hereby adopted to be in force 
 in the City of Berlin. 
 
 Section 2. The following is added thereto: The fee 
 for each license granted shall be fifty cents for each 
 year, or in same proportion for any fractional part 
 thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed June 5th, 1906. 
 
 Approved, G. E. HUTCHINS, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: G. WERTHEIM, Deputy City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 eight. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the erection and main- 
 tainance of telegraph, electric, telephone, street rail¬ 
 way, and all other poles within said City of Berlin. 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 ... ‘i>'i Or 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber-^. 
 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. All telegraph, electric light, telephone, 
 street railway and all other poles now or which may “ 
 hereafter be erected upon any street, alley, lane, avenue 
 or highway within the limits of said city shall be 
 round, perfectly straight, free from bunches and bark, 
 and shall be painted a uniform color, to be determined 
 ui)on by the City Engineer. All poles now standing 
 within the limits of said City shall be painted within 
 thirty days of the passage of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 2. No person, corporation, or company shall 
 erect a pole or poles upon any street, highway, avenue, 
 alley or lane within the limits of said City, without 
 first obtaining a permit from the City Council, and 
 such pole or poles shall be erected under the supervi¬ 
 sion of the City Engineer, and shall be painted within 
 fifteen days of such erection. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person, company or corporation violat¬ 
 ing any of the provisions of the foregoing ordinance 
 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty ($20) 
 dollars for each offense. . 
 
 Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in¬ 
 consistent with this are hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed November 19, 1908. 
 
 Approved, F. D. BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred' and 
 eight. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the collection of taxes 
 of the said City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. On the fifteenth day of December, 1908, 
 and on said date during every year thereafter, the tax 
 collector of the said City shall furnish to the City 
 Solicitor of the said City, a full and complete list of all 
 delinquent taxpayers, both poll and real estate. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon receipt of such list, it shall be the duty 
 of the City Solicitor to notify by mail all persons, 
 companies or corporations in arrears. 
 
 Sec. 3. Said City Solicitor shall receive as com¬ 
 pensation for such special work, a sum not to exceed 
 twenty-five dollars with necessary postage and sta¬ 
 tionery. 
 
 Sec. 4. This ordinance ’ shall take effect' upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed November 27, 1908. 
 
 ' Approved, F. D. BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
Ill yt 
 
 ORDINANCES I'UlHi/ 
 
 i . i> 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 
 ft' 
 
 nine. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to' public streets, billard 
 and pool rooms in said City of Berlin. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. * 
 
 -- Sec. 2. * 
 
 Sec. 3. No person shall stand or loaf upon any 
 bridge, street corner, sidewalk or other public way to 
 the annoyance of others. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any violation of the above provisions shall 
 .be punished by^ a fine not exceeding twenty ($20) dol¬ 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 5. Air ordinances or part of ordinances incon- 
 •sistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed March 25, 1909. 
 
 Approved, F. D. BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH,* City Clerk. 
 
 (* repealed) 
 
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 ^ i68; : \ i i ^ ■ CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 i lu^tlie 'year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 nine. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the lieensiug of shows 
 and exhibitions. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City 
 of Berlin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No showman, tumbler, rope dancer, ven¬ 
 triloquist, or other person shall for pay exhibit any 
 feats of agilty or horsemanship, or slight of hand, 
 rope dancing or feats of cards, or any animals, wax 
 figures, puppets, or other show or shall perform, or ex¬ 
 hibit any theatrical or dramatic representation in this 
 City, nor give any musical perfornu^nce or exhibition 
 of singing or dancing or other exhibition or amusement 
 of any kind with or without pay unless a license or 
 permit thereof in writing, specifying the time and 
 object for which such license was granted, shall first be 
 obtained from the Mayor and City Clerk, or in the ab- 
 scence of the Mayor, the City Solicitor. 
 
 Sec. 2. Every such person shall pay for such license 
 for the use of the City the following sums: For each 
 circus or show where feats of agility, horsemanship, 
 slight of hand or rope dancing are performed and for 
 manegeries where wild beasts are exhibited, the sum 
 of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each band, 
 or troupe or company of minsfrrels or comedians, and 
 for all other theatrical and dramatic exhibition, and for 
 each show where feats or ventriloquism, slight of hand 
 
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 69 
 
 or jugglery are performed, and for each panorama, 
 mirror, stereoscopic, moving pictures or other views, 
 the sum of not m.ore than five dollars and not less 
 than one dollar for each exhibition; for each and all 
 other shows, exhibitions, concerts or performances the 
 Mayor and City Clerk shall fix the amount to be paid 
 as license not less than one dollar and not more than 
 five dollars, and in the absence of the Mayor the City 
 Clerk and' City Solicitor shall fix the amount to be paid 
 as a license. 
 
 Sec. 3. Theatres or places of amusement of a per¬ 
 manent character may be licensed for a period of. 
 twelve months from the first day of May of each year. 
 The sum of such yearly license shall be one hundred 
 dollars, payable six months in advance. This license 
 shall designate the location of said theatre or place of 
 amusement, be made in the name of the proprietor or 
 proprietors thereof, and shall not be transferrable. 
 
 Sec. 4. All halls, theatres or places of amusements 
 must be properly equipped and constructed under the 
 direction of the Chief of the Fire Department of the 
 City, and the application for license therefor be ac¬ 
 companied by their recommendation and approval. 
 
