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 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 
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ACTS OF 1895. 
 
 CHAP. 148 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 (See Amendments following- this Act. viz: 1897, Chapter 76; 
 1904, Chapter 254; 1909, Chapter 241. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 
 
 TITLE 1. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. 
 
 Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of city of Non h Adams 
 
 incorporated 
 
 North Adams shall, in case of the acceptance of this 
 act by the voters of said town as hereinafter pro¬ 
 vided, continue to be a body politic and corporate, 
 under the name of the City of North Adams; and as 
 such shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, 
 immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be sub¬ 
 ject to all the duties and obligations, now pertaining 
 to and incumbent upon the said town as a municipal 
 corporation. 
 
 Section 2. The administration of all the fiscal, Government to be 
 
 1 vested in mayor 
 
 prudential and municipal affairs of said city, with and city council, 
 the government thereof, shall, except the affairs of 
 public schools, be vested in an executive depart¬ 
 ment, which shall consist of one officer, to be called 
 the mayor, and in a legislative department which 
 shall consist of a single body, to be called the city 
 council, the members whereof shall be called council- 
 men. The executive department shall never exer¬ 
 cise any legislative power, and the legislative de- 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Division into wards. 
 
 Municipal election 
 and municipal 
 year. 
 
 Mayor, council men, 
 etc., to be elected 
 by ballot, etc. 
 
 partment shall never exercise any executive power, 
 excepDas herein otherwise provided. 
 
 Section 3. The territory of said city shall first 
 be divided into seven wards, as hereinafter pro¬ 
 vided, but said number, upon any subsequent 
 division of said city into new wards, may be in¬ 
 creased by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
 members of the city council, passed previous to and 
 in the year of such division. 
 
 TITLE 2. ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS. 
 
 Section 4. The municipal election shall take 
 place annually on the third Tuesday of December, 
 and the municipal year shall begin on the first Mon¬ 
 day of January following. All meetings of the 
 citizens for municipal purposes shall be called by 
 warrants issued by order of the city council, which 
 shall be in such form, and be served and returned in 
 such manner and at such times, as the city council 
 may by ordinance direct. 
 
 Section 5. At such municipal election the quali¬ 
 fied voters shall give in their votes by ballot in the 
 several wards for mayor and councilmen, and for the 
 members of the board of assessors, board of trustees 
 of the public library, and of the school committee 
 then to be elected, and the person receiving the 
 highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed 
 and declared to be elected to such office; and when¬ 
 ever two or more persons are to be elected to the 
 same office the several persons, up to the number 
 required to be chosen, receiving the highest number 
 of votes shall be deemed and declared to be elected. : 
 If it shall appear that there is no choice of mayor, or 
 if the person elected mayor shall refuse to accept 
 the office, or shall die before qualifying, or if a va¬ 
 cancy in said office shall occur subsequently and 
 more than three months previous to the expiration 
 
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 of the municipal year, the city council shall forth¬ 
 with cause warrants to be issued for a new election, 
 and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects 
 as hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, 
 and shall be repeated until the election of a mayor is 
 completed. If the full number of members of the 
 city council has not been elected, or if a vacancy in 
 the office of councilman shall occur subsequently 
 and more than six months previous to the expir¬ 
 ation of the municipal year, the council may forth¬ 
 with elect some person or persons to fill the vacancy 
 or vacancies until the next annual municipal elec¬ 
 tion. The board of assessors shall consist of three 
 persons who shall be elected in the manner provided 
 in section forty-one for the election of trustees of 
 the public library. 
 
 Section 6. All meetings for the election of 
 national, state, county and district officers shall be 
 called by order of the city council, in the same man¬ 
 ner as meetings for municipal elections are called. 
 
 Section 7. The city council may, when no con¬ 
 venient wardroom for holding the meetings of the 
 citizens of any ward can be had within the territorial 
 limits of such ward, appoint and direct, in the war¬ 
 rant for calling any meeting of the citizens of such 
 ward, that the meeting be held in some convenient 
 place within the limits of any adjacent ward of the 
 city; and for such purpose the place so assigned 
 shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the ward 
 for which the election is held. 
 
 Section 8. General meetings of the citizens 
 qualified to vote may from time to time be held ac¬ 
 cording to the right secured to the people by the 
 constitution of this Commonwealth*, and all such 
 meetings may, and upon the request in writing of 
 
 Meetings for elec¬ 
 tion of national, 
 state, etc., officers. 
 
 Ward meetings may 
 be held in adja¬ 
 cent ward. 
 
 General meetings of 
 qualified voters. 
 
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 fifty qualified voters setting forth the purposes there¬ 
 of, shall be duly called by the city council. 
 
 TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Cl tion“er n m, 1 etc elec " Section 9. The members of the city council 
 shall consist of twenty-one councilmen at large, who 
 shall be elected by the inhabitants of the city as 
 follows: At the first municipal election held under 
 this act twenty-one members at large of the council i 
 shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire 
 city, seven to serve for the term of three years, | 
 seven for the term of two years and seven for the 
 term of one year, beginning with the first Monday 
 in January then next ensuing; and thereafter seven 
 members at large of said city council shall be elected 
 in like manner at each annual municipal election, 
 to serve for the term of three years beginning with 
 the first Monday in January next ensuing, in place 
 of the members at large whose term then expires. 
 At the first municipal .election no voter shall vote 
 for more than five of the councilmen to be elected for 
 each term, that is to say, not more than fifteen in the 
 aggregate on one ballot, and the seven having the 
 highest number of votes for each term shall be de¬ 
 clared elected. At all municipal elections subse¬ 
 quent to the first election no voter shall vote for 
 more than five of the seven councilmen to be elected 
 at an annual election on one ballot, and, the seven 
 having the highest number of votes shall be declared 
 elected. The councilmen shall hold office for three 
 years, except as herein otherwise provided, begin¬ 
 ning with the first Monday in January next succeed -1 
 ing their election, and until their successors shall be 
 elected and qualified. A majority of the board shall i 
 
 Quorum, etc. constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, i 
 
 In case an election is held to fill a vacancy or va-1 
 cancies in the council a voter may vote for the coun- 
 
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 cilman necessary to fill such vacancies in addition 
 to the number above provided. 
 
 Section 10. The mayor and the councilmen oaths of office of 
 elect shall annually, on the first Monday in January, 3fmen. and coun ~ 
 at ten o’clock in the forenoon, meet and be sworn to 
 the faithful discharge of their duties. The oath 
 shall be administered at their first meeting after the 
 acceptance of this act, by the town clerk, and in sub¬ 
 sequent years by the city clerk, or, in his absence, by 
 any justice of the peace, and shall be duly certified 
 on the journal of the city council. In case of the 
 absence of the mayor elect on the first Monday in 
 January, or if a mayor shall not then have been 
 elected, the oath of office may at any time thereafter 
 be administered to him, and at any time there¬ 
 after, in like manner, the oath of office may be 
 adminstered to any member of the council who 
 has been previously absent or has been subsequently 
 elected; and every such oath shall be duly certified 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 Section 11. After the oath has been adminis- City council, organ- 
 tered to the councilmen present they shall be called ScSs,’cFtycieuf 
 to order, at their first organization by the town etc - 
 clerk, and in subsequent years by the city 
 clerk, or in case of the absence of the city clerk, by 
 the oldest senior member present. The council 
 shall then proceed to elect one of their own number 
 president of the council by ballot. If no quorum is 
 present an adjournment shall be taken to a later 
 hour or to the next day, and thereafter the same pro¬ 
 ceedings shall be had from day to day until a 
 quorum shall be present. If any person receive the 
 votes of a majority of all the members of the council, 
 such person shall be declared chosen president 
 thereof. If on the first day on which a quorum is 
 present no person receives the votes of such ma- 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Special meetings of 
 city council. 
 
 To determine rules 
 of its proceedings, 
 be judge of elec¬ 
 tion of its mem¬ 
 bers, etc. 
 
 jority they shall proceed to ballot until some person 
 receives the votes of such majority, or an adjourn¬ 
 ment to the succeeding day is taken, and on such 
 succeeding day a plurality of those voting shall be 
 sufficient for an election. No other business shall 
 be in order until a president is chosen. The presi¬ 
 dent shall be sworn by the town or city clerk, as 
 the case may be, or in case of the absence of the 
 clerk, by any justice of the peace. The council 
 shall then proceed to the choice of a city clerk, in 
 the same manner as above provided for the choice 
 of president. The president may be removed from 
 the presidency of the council and the clerk may be 
 removed from office by the affirmative vote of two- 
 thirds of all the members of the council, taken by 
 roll call. The president of the council shall have the 
 same right to vote as any other member thereof. 
 
 Section 12. The mayor may at any time call a 
 special meeting of the city council, by causing writ¬ 
 ten notification thereof, together with a statement 
 of the subjects to be considered thereat, to be de¬ 
 posited in the post-office, postpaid, and addressed to 
 the persons to be notified, or left at the usual place 
 of residence of each member of the council, at least 
 twenty-four hours before the time appointed for 
 such meeting. 
 
 Section 13. The city council shall determine the 
 rules of its own proceedings and shall be judge of the 
 election returns and qualifications of its own mem¬ 
 bers. In case of the absence of the president the 
 council shall choose a president pro tempore, and a 
 plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient for a choice. 
 The council shall sit with open doors, whether in 
 session as a council or as a committee of the whole, 
 and shall cause a journal of its proceedings to be 
 open to public inspection. The vote of the council 
 
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 upon any question shall be taken by roll call when 
 the same is requested by at least three members. 
 A majority of the members of the council shall be 
 required to constitute a quorum, but a smaller num¬ 
 ber may adjourn from day to day. The council 
 shall, so far as is not inconsistent with this act, have 
 and exercise all the legislative powers of towns, and 
 have all the powers and be subject to all the lia¬ 
 bilities of city councils, and of either branch thereof, 
 under the general laws of the Commonwealth, 
 and it may by ordinance prescribe the manner in 
 which such powers shall be exercised. They shall 
 receive no compensation for their services as mem¬ 
 bers of the city council or any committee thereof. 
 
 Section 14. Neither the city council nor any 
 member or committee thereof shall directly or 
 indirectly take part in the employment of labor, 
 the making of contracts, the purchase of materials 
 or supplies, the construction, alteration or repair of 
 any public works, buildings or other property of 
 the care, custody or management of the same, or 
 in the conduct of any of the executive or administra¬ 
 tive business of the city, or in the expenditure of 
 public money, except such as may be necessary for 
 the contingent and incidental expenses of the city 
 council,' nor in the appointment or removal of any 
 officers, except as herein otherwise provided; but 
 nothing in this section contained shall affect the 
 powers or duties of the council in relation to state 
 aid to disabled soldiers and sailors and to the families 
 of those killed in the civil war. 
 
 Section 15.* The city council shall in the month 
 of January choose an auditor of accounts, who shall 
 hold office for the term of one year beginning with 
 the first Monday in February next ensuing, and until 
 
 ^Effected by Acts of 1905, Chapter 373. 
 
 Quorum, etc. 
 
 Not to take part in 
 employment o f 
 labor,' making of 
 contracts, etc. 
 
 Auditor of accounts. 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Appropriations, etc. 
 
 Account of receipts 
 and expenditures 
 to be published, 
 etc. 
 
 North Adams Hos¬ 
 pital. 
 
 City ordinances, 
 penalties, etc. 
 
 his successor is chosen and qualified. A majority 
 of the votes of all the members of the council 
 taken by roll call shall be necessary for the choice of 
 the auditor of accounts, and he may be removed by 
 the council. 
 
 Section 16. The city council shall appropriate 
 annually in the months of March and April the 
 amount necessary to meet the expenditures of the 
 city for the current municipal year. It shall take 
 care that no money is paid from the treasury unless 
 granted or appropriated, and shall secure a just and 
 proper accountability by requiring bonds with 
 sufficient penalties and sureties from all persons 
 entrusted with the receipt, custody or disbursement 
 of money. It shall as often as once in each year, 
 ten days at least prior to the annual election, cause 
 to be published for the use of the inhabitants a 
 particular account of the receipts and expenditures 
 of said city and a schedule of all city property and 
 of the city debt. Any appropriation made by the 
 city council for the erection of a city hall, or for 
 land for a location of such building, shall be subject 
 to the ratification by the legal voters of the city 
 voting in their respective precincts at an annual 
 municipal election. The city council may appro¬ 
 priate money from time to time in aid of the North 
 Adams Hospital, and in return for such appropria¬ 
 tions the said hospital shall receive persons for the 
 reception of whom the city may erect, establish 
 and maintain a hospital; buc such appropriations 
 shall not exceed in any one year a sum amounting 
 to one-tenth of one per cent, of the valuation of tjie 
 city for the preceding year. 
 
 Sect on 17. The city council shall have the 
 power within said city to make and establish ordi¬ 
 nances and by-laws, and to affix penalties as herein 
 and by general law, provided, without the sanction 
 
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 of any court or justice thereof: provided, however, 
 that all laws and regulations now in force in the 
 town of North Adams shall, until they shall expire 
 by their limitation or be revised or repealed by the 
 council, remain in force. Complaint for the breach 
 of any ordinance or by-law may be made by the 
 mayor or any head of a department or by any resi¬ 
 dent of the city. 
 
 Section 18. No vote of the city council granting 
 or bestowing an exclusive franchise of any descrip¬ 
 tion to any person or corporation shall be valid 
 unless the same shall be approved by a vote of the 
 qualified voters of the city, voting at large in their 
 respective precincts at the annual municipal election. 
 
 Section 19. The city council shall not authorize 
 the erection of a schoolhouse, or of any addition 
 thereto, nor pass any appropriation for such pur¬ 
 pose, until plans for the same have been approved 
 by vote of the school committee, and such approval 
 has been certified in writing to the council by the 
 chairman of said committee. 
 
 Section 20. The city council shall establish a 
 fire department for said city, to consist of a chief 
 and of such officers and members as the city council 
 by ordinance shall from time to time prescribe; 
 and said council shall have authority to define their 
 rank and duties and in general to make such regu¬ 
 lations concerning the conduct and government of 
 such department, the management of fires and the 
 conduct of persons attending fires, as they may 
 deem expedient, and may fix such penalties for any 
 •violation of such regulations or any of them as are 
 provided for breach of the ordinances of said city. 
 The appointment of all the officers and members 
 of such department shall be vested in the mayor 
 exclusively, who shall have authority to remove 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Certain votes of city 
 # to be approved by 
 qualified voters. 
 
 Plans for school- 
 houses to be ap¬ 
 proved by school 
 committee, etc. 
 
 Fire Department. 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Fire limits may be 
 established, etc. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Police department. 
 
 Streets, Highways, 
 etc. 
 
 Majority vote of all 
 members neces¬ 
 sary for the pas¬ 
 sage of certain or¬ 
 dinances, etc. 
 
 from office any officer or member for cause. The 
 chief and officers shall be the firewards of the city. 
 
 Section 21. The city council shall have power 
 to establish fire limits within the city, and from time 
 to time change or enlarge the same, and by ordi¬ 
 nance they may regulate the construction of all 
 buildings erected within said fire limits, stipulating 
 their location, size and the material of which they 
 shall be constructed, together with such other rules 
 and regulations as shall tend to prevent damage by 
 fire: provided, that such rules and regulations 
 shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this Com¬ 
 monwealth. 
 
 Section 22. The city council shall establish by 
 ordinance a police department, to consist of a chief 
 of police and such officers and men as it may pre¬ 
 scribe, and make regulations for the government of 
 the department. The appointment of all the mem¬ 
 bers of such department shall be vested in the 
 mayor exclusively, who shall have power to remove 
 any member for cause. 
 
 Section 23. The city council shall, with the 
 approval [of the mayor, have exclusive authority 
 and power to order^the laying out, locating anew or 
 discontinuing of all streets and ways and highways 
 within the limits of said city, and to assess the dam¬ 
 ages sustained by any person thereby, and further, 
 except as herein otherwise provided, to act in all 
 matters relating to such laying out, locating anew, 
 altering or discontinuing. Any person aggrieved 
 by the assessment of his damages, or other action of 
 the council under this section, shall have all the 
 rights and privileges now allowed by law in such* 
 cases in appeals from decisions of the selectmen of 
 towns. 
 
 Section 24. In case any ordinance, order, reso¬ 
 lution or vote involves the appropriation or expen- 
 
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 diture of money to an amount which may exceed 
 two hundred dollars, the laying of an assessment 
 or the granting to a person or corporation of any 
 right in, over or under any street or other public 
 ground of said city, the affirmative votes of a ma¬ 
 jority of all the members of the city council shall be 
 necessary for its passage. Every such ordinance, 
 order, resolution or vote shall be read twice, with 
 an interval of at least three days between the 
 two readings, before being finally passed, 
 and the vote upon its final passage shall be 
 taken by roll call: provided, however, that upon and 
 after the written recommendation of the mayor, the 
 city council may pass such ordinance, resolution or 
 vote upon the same day, by a two-thirds yea and 
 nay vote. 
 
 Section 25. At any meeting of the city council 
 it shall be in order for any member thereof to give 
 written notice, seconded in writing by a majority at 
 least of all the members of the council, of his in¬ 
 tention to move at the next meeting thereof, occur¬ 
 ring within not less than ten days, a resolution that 
 the mayor be removed for official misconduct or 
 neglect of duty. Such notice shall specify as par¬ 
 ticularly as possible the acts of misconduct or the 
 instances of neglect of duty complained of, shall be 
 entered at large by the clerk in the minutes of the 
 council, and the clerk shall within two days serve a 
 copy upon the mayor and mail a copy to each of the 
 members of the council at his residence. At such 
 next meeting of the council the mayor shall have the 
 right to speak in his own defence and to be heard by 
 counsel. The vote on the resolution shall be by 
 roll call. If the resolution fails to receive the affirm¬ 
 ative votes of three-fourths of all the members of 
 the council it shall have no effect, and shall not be 
 re-introduced during that meeting of the council. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Mayor may be re¬ 
 moved from office 
 for official miscon¬ 
 duct or neglect of 
 duty. 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Members of council 
 not to hold other 
 city offices, etc. 
 
 Certain ordinances, 
 etc., to be approv¬ 
 ed by mayor. 
 
 Executive powers 
 vested in mayor, 
 etc. 
 
 If it receives the affirmative votes of three-fourths 
 of all the members of the council it shall, upon the 
 recording of such vote, take effect, and the office 
 of mayor shall thereupon become vacant. The 
 council shall there upon order a warrant for a new 
 election for mayor to be issued, and such further 
 proceedings shall be had as are provided in section 
 five of this act in case of a failure to elect a mayor. 
 
 Section 26. No member of the city council 
 shall, during the term for which he is elected, hold 
 any other office in or under the city government, 
 have the expenditure of any money appropriated 
 by the council, or act as counsel in any matter 
 before the council or any committee thereof; and 
 no person shall be eligible for appointment to any 
 municipal office established by the council during 
 any municipal year within which he was council¬ 
 man, until the expiration of the succeeding munic¬ 
 ipal year. 
 
 Section 27. Every ordinance, order, resolution 
 or vote of the city council, except such as relates to 
 its own internal affairs, to its officers or employees, 
 to the election or duties of the auditor of accounts 
 and any city clerk, to the removal of the mayor or 
 to the declaration of a vacancy in the office of mayor, 
 shall be presented to the mayor for his approval, 
 and like proceedings shall be had thereon as are in 
 such case provided by general laws relating to cities. 
 
 TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 28. The executive powers of the city 
 shall be vested solely in the mayor, and may be 
 exercised by him either personally or through the 
 several officers and boards of the city in their de¬ 
 partments, under his general supervision and con¬ 
 trol. In case of a vacancy in any office to which 
 appointment is made by the mayor, he may per- 
 
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 sonally perform the duties thereof, but he shall not 
 be entitled to receive any salary or pay attached 
 thereto. The mayor shall hold office for the mu¬ 
 nicipal year beginning with the first Monday in 
 January following his election unless sooner re¬ 
 moved, and until his successor is elected and qualified. 
 
 Section 29. The mayor shall have the sole 
 power of appointment to all the municipal offices 
 established by or under this act, unless herein 
 otherwise provided; and he may, except as herein 
 otherwise provided, remove from office by written 
 order any officer so appointed hereunder, for any 
 cause which he shall in his official discretion deem 
 sufficient, which cause he shall assign in his order of 
 removal. Such office shall become and be vacant 
 upon the filing with the city clerk of such order of 
 removal and a service of a copy thereof upon the 
 officer so removed, either personally or by leaving 
 the same at his last or usual place of residence. 
 The city clerk shall keep such order of removal on 
 file, where it shall be open to public inspection. 
 
 Section 30. Whenever by reason of sickness or 
 other cause the mayor shall be disabled from per¬ 
 forming the duties of his office he may designate by 
 writing filed in the office of the city clerk, either the 
 city treasurer, the city clerk, or the city solicitor, 
 to act as mayor, or in case of the failure of the mayor 
 to make such designation, the above mentioned 
 officers in the order above named, then performing 
 the duties of his office, shall act as mayor. Such 
 officer shall during the continuance of such dis¬ 
 ability have all the rights and powers of mayor, 
 except that he shall not when so acting have the 
 power of removal, unless thereto in any instance 
 authorized by vote of the city council, nor any 
 power of appointment unless such disability of the 
 mayor has continued for a period of thirty days, 
 
 Term of office. 
 
 Appointment and 
 removal of munic¬ 
 ipal officers. 
 
 By whom duties may 
 be performed in 
 case of disability 
 of mayor. 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 President of council 
 to act in case of 
 vacancy in office 
 of mayor. 
 
 School committee, 
 election, term, etc. 
 
 and then subject to the approval of the city council, 
 nor power to approve or disapprove any ordinance, 
 order, resolution or vote until within twenty-four 
 hours of the time when it would take effect without 
 the approval of the mayor. In case such disability 
 of the mayor continues for a period exceeding sixty 
 days the city council may at any time after the 
 expiration of that period declare a vacancy to exist 
 in the office of mayor. 
 
 Section 31. Whenever there shall be a vacancy 
 in the office of mayor the president of the city council 
 shall act as mayor and possess all the rights and 
 powers of mayor during such vacancy, except that 
 when so acting as mayor he shall not have the power 
 of appointment or removal unless thereto in any 
 instance authorized by vote of the council. 
 
 TITLE 5. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 32. The management and control of 
 schools of said city shall be vested solely in a school 
 committee, consisting of six members at large, who 
 shall be elected by the inhabitants of the city as 
 follows: At the first municipal election held under 
 this act six members of the school committee shall 
 be elected by the qualified voters of the entire city, 
 two to serve for the term of three years, two for the 
 term of two years and two for the term of one year, 
 beginning with the first Monday in January then 
 next ensuing; and thereafter two members at large 
 of said school committee shall be elected in like man¬ 
 ner at each annual municipal election, to serve for 
 the term of three years beginning with the first 
 Monday in January next ensuing, in place of the 
 members at large whose term then expires. The 
 school committee shall at its first meeting in each 
 municipal year, or as soon thereafter as may be, 
 choose a chairman from among its members by 
 
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 ballot, and the votes of a majority of all the members 
 of the board shall be required in order to elect. 
 
 Section 33. The school committee shall on the 
 first Monday in June, or as soon thereafter as may 
 be, choose by vote of a majority of its members, but 
 not from their number, a superintendent of schools, 
 who shall be under its direction and control. Such 
 superintendent shall hold office until the first Mon¬ 
 day in June next ensuing unless sooner removed, and 
 until his successor is chosen and qualified, an(J he 
 may be removed at any time by the school com¬ 
 mittee by a vote of a majority of its members. 
 The school committee shall in case of a vacancy in 
 their number, forthwith notify the city council, and 
 the council shall call a joint convention of the mem¬ 
 bers thereof and of the school committee, and at 
 such convention the vacancy shall, by vote of a 
 majority of all the members of the two bodies, be 
 filled until the end of the municipal year in which 
 the warrant for the next ensuing annual municipal 
 election is issued, and at such election the vacancy 
 shall be filled for the remainder, if any, of the unex¬ 
 pired term, in the same manner as the member 
 whose office is vacant was elected. The school com¬ 
 mittee shall fix and establish the compensation of 
 all persons employed by them. 
 
 TITLE 6. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS 
 
 Section 34. There shall be the following ad¬ 
 ministrative officers, who shall be appointed by the 
 mayor and who shall perform the duties by law and 
 hereinafter prescribed for them, respectively, and 
 such further duties not inconsistent with the nature 
 of their respective offices as the city council may 
 prescribe. I.* A board of public works, consisting 
 of three persons, who shall also be overseers of the 
 
 ^Amended by Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
 Superintendent of 
 schools, election, 
 term, etc. 
 
 Vacancy on school 
 committee, etc. 
 
 Administrative offi¬ 
 cers, appointment, 
 duties, term, etc. 
 
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 CHARTER 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Oaths of office. 
 
 poor and commissioners of public burial places. 
 II. A city treasurer, who shall also be the collector 
 of taxes. III. A city solicitor. IV. A chief of 
 police. V.* A chief of the fire department. VI. 
 A board of health, consisting of three persons. 
 VII. A city engineer, who shall also be inspector of 
 buildings. VIII. A city bookkeeper, who shall also 
 be clerk of the board of public works, and shall keep 
 the accounts of all the departments except as herein 
 otherwise provided. The above-named boards and 
 officers shall be appointed on or before the first 
 Monday in February and shall hold their respective 
 offices for the term of one year beginning with the 
 first Monday in February, unless sooner removed, 
 and until their respective successors, or in case of 
 boards, until a majority of the members thereof, are 
 appointed and qualified: provided, however, that 
 the appointment of the chief of police shall not be 
 for any specified time, but shall hold good until his 
 death, resignation or removal by the mayor, who 
 shall have power to remove him for incompetency 
 or cause. They shall be sworn or affirmed to the 
 faithful discharge of the duties of their respective 
 offices, which oath or affirmation, or a certified copy 
 thereof, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. 
 IX. A board of license commissioners, as prescribed 
 in chapter four hundred and twenty-eight of the 
 acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 
 The board of assessors shall be entitled to choose a 
 clerk, who shall not be one of their own number. 
 The board of public works shall appoint a super¬ 
 intendent of outdoor work who shall hold no other 
 municipal office, and a superintendent of the water 
 works, neither of whom shall be of their own num¬ 
 ber, and who shall severally hold their offices for 
 one year unless sooner removed by said board, and 
 
 ^Amended by Acts of 1909, Chapter 241. 
 
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 until their respective successors are appointed and 
 qualified. 
 
 TITLE 7. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
 
 Section 35. The city clerk shall have charge cuy clerk, duties, 
 of all journals, records, papers and documents of 
 the city, attest all warrants, and do such other acts 
 in his said capacity as the city council may require 
 of him. He shall be the clerk of the council and 
 shall keep a journal of all votes and proceedings. 
 
 He shall engross all the ordinances passed by the 
 
 city council, in a book provided for that purpose, 
 
 and shall add proper indexes, which book shall be 
 
 deemed a public record of such ordinances. He- 
 
 shall perform such other duties as are required by 
 
 law or shall be prescribed by the council. In case 
 
 of the temporary absence of the city clerk the 
 
 president of the council may appoint a clerk pro CIerk P ro tempore. 
 
 tempore, who shall be duly qualified. 
 
 Section 36. The auditor shall have charge of Audltor * dutles - etc - 
 all revenue and expenditure accounts of the city 
 and shall keep a set of books showing in detail the 
 revenues and expenditures of the city. He shall 
 examine all pay rolls, bills or demands rendered 
 against the city, and all orders or votes of the city 
 council for the payment of money, shall see that 
 they have been incurred with due authority, that 
 they are properly approved by some person au¬ 
 thorized thereto, and that the clerical computations 
 are correct. He shall see that vouchers are prepared 
 in proper form, and that the same are duly recorded 
 and distributed to their proper account. If he 
 approves of a bill, pay roll or demand, he shall 
 endorse it with his certificate of approval and shall 
 cause an abstract of the same to be entered on a 
 book kept for that purpose, and shall pass it to the 
 treasurer for payment. He shall perform such 
 
20 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 other duties as from time to time shall be assigned 
 him by the city council. In case of the disability 
 
 Auditor pro tem- 01* absence of the auditor the president of the council 
 pore ’ shall appoint an auditor, pro tempore, who shall be 
 
 duly qualified. 
 
 B works,°powers^du- Section 37.* The board of public works shall 
 
 ties, etc. exercise the powers and be subject to the duties 
 
 prescribed for boards of overseers of the poor by the 
 laws of the Commonwealth. The board of public 
 works shall have cognizance, direction and control:— 
 (a) Of the construction, alteration, repair, care and 
 lighting of streets, ways and sidewalks. ( b ) Of 
 the construction, alteration, repair, and care of 
 public buildings; except that the care, construction, 
 alteration and repair of all school buildings shall 
 remain under the control of the school committee, 
 (c) Of the construction, alteration, repair, and care 
 of public sewers and drains, (d) Of the construction, 
 alteration, repair, care and maintenance of public 
 bridges, (e) Of the laying out and caring for public 
 burial places and public parks, and of all work in or 
 upon the same. (/) Of the construction, extension, 
 alteration and repair of the public water works. 
 (g) Of the care, superintendence and management 
 of the public grounds belonging to said city, except 
 such grounds as are under the control of the school 
 committee, and of the shade and ornamental trees 
 standing and growing therein, (h) Of the super¬ 
 vision of fire-alarm, electric light, power, telephone, 
 telegraph and trolley wires, and electric light, 
 telegraph and telephone poles and gas pipes. The 
 said board may require that no person or corpora¬ 
 tion authorized by the city council to dig up any 
 public street or sidewalk in said city shall begin 
 such digging before furnishing to such board of 
 public works security satisfactory to them to re- 
 
 *Amended by Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
CHARTER 
 
 21 
 
 store such street or sidewalk to its former condition. 
 The said board shall also, except as herein other¬ 
 wise provided, have, exclusively, the powers and 
 be subject to the duties, liabilities and penalties 
 which may be by law given to or imposed upon 
 road commissioners of towns.* They shall as over¬ 
 seers of the poor appoint a city physician. 
 
