Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

The regular meeting of the board of
aldermen was held Monday evening
Present: Mayor Dutton, Aldermen Eppes,
Whiting, Carlisle and Maddocls, Clerk
Wyman.
The roll of accounts was deferred until
next meeting. owing to absence of one
member of auditing committee, and
to allow the proper approval of some
bills. The only bill audited was that of the
Ellis publishing company, $3.50, for text
books, on which discount could be saved.
The attention of the board was called
to the law enacted by the last State leg
islature, creating the office of inspector
of buildings. The clerk read the law as
follows
AN ACT In relation to the Inspection of build.
ings, so as to lessen the danger from fires.
SIC. !. In every town and city of more than
two thousand inhabitants, the municipal Off
GERS shall annually In the month of April APP
point an inspector of buildings, who shall be a
man skilled In the construction of buildings.
The municipal officers shall define the limits
within which the inspector of buildings shall
have jurisdiction, which shall include the
thick settled portion of each such city, and of
each village In each such city or town
,. 1t shall he his duty to inspect each new
building during the process of construction,
so far "a may he necessary to see that all
proper safeguards against the catching or
spreading of fire are used that the ChimncYs
and fues are made safe, and that proper cut
offs are placed between the timbers in the walls
and floorings where fire would be likely to
spread and may give such directions in writing
to the owner or contractor as he deems neces
sary, concerning the construction of such
building so a to render the same afe from the
catching and spreading of fire.
3 1t shall he his duty To inspect all build
iugs while in process of being repaired and
see that all reasonable safeguards are used
against the catching and spreading of fire and
that the chmneys and nues are made safe; and
he NAV give such directions in writing to the
owner as he deems necessary concerning such
repairs as to render such building safe from
the catching and spreading OF fire.
l. 1t shall be his duty at least once In
three wears, and oftener when required by the
municipal officers, to inspect chimneys, hues,
tunnels. stoves, furnaces, boilers and boiler
connections, and heating apparatus In all the
buildings within his jurisdiction In which fire
Is Kept or used, to ascertain II the same are
safe against fire. lie may give such directions
In writing "a he may deem necessary to the
owner of said building to make changes In the
construction or situation of such Chimneys,
nues tunnels stoves, furnaces boilers, boiler
connections and heating apparatus, so as to
make the same "a aforesaid. And the munici.
pal officers may require such inspection of any
particular building at any time.
3 An insncctOr of buildings In the per.
Torrance of his Official duty may enter any
building for the purposes of making the inspec'
ton required by this act
8. An appeal In writing may be taken from
any order or direction of the inspector of build
ings to the municipal officers whose order
thereon shall be final.
:. No new building shall be occupied until the
inspector of buildings has given certificate that
the same has been built in accordance with the
provisions of this act, and so as to be safe from
fire; If the owner permits 1t to be so occupied
without such certificate, he shall be liable to a
fine of ten dollars for each week he permits
such building to be so occupied to be recovered
by complaint or Indictment. In case the in
spector of buildings should from any cause
decline to give his certificate where the builder
has in his own judgment complied with the
provisions In this act an appeal may be taken
to the municipal officers, and ii on such an
appeal it shall be decided by them that the pro
visions of the act have been complied with, the
owner of said building shall not be liable to
fine for want of the certificate of the inspector.
). IL the owner of any building neglects
or refuses for more than thirty days to comply
with any direction of the inspector Of buildings