 Sec. 5. If any person holding a license shall desire 
 to transfer to and carry on such business in other 
 premises in said City than those designated in the ori¬ 
 ginal application and in the license, upon the making 
 and filling of a new application said Board shall grant 
 the same, subject to the same regulations qnd require¬ 
 ments as governed the original license. 
 
70 
 
 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 6. At any time after a license has been issued 
 to any person the same may be revoked and cancelled 
 by said licensing board if the performances shall vio¬ 
 late any of the criminal or moral statutes or ordinances, 
 be conducted in a building which does not conform 
 with the fire statutes, ordinances, or regulatins of Fire 
 Warden, or the place licensed be used for criminal or 
 immoral purposes. But before any license is revoked 
 or cancelled the holder shall be entitled to a hearing by 
 said licensing board and to five days previous notice 
 thereof in writing, except that licenses of artemporary 
 character may be revoked at any time by'said .Idcfens-t 
 ing board without notice inv their descretion. v 
 
 Sec. 7. The Mayor may- at any time appoint a- com- 
 mittee of the Cityv Council to enter on the premises 
 licensed under this ordinance at reasonable time to as¬ 
 certain the manner, in which, said license is exercised. 
 
 Sec. 8. All licfehses'or revocations thereof shall be 
 subject to the ratification by the City Council of the 
 City' of Berlin. 
 
 Sec. 9. All concerts,"shows,"exhibitions or perform¬ 
 ances originating in this city, and of a purely local 
 character, shall be exempt from license or tax. 
 
 Section 10. If any 'person shall violate any of the 
 provisions of this character, he or she shall, for every 
 offense,‘be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dol--! 
 lars,;.nor less than fifteen dollars. 
 
ordina:n'ces 
 
 71 
 
 Sec. 11. 'All -ordinances or parts of ordinances in¬ 
 consistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed May 6, 1909. 
 
 Approved, F. D. BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. ^ • 
 
 Attest: P. J, SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of ouf Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 nine. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE regulating the sale and care of milk. 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. . The' condition under which every cow is 
 kept whose milk is sold or exposed for sale in the City 
 of Berlin shall be made known to the Board of Health 
 if said Board «hall deem it necessary. 
 
 Sec. 2. No milk shall be sold or offered'for sale un¬ 
 less the cow is free from disease dangerous to the 
 public health. 
 
 Sec. 3. No ‘milk kept for s^ale shall be stored,’ 
 strained, cooled or mixed in any room used in wdiole or 
 in part for sleeping purposes or for the stabling of 
 horses or cattle or other animals or for the storage of 
 manure, offal or other offensive matter. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 4. All rooms in which milk is stored, cooled, 
 strained or mixed shall be kept constantly clean. 
 Proper apparatus shall be provided for washing or 
 sterilizing all utensils used in handling milk and such 
 utensils shall be washed with boiling water or sterlized 
 with steam after being so used. 
 
 Sec. 5. No urinal, water closet or privy shall be lo¬ 
 cated in the rooms mentioned in the preceeding sec¬ 
 tions, or so situated as to pullute the atmosphere of 
 said rooms. * 
 
 Sec. 6. All milk produced for the purpose of sale 
 shall be strained and cooled as soon as it is drawn from 
 the cow. 
 
 Sec. 7. Milk kept for sale shall at all times register 
 on test a temperature not higher than 50 degrees 
 Fahrenheit, and shall be stored in a covered cooler, box 
 or refrigerator. 
 
 Sec. 8. All cans, bottles or other vessels of any sort 
 used in the sale or handling of milk shall be cleaned 
 or sterlized before they are used again for the same 
 purpose. 
 
 Sec. 9. N.o person shall use a milk vessel as a con¬ 
 tainer for any substance other than milk. 
 
 Sec. 10. Every person engaged in the production, 
 storage, transportation, sale, delivery or distribution 
 of milk immediately on the occurence of any case or 
 cases of infectious diseases, either in himself or in the 
 
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 family or amongst his employees or their immediate 
 associates or winthin any building or premises where 
 milk is stored, sold or distributed, shall notify the 
 Health Officer. 
 
 See. 11. No person having an infectious disease or 
 having recently been in contact with a person having an 
 infectious disease shall milk or handle cows, measures 
 or other vessels used for milk intended for sale or in 
 any way take part or assist in handling milk intended 
 for sale until all danger of communicating such disease 
 to other persons shall have passed. 
 
 Sec. 12. No vessels which have been handled by per¬ 
 sons suffiering from such an infectious disease shall be 
 used to hold or convey milk until they have been thor¬ 
 oughly sterilized. 
 
 Sec. 13. No bottle, can or receptacle used for the 
 reception or storage of milk shall be removed from a 
 private house, apartment or tenement wherein a person 
 has an infectious disease. 
 
 Sec. 14. No person, by himself or by his servant or 
 agent or as the servant or agent of any other person, 
 firm, or corporation shall bring into the City of Berlin 
 for the purpose of sale, exchange or delivery, or sell, 
 exchange or deliver any milk, skimmed milk or cream 
 which contain 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter or 
 which has a temperature higher than fifty degrees 
 Fahrenheit. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN " 
 
 Sec. 15. The Board of Health shall keep a record of 
 all inspections made under or by virtue of this ordin¬ 
 ance and of the results of such inspections; and shall 
 make a report each month to the City Council showing 
 all inspections made, and the results of such inspec- 
 tionfe, during the preceeding month. 
 