 Section 38. The city treasurer shall collect all 
 the water rents and charges and all moneys due the 
 city, and shall receive, have the custody 
 of, and pay out all moneys, upon the certificate 
 of the auditor, and cause an accurate account 
 of the same to be kept in proper bookkeep¬ 
 ing form, or such form as the city council may 
 prescribe. He shall make to the council, annually 
 or oftener, at such time or times in each year 
 as it shall prescribe, a full and detailed state¬ 
 ment of the receipts and expenditures of the 
 city during such portion of the financial year as it 
 may direct, and of the cash balance or surplus; 
 and in every such statement the different sources 
 of the city revenue and the amount received from 
 each, the several appropriations made, the object for 
 which they were made and the amount of moneys ex¬ 
 pended under each, the money borrowed on the credit 
 of the city, the authority under which each loan was 
 made, and the terms on which the same was obtained, 
 shall be clearly and particularly specified. He shall 
 cause to be reported weekly to the auditor a state¬ 
 ment of all the receipts and disbursements in order 
 that the proper entries may be made in the books 
 kept by the auditor. No person who is a bank 
 official or employee shall be eligible to the office of 
 treasurer. 
 
 To have powers, etc. 
 of road commis¬ 
 sioners. 
 
 To’ appoint a city 
 physician. 
 
 City treasurer, du¬ 
 ties, etc. 
 
 Certain persons in¬ 
 eligible. 
 
 Effected by Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
22 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 City solicitor, duties, 
 etc. 
 
 City engineer, du¬ 
 ties, etc. 
 
 Trustees of public 
 library, election, 
 term, etc. 
 
 Section 39. The city solicitor shall for the salary 
 herein provided perform all legal services in matters 
 in which the city is interested, and attend to all 
 proceedings at law or in equity in which the city is a 
 party, and all claims made to the council. For 
 these purposes he shall have sole charge of all such 
 matters and proceedings. He shall give in writing 
 his legal opinion upon any of the municipal affairs 
 of the city upon the request of the mayor or council, 
 and in addition give his opinion upon the law re¬ 
 lating to the municipal affairs in any department 
 upon request made by the head of such department. 
 
 Section 40. The city engineer shall give his 
 whole time to the city, and shall have sole charge 
 and control of and shall attend to all the engineering 
 work of the city. He shall, at the request of the 
 board of public works, prepare plans and estimates 
 of any proposed alterations in or construction of 
 public sewers and drains and conduits, streets, 
 sidewalks, water works and other public works. 
 He shall assist the city solicitor as far as possible in 
 defending the city against suits and claims brought 
 against it for damages sustained by reason of any 
 defect or want of repair in any public way, or for any 
 cause whatever. He shall perform such other 
 duties as the city council may prescribe, not incon¬ 
 sistent herewith. As inspector of public buildings 
 he shall have control of the enforcement of the 
 regulations regarding plumbing, and shall perform 
 such other duties as shall be from time to time 
 prescribed by law and the ordinances of the city 
 council. 
 
 Section 41. The trustees of the public library 
 shall consist of three members at large, who shall be 
 elected by the inhabitants of the city as follows: 
 At the first municipal election held under this act 
 
CHARTER 
 
 23 
 
 one trustee shall be elected to serve for the term of 
 three years, one for the term of two years and one 
 for the term of one year, beginning with the first Mon¬ 
 day in January then next ensuing, and thereafter 
 one trustee at large shall be elected in like manner 
 at each annual municipal election, to serve for the 
 term of three years beginning with the first Monday 
 in January next ensuing, in place of the trustee at 
 large whose term then expires. The trustees of the 
 public library shall have the care and management 
 of the public library. 
 
 Section 42.* The auditor shall also be the city A almoner?etc. Clty 
 almoner, and shall keep a record of the settlements 
 of all paupers or persons who are or may become a 
 city charge, and shall, under the direction of and by 
 the authority of the overseers of the poor, relieve 
 the wants of such paupers outside the almshouse 
 as may be necessary and proper. He shall, as 
 aforesaid, see that paupers who are chargeable to 
 other cities and towns are maintained by such cities 
 and towns at their own expense, and that the city 
 shall be reimbursed for outlays made for the 
 paupers chargeable to the Commonwealth or other 
 cities or towns. He shall, under the direction of 
 the overseers of the poor, report all cases needing 
 legal attention to the city solicitor, and shall furnish 
 him with all the information possible in con¬ 
 troversies arising over pauper settlements or other¬ 
 wise. He shall perform such other duties as the 
 overseers of the poor may from time to time direct. 
 
 Section 43. All city officers not hereinbefore 
 mentioned shall perform such duties as are or may 
 
 Duties of certain city 
 officers. 
 
 ♦Amended by Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
24 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 Administrative 
 boards, etc., may 
 appoint and dis¬ 
 charge subordin¬ 
 ates, etc. 
 
 Contracts for sup¬ 
 plies, etc. 
 
 To be accountable at 
 all times to the 
 mayor. 
 
 Record of official 
 transactions to be 
 kept. 
 
 be from time to time prescribed by law, and such 
 other duties, not inconsistent herewith or with 
 general laws, as the council may from time to time 
 prescribe. 
 
 Section 44. The administrative officers and 
 boards above-named in this title, and all administra¬ 
 tive officers and boards hereafter established by the 
 city council and not coming within the department 
 of any officer or board so above-named, shall have 
 the power, except as herein otherwise provided, to 
 appoint or employ, and to remove or discharge, all 
 officers, clerks and employees in their respective 
 departments. Such appointment shall not be 
 for any specified term, but shall hold good until 
 removal or discharge. Orders of removal shall 
 state the reason thereof and shall be entered upon 
 the records of the officer or board making the same, 
 and removals shall take effect upon the filing of a 
 copy of such order with the city clerk in a book 
 provided for the purpose and open to public in¬ 
 spection. The above-named administrative officers 
 and boards shall, in their respective departments, 
 make all necessary contracts for work, and for the 
 furnishing of materials and supplies for the city, 
 and for the construction, alteration, repair and care 
 of public works, institutions, buildings and other 
 property; except such property as shall be under the 
 control of the school committee, and shall have, 
 subject to the mayor, the direction and control of 
 all the executive and administrative business of 
 the city. They shall at all times be accountable 
 to the mayor, as the chief executive officer, for the 
 discharge of their duties. 
 
 Section 45. Every board, and every officer 
 above-named, not a member of a board, shall keep 
 
CHARTER 
 
 25 
 
 a record of all official transactions and such record 
 shall be open to public inspection. 
 
 TITLE 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
 Section 46. The following salaries shall be paid, salaries, etc. 
 viz.:—Mayor, one thousand dollars each year. 
 
 City clerk,* thirteen hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Tax collector and treasurer, two thousand dollars 
 each year. City solicitor, nine hundred dollars each 
 year. Members of the school committee, seventy- 
 five dollars each, each year. Members of the board 
 of assessors, *four hundred dollars each, each year. 
 
 Clerk of the board of assessors, one hundred and fifty 
 dollars each year. City physician, two hundred and 
 fifty dollars each year. Members of the board of 
 health, one hundred dollars each, each year. Chief of 
 the fire department,** three hundred dollars each 
 year. Assistant chiefs of the fire department, one hun¬ 
 dred dollars each, each year. Superintendent of the 
 water works, twelve hundred dollars each year. City 
 engineer and inspector of plumbing, eighteen hun¬ 
 dred dollars each year. Chief of police and keeper 
 of lockup,* three dollars and a half each day. Cap¬ 
 tain of police,* three dollars each day. Keeper of the 
 almshouse, seven hundred and fifty dollars each 
 year.*** Members of board of public works, five 
 hundred dollars each, each year. Clerk of the board 
 of public works, nine hundred dollars each year. 
 Superintendent of out-door work, twelve hundred 
 dollars each year. Auditor, one thousand dollars 
 each year. Members of the police force,* two dol¬ 
 lars and a half each day. Firemen, hose and hook- 
 and-ladder men,* sixty-five dollars each, each year. 
 
 The compensation of all persons not employed by 
 boards or heads of departments and not herein 
 
 *Changed by vote of the citizens. 
 
 ♦♦Effected by Acts of 1904, Chapter 254. 
 
 ***Effected by Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
26 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 Non residents not el¬ 
 igible to certain 
 offices, etc. 
 
 Offices to become va¬ 
 cant for certain 
 causes. 
 
 1885, 312, etc., not 
 to apply until Jan. 
 1, 1900. 
 
 To submit estimate 
 of expenses for 
 ensuing financial 
 year, etc. 
 
 provided for shall be established by the city council, 
 but no new salaried office shall be established except 
 those required by law, nor any increase of salaries 
 made, unless approved by a vote of the citizens at 
 large in their respective precincts. at an annual 
 election. 
 
 Section 47. No person shall be eligible to any 
 of the offices of the city government, except super¬ 
 intendent of schools, chief of police, chief of the fire 
 department, or city engineer, unless he is a citizen 
 and has been a resident of the city for at least two 
 years. 
 
 Section 48.* Any office established under or 
 by this act shall become vacant if the incumbent 
 ceases to be a resident of the city. The conviction 
 of the incumbent of any such office of a crime 
 punishable by imprisonment shall operate to create 
 a vacancy in the office held by him. 
 
 Section 49. The provisions of chapter three 
 hundred and twelve of the acts of the year eighteen 
 hundred and eighty five and acts in amendment 
 thereof and in addition thereto shall not apply to 
 the city of North Adams until the first day of Jan¬ 
 uary in the year nineteen hundred. 
 
 Section 50. The administrative officers and 
 boards above-named shall, annually on or before the 
 first Monday of January, furnish to the mayor an 
 itemized and detailed estimate of the moneys re¬ 
 quired for their respective departments or offices 
 during the ensuing financial year. The mayor, 
 president of the council and chairman of the board 
 of assessors, shall examine such estimates and shall 
 submit the same to the city council on or before the 
 first day of March, with their itemized and detailed 
 
 *Effected by the Acts of 1897, Chapter 76. 
 
CHARTER 
 
 27 
 
 apportionment, which shall be the appropriations 
 which the several departments and officers may 
 expend during the current municipal year, but said 
 city council at any time prior to May first, of each 
 year, may, subject to the approval of the mayor 
 as provided by law, strike out or decrease, but not 
 increase, any item in said report. 
 
 Section 51. Every officer of the city shall, 
 at the request of the city council, give it such in¬ 
 formation in writing as it may require in relation to 
 any matter, act or thing connected with his office 
 or employment or the discharge of the duties 
 thereof. 
 
 Section 52. No sum appropriated for a specific 
 purpose shall be expended for any other purpose, 
 and no expenditure shall be made, nor liability in¬ 
 curred, by or in behalf of the city, until an appro¬ 
 priation has been duly voted by the city council 
 sufficient to meet such expenditure or liability, to¬ 
 gether with all prior unpaid liabilities which are pay¬ 
 able out of such appropriation, except in accordance 
 with the written recommendation of the mayor to the 
 city council, approved by the yea and nay vote of 
 two-thirds of the council: provided , however, that, 
 after the expiration of the financial year and until 
 the passage of the annual appropriations, liabilities 
 payable out of a regular appropriation to be con¬ 
 tained therein may be incurred to an amount not 
 exceeding one-third of the total of such appro¬ 
 priation for the preceding year. Every bill, pay¬ 
 roll or other voucher covering an expenditure 
 of money shall be approved by the signatures, 
 on the back of such bill or voucher, of the ma¬ 
 jority of the board or committee having control of, 
 or incurring such expenditure, and after such appro¬ 
 val such bills, pay-rolls or vouchers shall be turned 
 
 Officers to give cer¬ 
 tain information 
 upon request. 
 
 Appropriations and 
 expenditures. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
28 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 Financial year. 
 
 Civil service. 
 
 Proposals for sup¬ 
 plies, etc. 
 
 Certain contracts to 
 be approved by 
 mayor, etc. 
 
 over to the auditor. The financial year shall begin 
 with the first day of December in each year. 
 
 Section 53. Nothing herein contained shall af¬ 
 fect the enforcement of the provisions of chapter 
 three hundred and twenty of the acts of the year 
 eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being “An act 
 to improve the civil service of the Commonwealth 
 and the cities thereof/’ and acts in amendment 
 thereof and in addition thereto, or of the rules made 
 by the commissioners appointed thereunder; and 
 the city council shall make sufficient and proper 
 appropriations for the carrying out and enforce¬ 
 ment of said act and such rules in said city. 
 
 Section 54. Whenever mechanical or other 
 work is required to be done, or supplies are re¬ 
 quired for the city, at a cost amounting to five hun¬ 
 dred dollars or more, the board or committee having 
 the matter in charge shall invite proposals therefor 
 by advertisements in not more than two news¬ 
 papers published in said city, such advertisements 
 to state the time and place for opening the pro¬ 
 posals in answer to said advertisements, and re¬ 
 serving the right to said board or committee to 
 reject any or all proposals. Every proposal for 
 doing such work or making such sale shall be ac¬ 
 companied by a suitable bond, or certificate of 
 deposit, for the faithful performance of such pro¬ 
 posal, and all such proposals shall be kept by the 
 officer or board inviting the same, and shall be open 
 to public inspection after said proposals have been 
 accepted or rejected. 
 
 Section 55. All contracts made by any depart¬ 
 ment of the city shall, when the amount involved is 
 five hundred dollars or more, be in writing, and no 
 such contract shall be deemed to have been made 
 or executed until the approval of the mayor is 
 
CHARTER 
 
 29 
 
 affixed thereto. All such contracts shall be ac¬ 
 companied by a bond with securities satisfactory 
 to the board or committee having the matter in 
 charge, or a deposit of money or other security for 
 the faithful performance of such contracts; and 
 such bonds or other security shall be deposited with 
 the city auditor until the contract has b£en carried 
 out in all respects; and no such contract shall be 
 altered except by a written agreement of the con¬ 
 tractor, the sureties on his or their bond, and the 
 officer or board making the contract, with the ap¬ 
 proval of the mayor affixed thereto. 
 
 Section 56. No loan except such as may be 
 incurred in anticipation of taxes shall be made 
 except upon and after the written recommendation 
 of the mayor, made to the council and passed by 
 two-thirds yea and nay vote. All bonds and notes 
 issued by the city shall be signed by the treasurer 
 and countersigned by the mayor, and any coupons 
 attached thereto shall bear the signature of the 
 treasurer either in the original or a fac simile. 
 
 Section 57. The board of public works shall 
 fix and establish the prices or rents for the use of 
 water, which shall not be made less in any instance 
 than the prices and rents now established by the 
 prudential committee of the North Adams Fire 
 District, until the bonded indebtedness now or here¬ 
 after created by said district or city for the purpose 
 of supplying the inhabitants of said district or city 
 with pure water shall have been paid; and the in¬ 
 come received therefrom, in each year, after deduct¬ 
 ing all expenses and charges of distribution of such 
 year, shall be applied as follows: First, to the pay¬ 
 ment of the interest on the debts and loans now or 
 hereafter incurred by the said city and by the North 
 Adams Fire District for the purpose of supplying 
 
 Loans, bonds, notes, 
 etc. 
 
 Board of public 
 works to establish 
 prices, etc., for the 
 use of water. 
 
 Income to be applied 
 to payment of 
 loans, etc. 
 
30 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 Debts, etc., in excess 
 of income to be 
 raised by taxation. 
 
 Division of territory 
 into wards, etc. 
 
 said city and said district and the inhabitants 
 thereof with water, and of such part of the principal 
 sum thereof as shall become due in such year; 
 second, after paying such interest and principal 
 sums the residue of such income shall be used to sup¬ 
 ply the city and the inhabitants thereof with pure 
 water in*the discretion of said board, and any 
 balance of such residue not so used shall be paid 
 into the treasury of the city for general city pur¬ 
 poses. As long as there shall be any debts of the 
 city that shall have been incurred in supplying said 
 district or said city, or the inhabitants of either 
 with water there shall be raised each year by tax¬ 
 ation a sum which, together with the said income, 
 shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all such 
 debts, and such part of the principal sum as shall 
 become due in such year. 
 
 Section 58. Upon an acceptance of this act, 
 as herein provided, the selectmen of said town shall 
 forthwith divide the territory thereof into seven 
 wards, so that the wards shall contain as nearly as 
 may be consistent with well defined limits to each, 
 an equal number of voters, and they shall designate 
 the wards by numbers. They shall, for the purpose 
 of the first municipal election to be held thereunder, 
 which shall take place on the third Tuesday of 
 December next succeeding such acceptance, provide 
 suitable polling places in the several wards, and give 
 notice thereof, and shall at least ten days previous 
 to such third Tuesday in December appoint all 
 proper election officers therefor, and they shall in 
 general have the powers and perform the duties 
 of the mayor and board of alderman of cities, under 
 chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts 
 of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three 
 and acts in amendment thereof and in addition 
 thereto, the provision of which shall so far as appli- 
 
CHARTER 
 
 31 
 
 cable apply to said election; and the town clerks 
 shall perform the duties therein assigned to city 
 clerks. The registrars shall cause to be prepared 
 and published according to law, lists of qualified 
 voters in each of the wards established by the 
 selectmen. 
 
 Section 59. All laws relating to the town of 
 North Adams when this act shall be accepted as 
 herein provided, shall, until altered, amended or 
 repealed, continue in force in the city of North 
 Adams, so far as the same are not inconsistent 
 herewith. 
 
 Section 60. All special laws heretofore passed 
 concerning the fire district in the town of North 
 Adams, which shall be in force in said fire district 
 when this act shall be accepted, as herein provided, 
 shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent here¬ 
 with, be extended to and continue in force in the 
 city of North Adams until altered, amended or 
 repealed. 
 
 Section 61. Upon the first day of January 
 next after the acceptance of this act, as herein 
 provided, the North Adams Fire District in said town 
 shall cease to exist, and all the property, powers 
 and privileges of the said district shall vest in the 
 city of North Adams, and all the debts, duties and 
 liabilities of the said fire district shall become the 
 debts, duties and liabilities of the said city. 
 
 Section 62. The passage of this act shall not 
 effect any right accruing or accrued, or any suit, 
 prosecution or other legal proceeding pending at the 
 time when this act shall go into operation, and 
 no penalty for forfeiture previously incurred shall 
 be affected thereby. All persons holding office in 
 said town or in fire district of said town at 
 
 Certain laws to con¬ 
 tinue in force. 
 
 Certain special laws 
 to continue in 
 force. 
 
 Property, etc., of fire 
 district to vest in 
 city. 
 
 Pending legal pro¬ 
 ceedings not af¬ 
 fected, etc. 
 
32 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 the time this act shall take effect shall con¬ 
 tinue to hold the same, notwithstanding the 
 passage thereof, until the organization of the 
 city government hereby authorized shall be effected, 
 and until the successors of such officers shall be 
 respectively elected or appointed and qualified. 
 
 selectmen to notify Section 63. The. selectmen shall notify the 
 ed - etc. persons elected at such first election, and shall pro¬ 
 
 vide and appoint a place for the first meeting of the 
 mayor and city council on the first Monday in 
 January next ensuing; and shall by written notices 
 left at their respective places of residence at least 
 twenty-four hours prior to such meeting notify 
 thereof the mayor-elect and councilmen elect, who 
 shall immediately proceed to organize and carry 
 into effect the provisions of this act, which shall then 
 have full force and effect. The selectmen shall, in 
 like manner, appoint a place and time for the first 
 meeting of the school committee, and notify the 
 members thereof. Nothing herein shall affect the 
 annual meeting in said town for the election of 
 national, state, district and county officers, which 
 may be held next after the acceptance thereof. 
 
 Meetings for sub¬ 
 mission of question 
 of acceptance. 
 
 Section 64. The question of the acceptance of 
 this act may be submitted to the legal voters of 
 said town at any time within two years after the 
 passage thereof at an annual meeting or any meeting 
 called for that purpose, except in the months of 
 November and December. At such meeting the 
 polls shall be open not less than eight hours, and 
 the vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance 
 with the provisions of chapter four hundred and 
 seventeen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-three and acts in amendment thereof 
 and in addition thereto, so far as the same shall be 
 applicable, in answer to the question:—“Shall an 
 
CHARTER 
 
 33 
 
 act passed by the general court in the year 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled ‘an act 
 to incorporate the city of North Adams/ be accep¬ 
 ted ?” and the affirmative votes of a majority of 
 the voters present and voting thereon shall be re¬ 
 quired for its acceptance. If at any meeting so held 
 this act shall fail to be thus accepted, it may, at the 
 expiration of three months from any such previous 
 meeting, be again thus submitted, but not after the 
 period of two years from the passage thereof. 
 
 Section 65 . So much of this act as authorizes when to take effect, 
 the submission of the question of its acceptance to 
 the legal voters of said town shall take effect upon 
 its passage, but it shall not take further effect unless 
 accepted by the legal voters of said town as herein 
 provided. [Approved March 22, 1895.] 
 
34 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 
 
 ACTS OF 1897. 
 
 CHAPTER 76. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF 
 NORTH ADAMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
 
 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The board of public works of the city of North Adams 
 is hereby abolished, and the powers and duties are now exercised 
 and discharged by said board, except the powers and duties exer¬ 
 cised and discharged by the members of the board of overseers 
 of the poor and commissioners of public burial places, shall hereafter 
 be exercised and discharged by one commissioner of public works, 
 who shall be appointed by the mayor without confirmation by the 
 city council, during the current year upon the passage of this act, 
 and thereafter on or before the first Monday in February in each 
 year. He shall hold his office for the term of one year unless sooner 
 removed from office by the mayor in the manner prescribed in 
 section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the 
 acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and until his i 
 successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of ; 
 eighteen hundred dollars each year. A person not a citizen or 
 resident of North Adams may be appointed such commissioner or 
 superintendent of outdoor work. 
 
 Section 2. The mayor of said city shall appoint without con¬ 
 firmation by the city council of North Adams, during the current 
 year upon the passage of this act, and thereafter on or before the 
 first Monday in February in each year, one overseer of the poor, 
 who shall exercise and discharge all the duties and powers pre- \ 
 scribed by the law for overseers of the poor, and shall also be the 
 city almoner of said city and exercise and discharge all the duties 
 
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 
 
 35 
 
 and powers now exercised and discharged by the auditor of said 
 city of North Adams, as ci-ty almoner. He shall also be the com¬ 
 missioner of public burial places of said city. He shall hold his 
 office for the term of one year unless sooner removed from office 
 by the mayor in the manner prescribed in section twenty-nine of 
 chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-five, and until his successor is appointed and 
 qualified. He shall receive a salary of- one thousand dollars each 
 year. The city physician of said city shall hereafter be appointed 
 solely by the mayor. 
 
 Section 3. The chief engineer of the fire department of said 
 city shall also be assistant inspector of buildings, and as such as¬ 
 sistant inspector be under the direction and control of the inspector 
 of buildings. He shall devote his whole time to the city and shall 
 receive a salary of nine hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Section 4. Anything contained in chapter one hundred and 
 forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 
 so far as it interferes with this act, is hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap¬ 
 proved February 18, 1897. 
 
 ACTS OF 1904. 
 
 CHAPTER 254. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 RELATIVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS. 
 Be it enacted , etc., as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The city council of the city of North Adams may 
 by ordinance establish the salary of the chief of its fire department, 
 and may by ordinance establish fire companies in the outlying dis- 
 ticts of the city, to consist of such officers and men as it may deter¬ 
 mine; and may fix the compensation of the members thereof, 
 which shall not exceed the sum now paid to the other members of 
 the fire department of the city. Such fire companies shall be a part 
 of the fire department of the city and subject to all ordinances 
 
36 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 
 
 and regulations relating to said fire department. The appointment 
 of the officers and members of such companies shall be vested in the 
 mayor of the city as prescribed by section twenty of chapter one 
 hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-five. 
 
 Section 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap¬ 
 proved April 22, 1904. 
 
 ACTS OF 1909. 
 
 CHAPTER 241. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 RELATIVE TO THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS. 
 
 Be it enacted , etc., as follows: 
 
 Section 1 . The term of office of the chief of the fire depart¬ 
 ment of the city of North Adams shall be three years. 
 
 Section 2. So much of chapter one hundred and forty-eight 
 of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five and of any 
 amendment thereof as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap¬ 
 proved March 31, 1909. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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REVISED 
 
 ORDINANCES 
 
 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 1909 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nine 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Consolidating and Revising 
 the 
 
 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams as follows: 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 ORDINANCES, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 Section 1. This ordinance shall be known as the “Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909,” and, so far as its provisions are the same in 
 effect as those of previously existing ordinances, it shall be con¬ 
 strued as a continuation of those ordinances; it shall not effect any 
 act done, any right accrued, any penalty incurred, any suit, prose¬ 
 cution or proceeding pending at the time when it takes effect; sub¬ 
 ject to the said limitations, all ordinances of the city heretofore in 
 force are hereby repealed. 
 
 Section 2. All by-laws of the city shall be termed ordinances, 
 and the enacting style shall be: Be it ordained by the city council 
 of North Adams, as follows. 
 
 Section 3. All ordinances shall be recorded, by the city 
 clerk in the order in which they are passed to be ordained, in a 
 
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 book prepared and kept for that purpose, made of strong linen 
 paper with proper indexes, and strongly bound. Said book shall 
 be lettered “Record of Ordinances, City of North Adams,” and 
 shall be preserved in the office of the city clerk subject to public 
 inspection. 
 
 Section 4. Whenever the city council expresses anything 
 by way of command, the form of expression shall be, Ordered; and 
 whenever said board expresses opinions, principles, facts or purposes, 
 the form shall be, Resolved. 
 
 Section 5. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote that 
 shall require the approval of the mayor shall go into effect from 
 and after the time of its approval, and if not approved by the mayor, 
 or returned by him, then as provided by the charter and the laws 
 of the Commonwealth. All other ordinances, orders, resolutions 
 or -votes shall take effect from and after the time of their adoption 
 or passage. 
 
CITY SEAL 
 
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 CHAPTER 2. 
 
 THE CITY SEAL. 
 
 Section 1. The seal of the city of North Adams shall be a 
 circle one and three-quarters inches in diameter, having in the 
 center a representation of the Hoosac mountain and the West 
 Portal of the Hoosac tunnel from which issues a train of cars at 
 full speed, in the margin at the upper part the words, “We hold the 
 western gateway,” at the lower part the words and figures, “North 
 Adams, Mass. 1895.” 
 
 Section 2. All deeds given by the city shall be sealed with 
 che city seal, and shall be signed and acknowledged in behalf of the 
 city by the mayor. 
 
 Section 3. The city clerk shall be ex-officio keeper of the city 
 seal, but shall permit the mayor, or any other city officer, to affix 
 the same to any document to which the city seal is required to be 
 affixed. 
 
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 CHAPTER 3. 
 
 CITY TREASURER AND CITY BOOKKEEPER. 
 
 Section 1 . The city treasurer shall give bond to the city 
 with a suitable fidelity insurance company as surety, to the satis¬ 
 faction of the president of the city council and the city solicitor, 
 in the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), that he will faith¬ 
 fully account for and pay over all moneys received by him as treas¬ 
 urer and tax collector, and that he will faithfully discharge and 
 perform each and all of the duties of his office of treasurer and tax 
 collector. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the city. 
 
 Section 2. He shall cause all books, papers, vouchers and 
 documents under his care, belonging to said city, to be deposited 
 and kept in a fire-proof safe or vault, and shall deliver over to his 
 successor all papers, books, document and property belonging to said 
 office. And he shall render such other services and furnish such 
 information respecting the accounts, finances and payments of 
 or to said city, as the mayor, city council or any committee thereof, 
 may from time to time require. 
 
 Section 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to negotiate 
 all loans that may be made for said city under the authority and 
 sanction of the city council, to collect and receive all the water rents 
 and charges, and all moneys due the city, and shall receive, have 
 the custody of, and pay out all moneys, upon the certificate of the 
 auditor, and cause an accurate account of the same to be kept in 
 proper bookkeeping form, or such form as the city council may 
 prescribe. He shall make to the city council annually or oftener, 
 at such time or times in each year as it shall prescribe, a full and 
 detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the city 
 during such portion of the financial year as it may direct, and of 
 the cash balance or surplus: and in every such statement the 
 
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 different sources of the city revenue and the amount received 
 from each, the several appropriations made, the object for which 
 they were made and the amount of moneys expended under each, 
 the money borrowed on the credit of the .city, the authority under 
 which each loan was made, and the terms on which the same was 
 obtained, shall be clearly and particularly specified. He shall 
 cause to be reported weekly to the auditor a statement of all the 
 receipts and disbursements in order that proper entries may be made 
 in the books kept by the auditor. 
 
