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 ORDINANCES. 
 
 PASSED SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVISED ORDI- 
 NANCES OF 1895. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT 
 
 CITY CLERK. 
 
 Section 1. There may be appointed from time 
 to time, as occasion may require, an assistant city 
 clerk for the city of Salem. Said assistant shall be 
 appointed by the city clerk, but such appointment 
 shall be subject to the approval of the board of aider- 
 men. The assistant city clerk shall be sworn 
 to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, 
 shall serve for such time as occasion may require, 
 and may be removed at any time by the city clerk. 
 
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 ORDINAXCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Section 2. It shall be the duty of the assistant 
 city clerk to assist the city clerk in the pei’foi*mance 
 of the duties of his office, and in the absence of the 
 city clerk to certify and attest all documents requir- 
 ing to be cei'tified or attested, and also to perform 
 all duties peidaining to the office Mdien the office of 
 city clerk shall be vacant from any cause. Said 
 assistant shall be paid by the city clerk out of his 
 own compensation. 
 
 Approved April 23, 1895. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER XVI OF THE RE- 
 VISED ORDINANCES ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE RELAT- 
 ING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chapter XYI of the 
 revised ordinances is hereby amended by striking 
 out in the fourth line thereof the word '' three,” and 
 inserting in place thereof the Avord ''tvm,” and by 
 striking out in the fourth line the Avord ” one,” 
 and inserting in jilace thereof the Avord ” tAvo,” and 
 also fuilher amended b}" striking out in the fifth line 
 the Avord ” Company,” and inserting in place thereof 
 the AVord ” Companies.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved June 20, 1895. 
 
ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chaptei* XVI of the 
 revised ordinances is hereby amended by inserting 
 after the Avord '' wagon” in the last line thereof the 
 woi-ds a ” di-iver of the supply wagon.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect ii])on 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved September 10, 1805. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO SEWER ASSESSMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. All assessments or other payments 
 for the benefit received from the construction of a 
 sewer or for the permanent privilege thereof to an 
 estate which are mentioned in chapter thirty-six of 
 the revised ordinances of the year one thousand 
 eight hundred and ninety-five, shall be payable upon 
 the determination of the amount thereof by the 
 board of aldermen, and immediately aftei* such de- 
 termination the city collector shall notify the per- 
 sons liable to pay said assessments or make said 
 payments that the same have been determined, giv- 
 ing the amount thereof and demanding payment 
 thereof; and shall use all reasonable efforts to col- 
 lect the same without delay. 
 
OKDIXA^X'ES AXD A3IEXDMEXTS. 
 
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 Sectiox^ 2. In case such assessments are appor- 
 tioned into several annual payments, as provided by 
 statute, the first instalment thereof shall become due 
 and be collected as provided in section one, and each 
 successive instalment at the expiration of one year 
 from the time the last preceding instalment becomes 
 due. 
 
 Approved December 24^ 1895. 
 
 AX ORDIXAXCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE WATER DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section 16 of chapter 51 of the 
 revised ordinances of the city of Salem is hereby 
 amended by inserting after the word water,” in 
 the second line thereof, the following: ‘‘ But the 
 
 city council reserves the right, without notice, to 
 alter, amend, or change the rates at any time for any 
 year or fraction of a year, and all jDersons taking- 
 water from the city take it upon this express condi- 
 tion, and not otherwise.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved December 31, 2895. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE POOR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chapter XXXII of 
 the revised ordinances of the city of Salem is hereby 
 
ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
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 amended by striking ont the words ‘‘the board of 
 overseei’s of the poor of the city of Salem shall con- 
 sist of twelve persons, two from each ward, together 
 with the mayor, who shall be, ex-officio, a member 
 and chairman of said board,” and inserting in place 
 thereof the following, “the board of overseers of the 
 poor of the city of Salem shall consist of five persons 
 together with the mayor, who shall be, ex-officio, a 
 member of and chairman of said board.” 
 
 Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter is hereby 
 amended by striking ont the first five lines thereof 
 and inserting in place thereof the following: “Sec- 
 tion 2. The city council shall annually, in the month 
 of Januaiy, by concurrent vote, elect thj*ee members 
 of said board, one member who shall hold no other 
 city office for the term of three years from the first 
 Monday of February, one member who shall be a 
 member of the board of aldermen, and one member 
 who shall lie a member of the common council ; said 
 two last named members to serve until the expiration 
 of the term for which they were elected to said city 
 council, and all said mendiers to serve until their suc- 
 cessoi's in said boaixl are elected and qualified.” 
 
 Section 3. This ordinance to take effect upon 
 its ])assage. 
 
 Approved January 4^ 189(1. 
 
OE]»]SAXCES PASSED IS 189H. 
 
 AX oedixaxcp: amending an okdinance relating to 
 
 COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. That section t\vo of chapter tAvelve 
 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem be 
 amended by strikino' ont such part as reads, ‘‘Thei-e 
 sliall also be allowed and paid each year, thirty dol- 
 lars for the services of the steward of the hook and 
 ladder company.” 
 
 Approved June 12, 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO THE CITY TREASFRER AND 
 
 COLLECTOR. 
 
 Section 1. Chapter fifteen of the Revised Ordi- 
 nances of the City of Salem is hereby amended by 
 striking ont section eighteen and substituting there- 
 for, the folloAving: ‘^Section 18. The city treas- 
 
 urer shall be also the city collectoi*.” 
 
ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
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 Section 2. Section one of chapter twelve of the 
 Eevised Ordinances is hereby amended by striking 
 out in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth lines 
 thereof, the Avords to the city treasurer two thous- 
 and dollars. To the city collector one thousand five 
 hundred dollars,” and substituting therefor the 
 words to the city treasurer and collector in full for 
 his services as city treasurer, one thousand dollars.” 
 
 Section 3. The city treasurer and collector shall 
 be allowed and paid as full compensation for all ser- 
 vices rendered by him as city collector, a commission 
 of one-fifth of one per cent, upon all sums collected 
 by him for taxes; said commission to be paid him 
 monthly. 
 
 Section 4. Chapter fifteen of the Revised Ordi- 
 nances is hereby amended by adding to section five, 
 at the end thereof, the following words: ^^Said 
 statement shall show all amounts collected by the 
 city collector during the preceding calendar month, 
 specifying the amounts credited to each department 
 separately, and the amount of the taxes for each 
 year, collected during the preceding calendar month, 
 the amount of poll taxes so collected each year being 
 shown separately. 
 
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 ORDIXAXCES AXD AMEXDMEXTS. 
 
 Sectiox 5. The city treasure!* and collector shall 
 give a bond for the faithful performance of the 
 duties of his office as city treasurer and also of the 
 duties of his office as city collector, in the sum of 
 thirty thousand dollars, to be approved by the Board 
 of Aldermen, and from a Fidelity company satisfac- 
 tory to said board. Sections fifteen and twenty-five 
 of chapter fifteen of the Kevised Ordinances are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sectiox 6 . An amount not exceeding one thous- 
 and dollars shall be allowed and paid for clerical 
 assistance in the office of the city treasurer and col- 
 lector. 
 
 Section 7. That this percentage shall not apply 
 to any outstanding taxes previous to 1896. 
 
 Approved June 20, 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREETS. 
 
 Section 1. No person, except by permission of 
 the Board of Aldermen or other board of officers of 
 the city thereto duly authorized, or except an officer 
 or employee of the city necessarily in the perform- 
 ance of his duty as such officer or employee, shall 
 
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 put or place or cause to be put or placed in or upon 
 any street, lane, alley or public place in the city, 
 any glass, crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks, wire or 
 other similar articles or substances. 
 
 Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of 
 this ordinance, shall be liable to a penalty of not less 
 than two dollars or more than twenty dollars for 
 each offence. 
 
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 
 upon its passage. 
 
 Approved June 25^ 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING 
 BUILDINGS AND FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 Section 1. Section ten of chapter four of the 
 Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby 
 amended by inserting after the word ‘‘thereto” in the 
 third line the words, “and other wooden or frame 
 buildings not more than eighteen feet in height from 
 the level of the street to the top of the roof, provided 
 the same are entirely covered on the outside with 
 some metallic or other non-combustible material.” 
 