 Sec. 16. Whoever violates the above regulations is 
 liable to a fine not exceeding ten ($10) dollars. 
 
 Sec. 17. All ordinances or part of ordinances incon- " 
 sistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed and this 
 ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
 Passed October 28, 1909. 
 
 Approved, F. B.'BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. ... 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 nine. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE adopting the provisions of Chapter 
 124 of the Public Statutes and Chapters 76 of the 
 Session Laws of 1905 'as amended: by an Act ap¬ 
 proved March 22nd, 1907, entitled ‘‘An Act in 
 amendment of Chapter 124 of the Public Statutes 
 (as amended by Chapter 76, Session Laws of 1905)' 
 relating to the dealers in old metals. 7’ 
 
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 Be it Ordained' by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The provisions of Chapter 124 of the 
 Public Statutes and. Chapter 76 of the Session Laws 
 of 1905, as amended by an act of the legislature ap¬ 
 proved March 22, 1907, entitled ‘^An Act in amend¬ 
 ment of Chaj)ter 124 of the Public . Statutes, (as 
 amended by Chapteur 76, Session Lawsr.of. lOOS)” re¬ 
 lating to dealers in old metals” are hereby adopted to 
 be in force in the City of Berlin. 
 
 Sec.'2. The'fees for each dieense granted shall be 
 ten dollars per year or any . fractional.part, thereof. 
 
 Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in¬ 
 consistent with this are hereby repealed; and this Ordin¬ 
 ance shall take .effect upon its passage... j 
 Passed November 18, 1909.'';; 
 
 Approved, P. D. BARTLETT, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 ; Attest: P. J. SMYTH,'City Clerk. 
 
 MEMORANDUM 
 
 The following sections of an ordinance passed Novem¬ 
 ber 6th, 1901, entitled ‘‘AN ORDINANCE relating to 
 junk^ealers” being unrepealed by the above ordin¬ 
 ance, are still in force. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 Section 4. Every person to whom a license has been 
 granted shall apply for the same to the City Clerk. 
 Every license shall be conspiciously displayed upon the 
 hat of the licensee. 
 
 Sec. 5. The City Clerk, after every issuance of a 
 license, shall send a record of the same to the City 
 Marshal containing the name, residence and number 
 of the licensee. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 twelve. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to pawnbrokers. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. That sections one, two, three, four, five, 
 six, seven, eight, nine and ten of Chapter 129 of the 
 Session Laws of 1909, State of New Hampshire, be and 
 hereby are adopted to be in force in said City of 
 Berlin. 
 
 Sec. 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances incon¬ 
 sistent with this are hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed February 29, 1912. 
 
 Approved, DANIEL J. DALEY, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
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 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 twelve. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prevent the keeping of swine in 
 the compact part of the city. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall keep 
 any pigs or hogs within the compact part of the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. The compact part of the City shall mean any 
 part of the city where the houses are situated within 
 a distance of two hundred feet of one another. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any violation of the provisions of this or¬ 
 dinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten 
 dollars ($10.00) for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed April 25, 1912. 
 
 Approved, JOHN T. MORAN, 
 Acting Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 thirteen. 
 
 AN ODRINANCE establishing a new fire district, and 
 relating to the construction and repair of buildings 
 in the City of Berlin, N. H. 
 
78 
 
 CITY OF'BEELIN 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section l.>-« For the purpose of preventing excessive 
 damage by fire in said City^ a fire district is hereby es- 
 ^-tablished, described as follows: 
 
 Beginning at a point on the Railroad Track known as 
 the Berlin Mills Branch of the Grand Trunk Railway, 
 said point being where the center line of Success street, 
 produced, intersects the said tracks; thence running 
 Westerly along said track to the point where it is 
 crossed by the center line of School street;' thence 
 southwesterly along the center line of School street, 
 to the point where it is intersected by the center line of 
 Mason street; thence Southeasterly. along said center 
 line of Mason street to the point where it is inter¬ 
 sected by the center line of Cole street;- thence South¬ 
 westerly along the said center line of Cole street,* and 
 said line produced to the point where it is- intersected 
 by the center line of Mechanic street thence'Westerly 
 along the center line of Mechanic street and said line 
 produced to the point where it would intersect the said 
 Berlin Mills Branch; thence Southerly along the tracks 
 of said Berlin Mills Branch to the point where it con¬ 
 nects with the Main line track of the Grand Trunk 
 Railway; thence in a Southerly direction along said 
 Main Line track to the point where it is intersected by 
 the Northerly property line of the International Paper 
 Company; thence Southeasterly along said property 
 line to a point in the center line of Glen avenue, where 
 
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 it is crossed by the track of the Glen Junction Trans¬ 
 fer Company; thence to and along the high picket fence 
 which marks the limit of the International Paper Com¬ 
 pany’s Mill yard, in a general Easterly direction to 
 the point where said fence intersects the bank of the 
 Canal; thence Easterly to and along the center line of 
 said Canal to the point where it leaves the Androscog¬ 
 gin river; thence Northeasterly along the center dine 
 of the Androscoggin “river to the pomt where it is in¬ 
 tersected by the center line of Success street produced; 
 thence along said center line of Success street produced 
 to the point or place of beginning. 
 
