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ARTICLE VII
Use of Ways
Section 1. No person except officers of the Town in the lawful performance of their duties and those acting under their orders shall obstruct any sidewalk or street or any part thereof, or break or dig the ground of the same without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen therefore.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 2. No person shall allow or cause to be allowed a horse or other animal or vehicle not hand propelled, to stand upon any of the public sidewalks or crosswalks in the Town.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 3. No person shall pasture cattle or other animals, either with or without a keeper, upon any streets or ways in Town.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 4. No person shall coast with a sled or runners on any street within the Town except such as may be designated by the Board of Selectmen, nor shall any person kick football or play any game in which a ball is used, or throw stones, missiles or snowballs in any of the streets of the Town.
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Section 5. No person shall without written permit from the Selectmen, or those having authority over streets, place, or cause to be placed, or suffer to remain within the limits of a street, or upon any sidewalk, any vehicle, wood, coal, manure, dirt, gravel, stones, building material, barrels, boxes, merchandise, or any rubbish or obstruction whatever. Whenever a street or sidewalk becomes obstructed under a permit, the person doing the work or causing the same to be done shall place a suitable temporary walk around such obstructions when ordered to do so by the Board of Selectmen.
At the completion of any work done under a permit granted either under Section 1 or under Section 5 of this article, the street or way occupied or dug up shall be restored to its former condition. Before issuing permits as specified in this article, the person applying for the same may be required by the Board of Selectmen to execute a written agreement to indemnify and save harmless the Town against and from all damages by reason of cost or expense it may suffer or be put to by reason of any claim for damages or by reason of any proceeding, criminal or civil, on account of the existence of such obstruction or excavation.
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Section 6. No person shall throw or place upon any sidewalk or street crossing any banana skin, orange skin or other slippery substance.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 7. No person shall tie a horse or other animal to any tree, nor to any structure protecting such tree, in the public streets of the Town.
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Section 8. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling piece, pistol or other firearm within any street, public way, place or square in this Town, except with the permission of the Board of Selectmen, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any firing in accordance with law, nor to any firing permitted by the Board of Selectmen.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 9. No person shall allow any gate or door on premises under his control, and adjoining any public way, to swing on, over or into said public way.
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Section 10. No person or persons shall use any part of a highway or public place owned by the Town for the purpose of playing on musical instruments, singing, parading, holding public meetings, making speeches or public addresses, marching or congregating, except in connection with a funeral parade, without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen.
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Section 11. No person or persons shall distribute or deposit advertising circulars or other printed matter, except newspapers, on the highways or public places owned by the Town without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen.
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Section 12. No person shall stand or remain on any sidewalk or highway or in any public place owned by the Town in such manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, or if in a highway, free passage for vehicles after a request to move on made by a Constable, Police Officer, or Selectmen.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 13. The Selectmen may order numbers to be affixed to, or painted on, the buildings of any street, in their discretion.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 14. No person or corporation shall cause or allow snow or ice removed from its property, or from any portion of a way, to be left within the limits of a way or sidewalk, so that public travel on said way or sidewalk shall be unsafe or dangerous.
(STM 08/24/20)
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