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77 Size in inches feet inches 2 x 4 5 5 2 x 6 10 3 2 x 8 13 8 Tables I, II, III, ITT are based on a minimum fiber stress of 1200 lbs. } III. FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS Section 1. Chimneys, Para. 1. All chimneys hereafter built 'in any building used for habitation, business, or for public assembly, shall-be built of brick or other incombustible material, constructed from the ground up and not supported or hung in any way by wood or combustible material. Para. 2. All chimneys shall have a terra-cotta flue lin- ing unless the chimney walls are 8 inches thick or more and shall be carried up to at least one foot above the highest a point of the roof. Para. 3. No smoke pipe or metal flue shall pass through any wooden partition without a safety thimble of fireproof material, the thickness of the partition. Action: The article 51 was voted unanimously to be ac- cepted as road with the following amendments: I. General Section 2. Relief from Personal Responsibility. The officials, officers or employees charged with the enforcement of this code shall be held harmless from..le al responsibility, an - ti gd re- imbursed for financial liability incurred -in the discha rge of their official duties. I. General Section 0.. Amendments. - � eats. `these.bar-rla,ws may be amended from time 'to time by a two- thirds vote at any annual or special Town Meeting, provided that the proposed amendment shall be included as an Article in.the warrant for such Town Meeting. ` See-II. Regulations, Lion 3, Paragraph 4. Footings. 1. Al p � I footings, when footings are necessary, must be masonry. II. Regulations, ' � g section 3, Paragraph 5. Foundations. 1. All foundations shall be of such width and thickness as to safely resist the superimposed oed � k p p load without exceeding the allowable workingg strength, and - can be of concrete brick or stone. Minimum requirements shall be as follows: (a) Six inch thickness for poured d c oncrete supporting one story wood frame structure without basement. (b) Eight inch thickness for all other poured walls. (c) Eight inch thickness for all masonry unit walls that extend up to eight feet below finished grade. Maximum total height of.