 WALLS 
 
 Section 2. The external and party walls of all build¬ 
 ings hereafter erected within the above described limits 
 shall be of stone, brick, concrete, or other hard and non¬ 
 combustible material; and all such walls shall be 
 bonded and solidly built, and laid in mortar composed 
 of Portland cement, lime and sand; they shall rest on 
 foundations of stone or concrete, not less than eight (8) 
 inches wider at the top of the foundation wall, than 
 the base width of the w^all resting upon it. 
 
 All foundation walls shall be battered on the exterior 
 faces (where it is necessary to resist the earth pres- 
 .sure), and of proper width at the base, as approved 
 by the inspector; and shall be carried down to’and 
 rest on ledge or hardpan. 
 
 Brick walls for building one story, two stories, or 
 three stories in height shall not be less than'twelve 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 (12) inches thick, and all properly bonded with a course 
 of headers every eighth course, or other bond approved 
 by the Building Inspector; (12 inch walls shall be 
 limited to forty-five feet in height.) 
 
 For all brick walls of buildings four (4) stories in 
 height (limited to a total height of sixty feet) the first 
 story (not less than fifteen feet) shall be sixteen (16) 
 inches thick, and walls above this twelve (12) inches 
 thick. Buildings five (5) stories high shall have walls 
 twenty (20) inches thick to second floor, sixteen (16) 
 inches thick from second floor to third floor, and twelve 
 (12) inches thick for remainder of the height of the 
 building; (5 story buildings limited under above con¬ 
 ditions, to eighty feet total height.) 
 
 PARTY WALLS 
 
 In all buildings hereafter built, within the fire dis¬ 
 trict, party walls shall be built through and at least 
 twenty (20) inches above or distant from the roof 
 boarding, at the nearest point; shall be covered at the 
 top with stone tile, concrete or metal, securely fastened 
 and corbelled to the outer edge of all projections. 
 
 Floor and other timbers entering party walls shall 
 enter the wall not less than four (4) inches, and the 
 said walls must have at least four (4) inches of solid 
 masonry between the ends of any and all timbers; 
 openings or doorways in party walls, or in partition 
 walls shall not exceed two (2) openings on either floor; 
 and the combined area of such openings on each floor 
 shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet. 
 
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 Each opening must be provided with two (2) sets of 
 metal covered doors, separated by the thickness of wall, 
 liiing to rabbeted iron frames or to iron hinges in brick, 
 stone, concrete or iron rabbets. 
 
 « 
 
 The planking and sheathing of the roof shall not ex¬ 
 tend across or over the party wall in any case. 
 
 Vaulted Walls 
 
 Shall contain, exclusive of withes (air space,) same 
 amount of material (brick) as solid walls. Walls on 
 either side of air space shall not be less than eight (8) 
 inches thick, and air space shall cease above level of 
 the ceiling of the upper story of the building, and be 
 carried up solid to top of walls. 
 
 CONCRETE BLOCK WALLS 
 
 The thickness of walls for any building where hollow 
 concrete blocks are used shall not be less than is re¬ 
 quired by the ordinance relating to brick walls. The 
 figures given in the following table represent the per¬ 
 centage of such hollow space for the different height 
 of walls: 
 
 Stories 
 
 First 
 
 Second 
 
 Third 
 
 Fourth 
 
 Fifth 
 
 1 and 2 
 
 33 p c 
 
 33 p c 
 
 33 p c 
 
 33 p c 
 
 
 3 and 4 
 
 25 p e 
 
 33 p c 
 
 25 p c 
 
 33 j) c 
 
 33 p c 
 
 5 
 
 20 p c 
 
 25 p e 
 
 
 
 
 Where 
 
 the face 
 
 only is 
 
 of hollow 
 
 concrete 
 
 building 
 
 block and the backing is of brick, the facing of hollow 
 concrete blocks shall be strongly bonded to the brick. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 either with headers projecting four (4) inches into the 
 brickwork, every fourth course being a header course, 
 or with approved ties; no brick backing to be less than 
 eight (8) inches. 
 
 Where the walls are made entirely of hollow concrete 
 blocks but where said blocks have not the same width 
 as the walls, every fifth course shall extend entirely 
 through the wall, forming a secure bond; all walls 
 where blocks are used shall be laid in Portland cement 
 mortar. 
 
 All hollow concrete building blocks before being 
 used in the construction of any building in the fire 
 district of the City of Berlin, shall have attained the 
 age of at least three (3) weeks. 
 
 Wherever girders or joists rest upon the walls so 
 that there is a concentrated load of over two (2) tons, 
 the blocks supporting the girders or joists must be made 
 solid. 
 
 When such concentrated load shall exceed five (5) 
 tons, the blocks for two (2) courses below and for a 
 distance extending at least eighteen (18) inches on each 
 side of said girders shall be made solid. Where the 
 load from the girder exceeds seven (7) tons, the blocks 
 for three (3) courses beneath it shall be made solid. 
 
 Wherever the walls are decreased in thickness the 
 top course of the thicker wall is to be solid. 
 
 All piers and buttresses that support loads in excess 
 of five (5) tons, shall be built of solid concrete blocks 
 for such a distance below as the inspector may require. 
 
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 83 
 
 Any steel rods in a manner satisfactory to the Build¬ 
 ing Inspector, and any lintels spanning over four (4) 
 feet six (6) inches in the clear shall rest on solid con¬ 
 crete blocks. 
 
