SECT. 6. The said engineers, whenever a fire breaks out in the section of the city to which they are assigned for duty, shall immediately repair to the place of such fire, and carry with them a suitable staff or badge of their office; they shall take proper measures that the several engines and other apparatus be arranged in the most advantageous situations, and duly worked for the speedy and effectual extinguishment of the fire; they shall require and compel assistance from all persons, as well members of the fire department as others, in extinguishing the fire, pulling down or demolishing any house or building if occasion require, in suppressing all tumults and disorders, removing furniture, goods, or other merchandise from any building on fire, or in danger thereof, and shall appoint stewards to secure the same. They shall also cause order to be preserved in going to, working at, or returning from fires, and at all other times when companies attached to the department are on duty. The assistant engineers shall report their absences from fires to the chief engineer at the regular monthly meetings of the board, with the reasons therefor, and he shall keep a record of the same, and, once in every three months, and oftener if required, make a report thereof, stating all the facts, to the city council. In the absence of the chief engineer, the secretary shall make said record and report.

SECT. 7. Whenever any fire occurs in either of the adjoining cities or towns, only such and so many of said engineers shall repair thither as may have been previously designated for such purpose by the chief engineer.

SECT. 8. The chief engineer shall have the sole command at fires over all the other engineers, and all officers and members of the fire department, and all other persons who may be present at fires, and shall direct all proper measures for the extinguishment of fires, protection of property, preservation of order, and observance of the laws, ordinances and regulations respecting fires; and it shall be the duty of said chief engineer to examine into the condition of the engines and all other fire apparatus, and the horses connected therewith; and of the engine and other houses belonging to the city and used for the purposes of the fire department; and of the companies attached to the said department, as often as

circumstances may render it expedient, or whenever directed so to do by the City Council, or by the Joint committee of the City Council on the fire department. Whenever the engines or other fire apparatus, used by the fire department, require alterations, additions or repa'rs, the chief engineer, under the direction of the City Council, or of the Joint Committee on the fire department shall cause the same to be made. It shall also be the duty of the chief engineer to receive and transmit to the City Council all returns of officers, members and fire apparatus made by the respective companies as hereinafter prescribed, and all other communications relating to the affairs of the fire department; to keep fair and exact rolls of the respective companies. specifying the time of admission and discharge, and the age of each member. He shall also critically examine all the bills and accounts against the fire department, and certify, in writing, to the correctness of each item thereof before sending them to the auditor's office for payment. He shall, annually, in the month of January, and oftener if thereto requested, report to the City Council an account prepared by the secretary of the board of engineers, as hereinbefore provided, of the condition of the engine-houses, engines, fire apparatus, and other property under his charge; of the income and expenditures of the fire department for the whole of the previous year, specifying particularly the expenditure on each engine, hose carriage, and hook and ladder carriage, and of the horses, furniture, and apparatus connected therewith, as required in section five of this ordinance, together with the names of the officers and members of the various companies; the number and location of the fire alarm stations; the numbers of fires since his last report, the causes thereof, and the extent of damage, as near as can be ascertained; the general description of the buildings and property destroyed or injured since his last report, together with the names of the owners or occupants; the amount of insurance, if any; all accidents by fire which have happened within the city, with such other information or suggestions as may in his opinion be of general use,― the same to be published as the City Council may direct."

SECT. 9. In case of the absence of the chief engineer, the engineer next in rank who may be present shall execute the duties of his office with full powers.

SECT. 10. The engineers shall report to the Joint Committee of the City Council the name of every person, not a member of either of said companies, who may, contrary to law, refuse or neglect to obey any orders of any engineer, given at any fire.

SECT. 11. Whenever it is adjudged at any fire, by any three or more of the engineers present, of whom the chief engineer, if present, shall be one, to be necessary, in order to prevent the further spreading of the fire, to pull down or otherwise demolish any building, the same may be done by their joint order.

