SECT. 46. No company shall be allowed to impose fines upon its members. For every absence or tardiness there shall be deducted from the pay of the absent or tardy officer or member the sum of one dollar, which amount so deducted shall be paid over at the end of each quarter to the treasurer of the company to which such officer or member shall belong, to meet the incidental expenses of the company. And if any officer or member shall have been absent or tardy at more than one-third of the fires, or alarms of fires, occurring during the month, if more than five, except in case of sickness, such absence or tardiness shall be considered good cause for his discharge from the department.

SECT. 47. The board of engineers, notwithstanding the provisions herein contained, may, with the approval of the mayor, grant to any officer or member of the fire department, if they think it compatible with the interests of the department, a vacation not exceeding two weeks in any one year upon such terms as they may think expedient.

And the mayor, with the advice and consent of the board of aldermen, may, if he sees fit, whenever any member or officer of the fire department shall not, by reason of such vacation, or sickness, or otherwise, attend to his duties in the department, appoint a substitute to act in his place during his absence.

SECT. 48. Upon an alarm or discovery of fire, the members of the police department shall immediately communicate the fact to the central station by means of the signal-boxes in the district in which the fire may be, in accordance with the rules and regulations in regard to fire alarms. And in the night time, the policemen, upon an alarm of fire being given or sounded upon the bells connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, shall immediately give further notice thereof within their respective districts by springing their rattles, crying "fire," and mentioning the district and box of the district in which the fire exists. And if any policeman neglects so to do he shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than two, nor more than twenty dollars for every offence.

SECT. 49. Upon an alarm of fire, such of the police officers of the city as may be selected for that service, shall repair immediately, with their staves, or such other badges of office as the joint

committee of the city council may direct, to the place where the fire may be, and there use their best skill and power, under the direction of the engineers, for the preservation of the public peace, and the prevention of theft and destruction of property, and the removal of all suspected persons.

FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.

SECT. 50. In the month of January in each year there shall be appointed a joint committee of the city council, consisting of two aldermen and three members of the common council, to be called the committee on the fire-alarm telegraph.

SECT. 51. The said committee shall have the care and management of the rooms, apparatus and machinery connected with the firealarm telegraph, and shall also have the power to appoint, upon the nomination of the superintendent, suitable persons to assist in the management of said fire-alarm telegraph, and also to discharge them, and to establish their compensation, unless it shall be specially provided for by the city council; and the said committee shall determine the persons to whom shall be intrusted the keys of the signal boxes connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, and, generally, shall have charge of the same, and control over the management thereof, subject to any special order of the city council.

SECT. 52. There shall be elected annnally on the first Monday in February, or within sixty days thereafter, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the city council, a superintendent of the firealarm telegraph, who shall hold his office for one year, from the first Monday of April in the year in which he is elected, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or he is removed. He may be removed at the pleasure of the city council, and all vacancies may be filled at any time for the unexpired term. He shall receive such compensation as the city council shall from time to time determine.

SECT. 53. Said superintendent shall have the charge of the fire-alarm telegraph, under the direction of the committee on the fire-alarm telegraph, and shall see that the same is kept in good repair, and he shall be held responsible for the same.

SECT. 54, Alarms of fire shall be given by means of the fire

alarm telegraph in accordance with the rules and directions heretofore established for that purpose by the committee on the firealarm telegraph.

SECT. 55. The committee on the fire-alarm telegraph shall have power from time to time to alter or change said rules and directions, and the same shall be binding upon all persons after said rules and directions, as altered, have been placed on file in the office of the engineers of the fire department, and with the city clerk, and the same shall then be published: but the city council shall at all times have power to alter, amend, or annul the same.

SECT. 56. No person shall open any of the signal boxes connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, for the purpose of giving a false alarm, nor interfere in any way with said boxes, by breaking, cutting, injuring, or defacing the same, nor turn the cranks therein, except in case of fire, nor tamper or meddle with said boxes or any part thereof.

SECT. 57. Any person who shall be guilty of a breach of any of the provisions of this ordinance, except as otherwise specially provided in any section thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offence.

RULES.1

SECTION 1. All members of the Boston fire department, and substitutes, not exceeding two for each engine and hose company, and four for each hook and ladder company, shall wear while on duty as firemen, or at fires, in addition to the fire hat and leather badge now worn, the corporation badge, in a plain conspicuous manner on the vest or coat, and no member will be allowed to enter the line at a fire, or any building when on fire, without said badge.

SECT. 2. No member shall lend his badge on any pretext whatever, under the penalty of dismissal from the department.

SECT. 3. Any person not a member, nor regularly appointed a substitute, appearing at a fire with a badge, will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and will be punished accordingly.

1 Rules and regulations adopted by board of engineers, December 4, 1867, and approved by mayor and alderman, December 10, 1867.

SECT. 4. Any member who loses his badge, shall immediately advertise the same, and use the utmost diligence to recover it, and in case of failure shall be charged five dollars for the badge.

SECT. 5. If any member in going to, or returning from, a fire shall behave in any way unbecoming a fireman, any person aggrieved may report to the chief engineer the number of his badge; and if said fireman refuses to give his number correctly, it shall be deemed good cause for his dismissal from the department.

SECT. 6. Each engine and hose company may have substitutes not exceeding two in number, and each hook and ladder company not exceeding four, to do duty in place of persons absent from duty, as provided by city ordinance; viz, in cases of sickness or absence from the city.

SECT. 7. Said substitutes shall be approved by the chief engineer, or by the engineer of the district, upon the recommenda tion of the respective companies.

RULES AND REGULATIONS,

Made and established by the Board of Engineers of the City of Boston, relative to the sale, storage, and safe-keeping of fireworks in said City, in conformity with the law of this Commonwealth, made and passed on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1853.

SECTION 1. Any person or persons licensed to sell fireworks by wholesale or retail, shall not be allowed to keep any charged pieces of fireworks exposed in any windows.

SECT. 2. All rockets, bombs, shells, mines, or other explosive pieces, shall be kept in tight-covered cases; said cases shall always be kept closed except when putting in or taking out fireworks, which shall be done as expeditiously as is consistent with proper care.

SECT. 3. The board of engineers shall keep a record of all licenses granted and renewals thereof, and shall designate how and in what manner fireworks shall be kept, and no alteration shall be made unless by consent of the board. Any change made by removal shall be indorsed on the license, and no license shall be valid for any other place of business, unless so indorsed by the chief engineer or secretary of the board.

SECT. 4. Licenses will be granted on application to the office of the chief engineer of the fire department.

At a meeting of the board of engineers, held on Friday evening, April 29, 1853, the foregoing rules and regulations were unanimously adopted.

HENRY HART, Secretary.