 The manufacturer and user of any such hollow con- 
 ' Crete building blocks as are mentioned in this ordinance 
 shall at any and all times have made such tests of the 
 cement used in making such blocks, or further tests 
 of the completed blocks, or each of these, at their own 
 . expense and under the supervision of the Building In¬ 
 spector, as he may require. 
 
 A copy of result of such test will be given the manu¬ 
 facturer and user of the blocks. ‘ 
 
 The cement used in making such blocks shall be 
 American Portland cement of any standard manu¬ 
 facture, and of good fresh quality. 
 
 ASHI^AR 
 
 Ashlar less than eight (8) inches shall not be con¬ 
 sidered in thickness of wall, but in all cases the wall, 
 including backing, shall not be less than tTvelve (12) 
 inches thick. 
 
 Sec. 3. The roofs of all buildings and additions to 
 buildings within said fire district hereafter erected 
 shall be properly and securely covered with slate, tin, 
 iron or other non-combustible materials approved by 
 the Inspector of Buildings. 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 Sec. 4. No buildings now erected or hereafter to be 
 erected within said fire district, shall be altered, raised, 
 • roofed, enlarged, or otherwise added to or built upon 
 in any way until the requirements of Section 2, 3, and 
 4 have been complied with, and a license granted by 
 the City Council; and no roof of any such buildings 
 now covered wdth shingles or other Combustible ma¬ 
 terial shall be re-covered, except with slate or other- 
 non-combustible materials. 
 
 See. 5. No wooden building shall be moved from one 
 lot to another in said district nor from without said 
 . district into said district, nor from place to place on 
 the same lot witMn said district, without a special 
 license first obtained from the City Council. No 
 •wooden building outside of the above described limits 
 - of said fire district shall be moved a distance of more 
 than fifty (50) feet without first obtaining a special 
 license from the City Council. 
 
 See.' 6. When any building built wholly or in part 
 of wood, standing within said district, shall be dam¬ 
 aged by fire, or other cause, to an amount exceeding 
 fifty (50) per cent of its value, it shall not be repaired 
 or rebuilt of wood or any combustible material. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall not be lawful to build upon the front 
 walls of any building-within said district, any portic o, 
 porch, bay window, balcony, or any other projection 
 over the sidewalk or street. 
 
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 85 
 
 Sec. 8. No awning shall be affixed to any building 
 so as to project over the sidewalk unless the same is 
 .seven (7) feet in the clear^ above sidewalk, and does 
 not project beyond the curb line, and no such awning 
 shall be attached to any building unless a permit has 
 first been obtained from the City Council. 
 
 See. 9. Any person or corporation desiring to erect 
 a new building or to alter or add to a present building 
 within said district shall fill out and present a printed 
 application, furnished by the Inspector of Buildings, 
 and submit plans and descriptions giving strength of 
 construction, alteration and modes of egress in case of 
 fire, to said Inspector of Buildings; and no alterations 
 or additions to present buildings shall be commenced 
 until the owner shall file a copy of all plans and specifi¬ 
 cations with the Inspector and such have been approved 
 by the Inspector of Buildings and a license granted by 
 the City Council. 
 
 Sec. 10. All persons or corporations desiring to erect 
 new^ buildings or to alter or to add to present buildings 
 upon any public street, alley, or lane outside of the 
 district described in Section 1, shall fill out and present 
 applications furnished by the Inspector of Buildings, 
 and submit plans or descriptions of said buildings, al¬ 
 terations, or additions to the Building Inspector; and 
 no person or corporation shall commence operations on 
 said buildings until said Inspector of Buildings has ap- 
 j)roved the same and granted a permit in writing. A 
 copy of all plans or descriptions must be filed with 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 the Inspector. All permits granted by the City Council 
 under Sections 9 and 10, shall expire in 30 days froijt 
 date, unless work thereunder is in good faith begun 
 before the expiration of such period. 
 
 «5 
 
 FIEE STOPS 
 
 Sec. 11. In all buildings within the limits described 
 in Section 1, hereafter erected, fire stops must be 
 placed as follows: At the bottom of all partitions, and 
 between the studding, to be closely filled in with brick, 
 or concrete eight (8) inches high, closely fitted into 
 partitions and bedded and laid in cement mortar. 
 
 Sec. 12. The Inspector of Buildings by giving sixty 
 (60) days’ notice, may order suitable fire escape placed 
 on any building of two (2) stories, or over, in height 
 which is used as a hotel, tenement house, hall, or other 
 public resort, whether within, or without the district 
 described in Section 1. 
 
 Sec. 13. All applications under this Ordinance shall 
 first be submitted to the Inspector of Buildings as pro¬ 
 vided in Section 10, and he shall examine the premises 
 and make a report, either recommending the granting 
 of licenses, or otherwise, and his report shall be pre¬ 
 sented with the petition to the City Council. If the 
 report of the Inspector be adverse the petition shall 
 only be granted by an aflrmative vote of two-thirds 
 of the full council. 
 
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 CHIMNEYS (WITHIN CITY LIMITS) 
 
 Sec. 14. No chimney shall be corbelled from a wall 
 more than the thickness of the wall, nor rest upon a 
 wall less than twelve (12) inches thick, nor rest on 
 wood in any case. 
 
 All chimneys shall be built of brick, concrete, terra 
 cotta, or other non-combustible material, approved by 
 the Inspector. 
 
 All brick chimneys shall have glazed tile flue linings 
 backed with four (4) inches of brickwork. 
 