 Section 4. The receipt of the treasurer shall be deemed the 
 only sufficient and valid discharge of debts due to said city, pro¬ 
 vided, however, that the superintendent of the almshouse under 
 the direction of the overseer of the poor, may receive payment 
 for articles sold from the city farm, and shall account therefor 
 with the overseer of the poor, and the said articles shall be par¬ 
 ticularly stated in the account rendered by said overseer of the 
 poor to the city council. Provided, also, that the superintendent 
 of streets may receive payments for manure and other articles sold 
 by him, when the amount of such sale shall not exceed ten dollars 
 ($10.00), and may give receipts therefor. 
 
 Section 5. The treasurer shall proceed without delay to col¬ 
 lect all accounts which may be delivered to him for collection by 
 any officer or officers of said city; and he shall faithfully and cor¬ 
 rectly account for all moneys received by him: and in any case 
 in which he is unable to obtain an immediate settlement of an 
 account, he shall report the same to the mayor and council and fol¬ 
 low such directions as they may prescribe. He shall pay no bill, 
 pay roll or demand, unless endorsed with the approval of the auditor 
 and shall pay no draft drawn on the treasurer against any particular 
 fund, or chargeable to any particular appropriation, for more than 
 the balance remaining to the credit of such fund or appropriation, 
 and whenever any appropriation is exhausted, shall give immediate 
 notice to the mayor and the committee on finance of the council. 
 
 Section 6. The collector of taxes shall issue the tax bills as 
 soon as possible after the tax lists and warrant are delivered to him 
 by the assessors, and the notices thereof shall be sent to all persons 
 
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 assessed for a poll tax only, on or before the second day of September 
 in the year in which the tax is assessed. All taxes shall be due 
 and payable on or before the first day of September in each year, 
 and all taxes remaining unpaid on the first day of November next 
 ensuing, the collector shall proceed to collect by due process of 
 law. A discount of ten percent, shall be allowed on all taxes which 
 shall be paid on or before the second day of October in each year. 
 
 Section 7. It shall be the duty of the collector to deposit 
 from day to day, whenever the same shall amount to the sum of 
 one hundred dollars ($100), the moneys which he shall receive for 
 taxes, in one or more of the national banks or trust companies in 
 said city of North Adams, to the credit of the city, which money 
 shall remain until required to be drawn out for the necessary and 
 legal expenditure of said city. And in like manner the treasurer 
 shall deposit any sum which he may receive from loans, water rents, 
 fines, fees, claims or dues to the city or otherwise and all fees, 
 charges and commissions of every kind allowed by law for the col¬ 
 lection of taxes, betterments, rates and assessments of every kind, 
 shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the city and be¬ 
 come the property of the city. All checks signed by the treasurer 
 shall be countersigned by the auditor. 
 
 Section 8. Whenever the treasurer is furnished by the city 
 clerk with an account of any assessment made by the mayor and 
 council, relating to drains, sewers, sidewalks or otherwise, he shall 
 forthwith demand payment, in writing, of the amount of such 
 assessment in the manner provided by law; and in case any bills 
 or dues under this ordinance remain unpaid at the expiration of 
 three months after such demand, the treasurer shall cause the same 
 to be collected by a resort to the proper legal process. 
 
 Section 9. The treasurer shall have the custody of all bonds 
 given to said city by any and all officers thereof, except his own. 
 The city clerk shall have the custody of the treasurer’s bond. The 
 treasurer shall sign all bonds and notes issued by the city and all 
 coupons that may be attached to any bonds shall bear the signature 
 of the treasurer either in the original or a facsimile. All such bonds 
 and notes shall be countersigned by the mayor. 
 
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 Section 10. The city bookkeeper shall give bond to the city 
 with a suitable fidelity insurance company as surety to the satis¬ 
 faction of the president of the city council and the city solicitor, in 
 the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), that he will faithfully 
 account for and pay over all moneys received by him and that he 
 wdl faithfully discharge and perform each and all of the duties of 
 his office of bookkeeper and clerk of the commissioner of public 
 works. The expense of such bond shall be borne by the city. 
 
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 CHAPTER 4. 
 
 ESTABLISHING A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING REGULATIONS 
 
 THEREFOR. 
 
 Section 1. A police department is hereby established, which 
 shall consist of a chief of police, two captains and eighteen patrol¬ 
 men, who shall severally be appointed by the mayor and who shall 
 hold their respective offices during good behavior and until removed 
 as provided by law. They shall under the regulations prescribed 
 by the city council and such rules of discipline as may be prescribed 
 by the mayor, perform all duties required of them as day and night 
 police, in accordance with the ordinances of the city and the laws 
 of the state. 
 
 Section 2. The mayor may appoint such special policemen, 
 from time to time as may be necessary, who shall serve without pay. 
 They shall be under the control of the chief of police and shall be 
 subject to these regulations and such rules of discipline as may be 
 prescribed by the mayor. 
 
 Section 3. The chief of police shall be the head of the depart¬ 
 ment of police, and, under the direction of the mayor, shall have 
 the entire control of the department, its officers and of all con¬ 
 stables, special policemen and other officers when engaged in the 
 service of the department. He shall be responsible for the disci¬ 
 pline, good order and proper conduct of the men constituting the 
 department, and for the good condition of all the property con¬ 
 nected with the department. He shall devote his time to maintain 
 and preserve the peace, order and cleanliness of the city. The cap¬ 
 tains of police shall be styled first and second captains of police. 
 The first captain shall be the deputy chief of police, who shall in the 
 absence or disability of the chief of police, act as and discharge 
 the duties of chief of police. 
 
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 Section 4. All fees, penalties, witness fees, moneys or com¬ 
 pensation received by any members of the police force, other than 
 their salary, for any services rendered in their official capacity, 
 except witness fees for testifying in courts outside the limits of the 
 city, shall be paid weekly into the city treasury by the officers re¬ 
 ceiving the same. 
 
 Section 5. The chief of police shall keep or cause to be kept 
 at the police station, a complete descriptive list of each and every 
 person arrested and brought to the station, by giving his name, 
 nativity, age, height, complexion, color of hair and eyes, the amount of 
 money he may have in his possession, his present residence, and the 
 offence for which he is arrested, all of which shall be entered in a 
 book to be furnished by the city; and the same shall be delivered 
 by said chief of police to his successor in office. 
 
 Section 6. It shall be the duty of each and every police officer 
 to exercise supervision over the use of water to prevent its waste, 
 and to report to the superintendent of the water works all cases of 
 leaking pipes which may come to their knowledge and the locations 
 where any waste is permitted by takers, or where they have good 
 reason to believe water is being improperly used or wasted. 
 
 Section 7. It shall be the duty of each and every police officer 
 to take notice of.all nuisances, impediments, defects and obstruc¬ 
 tions in the streets, bridges, sidewalks, lanes, alleys and courts, 
 and public places and squares of the city, and report the same to 
 the commissioner of public works. It shall also be the duty of each 
 and every police officer to immediately investigate any accident 
 upon a public street, bridge or sidewalk coming to his notice and 
 at once report the same with all information obtained, to the chief 
 of police, who shall forthwith transmit the same to the city solicitor. 
 
 Section 8 . The chief of police shall keep a correct record of 
 all the doings of his office, which shall at all times be subject to the in¬ 
 spection of the mayor and city council. He shall make a detailed 
 report to the mayor annually, and oftener if required, of the doings 
 of his office and the condition of the department. He shall on the 
 
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 last day of each month prepare a pay roll of all permanent men em¬ 
 ployed in the department and present it to the auditor for certi¬ 
 fication. 
 
 Section 9. The members of the department shall be uniformed 
 and equipped in such manner as the mayor shall direct. 
 
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 CHAPTER 5. 
 
 ESTABLISHING A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING REGULATIONS 
 
 THEREFOR. 
 
 Section 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief engineer, 
 and a deputy chief engineer who shall be a permanent fireman in 
 addition to the permanent men hereinafter mentioned; two hose 
 companies consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, two permanent men 
 and eight call men each; one hose company consisting of a captain, 
 a lieutenant, and ten call men, a hook and ladder company con¬ 
 sisting of a captain, a lieutenant two permanent men and five call 
 men; a hose and hook and ladder company at Braytonville, so 
 called, to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, and thirteen call men; 
 and a hose company at Blackinton, so called, to consist of a 
 captain, a lieutenant, and ten call men; who shall severally be 
 appointed by the mayor, and who, except the chief engineer, shall 
 hold their respective offices during good behavior and until re¬ 
 moved according to law. The members of the fire department 
 shall, under the regulations prescribed by the City Council, and such 
 rules of discipline as may be prescribed by the mayor perform 
 all duties required of them in accordance with the ordinances of the 
 city and the laws of the state. 
 
 Section 2. The salary of the Chief Engineer of the Fire 
 Department shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 The salaries of the members of said companies at Brayton¬ 
 ville and Blackinton shall be as follows: Captains, fifteen dollars, 
 lieutenants, twelve dollars, and call men ten dollars, each per annum. 
 
 Section 3. The chief engineer may, with the approval of the 
 mayor and committee on fire department of the city council, estab¬ 
 lish volunteer fire companies in the outlying districts to consist of 
 such officers and men as shall be deemed proper, who shall serve 
 
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 without compensation; the members of such companies shall 
 severally be appointed by the mayor, shall be sworn to the faithful 
 performance of their duties, and be subject to the regulations, rules 
 and laws mentioned in section 1 of this chapter. 
 
 Section 4. The chief engineer shall be the head of the depart¬ 
 ment, and under the direction of the mayor, shall have entire con¬ 
 trol of the department, its officers and men. He shall be responsible 
 for the discipline, good order and proper conduct of the men con¬ 
 stituting the department and for the good condition of all property 
 connected with the department. He shall see that the fire hydrants 
 are always in working order and any defect therein shall forthwith be 
 reported by him to the superintendent of the water works. The 
 superintendent of the water works shall, for the purpose of keep¬ 
 ing the fire hydrants and water mains always in good working 
 order, be a member of the fire department without additional com¬ 
 pensation. 
 
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 Section 5. The chief engineer shall have the sole and absolute 
 control and command over all other members of the department 
 and all persons present at fires, and shall take prompt measure to 
 arrange the several hose reels and other apparatus in the most ad¬ 
 vantageous manner, and issue such orders as he may deem necessary. 
 In case of the absence of the chief engineer at a fire, the deputy chief 
 engineer shall, during such absence, have and exercise all the power 
 and authority of the chief engineer, and shall perform the duties of 
 his office, and if no engineer be present, the captain who first arrives 
 with his apparatus at a fire shall exercise such authority until the 
 arrival of the chief engineer or the deputy chief, and until the ar¬ 
 rival of one of said officers, such authority is to be exercised by the 
 lieutenant who first arrives with his apparatus. 
 
 Section 6. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer to keep 
 or cause to be kept, fair and exact rolls of the respective companies, 
 specifying the name, age, occupation and residence, and the date of 
 the admission and discharge of each member of the department, 
 
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 and to keep an accurate account of all property belonging to the 
 department. 
 
 Section 7. It shall be the duty of the captain to preserve 
 order and discipline in their respective companies and require and 
 enforce a compliance with the regulations of the city council, the 
 rules and regulations of the department, and the orders of the chief 
 and assistant engineers, and to report, forthwith, in writing, to the 
 chief engineer, the name of each and every member who shall be 
 guilty of any neglect of duty or disobedience of orders. They shall 
 keep or cause to be kept by the clerks in books to be provided at 
 the expense of the city, fair and exact rolls of their respective com¬ 
 panies, specifying the time of admission and discharge of each 
 member, with his age, residence and occupation, and also a record 
 of all the city’s property intrusted to their care; which rolls and 
 records shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the chief 
 engineer. They shall also make or cause to be made, to the chief 
 engineer, true and accurate returns of all members, with their ages, 
 residences and occupations, and the conditions of the apparatus 
 intrusted to their care whenever called upon to do so. 
 
 Section 8. The chief engineer may make rules and regula¬ 
 tions for the discipline and government of the department, subject 
 to the regulations of the city council, and the approval of the mayor. 
 
 Section 9. No person shall be a member of the department 
 who is less than twenty-one years of age, and who is not at the time 
 a resident of the city and citizen of the United States. 
 
 Section 10. Any officer or member who shall neglect or 
 refuse to perform his duty, or who shall be guilty of any disorderly 
 conduct or disobedience to an engineer or officer, may be suspended 
 from duty by the chief engineer, who shall, within seven days there¬ 
 after, deliver to the city clerk a report to the mayor of his action, 
 stating the name of the person suspended and the cause therefor, 
 and the city clerk shall present such report to the mayor and the 
 mayor may continue such suspension for any definite period, or 
 remove such person from the department. Any member suspended 
 
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 from duty shall not act as a member of the department, or be en¬ 
 titled to any compensation until reinstated by the mayor; and in 
 all cases of removal from office or from the department, the name 
 of the person removed, with a statement of the reasons therefor, 
 shall be entered upon the books of the chief engineer. 
 
 Section 11. Every person admitted into the department 
 shall be and remain a member of the company named in his appli¬ 
 cation until he shall be transferred to another company or discharged ; 
 and no member shall be transferred from one company to another 
 except by order of the chief engineer. 
 
 Section 12. If any member or officer shall, except in case 
 of sickness or the written permission of the chief of the fire depart¬ 
 ment, be absent from more than three successive fires, alarms of 
 fires or two successive regular meetings of his company, such ab¬ 
 sence shall be considered good cause for his discharge from the de¬ 
 partment; and an intentional violation of any of the provisions of 
 this chapter by any officer or member shall be good cause for his 
 discharge. No company shall leave the city in case of fire in a 
 neighboring town except by order of the chief engineer or in his 
 absence by the deputy chief engineer. 
 
 Section 13. Whenever it shall be determined at any fire by 
 the engineer in command to be necessary to pull down or demolish 
 any building, in order to prevent the spreading of fire, the same may 
 be done by his order, in accordance with the statute in such case 
 made and provided. 
 
 Section 14. The chief engineer shall cause all places where 
 shavings and other combustible materials or explosive compounds 
 or detonators, or other articles, goods or merchandise liable to 
 cause fire, are placed or kept, to be examined and when he deems 
 that said materials or other articles, goods or merchandise are so 
 placed or kept as to be liable to cause fire, he shall order the tenant 
 or occupant of the place where they are so placed or kept to remove 
 them; and if such tenant or occupant neglects or refuses so to do, 
 the chief engineer shall cause the same to be removed at the ex¬ 
 pense of such tenant or occupant, who shall in addition be liable to 
 
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 a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for such neglect or 
 refusal. 
 
 Section 15. It shall also be the duty of the chief engineer to 
 take cognizance of every building in the city in which any steam 
 engine shall be used, and of all buildings in the city in process of 
 erection or alteration, and to make a record of such thereof, as, in 
 his judgment may, from any cause, in case of fire be dangerous, 
 and report the same to the mayor forthwith; and whenever in his 
 opinion, any chimney, hearth, oven, stove, stovepipe, fireframe, 
 or other fixture, or any explosive or inflammable fluid or material, 
 or whatever else may give just cause for alarm, should be altered, 
 repaired or removed, he shall forthwith notify and direct the owner, 
 tenant or occupant of the premises upon which the same is situated 
 to alter, repair or remove the same as he shall direct. And in case 
 such owner, tenant or occupant shall refuse or neglect so to do, 
 he shall cause the same to be removed, altered or repaired at the 
 expense of such owner, tenant or occupant, who shall also be liable 
 to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for such neglect or 
 refusal. Any person who shall obstruct the chief engineer in 
 carrying out the provisions of this section shall be liable to a 
 penalty not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each offence. 
 
 Section 16. Any person intentionally raising a false alarm 
 of fire shall be prosecuted by the chief engineer according to law. 
 No unauthorized person shall open any of the signal boxes connected 
 with the fire alarm telegraph except in case of fire, or interfere with 
 or injure any part of the fire apparatus of the city or of the fire alarm 
 system. Any person violating this provision shall be punished by 
 a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 Section 17. In case of fire, the fire department, its officers 
 and members, with their horses, machines and equipment, shall have 
 the right of way in the public streets and ways of the city, as against 
 all other persons, vehicles, or animals, and no person shall hinder or 
 obstruct them in the free passage therein, nor drive over any hose, 
 belonging to the fire department, with any carriage or other vehicle 
 or remove, injure or in any manner disturb the members thereof, 
 
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 their horses, machines, hose or equipments, when stationed, located, 
 or laid in any streets, except under direction of the officer in command 
 thereat. No person shall cause any* vehicle or animal to be hitched, 
 or stand in front of any hose house or place where fire apparatus is 
 kept for use at a fire. Any person violating the provisions of this 
 section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars 
 ($ 20 ). 
 
 Section 18. Whenever an alarm of fire is given, all drivers 
 of vehicles shall at once endeavor to give the fire department the 
 right of way as provided by section 37 of chapter 32 of the revised 
 laws; all street railway conductors and motormen shall cause their 
 cars to immediately stop when upon State street north of the Hoosac 
 river, Main street east of the Phoenix bridge, Eagle street and 
 Union street west of the first bridge over the Hoosac river; pro¬ 
 vided, however, that no car shall stop within fifty feet of the en¬ 
 trance of any hose building, nor upon, or within fifty feet of the 
 corners of State and Main streets, Main and Eagle streets, Center 
 and Eagle streets and Eagle and Union streets, uutil the fire depart¬ 
 ment shall have passed said street cars. 
 
 (The punishment for willfully and maliciously obstructing or 
 retarding such apparatus, under the provisions of said section 37, 
 is, imprisonment not exceeding three months or by fine not exceed¬ 
 ing fifty dollars ($50). 
 
 Section 19. Whenever the word “street” or “streets” is 
 used in this chapter it shall be understood to include lanes, alleys, 
 courts, public squares and sidewalks, unless otherwise expressed. 
 
 Section 20. All persons not members of the fire department 
 are hereby enjoined and required to obey the orders and directions 
 of the officer in command at any fire, and to render their services, 
 if ordered so to do by him. Any person who shall violate any pro¬ 
 vision of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dol¬ 
 lars ($10). 
 
 Section 21. No gambling shall be allowed in any building 
 occupied by any company in the fire department, nor shall spirit¬ 
 uous liquors be used therein. 
 
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 Section 22. No hose, reel, cart, hook and ladder truck or 
 other apparatus shall be taken out of the city except to a fire, 
 without permission of the mayor, and shall not be taken out of the 
 city to a fire unless by the permission of the chief engineer, or in his 
 absence of the deputy chief engineer. 
 
 Section 23. The members of the fire department shall be 
 exempt from serving as jurors. 
 
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 CHAPTER 6. 
 
 ESTABLISHING FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 Section 1. The fire limits within the city of North Adams 
 are hereby established as follows: Beginning at a point in the 
 boundary line between the town of Clarksburg and the city of 
 North Adams, which point is the northeasterly corner of the fire 
 district as it existed on the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 
 1895, and shown on map in the office of the city engineer, marked 
 “Map of North Adams Fire District,” made by A. W. Locke and 
 dated May 3, 1888, to which reference may be had; thence south¬ 
 easterly and southerly along the easterly line to station 8 as shown 
 on said map; thence southwesterly in straight line to the inter¬ 
 section of the center lines of Church and Ashland streets; thence 
 jnorthwesterly in a straight line to station 17 as shown on said map, 
 which is at the southwesterly corner of a lot of land owned by Henry 
 Ballou and situated on the southerly side of Dean street, so called; 
 thence along said fire district line to a point near station 33, which 
 point is in the center of a stream known as “Cascade Brook” and 
 is also two thousand (2,000) feet southerly from the southerly bounds 
 of the state road, so called, measured in a direction perpendicular 
 thereto; thence westerly parallel with and two thousand (2,000) 
 feet distant from the southerly bounds of said state road to the 
 westerly bounds of the city of North Adams as established by the 
 provisions of chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Court in the 
 year 1900; thence northerly along said westerly boundary line to 
 the northwesterly corner of the boundary of the city of North Adams 
 as established by said chapter 262; thence easterly along the northern 
 boundary line of the city of North Adams to the place of beginning. 
 
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 CHAPTER 7. 
 
 LICENSES. 
 
 Section 1. When no other provision is made by any law of 
 the Commonwealth, all licenses shall be issued and signed by the 
 city clerk, acting under the direction of the mayor and a majority 
 of the committee on licenses of the city council, said clerk shall keep 
 a proper book of records of licenses, and all fees received under this 
 chapter shall be turned over by him to the city treasurer for the use 
 of the city. Every license fee shall be paid before the license is 
 issued. 
 
 The words “License Committee” as used in this chapter and 
 as hereinafter referred to shall include and mean the mayor and the 
 committee on licenses of the city council. 
 
 Section 2. All licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of 
 April next after their date of issue unless otherwise specified in the 
 license. 
 
 AUCTIONEERS. 
 
 Section 3. Every person licensed as an auctioneer shall give 
 a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to the city treasurer 
 with sufficient sureties to be approved by a majority of the license 
 committee, with condition that he shall in all things conform to 
 the laws relating to auctioneers, and shall pay for the license the 
 sum of two dollars ($2). 
 
 BILLIARD TABLES, ETC. 
 
 Section 4. Every person licensed to keep a billiard or 
 pool table, or a bowling alley, shall pay a license fee of two 
 dollars ($2) for each of the first four tables, and one dollar ($1) 
 for each additional table, and five dollars ($5) for each bowling alley. 
 All such licenses shall set forth the name of the person licensed, 
 and the nature of the business, the number of tables and bowling 
 alleys, and the building or place in the city in which it is to be carried 
 
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 on, together with the time of opening and closing of said places of 
 business. 
 
 HACKNEY CARRIAGES. 
 
 Section 5. No person shall set up, use, or drive in the city 
 of North Adams any hackney carriages for the conveyance of persons 
 for hire from place to place within said city without a license there¬ 
 for. The license committee may from time to time direct that 
 licenses be granted to such persons as they deem expedient, to set 
 up, use, or drive hackney carriages for the conveyance of persons 
 for hire from place to place within the city, and may establish the 
 fare therefor at their discretion. Every person so licensed shall 
 pay the sum of one dollar ($1) for each vehicle so licensed. Every 
 person licensed as aforesaid shall cause his vehicle to be conspicu¬ 
 ously marked with the license number, in figures not less than one 
 and one-half inches long. The name of the licensee and the number 
 of the vehicle, together with the rates of fare, shall be conspicuously 
 posted on a printed card in every vehicle. No license gratited as 
 aforesaid shall apply to any vehicle except the particular one desig¬ 
 nated therein by number, or otherwise made certain. 
 
 Every coach or other vehicle, whether on wheels or runners 
 (except street cars) drawn by one or more horses, or propelled by 
 other power, for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to 
 place in North Adams shall be deemed to be a hackney carriage 
 within the meaning of this section. Any person violating the pro¬ 
 visions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 
 twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 EXPRESSMEN AND OTHERS. 
 
 Section 6. The license committee may direct that licenses 
 be granted to such persons as they deem expedient to employ or 
 use any wagon, cart, sleigh or other vehicle which may be necessary 
 for the conveyance from place to place within the city, for hire, of 
 any goods, wares, furniture or rubbish, and no person shall use any 
 of the vehicles mentioned in this section, for the purpose herein 
 specified, without a license as aforesaid. 
 
 Every person licensed under this section shall cause his name 
 to be placed in plain, legible words on any such vehicle he shall use, 
 
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 and he shall pay one dollar ($1) for each vehicle so licensed. Any 
 person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished 
 by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 DEALERS IN JUNK AND SECOND-HAND ARTICLES. 
 
 Section 7. No person shall be a dealer in and keeper of a 
 shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals, or second¬ 
 hand articles, and no person shall collect by purchase or otherwise, 
 as a junk collector, junk, old metals or second-hand articles from 
 place to place in this city, unless he is duly licensed therefor by 
 the license committee. 
 
 Every keeper of a shop in this city for the purchase, sale or 
 barter of any of the articles aforesaid, shall keep a book, in which 
 shall be written at the time of every purchase of any such article, 
 a description thereof, the name, age and residence of the person 
 from whom, and the day and hour when such purchase was made, 
 and such book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the 
 mayor, any member of the city council and any police officer of 
 the city of North Adams. No article purchased or received by such 
 dealer or keeper of a shop shall be sold until at least one week from 
 the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed, unless the name and 
 address of the person to whom such articles have been sold, with 
 such other facts as may be necessary to facilitate the tracing of 
 such article, have been entered on the book mentioned in this sec¬ 
 tion. Every dealer or keeper of a shop shall put in a suitable and 
 conspicuous place on his shop a sign having his name and occu¬ 
 pation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters. 
 
 Every such shop and all articles of merchandise therein and any 
 place, vehicle or receptacle used for the collection or keeping of the 
 articles aforesaid may be examined at all times by the mayor, any 
 member of the city council and any police officer of the city of North 
 Adams. 
 
 No dealer or keeper of such shop, and no junk collector shall, 
 directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter 
 or exchange any of the articles aforesaid, of a minor or apprentice, 
 knowing or having reason to believe him to be such. 
 
 Every such collector of any of the articles aforesaid, shall 
 display a badge upon his person, and badges upon his vehicle when 
 
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 engaged in collecting, transporting or dealing in junk, old metals 
 or second-hand articles; the badge so displayed upon the person 
 to be of such size and design as shall be determined by the license 
 committee, and to be worn upon the outside of the outer coat, 
 garment or hat, in front; the badges upon the vehicle to be not less 
 than three inches by five inches, and shall be attached to the outside 
 of such vehicle on each side; all badges so displayed to bear the 
 words “JUNK/' “NORTH ADAMS,” and the year in which the 
 license is granted, together with a number which shall be assigned 
 by the city clerk and shall be specified in the license; all badges to 
 be furnished such collectors by the city, at cost. 
 
 The aforesaid licenses may be revoked at pleasure and shall be 
 subject to the provisions of Sections 186 to 189 inclusive of Chapter 
 102 of the Revised Laws. 
 
 For every license so granted to a dealer in or keeper of a shop 
 for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand 
 articles in this city, there shall be paid to the city clerk the sum of 
 ten dollars, for the use of the city, and for every license so granted 
 to a junk collector to collect, by purchase or otherwise, junk, old 
 metals or second-hand articles from place to place in this city, there 
 shall be paid to the city clerk the sum of three dollars, for the use 
 of the city. 
 
 Whoever, not being so licensed, keeps such shop or is such dealer 
 or junk collector, in this city, or being licensed, keeps such shop 
 or is such dealer or junk collector in any other place or manner than 
 that designated in his license, or after notice to him that his license 
 has been revoked, shall forfeit twenty dollars for each offense; 
 and whoever violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in 
 his license shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars for each offense. 
 
 All the provisions of this section shall be incorporated in every 
 license that shall be granted under it. 
 
 Persons who do not buy or sell any second-hand articles, 
 except books or furniture, shall be exempt from the provisions 
 and conditions of this section. 
 
 HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS. 
 
 Section 8. Every hawker or peddler exposing for sale or 
 selling meats, provisions, fruits or vegetables shall record his name 
 
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 with the board of health, who shall assign him a number The. 
 said articles shall be so carried and conveyed that they shall not tend 
 to injure the public health or comfort. Every such vehicle or re¬ 
 ceptacle shall have the name and number of the person selling, 
 painted thereon in letters and figures at least two inches in size. 
 The said vehicles or receptacles shall be kept neat and clean within 
 and without, and sha 1 at all times be subject to inspection by the 
 board of health or its agent. All hawkers or peddlers selling or 
 exposing for sale any of the articles enumerated in section 15 of 
 chapter 65 of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof and ad¬ 
 ditions thereto (not included in the foregoing provisions) or any 
 person holding a state license and exposing for sale any goods, wares 
 or merchandise under the same, shall record his name in the office 
 of the city clerk. 
 
 No person, unless duly licensed shall ring a bell or cause a bell to 
 be rung or cry his wares on or in a public street or place for the pur¬ 
 pose of giving notice of the exercise of a business or calling, or for 
 the sale of any article, and no person shall use a horn, or cause to be 
 used a horn, or other no.'se-making instrument for said purpose in 
 any public street or place, except that bakers may use gongs on their 
 carts as they go from house to house. The license fee for the privi¬ 
 lege of ringing a bell in the public streets or places for the said pur¬ 
 pose shall be one dollar ($1) for each day or evening. No bell shall 
 be rung in the public streets at an hour earlier than seven o'clock in 
 the morning or later than nine o'clock in the evening. Any person 
 violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine 
 of not exceeding twenty dollars ($20), except when upon complaint 
 of the board of health or its agent, any person is convicted for a 
 second time of having an unclean vehicle or receptacle, such person 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20) 
 and not exceeding fifty dollars ($50). 
 
 EXPLOSIVES AND INFLAMMABLE FLUIDS. 
 
 Section 9. The license committee may direct that licenses 
 be granted as provided by chapter 370 of the Acts of 1904 as amended 
 by chapter 280 of the acts of 1905, for the keeping, storage, manu¬ 
 facture or sale of any of the articles named in section 2 of said chapter 
 370 and amendments thereof and additions thereto. 
 
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 The punishment to be as provided by said chapter 370 as amen¬ 
 ded, viz:—“Whoever keeps, stores, uses, manufactures, sells, 
 handles, transports, or otherwise disposes of any of the articles men¬ 
 tioned in section two, in violation of this act or of the regulations 
 made hereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one 
 hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or 
 by both such fine and imprisonment.” 
 
 LUNCH CARTS. 
 
 Section 10. All persons who shall apply for a license to con¬ 
 duct a street lunch cart shall first secure the consent in writing of 
 the commissioner of public works, which consent shall state the 
 place wherein such street lunch cart shall be stationed, but such 
 consent of the commissioner of public works shall not in any way 
 affect the authority of the license committee to withhold a license; 
 and the license shall not protect a person exercising his employment 
 in any other place than that so specified. Each person to whom 
 shall be issued a license to conduct a lunch cart, shall pay for such 
 license such sum as the license committee may determine. 
 
