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tible material.
<br />Sec.119. . T+gYTNG%UPa T'he walls and piers of all buildings shall be properly
<br />and solidly bonded together with close joints filled with mortar. VYalls of two (2)
<br />brick and over in thickness shall have brick push placed and grouded. They sliall
<br />be built to a.line and carried up plumb and straight. The walls,of each story shall
<br />be built up the faJ.l thickness to the top of the b,eams above. All ,briek laid in
<br />non freezing iverzther shall be well wet before being.,laid.
<br />Sec.120.; CCRNER ]30ND.AND ANCTiORS. The front,, return, rear, -side, division•,
<br />partition and party ivalls shall be properly bonded together or-anchored to- ea,ch other
<br />every six (6) feet in height, and to the floor joists or beams, at intervals of not
<br />over.eiglzt (8) feet, and to all.girders and trusses, bu suitable wrought iron anchors.
<br />Sec.121, PIERS. All isolated pier.s shall be built of stone or good, hard; well-
<br />burned brick laid in cement-mortar.. Through bond stone of not ].esa than three (3)
<br />brick courses in thickn.e.ss, sha11 be placed at a height not over four (4) times the
<br />least dimension of the piere _ Sec:.122o STONE WAI,LS AND. PIE:E?S. - 411 stone walls and piers, sha11 be laid to a
<br />lirie on both sides. /When walls are.ov.er two (2) feet thick the bond stones.may ei-
<br />ther tiiree-quarter.or full bond accept in cases where throvgh stones are required.
<br />They shall be.laid iri mortar as required for brick walls when :similarly used. The
<br />pointing of aIl weatYier facing shall be with Portland_cement mortar: . Sec.123o RECESSES IN tWALT,S. ISo recess or chase for water, soil, steam. or
<br />other pipes 5ha11 be made in arW exterior. or in any other bearing wall to- more than
<br />one-third (1/3) of its eft'ective thiclness, and the recesses around said pipe or
<br />pipes shall be -filled up,with dolid masonry or, pla9tic incombustible material, af-
<br />tex the 'pipes are in p3ace, for the .sp4.ce of one t 1} foot at •tiie to-o and bottom of
<br />- each storye.:,+t'-?o ° recesses shall be made- in.any exterior or other beariz?g wall less
<br />tha,n one andt one-half 012) brick thick, and no continuous vertical.recess other th.an
<br />flues in stacks shall be nearer than oseven (7) •feet to ar?.y other recesso Ido channel-
<br />,. ing shall be done in walls which are less than one and one-half (12) brick thick, ex-
<br />cept for small gas e,diipes and wire conduits. Recesses for staixwa?rs or elevators may
<br />_be left in the foU.ridation o.r cellar walls of-all buildings, but in no case sha11 the
<br />wa11s be of less-thic?iness than the walls of the fourth story, unless reinforded by
<br />a,dditional piers, with iron.or st.eel girders or iron a,nd steel columna and girders,
<br />secur-ely anchored to. eualls on, each si,dea
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<br />-Sec.124. CUTTING OF OP?NINGS, ,In new buildings all openings` larger tha,n four
<br />(4) 'inches squar.e, or chases. deeper than four (4) inches sha,ll be located on tne
<br />plans and left in walls as they.are carrier3.up.. No horizontal chases or recesses
<br />shall be cut in any wall.
<br />. TITLE VII REIMRCL+i C,OITCRETE COP3STRUCTION Sec.125r.; REINYURC-41) CONCRETF I DEFINITION.. By reinforced concrete is meaht ooii=
<br />crete in which..steel i's ".einbedded- in such a.position„that ,it shall resist all tensile
<br />stresses and assist in the resistance of shear a7.ong st.ructural lines so tn.at the stresses in t;.le.combination can be ascertained by computation and verified by tests.
<br />The concrete shall be mixed in such propor-tion and so handled that after it
<br />is •placed iri the iorms, all voids in the aggregate will be filled with rnortar Cand
<br />all voids in the mortax filled,with cement. , Thirty days .after mixing it shall de-
<br />velop a crushing stren.g-L-h of 3,000 pounds per sq. in. by testing a 6 inch cube.
<br />Sec,126.. R-RQUIRFIMd'1'S FOR DBAiVINGS. Before a permit shall be issuea fox a
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