 The inside of.all flues shall have stuck joints and not 
 be plastered on the inside wall with cement or mortar, 
 but be left free and clean from all projecting mortar. 
 
 All brickwork and tile flue lining in chimneys shall 
 be laid up in Portland cement and sand (4 to 1) mortar, 
 and all chimneys shall be topped out at least three (3) 
 feet above the highest point of contact with the roof. 
 
 No woodwork or framing shall come within one (1) 
 inch of the outside o‘f any smoke flue, and no nails shall 
 be driven into chimneys to support woodwork, etc. 
 Where smoke flues or pipes enter chimneys or pass 
 through plastered partitions, they shall be constructed 
 as follows:—The opening in partition shall be framed 
 square, leaving an opening at least (4) inches greater 
 in diameter than the diameter of the smoke flue or pipe 
 on each side, and the smoke flue or pipe shall have a 
 ventilated metal collar; this collar shall not come in 
 
88 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 contact with the woodwork, and all plastering shall 
 be on metal lath or wire securely nailed to the square? 
 opening. 
 
 All smoke openings into chimney flues shall be so 
 placed that the top of the frame opening shall be at 
 least fifteen (15) inches below the floor joists above. 
 
 ACCESS TO ROOF 
 
 Sec. 15. All buildings over twenty (20) feet high 
 shall have permanent means of access to the roof from 
 the inside through an opening not less than 24x30 
 inches. 
 
 CUTTING OF TIMBERS, ETC. 
 
 Sec. 16. Floor joists and supporting girders shall 
 not be cut out for piping, etc., the pipes must pass by 
 and around in all cases and where steam pipes pass 
 through floors, ceilings, or partitions, a clear space of 
 at least one-half (^/^) inch must be left all around 
 pipes. 
 
 Sec. 17. Any person or corporation, whether owner, 
 lessee, contractor, workman, or agent, who shall violate 
 any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be liable 
 to a penalty of not more than twenty ($20) dollars 
 for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 18. All ordiances, or parts of ordinances, here¬ 
 tofore passed by the City Council inconsistent herewith, 
 and an ordinance entitled ‘‘An Ordinance Relating to 
 Building and Repairing Buildings in the City of Berlin, 
 
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 89 
 
 N. H.,’’ passed May 17, 1906, and any amendments 
 thereto are hereby repealed, and this Ordinance shall 
 take effect upon its passage. 
 
 Passed March 20, 1913. 
 
 Approved, DANIEL J. DALEY, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the vear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and' 
 
 V 
 
 thirteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the collection and dis¬ 
 posal of garbage in said City. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of all persons resid¬ 
 ing within the garbage district of the City of Berlin 
 to place all garbage or other refuse matter in suitable 
 receptables of galvanized iron, with tight covers which 
 shall have been approved by the Board of Health, and 
 place the same near the sidewalk or street on those days 
 designated by the Board of Helath as Collection Days. 
 
 Sec. 2. Both wet and dry garbage may be placed 
 in the same receptable when of the above description. 
 
 Sec. 3. All receptables shall be kept in good condi¬ 
 tion at all times, and shall be cleansed when deemed 
 necessary by the Board of Helath. 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 Sec. 4. All wet garbage shall be thoroughly drained 
 of water and wrapped in paper before being placed in 
 receptables. 
 
 Sec. 5. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed 
 to prevent those persons who desire to sell, give or 
 otherwise dispose of their wet garbage to private in¬ 
 dividuals or collectors provided receptables satisfac¬ 
 tory to the Board of Health are maintained and kept 
 in satisfactory condition at all times. Such persons 
 shall also provide suitable receptables with covers for 
 the disposal of dry refuse. 
 
 Sec. 6. All teams or other vehicles used by private 
 collectors shall be covered and shall be kept in a 
 cleanly condition at all times. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Street Department shall have charge of 
 the collection and disposal of garbage and other refuse 
 material, under such rules and regulations not incon¬ 
 sistent with the provisions of the other sections of this 
 ordinance as the said Board may from time to time 
 make relating to this subject, including the designation 
 of certain days for the collection of such garbage and 
 refuse, to be known as Collections Days. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any violation of the provisions of this ordin¬ 
 ance, or of the rules and regulations made by the Board 
 of Health in pursuance hereof shall be punished by a 
 fine not exceeding ten ($10) dollars for each offense. 
 
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 91 
 
 Sec. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 Passed May 22, 1913. 
 
 Approved, DANIEL J. DALEY, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMPTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 thirteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the keeping for hire of 
 billard tables, pool tables, bowling alleys, shooting 
 galleries, and penny arcades. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person shall keep for hire any billiard 
 table, pool table, bowling alley, shooting gallery, or 
 penny arcade in the City of Berlin unless a license 
 therefore in writing specifying the place in which it is 
 to be kept shall first be obtained from the City Council. 
 The moral fitness of such person to hold said license 
 shall first be investigated by the Police Commissioners 
 of said City. 
 
 Sec. 2. No person keeping any billiard table, pool 
 table, bowling alley, shooting gallery, or penny arcade 
 under such license or who is employed in and about 
 any such place of business, who shall be convicted 
 wdthin a year of gambling, or keeping a gambling 
 
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 CITY OF BEELIN 
 
 house, or of intoxication or of the illegal sale of intoxi¬ 
 cating liquors, or who shall without conviction thereof, 
 show or display any lewd, indecent, or immoral pictures 
 in such place of business shall be deemed a fit person 
 to conduct or be employed in such business. The con¬ 
 tinuance in such business of any such person shall be 
 cause for the revoking and forfeiting of said license. 
 