 PAWN BROKERS. 
 
 Section 11. The license committee may direct that suitable 
 persons be licensed to carry on the business of pawn brokers, subject 
 to the provisions of sections 186 to 189 inclusive of chapter 102 of 
 the revised laws, and also the provisions of sections 33 to 46 inclusive 
 of said chapter 102. And each person licensed to carry on the 
 business of pawnbroker shall file a bond with two sureties in the sum 
 of three hundred dollars ($300), and shall pay a license fee of fifty 
 dollars ($50) if licensed on or after November first the fee shall be 
 twenty-five dollars ($25). 
 
 INTELLIGENCE OFFICES. 
 
 Section 12. The license committee may direct that suitable 
 persons be licensed to conduct intelligence offices pursuant to sections 
 23 to 28 inclusive of chapter 102 of the Revised Laws. The fee shall 
 be two dollars for each license so granted. 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Section 13. The chief of police, sheriff or his deputy, con¬ 
 stable, police officer, may at any time enter into a billiard or pool- 
 
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 room, bowling alley or any other place of public amusement, or the 
 premises of an inn-holder or common victualer or in a street lunch 
 cart for the purpose of enforcing any law of the state, or ordinance 
 of the city of North Adams; and whoever obstructs or hinders the 
 entrance of such officer shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
 five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 Section 14. Licenses, that may be granted legally for pur¬ 
 poses not herein before specifically mentioned, may be granted by 
 direction of the license committee who shall fix the fees at their 
 discretion. The consent of the commissioner of public works 
 shall be obtained in the same manner as provided in section 10 of 
 this chapter whenever the use of the public streets is involved. 
 
 Section 15. No license issued under the provisions of this 
 chapter shall be transferred without the consent of the license 
 committee endorsed on the license by the city clerk. 
 
 Section 16. Any and all licenses issued by direction of the 
 license committee under and by virtue of the provisions of this 
 chapter may be suspended or revoked at their pleasure. When such 
 a license is revoked, the city clerk shall note the revocation upon the 
 face of the record of the license and shall give written notice to the 
 holder of the license by delivering the same to him in person or by 
 leaving it at the place of business designated in the license, or mailing 
 the same to his last known address. 
 
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 CHAPTER 8. 
 
 PLUMBING. 
 
 LICENSE. 
 
 Section 1. No person except those authorized by provisions 
 of sections 1 and 2 of chapter 103 of the Revised Laws shall carry 
 on the business, or do any work of plumbing unless he shall have 
 first obtained a license in accordance with the provisions of said 
 chapter 103, and have registered his name and place of business 
 in the office of the city engineer and inspector of buildings for the 
 city of North Adams. 
 
 PLANS OF PLUMBING AND HOUSE DRAINAGE TO BE APPROVED. 
 
 Section 2. The plumbing and drainage of all buildings, 
 public and private, shall be executed in accordance with plans and 
 specifications previously submitted to and approved in writing by 
 both the inspector of buildings and inspector of plumbing. 
 
 Plans and specifications of such plumbing and drainage shall, 
 in each case, be submitted upon blanks in such form as the city 
 engineer and inspector of buildings shall order, and the same shall 
 be placed on file in the city engineer’s office. 
 
 No person shall proceed to construct, add to or alter any portion 
 of the plumbing or drainage system of a building, except in case 
 of repair of leaks, as prescribed in section 7, chapter 103, of the 
 Revised Laws, until the owner, builder or other person constructing 
 the same has filed with the city engineer and inspector of buildings 
 a plan thereof showing such part as may be required of the entire 
 drainage system, from its connection with the common sewer, or 
 from its point of discharge to its terminus in the building, together 
 with the location and sizes of all branches, traps, ventilating pipes 
 and fixtures. No person shall commence work on such drainage or 
 plumbing until the plans and specifications are approved, as in¬ 
 dicated above, by both the inspector of buildings and the inspector 
 
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 of plumbing, and not until permit for said drainage or plumbing 
 work has been granted by the inspector of buildings. After a plan 
 or piece of work has been once approved no alteration of either shall 
 be allowed, except on a new application and permit as provided in 
 this section. Plans and specifications submitted shall be approved 
 or rejected as soon as possible, and at latest, within forty-eight 
 hours after the application has been made. 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 Section 3. The application for the approval of any certain 
 plumbing or drainage system as provided in section 2 shall be made 
 by the owner of the premises on which said system is to be construc¬ 
 ted, or by one duly authorized by him in writing to make such appli¬ 
 cation. It shall always contain the name of the plumber who shall 
 superintend, have charge of, or execute such plumbing, and said 
 plumber shall, at the time of doing such work, be duly licensed as a 
 master or employing plumber, according to the provisions of chapter 
 103 of the Revised Laws. 
 
 HOUSE CONNECTION. 
 
 Section 4. Every building connected with the public sewer, 
 shall be separately and independently connected. The drainage of 
 one house shall not be connected with, nor pass through the cellar 
 of another. 
 
 Any exception to this section can only occur by a special permit 
 granted by the board of health, inspector of buildings and the in¬ 
 spector of plumbing. 
 
 SIZE AND KIND OF PIPE. 
 
 Section 5. All soil, waste or vent pipes shall be of sufficient 
 size and weight when within a building, and for a distance of at 
 least ten feet outwardly from the inside face of the foundation walls 
 or sills, shall be made of cast iron, except that lead pipes may be used 
 for short connections, and wrought iron galvanized pipe may be 
 used in some of the interior piping if so shown on the approved plans 
 and specifications. The iron if cast shall be of best quality, known 
 as extra heavy, of uniform thickness throughout, and shall have 
 
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 an average weight of not less than that below specified. 
 
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 The iron, if wrought, shall be of a quality known as standard • 
 wrought and, if used, shall have its connections made by the Durham 
 system fittings or an approved equivalent. By being so specified in 
 the permit a standard weight cast iron pipe may be used to repair 
 a standard weight, or to extend, for ventilation to the roof, an old 
 standard weight pipe. This shall never be allowed unless so specified 
 in the permit and is considered necessary or advisable by inspectors 
 granting the same. 
 
 HOUSE DRAIN—EXTERIOR. 
 
 Section 6. That portion of the house drain which is outside 
 the building and more than ten feet outwardly from the inside face 
 of the foundation walls shall be constructed of extra heavy cast iron 
 soil pipe or of the best quality vitrified drain pipe with carefully 
 cemented joints. 
 
 No house drain or private sewer shall pass under another house, 
 and if within five feet of the outer line of any cellar wall it shall 
 be made of extra heavy cast iron pipe with thoroughly calked 
 oakum and lead joints. No such pipe, connecting the interior 
 house drainage system with the sewer shall have a fall of less than 
 one-quarter of an inch to each foot if that or a greater fall can be 
 secured. The grade, size and alignment shall always be subject 
 to the approval of the city engineer and inspector of buildings. 
 
 HOUSE DRAIN—INTERIOR. 
 
 Section 7. That portion of the house drain which is inside 
 the building shall have a fall not less than one-half inch for each foot 
 of its length if this is possible; and in no case shall it have a fall 
 less than one-quarter inch to each foot. All pipes shall be fre- 
 
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 quently and firmly supported. Iron pipe in the cellar if hung to 
 the floor timbers must be hung by strong iron hangers placed at 
 intervals not greater than five feet. Such hangers, for a four-inch 
 pipe shall have a cross section not less than one inch by one-eighth 
 inch, and be firmly attached to the timber at both ends, or an 
 iron hanger, attached at only one end may be used if it provides the 
 same supporting strength as the above. The pipe may run along 
 the cellar wall supported on masonry piers. It may be buried 
 in a dirt cellar bottom if from its place of passing through the 
 wall a satisfactory grade may be had to the sewer; or in a masonry 
 cellar bottom it may be placed in a substantial masonry box, large 
 enough to admit good calking all around, and provided with a cover 
 that may be easily removed. 
 
 Care must be taken to protect the pipe from any pressure 
 of the cellar wall at the place of passing through the same. 
 
 SOIL PIPE ANGLES. 
 
 Section 8. All branches of soil or waste pipe, fifteen feet or 
 more in length, shall extend undiminished in size, two feet above 
 the roof, and not less than five feet above the top of any window 
 situated within fifteen feet. Each of such pipes to have an open 
 top allowing unobstructed circulation of all. They shall be sup¬ 
 ported above the roof if required. 
 
 All changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and 
 all connections with horizontal or vertical iron pipes, shall be made 
 with Y branches, maintaining an angle not greater than forty-five 
 degrees; or such other fitting as will contain the same relative 
 proportions. This section shall not apply to air pipes where suit¬ 
 able T branches may be used if approved by the inspector. 
 
 PIPES COVERED. 
 
 Section 9. All drain, soil or waste pipes shall be perma¬ 
 nently exposed to sight where practicable, or, if necessarily placed 
 within partition walls shall be covered with wood work so fastened 
 with screws as to be readily removed. In no case shall they be 
 absolutely inaccessible. An exception to this section shall require 
 
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 a special permit granted by the board of health, inspector of buildings 
 and the inspector of plumbing. 
 
 CLEANOUTS. 
 
 Section 10. Every right angle turn in the drain, soil or waste 
 pipes, and every turn where practicable, shall be provided with 
 suitable cleanout, same size as drain where attached and provided 
 with brass screw cover with packing. It shall be so made as to 
 securely shut off escape of sewer gas. Traps used hereafter shall 
 be provided with suitable accessible openings for cleaning purposes, 
 and all such openings or cleanouts shall be exposed to view. All 
 traps depending on secret partitions to form a seal, and the trap 
 cover with putty connections, are prohibited. 
 
 TRAPS. 
 
 Section 11. Every sink, basin, bath tub, water closet, wash 
 tray, slop hopper and every other fixture having a waste pipe, 
 shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be placed as 
 near as possible to the fixture it serves, except that when a set of 
 bowls, or set of wash trays are close together, one trap may be used 
 for them, but the trap must be within three feet from the most 
 distant fixture that it is intended to serve. (No traps shall be 
 placed on vertical pipes.) Wooden sinks or wash trays are prohibited 
 unless rendered impervious to water. 
 
 VENTILATING TRAPS. 
 
 Section 12. All traps shall be protected from siphonage or 
 air pressure by special cast iron or lead air pipes of a size not less 
 than the waste pipe they serve; said pipe shall be connected with 
 the crown of the trap on its downward side. The diameter of 
 back vent for S water closets shall be not less than two inches internal 
 diameter, for one or for two closets, but for any number exceeding 
 two closets, the diameter shall be not less than three inches. 
 
 Ventilating pipes from any trap other than a water closet 
 discharge shall be of diameter not less than the pipe they serve, 
 and whenever two or more of such ventilating pipes are connected 
 
PLUMBING 
 
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 the diameter of the same after the connection shall not be less than 
 two inches. 
 
 All anti-siphon or vent pipes of water closets shall be connected 
 in the bend beneath the floor as near as possible to the water closet. 
 The highest water closet or sink, when within three feet of main 
 soil pipe may be put in without anti-siphon vent pipe. 
 
 All water closets and slop hoppers within a building, using 
 lead connections, shall have a cast brass flange, not less than three- 
 sixteenths of an inch in thickness soldered to the lead pipe and 
 the joint made with a putty of equal parts of white and red lead, 
 bolted to the closet. 
 
 If the necessary position of a trap causes ventilation of the 
 same to be impracticable, a special permit may be granted to use 
 an approved form of non-siphon trap, if in the judgment of the 
 inspector of buildings and the inspector of plumbing such an ar¬ 
 rangement is necessary or advisable. In no other case shall a 
 trap be placed without ventilation as provided above. Forms of 
 non-siphon traps, and of water closets that may be used are at all 
 times subject to the regulations of the board of health. 
 
 VENTILATING PIPES. 
 
 Section 13. Air pipes shall run as direct as practicable and 
 shall have such continuous slope as to avoid collecting water by 
 condensation. Two or more air pipes may be connected as pro¬ 
 vided in section 12. They may be continued directly to and through 
 the roof, when the diameter shall not be less than three inches 
 and its opening shall be subject to the same regulations as pro¬ 
 vided for soil pipe openings in section 8. Instead of extending 
 through the roof, air pipes may, if favorably located, be connected 
 with the soil pipe above the highest fixture discharging into the same. 
 
 Sewer, soil or waste pipe ventilators, shall not be constructed 
 of brick, sheet metal, or earthen ware, and chimney flues shall not 
 be used as such ventilators. 
 
 LOCAL VENT. 
 
 Section 14. Every water closet shall be provided with a 
 separate local vent unless otherwise permitted in the approved plans 
 and specifications. The material of such vent shall be copper, 
 
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 galvanized iron, or cast iron, and its diameter shall not be less than 
 two inches. It shall be carried upward and into a heated flue, if one 
 is provided for the purpose,.and if there is no heated flue it shall be 
 entered into the kitchen chimney at a point to be approved by 
 the inspector. An exception to the foregoing may be made 
 when several closets are set close together in the same apartment, 
 the local vents may be connected together before entering the 
 flue or chimney. The diameter for one closet to be not less than 
 two inches, for two and not more than four closets three inches, and 
 for any number exceeding four closets a proportionally increased 
 diameter. 
 
 SIZE OF WASTE. 
 
 Section 15. When two and not more than six fixtures, 
 such as sinks, bowls, baths or wash trays are used on one line, the 
 waste pipe must be of cast iron, and not less than two inches in 
 diameter; for any number exceeding six the waste pipe shall have 
 a diameter of not less than three inches. No pipe less than one and 
 one-fourth inches in diameter shall be used for waste, vent or flush 
 pipes. 
 
 NUMBER OF CLOSETS. 
 
 Section 16. There shall be in all houses, blocks, or buildings 
 for the employment of labor a separate water closet for each tene¬ 
 ment, and at least one water closet for every twenty-five persons 
 living, occupying or being employed therein, conveniently located 
 and constanly supplied with water. 
 
 WATER CLOSET TANK. 
 
 Section 17. Every water closet hereafter constructed shall 
 be supplied with water from a special tank or cistern not used for 
 any other purpose, and holding not less than five gallons, unless 
 permission has been first obtained from the board of health to use 
 other fixtures. The closet shall in all cases be separately and 
 independently connected with the general or common drain of the 
 house. The use of the pan or plunger closet is prohibited. 
 
 When necessary to renew any fixture from local cause, and all 
 other parts of the house plumbing are in good condition, such fixture 
 of approved make may be substituted without additional venti- 
 
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 lation or alteration of the sewer system, by special permission of 
 the board of health. After such fixture has been placed the smoke 
 or other test if directed, to be applied to the entire plumbing of 
 the building. 
 
 WATER CLOSETS IN HOUSES. 
 
 Section 18. Water closets must never be placed in an un¬ 
 ventilated room or compartment. They shall, when practicable 
 be located in an apartment with a window of suitable dimensions 
 leading directly to the outer air. When otherwise located the apart¬ 
 ment must be supplied with a suitable ventilating shaft or air duct, 
 which shaft must not be used to ventilate habitable rooms. The 
 space in and around water closets, bath tubs and wash bowls shall 
 not be inclosed by wood work, but shall remain open and exposed 
 to view, except that a closet may be made under a wash bowl, 
 when provided with a suitable door. 
 
 .JOINTS. 
 
 Section 19. All joints in iron pipe must be packed with 
 oakum, run full with molten lead, thoroughly calked and made 
 tight. Lead shall not be less than one and one-half inches deep, 
 and no paint or putty shall be applied to the same until it has been 
 tested. All joints in tile pipe shall be thoroughly filled with hy¬ 
 draulic cement after the pipe is in its final position, and the joint 
 shall be wiped inside to a smooth surface, offering a free flow to the 
 sewage. No obstruction shall be left inside the pipe when connec¬ 
 tion is made with the iron. No tile shall be used inside the building 
 as provided in section 5. 
 
 Every joint in lead pipe shall be made in a solder, and wiped 
 joints are to be used where practicable. Every joint connecting 
 lead pipe with iron pipe shall be made with extra heavy brass 
 ferrule of the same size as the lead pipe, set in the hub of the branch 
 of the iron pipe and calked with lead, the lead pipe to be attached 
 to the brass ferrule by a wiped solder joint when practicable. 
 
 RAIN WATER LEADERS. 
 
 Section 20. All rain water leaders, when connected with 
 the house system, shall be suitably trapped, and when within a 
 
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 building shall be of a size not less than the pipe which conducts 
 the water from the roof. When two or more are connected together 
 the diameter shall be correspondingly increased; leaders shall be 
 connected with the main soil pipe at such place as is approved by 
 the inspector, which place shall be in front of all connections to 
 which fixtures are attached if practicable. No rain water conductor 
 shall be used as a soil, waste or vent pipe, nor shall any soil, waste 
 or vent pipe be used as a rain water conductor. 
 
 SOIL PIPE TRAP. 
 
 Section 21. The soil pipe from where it enters the building 
 to the roof shall be of diameter not less than four inches, provided, 
 however, that soil pipe of not less than three inches in diameter 
 may be used when in the judgment of the inspector of plumbing 
 and the inspector of buildings it is advisable. 
 
 Beyond all house connections, close to and inside the cellar 
 wall the soil pipe or house drain shall be provided with a trap the 
 same size as the drain; said trap to be furnished with a four-inch 
 brass screw clean-out with packing, made gas and air tight. The 
 hand hold shall be on the house side of the trap. There shall be no 
 other trap on the soil pipe, nor shall this one be placed near the foot 
 of the vertical portion thereof. Its setting shall not have an in¬ 
 clination to injure the seal of the trap. The trap may be placed 
 outside the cellar wall by building about it a man-hole to make 
 it always accessible. It must be protected from frost. 
 
 FRESH AIR INLET. 
 
 Section 22. There shall be a fresh air inlet of not less than 
 four inches diameter, entering the drain between the trap described 
 in section 21, and all house connections. The fresh air inlet shall 
 enter said drain within two feet of said trap, and shall be connected 
 with the outer air at a suitable distance from the nearest window or 
 door, and where it cannot contaminate the cold air box of the 
 furnace. Air shall have free access thereto, but the pipe shall be 
 protected by grating or otherwise from dirt and obstructions. 
 
 REFRIGERATOR WASTE PIPES. 
 
 Section 23. Waste pipes from refrigerators or other recep¬ 
 tacles in which provisions are stored shall not be connected with 
 
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 drain, soil or waste pipes, unless such waste pipes are provided 
 with traps suitably ventilated; and in every case there shall be an 
 open tray or sink between the trap and refrigerator. 
 
 STEAM EXHAUST. 
 
 Section 24. No steam exhaust, blow-off or drip pipe shall 
 connect with the sewer, house drain, rain water conductor, soil, 
 waste or vent pipe unless it first discharge into a suitable tank or 
 condenser. Said condenser to be provided with a vent leading 
 from its dome to the outer air of a capacity not less than the ag¬ 
 gregate capacity of all the pipes discharging into it. The said 
 condenser may by proper connection and by special permit be al¬ 
 lowed to discharge into the sewer; but such connection shall be 
 made on the sewer side of the running trap. 
 
 GREASE TRAP. 
 
 Section 25. A suitable grease trap whenever required must 
 be placed under the sink of every hotel, restaurant, eating house 
 or other cooking establishment, and be easily accessible for inspec¬ 
 tion and cleaning. 
 
 INSPECTION. 
 
 Section 26. No person shall cover or conceal any part of 
 the work until after it has been examined and approved by the 
 inspector of plumbing. When the work is sufficiently advanced 
 for the water pressure test the plumber in charge shall send notice 
 of the same to the inspector, in writing, on blanks furnished by the 
 city. This, or such other test as shall be approved by the city 
 engineer and inspector of buildings, shall be made within three days 
 from the time of receiving such notice, and sooner if possible. As 
 much of the work as practicable shall be completed before making 
 this test. All pipes tested must be in their final position with per¬ 
 manent hangers, clamps or supports. The plumber in charge of 
 the work, after having securely closed all openings except at the 
 top shall make said test in the presence of and under the direction 
 of said inspector. The pipe shall remain under pressure such time 
 as required by the inspector; not to exceed three hours. All de¬ 
 fective joints must be made tight, and all defective pipe removed 
 
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 and replaced by sound pipe within ten days from the time of their 
 rejection. 
 
 When the entire plumbing work has been completed the plumber 
 must make application for final inspection, in writing, on blanks 
 furnished by the city. The plumber must not. leave the work until 
 such inspection has been made by the smoke test or such other ap¬ 
 proved method as may be considered necessary. No fitting shall 
 be covered, nor the system used until such inspection has been 
 made. Upon the satisfactory completion of the work the inspector 
 of plumbing shall issue a certificate of approval to the owner of the 
 premises or to his duly authorized agent. Such certificate shall 
 also be filed in the office of the inspector of buildings. 
 
 Any such system, put in and covered without due notice to 
 the plumbing inspector must be uncovered for examination, at the 
 direction of said inspector. If the plumber in charge fails to do 
 this it becomes the duty of the inspector of plumbing to uncover 
 such as shall be necessary for the examination. 
 
 It shall be in order at any time during the progress of the work 
 for the inspector of buildings or the inspector of plumbing to examine 
 and approve or reject any portion of the same that shall be found 
 not in accordance with the approved plans and specifications or 
 whose execution is found not consistent with good workmanship. 
 
 GENERAL. 
 
 Section 27. All plumbing fixtures in the building shall have 
 proper connection with the house drain, and all pipes must have a 
 downward inclination to the drain or sewer of not less than one- 
 fourth inch to the foot. Greater inclinations shall be given if 
 practicable. Soil pipes from water closets shall be not less than 
 four inches in diameter. 
 
 CONNECTION. 
 
 Section 28. When practicable, the waste pipes from all 
 fixtures except water closets shall be connected with the soil pipe 
 above the nearest water closet connection, and no such waste pipe 
 shall discharge into the discharge pipe of any closet between said 
 closet and the soil pipe unless such junction be made in the most 
 
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 favorable position, and unless the trap of such waste pipe be properly 
 ventilated. 
 
 DRIPS—OVERFLOW PIPES. 
 
 Section 29. Drip or overflow pipes from safes under fixtures 
 or from tanks shall be run into some open space where they may 
 be seen, and in no case shall any such pipe be connected with any 
 soil or waste pipe. 
 
 CAST IRON PIPE COATING. 
 
 Section 30. All cast iron pipe used shall be sound, free from 
 holes, and of uniform thickness in any cross-section. Before being 
 connected it shall be thoroughly coated, inside and out, with coal- 
 tar pitch varnish applied hot by immersion, or with some equivalent 
 substance satisfactory to the inspector of buildings. 
 
 PRIVY VAULTS OR CESSPOOLS. 
 
 Section 31. No person or persons shall hereafter construct 
 a privy vault within the limits of the city, on any lot or premises 
 where there is a sewer in any street or alley adjoining such lot or 
 premises. In any locality where sewer is not accessible a privy 
 vault or cesspool if built shall conform to the regulations prescribed 
 by the board of health. If no regulation of said board relates 
 thereto, the location, size and construction of said vault or cesspool 
 shall be subject to the approval of the inspector of buildings and the 
 inspector of plumbing. Plans and specifications for the same shall 
 be included in the plans and specifications for the house plumbing 
 as provided in these regulations. 
 
 TANK VALVES. 
 
 Section 32. All tanks erected after the approval of these 
 regulations shall be of suitable dimensions and provided with the 
 most approved ball cocks and floats, capable of withstanding the pres¬ 
 sure to which they may be subjected, and valves which shall con¬ 
 duct a copious supply of water at all times to the fixtures which they 
 serve. 
 
 Section 33. These regulations shall not be operative over 
 that portion of the city other than the area included within the fire 
 
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 limits, as established by the city council, except such portion thereof 
 as the regulations of the board of health shall make obligatory 
 upon said otherwise exempted districts. 
 
 EXCEPTIONS. 
 
 Section 34. Any fixture or set of fixtures not provided for 
 in these regulations shall require the unanimous approval in writing 
 of the board of health, the inspector of buildings and the inspector 
 of plumbing. An exception to any one of these regulations shall 
 require the same approval. It shall be made only in a special case, 
 and then only when considered necessary or advisable by those so 
 approving. 
 
 PENALTY. 
 
 Section 35. The penalty for violating any of these provisions 
 or regulations of this ordinance shall be as provided in section 8, 
 chapter 103 of the Revised Laws. 
 
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 CHAPTER 9. 
 
 ERECTION, REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. 
 
 Section 1. This chapter regulating the erection, alteration, 
 repairing and construction of buildings applies to the fire limits 
 which the city council may from time to time establish, divided into 
 two sections and classed respectively district A and district B. The 
 area known as district A is bounded and described as follows, viz.: 
 Beginning at a point in the center of the south branch of the Hoosac 
 river where the same is intersected by a line parallel with and 
 one hundred feet southerly from the southerly line of Summer street, 
 produced to meet the center line of said river; thence easterly 
 along said line parallel with and one hundred feet southerly from 
 the southerly line of Summer street to its intersection with the center 
 line of Church street; thence along the center of Church street, north¬ 
 westerly to the center line of East Main street; thence easterly along 
 the center of E. Main street to a point in the center of Pleasant street 
 or that which is more commonly known as Miner street; thence 
 northeasterly along the center line on Miner street, so called, to a 
 point in the center of Union street; thence westerly along the cen¬ 
 ter line of said Union street to a point in the center of the north 
 branch of the Hoosac river; thence along the center line of said 
 north branch down stream to its intersection with the center line 
 of the south branch of the Hoosac river; thence southeasterly along 
 the said center line of said south branch of stream to the place of 
 beginning. 
 
 Any building any part of which is upon or is intended to be 
 placed upon the area above described shall be subject to the pro¬ 
 visions of this chapter which apply to district A. District B shall 
 include all that area within the fire limits that is not. included in 
 district A. 
 
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 Section 2. The following terms shall have the meanings 
 respectively assigned. “Alteration/' means any changes or addition 
 or additions. “Basement,” means a cellar or story of which one- 
 half or more of its height from floor to ceiling is below the level of 
 the street or ground adjoining. “Building,” means any structure 
 eight feet or more in height and covering one hundred square feet or 
 more of ground. “Buildings of class one,” means buildings of fire¬ 
 proof construction throughout. “Buildings of class two,” means 
 buildings with external and party walls of brick, stone, iron or other 
 equally substantial or non-combustible material. “Buildings of 
 class three,” means all buildings not included in classes one or 
 two. “External wall,” means every outer wall of a building other 
 than a party wall. “Footings,” means a projecting bottom course 
 of walls. “Foundations,” means the beds upon which piers, 
 columns, chimneys, etc., rest. “Foundation wall,” means, for ex¬ 
 ternal walls, that portion below the street or ground adjoining, and 
 for party or partition walls, that portion below the basement bot¬ 
 tom. “Party wall,” means every wall used, or built to be used, as 
 a separation of two or more buildings. “Partition wall,” means any 
 interior wall of masonry. “Repairs,” means the reconstruction or 
 renewal of a building damaged by fire or other cause. “Story,” 
 means any horizontal portion through a building between floor and 
 ceiling timbers above the basement; or a loft occupied or designed 
 to be occupied; and, so far as relating to construction, every man¬ 
 sard or other roof having a pitch of thirty degrees from level or more, 
 if the inspector so determine. “Thickness of walls,” means the 
 thickness exclusive of spaces, and ashlar, unless it is eight inches or 
 more in thickness, in which case the excess over four inches may 
 be reckoned. “Inspector,” means the city engineer and in¬ 
 spector of buildings of the city of North Adams, Massachusetts. 
 
 Section 3. Every building hereafter erected in “district A” 
 shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions for buildings 
 of classes one and two, unless a special permit is granted as provided 
 in section 4 of this chapter. 
 
 The alteration or repair of any building in district A shall be 
 subject to the same conditions and regulations as prescribed in this 
 section for construction; provided, however, that any building or 
 
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 structure which may be damaged by fire or otherwise, to an extent 
 not exceeding fprty per cent, of its value, may be repaired and put 
 Dnly in its original condition under the direction and supervision 
 nf the inspector of buildings. 
 
 Section 4. No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, alter 
 Dr repair any building within the fire limits as described in section 1, 
 except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, unless a 
 special permit is granted otherwise by vote of the city council and 
 approved by the mayor. No person, firm or corporation shall begin 
 to erect, alter or repair any building within said fire limits without 
 having first, if in district A, filed a copy of plans and specifications 
 with, or if in district B, submitted a copy .of plans and specifications 
 to the inspector and obtained his permit therefor; provided, how¬ 
 ever, that any building by or for the county, state, or the United 
 States shall be exempt from such provision. 
 
 Permits shall be granted or refused within five (5) days after 
 :he application and submission of plans and specifications. 
 
 Every permit shall be considered cancelled if active work is 
 lot commenced upon the building within a period of six months, 
 md the permit shall expire by limitation if the building is not 
 completed within a period of one year from the date of its issue. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the in¬ 
 spector of buildings from granting a permit for the erection of any 
 Dart of a building, or any part of a structure, when plans and de¬ 
 railed statements have been presented for the same before the entire 
 Dlans and detailed statements of said building or structure have 
 oeen submitted. 
 