 Section 2. Said section ten of chapter four of 
 said R-evised Ordinances is hereby further amended 
 by inserting between the eighth and ninth lines 
 
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 thereof, and after the word, ‘‘erected in the eleventh 
 line thereof, the words, “altered or added to,” and 
 by adding at the end of the seventeenth line thereof 
 the words, “and provided further that no such 
 dwelling house shall thereby be made to exceed forty 
 feet in height from the level of the street,” 
 
 Approved July 15, 1896. 
 
 AX ORDINANCE A:\IENDIXG AX ORDINANCE CONCERNING 
 THE SALEM WATER WORKS AND THE USE 
 OF WENHAM LAKE WATER. 
 
 Section 1. Section sixteen of chapter fifty-one 
 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem is 
 hereby amended by striking out in the fourteenth 
 clause or paragraph, the words, “for each cask of 
 lime or cement, seven cents,” and inserting in place 
 thereof the words, “from three dollars to twenty 
 dollars, at the discretion of the AYater Board.” 
 
 Approved Jidy 15, 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 
 
 Section 1. Section eight of chapter twenty -three 
 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem is 
 
OKDTNANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
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 hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the 
 words, ^‘Said Board of Health shall make all needful 
 1‘ules and regulations regarding the keeping and 
 placing for removal of paper and similar articles.” 
 
 Approved July 15^ 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of Chapter twelve of the 
 Kevised Ordinances is hereby amended by striking 
 out the word ^‘two” in the fourteenth line thereof, 
 and inserting in place thereof the word ‘‘five.” 
 
 Approved Jidy 27 ^ 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 12 of the 
 revised ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby 
 amended by striking out the eighth clause thereof, 
 being the second clause on page 105 of the printed 
 edition of said ordinance of 1895, and inserting in 
 place thereof the following: “To the Drivers of 
 each company, the engineman and driver of the 
 
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 chemical engine, the relief driver and the driver of 
 the Chief Engineer's team, nine hundred and ten 
 dollars each payable weekly.” 
 
 Apj)roved Oct. 3, 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section 7 of Chapter 16 of’^the 
 Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby 
 amended by adding a new clause after the third 
 clause on page 153 which shall read as follows: 
 Each permanent man in the Department shall be 
 allowed two days leave of absence in each and every 
 month, without loss of pay.” 
 
 Approved October 26^ 1896. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section two of Chapter 12^ of the 
 Revised Ordinances is hereby amended by striking 
 out the words to the chief engineer three hundred 
 and twenty-five dollars ” and inserting in place thereof 
 
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 the words “ to the chief engineer, six hundred 
 dollars, payable monthly.” 
 
 Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordi- 
 nances inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved October 29, 189C). 
 
OEDINANCES PASSED IN 1897. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 
 COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section one of chapter twelve of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Salem is hereby amended by striking 
 out the following words: ‘^To the clerk and inspec- 
 tor of the Board of Health, one thousand dollars,” 
 and inserting in place thereof the words ‘‘ To the 
 clerk and inspector of the Board of Health, one 
 thousand three hundred and twelve dollars; ” and by 
 striking out the words “ To the commissioner of 
 sti*eets one thousand six hundred dollars,” and 
 inserting in place thereof the words To the com- 
 missioner of streets one thousand nine hundred and 
 twelve dollars.” 
 
 Aj^proved March 12^ 1897. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AAIEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 
 PUBLIC HEALTH. 
 
 Section three of chapter twenty-three of the 
 Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby 
 
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 amended by inserting at the end thereof the follow- 
 ing words: ‘‘He shall annually, on the fourth 
 Monday in December in each year, report to the city 
 council for their information the total amount of all 
 sums paid by him for clerical assistance in his office 
 during the previous fiscal year, and shall make simi- 
 lar report thereof at any other time said council 
 shall so request.” 
 
 Approved March 12^ 1897, 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE COMMISSIONER OF STREETS. 
 