 . Sec. 3. No person exercising a license under Section 
 One shall permit or allow, in hiS place of business any 
 minor less than eighteen (18) years of age, or any 
 person who is intoxicated, or who is using profane, 
 vulgar, or indecent language; neither shall he permdt 
 or allow the use of spirituous or intoxicating liquors 
 in said place. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every person shall pay for such license, for 
 the use of the City, the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars on 
 each billiard table, pool table and bowling alley and 
 for each shooting gallery and penny arcades, or either 
 a license fee of ten ($10.00) dollars for the use of the 
 city; the said license fee to be paid on or before the 
 first day of May annually, such licenses may be revoked 
 or annulled at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council. 
 
 Sec. 5. All places mentioned in the preceding sec¬ 
 tions shall be closed at the hour of eleven of the clock 
 at night of each day and shall be closed on Sundays. 
 
 Sec. 6. All licenses granted under the preceding 
 section shall be valid until the first day of May next 
 after the granting thereof, unless sooner revoked. 
 
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 Sec. 7. All licenses shall be recorded in the office 
 of the City Clerk, Mdio shall be entitled to a fee of 
 fifty cents for each license to be paid by the person 
 to whom it is granted. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions 
 of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not 
 exceeding ten ($10) dollars for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 9. All ordinances, or part of ordinances incon¬ 
 sistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed and this 
 ordinance shall take effect on its passage. 
 
 Passed May 22, 1913. 
 
 Aproved, DANIEL J. DALEY, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. J. SMYTH, City Clerk. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 fifteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE relating to the erection and main¬ 
 tenance of billboards. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person shall erect, or maintain any 
 bill board within ten feet of the street line or the front 
 building line of the next building adjoining, farthest 
 
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 CITY OF BERLIN 
 
 from the street line, that is used as a public building, 
 dwelling, tenement house, hotel, office or store build¬ 
 ing. 
 
 Sec. 2. All billboards shall be independently sup¬ 
 ported bn substantial posts and be thoroughly braced 
 and anchored a^inst wind pressure. Said billboards 
 shall be erected on said posts at a distance of not less 
 than three feet from the ground. 
 
 Sec. 3. No person shall erect or maintain any bill¬ 
 board in accordance with sections one and two without 
 a license from the City Council for that purpose. • 
 
 Section 4. All applications shall be in writing and 
 signed by the petitioner. They shall designate the 
 places where said billboards are to be erected and shall 
 containOsuch conditions and restrictions as the City 
 Council may require. All licenses shall continue in 
 force for one year from the first day of each April un¬ 
 less sooner revoked. 
 
 Sec. 5. If any person shall violate any of the provi¬ 
 sions of this ordinance he shall be punished by a fine 
 of not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars 
 for each offence. 
 
 Passed July 6th, 1915. 
 
 Approved, GEO. F. RICH, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: C. M. DAVIDSON, City Clerk. 
 
ORDINANCES 
 
 95 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
 fifteen. 
 
 AN ORDRINANCE relating to the erection of certain 
 structures on the street lines. 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ber¬ 
 lin as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person shall build or erect any fence, 
 retaining wall, or other structure on the line between 
 his property, and any street highway, or other public 
 property of the City of Berlin without having first ob¬ 
 tained from the City Engineer a written permit to build 
 or erect such structures. 
 
 See. 2. If any person shall violate any provision of 
 the preceding section he shall be punished by a fine 
 not exceeding ten dollars for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its 
 passage. 
 
 Passed September 28th, 1915. 
 
 Approved, GEO. F. RICH, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Attest: C. M. DAVIDSON, City Clerk. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Page 
 
 Charter of the City of Berlin . 3 
 
 All Aineiidineiit to Charter creating Board of Police 
 Comniissioners .13 
 
 ORDINANCES 
 
 Adinit^sion of Children into Public Scliools.30 
 
 Aniendinent of Chapter 124 of P. S. relating to • 
 dealers in old metals .74 
 
 Animals riiniiing at large in the City.58 
 
 Collection of Taxes ..06 
 
 Collection and disposal of garbage in said City ....89 
 
 Chim])elling attendance at school by children between 
 6 and 16 years .62 
 
 Erection of certain structures on the street lines ... .95 
 
 Erection and maintenance of billboards . ....93 
 
 Erection and maintenance of telegraph, electric, 
 telephone, street railway, and all other poles with¬ 
 in said City .64 
 
Establishing new fire district, and relating to the 
 
 construction and rei^air of buildings .77 
 
 Access to Eoof .88 
 
 Ashlar .83 
 
 Chimneys (within City limits) 
 
 Concrete Block Walls . 
 
 Cutting of Timbers, etc. 
 
 Fire Stops . 
 
 Party Walls . 
 
 Vaulted Walls. 
 
 Walls . 
 
 Fire Department . 
 
 General Provisions . 
 
 Board of Health . 
 
 87 
 
 81 
 
 88 
 
 86 
 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 79 
 
 31 
 
 16 
 
 27 
 
 City Civil Engineer . . . 
 
 City Clerk . 
 
 City Marshal and l^olice 
 
 City Seal . 
 
 City Solicitor . 
 