 Section 5. Buildings of class 1 shall consist of non-com- 
 Dustible material throughout, except that wood may be used for 
 under and upper floors, sleepers and furring blocks bedded in con¬ 
 crete or plaster, window and door frames, sashes, doors, standing 
 finish, ceilings and hand rail of stairs. All iron and steel to- be 
 fiioroughly protected against fire, and the construction to be subject 
 ;o the approval of the inspector. All buildings more than seventy 
 eet in height, except as otherwise provided, shall be of th's class. 
 
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 Section 6. Buildings of class two shall have external and party 
 walls built of a good and merchantable quality of brick, stone, i 
 iron or other hard and non-combustible material, if of brick, stone 1 
 or similar material, it shall be properly bonded and laid with well- 
 filled joints and flushed up at every course with mortar and shall not 1 
 be of less thickness than as follows, provided, however, that no; 
 story exceeds twelve feet in height between timbers; for one-story 
 buildings, eight inches; for two-story buildings, the first story 
 twelve, the second story eight inches; for three-story buildings, 
 the first, second and third stories twelve inches; and for four-story 
 buildings, the first story sixteen inches, the second, third and fourth 1 
 stories twelve inches, or as the inspector in each case may otherwise 1 
 direct. If any external wall from ground to first story floor timbers 
 exceeds one foot in height it shall be four inches more in thickness' 
 than as above given for first stories. For buildings with stories 
 of greater height than twelve feet between timbers, and for buildings 
 of iron or steel construction, the thickness of the walls shall be as 
 the inspector may approve. Party walls shall be carried up noF 
 less than sixteen inches above the roof, and coped with stone, 
 terra-cotta or metal securely fastened. Provided that on the 1 
 front of mansard or steep roofs they may be built up to the roof 
 with boarding well bedded in mortar and properly flashed with! 
 metal. All openings in party walls to be provided with such fire ! 
 resisting doors as the inspector may approve. 
 
 Every second class building hereafter built, except as herein- : 
 after provided, shall have a sufficient firestop at each floor, covering 
 the whole floor of each story through all stud partitions and extend- 
 ing to the masonry walls. Every air duct, except those expressly I 
 sanctioned by this act, shall be effectually stopped at each story.; 
 Every such fire-stop shall consist of a solid, air-tight cohesive layer, ( 
 at least one inch thick, of tile, brick, terra-cotta or like fire-made 
 material, plaster, cement, cinder or ashes, or of a combination of j 
 the same, or of equally non-inflammable, non-heat conducting 
 materials laid-between the upper and under floors, or occupying: 
 all the space between the timbers under the under floor; provided, 
 that all second class buildings hereafter erected, of forty-five feet ; 
 or more in height, which are used above the first floor as storage 
 
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 stores, warehouses or stores for the storage and sale of merchandise, 
 shall have a tight splined or tongued and grooved under-floor of 
 at least two inch plank, with an upper floor one inch thick, matched 
 and breaking joints, and in such building fire-stops need not be 
 used. The foot of each partition, and of each tier of studding or 
 furring, shall be filled solid between the uprights to the full width 
 thereof, and to the height of six inches above the floor, with the same 
 incombustibles as above prescribed for fire-stops or some combina¬ 
 tion thereof. The spaces between such parts of floor-joists as rest 
 above partition heads shall be filled with the materials above re¬ 
 quired. The spaces between stringers of stair cases and joists of 
 landings, unless unsealed, shall be so stopped with some of the in¬ 
 combustibles above mentioned, at three places at least in ever 
 flight of stairs, as to prevent the passage of air. 
 
 Section 7. Foundation walls shall rest upon solid ground 
 not less than four feet and six inches below the surface exposed to 
 frost, or upon concrete, piles or other durable substance of suitable 
 depth. For buildings of class one and walls built of block stone 
 laid in horizontal courses or of brick laid in mortar, the thickness 
 shall be such as the inspector may approve. If built of rubble 
 stone, for buildings of class two of two stories, and for class three 
 of three stories in height, the thickness shall be not less than eigh¬ 
 teen inches at the top and twenty-four inches at the bottom and 
 an additional four inches in thickness for each additional story in 
 height, and such other additional thickness as the inspector deems 
 the circumstances may require, all to be of good quality of stone 
 well bonded and laid solid in mortar. The thickness of foundation 
 walls of all buildings, and the size, shape and quality of the stone 
 or other material used in their construction shall be as approved 
 by the inspector of buildings. They shall be so laid that the wall 
 will be well bonded throughout. 
 
 Section 8. Footings and foundations, when the inspector 
 deems necessary, shall be of approved dimensions and quality for 
 the superstructure which they support and not overload the material 
 on which they rest, and well bedded. 
 
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 Section 9. Partition walls of brick shall be not less than 
 eight inches in thickness and if more than one story in height, or if 
 used as supporting partitions their thickness shall be as the in¬ 
 spector directs. Partition walls made of hollow brick or terra 
 cotta, or other substances and the structure otherwise supported, 
 the thickness shall be as the inspector may approve, all to be 
 well bonded and laid in mortar. 
 
 Section 10. Supports for all buildings in basements and 
 cellars shall be of such size, bond, caps and quality as the inspector 
 deems circumstances require. 
 
 Section 11. Mortar for all purposes must be made of clean, 
 sharp sand and fresh cement or lime, and equal in richness as follows: 
 For below water level and heavy carrying piers, one part cement 
 to two parts sand. For buildings of class one, block stone and brick 
 foundations, ashlar or s.tone external walls, as the inspector may 
 approve. For rubble stone foundation, party and partition walls 
 in basement and piers, except as otherwise provided, one part ce¬ 
 ment, one part lime, four parts sand. And for buildings of class two 
 above the ground, chimneys, etc., rich lime mortar. 
 
 Section 12. In every building hereafter erected, except 
 churches, schools, halls, manufactories or buildings of class one, 
 covering more than five thousand square feet of ground and exceed¬ 
 ing sixty feet in width, there shall not be more than fifty feet space 
 between the walls, running from front to rear, without introduction 
 of a partition wall, which shall extend above the roof, and openings 
 provided for in section 6 for party walls. No building hereafter 
 erected shall have a space more than thirty feet in width without 
 suitably sized columns of wood, iron or such other material as the 
 inspector may approve. 
 
 Section 13. The ends of all floor or roof timbers connecting 
 with masonry walls or partitions shall have a bearing of not less I 
 than four inches on each end and so shaped that in case of fire they ; 
 may fall without injury to said walls. All such timbers connecting 
 with party walls mentioned in section 12, entering from opposite 
 sides shall have not less than four inches of solid masonry between 
 
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 ends of said timbers. Every tier of floor and roof timbers con¬ 
 necting with masonry walls shall be tied to said walls, and to each 
 other if not in continuous length, with wrought iron straps not less 
 than one and one-half inch in width and three-eights of an inch in 
 thickness, at least, every ten feet, securely fastened to said timbers, 
 or headers cut between, or their equivalent. Trimmers, headers 
 and similar timbers shall be hung in iron stirrups, if in the opinion 
 of the inspector circumstances require it and he so directs. 
 
 Section 14. All new and renewed floors and roofs of public 
 buildings, warehouses, manufactories, mercantile and other buildings 
 shall be so constructed as to carry safely a weight per superficial 
 square foot, exclusive of material of which the floor is composed, 
 not less than as follows: 
 
 Floors for mercantile buildings, one hundred and twenty (120) 
 pounds; for light manufacturing and light storage, one hundred 
 and twenty (120) pounds; for other manufacturing and heavy 
 storage, one hundred and fifty (150) pounds, and upwards in pro¬ 
 portion to the loads they have to carry. 
 
 In each of these cases the owner shall agree and certify in 
 writing that the floors shall not be used for loads greater than that 
 for which the permit is given, unless another permit is obtained 
 therefor conditioned on a correspondingly increased strength of floor. 
 
 Floors for assembly rooms shall be proportioned to carry not 
 less than one hundred (100) pounds per square foot exclusive of 
 material used in construction; for school buildings or other places 
 of instruction, seventy-five (75) pounds; for offices, eighty (80) 
 pounds; for dwellings, fifty (50) pounds; for stables and carriage 
 houses, seventy-five (75) pounds, and for each additional strength 
 in proportion to the load it is to carry; for roofs having a pitch of 
 less than twenty degrees, fifty (50) pounds; roofs having a pitch 
 of more than twenty degrees, forty (40) pounds upon every super¬ 
 ficial foot measured on a horizontal plane. 
 
 Section 15. Roofs of all buildings hereafter erected, or re¬ 
 newed in district A and such existing buildings as the inspector 
 directs; also such buildings in district B as the inspector deems 
 necessary, shall be covered with tin, iron, slate, gravel or other 
 
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 roofing material not readily inflammable. All roofs of buildings 
 abutting on any street or sidewalk shall be so guarded as to prevent 
 snow, ice or water falling on said street or sidewalk. 
 
 Section 16. Elevator wells and light shafts, unless built of 
 brick, shall be lined with metal or plastered on metallic lathing 
 and all doors connecting with elevator wells must be fire resisting. 
 In every building hereafter erected, all walls, partitions, channels for 
 water, gas or soil pipes, space between furrings and stair openings, 
 shall be so provided at each floor or ceiling, as to make smoke tight 
 and prevent the rapid run of fire, also the space within stairs midway 
 of stairs. No pipe for conveying hot air or steam in any such build¬ 
 ing, shall run through floors or partitions or come within one inch 
 of any woodwork, or remain in any existing building if the inspector 
 so directs, unless protected by suitable guards or casings of non¬ 
 combustible material; also ceilings over boilers and furnaces shall 
 be made of metal or plastered or metallic lathing, if the inspector 
 so directs. 
 
 Section 17. Chimneys shall not be corbelled from a wall 
 more than the thickness of the wall, nor shall they rest upon wood 
 if the building is more than one story in height. In a one-story 
 building the chimney may be set on wooden posts if the inspector 
 so permits, provided the supports for and construction of the chimney 
 are as he approves. All chimneys shall be built of brick, stone or 
 other non-combustible material. 
 
 Of every building hereafter built in district A, and of all build¬ 
 ings more than two stories in height, the chimneys, if of brick, 
 shall have walls not less than eight inches; and chimneys of stone 
 or other material shall have walls not less than eight inches with 
 an additional brick lining of not less than four inches in thickness 
 unless fire clay or tera cotta linings are used, in which case four 
 inches of thickness of walls may be omitted. All other chimneys 
 except in buildings heretofore provided for shall have walls not less 
 than four inches, if of brick, and if of stone or other material, such 
 thickness as the inspector may approve. All chimneys shall be 
 laid with as close joints as practical, well filled with mortar, nicely 
 struck inside and outside, and shall be plastered outside whenever 
 
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 concealed. No flue shall have a cross section of less area than the 
 aggregate of cross sections of smoke pipes entering it unless the 
 inspector so directs. In no case shall a chimney be carried so as not 
 to be self supporting unless provided with fire clay or terra cotta 
 linings. In all cases the ends of the lining pieces shall be made to 
 fit in close joint; the lining shall be built in as the flue is carried up, 
 and such lining shall be continued to the top of the chimney. All 
 smoke pipes passing through furring spaces, wood partitions, 
 closets, floors, etc., shall be provided with sufficient soap-stone 
 collars, or ventilated space thimbles or pipes. No smoke pipe shall 
 extend through the external wall, side, roof, or window of any 
 building. No furring or woodwork shall be nailed to chimneys. 
 All chimneys shall extend at least three feet above the highest point 
 of contact with the roof, and higher if the inspector so directs. 
 Depositories for ashes in the interior of any building shall be of 
 incombustible material, and in no case shall wooden ash-chutes be 
 used. In case any chimney in existing buildings is, in the opinion 
 of the inspector, dangerous or unsafe, the inspector shall notify 
 the owner or person in charge and the same shall be made safe at 
 once. 
 
 Section 18. All hearths shall be supported by trimmer arches 
 of brick or stone, or be of single stone at least four inches thick, or 
 by masonry built on iron lintels. The brick jambs and backs of 
 all fire-places, grate or range openings shall be not less than eight 
 inches in thickness. Brick-work over fire-places or grate openings 
 shall be supported by suitable iron lintels or brick or stone arches. 
 In all cases the protection from fire shall be satisfactory to the in¬ 
 spector of buildings and the chief engineer of the fire department. 
 
 Section 19. Every building hereafter erected, or existing 
 building in which operatives are employed above the second story 
 and every building more than two stories in height and occupied 
 or designed to be occupied above the second story as a tenement, 
 or as sleeping rooms shall be provided with such stairways or fire- 
 escapes as the inspector may approve or direct. 
 
 Section 20. The inspector or his authorized assistant, shall 
 examine all buildings in process of erection, alteration or repair 
 
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 as often as practical and existing buildings as soon as may be after 
 the passage of this ordinance if deemed by him as coming within its 
 provisions, and for that purpose he shall have the right of entry 
 thereto, and shall make a record of all violations together with the 
 location of the buildings, the names of the owners, occupants 
 architect and master mechanic and all other matters relating thereto. 
 
 In the erection, alteration or repair of any building no part 
 of the same shall be concealed until it has been examined and ap¬ 
 proved by the inspector or his authorized assistant. 
 
 The builder in charge of construction or the owner of the 
 premises shall give notice to the inspector whenever any parts are 
 ready for inspection, if those parts are to be covered in the further 
 construction of the building. The inspector shall respond promptly 
 and in no case shall the inspection be delayed more than twenty 
 four hours after such notice has been received. 
 
 If, in the construction of any building, parts thereof have been 
 covered without inspection and approval, it shall be in order for the 
 inspector to cause the removal of such covering as may be necessary 
 for said inspection, and to charge to the owner of the premises 
 all expense arising from such removal. Any faulty construction 
 that shall be thus found to exist shall be subject to the same pro¬ 
 cedures as other violations of the provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Any violations of the provisions of this chapter, or the con¬ 
 ditions for the erection, repair or alteration of any building, shall 
 be reported to the owner of the premises or to his duly authorized 
 agent. In case he fails to correct such violations at once, the same 
 shall be reported to the city solicitor. 
 
 Section 21. Whoever violates any provision or provisions 
 of this chapter shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred 
 dollars ($100). 
 
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 CHAPTER 10. 
 
 LAYING OUT, LOCATING ANEW, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING STREETS, 
 
 WAYS OR HIGHWAYS. 
 
 Section 1. Petitions for the laying out of a street, or for 
 altering, locating anew or discontinuing of any existing street, 
 way or highway, within the city limits, shall be presented to the 
 city council at a regular meeting. In all cases except where a street 
 is to be discontinued the petition must be accompanied by a profile 
 of the same and by a description defining clearly and accurately 
 the lines bounding said proposed street, and also a map showing 
 such boundary lines and the position of the monuments which 
 mark the same, and stating plainly both in words and in figures the 
 width of the proposed street and the magnetic bearings of the boun¬ 
 dary lines. The said petition shall also include a list of abutting 
 property owners so far as known. If the city council refer such 
 petition to a committee, the said committee may, if it so elects, 
 direct the city engineer to make examination of the lines and monu¬ 
 ments as indicated on the said map and report to it over his own 
 signature his findings together with such suggestions as may seem 
 to him fitting. 
 
 Section 2. No street shall be laid out by the city council 
 of a width less than forty feet unless upon the written recommen¬ 
 dation of the committee of the city council, to which such petition is 
 referred, the commissioner of public works and the city engineer 
 that such width is not practicable, in which case a street not less 
 than thirty-three feet in width may be laid out. 
 
 Section 3. No street shall be laid out unless the abutters 
 shall have released to the city without compensation the necessary 
 land, nor until a grade shall have been established satisfactory to the 
 city engineer and the commissioner of public works and the surface 
 
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 of said proposed street has been reduced to the grade so established. 
 This section, however, shall not apply to proceedings instituted 
 and had under the provisions of law relating to the assessments of 
 betterments. 
 
 Section 4. The committee of the city council, to which such 
 petition is referred may direct the city engineer to make survey for 
 and to recommend a grade for such proposed street. No grade for 
 any street shall be adopted until a notice in writing has been sent 
 by the city engineer to each owner, if known, of property abutting 
 on said proposed street, inviting him to examine a profile showing 
 the same, said profile to be on exhibition during a period of not 
 less than five days in the office of the city engineer. Said notices 
 shall state the time during which said profile shall be on exhibi¬ 
 tion, also a time when said owners of abutting property may 
 state grievances or make objection to such proposed grade. The 
 board to hear such grievances shall consist of the commissioner 
 of public works and the city engineer. After such hearing the 
 board to hear grievances, as above constituted, shall consider 
 and adopt a grade for such proposed street that shall be sub¬ 
 mitted to the city council. If adopted by the city council and 
 approved by the mayor the same shall be final. 
 
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 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 RELATING TO THE PLACING OF SEWER OR WATER PIPES IN STREETS 
 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. 
 
 Section 1 . No sewer or drain to connect with the sewage 
 system of the city or any part thereof shall be placed in any private 
 street or way, or in any street or way that has not been accepted 
 as such by the city unless the location, grade and alignment of 
 said sewer or drain has been approved by the city engineer and 
 the construction of said sewer or drain placed under his super¬ 
 vision. No water pipe shall be laid on such street or way unless 
 under the supervision of the superintendent of water works; the 
 grade and alignment for water pipes shall be established in the same 
 manner as for sewers and in either case shall provide for grading 
 the street to a surface recommended by the commissioner of public 
 works and the city engineer; such recommendation and the survey 
 necessary therefor shall precede the laying of said pipes. 
 
 Section 2. It shall be in order for the commissioner of public 
 works to direct the laying of pipes for water or sewage in any street 
 or way that has not been accepted as such by the city whenever 
 in his opinion the needs of the people owning property abutting 
 on said street or way, and the interests of the city are best served 
 by the laying of such pipes, providing, however, the conditions pre¬ 
 vail as stated in the following sections. 
 
 Section 3. A perpetual right to construct and forever main¬ 
 tain or at any time repair such piping for water or sewage through 
 such private street or way shall be granted by the owner or owners 
 thereof to the city of North Adams, and must include the free and 
 unobstructed use of or use for the above mentioned purpose of a 
 right of way whose width shall be determined by the commissioner 
 
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 of public works and owner or owners of the property. Such right of 
 way shall not at any time be occupied by any structure or attach¬ 
 ment thereto; nor shall the city of North Adams, insofar as such 
 agreement concerns, occupy said right of way for purposes other 
 than of construction, maintenance or repair of said sewer or water 
 pipes. 
 
 Section 4. The person or persons owning property abutting 
 on said street or way must waive all claims for damages that may 
 be caused by the placing or laying of said pipes for sewer or water, 
 and all claims for damages that may be caused by the grade of said 
 street or way as recommended by the commissioner of public works 
 and the city engineer, except such damages as may be caused by 
 incompetent or careless workmanship during construction. 
 
 The city engineer shall place on file in his office a profile of 
 said street or way showing the recommended grade as above indi¬ 
 cated. 
 
 Section 5. These provisions are intended to apply only to 
 those areas whose use is for the common convenience and travel 
 of occupants on either side of said way, and not to grounds held 
 strictly in private by the owner. 
 
 Section 6. During the laying of water or sewer pipes the 
 city shall protect the trenches by lights or guards to prevent acci¬ 
 dent the same as along its work on accepted streets, and refill the 
 trench, leaving it in reasonably good condition; but the city does 
 not agree to place said street or way in safe and convenient con¬ 
 dition for travel, nor does it become responsible for damages that 
 may result from accident in the continued use of or travel upon 
 said street or way. 
 
 The city not to claim any right in any such street or way for 
 purposes other than the use of its sewer and water pipes, and all 
 expense and labor for maintaining the street surface and caring 
 for surface water along the same must be provided by the same 
 person or persons to whom its care would have belonged had no 
 sewer or water pipes been placed therein. 
 
 Section 7. All connections with the sewer herein provided 
 must be under the supervision of the engineering department. 
 
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 CHAPTER 12 
 
 PREVENTION OF INJURIOUS PRACTICES IN STREETS. 
 
 Section 1. No person, except the superintendent of outdoor 
 work or the superintendent of the water works in the performance 
 of their duties, shall break or dig up the pavement or ground in 
 any public street, or any sidewalk or common in the city, or erect 
 any staging for building thereon, or place any materials or rubbish 
 thereon, without first obtaining from the commissioner of public 
 works a written permit stating the space in the street or other pub¬ 
 lic place that may be occupied, and the time allowed for such occu¬ 
 pancy, and such other provisions as he may deem best, and filing 
 with the city clerk a written agreement under seal, approved by 
 said commissioner, to comply strictly with the terms of the permit 
 and indemnify the city from all loss, cost or expense that it may 
 suffer by reason of such occupancy. 
 
 Section 2. Whenever any street, lane, alley or sidewalk or 
 other public place in the city, shall, under any permit be granted 
 as provided in the preceding section, be dug up, obstructed, en¬ 
 cumbered or otherwise thereby rendered unsafe or inconvenient 
 for travel, the person receiving such permit shall put, and at all 
 times keep up, a suitable railing or fence around the section of the 
 street, lane, alley or other public place so obstructed so long as the 
 same shall remain unsafe or inconvenient as aforesaid and shall 
 also keep one or more lighted lanterns fixed to such fence or fixed 
 in some other proper manner, every night from twilight in the 
 evening through the whole night, so long as such railing or fence 
 shall be kept standing or obstruction remain. He shall also within 
 such reasonable time as the commissioner of public works shall 
 direct, amend and repair such street, lane, alley, sidewalk or public 
 place to the acceptance of the superintendent of out-door work. 
 
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 Section 3. No person shall place or maintain any awning or 
 shade over any part of any street or sidewalk, unless the same be 
 safely and securely fastened and so located and constructed as in 
 nowise to incommode passengers, the lowest part thereof to be at 
 least seven feet above te sidewalk and in no case to extend beyond 
 the line thereof. No such awning or shade shall be placed or main¬ 
 tained without written permission from the commissioner of public 
 works, which permission shall be revocable, and any person, having 
 such permission, so placing or maintaining such awning or shade, 
 shall in all respects conform to any direction in relation to the loca¬ 
 tion, extent, materials, construction and maintenance thereof 
 which shall be given by the commissioner of public works. 
 
 Section 4. No person shall suspend or display, or caus£ to be 
 suspended or displayed, any sign, flag, article of merchandise, 
 or other thing over any sidewalk or street in the city unless the 
 lowest part thereof be at least seven feet above the sidewalk or 
 street, and no such sign, flag, article of merchandise, or other thing 
 shall be so suspended or maintained without written permission 
 from the commissioner of public works, which permission shall be 
 revocable, and any person having such permission and sus¬ 
 pending or displaying any such sign, flag, article of merchandise 
 or other thing, shall in all respects conform to any directions in 
 relation to the location, extent, construction and maintenance 
 thereof which shall be given by the commissioner of public works. 
 No sign, article of merchandise or any other thing shall be displayed 
 or maintained on any street or sidewalk in the city. 
 
 Section 5. No person shall put or place, or cause to be put 
 or placed, in any street, lane, alley or other public place in the 
 city, any house-dirt, ashes, filth, shells, any piece of hoop, board, 
 wood, wire, glass, tacks, or any other material injurious to the feet 
 of horses or to pneumatic tires of bicycles or other vehicles, or other 
 kinds of rubbish, or distribute or cause to be distributed or thrown, 
 any handbills, circulars, pamphlets, advertisements, or other 
 papers except newspapers to purchasers thereof. 
 
 Section 6 . No person shall suffer his firewood, coal or other 
 fuel to remain unnecessarily on any sidewalk or in any street, lane 
 
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 or alley, in the principally inhabited parts of the city, over night 
 or after twilight in the evening, and in case it must of necessity 
 so remain after twilight or through the night, the said owner shall 
 place and keep a sufficient light over or near the same through the 
 night to prevent injury therefrom. 
 
 Section 7. No person shall permit any sheep, goat, swine, 
 mule, ass, horse or neat cattle belonging to him or under his con¬ 
 trol to go at large or to pasture in any street, lane or alley or on 
 any common in the city. 
 
 Section 8. No person shall drive any horse or horses in any 
 street, lane or highway in the city at a rate of speed exceeding eight 
 miles per hour. 
 
 Section 9. No owner, driver or other person having charge 
 or control of any vehicle used for the purpose of conveying from 
 place to place within said city, for hire, any wood, coal, lumber, 
 stone, brick, sand, gravel, clay, dirt, rubbish, goods, wares, furniture 
 or merchandise, shall stand or wait with any such vehicle for orders 
 or employment, or permit such vehicle so under his charge or con¬ 
 trol to stand for orders in any street, lane, court, public way or 
 public place within said city other than such stands as may be 
 assigned by the commissioner of public works. 
 
 Section 10. No owner or driver or other person having the 
 charge or control of any vehicle licensed for the conveyance of per¬ 
 sons for hire shall permit such vehicle to stand or wait, except when 
 waiting for the return of a passenger temporarily absent, on any 
 part of any street, square, lane, court, public way or public place 
 within said city other than the stand which may be assigned therefor 
 under the provisions of this section. The commissioner of public 
 works shall from time to time assign to the owners or persons having 
 charge or control of such licensed vehicle, stands, in such streets or 
 public places as he may select, for the occupation of such vehicle 
 awaiting hire; and any person violating the provisions of this sec¬ 
 tion, shall, in addition to the penalty in this chapter hereinafter 
 provided, have his license forthwith revoked. 
 
 Section 11. No person shall drive, wheel, draw or push any 
 cart, wheelbarrow or other vehicle of burden or pleasure upon or 
 
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 along any sidewalk in this city except for the purpose of crossing 
 such sidewalk to go to or out of some adjoining enclosure, provided, 
 this section shall not apply to children’s carriages drawn by hand. 
 
 Section 12. No person shall stand with or permit any team 
 under his control or care to stand across any public highway or 
 street in such manner as to obstruct the travel over the same, and 
 no person shall stop with any team in any public street at the side 
 of or so near to another team as to obstruct public travel, and no 
 person shall stop with any team or carriage upon or across any 
 crosswalk in any street or highway in the city. 
 
 Section 13. No person shall permit any goat, sheep, swine, 
 horse, mule; ox or cow under his care to go upon any sidewalk in 
 the city, except for the purpose of crossing such sidewalk to go to 
 or from some adjoining inclosure. 
 
 Section 14. No person shall place or cause to be placed 
 on any street, sidewalk, footwalk or crosswalk in this city any salt 
 or substance containing salt; nor any article or thing whatsoever 
 that interferes, in any manner whatsoever, with the convenient use 
 of such street, sidewalk, footwalk or crosswalk by any person travel¬ 
 ing thereon, on foot or with teams. 
 
 Section 15. No person shall train, break or exercise for the 
 purpose of breaking, training or to accustom to the street cars, any 
 horse or mule upon the following streets and parts of streets in the 
 city of North Adams, to wit:—Main street, between the Phoenix 
 Bridge and Monument Square; Ashland street, between Main street 
 and the Boston & Maine Railroad crossover; State street, between 
 Main street and the ice house occupied by William Orr; Eagle 
 street, between Main street and Union street; and Union street 
 between Eagle street and the Eclipse dam. 
 
 Section 16. No person shall move or cause to be moved any 
 building through any public street in the city without first obtain¬ 
 ing from the commissioner of public works a written permit therefor, 
 stating the streets through which, and the time within which, the 
 building may be moved and any other provisions that he may deem 
 best, and filing with the city clerk a written agreement under seal, 
 
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 approved by said commissioner, to comply with the terms of said 
 permit and indemnify the city for all loss, cost or expense it may 
 suffer by reason of the moving of such building. 
 
 Section 17. No person shall throw or put or cause to be thrown 
 or put any snow or ice into any street, lane or alley in the city, 
 unless the same shall be broken up and spread evenly over the 
 surface of such street, lane or alley. 
 
 Section 18. No person shall saw any wood or pile the same 
 on the sidewalk of any street or way in the city. 
 
 Section 19. No person shall expose in or upon any street, 
 lane, alley, public place or common in the city, any table or device 
 of any kind, by or upon which any game of hazard or chance can 
 be played; nor shall any person play any such game at such table 
 or device in or upon any street, lane, alley, public place or common 
 in the city. 
 
 Section 20. No person shall keep or place any table, stall, 
 booth or other erection in any street, lane, alley or public place 
 or on any square or sidewalk in the city for the sale of fruit or 
 other things. 
 
 Section 21. No person shall discharge any gun, pistol or 
 other firearm in any of the streets, highways, public squares or 
 commons inthe city; provided, this section shall not apply to the 
 use of such weapons in the lawful defense of the person, family, or 
 property of any one or in the performance of any duty required 
 by law nor to the firing of a salute of cannon or artillery by per¬ 
 mission of the mayor. 
 
 Section 22. No person shall set fire to any rocket, cracker, 
 squib, serpent, or other fireworks or make any bonfire in any street, 
 lane, highway, public square, or common in the city without per¬ 
 mission from the mayor. 
 
 Section 23. No person shall wantonly injure, mar, deface, or 
 destroy any fence, guidepost, signboard, awning, lamp post, lamp, 
 or lantern in any street, square or public place in the city. 
 
 Section 24. No person shall cut down, remove, injure or 
 destroy any fruit, shade or other tree growing or being in any public 
 
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 lane, alley, common or other public ground in the city without the 
 permission of the commissioner of public works. And no person 
 shall fasten any horse or other animal to any such tree. 
 
 Section 25. No person shall remove any street dirt or manure 
 from any public street, lane, or alley in the city without authority 
 from the superintendent of out-door work. 
 
 * Section 26. No person shall behave himself in a rude and 
 disorderly manner, or use any indecent or profane language in 
 any street, alley, lane or other public place in the city. 
 
