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.' . . . . Ii . . 43 Wood Shingles. Where it is desired to permit wooden shingles areas of the municipality, Section 31 may be amended for a restricted use of shingles of good grade as follows Outside the fire limits, dwellings, private garages and barns, separated by at least twelve feet from other buildings may be roofed with approved vertical grain or edgegrain wooden shingles. The combined thickness of each five shingles measured at the butts shall be not less than two inches. The exposure of such wooden shingles to the weather shall not exceed, on roofs greater than one- third pitch,' five inches for sixteen-inch shingles, five and one-half inches for eighteen-inch shingles, and seven and one-half inches for twenty-four-inch shingles; nor, on roofs with less than one-third pitch but not less than one-quarter pitch, four inches for sixteen- inch shingles, four and one-half inches for eighteen-inch shingles, and six and one-half inches for twenty-four-inch shingles. Such shingles shall be firmly nailed to the roof deck with noncorrodible and rust-resistive nails according to accepted good practice. Unless otherwise specified by ordinance or duly promulgated rules, the .com- mercial Standard for Wood Shingles, CS 31-38 of the U. S. Depart- ment of Commerce, shall be accepted as means of establishing the grade of shingles. in certain to provide .' , . . APPENDIX . (b) The owner or persons in control of a display sign sus- pended over a street or extending into a street more than 15 inches beyond the building line shall execute a bond in a sum to be fixed by the official having control over streets, with sureties approved by such official, indemnifying the municipality against all loss, cost, damage or expense incurred or sustained by or recovered against the municipality by reason of the construction or maintenance of such display sign. (c). The provisions of this section, except as to safety, shall not apply to a sign not more than 10 square feet in area, announcing, without display or elaboration, only the name of the proprietor and the nature of his business; nor to a wall sign not exceeding one square foot of display surface, on a residence building stating merely the name and profession of an occupant; nor to a sign, not exceed- ing 10 square feet of display surface, on a public building giving the name and nature of the occupancy and information as to the conditions of use or admission; nor to a wall sign not exceeding 20 square feet of display surface, nor a ground sign, advertising in either case the sale or rental of the premises upon which it is maintained; nor to street signs erected by the municipality; nor to temporary signs or banners legally authorized. e e e e permit for the same has been issued by the building official. No permit for a display sign shall be issued until the required bond has been filed.