SECT. 12. The engineers shall inquire for, and examine into, all shops and other places where shavings or other such combustible materials are collected or deposited, and report at the regular monthly meeting of the board, the condition in this respect of the district to which they are assigned; and whenever, in the opinion of any two of them, the same may endanger the security of the city from fires, they shall direct the tenant or occupant of said shops or other places to remove such shavings or other combustible materials; and, in case of such tenant's or occupant's neglect or refusal so to do, they shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such tenant or occupant, who shall, in addition, be liable to a penalty of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars for such neglect or refusal; and any person who shall obstruct the engineers or any of them in carrying out the provisions of this section, shall also be liable to a penalty of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars. The said engineers shall also take cognizance of all buildings in the city in which any steam engine is used, and of all buildings in the city in process of erection or alteration, and make a record of such as in their judgment may, from any cause, be dangerous, and forthwith report the same to the board of aldermen. The said engineers shall also cause prosecutions to be instituted in all cases of infraction of the laws relative to the erection of wooden buildings, or of any other laws or ordinances in relation to the fire department, or for the prevention of fire within the limits of the city.

SECT. 13. The power of making and establishing rules and regulations for the transportation and keeping of gunpowder within the city of Boston, and of granting licenses for the keeping and

sale thereof in the city, according to the provisions of an act entitled "An act further regulating the storage, safe-keeping, and transportation of gunpowder in the city of Boston,"1; and of any other act or acts on the same subject, shall be exercised and performed by the chief and assistant engineers, and the power and duty of seizing any gunpowder kept or being within the city or harbor, contrary to the provisions of the said act or acts, shall be exercised and performed by the said engineers or any of them; and in case of any seizure being made by any engineer other than the chief, he shall forthwith report the same to the chief engineer, and the chief engineer shall cause all gunpowder which may have been seized as aforesaid to be libelled and prosecuted in the manner prescribed in the said acts; and all the other powers and duties granted and enjoined in and by the said act or acts shall be performed by the said chief or one of the assistant engineers.

SECT. 14. All moneys received for fines, forfeitures, and penalties arising under this ordinance or the laws of this commonwealth, regulating the storage and transportation of gunpowder, or the erection of buildings within the city of Boston, or the prevention and extinguishment of fire, unless it is by such laws otherwise specially provided, shall be paid into the treasury of the city to be applied in such way as is provided in the acts of this commonwealth.2

SECT. 15. No person under twenty-one years of age, and no person who is not a legal voter in the city of Boston, shall be an officer or member of the fire department.

SECT. 16. Every officer and every member of the fire department shall sign the following agreement, to be deposited with the board of engineers: "I, A B. having been appointed a member of the Boston fire department, hereby signify my ageeement to abide by all the ordinances of the city council, and the rules and regulations of the joint committee of the city council and of the board of engineers relating thereto." And any officer or member

1 Act of 1813, c. 143; 1833, c. 151; 1837, c. 99; 1811, c. 58; see Gunpowder. 2 See Gunpowder, where provision is made for the disposition of fines, forfeiture s and penalties.

who shall neglect or refuse to sign the same, shall not be entitled to any compensation whatsoever.

SECT. 17. The board of engineers shall report from time to time to the mayor the names of such officers or members of the department, if any, as in their judgment should be removed or discharged, with their reasons therefor; and whenever, from any cause, there occurs in the department a vacancy which should be filled by the mayor and aldermen, the board of engineers shall recommend to them for their consideration the name of some proper person to fill the same.

SECT. 18. Any officer or member of the fire department, except the chief and assistant engineer, and the superintendent of fire alarms and his assistants, may at any time be removed or dismissed from the department by the mayor or deposed from any office that he may hold therein.

SECT. 19. In all cases of removal from the department, the name of the party removed with a statement of the reasons therefor, shall be entered on the records of the engineers, and a copy of the same shall be transmitted to the board of aldermen before their next regular meeting.

SECT. 20. There shall be paid to each officer and member of the department such sum as the city council may, from time to time, determine; and in case of the temporary absence of any member from the city, or his inability, in consequence of sickness, to perform his duties, he shall provide a substitute, whose name he shall return to the foreman of the company for approval; otherwise he shall be subject to all deductions which may accrue for his absence.

SECT. 21. Neither the members nor the officers of any of the companies shall assemble in any of the engine or other houses belonging to the department, except for the purpose of taking the engine or other apparatus on an alarm of fire, returning the same to the house, and taking the necessary care thereof after its return, and except as herein otherwise prescribed.

SECT. 22. Any officer or member of the fire department, who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform his duty, or shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or disobedience to his superiors in office,