 Section 27. No person shall swim or bathe in any pond, 
 stream, or river in the city, divested of clothing so as to be inde¬ 
 cently exposed to the view of any person lawfully passing or being 
 in or upon any street, alley, lane, common, square, railroad or other 
 public place within the city. 
 
 Section 28. No person shall allow any sink water or other 
 impure water, to run from any house, barn or lot occupied by 
 himself or under his control into any street or highway in the city. 
 
 Section 29. No person shall allow any gate or door belonging 
 to premises owned or occupied by him or under his control to swing 
 on, over or into any street or sidewalk in the city. 
 
 Section 30. No auctioneer shall hold his sale upon any 
 sidewalk or other thoroughfare in the city, so as to obstruct or 
 prevent the free and convenient use of the same by foot passengers 
 traveling thereon. 
 
 Section 31. No person or persons shall at any time whatso¬ 
 ever carry into or through any public street of the city any part 
 of the contents of any privy vault or cess pool in any cart or wagon 
 or other vehicle or utensil which shall not be closely covered, water¬ 
 tight and kept clean upon the outer surface. 
 
 Section 32. Three or more persons shall not stand together 
 or near each other in any street, or on any footwalk or sidewalk in 
 the city, so as to obstruct the free passage for foot passengers and 
 any person or persons so standing shall move on immediately 
 after a request to do so made by the mayor, chief of police, any 
 police officer or watchman. No person shall purposely or wilfully 
 
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 obstruct the free passage of foot travelers nor shall any person 
 loiter for more than five minutes upon a sidewalk after being 
 directed by the mayor, chief of police or any police officer to move on. 
 
 Section 33. No person shall be or remain upon the steps of, 
 or other projection from any church, hotel, hall, or public building, 
 nor in any hall, space or way leading thereto, so as to incommode 
 or obstruct the passage to and from such church, hall, hotel or 
 building. And every person so being or remaining when ordered 
 by the mayor, chief of police, watchman, owner, agent or other 
 person having charge of said church, hotel, hall or other public 
 building shall immediately depart therefrom. 
 
 Section 34. No person shall, within the limits of any street 
 or highway in the city plaj^ any game of ball, or fly any kite or 
 balloon, or throw any stones or other missiles, or engage in any 
 other game, amusement or exercise interfering with free, safe and 
 convenient use of such street or highway by any person traveling 
 or passing along the same. 
 
 Section 35. No person shall project by means of any air pipe, 
 blow pipe, air gun, pop gun, spring gun, bow gun or cross-bow 
 any missile or substance whatsoever in or into any public street, 
 highway, court, square, park, avenue or place within the city. 
 
 Section 36. No person shall course, coast or slide on any 
 sleigh or other vehicle in, along or upon any street or portion thereof 
 unless such street or portion thereof shall be designated foi* such 
 purpose by the commissioner of public works. 
 
 Section 37. No person shall course, coast or slide upon any 
 sled, board or other thing, upon any sidewalk or footwalk in the city. 
 
 Section 38. The tenant, occupant, and in case there be no 
 tenant, the owner or person having the care of any estate abutting 
 upon any street, lane, court or square within the city where there is 
 a sidewalk which now is or may hereafter be established or set apart 
 as such, shall, after the ceasing to fall of any snow thereon, within 
 eighteen hours cause the same to be removed therefrom. 
 
 Section 39. Whenever any snow shall be collected or depos¬ 
 ited upon any sidewalk mentioned in the preceding section, either 
 
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 by falling from some adjoining building or by drifting upon said 
 sidewalk, the tenant, occupant and in case there be no tenant, the 
 owner or person having charge of the estate abutting upon said 
 sidewalk, shall within eighteen hours after its being so collected 
 or deposited cause the same to be removed therefrom. 
 
 Section 40. Whenever any sidewalk mentioned in section 38 
 of this chapter shall be encumbered with ice, it shall be the duty 
 of the tenant, occupant, and in case there be no tenant, the owner 
 or person having care of the estate abutting thereon, to cause such 
 sidewalk to be made safe and convenient for travel by removing the 
 ice therefrom as far as practicable and by covering any ice remaining 
 with sand or other suitable substance within eighteen hours after 
 such sidewalk shall have become so encumbered, and no unsafe or 
 inconvenient condition of any sidewalk shall be allowed by said 
 tenant, occupant or owner for more than six consecutive hours 
 between four o’clock a. m. and ten o’clock p. m. of any day. 
 
 Section 41. No person shall permit water from the eaves or 
 leader pipes of any building owned or cared for by him to be dis¬ 
 charged upon any public street or sidewalk in the city and no person 
 between the hours of eight o’clock in the morning and ten o’clock 
 in the evening, shall wash or allow to be washed any windows or walls 
 of a building owned or cared for by him in such manner as to cause 
 the discharge of Water upon any public sidewalk or walk devoted 
 to the public use. 
 
 Section 42. No person shall sprinkle any of the public streets 
 of the city by the use of street sprinkling wagons or carts unless 
 he or his employer shall have first obtained a written permit as 
 hereinafter provided. The commissioner of public works shall issue 
 permits to such parties and on such terms and conditions as he 
 may deem proper and a record shall be kept of all permits so issued. 
 Such permits may be revoked by the commissioner of public works 
 at any time and if not revoked shall expire on the first day of April 
 following their date. 
 
 Section 43. Whoever shall offend against, or fail to comply 
 with any of the provisions of this chapter, shall for each and every 
 
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 offence forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than two dollars ($2) 
 nor more than twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 Section 44. No person shall be prosecuted for any offence 
 against any of the provisions of this chapter, unless complaint for 
 the same shall be instituted and commenced within six months 
 from the time of committing such offence. 
 
 Section 45. The chief of police, and all police officers and 
 watchmen are especially charged to see that the provisions of this 
 chapter are enforced. 
 
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 CHAPTER 13. 
 
 RELATIVE TO DEPOSITS FOR THE PERPETUAL CARE . AND 
 IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERY LOTS. 
 
 Section 1. The City of North Adams, under authority of 
 section 18, chapter 78 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, will 
 receive from any person holding or interested in a lot in either of 
 the cemeteries of said city, any sum of money, not exceeding five 
 hundred ($500) dollars, for the purpose of providing for the per¬ 
 petual care and improvement of such cemetery lot. 
 
 Section 2. The City Treasurer, shall allow interest on all 
 such deposits and credit the same on May 1st next and at the end 
 of each year thereafter at a rate per annum equal to the highest 
 rate allowed as interest or dividends on deposits in the last preceding 
 year in which the same are allowed by any savings bank, located 
 in said city, deemed by him a sufficiently safe depository for deposit 
 of the city’s funds, which rate allowed shall not be less than the 
 average rate paid by said city as interest on its notes or bonds 
 issued for terms exceeding two years, during the last issued for terms 
 exceeding or the last year preceding in which it had such notes or 
 bonds outstanding. 
 
 Section 3. The City Treasurer is hereby authorized, when 
 such a deposit is made, to give such person an agreement or obli¬ 
 gation in the following form: THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 acknowledges the receipt from. 
 
 of the sum of.Dollars, 
 
 paid for the perpetual care and improvement of Lot No. 
 
 in.Cemetery in said city, 
 
 under the provisions of section 18, chapter 78, of the Revised Laws. 
 
 Said city agrees therefor to allow interest thereon to be credited 
 on May 1st next and at the end of each year thereafter at the rate 
 
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 per annum equal to the highest rate allowed as interest or dividends 
 on deposits in the last preceding year in which the same are allowed 
 by any savings bank located in said city, deemed by the City 
 Treasurer, a sufficiently safe depository for deposit of their funds, 
 which rate allowed shall not be less than the average rate paid by 
 said city as interest on its notes or bonds issued for terms exceed¬ 
 ing two years during the last preceding municipal or the last year 
 preceding in which it had such notes or bonds outstanding. 
 
 Said city further covenants to and with said. 
 
 heirs and assigns, and all persons who may have a right of burial 
 or to keep a body buried in said lot, to apply each year the interest 
 allowed on said fund for the preceding year. 
 
 Should the city officer charged with the care of said lot here¬ 
 under deem it necessary to expend in any year the full amount of 
 interest credited, the city shall retain the amount not needed and add 
 the same to the principal of the fund as an accumulation unless re¬ 
 quested in writing by some covenantee to expend the full amount 
 in that year, and interest shall be allowed on such accumulation as 
 part of the principal. 
 
 Such accumulation above the original amount of the fund 
 may at any time be used by said city in repair or replacement 
 of the monuments on said lot or in any extraordinary expense, 
 proper to incur upon the same, provided that it shall not, without 
 the consent of all known parties having a right in the lot, erect any 
 monument different in design, marking or material from the original 
 replaced by it. 
 
 Section 4. The City Treasurer shall annually on May 1st, 
 make a statement to the Commissioner of Public Burial Places, 
 showing the amount of income which has accrued upon each separate 
 deposit and of the several lots in the public burial grounds of said 
 city upon which the said income may be expended. The City 
 Treasurer shall pay the said income to the said Commissioner. 
 
 Section 5. The City Treasurer shall in his annual report 
 make a statement showing the liability of the city in connection 
 with each deposit made under the provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 Section 6 . The Commissioner of Public Burial Places shall 
 receipt for and faithfully apply all sums of interest so received 
 by him in accordance with the statement so made and the agree¬ 
 ment given by said City Treasurer. 
 
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 CHAPTER 14. 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 
 Section 1. The trustees of the public library of the city of 
 North Adams shall meet as soon as may be after the first Monday 
 in January in each year, and organize themselves into a board 
 by the choice of a chairman and secretary from their own number; 
 and a majority of said board shall be required for the transaction 
 of business. 
 
 Section 2. The secretary shall have the care and custody 
 of all books, records, papers and documents belonging to the board, 
 and shall record all the doings of said board in a book to be fur¬ 
 nished by said city; and he shall deliver said books, records, papers 
 and documents to his successor in office. 
 
 Section 3. The board of trustees shall have full power to 
 appoint a librarian and all subordinate officers whom they may 
 deem expedient, fix their compensations and remove said officers 
 at pleasure. 
 
 Section 4. All money appropriated for the public library 
 shall be expended by said board of trustees for paying the librarian 
 and assistants, for warming, lighting and furnishing the rooms, 
 and in purchasing books and such other things as may in their 
 judgment be for the benefit and advantage of the institution. 
 
 Section 5. The said board of trustees shall have the care 
 and custody of the library rooms so far as they may be used by the 
 public library, and shall have the sole custody of the books and 
 management of the library, and shall have full power to make any 
 and all needful and suitable regulations concerning said library 
 and reading rooms and the use thereof. 
 
 Section 6. The said trustees shall annually on or before the 
 second Tuesday of December lay before the city council a detailed 
 report of their doings and the condition of the public library. 
 
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 CHAPTER 15. 
 
 RELATING TO ICE FOR DOMESTIC USE. 
 
 Section 1. All persons, who intend to sell or distribute ice 
 shall before doing so, and in each year give notice of such intention 
 in writing to the board of health, which notice shall state par¬ 
 ticularly the source or sources from which their ice is to be taken, 
 and each person in giving such notice, shall pay to the city treas¬ 
 urer of the city of North Adams, when a single source of supply is 
 to be used, the sum of ten dollars to defray the expense of examination 
 and analysis; if more than one is used, for each additional source 
 of supply they shall pay the sum of five dollars ($5). 
 
 Section 2. The board of health shall, without unnecessary 
 delay, upon receiving the notice mentioned in Section 1, with evi¬ 
 dence that the specified payment has been made, and at such other 
 times as may be deemed proper, examine the ice sold or intended 
 to be sold or offered for sale in this city, and shall also examine the 
 sources of supply and water of any pond, reservoir or place where 
 such ice is harvested or manufactured, and cause to be made a care¬ 
 ful analysis of such ice and the water from which the same is made. 
 
 Section 3. The board of health shall, immediately after any 
 such analysis or examination, make an adjudication as to whether 
 such ice is pure or impure and fit or unfit for domestic use, and 
 file a copy thereof, together with a copy of the analysis and exam¬ 
 ination, with the city clerk, who shall safely keep the same for 
 examination and. reference. Notice in writing of such report, 
 adjudication and filing signed by the chairman of such board or by 
 its agent, shall be served upon any person, party or corporation 
 owning or having such ice for sale. 
 
 Section 4. No ice shall be sold or delivered in said city, until 
 after such examination, analysis and adjudication, and then not 
 
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 unless the same shall be declared pure and fit for domestic use by 
 the said board of health. 
 
 Section 5. All persons who sell or distribute ice in this city 
 for domestic purposes, shall permit the board of health at all rea¬ 
 sonable times, to have access to and freely examine the ice intended 
 for such supply, and shall permit samples to be taken by it from 
 time to time for the purpose of analysis. 
 
 Section 6. Whoever violates the provisions of either of the 
 above sections of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not ex¬ 
 ceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each offence. 
 
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 CHAPTER 16. 
 
 RELATING TO THE SALE OF MILK. 
 
 Section 1. No milk shall be sold in the city of North Adams 
 after the passage of this ordinance, except from cows that have been 
 subjected within one year to examination that shall be satisfactory 
 to the board of health and to the inspector appointed by the mayor 
 and the council of the city of North Adams under section 12, chapter 
 90 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, and pronounced free 
 from the disease known as tuberculosis or any other disease that 
 may render the milk injurious to man. 
 
 In case an examination made by any person other than the 
 inspector of the city of North Adams, shall be unsatisfactory either 
 to him or to the board of health, a proper examination shall be 
 made by said inspector for the city of North Adams, and his decision 
 shall be final. 
 
 Section 2. Any person selling or distributing milk, or keeping 
 cows from which milk is sold or distributed in the city of North 
 Adams, shall, upon the addition of any cow or cows to his dairy, 
 immediately give notice to the board of health of such addition, 
 and the board of health shall thereupon order an examination of 
 such animal or animals to be made, as provided in section 1 of this 
 ordinance. 
 
 Any person selling or distributing milk in the city of North 
 Adams, shall at the time of taking out his license, inform the board 
 of health, in writing, of all sources from which he receives his supply, 
 and upon making any change whatever in the sources of supply 
 shall immediately give notice to the board of health of such change. 
 
 Section 3. Whenever the board of health shall deem it 
 necessary, but not less frequently than once during each year, it 
 shall make or cause to be made an inspection of all dairies and other 
 places from which milk is sold in the city of North Adams, and shall 
 
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 keep a written report of the result of such inspections on file in its 
 office for public examination and reference. 
 
 Section 4. All such premises, and all vessels and vehicles 
 used in the business of selling or distributing milk, shall be kept in 
 a perfectly clean and sanitary condition and at all times acceptable 
 to the board of health, and no person who refuses to allow such 
 inspection to be made in accordance with section 3 of this ordin¬ 
 ance, or who fails to keep his premises, vessels and vehicles as above 
 mentioned in such cleanly and sanitary condition as shal be satis¬ 
 factory to the board of health, or fails to comply with the written 
 orders and recommendations of the board of health, .or to provide 
 such proper light and ventilation of his stables and such sources of 
 water supply as the board shall deem necessary, shall be allowed to 
 sell or distribute milk in the city of North Adams. 
 
 Section 5. Every person keeping cows from which the milk 
 is sold in the city of North Adams, shall have a room entirely apart 
 from the stable, (although it may be in the same building if desired,) 
 in which the milk shall be strained and cooled, said room to have 
 a tight floor and the side walls and ceilings to be made of matched 
 lumber or battened, unless lathed and plastered. No water-closet, 
 earth closet or privy shall be within or communicate directly with 
 this room. The walls and ceilings of all cow stables shall be cleaned 
 and white-washed at least twice a year, and oftener if required by 
 the board of health; nothing in this section, however, shall be 
 interpreted to prevent the cooling of milk in spring houses when same 
 are properly constructed. 
 
 Section 6 . No person who is suffering from, or who is sus¬ 
 pected of having typhoid fever, diphtheria or any other contagious 
 disease, shall, while so suffering, be engaged in the care of cows 
 or the handling of milk in places from which milk is to be sold or 
 distributed in the city of North Adams. 
 
 Every person being in any way engaged in, or connected with, 
 the production, handling, selling or distribution of milk or cream, 
 sold or offered for sale in the city of North Adams, is required to 
 immediately report to the board of health of North Adams, all 
 
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 cases, or suspected cases of contagious diseases occurring in the 
 family or household of said person. 
 
 Section 7. Every person selling milk or offering it for sale 
 in a store, booth or stand in the city of North Adams, shall keep 
 such milk in a refrigerator or other perfectly tight receptacle entirely 
 separate from any food or other contaminating produce, said re¬ 
 frigerator or other receptacle to be provided with ice during the 
 warm months, or at any other time when required so to do by the 
 board of health. 
 
 Section 8. Any person, party or corporation violating the 
 provisions of this chapter, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 
 twenty dollars ($20) for each offence. 
 
 Section 9. Any person, party or corporation after being 
 notified by the board of health to discontinue the sale of milk in the 
 city of North Adams who shall sell or distribute any milk in the city 
 of North Adams until he receives permission in writing so to do 
 from the board of health, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 
 twenty dollars ($20) for each offence, and his license to sell milk in 
 this city shall be revoked. 
 
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 CHAPTER 17. 
 
 INSPECTOR OF WIRES AND WIRING WITHIN BUILDINGS. 
 
 INSPECTOR OF WIRES. 
 
 Section 1. The commissioner of public works shall appoint 
 an inspector of wires, who shall be superintendent of the fire-alarm 
 and police signal system, and shall be under the direction and control- 
 of said commissioner; shall hold office until his successor is duly 
 appointed, and who shall perform all the duties required by the 
 provisions of chapter 122 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts 
 and acts in amendment thereof. 
 
 Section 2. Such inspector shall give his whole time to the city, 
 and for all services shall be paid one thousand dollars each year. 
 
 WIRING WITHIN BUILDINGS. 
 
 Section 3. No person shall construct within a building a 
 wiring system which is designed to carry an electric light, heat or 
 power current, until the owner or person constructing the same 
 has filed with the inspector of wires a plan thereof showing the 
 whole wiring system within the building and the points of connecting 
 with outside circuits. No person shall add to or alter within a 
 building any portion of the wiring system which is designed to carry 
 an electric light, heat or power current (except to make necessary 
 repairs) until the owner or person constructing the same has filed 
 with the inspector of wires a plan thereof and of such portions of 
 the whole wiring system within the building and the points of con¬ 
 nection with outside circuits as the inspector of wires shall require. 
 
 No person shall commence the work provided for in such plans, 
 until they are approved in wiring by the inspector of wires. Plans 
 and specifications shall be approved or rejected within one week 
 of the time of filing. After a plan has been approved, no altera- 
 
INSPECTOR OF WIRES AND WIRING WITHIN BUILDINGS 
 
 109 
 
 tion therein shall be allowed, except on a new application and 
 permit as provided in this section. 
 
 No wires specified in this section shall be covered or concealed 
 from view, until approved by the inspector of wires, who shall 
 examine the same within three week days (legal holidays excepted) 
 after notice that they are ready for inspection. No electric current 
 shall be turned upon such wires until they have been approved in 
 writing by the inspector of wires. 
 
 The Rules and Regulations of the National Electric Code, as 
 established from time to time, shall be the standard of wiring. 
 
 Section 4. Any person violating the provisions of section 3 
 of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty 
 dollars for each offence. 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 18. 
 
 PROHIBITING PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE FROM BEING ON 
 THE STREETS, ALLEYWAYS OR PUBLIC PLACES AT 
 NIGHT AFTER 9 O’CLOCK. 
 
 Section 1. It is hereby made unlawful for any person under 
 sixteen years of age to be or remain in or upon any of the streets, 
 alleys or public places in the city of North Adams at night after 9 
 o’clock, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian 
 or other person having the legal custody of such minor person or is 
 in the performance of an errand or duty directed by such parent, 
 guardian or other person having the care of such minor persons, 
 or whose legal employment makes it necessary to be upon the streets, 
 alleys or public places during the night time after said specified 
 hour. Provided, This exception shall not apply when the person 
 under age shall be playing or unnecessarily loitering in or upon said 
 street, alley or public place, whether alone or accompanied by a 
 parent, guardian or any person whomsoever. Whoever violates 
 the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not ex¬ 
 ceeding five dollars ($5). 
 
 Section 2. It is hereby made unlawful for any parent, 
 guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any 
 person under sixteen years of age to allow or permit any such child, 
 ward or other person under such age while in such legal custody 
 to go or be in or upon any of the streets or public places in said city 
 within the time prohibited in section 1 of this ordinance, unless 
 there exists a reasonable necessity therefor. Whoever violates the 
 provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 
 ten dollars ($10). 
 
 Section 3. Be it further ordained, that no child or minor 
 person arrested under the provisions of this ordinance shall be 
 
CURFEW 
 
 111 
 
 placed in confinement until the parents or guardian of such minor 
 person shall have been notified of such arrest and shall have refused 
 to be responsible for the observance of the provisions of this ordi¬ 
 nance by said minor person. 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 19. 
 
 REGULATING THE NUMBERING OF TENEMENTS AND BUILDINGS ON 
 
 STREETS OR WAYS. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the city engineer to assign 
 a number to all tenements and buildings on streets that have been 
 accepted as such or that belong to the city to maintain, or that has 
 a city water supply or a public sewer therein, and shall hereafter 
 upon the acceptance of any street, or the placing therein of a city 
 water pipe or a public sewer, proceed at once to the assigning of 
 numbers for each tenement or building built or to be built therein, 
 and may upon the petition of twenty-five per cent, of the property 
 owners along any street or way open for the convenience and travel 
 of the public, although not accepted as such by the city, nor having 
 a city water pipe or a public sewer, proceed to assign numbers in 
 accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Section 2. Said number shall each cover a frontage of twenty 
 feet with the odd numbers on the northerly and westerly sides and 
 the even numbers on the southerly and easterly sides of the streets 
 except upon streets whose center line makes, with the meridian, an 
 angle equal to about 45 degrees, in which case the side for odd or 
 even numbers shall be discretionary with the city engineer. 
 
 Section 3. The owner or occupant of every tenement or 
 building to which the city engineer shall assign a number shall 
 cause to be placed and maintained on or over the outside doors 
 fronting on the street or way, or on the front corners of every tene¬ 
 ment or building having their entrance on the side thereof, such 
 number as shall be assigned by the city engineer, said numbers or 
 figures not to be less than two inches in height, and to be of material 
 and form approved by the city engineer, to be securely fastened 
 and so placed as to be easily observed from the street in front of the 
 premises. 
 
NUMBERING TENEMENTS AND BUILDINGS 
 
 113 
 
 Section 4. Any owner or occupant of a tenement or building 
 who, after notice from the city engineer, neglects or refuses for a 
 period of more than five days to affix to the same the number as¬ 
 signed therefor, or who affixes upon such tenement or building, 
 or retains thereon for a similar period any number other than the 
 one so assigned shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty 
 dollars ($20) for each offence, and shall also pay the expense of 
 placing the proper number on the tenement or building by the city 
 engineer or his authorized agent. 
 
114 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 20. 
 
 ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. 
 
 Section 1. The office of assistant city clerk is hereby estab¬ 
 lished. The assistant city clerk shall be appointed by the city clerk, 
 sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, and hold 
 office until a successor is appointed and qualified; said assistant 
 shall assist the city clerk in the performance of the duties of his 
 office, discharge the duties of the same when that officer is absent, 
 unable to act or when there is a vacancy in that office. The 
 compensation of the assistant city clerk shall be paid from the ap¬ 
 propriation for City Clerk’s Department. 
 
SALARY OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 
 
 115 
 
 CHAPTER 21. 
 
 ESTABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND 
 
 MEASURES. 
 
 Section 1. The Sealer of Weights and Measures shall be 
 paid a salary of six hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Section 2. He shall account for and pay over to the city 
 treasurer at least every three months the fees received by him by 
 virtue of his office; at each time of such payment he shall furnish an 
 itemized statement of said fees, and shall keep a book in which he 
 shall enter the fees so received by him with the date of the receipt 
 thereof and the names of the persons from whom received; said 
 book shall be open to the inspection of the mayor, treasurer and 
 auditor. 
 
116 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 22. 
 
 REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF UNDER¬ 
 GROUND WIRES AND CONDUITS. 
 
 Section 1. No permit to place wires, structures and other 
 appliances for the transmission of intelligence by electricity or other¬ 
 wise or for the purpose of light, heat or power, under public ways 
 or places shall be valid until the person or corporation to which such 
 permit shall be granted, shall execute and file with the city 
 clerk a bond, satisfactory in form to the city solicitor, with surety 
 or sureties approved in writing by the mayor and president of the 
 city council in a penal sum of not less than ten thousand dollars, 
 conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the city of North Adams 
 against all loss, cost, damage and expense whatsoever, to which the 
 said city may be subjected in consequence of the acts or neglects of 
 such corporation, its officers, agents or servants, and in any manner 
 arising from or growing out of the use and transmission of electricity, 
 the privileges permitted by the city, and the construction, main¬ 
 tenance, operation, and use of lines, wires, cables, conduits, con¬ 
 structions, fixtures and apparatus. The bond shall also be con¬ 
 ditioned to fulfill all agreements with the city, all the lawful orders, 
 conditions and obligations imposed by the city council and all 
 and duties required by law, and by this ordinance and every other 
 ordinance, and all additions and amendments relating thereto. A 
 new bond of like import, and with new surety or sureties to the 
 satisfaction of the mayor and president of the city council shall be 
 executed and filed at any time upon their request in writing. 
 
 Section 2. Whenever a permit shall be granted by the city 
 council to construct and maintain ducts, conduits, manholes, or 
 other fixtures under public ways or places, to hold or contain lines 
 or wires for the transmission of intelligence by electricity, or for any 
 other purpose, the person or corporation to which such permit is 
 
UNDERGROUND WIRES AND CONDUITS 
 
 117 
 
 granted shall within thirty days from the date of such permit, 
 file in the office of the city clerk a written acceptance without reser¬ 
 vation of the location of such ducts, conduits, manholes or other 
 fixtures and of all the lawful conditions, terms and provisions 
 contained in the permit and the ordinances of the city and future 
 amendments thereof, and an agreement to carry out, observe, per¬ 
 form and be subject to the same; and in default of such written 
 acceptance and agreement, the permit and grant of location shall be 
 void. Such permit and grant shall likewise be void and deemed 
 revoked unless within six months after the filing of such acceptance 
 and agreement of all the ducts, conduits, manholes and other fix¬ 
 tures shall have been constructed and completed, and unless within 
 six months after such completion the electric lines shall be constructed 
 and put in operation. Whenever the operation of the electric lines 
 in any location granted shall be discontinued for six months, the 
 permit and grant shall cease and be of no further effect. 
 
 Section 3. The city council having first given the person 
 or corporation to whom such permit is granted opportunity to be 
 heard may order that the location of any conduit, manhole, fixture, 
 wire, or distributing pole, shall be changed whenever it may deem 
 such change necessary, and shall grant a substitute location there¬ 
 for. Whenever the position of any conduit, manhole, fixture, wire, 
 or distributing pole is so ordered to be changed, such change shall 
 be made by and at the expense of the owner, in conformity with 
 the order, within thirty days after notice, and if not so changed, 
 the commissioner of public works may cause such change to be made 
 and the expense thereof shall be repaid to the city by the owner. 
 
 Section 4. Every petition presented to the city council for 
 permission to lay conduits to contain wires for the transmission of 
 electricity shall be accompanied by a plan showing the exact pro¬ 
 posed location of each conduit, manhole and distributing pole. 
 A plan showing the exact location of each conduit, manhole and 
 distributing pole shall be made and filed with the commissioner of 
 public works by the owner within twenty days after the construction 
 of said conduits and a duplicate thereof shall be filed with the city 
 clerk. 
 
118 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 Section 5. Whenever the commissioner of public works 
 shall so request, every person or corporation operating electric or 
 other wires, ducts, conduits or manholes under any public way or 
 place, shall within fifteen days furnish a plan, showing the particular 
 location of all its ducts, conduits and manholes and the usage to 
 which the respective ducts in said conduits are put, with specifica¬ 
 tions of the average volts charged, and current used, the tested 
 strength, the kind and number of lamps or motors connected with 
 any electrical circuit, and the other electrical appliances and in 
 general the method of installation, operation, maintenance and 
 repair. Said plan shall be in form and size to the satisfaction of 
 the commissioner of public works. 
 
 Section 6. Every person or corporation owning, operating 
 or leasing any wires, duits, conduits, manholes, electrical 
 structures or appliances under the surface of any street or way 
 shall comply with all rules and requirements of the commissioner of 
 public works, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, this ordi¬ 
 nance or any amendments thereto with respect to the quality of 
 wires, ducts, conduits, manholes, distributing poles, structures 
 and other appliances and with respect to their installation, removal 
 and repair, and shall, at all reasonable times, give to the supervisor 
 of wires access to such wires, ducts, conduits, manholes, structures, 
 appliances and apparatus. 
 
 All work of installation, changing or repairs shall be done in a 
 thorough manner and to the satisfaction of the commissioner of 
 public works. 
 
 Section 7. In every underground conduit one duct not less 
 than three inches in diameter shall be reserved and maintained, 
 free of charge, for the use of the fire alarm, police and other tele¬ 
 graph and telephone signal wires belonging to the city and used 
 exclusively for municipal purposes, and the supervisor of wires 
 shall be allowed at all reasonable times facilities and privileges in 
 putting in, taking out or repairing the city’s wires. 
 
