RULE 38. No person shall inter or cause to be interred the corpse of any person in a grave which shall be less than three feet deep from the surface of the ground surrounding the grave to the top of the coffin.

RULE 39. The superintendent of burial grounds shall have authority in all matters relating thereto contained in the 36th regulation hereof, subject always to the direction, authority, and control of the board of of health.

RULE 40. Any place of deposit for house, shop, or or other rubbish or refuse matter; and any drain, privy, or vault in any part of the city, which shall appear to this board to be unfit, insufficient, or not properly situated, constructed or cleansed, and any cellar or vacant ground, and any hog pen or deposit of manure in the compact part of the city, may, in the discretion of the board be declared and deemed a public nuisance, and as such be held subject to all the provisions concerning the removal or abatement of the same provided by the laws of the commonwealth.

RULE 41. No vault or privy shall hereafter be constructed so that the inside thereof shall be less than three feet distant from the land of an adjoining proprietor without his consent, nor less than six feet distant from any public street or way; and if constructed at a less distance in either case, the same shall be deemed a public nuisance and treated as such.

RULE 42. No person shall cast any dead animal, fish entrails, decayed vegetables, house or other rubbish, or any other foul or offensive matter, into any pond within the city, or into any dock or landing

place within the city, or any of the waters of the river or sea adjacent thereto, except at a point below low water mark, or at such place or places above the same as may be designated by the board of health.

RULE 43. After June 15, 1880, no swine shall be kept within the limits bounded by Ashland street on the north-west, by Merrimac river on the north-east, by Marlborough street on the south-east, and by High and Vernon streets on the south-west, including the premises on both sides of said streets. A written complaint made to the board of health of a nuisance arising from the keeping of swine within said limits will receive the immediate attention of the board.

REGULATIONS

ADOPTED BY THE

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

RULE 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief engineer, six assistant engineers, and as many engine-men, hosemen, and hook and ladder men, to be divided by the mayor and aldermen into companies, as the number of engines and other fire apparatus belonging to the city, shall from time to time require. They shall hold their places for one year, unless sooner removed by the mayor and aldermen, and shall receive such compensation as the city council may determine.

RULE 2. The mayor and aldermen may, at any time, remove from office, the chief engineer, or any of the assistant engineers, and may discharge at any time, any or all of the officers, or members of either of the companies, and fill, at any time, any vacancies that may occur in the department.

RULE 3. Each engineer shall, immediately after his appointment, receive a certificate in the following words, viz:

THIS CERTIFIES, That

has been appointed