and orders, for the due regulation of all such carriages, in the streets of the town of Boston, as to them shall appear necessary and expedient; which rules and orders shall be published at least one week, in two of the newspapers printed in the said town; and any owner or driver of any carriage, who shall offend against any such rule or order, so adopted and published, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars, to be recovered upon complaint of either one of the Selectmen of said town of Boston, before any one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Suffolk; and all such fines and forfeitures shall be paid for the use of the person prosecuting for breach of any such rule or order.

An Ordinance for the regulation of Horses and Carriages within the City of Boston. [Passed Sept. 9, 1833.]

[13] SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled, That no carriage of any description, whether of burden or pleasure, shall be driven through any part of said city, during any time that the snow or ice shall be upon or cover the streets, squares, lanes or alley, of the said city, unless there shall be three or more bells, attached to the horse or horses or to some part of the harness thereof.

[14] SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That no person whatsoever shall sit or stand, in or upon any carriage, or on any beast harnessed thereto with intent to drive the same, unless he shall have strong reins, or lines fastened to the bridle of said beast, and held in his hands, sufficient to guide and restrain such beast from running, galloping, or going at immoderate rates through the streets, lanes and alleys of the city; and no person whatsoever, driving any such carriage, or riding upon any beast, in or through the streets, lanes or alleys aforesaid, shall suffer the said beast to go in a gallop or other immoderate gait.

[15] SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That every driver of any carriage, or other vehicle, within the City of Boston, shall remain near to the said carriage or vehicle, whereof he is the driver, while it is unemployed, or standing in the public streets and squares of the city unless he shall be necessarily absent therefrom, in the course of his duty and business; and shall so keep his horse, or horses, and carriage or other vehicle, as that the same shall not obstruct the said streets, or squares or other public passages, in any other manner than is allowed

by law, or the ordinances of the City Council, or orders of th Mayor and Aldermen. And no driver of any carriage, or oth vehicle, while waiting for employment either at any stand whic is, or may be appointed for such carriages or other vehicl respectively, or in the public streets or squares of the city, sha snap or flourish his whip.

[16] SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That the Mayo and Aldermen be, and they are hereby authorized and empow ered to appoint, from time to time, as occasion may require such and so many stands for carts, trucks, wagons, and sleds as to them shall appear requisite. And no owner or driver o any cart, wagon, sled or other carriage, shall stand in any othe place with the same, than such as has been, or shall be directe and established by the Mayor and Aldermen, in pursuance o this ordinance.

[17] SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That every owner or driver, of any cart, truck, wagon, or sled, shall place hi horses and cart, truck, wagon, sled, or other carriage, length wise, as near as possible to the post, or abutting stone of the foot or side walk of the street in which he shall stand and no more than one range of carts or trucks, shall stand in streets not more than thirty feet wide, and not more than one range on each side, in streets which are of a greater width than thirty feet; and in squares and other open places, they shall be arranged by the said owners, and drivers, by order of, and conformably to, the directions of the Mayor and Aldermen, in this respect.

[18] SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That no owner or driver of any carriage, or other vehicle for pleasure or burden, shall stop or place the same, in any such manner as to cross the street, or side-walks, or so as to prevent other carriages or foot passengers from passing in the direction of such street, except to load or unload, as is provided in the ninth section of this ordinance; but such driver or owner, in such cases, shall upon request of such passenger cause the same to be removed; and no such owner or driver, shall absent himself from his carriage, or other vehicle, so as to prevent the making of such request..

[19] SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, That every truck, cart, wagon, and sled, belonging to any inhabitant of the city shall be marked in at least two places, with the initials of the christian, and the whole of the surname of the owner, or owners. of the same, strongly and legibly, in paint, upon a plate of tin or iron, and also numbered in the same manner, which names and numbers shall be placed upon the outside of both shafts, of every truck, and upon both sides of every cart, wagon, and

sled, and so be kept, as at all times to be clearly visible and discernable to all persons passing and repassing the streets during the day time, on either side of said cart, wagon, or sled.

[20] SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, That the tire of the wheels of all the carts and trucks used in the city, which shall be drawn by more than one horse, shall be in breadth not less than four inches, and the heads of the nails of the tire of all such wheels, shall be flat.

[21] SEC. 9. Be it further ordained, That not more than two horses, shall be harnessed to and permitted to draw any truck, or sled, in or through any of the public streets, squares, lanes, or alleys of the city, and not more than three horses shall be harnessed to and permitted to draw any cart, wagon, or drag, in or through any of the public streets, squares, lanes, or alleys of the city, unless in either of the above cases, for the carriage of any one single article, exceeding one ton in weight, and which cannot be divided: Provided, that the Mayor and Aldermen may grant permission, upon any special application for that purpose, for more than two horses to draw any truck or sled, and for more than three horses to draw any cart, wagon, or drag, when they may think it reasonable or necessary: Provided, also, that four horses may, without such special permission, be attached to, and permitted to draw, any wagon, employed to transport loads out of the city into the country, or from the country into the city; said four horses being yoked in pairs, or so harnessed, that two shall travel abreast.