 Section two of chapter forty-one of the Revised 
 Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby amended 
 by inserting at the end thereof the following words: 
 “ He shall annually, on the fourth Monday in 
 December in each year, report to the City Council 
 for their information the total amount of all sums 
 paid by him for clerical assistance in his office during 
 the previous fiscal year, and shall make similar 
 report thereof at any other time said council shall so 
 request.” 
 
 Approved March 12^1897, 
 
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 ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 That the third clause of section two on page 105 
 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem be 
 amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 To all the members of the several steam fire 
 engine, hook and ladder, and hose companies, except 
 the engineers, stokers and drivers, seventy-five 
 dollars each, and ten dollars additional to the fore- 
 man and assistant foreman of each company. The 
 assistant foreman of each company shall serve as 
 clerk of the company without additional compensa- 
 tion therefor.” 
 
 Approved March 12, 1897. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING 
 BUILDINGS AND FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 Section 1. That section eleven of chapter four 
 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem be 
 hereby amended by adding after the word ‘‘ street” 
 in the second line of said section the following 
 words: and to be occupied by more than one 
 
 family.” 
 
 Approved March 12., 1897. 
 
ORDINANCES PASSED IN 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING 
 THE SALEM WATER WORKS AND THE USE OF 
 WENHAM LAKE WATER. 
 
 Section 1. The City Council shall annually, in 
 the month of January, elect by ballot in concur- 
 rence a Joint Standing Committee on Water Works, 
 to be known as the Salem Water Board, consisting 
 of two members of the Board of Aldermen and 
 three members of the Common Council. 
 
 Section 2. The Salem Water Board shall, as soon 
 after their election as possible, meet and organize by 
 the election of a member thereof as President, who 
 shall also be chairman of the committee. Said Board 
 may make such rules and regulations for the govern- 
 ment of all officers and employees in the Water 
 Department, as they may deem expedient, provided 
 the same do not conflict with any statute of the 
 Commonwealth or ordinance of the city. 
 
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 ORDINACES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter LT of 
 the Hevised Ordinances of the City of Salem are 
 hei eby repealed. 
 
 Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved January 11, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING 
 THE SALEM WATER WORKS AND THE USE OF 
 WENHAM LAKE WATER. 
 
 Section 1. Section eighteen of Chapter tifty- 
 one of the Revised Ordinances is hereby amended 
 by striking out the whole of said section and insert- 
 ing in place thereof the following: 
 
 Xo charge shall be made for water supplied 
 through a special pipe for lire purposes only, pro- 
 vided that such pipe is approved by the Water 
 Board and is inserted at the expense of the water 
 taker. 
 
 Approved February 25, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 TO SEWERS AND DRAINS. 
 
 Section 1. Section twelve of Chapter thirty-six 
 of the Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby 
 
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 amended by striking out in the sixteenth line, after 
 the word drain,” the words Each permit may„ at 
 the discretion of said Commissioner, be subject to 
 the condition that such entrance shall be made in 
 the presence of an inspector designated by him,” and 
 inserting in place thereof the words : “All connec- 
 tions with main drains and common sewers shall be 
 made by a person holding a drain-layer’s license or 
 under his supervision and each permit shall be sub- 
 ject to the condition that such entrance shall be made 
 in the presence of an ins])ector designated by the 
 Commissioner of Streets,” so as to read as follows: 
 Section 12. ~No person shall enter a particular- 
 drain into any main drain or common sewer, or into 
 a private drain connected with any main drain or 
 common sewer, without a permit in widting fi-om the 
 Commissioner of Streets, which permit on the com- 
 pletion of the wor-k, shall be returmed to the said 
 commissioner, indorsed by the drain layer with a 
 statement of his proceedings thereunder. Said com- 
 missioner is hereby authorized under direction of 
 the Board of Aldermen to grant such per-mits for 
 estates which abut on the sewer into which an 
 entrance is desired. Each permit and the applica- 
 tion therefor- shall be subject to the pr-ovisions of 
 this ordinance, and shall state in detail the premises 
 to which it applies, and the time, place and manner 
 of constructing such particular drain. All connec- 
 
