Automatic sprinklers. Lights. Elevators, etc., to be enclosed in masonry walls, etc. 1907, 550, 107, amended. Exits, stair ways, etc., in public build ings. Proviso. width so as to be less than the minimum width prescribed in this section. Public halls, stairs, elevator, light and ventilating shafts in all tenement houses hereafter erected more than three stories in height and having more than ten suites, and all such existing tenement houses shall be provided with a system of automatic sprinklers approved as to location, arrangement and efficiency by the building commissioner. The building commissioner may order the basement of any such tenement house more than three stories in height and having more than ten suites to be provided with a system of automatic sprinklers approved by him as to location, arrangement and efficiency. Public halls and stairs in all tenement houses now existing or hereafter erected more than three stories in height, and having more than eight suites, shall be provided with proper and sufficient lights to be kept lighted during the night. In every existing tenement house which is more than three stories in height, and having more than eight suites, and in every such tenement house hereafter erected, all elevators, vent and dumb-waiter shafts, shall be enclosed in the basement in masonry walls not less than eight inches thick, or with two-inch solid metal and plaster partitions with a fireproof self-closing door; and if in any such building a stairway leads from the first floor to the basement, such stairway shall be enclosed in masonry walls not less than eight inches thick, or with two-inch solid metal and plaster partitions, and shall lead directly into a passageway constructed in such manner and with such exits and fire doors as the building commissioner shall deem necessary for the preservation of public safety. SECTION 5. Said chapter five hundred and fifty is hereby further amended by striking out section one hundred and seven and inserting in place thereof the following: - Section 107. Every building hereafter erected containing a hall or assembly room shall conform to all the aforesaid requirements as to exits, stairways, exit lights, aisles and seats, which apply to theatres: provided, that the same are necessary for the preservation of public safety and are specially ordered by the building commissioner. All orders of the building commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the authority of a majority of the board of appeal, which may annul or modify such orders. Approved May 25, 1915. [Framingham, 1881, 206; 1884, 271; 1905, 476; 1906, 526; 1907, 380; 1912, 656; Ashland, 1908, 456.] AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM TO Chap.353 SUPPLY WATER TO INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF ASH LAND. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Framingham water to in SECTION 1. The town of Framingham is hereby au- Town of thorized to supply water to the inhabitants of that part of may supply the town of Ashland known as the Waushakum district, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the water commissioners of said towns. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF HOLYOKE TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY CITY TREASURER. habitants of and. town of Chap.354 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Holyoke may SECTION 1. The city of Holyoke may, by ordinance, city of establish the office of deputy city treasurer and may pre-establish the scribe the manner of his appointment and his powers and office of duties. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1908, 557.] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR IMPROVING THE ENTRANCE TO SESUIT HARBOR IN THE TOWN OF DENNIS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: deputy city treasurer. Chap.355 entrance to land, etc. SECTION 1. The board of harbor and land commissioners Improving the is hereby authorized and directed to improve the entrance Sesuit harbor to Sesuit harbor in the town of Dennis by the construction in Dennis. of a jetty or jetties, and otherwise. For this purpose the board may expend a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. SECTION 2. The said board may purchase or take in the Purchase of name and behalf of the commonwealth any land or materials necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act. The manner of such taking and of determining the damages caused thereby, or by any other doings of said board under the provisions of this act, shall be the same as is provided by sections seven and eight of chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety three, relative to the taking of land by the metropolitan SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1900, 194.] Chap.356 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LEWIS BAY IN Improvement Certain sum of money may be spent. Proviso. Town may purchase land, etc. THE TOWNS OF BARNSTABLE AND YARMOUTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The board of harbor and land commissioners is hereby authorized to make an examination and survey of Lewis bay in the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth and to dredge a channel or channels and anchorage basin therein in such places and to such depths as it may deem necessary. SECTION 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the said board may expend a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars: provided, that no part of this sum shall be available or expended until there is presented to the auditor of the commonwealth satisfactory evidence that the town of Barnstable has voted to accept this act and to build a public wharf and landing, with an approach thereto, in said town, at or near the inshore end of the channels or anchorage basin to be dredged by said board, and that the said town has appropriated an amount not less than one thousand dollars. for the purpose of building a public wharf and landing and providing an approach thereto. Said public wharf and landing shall be built in conformity with a license therefor to be issued by the board of harbor and land commissioners under authority of chapter ninety-six of the Revised Laws. SECTION 3. The town of Barnstable is hereby authorized to purchase or take, and to hold and maintain, for the purposes of a public wharf and landing and for an approach thereto, land and flats in Lewis bay, at or near the inshore end of the channels or anchorage basin to be dredged by the board of harbor and land commissioners, and land for the purposes of an approach to said public wharf and landing in said town. SECTION 4. Within sixty days after taking any land or Description of flats under authority hereof, the selectmen of the town of land, etc., taken, Barnstable shall cause a description of the land and flats taken, sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of the purpose for which they were taken, signed by a majority of the selectmen, to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county of Barnstable; and, upon such recording, title to the land and flats so taken shall vest in the town of Barnstable. Damages occasioned by the taking may be recovered in the manner provided in the case of land taken for a highway. Barnstable, Public Wharf Loan, Act of 1915. be SECTION 5. For the purpose of acquiring said land and Town of flats and of constructing said public wharf and landing the Lewis Bay town of Barnstable may borrow, within the statutory limit of indebtedness, such sum or sums of money as may necessary, not less in the aggregate than one thousand dollars, and may issue notes or bonds of the town therefor. Such notes or bonds shall bear on their face the words, Town of Barnstable, Lewis Bay Public Wharf Loan, Act of 1915, and shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the date of each loan, as will extinguish each loan within five years from its date. The amount of the annual payment of principal and interest upon any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of such loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of notes or bonds shall constitute a separate loan. The notes or bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the selectmen of the town. The town may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the treasurer may deem expedient, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value; and the proceeds shall be used only for the purposes specified in this act. loan. SECTION 6. The town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of section five of this act, and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which will be sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues on the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid by the town and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under the provisions of this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter, in the Act to be submitted to voters, etc. Time of taking effect. same manner in which other taxes are assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished. SECTION 7. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the town of Barnstable at any time within nine months after its passage, at a special meeting called for the purpose by the selectmen in the same manner in which an annual meeting is called; and it shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon. SECTION 8. For the purpose of its submission as aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 27, 1915. [1897, 471; 1911, 544.] Chap.357 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF BILLERICA TO MAKE Town of Billerica may make an additional water loan. Payment of loan. AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Billerica, for the purpose of enlarging and improving its water supply and of improving and extending its water distribution system, is hereby authorized to borrow an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, and to issue bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, Town of Billerica Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the respective dates thereof, as will extinguish each loan within thirty years from its date; and the amount of such annual payment in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. The said bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by the selectmen. The town may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value. SECTION 2. The town shall, at the time of authorizing said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with section one of this act, and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works and the interest as it |