 Section 8. The surface of a street, way or bridge shall not 
 be disturbed for the purpose of laying, repairing, changing or re¬ 
 moving lines, wires, conduits, or manholes, or erecting, altering or 
 
UNDERGROUND WIRES AND CONDUITS 
 
 119 
 
 removing, distributing or other poles or fixtures used for carrying 
 electric lines or wires without a permit in writing from the com¬ 
 missioner of public works, indicating the time, manner and place 
 of opening such street, and the time within which such work shall 
 be completed. But this provision shall not be construed as requiring 
 any permit for the opening of manholes for the purpose of drawing 
 in, removing, or repairing wires, and cables. Whenever a manhole 
 is open the person or corporation by whose authority the same is 
 done shall place a suitable metallic guard rail around the opening, 
 with a signal, at least one fopt square, displayed therefrom. When¬ 
 ever an opening is made in any public way or bridge for any of the 
 purposes aforesaid, such public way or bridge shall be promptly 
 restored by the person or corporation owning or operating the lines, 
 wires, ducts, conduits, or manholes, or making such repairs, to a 
 condition satisfactory to the commissioner of public works and the 
 portion of the street, way or bridge so opened shall be kept and 
 maintained in such condition by such person or corporation for one 
 year thereafter; and if not immediately so restored, kept and main¬ 
 tained, said commissioner of public works may cause the same 
 to be done at the expense of such person or corporation, without 
 previous notice of the intention so to do. 
 
 Section 9. Such person or corporation in laying, repairing 
 or removing its wires, or conduits, shall not disturb or in any way 
 interfere with the gas or water pipes or sewers, or pipes therewith 
 connected, nor with the wires, conduits, manholes or appliances of 
 any other person or corporation. 
 
 Section 10. Whenever the city shall construct, enlarge, 
 relocate, regrade, repair or alter the .streets, ways or bridges, or the 
 sewers, water pipes, or other public works, in streets, ways, and 
 bridges where conduits and wires are laid, which in the opinion of 
 the commissioner of public works require the removing or changing 
 the location of said conduits, wires and the fixtures appertaining 
 thereto, or the repairing thereof, said removing, changing and re¬ 
 pairing shall be done without delay at the expense of the person or 
 corporation owning or operating the same. If not immediately 
 so removed, changed or repaired, the commissioner of public works 
 
120 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 may cause such removal, change and repairs to be made, and the 
 expense thereof shall be repaid to the city by the owner, without 
 previous notice of the intention so to do. 
 
 And any change or relocation made by virtue of this section, 
 shall have the full force and effect of a change or relocation made 
 by virtue of Section 3. 
 
 Section 11. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public 
 works and he shall have the power to issue, subject to the usual 
 conditions, all permits for opening and occupying the streets neces¬ 
 sary to carry out the intent of this ordinance. 
 
 Section 12. The commissioner of public works shall have 
 supervision of all wires under the streets and public places and 
 of all conduits and other structures holding, supporting or containing 
 such wires. Whenever any such wires, conduits or other structures 
 are, in his judgment, unsuitable or unsafe, the person or corporation 
 owning or operating the same shall immediately upon his request 
 repair or replace the same to his satisfaction. If not immediately 
 repaired or replaced he may cause such repairs or substitutions to be 
 made without previous notice of the intention so to do and the 
 expense thereof shall be repaid to the city by the owner. He may 
 cause abandoned wires, conduits or other electrical structures 
 to be removed. 
 
 Section 13. Upon the completion of a conduit in any public 
 way or place the person or corporation owning, leasing or operating 
 the same, shall forthwith remove from above the surface of such 
 public way or place all wires, cables and conductors and all poles, 
 or structures used in such way or place to support wires, cables and 
 conductors, except when in the judgment of the commissioner of 
 public works it is impracticable to remove such wires, cables, poles, 
 conductors or structures. This section shall apply to long distance 
 telephone wires and their supporting poles or structures; or to posts 
 for the support of lamps exclusively or to poles used exclusively 
 for local distribution from underground wires, cables or conductors. 
 No wire shall be deemed a long distance telephone wire within the 
 meaning of this section which is not connected with some central 
 
UNDERGROUND WIRES AND CONDUITS 
 
 121 
 
 telephone office in the city and which does not extend twenty-five 
 miles at least in a direct line from such central office. 
 
 Section 14. Except as otherwise provided by law, whoever 
 shall offend against or fail to comply with any of the provisions of 
 this chapter shall for each and every offense forfeit and pay a penalty 
 of not more than twenty dollars ($20). 
 
122 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 23. 
 
 PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING AND KILLING OF CERTAIN DOGS. 
 
 Section 1 . Any dog owned or kept in the city of North Adams 
 and found running at large without collar, as prescribed in chapter 
 102, section 128 of the revised laws, or without a muzzle, if an order 
 under the provisions of section 158 of said chapter be then in force, 
 shall be impounded in some suitable place provided therefor, three 
 days before being killed, unless by reason of disease or other suffi¬ 
 cient cause it be deemed necessary by an officer having a warrant 
 under said chapter 102 to kill such dog at once. 
 
 Section 2. The owner or keeper of any dog restrained as 
 aforesaid may obtain possession thereof within said three days 
 upon proving ownership and upon payment of all license fees then 
 due upon said dog and upon payment of an additional fee of one 
 dollar. 
 
 Section 3. All dogs not removed as aforesaid from said pound 
 within three days of the time of impounding shall be killed. 
 
 Section 4. All police officers of the city are directed to cap¬ 
 ture and impound all dogs running at large as aforesaid. 
 
 Approved November 9 , 1909 . 
 
LIST OF ACTS ACCEPTED 
 
 123 
 
 LIST OF ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS ACCEPTED BY THE 
 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS. 
 
 312 1893 An Act relating to the repair of private drains in streets 
 
 or ways. 
 
 455 1894 An Act relating to the licensing of plumbers and the 
 
 supervision of the business of plumbing. 
 
 74 1890 An Act in relation to the preservation of public health 
 
 in cities. 
 
 481 1894 An Act relating to the inspection department of district 
 
 police and the inspection of buildings. Sections 
 11 and 14 to 22 inclusive. 
 
 208 1898 An Act to provide for the appointment of constables 
 
 in cities. 
 
 314 1896 An Act to provide for the appointing of a reserve 
 
 police force in cities. 
 
 344 1899 An Act to make eight hours a day’s work for city and 
 
 town employees. 
 
 322 1901 An Act relative to the term of office of city clerks. 
 
 50 R.L. Of Betterments and other assessments, etc., Sections 
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25 and 26. 
 
 454 1903 An Act to provide for joint caucuses or primaries of 
 
 all political and municipal parties. (Action re¬ 
 voked in 1904). 
 
 32 R. L. Section 81 relative to the pensioning of firemen. 
 
 373 1905 An Act relative to the term of office of municipal 
 
 auditors. 
 
 LIST OF ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO THE 
 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS. 
 
 148 1895 An Act to incorporate the city of North Adams. 
 
 197 1896 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to issue 
 bonds, notes or script for the purpose of acquiring 
 land and of erecting public buildings thereon. 
 
 201 1896 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to issue 
 
 bonds for the purpose of completing its reservoir 
 and for supplying the inhabitants of the city with 
 pure water. 
 
124 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 123 
 
 98 
 
 106 
 
 79 
 
 110 
 
 262 
 
 402 
 
 317 
 
 254 
 
 398 
 
 80 
 
 241 
 
 305 
 
 1897 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to grade 
 and pave its streets and to issue bonds or notes 
 therefor. 
 
 1897 An Act to abolish the Board of Public Works of the 
 city of North Adams and for other purposes. 
 
 1897 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to issue 
 
 bonds or notes for the purpose of acquiring land, 
 erecting public school buildings thereon, construct¬ 
 ing sewer and refunding its notes. 
 
 1898 An Act to provide for the purchasing of land for the 
 
 State Normal School at North Adams. 
 
 1899 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to refund 
 
 its present indebtedness. 
 
 1899 A Resolve relating to the purchase of additional land 
 
 for the use of the State Normal School at North 
 Adams. 
 
 1900 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to incur 
 
 indebtedness for the construction and maintenance 
 of sewers. 
 
 1900 An Act to change and establish the boundary lines 
 between the city of North Adams and the town of 
 Williamstown. 
 
 1900 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to take 
 land for a Public Park. 
 
 1903 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to borrow 
 
 money outside the debt limit, for the improvement 
 of streets. 
 
 1904 An Act relative to the fire department of the city of 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 1907 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to make 
 
 additional water loan. 
 
 1908 An Act relative to the issuing of evidence of indebted¬ 
 
 ness for water supply proposed for the city of 
 North Adams. (Amending chapter 398 of the 
 Acts of 1907). 
 
 1909 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the Chief of 
 
 the Fire Department of the city of North Adams. 
 1909 An Act to authorize the city of North Adams to refund 
 a part of its indebtedness. 
 
INDEX TO 
 
 CITY CHARTER 
 
 Page 
 
 Accounts to be published, etc., 10 
 
 Adjournment 7, 8, 9 
 
 Administrative officers appointed, etc., 17 
 
 Administrative boards to appoint and discharge employees, 24 
 Administrative officers and boards to submit estimates for 
 
 ensuing financial year, 26 
 
 Almoner, 33,34 
 
 Assessors, election of, 5 
 
 Auditor of accounts, 9, 19 
 
 Auditor to be almoner. See amendment to charter 33. 23 
 
 Appropriations for municipal year, 10 
 
 Appropriations certain ones to be ratified, 10 
 
 certain ones require majority vote, etc., 12 
 
 transfer of, 16 
 
 Approval of mayor, 14 
 
 Appointment of municipal officers, 15 
 
 ' Appropriations and expenditures, 27 
 
 Board of public works, powers, duties, etc., 20 
 
 Board of public works, abolished, 34 
 
 to establish prices for use of water, 29 
 
 to have power, etc., of road com¬ 
 missioners, 21 
 
 Boards administrative to submit estimates for ensuing finan¬ 
 cial year, 26 
 
 Charter, 3, 23 
 
 amendment to, 13, 34 
 
 Councilmen, election of, 6 
 
126 
 
 INDEX TO CITY CHARTER 
 
 Page 
 
 City council, organization of, 7 
 
 City clerk, choice of, 8 
 
 City clerk, duties of, 19 
 
 City treasurer, duties of, 21 
 
 City solicitor, 22 
 
 City engineer, 22 
 
 Civil service, 28 
 
 Clerk pro tempore, 19 
 
 Council, president of, 7 
 
 Council not to make contracts, etc., 9 
 
 Council to cause to be published receipts and expenses, 10 
 
 Councilman not to hold other city office, 14 
 
 Contracts, for supplies, etc., 24 
 
 Contracts, certain ones to be approved by mayor, etc., 27 
 
 Elections, . 4 7 5 
 
 Estimates to be submitted, 26 
 
 Executive department, 3,14 
 
 Financial year, 28 
 
 Fire department, 11 
 
 limits, 12 
 
 General provisions, 25 
 
 Government, municipal, 3 
 
 Hospital, appropriation for, 10 
 
 Laws to continue in force, 31 
 
 Legislative department, 6, 7 
 
 Loans, bonds and notes, 29 
 
 not to be made without written recommendation of 
 
 mayor, 28 
 
 Mayor, duties of, by whom performed in case of disability, 15 
 
 president of council to act in case of vacancy, 16 
 
 removal of, 13 
 
 Meetings, 4,5 
 
 of council, special, 8 
 
 Municipal officers, appointment of, 15 
 
 Non-residents not eligible to certain offices. (See amend¬ 
 ments 33), 26 
 
 Oath of mayor and council, 7 
 
INDEX TO CITY CHAPTER 
 
 127 
 
 Page 
 
 Officers, administrative, to submit estimates for ensuing 
 
 financial year, 26 
 
 Officers, administrative 17 
 
 financial year, 26 
 
 Officers, oaths of, 18 
 
 powers and duties of, 19 
 
 to give certain information, 27 
 
 Offices to become vacant for certain causes, 26 
 
 Orders, certain ones to be read twice, 12 
 
 Ordinances, council power to make, 10 
 
 Plans of schools, building to be approved by committee, 11 
 
 Police department, 12 
 
 Powers and duties of officers, 19 
 
 President of council, election of, 7 
 
 to be sworn, 8 
 
 Proposals for supplies, 28 
 
 Quorum, 6 
 
 Record of official transactions to be kept, 24 
 
 Removal of mayor, 13 
 
 officers, 14 
 
 Rights in streets, granting of, 12 
 
 Rules of city council, 8 
 
 Salaries, 25 
 
 School building, plans to be approved by committee, 11 
 
 committee, election of, 16 
 
 committee, vacancy in, number of, 17 
 
 department, 16 
 
 Special meetings of city council, 8 
 
 Streets, laying out of, etc., 12 
 
 Superintendent of schools, election of, 17 
 
 Superintendent of outdoor work, appointment of, 18 
 
 water works, 18 
 
 Supplies, proposals for, 28 
 
 Trustees of public library, election, duties, etc., 22 
 
 Vacancies, councilmen, 5 
 
 Vacancy in office of mayor, president of council to act, 16 
 
 Vacancy of school committee, 17 
 
 Votes, certain ones to be approved by voters of city, 11 
 
 wardroom, 5 
 
 Wards, division into, 4, 29 
 
INDEX TO 
 
 RIVISED 
 
 CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 Assistant City Clerk, 
 Buildings, 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Page 
 
 Duties, 
 
 20 
 
 114 
 
 Chimneys, 
 
 9 
 
 84 
 
 Class 1, 
 
 9 
 
 79 
 
 Class 2, 
 
 9 
 
 80 
 
 Districts A and B, 
 
 9 
 
 77-78 
 
 Elevator wells and light 
 
 
 
 shafts, 
 
 9 
 
 84 
 
 Floors and roofs of public 
 
 
 
 buildings, etc., 
 
 9 
 
 83 
 
 Floor roof timbers, bearing of, 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
 Foundation walls, 
 
 9 
 
 81 
 
 Footings and foundations, 
 
 9 
 
 81 
 
 Hearths, 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Inspector, examination by, 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Inspector, notice to, 
 
 9 
 
 86 
 
 Mortar, 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
 Partition walls, 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
 Penalty for violation provi¬ 
 
 
 
 sions of Chap., 
 
 9 
 
 86 
 
 Roof coverings in District A, 
 
 9 
 
 83 
 
 Rules for erection, repair and 
 
 
 
 construction of, 
 
 9 
 
 77-86 
 
 Special permit, granting of, 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
 Supports in basements, 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 129 
 
 Chapter Page 
 
 Cemeteries, 
 
 Bequests, deposits and re¬ 
 ceipts for, 
 
 13 
 
 100-101 
 
 City Bookkeeper, 
 
 Giving of bond, 
 
 3 
 
 45 
 
 City Treasurer, 
 
 Bond of, 
 
 3 
 
 42 
 
 
 Custody and signing of bonds, 
 
 3 
 
 44 
 
 
 Duties and obligations, 
 
 3 
 
 42-43 
 
 
 Duties as to depositing loans, 
 water rents or dues, 
 
 3 
 
 44 
 
 City Treasurer, 
 
 Payment of assessment made 
 by mayor or council rela¬ 
 tive to drains, sewers, etc., 
 
 3 
 
 44 
 
 City Seal, 
 
 Custody of, 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 
 Description, 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 
 Use, 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 Dogs, 
 
 Impounding and killing of, 
 
 23 
 
 122 
 
 Fire Department, 
 
 Age and citizenship, eligible 
 • as to, 
 
 5 
 
 51 
 
 
 Causes for discharge of mem¬ 
 bers, 
 
 5 
 
 52 
 
 
 Chief Engineer, Salary of, 
 
 5 
 
 49 
 
 
 Duties of captain, 
 
 5 
 
 51 
 
 . 
 
 Duties and regulations of chief 
 engineer, 
 
 5 
 
 49-50 
 
 
 Duties of chief engineer as to 
 combustible or explosive 
 goods, 
 
 5 
 
 52 
 
 
 Duties of chief engineer as to 
 steam engines, alterations 
 chimneys, etc., 
 
 5 
 
 53 
 
 
 Duties of deputy chief engin¬ 
 eer, 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 
 Duties and of what it consists, 
 
 5 
 
 49 
 
 
 Gambling and drinking pro¬ 
 hibited, 
 
 5 
 
 54 
 
 
 Hose, cart, hook and ladder, 
 etc., use of, 
 
 5 
 
 55 
 
130 
 
 INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 Fire limits, 
 Ice, 
 
 Licenses, 
 
 Milk, 
 
 Chapter Page 
 Members exempt service as 
 
 jurors, 
 
 5 
 
 55 
 
 Orders of chief as to pulling 
 
 
 
 down or demolishing build¬ 
 
 
 
 ing, 
 
 5 
 
 52 
 
 Raising false alarm or inter¬ 
 
 
 
 ference with fire apparatus, 
 
 5 
 
 53 
 
 Right of way in case of fire, 
 
 5 
 
 53-54 
 
 Salaries of companies at Bray- 
 
 
 
 tonville and Blackinton, 
 
 5 
 
 49 
 
 Suspension of members for ne¬ 
 
 
 
 glect and disobedience, 
 
 5 
 
 51-52 
 
 Transferring of members, 
 
 5 
 
 52 
 
 Establishment of, 
 
 6 
 
 56 
 
 Restrictions and regulations 
 
 
 
 for sale of 
 
 15 
 
 103-104 
 
 Auctioneers, 
 
 7 
 
 57 
 
 Billiard, or pool table, 
 
 7 
 
 57 
 
 Date of expiration, 
 
 7 
 
 57 
 
 Dealers in junk and second¬ 
 
 
 
 hand articles, 
 
 7 
 
 59-60 
 
 Explosives and Inflammable 
 
 
 
 fluids, 
 
 7 
 
 * 61-62 
 
 Expressmen and others, 
 
 7 
 
 58 
 
 General Provisions, 
 
 7 
 
 • 62-63 
 
 Hackney carriages, 
 
 n 
 
 i 
 
 58 
 
 Hawkers and Peddlers, 
 
 7 
 
 60-61 
 
 Intelligence Offices, 
 
 7 
 
 62 
 
 Issued and signed by Clerk, 
 
 
 
 his duties, 
 
 7 
 
 57 
 
 Lunch carts, 
 
 7 
 
 62 
 
 Pawn Brokers, 
 
 7 
 
 62 
 
 Dairies, Inspection by board 
 
 
 
 of health 
 
 16 
 
 105 
 
 Diseases in family of person 
 
 
 
 selling milk reported 
 
 16 
 
 106 
 
INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 Ordinances, 
 
 Public Library, 
 
 Police department, 
 Police Department, 
 
 Plumbing, 
 
 131 
 
 Chapter Page 
 
 Regulations for distribution 
 and sale, 16 105 
 
 Expression City Council of 
 command— Ordered, 1 40 
 
 Expression City Council opin¬ 
 ions, facts etc.— Resolved, 1 40 
 
 How and by whom recorded 
 and kept, 1 40 
 
 Time of going into effect after 
 approval of Mayor, 1 40 
 
 What shall be called, 1 39 
 
 Organization of Board Trus¬ 
 tees, duties and powers, 14 102 
 
 Secretary, care and custody of 
 books, 14 102 
 
 Chief of Police—his duties, 4 46 
 
 Duties of Chief as to person 
 arrested, 4 47 
 
 Duties of officers as to waste 
 of water, leakage, etc., 4 47 
 
 Duties as to nuisances, ob¬ 
 struction, streets, etc., 4 47 
 
 Duties as to investigating 
 accidents, 4 47 
 
 Of what it consists, 4 46 
 
 Payment of fees into City 
 Treasury, 4 47 
 
 Pay Roll, date of prepara¬ 
 tion, 4 48 
 
 Records and Reports of Chief 
 of Police, 4 47 
 
 Special policemen, 4 46 
 
 Uniform of members, 4 48 
 
 Application, 8 65 
 
 Cleanouts, 8 68 
 
 Closets, number of, 8 70 
 
132 
 
 INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 Sealer of Weights and 
 Measures. 
 
 Streets, 
 
 Streets—Preven¬ 
 tion of Injurious 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Page 
 
 Connection, 
 
 8 
 
 74 
 
 Drips—Overflow Pipes, 
 
 8 
 
 75 
 
 Exceptions, 
 
 8 
 
 76 
 
 Fresh Air Inlet, 
 
 8 
 
 72 
 
 General, 
 
 8 
 
 74 
 
 House Connection, 
 
 8 
 
 65 
 
 House Drain, Exterior, 
 
 
 
 Interior, 
 
 8 
 
 66-67 
 
 Inspection, 
 
 8 
 
 73-74 
 
 Joints, 
 
 8 
 
 71 
 
 License, Conditions of, 
 
 8 
 
 64 
 
 Plans and specification, 
 
 
 
 filing and approval of, 
 
 8 
 
 64-65 
 
 Penalty, 
 
 8 
 
 76 
 
 Pipe Coating, cast iron, 
 
 8 
 
 75 
 
 Pipes covered. 
 
 8 
 
 67 
 
 Pipe, size and kind, 
 
 8 
 
 65-66 
 
 Privy Vaults or Cess-pools, 
 
 8 
 
 75 
 
 Rain water leaders, 
 
 8 
 
 71-72 
 
 Refrigerator Waste Pipes, 
 
 8 
 
 72-73 
 
 Soil Pipe Trap, 
 
 8 
 
 72 
 
 Soil Pipe Angles, 
 
 8 
 
 67 
 
 Steam Exhaust, 
 
 8 
 
 73 
 
 Tank Valves, 
 
 8 
 
 75 
 
 Traps, 
 
 8 
 
 68 
 
 Trap, Grease, 
 
 8 
 
 73 
 
 Water Closets in Houses, 
 
 8 
 
 71 
 
 Water Closet Tank, 
 
 8 
 
 70 
 
 Waste, size of, 
 
 8 
 
 70 
 
 Vent, local, 
 
 8 
 
 69-70 
 
 Ventilating Traps and Pipes, 
 
 8 
 
 68-69 
 
 Duties and Salary, 
 
 21 . 
 
 115 
 
 Placing of sewer and water 
 
 
 
 pipe in, 
 
 11 
 
 89-90 
 
INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 133 
 
 Practices, 
 
 Chapter Page 
 
 Air pipe, guns or missiles, use 
 
 of, 
 
 12 
 
 97 
 
 Ashes, coal, sheep, etc., 
 
 12 
 
 92-93 
 
 Awnings or Shades, Signs, 
 Behavior, language, exposure 
 
 12 
 
 92 
 
 of persons, 
 
 12 
 
 96 
 
 Buildings, moving of, 
 
 12 
 
 94 
 
 Coasting or sliding, 
 
 12 
 
 97 
 
 Dirt or manure, removal of, 
 
 12 
 
 96 
 
 Eaves or leader pipes, 
 
 Fences, lamp posts, etc., de¬ 
 
 12 
 
 98 
 
 facing of, 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 Fireworks or bonfire, 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 Gun, pistol, etc., discharge of, 
 Horses, mules, etc., breaking 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 of, 
 
 12 
 
 94 
 
 Horses, rate of speed, 
 
 12 
 
 93 
 
 Penalty, 
 
 12 
 
 99 
 
 Snow or ice, 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 Snow or ice, removal of, 
 
 Sink or impure water, run¬ 
 
 12 
 
 97-98 
 
 ning of, 
 
 12 
 
 96 
 
 Swinging of gates or doors, 
 
 12 
 
 96 
 
 Sprinkling, 
 
 Streets, crossways, etc,, ob¬ 
 
 12 
 
 98 
 
 struction of, 
 
 Tables or devices for gamb- 
 
 12 
 
 96-97 
 
 ling, 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 Tables for sale of fruit, etc., 
 Trees, cutting of—fastening 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 horses to, 
 
 When dug up—what shall be 
 
 12 
 
 96 
 
 done, 
 
 12 
 
 91 
 
 Wood, sawing or piling, 
 Vehicles, push carts, etc., 
 
 12 
 
 95 
 
 standing of, 
 
 12 
 
 94 
 
134 
 
 INDEX TO REVISED CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 Chapter Page 
 
 Streets, Numbering Tenements and 
 
 
 Buildings, 
 
 19 
 
 112-113 
 
 
 Prohibiting persons under 16 
 years after 9 P. M., 
 
 18 
 
 110-111 
 
 Streets or Highways, 
 
 Laying out, locating anew, 
 altering or discontinuing of, 
 
 10 
 
 87-88 
 
 Tax Collector, 
 
 Duties as to depositing tax 
 money, 
 
 3 
 
 44 
 
 
 Date of payment, 
 
 3 
 
 44 
 
 
 Issue of tax bills and sending 
 notices, 
 
 3 
 
 43-44 
 
 Underground Wires 
 and Conduits, 
 
 Construction and Mainten¬ 
 ance, 
 
 22 
 
 116-121 
 
 
 Under supervision of Com¬ 
 missioner Public Works, 
 
 22 
 
 120 
 
 Wires, 
 
 Inspector—duties, 
 
 17 
 
 108 
 
 
 Wir ing within Buildings, 
 
 17 
 
 108-109 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Ten 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 amending section one of chapter four of the revised 
 ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of No?'th Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section one of chapter four of the Revised Ordi¬ 
 nances of 1909, is hereby amended by striking 1 out the word “eighteen” 
 and inserting in place thereof the word—nineteen—so as to read as 
 follows :—Section I. A police department is hereby established, which 
 shall consist of a chief of police, two captains and nineteen patrolmen, 
 who shall severally be appointed by the mayor and who shall 
 hold their respective offices during good behavior and until 
 removed as provided by law. They shall under the regulations pre¬ 
 scribed by the city council and such rules of discipline as may be 
 prescribed by the mayor, perform all duties required of them as day 
 and night police, in accordance with the ordinances of the city and 
 the laws of the state. 
 
 Approved , October 5, 1910. 
 
S10H111) JO A1ISHAI1W 
 3H1 30 
 Aiwaan 3Hi 
 

 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Eleven. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 AMENDING SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 Be it ordained, by the City Council of North A dams , as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section one of chapter twenty-one of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, is hereby amended by striking out the word “six” 
 and inserting in place thereof the word—nine—so as to read as 
 follows :—Section I. The Sealer of Weights and Measures shall be 
 paid a salary of nine hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Approved , December 6 } 1911. 
 
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 m jd 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 Establishing a Tax Limit. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section I. The taxes assessed on property in the city of 
 North Adams, exclusive of the state tax and other amounts assessed 
 upon the city by the commonwealth, the county tax and sums required 
 by law to be raised on account of the city debt, shall not in any year 
 succeeding- the passage of this ordinance, exceed twelve dollars on 
 every one thousand dollars of the average of the assessors’ valuation 
 of the taxable property for the preceding three years, such valuation 
 being first reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed thereon 
 previous to the thirty-first day of December in the year preceding said 
 assessment. 
 
 Approved , March 4, 1914. 
 
TIE LIBRARY 
 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF IILINGIS 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING CHAPTER THREE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909, 
 REFERRING TO TIME OF PAYMENT OF TAXES 
 AND INTEREST THEREON. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of Northi Adams , as follows: 
 
 Section I. Chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1909, 
 is hereby amended by striking out section six and inserting in place 
 thereof the following:— Section 6. The collector of taxes shall 
 mail the tax bills or notices to residents and non-residents assessed 
 for real or personal property, as soon as possible after the tax lists 
 and warrant are delivered to him by the assessors; and the bills or 
 notices thereof shall be sent to all persons assessed for a poll tax 
 only, on or before the second day of September in the year in which 
 the poll tax is assessed. All taxes shall be due and payable not 
 later than the fifteenth pay of October of each year, and on all taxes 
 remaining unpaid after the first day of November, interest shall be 
 paid at the rate of ten per cent per annum, from the fifteenth day of 
 October in the year in which they are assessed until such taxes are 
 paid. 
 
 Approved July 7, 1915 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 In Relation to Hawkers and Pedlers. 
 
 Be it 07'darned, by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . No person except one engaged in the pursuit of agri¬ 
 culture shall go about from place to place within this city exposing for 
 sale or selling, fruit or vegetables in or from any cart, wagon, or other 
 vehicle, or in any manner, without a license therefor from the Board of 
 Health, or from the Commissioner of Weights and Measures of the Com¬ 
 monwealth. 
 
 Section 2. The board of health shall have authority to grant or re¬ 
 voke all licenses provided for in this ordinance, and said licenses shall ex¬ 
 pire one year from the date of issue, and the fee therefore shall be ten 
 dollars, which shall be turned over to the city treasurer for the use of the 
 city. 
 
 Section 3. Before a license is granted under this ordinance, the 
 applicant shall present a certificate from the sealer of weights and measures 
 of this city, stating that all weights, measures, balances, or other weigh¬ 
 ing or measuring devices intended to be used by the applicant in connec¬ 
 tion with the license for which application is made, has been tested and 
 sealed by him. 
 
 Section 4. No hawker or pedler shall sell, offer, or expose for sale, 
 any of the articles enumerated in section 15 of chapter 65 of the Revised 
 Laws or acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, except news¬ 
 papers and ice, until he has recorded his name and residence with the 
 board of health. 
 
 Section 5. Every hawker and pedler licensed as aforesaid shall be 
 assigned a number, and shall have his name and number conspicuously 
 displayed upon his vehicle in letters not less than two inches in height. 
 