[22] SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, That the felloes of the wheels of every drag machine, (which wheels shall hereafter be constructed and used in this city) for carting or removing timber, which shall exceed one ton in weight, shall not be less than six inches in width, that the tire of the wheels of such machine, shall be of the width of said felloes, and the heads of the nails of said tire, shall be flat.

[23] SEC. 11. Be it further ordained, That no truck shall be used in this city, the length whereof, from the end of the shaft to the extreme end of the side, shall be greater than twenty-four feet and six inches.

[24] SEC. 12. Be it further ordained, That no person hereafter shall cause to be carried on any truck or cart, any load, the weight whereof shall exceed one ton and a half; or any wagon, any load the weight whereof shall exceed two tons; excepting the load which may consist of an article which cannot be divided: Provided, however, that it shall be lawful to transport from the country into the city, or from the city into the country, on any wagon, the tire of the wheels of which,

CHAPTER XIII.

Chimneys and Chimney Sweepers.

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.

[1] Chimneys to be examined and repaired; penalty for not repairing-defective chimneys to be abated by Mayor and Aldermen.

[2] Sweepers of chimneys to be licensed-penalty for

sweeping without licenseemploying unlicensed persons

[3] Foul chimneys, how be examined-fires not to kept in-penalty.

[4] Repealing clause.

An ordinance for the regulation of Chimneys, and Chimne

Sweepers.

[Passed Dec. 28, 1825.]

SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Com mon Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled That the Mayor and Aldermen, upon complaint made to them or upon their knowledge and view of any defective chimney, or other fire place within this city, shall, from time to time take effectual care that the same shall be examined and inspected; and, when in their opinion the safety of the city requires it, shall order the same to be immediately amended on repaired if the same can be properly done, otherwise, to be taken down and demolished. And if the owner or owners of such defective chimney or fire place, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to amend, repair or take down the same, the said owner or owners shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one, or more than twenty dollars: Provided, that such owner or owners shall have been served with an order in writing from the Mayor and Aldermen to amend, repair or take down the said defective chimney or fire place (as the case may be,) duly certified by the City Clerk; an attested copy of which order, made and certified by the said City Clerk, shall be duly served upon such owner or owners, by any person appointed for that purpose, by the said Mayor and Aldermen. And the said Mayor and Aldermen for the time being, shall have full power and authority to order and direct, and they are hereby required to cause such defective chimney or fire place, to be taken down and abated as a common nuisance-and the owner or

owners of such defective chimney or fire place, shall in such case bear, satisfy and pay the whole expense and charge of abating such nuisance, and of taking down and removing such defective chimney or fire place.

[2] SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor and Aldermen be and they are hereby authorized and directed, to appoint and license, from time to time, suitable persons to be sweepers of chimneys in this city, who, together with their apprentices, and others by them employed, shall wear such badges as the Mayor and Aldermen shall appoint and direct, and whose wages and compensation for their work and service in sweeping of chimneys, shall not exceed the rates, which are or may be fixed and appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen. And if any person who shall not be appointed and licensed as aforesaid, shall presume, either by himself or by his apprentices, or others by him employed, to undertake the sweeping of any chimney in this city, excepting such as are in his own occupation, every such person shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for every offence of which he shall be duly convicted And no inhabitant of this city shall employ any person, (excepting his, or her own servant, being in his or her house,) to sweep any of his or her chimneys, within the city, other than one of the chimney sweepers appointed and licensed as aforesaid by the Mayor and Aldermen; and if any inhabitant of this city shall employ any person, other than the chimney sweepers appointed and licensed as aforesaid, in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, he or they shall forfeit and pay a fine not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars.

[3] SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That when and so often as complaint be made to the Mayor and Aldermen, by any chimney sweeper appointed and licensed as aforesaid, or by any other inhabitant of the city, against any person or persons that their chimneys are unsafe by reason of foulness, the Mayor and Aldermen, or any other person by them empowered, are hereby directed to inspect and view, or order to be inspected and viewed and to them reported, every such chimney complained of as aforesaid; and if upon such view, inspection and report, the Mayor and Aldermen shall, either from their own view, or the report of the person appointed to view as aforesaid, judge the same to be unsafe and dangerous to make and keep fire therein by reason of foulness, the said Mayor and Aldermen shall give notice thereof to the person or persons in the possession or occupancy of the house or tenement to which such chimney or chimneys belong; and every occupier or occupiers of such house or tenement,