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 ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 tions with main drains and common sewers shall be 
 made by a person holding a drain layer’s license or 
 under his supervision and each permit shall be sub- 
 ject to the condition that such entrance shall be 
 made in the presence of an inspector designated by 
 the Commissioner of Streets. No private or partic- 
 ular drain shall be entered into any main drain or 
 common sewer, from any estate or part of an estate 
 not already assessed or not liable to assessment, for 
 the cost of such main drain or sewer, except by the 
 consent of the Board of Aldermen. Every person 
 to whom a permit is granted shall, before such per- 
 mit is issued, pay to the City Treasurer the sum 
 assessed or determined by said Board; provided, 
 however, that if such sum has not been assessed or 
 determined, such permit may be issued subject to the 
 condition that such payment shall be made whenever 
 such sum shall be assessed or determined as afore- 
 said. Said Commissioner of Streets, on the first 
 Monday of each month, shall transmit to the Board 
 of Aldermen a list of all such permits granted by 
 him during the previous month. 
 
 Approved May 25, 1898. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING- 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section two of Chapter twelve of the 
 Revised Ordinances of the City of Salem, as 
 amended October 29, 1896, is hereby farther 
 amended by striking out the words, “six hundred’' 
 in the second clause of said Section two, and insert- 
 ing in place thereof the words “one thousand,” so as 
 to read as follows: — 
 
 “To the Chief Engineer, one thousand dollars, 
 payable monthly.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect 
 upon the thirtieth day of April, A. D., 1898. 
 
 Approved June 4, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING 
 THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of Chapter twelve of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Salem is hereby amended 
 by striking out the words “ to each of the registrars 
 of voters seventy-five dollars ; and twenty-five dollars 
 additional for clerk of the board; payable annually 
 in December,” in the 66th, 67th and 68th lines 
 thereof, and inserting in place thereof the following 
 words, “ to each of the registrars of voters one hun- 
 dred dollars per annum and fifty dollars per annum 
 
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 additional for the clerk of the board, payable annu- 
 ally in December.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved August 12^ 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINA>XE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 
 C03IPENSATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of Chapter twelve of the 
 
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 ordinances of the City of Salem, as amended March 
 12, 1897, is hereb}' further amended hy adding after 
 the words twelve dollars ” the words, payable in 
 equal weekly payments,” so as to read as follows: 
 
 “ To the clerk and inspector of the Board of 
 Health one thousand three hundred and twelve 
 dollars, payable in equal weekly payments.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved August 12., 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF STREETS. 
 
 Section 1. Xo person or persons, other than a 
 regularly organized band, shall play upon any mus- 
 ical instrument, and no person or persons shall sing 
 or speak in the streets or public places of the City of 
 Salem unless duly licensed thereto by the Board of 
 Aldermen. 
 
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 Section 2. Whoever violates any provisions of 
 this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not 
 more than twenty dollars for each offence. 
 
 Approved October 13, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS 
 TO BE HELD BY THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS 
 FOR THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. 
 
 Section 1. The board of registrars of voters 
 shall hold not less than seven meetings for the regis- 
 tration of voters for the State election, and not less 
 than five meetings for the City election. 
 
 Approved October 14, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE DRIPPING OP OIL, GAS 
 HOUSE PRODUCTS, AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES UPON 
 THE STREETS AND WAYS OF THE CITY. 
 
 Section 1. 'No person shall transport, convey or 
 carry, or cause to be transported, conveyed or 
 carried, through any street or way of the city, any 
 kerosene oil, refined petroleum, gas house products 
 and similar substances, unless the vehicles, barrels 
 or vessels in which said oils or any of them are con- 
 tained while being so transported, conveyed or 
 carried, shall be so constructed and maintained as to 
 
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 prevent the escape therefrom of any. of their 
 contents. 
 
 Each tank-wagon or other vehicle used in trans- 
 porting through any street or way of the city, 
 kerosene oil, refined petroleum, gas house products 
 and similar substances for the purpose of selling, 
 delivering or distributing the same, shall, where the 
 contents of such tank-wagon or other vehicle is 
 delivered by means of a faucet or faucets, have per- 
 manently attached thereto beneath each such faucet 
 or faucets a drip pan of such size and form as shall 
 be approved by the commissioner of streets of the 
 city, in order that said oils and products, while being 
 transported, delivered or distributed as aforesaid, 
 shall not drip or fall upon the surface of any street 
 or way of the city; and no person shall allow or 
 permit said oils, or any of them, while being trans- 
 ported, delivered or distributed as aforesaid, to drip 
 or fall upon the surface of any street or way of the 
 city. 
 
 Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of 
 this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 
 ing twenty dollars for each offence. 
 
 Approved November 23, 1898, 
 
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 •AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FEES FOR DIGGING GRAVES 
 AND EMPTYING VAULTS AND CESSPOOLS. 
 
 Section 1. All persons making application to 
 the public property department for digging graves 
 shall, before such work shall be performed, pay to 
 the city treasurer the fee established for the same. 
 
 Section 2. All persons making applications to 
 the health department for emptying vaults or cess- 
 pools shall, before such work is performed, deposit 
 with the City Treasurer the price of one load, and 
 as soon as the work is completed a bill shall be ren- 
 dered and payment demanded for all in excess of 
 one load removed. 
 
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 
 upon its passage. 
 
 Approved December 28, 1898. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 
 
 Section 1. Section 24 of Chapter XXIII of the 
 ordinances of the city is hereby amended by striking 
 out the Avhole of said section and inserting in jdace 
 thereof the following: — 
 
 Section 24. The Board of Health shall have 
 entire supervision and control of the vaccination of 
 any or all the inhabitants of the city; and shall keep 
 
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 ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 a record of the name, age, residence and date of 
 successful vaccination of each person vaccinated by 
 its order or under its direction, by request of aii}^ 
 officer or board of the city or by the city physician; 
 and shall furnish certified copies from such record 
 whenever the same may be necessary or required. 
 Said Board shall require and enforce the vaccination 
 and re-vaccination of all the inhabitants of the city, 
 whenever in the opinion of said board, the public 
 health or safety requires such action. Every person 
 over twenty-one years of age, not under gardianship, 
 who neglects to comply with such requirements shall 
 forfeit the sum of five dollars as provided by statute. 
 Said boai-d shall furnish the means of free vaccination 
 or re-vaccination to all the inhabitants of the cit}" 
 whenever in the opinion of said Board, the public 
 safety requires it. 
 
 Apjyroved May 10, 1899. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE CITY PHYSICIAN. 
 
 Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter IX of the 
 Ordinances of the City is hereby amended by adding 
 thereto the following sentence: ^‘All duties per- 
 
 formed by him under this section shall be under the 
 supervision and direction of the Board of Health’’ so 
 as to read as follows : — 
 
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 Section 3. He shall vaccinate without charge all 
 persons sent to him by the Overseers of the Poor, such 
 scholars of the public schools, or applicants for 
 admission thereto, as the school committee may direct 
 and all other residents of the City who may apply to 
 him for that purpose, and are unable to pay for 
 such service; provided, such persons have not been 
 successfully vaccinated within three years. He shall 
 give certificates of such vaccination when the same 
 are necessary for admission to the public schools. 
 All duties performed by him under this section shall 
 be under the supervision and direction of the Board 
 of Health. 
 
 Approved^ May 10, 1899. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter XVI of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Salem as amended upon 
 June 20, 1895, and September 10, 1895 is hereby 
 farther amended by striking out the word three in 
 the third line thereof and inserting in place thereof 
 the word four,” and by striking out the words “ two 
 hose companies ” in the fourth line thereof and in- 
 serting in place thereof the words one hose com- 
 pany” and by striking out the words ^*^one engine- 
 
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 ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 man ” in the first line on page 147 and inserting in 
 place tliei-eof the words two enginemen ’’ so as to 
 read as follows: — 
 
 Section 1. The fire department shall consist of 
 a Chief Engineer, such Assistant Engineers as are 
 provided for in section 2 of this ordinance, four 
 steam fire engine companies, one hose company, two 
 hook and ladder companies, two enginemen and a 
 driver of the chemical engine, a driver of the supply 
 wagon and a relief driver. 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved May 12.1899. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FUNDS RECEIVED FROM SALE 
 OF LOTS IN GREENLAWN CEMETERY. 
 