 Section 6. No person hawking, pedling or carrying or exposing for 
 sale any of the articles enumerated in said section 15, chapter 65 of the 
 Revised Laws as amended, shall cry his wares to the disturbance of the 
 peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the city, nor shall carry or convey 
 such articles in any manner that will tend to injure or disturb the public 
 health or comfort nor otherwise than in vehicles and receptacles which are 
 neat and clean and do not leak ; and said vehicles shall at all times be 
 subject to inspection by the board of health or its agent. 
 
 Section 7. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as conflict¬ 
 ing with any license issued under authority of The Commonwealth. 
 
 Section 8. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall 
 be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence. 
 
 Section 9. Any ordinance, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent 
 herewith are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved , September 10, 1915. 
 
THE LIBRARY 
 OF THE 
 
 UHIVERSITY OF II.LIKOIS 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 (Relating to the Fire Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section one of chapter five of the Revised Ordi¬ 
 nances of 1909, is hereby amended by striking out section one and in¬ 
 serting in place thereof the following:—Section I. The fire depart¬ 
 ment shall consist of a chief engineer, and a deputy chief engineer who 
 shall be a permanent fireman in addition to the permanent men here¬ 
 inafter mentioned ; one hose company consisting of a captain, a 
 lieutenant, two permanent men and eight call men ; one hose company 
 consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, three permanent men and eight 
 call men ; one hose company consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, 
 three permanent men and seven call men ; a hook and ladder com¬ 
 pany consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, two permanent men and five 
 call men ; a hose and hook and ladder company at Braytonville, so 
 called, to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, and thirteen call men ; and 
 a hose company at Blackinton, so called, to consist of a captain, a 
 lieutenant, and ten call men ; who shall severally be appointed by the 
 mayor, and who, except the chief engineer, shall hold their respective 
 offices during good behavior and until removed according to law. 
 The members of the fire department shall, under the regulations pre¬ 
 scribed by the city council, and such rules of discipline as may be pre¬ 
 scribed by the mayor perform all duties required of them in accordance 
 with the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state. 
 
 Approved , January 1 , 1916. 
 
TWE LIBRARY 
 OF THE 
 
 umvEasirir of iiunois 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 Amending an Ordinance in Relation to Hawkers and Pedlers. 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of an ordinance in relation to hawkers 
 and pedlers, approved September 10, 1915, is hereby amended by in¬ 
 serting after the word “selling”, the word-fish-so as to read as fol¬ 
 lows :-Section 1. No person except one engaged in the pursuit of 
 agriculture shall go about from place to place within this city expos¬ 
 ing for sale or selling, fish, fruit or vegetables in or from any cart, 
 wagon, or other vehicle, or in any manner, without a license therefor 
 from the Board of Health, or from the Commissioner of Weights and 
 Measures of the Commonwealth. 
 
 Section 2. Section two of said ordinance is hereby amended by 
 striking out said section and inserting in place thereof the following 
 Section 2. The board of health shall have authority to grant, to any 
 person of good repute for morals and integrity who is, or has declared 
 his intention to become a citizen of the United States, all licenses 
 provided for in this ordinance and may revoke the same ; said licenses 
 shall expire one year from the date of issue, and the fee therefor shall be 
 ten dollars, which shall be turned over to the city treasurer for the 
 use of the city. 
 
 Section 3. Section four of said ordinance is hereby amended 
 by inserting after the word “pedler”, the words-or other person- 
 so as to read as follows :~Section 4. No hawker or pedler or other 
 person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale, any of the articles enume¬ 
 rated in section 15 of chapter 65 of the Revised Laws or acts in amend¬ 
 ment thereof or in addition thereto, except newspapers and ice, until 
 he has recorded his name and residence with the board of health. 
 
 Section 4. Section five of said ordinance is hereby amended by 
 striking out after the word “pedler”, the words, “licensed as afore¬ 
 said ”, and inserting in place thereof, the words-and other person 
 named in Section 4,-so as to read as follows Section 5. Every 
 hawker and pedler and other person, named in Section 4, shall be 
 assigned a number, and shall have his name and number conspicu¬ 
 ously displayed upon his vehicle in letters not less than two inches in 
 height. 
 
 Approved, July 6 , 1916 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION TWO OF CHAPTER FIVE OF THE REVISED 
 ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (Relating to the Fire Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section two of chapter five of the Revised Ordi¬ 
 nances of 1909, is hereby amended by striking out the word “twelve” 
 in the second line of the first paragraph, and inserting in place there¬ 
 of the word—fifteen—, so that said section will read as follows :—Sec¬ 
 tion 2. The salary of the Chief of the Fire Department shall be 
 fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 The salaries of the members of said companies at Braytonville 
 and Blackinton shall be as follows : Captains, fifteen dollars, Lieuten¬ 
 ants, twelve dollars, and call men, ten dollars, each per annum. 
 
 Approved , December 23, 1916. 
 
(HE LIBRARY 
 GF THE .11 _ 
 UNIVERSITY iftf 
 
 UNIVERSITY QF HU»u.S 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (In relation to the sale of Fireworks and Firecrackers) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section twenty-two of chapter twelve of the Re¬ 
 vised Ordinances of 1909 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof 
 the following :—And no person shall give away, sell, or offer for sale, 
 or have in his possession with intent to sell, within the city, any fire¬ 
 works or firecrackers : provided, however, that for the purpose of any 
 public celebration, the mayor may, in his discretion, authorize the 
 granting of permits for the sale of fireworks and firecrackers during a 
 designated period of time,—so as to read as follows Section 22. 
 No person shall set fire to any rocket, cracker, squib, serpent, or 
 other fireworks or make any bonfire in any street, lane, highway, 
 public square, or common in the city without permission from the 
 mayor. And no person shall give away, sell, or offer for sale, or 
 have in his possession with intent to sell, within the city, any fire¬ 
 works or firecrackers : provided, however, that for the purpose of any 
 public celebration, the mayor may, in his discretion, authorize the 
 granting of permits for the sale of fireworks and firecrackers during a 
 designated period of time. 
 
 Approved, fune 28, 1917. 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (In relation to the sale of Fireworks and Firecrackers) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section I. Section twenty-two of chapter twelve of the Re¬ 
 vised Ordinances of 1909 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof 
 the following :—And no person shall give away, sell, or offer for sale, 
 or have in his possession with intent to sell, within the city, any fire¬ 
 works or firecrackers : provided, however, that for the purpose of any 
 public celebration, the mayor may, in his discretion, authorize the 
 granting of permits for the sale of fireworks and firecrackers during a 
 designated period of time,—so as to read as follows:—Section 22. 
 No person shall set fire to any rocket, cracker, squib, serpent, or 
 other fireworks or make any bonfire in any street, lane, highway, 
 public square, or common in the city without permission from the 
 mayor. And no person shall give away, sell, or offer for sale, or 
 have in his possession with intent to sell, within the city, any fire¬ 
 works or firecrackers : provided, however, that for the purpose of any 
 public celebration, the mayor may, in his discretion, authorize the 
 granting of permits for the sale of fireworks and firecrackers during a 
 designated period of time. 
 
 Approved, fune 28, 1917. 
 

CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 amending sections 38, 39 and 40, of chapter 12 of the 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (In relation to removal of snow and ice from sidewalks) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows: 
 
 Section 1 . Section thirty-eight of chapter twelve of the 
 Revised Ordinances of 1909 is hereby amended by striking out the 
 word ‘‘eighteen” and inserting in place thereof the word — twelve —, 
 so as to read as follows: Section 38. The tenant, occupant, and 
 in case there be no tenant, the owner or person having the care of 
 any estate abutting upon any street, lane, court or square within 
 the city where there is a sidewalk which now is or may hereafter 
 be established or set apart as such, shall, after the ceasing to fall of 
 any snow thereon, within twelve hours cause the same to be removed 
 therefrom. 
 
 Section 2. Section thirty-nine of said chapter is hereby 
 amended by striking out the word “eighteen” and inserting in place 
 thereof the word — twelve — so as to read as follows : Section 39. 
 Whenever any snow shall be collected or deposited upon any side¬ 
 walk mentioned in the preceding section, either by falling from some 
 adjoining building or by drifting upon said sidewalk, the tenant, 
 occupant and in case there be no tenant, the owner or person having 
 charge of the estate abutting upon said sidewalk, shall within twelve 
 hours after its being so collected or deposited cause the same to be 
 removed therefrom. 
 
 Section 3. Section forty of said chapter is hereby amended 
 by striking out the whole of said section and inserting in place 
 thereof the following : Section 40. Whenever any sidewalk shall 
 be encumbered with snow or ice contrary to the provisions of the 
 two preceding sections, it shall be the duty of the chief of police to 
 notify or cause to be notified the tenant or occupant, or in case 
 there be no occupant, the owner or person having the care of the 
 estate abutting thereon, to cause such sidewalk to be made safe and 
 convenient for travel by removing the snow, and as far as practica¬ 
 ble, the ice therefrom, within six hours from the time of receiving 
 such notice. 
 
 Whoever violates any of the provisions of this or the two pre¬ 
 ceding sections shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for each offence, 
 which may be recovered on complaint before the District Court. 
 
 Whenever the party or parties whose duty it is to remove such 
 snow or ice in accordance with this section shall neglect to do so 
 for the period named, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of 
 public works to cause the same to be removed and to enforce the 
 forfeiture herein provided. 
 
 Approved November 10, 1917. 
 
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 „ 8F THE 
 
 ump,MY OF H ums 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows: 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter twelve of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, is hereby amended by adding at the end 
 thereof: — and shall give bond with sureties satisfactory to the 
 commissioner of public works, in a sum not less than $1,000 for the 
 faithful performance of said agreement. 
 
 Approved , November 17, 1917. 
 
flit LIBRARY 
 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF Illinois 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION TWO OF CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (Relative to Salary of Inspector of Wires) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows: 
 
 Section 1 . Section two of chapter seventeen of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, is hereby amended by striking - out the words 
 “one thousand”, and inserting in place thereof the words — twelve 
 hundred and fifty, — so as to read as follows : Section 2. Such 
 inspector shall give his whole time to the city, and for all services 
 shall be paid twelve hundred and fifty dollars each year. 
 
 Approved December 5, 1917. 
 
m 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (In relation to Salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows: 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter twenty-one of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved Decem¬ 
 ber 6, 1911, is hereby further amended by striking out the word 
 “nine” and inserting in place thereof the word — eleven —so as to 
 read as follows : Section 1 . The Sealer of Weights and Measures 
 shall be paid a salary of eleven hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Approved December 5 , 1917. 
 
if UH*f.4fTf 
 
 Of fBE 
 
 MfSiWfeHiEITy OF II f In,ns 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Fixing a Tax Limit. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows: 
 
 Section I. Section one of an Ordinance Establishing a 
 Tax Limit, approved, March 4, 1914, is hereby amended by 
 striking out the word “twelve” and inserting in place thereof the 
 word—fifteen—, so as to read as follows : Section 1. The taxes 
 assessed on property in the city of North Adams, exclusive of 
 the state tax and "other amounts assessed upon the city by the 
 commonwealth, the county tax and sums required by law to be 
 raised on account of the city debt, shall not in any year succeed- 
 ingthe passage of this ordinance, exceed fifteen dollars on every 
 one thousand dollars of the average of the assessors’ valuation 
 of the taxable property for the preceding three years, such valua¬ 
 tion being first reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed 
 thereon previous to the thirty-first day of December in the year 
 preceding said assessment. 
 
 Approved , March 18 , 1919. 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (Relating- to the Police Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chapter four of the Revised Ordinances 
 of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved October 5, 1910, is 
 hereby further amended by striking out the word “nineteen” and 
 inserting in place thereof the word —twenty-one— so as to read as 
 follows :—Section 1. A police department is hereby established, 
 which shall consist of a chief of police, two captains and twenty-one 
 patrolmen, who shall severally be appointed by the mayor and who 
 shall hold their respective offices during good behavior and until re¬ 
 moved as provided by law. They shall under the regulations pre¬ 
 scribed by the city council and such rules of discipline as may be pre¬ 
 scribed by the mayor, perform all duties required of them as day and 
 night police, in accordance with the ordinances of the city and the 
 laws of the state. 
 
 Approved , August 12, 1919. 
 
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 uaivfeRsvn of 
 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (Relating to the Fire Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter five of the Revised Ordinances 
 of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved January 1, 1916, is 
 hereby further amended by striking: out section one and insetting: in 
 place thereof the following::—Section'1. The fire department shall 
 consist of a chief engineer, and a deputy chief engineer who shall be a 
 permanent fireman in addition to the permanent men hereinafter men¬ 
 tioned ; one hose company consisting: of a captain, a lieutenant, five 
 permanent men and five call men ; one hose company consisting: of a 
 captain, a lieutenant, three permanent men and seven call men ; one 
 hose company consisting: of a captain, a lieutenant, three permanent 
 men and seven call men ; a hook and ladder company consisting- of a 
 captain, a lieutenant, four permanent men and four call men ; a hose 
 and hook and ladder company at Braytonville, so called, to consist of 
 a captain, a lieutenant, and thirteen call men ; and a hose company at 
 Blackinton, so called, to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, and ten 
 call men ; who shall severally be appointed by th<* mayor, and who, 
 except the chief engineer, shall hold their respective offices during 
 good behavior and until removed according to law. The members of 
 the fire department shall, under the regulations prescribed by the city 
 council, and such rules of discipline as may be prescribed by the mayor, 
 perform all duties required of them in accordance with the ordinances 
 of the city and the laws of the state. 
 
 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the first day of 
 December, 1919. 
 
 Approved, August 12, 1919 . 
 

 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (In relation to Salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter twenty-one of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved Decem¬ 
 ber 6, 1911, and an ordinance approved December 5, 1917, is hereby 
 further amended by striking out the word “eleven” and inserting 
 in place thereof the word — thirteen — so as to read as follows : 
 Section 1 . The Sealer of Weights and Measures shall be paid a 
 salary of thirteen hundred dollars each year. 
 
 Approved , December 3, 1919. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING section one of chapter twenty-one of the 
 revised ordinances of 1909. 
 
 (In relation to Salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter twenty-one of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved Decem¬ 
 ber 6, 1911, by an ordinance approved December 5, 1917, and an 
 ordinance approved December 3, 1919, is hereby further amended by 
 striking out the word “thirteen” and inserting in place thereof the 
 word — sixteen — and by striking out the words “each year” and 
 inserting in place thereof the words — for and during the municipal 
 year 1920 — so as to read as follows : Section 1 . The Sealer of 
 Weights and Measures shall be paid a salary of sixteen hundred 
 dollars for and during the municipal year 1920. 
 
 Approved Feb?'uary 20, 1920. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION TWO OF CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE 
 REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909 
 
 (In relation to Salary of Inspector of Wires) 
 
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section two of chapter seventeen of the Revised 
 Ordinances of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved Decem¬ 
 ber 5, 1917, is hereby further amended by striking out the words 
 “twelve hundred and fifty’ ’ and inserting in place thereof the words 
 —at the rate of eighteen hundred and twenty-five—and by striking 
 out the words “each year” and inserting in place thereof the words 
 —for and during the municipal year 1920—so as to read as follows : 
 Section 2. Such Inspector shall give his whole time to the city, 
 and for all services shall be paid at the rate of eighteen hundred and 
 twenty-five dollars for and during the municipal year 1920. 
 
 Approved May 11, 1920. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING SECTION 17 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE REVISED 
 ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (In relation to reserve space at Fire Hydrants.) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows: 
 
 Section I. Section seventeen of Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordi¬ 
 nances of 1909 is hereby amended by inserting- after the word “fire” 
 in the twelfth line, the words—or permit any vehicle to stand within 
 an area of seven feet on each side of a fire hydrant; reserved space at 
 hydrants on paved streets shall be marked by a white line at right 
 angles to the curb at a distance of seven feet each side of hydrants— 
 so as to read as follows :—Section 17. In case of fire, the fire depart¬ 
 ment, its officers and members, with their horses, machines and equip¬ 
 ment, shall have the right of way in the public streets and ways of the 
 city, as against all other persons, vehicles, or animals, and no person 
 shall hinder or obstruct them in the free passage therein, nor drive over 
 any hose, belonging to the fire department, with any carriage or other 
 vehicle or remove, injure or in any manner disturb the members there¬ 
 of, their horses, machines, hose or equipment, when stationed, located, 
 or laid in any street, except under direction of the officer in command 
 thereat. No person shall cause any vehicle or animal to be hitched, 
 or stand in front of any hose house or place where fire apparatus is 
 kept for use at a fire or permit any vehicle to stand within an area of 
 seven feet on each side of a fire hydrant; reserved space at hydrants 
 on paved streets shall be marked by a white line at right angles to the 
 curb at a distance of seven feet each side of hydrants. Any person 
 violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not 
 exceeding twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 Approved June 7 , 1921. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Creating a Planning Board 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1. A city planning board to consist of the Mayor, and 
 the President of the city council, who shall be members thereof ex-officio 
 and five other citizens of the city of North Adams who shall be appoint¬ 
 ed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the city council, is hereby 
 created. During the month of January, the mayor shall appoint five 
 citizens not connected with the city government as members of said 
 board to hold office for the terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, 
 respectively from the first day of February, nineteen hundred twenty-tw 7 o. 
 Thereafter during the month of January in each year, the mayor shall 
 appoint one citizen as a member of said board, subject to confirmation 
 by the city council, to hold office for the term of five years from the first 
 day of February following. A vacancy occurring in the board shall 
 be filled by appointment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the 
 city council for any unexpired term. 
 
 Section 2. The members of said board shall serve without re¬ 
 muneration. Said board may make rules for the conduct of its business, 
 choose its chairman and secretary and hold such meetings as it may deem 
 proper and necessary. It may expend such sums of money for expert 
 and clerical assistance and other purposes as the city council may 
 authorize from time to time. It may require any officer, department 
 head or commissioner of the city to furnish such infoimation, records, 
 reports, statistics, or other data within his or its knowledge as will assist 
 the planning board in the performance of its duties. 
 
 Section 3. It shall be the duty of this board, so far as is not in¬ 
 consistent with other laws or ordinances, to prepare or have prepared a 
 comprehensive plan for the alteration, construction, and development of 
 the city’s works and buildings either in reference to the whole city or any 
 section thereof, and in so doing shall be guided by considerations of pub¬ 
 lic safety, health, beauty, utility, convenience, and the future of the city ; 
 also the establishment of such building lines as it may deem proper 
 and the establishment of such zones as it may deem proper. It may also 
 plan and recommend in any matter affecting the resources or needs of 
 the city whenever it may be requested to do so by the city council or 
 when in the judgment of said board it may be wise and proper so to do. 
 
 Section 4. It shall further be the duty of this board to make care¬ 
 ful study of the resources, possibilities, and needs of the city of North 
 Adams with respect to conditions which may be injurious to public 
 health or otherwise injurious in and about rented dwellings and to make 
 plans for the development of the city with special reference to proper 
 housing of its pe'ople. 
 
 Section 5. Said board shall prepare and keep on file such reports, 
 maps, plans, etc., as shall illustrate its plans and recommendations. 
 During the month of December in each year it shall make a report of its 
 findings, plans and recommendations to the city council and it may make 
 such report of its plans and recommendations at such other times as it 
 may deem necessary or if otherwise required to do so. 
 
 Approved, Decern her 17, 1921 . 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Two. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 Relative to Permitting Vehicles to Stand or Wait 
 on Certain Streets. 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . No owner or driver or other person having the 
 charge or control of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle to stand 
 or wait on Bank Street between Main and Summer Streets, on 
 Eagle Street between Main and Union Streets, on East side of 
 Holden Street between Main and Center Streets, on East side of 
 Marshall Street between Main and Center Streets, and on Main 
 Street between Holden Street and a corresponding point on the 
 Southerly side of Main Street and ten feet east of a hydrant in 
 front of the new Kimbell Building, so-called, and a correspond¬ 
 ing point on the Southerly side of Main Street, except when dis¬ 
 charging or receiving such persons, temporarily absent, or ex¬ 
 cept when loading or discharging from a vehicle at which time 
 such vehicle shall wait parallel with and close to the curb. 
 
 Section 2. No owner or driver or other person having the 
 charge or control of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle to 
 stand or wait on Main Street or any portion not herein provided 
 for, for a period more than one hour in any three hours, at which 
 time such vehicle shall park facing away from the curb at an 
 angle of forty-five degrees. 
 
 These provisions shall not be applicable to physicians while 
 in service during office hours or on professional calls. 
 
 Section 3. Whoever shall offend against, or fail to comply 
 with any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall for each and 
 every offence forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than two 
 dollars ($2) nor more than twenty dollars ($20). 
 
 Approved , May 3, 1922. 
 

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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Two 
 
 INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE 
 
 Establishing Certain Building districts 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of North Adams , 
 as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . The City of North Adams is hereby divided 
 into zones or districts to be known respectively as Residence 
 Districts and Non-residence Districts, as follows : 
 
 Non-residence Districts shall comprise (1) all lands which 
 at the time this ordinance goes into effect are used for any bus¬ 
 iness or industry other than farming,truck gardening, the grow¬ 
 ing of trees, shrubs, vines or plants, the raising of animals, and 
 the conduct of a boarding or lodging house, and (2) all lands 
 located and fronting upon any section of any street which lies 
 between the outer lines of two successive intersecting streets and 
 in which not less than one-half of the ground floor frontage on 
 each side of said street is at said time devoted to business or 
 industry or is manifestly intended to be so used. 
 
 Residence Districts shall comprise all areas not included 
 in Non-residence Districts. 
 
 Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided no parcel of 
 land lying in a Residence District and not at said time devoted 
 to any business or industry, other than those specified in section 
 one, shall hereafter be used therefor, and no permit shall be is¬ 
 sued for the erection, alteration or conversion of any building 
 for or to such use upon any such parcel. 
 
 Section 3. A permit may be issued for the erection in a 
 Residence District of a building for the purpose of any business 
 or industry, or for the alteration or conversion of a building in 
 such district for or to such purposes, provided that there be filed 
 with the application for such permit written consents thereto 
 signed and acknowledged by the owners or legal representatives 
 of the owners of not less than three-fourths of all lands used for 
 other than business or industrial purposes, which front on the 
 same side of the street and which lie between the two intersect¬ 
 ing streets nearest to and on either side of the land in question 
 or within four hundred feet on either side thereof in case the 
 nearest intersecting street is more than that distance therefrom, 
 and also of all lands fronting upon the other side of the street 
 and directly opposite said land, and all lands immediately in the 
 rear thereof; or provided further that after public hearing on the 
 application the City Council may order that such permit shall 
 be issued. 
 
 Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in¬ 
 consistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved , September 16 , 1922. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-two 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 Amending an Ordinance in Relation to Hawkers and Pedlers. 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows: 
 
 Section 1. Section 2 of an ordinance in relation to hawkers 
 and pedlers, approved September 10, 1915, as amended by an ordi¬ 
 nance approved July 6, 1916, is hereby further amended by striking 
 out the word “ten’' and inserting in place thereof the word - twenty- 
 five-, so as to read as follows: Section 2. The board of health 
 shall have authority to grant to any person of good repute for morals 
 and integrity who is, or has declared his intentions to become a citizen 
 of the United States, all licenses provided for in this ordinance and 
 may revoke the same; said licenses shall expire one year from date of 
 issue, and the fee therefor shall be twenty-five dollars, which shall be 
 turned over to the city treasurer for the use of the city. 
 
 Approved , October 4 -, 1922 . 
 

CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-two 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 amending chapter five of the revised ordinances of 1909. 
 
 (Relating to the Fire Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows: 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chapter five of the Revised Ordinances 
 of 1909, as amended by an ordinance approved January l, 1916, and 
 an ordinance approved August 12, 1919, is hereby further amended 
 by striking out said section one and inserting in place thereof the 
 following:—Section 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief 
 engineer, and a deputy chief engineer who shall be a permanent fire¬ 
 man in addition to the permanent men hereinafter mentioned ; eighteen 
 permanent men ; four captains, four lieutenants and nineteen other 
 call men ; a hose and hook and ladder company at Braytonville, so 
 called, to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, and thirteen call men ; and 
 a hose company at Blackinton, so called, to consist of a captain, a 
 lieutenant, and ten call men; who shall severally be appointed by the 
 mayor, and who except the chief engineer, shall hold their respective 
 offices during good behavior and until removed according to law. The 
 members of the fire department shall, under the regulations prescribed 
 by the city council, and such rules of discipline as may be prescribed 
 by the mayor, perform all duties required of them in accordance with 
 the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state. 
 
 Approved, November 17, 1922. 
 

 
CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1909. 
 
 (Relating to the Fire Department) 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams , as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of chapter five of the Revised Ordinances 
 of 1909, as amended by ordinances approved January 1, 1916, August 
 12, 1919, and November 17, 1922, is hereby further amended by strik¬ 
 ing out said section one and inserting in place thereof the following : 
 Section 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief engineer, and 
 a deputy chief engineer who shall be a permanent fireman in addition 
 to the permanent men hereinafter mentioned ; not more than twenty- 
 four permanent men ; three captains, three lieutenants and sixteen 
 other call men ; and a hose company at Blackinton, so called, to con¬ 
 sist of a captain, a lieutenant, and ten call men ; who shall severally 
 be appointed by the mayor, and who except the chief engineer, shall 
 hold their respective offices during good behavior and until removed 
 according to law. The members of the fire department shall, under 
 the regulations prescribed by the city council, and such rules of dis¬ 
 cipline as may be prescribed by the mayor, perform all duties required 
 of them in accordance with the ordinances of the city and the laws of 
 the state. 
 
 Approved , February 7, 1923. 
 
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CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Three 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Amending “ An Ordinance Relative to Permitting 
 
 Vehicles to Stand or Wait on Certain Streets.” 
 
 Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of said ordinance is hereby 
 amended by striking - out the whole of said section and inserting 
 in place thereof the following:— Section 1. No owner or 
 driver or other person having the charge or control of any vehicle 
 shall on Saturdays between the hours of 9 o’^fc|^jg.jffie morn¬ 
 ing and 9 o’clock at night and all other days e^e'i^ptfndays be¬ 
 tween the hours of 9 o’clock in the n&lSffh£$&T^d^§ o’clock at 
 night, permit such vehicle to stand or wait orr fefifk IlfyfBflfX be¬ 
 tween Main and Summer Streets, on Eagle Street betweeriwfain 
 and Union Streets, on the east side of Holden Street between 
 Main and Center Streets, on the east side of Marshall Street be¬ 
 tween Main and Center Streets, and on Main Street, between 
 Holden Street, and a corresponding point, on the southerly side 
 of Main Street and ten feet east of a hydrant in front of the New 
 Kimbell Building, so called, and a corresponding point on the 
 southerly side of Main Street except when discharging or re¬ 
 ceiving such persons, reasonably absent temporarily, or except 
 when loading or discharging from a vehicle at which time such 
 vehicle shall wait parallel with and close to the curb. 
 
 Section 2. Section two of said ordinance is hereby amen¬ 
 ded by inserting after the word “shall” in the second line the 
 words—on Saturday between the hours of 9 o’clock in the 
 morning and 9 o’clock at night and all other days except Sun¬ 
 days between the hours of 9 o’clock in the morning and 6 o’clock 
 at night—and by striking out after the word “facing” in the 
 fifth line, the words “ away from” and inserting in place there¬ 
 of the word,—toward—and by adding at the end of said section 
 the words,—nor, except in the restricted area, to any person, 
 firm or corporation engaged exclusively in the business of pass¬ 
 enger vehicles for hire. No person, firm or corporation shall 
 allow or permit to stand or wait on any street more than one 
 such vehicle—so that said section will read as follows : Section 
 2. No owner or driver or other person having the charge or 
 control of any vehicle shall on Saturday between the hours of 
 9 o’clock in the morning and 9 o’clock at night and all other 
 days except Sundays between the hours of 9 o’clock in the 
 morning and 6 o’clock at night permit such vehicle to stand or 
 wait on Main Street or any portion not herein provided for, for 
 a period more than one hour in any three hours at which time 
 such vehicle shall park facing toward the curb and at an angle of 
 forty-five degrees. 
 
 These provisions shall not be applicable to physicians while 
 in service during office hours or on professional calls, nor, ex¬ 
 cept in the restricted area, to any person, firm or corporation 
 engaged exclusively in the business of passenger vehicles for 
 hire. No person, firm or corporation shall allow or permit to 
 stand or wait on any street more than one such vehicle. 
 
 Approved, October 3, 1923. 
 

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 CITY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 
 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Fixing a Tax Limit 
 
 Be it or darned by the City Council of North Ada??ts, as follows : 
 
 Section 1 . Section one of “An Ordinance Establishing a 
 Tax Limit,” approved March 4, 1914, as amended by an or¬ 
 dinance approved March 18, 1919, and an ordinance approved 
 March 25, 1920, is hereby further amended by striking out the 
 word “twenty” and inserting in place thereof the word—twenty- 
 one—so as to read as follows : Section 1. The taxes assessed 
 on property in the city of North Adams, exclusive of the state 
 tax and other amounts assessed upon the city by the common¬ 
 wealth, the county tax and sums required by law to be raised on 
 account of the city debt, shall not in any year succeeding the 
 passage of this ordinance, exceed twenty-one dollars on every 
 one thousand dollars of the average of the assessors’ valuation 
 of the taxable property for the preceding three years, such valu¬ 
 ation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed 
 thereon previous to the thirty-first day of December in the year 
 preceding said assessment. 
 
 Approved , March 15, 1924. 
 
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