The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-19

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Az AcT Del3iiye 20 the Dorrsncc street
wharf 10 Called, In the CITY of Proyi-
dencc.
G'asscd Feb. 4. 1917
~ ~ enacted by the General Assembly AZ
Scction l. The structure now existing
VI the end Of Tho DOrrancc street wharf
IN the city OF Providence and east OF the
barbor Dne csfablSbed by Public Laws
~ ,1z1 isb2de ,d,, Island CHAPTER IN Of April H.
sectiOD n OF Chapter IIy ~ the General
mnws LAY a OF hhode island, 20 long as Il does
Gs rebut fea or rsP@r or rebuIding ba, when
AZ 20 lie westerly Of the said harbor line
ana be subject 10 All the laws regulating
the construction of wharycs.
scc. = This act shall take effect from
ana after its passags
CHAPTER lsl.
AN ACT Authorizing the city Council OF
thc Guy or Providence 10 Use For Cen
eral Purp9ses. Any Unexpcnded Bal
aances OF Taxes Arrested In Any Year.
For Paying the Indebtedness OF the
CITY or The Interest Thereon or For APP
proPriati9n 10 Any OF the Sinking Funds
Tax ~ r1r sIneoA me AApPioPp,iati9n Of The state
ed For Said Purposes
passed FcD. 8, 1917
IL ~ enacted by the General Assembly as
Section ]. The city council OF the city
.I PROVIDENCE ~ hereby authorized TO use
lVr gehsfal purposes, unexpcnded bal
hhces OF any tax assessed I'm any year,
Tor paying The indebt tedness of the city
oT the interest thereon. or for appropria-
tion 10 any OF the sinking funds, or for
the appropriation OF the state tax assum-
poses.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
ana aiter It's passage.
CHAPTER 4s2
AN ACT Authorizing the City OF Proyi-
dence 10 Hire the Sum of Three Hum
dred and Twenty Thousand Dollars For
the Purpose OF Building a Bridge at the
Location OF the Present Weybosset
River Walls From Market Suuare To
Crawford Street.
:. PASSED April 20, 1917
II Is enacted By the General Assembly as
Section !. The city OF Providence Is
hereby authorized and empowered to hire
dred and twenty thousand dollars to be
exclusively used and expended in build
ing stone abutments and piers and steel
s99pstpucture or the pgest 2f bridge at the location
providence River and for the rebuilding
or the river walls from Market Square to
inc south line Or Crawford street, and to
issue It's notes and bonds, or either, there
Tor, FOR such time aid in such amounts
as may be fixed by the city council there
Oh, or, ana s, such notes may be renewed from
tlfne 10 time as the same become due.
Sec. 2 The city council shall annually
appropriate, until said notes and bonds
are paid In full. besides a sum to pay the
interest thereon, sum TO be placed as a
sinking fund sufficient for the redemption
OF said notes and bonds when due and all
premiums arising from the sale OF said
notes and bonds shall be placed to the
credit or said sinking fund.
sec. .. This act shall take effect from
ana after It's passage
CHAPTER 49,
AN ACT In Amendment of Chapter css
OF the Public Laws, Passed at the Jan
relation to buildings In the City OF
providence. and For Other Purposes" I"
and of the Several Acts In Amendment
Ihereof and In Addition Thereto.
PASSED May A. 1879
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section /. Section 35 of Chapter ess OF
the PUBLIC Laws, passed at the January
session. 1878. entitled IAN act in relation
to buildings in the city Of Providence and
Tor other purposes as amended by the
several acts IN amendment thereof and In
addition thereto. is hereby amended SO
as ..t to read as follows;
than dwellings. coal or grain elevators.
and ice houses: Provided such ice houses
are not located nearer than seventy-five
feet to any other building used for any
other purpose. shall be built in the Sec
ond district the area of which shall ex-
ceed two thousand feet, or which shall be
u. area
shall not, however, include any open shed
attached to any building, nor shall said
height Include any ventilator, stairway.
ever. that all such sheds, venulators,
bulkheads, and spires shall have their
roofs covered with incombustible mate
rial: All wooden buildings except coal
built on wharves. piers or bulkheads. il
built within Ave feet of an adjoining lot
line, or an adjoining building, shall have
n ci cfA fAns
built OF brick at least eight inches thick,
or the space between the studding filed
In flush full with brick and mortar, or
some other equally incombustible mate
rial: Provided that in that portion Of the
city which previous to the passage of
Chapter 1889 of the Public Laws was moi
included in the building districts OF said
city, this. provision shall not apply to
dwelling houses constructed within five
feet OF an adjoining lot line, when NO
building exists upon such adjoining lot
within ten feet of the proposed dwelling
house. Party walls or division walls be-
tween adjoining houses, thirty-five feet
less than twelve inches thick 70 the top
Of the second. floor above the street and
eight inches thick for the remaining
height: such walls less than thirty-five
feet in height may be eight inches thick
for the entire height. Doorways may be
cut through. or built in said walls, upon
spector of buildings: Provided, that nc
doorway shall be cut through or built Id
any such wall in any building used for o
hotel, lodging, or tenement house, or for
the storage OF infIammable or dangerous
materials. Every such doorway shall be
provided with tin covered. self-closing
DOORS satisfactory to the inspector OF
buildings Upon proof being shown that
said doors are In any manner prevented
from operating as intended. said inspector
shall have the power to revoke said per-
init, and said doorway shall be filled up
with brick and mortar or some sim.
liar material. In dwelling houses the
brick shall be built up TO the roof GOV.
ering which shall be laid and imbedded In
mortar or cement upon said wall"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
and after Its passage.
CHAPTER asa
AN ACT Authorizing the City OF Provi
dence to Hire the Sum OF Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars For the Purchase
and Installation OF a Central Office
System For Fire Alarms and For the
Purchase and Installation OF Eighty
Additional Fire Alarm Boxes.
PASSED May H. 1917
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. The city of Providence is
hereby authorized and empowered to hire
from time to time not exceeding In the
aggregate the sum OF twenty-five thou
sand dollars to be used and expended for
the purchase and installation OF a cen