 Section 1. The proceeds of all sales of lots or 
 portions of lots in Greenlawn Cemetery shall be paid 
 into the City Treasury and kept by the City Treas- 
 urer separate and apart from other funds, and be 
 appropriated and used to pay the principal and 
 interest of bonds amounting to four thousand dollars, 
 issued for laying out additional lots in said Cemetery, 
 dated August 1, 1899, until the same are fully paid 
 and thereafter to reimburse the City for any expense 
 'incurred in the improvement and embellishment of 
 said Cemetery. 
 
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 Section 2. 
 its passage. 
 
 This Ordinance shall take effect upon 
 Apj)roved September 13^ 1890. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 Section 1. Section 17 of Chapter XV of the 
 Oi’dinances of the City is hereby amended so as to 
 read as follows: — 
 
 Section 17. The office of the Treasurer and 
 Collector of the city shall be kept open for business 
 from Monday to Friday inclusive in each week from 
 8.30 o’clock A. M. to 4 o’clock p. m., and upon 
 Friday in each week from 7 o’clock p. m. to 9 o’clock 
 p. m., and upon Saturday of each week from 8.30 
 o’clock A. m. to 2 o’clock p. m. Provided, howevei*, 
 said office shall not be kept open upon any national 
 or state holiday.” 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved December 29, 1899. 
 
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 ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 Section 1. Chapter XV. Section 29 of the 
 revised ordinances is hereby amended as follows, 
 viz : — In the fifth (5th) line thereof strike out the 
 words second Monday of March ” and insert in 
 place thereof the words “ first regular meeting of the 
 Common Council in February.” 
 
 A'piwovtd December 29^ 1899, 
 
INDEX 
 
 Chap. IV. BUILDINGS. 
 
 Erection of // 
 
 !? 
 
 Chap. 
 
 Chap. 
 
 Stairways in. 
 
 IX. CITY PHYSICIAN. 
 Regulating duties. ^ 
 
 J 
 
 XII. COMPENSATION OF CITY OFFICERS. 
 Auditor. / ^ 
 
 Clerk board of health, f ^ 
 
 Clerk board of health paid weekly.<2 ^ 
 
 Commissioner of streets. / ^ 
 
 Registrars of voters. '3 
 Chief Engineer. S / 
 
 Members of fire department. / a 
 Drivers of fire department, j 
 
 Abolishment of steward of hook and ladder company. 
 Chap. XV. FINANCE. 
 
 City treasurer and collector, office combined. ^ 
 
 City treasurer and collector office hours of. S / 
 Annual appropriation, when submitted. 
 
 Chap. XVI. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Companies, number of. ^ 
 
 Leave of absence, permanent me 
 Supply wagon, driver of. ^ 
 
 Chap. XXIII. PUBLIC HEALTH. 
 
 Board of health, clerical assistance. / ^ 
 
 Board of health regulations for removal of paper, etc. 
 Vaccination. Q j 
 
 Chap. XXXII. POo/ DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Overseers of poor, how elected. 4> 
 
 Chap. XXXVI. SEWERS AND DRAINS. 
 
 Entering of. 
 
 
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 INDEX, 
 
 Chap. XLI. COMMISSIO^R OF STREETS. 
 
 Clerical assistance. 7 
 Chap. XLIV. USE OF STREETS. 
 
 Playing of musical instruments upon. 
 
 Chap. XLVI. STREETS. 
 
 Placing glass, tacks, etc. upon. (6 
 Chap. LI. WATER WORKS. 
 
 Committee, election of. 
 
 Water, building purposes. / Sir ^ . 
 
 Water rates changed without notice.^ 
 
 Water for fire purposes. 
 
 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. ^ 
 
 CEMETERY LOTS, DISPOSAL OF FUND FOR SALE OF. 5 
 CESS POOLS, CLEANING OF. ^.7 
 GRAVES, DIGGING OF. S.1 ' 
 
 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, MEETINGS OF. ^ ! 
 
 STREETS, TRANSPORTATION OF OIL, ETC. THROUGH. ^ 
 SEWER ASSESSMENTS. ^ ’ 
 
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