 25* 
 
 29 
 
 18 
 
 26 
 
 Collector of Taxes .28 
 
 Finances and Accountability in Expenditures ..18 
 
 Highway Agent .26 
 
 0^■erseer of the I’oor .26 
 
 Sewers 
 
 28 
 
 Granting location and construction of Berlin Street 
 Railway Co. 
 
 Hackney Carriages and Job Teams 
 
 Ins}»ectioii of Buildings . 
 
 •. .47 
 . .42 
 
for hiro of billiard tables, pool tables, bowl¬ 
 ing alleys, shootinj^ j»alleries, and penny an-ades. .91 
 
 Licensino^ of Kin})loyinent Ofliees .90 
 
 Licensing of Slu)\vs and Exhibitions .(58 
 
 ..Milk Dealers .Gd 
 
 Muzzling vicious dojL>s .58 
 
 Pawnbrokers .79 
 
 Preventing the kee})ing of swine in the coinj)a(‘t jiart 
 of the Pity .77 
 
 Prohibiting minors under sixteen from loitering on 
 the Streets after eight o’clock at night .9.‘1 
 
 Public Street, Billiard and Pool rooms in said City..97 
 
 Public Streets and ACays .45 
 
 Sale and C[ire of Milk .71 
 
 Sewers..‘>9 
 
 Apjdication for Licenses.57 
 
 Cesspools .58 
 
 Fixtures Trai)ped .40 
 
 Injury to Sewers .58 
 
 Obstructions .59 
 
 Plumbing Rules .59 
 
 Statement of Woi-k Done .58 
 
 Water or Gas Pipe .59 
 
 Sidewalks .ol 
 
 Teams on Business Streets .49 
 
 Use of Public Streets .91 
 
 Use of sleighs and slmls uj)on Public Streets .59 
 
INDEX 
 
 Page 
 
 Charter of the City of Berlin . 3 
 
 An Anieiniinent to Charter creating Board of Police 
 Coinniissiouers .13 
 
 ORDINANCES 
 
 Admission of Children into Public Schools.30 
 
 Amendment of Chapter 124 of P. S. relating to 
 dealers in ohl metals .74 
 
 Animals running at large in the City.58 
 
 Collection of Taxes .‘.0(3 
 
 Collection and disposal of garbage in said City ....89 
 
 Compelling attendance at school by children l)etween 
 0 and 16 years .62 
 
 V 
 
 Erection of certain structures on the street lines ... .95 
 
 Erecti-on and maintenance of billboards .93 
 
 Erection and maintenance of telegraph, electric, 
 telejdione, street railway, and all other poles with¬ 
 in said City . 64 
 
Establishing new fire district, and relating to 
 construction and repair of buildings . 
 
 Access to Eoof .: . . 
 
 Ashlar .... 
 
 Chimneys (within City limits) . 
 
 Concrete Block Walls . .. 
 
 Cutting of Timbers, etc. 
 
 Fire Stops . 
 
 Tarty Walls . 
 
 Vaulted Walls . 
 
 Walls . 
 
 Fire Department . 
 
 General Provisions . 
 
 Board of Health . 
 
 City Civil Engineer . 
 
 City Clerk . 
 
 City Marshal and Police . 
 
 City Seal . 
 
 City Solicitor .. 
 
 the • 
 
 ... 77 
 
 ...88 . 
 
 . . .8i5 
 
 . . .87 
 
 . . .81 
 
 . . .88 
 
 . . .86 
 
 . : . 80 
 
 . .81 
 . .79 
 ! .01 
 . .16 
 . .27 
 
 29 
 
 18 
 
 26 
 
 Collector of Taxes .28 
 
 Finances and Accountability in Expenditures ..18 
 
 Highway Agent ..26 
 
 Overseer of the Poor .26 
 
 Sewers ...28 
 
 Granting locatioii and construction of Berlin Street 
 Kail way Co.52 
 
 Hackney Carriages and Job Teams 
 
 Inspection of Buildings . 
 
 47 
 
 42 
 
.•'fiiirr 
 
 Kot‘j>inj>- for liiro of billiard tables, pool tables, bowl¬ 
 ing alleys, shooting jialleries, and penny arcades..1)1 
 
 Licensing of Eniploynient Otlices 
 
 ()() 
 
 Idrensinjr of Shows and Exhibitions .()8 
 
 JNlilk Dealers .(54 
 
 Mn/.zlinj^ vicious doj^s .58 
 
 Pawnbrokers .7(5 
 
 Preventino- the keei)ing of swine in the compact }>art 
 of the Critv ..77 
 
 Piohibitin^ minors under sixteen from loiterinj*- on 
 the Streets after eight o’clock at night .(5.‘> 
 
 Pul)lic Street, Billiard and Pool rooms in said City..67 
 
 Public Streets and Ways .45 
 
 Sale ami Care of Milk .71 
 
 Sewers. .3(5 
 
 A}>jdi('ation for Licenses.37’ 
 
 Cess})ools .38 
 
 Fixtures Trai)i)ed .40 
 
 Injury to Sewers . <'"^77 ..38 
 
 Obstructions .31) 
 
 IMumbing Kules ..39 
 
 Statement of Work Done .38 
 
 Water or Gas Pipe . ' .39 
 
 Sidewalks .51 
 
 Teams on Business Streets .4(5 
 
 I'se of Public Streets .61 
 
 Use of sleighs and sleds upon Public Streets .59 
 
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