A corporation which violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars. not to be 1868, 286. SECTION 171. A passenger car on a railroad shall not be Passenger cars lighted by naphtha, nor by an illuminating oil or fluid made in lighted by part of naphtha or which will ignite at a temperature of less explosive oils. than three hundred degrees Fahrenheit. A corporation which 1872,276. violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than 132. five hundred dollars. 1874, 372, P. S. 112, § 172. 1900, 223. $214. SECTION 172. Every passenger, baggage, mail and express Platform car, which is owned or regularly used on any railroad in this commonwealth shall be provided at each end thereof with plat- R14111, form gates of a pattern approved by the board of railroad com- See 1911, 120. missioners. A railroad corporation which hauls or uses or permits to be hauled or used on its railroad any car in violation of the provisions of this section shall, for each offence, forfeit one hundred dollars to the use of the commonwealth, and the attorney-general or the district attorney for the district in which such violation occurred shall bring an action therefor. Acts of 1911, Chapter 491. passenger An Act relative to the Furnishing of Drinking Water on Passenger Trains. SECTION 1. Every railroad car, excepting private cars, sleeping cars, Drinking dining cars, parlor cars, and the smoking, buffet and observation cars used water on in connection with the same, while in use for the transportation of pas- trains. Amended by sengers, upon a train running thirty miles or more, shall be provided 1912, 581. with a sufficient quantity of pure drinking water in such place or places in the car as will be convenient for the passengers, and with individual drinking cups which shall be accessible to the passengers. Said cups shall be in a proper receptacle near the water tank, and said receptacle shall be so placed as to be easily seen and shall be plainly marked as follows: DRINKING CUPS ONLY IN THIS CAR such words to occupy a space not less than two inches wide by three inches SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of June in the current year. [Approved May 27, 1911. Acts of 1912, Chapter 581. An Act relative to the Furnishing of Drinking Water on Passenger Trains of Railroad Corporations. Section one of chapter four hundred and ninety-one of the acts of the 1911, 491, year nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby amended by inserting after amended. the word "car", in the first line, the words: excepting private cars, Testing of locomotive boilers. 1882, 73. R. L. 111, § 218. Repealed. 1909, 348. sleeping cars, dining cars, parlor cars, and the smoking, buffet and observa tion cars used in connection with the same, - by inserting after the word Said cups shall be in a proper receptacle near the water tank, and said receptacle shall be so placed as to be easily seen and shall be plainly marked as follows: DRINKING CUPS FOR USE ONLY IN THIS CAR such words to occupy a space not less than two inches wide by three inches long, and to be in clear black letters on a white background, and by striking out all after the word "act", in the tenth line, so as to read as follows: Section 1. [For § 1 as amended, see above.] [SECTION 173. The board of railroad commissioners may make and revise regulations for testing the boilers of locomotives, and shall communicate such revision to every person or corporation which operates a railroad in this commonwealth. The tests under such regulations shall, if possible, be made by the master mechanic of the corporation, firm or person which constructs, repairs or uses such boilers. A person or corporation using a locomotive on a railroad in this commonwealth, the boiler of which has not been tested in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for every day during which such use continues, to the use of the commonwealth.]* Section 173. The board of railroad commissioners may make and revise regulations for testing boilers of locomotives used by railroad corporations, by other corporations, and by persons, firms or associations upon any railroad or railway within the commonwealth, and every person, firm, association and corporation other than a railroad corporation so using a locomotive shall inform said board in writing on or before June thirtieth of each year of the number of locomotives so used by him or it, together with the length of track of such railroad or railway, its location On June 1, 1909, the board of railroad commissioners, under the provisions of Acts of 1909, chapter 348, issued the following regulations for the inspection and test of locomotive boilers: All boilers for locomotives, before going into service, must be subjected to a hydraulic pressure of at least twenty-five pounds per square inch in excess of the maximum working pressure allowed, and in no case shall it be less than one hundred and fifty pounds per square inch. The master mechanic or other proper representative of the company shall attend the test in person. This test must be repeated at least once in every twelve months. Stay-bolts must be examined after every hydraulic test, before engine goes into service, and special examination of stay-bolts must be made at least as often as once in every three months. When these examinations are made, all the water must be drawn from the boiler, so that the vibration of the sheet may indicate any unsoundness of the stay-bolts, when it is struck with the hammer. The tell-tale holes must be carefully examined and any found closed must be opened. All stay-bolts, except flexible bolts and those eight inches or over in length, must be drilled from the outside one and one-fourth inches deep and three sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In inspecting flexible stay-bolts with caps on the outside, caps must be removed at least once in every twelve months. All stay-bolts found broken at the time of inspection shall be removed before engine is allowed to go into service. Steam gauges and safety valves must be tested immediately before hydraulic pressure is applied and tested at least once in three months thereafter. A record of all tests must be made, giving dates and any other information worthy of mention, and a report of the same for the preceding calendar year must be made annually to the Board of Railroad Commissioners on or before the first day of February. These regulations supersede all previous regulations made by the Board of Railroad Commissioners. and uses, and such other information as the board may require. The provisions of this section shall apply to railroads for private use authorized by section two hundred and fifty-one of Part II of this act. Tests under regulations made as aforesaid shall, if possible, be made by the master mechanic of the corporation, association, person or firm which constructs, repairs or uses the boiler of the locomotive, and the report of such tests shall be in form satisfactory to the board. A corporation, association, firm or person using a locomotive in this commonwealth the boiler of which has not been tested in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for every day after notice by the board during which such use continues. Acts of 1909, Chapter 348. An Act relative to the Testing of Boilers of Locomotives. Chapter four hundred and sixty-three of the acts of the year nineteen 1906, 463, hundred and six is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred Part II, and seventy-three of Part II and inserting in place thereof the following:Section 173. [For § 173 as amended, see above.] amended. §§ 1, 3. §§ 173, 174. § 215. SECTION 174. A railroad corporation which uses any vacuum Mufflers with brake shall provide and use on every locomotive equipped there- brakes. with a muffler or other appliance, approved in writing by the 1879, 284, board of railroad commissioners, for deadening the noise inci- Ps. 112, dent to the operation of such brake; but any other appliance R. L. 111, may be used upon any locomotive for the purpose of experiment only, for not more than thirty days, but not upon more than two locomotives of the same corporation at any one time. Every application to said board for approval of such appliances shall be in writing; and such approval may be revoked by said board by written notice to the corporation. SECTION 175. A railroad corporation which uses upon its locomotives a pop or other safety valve shall provide and use therewith a suitable and sufficient appliance for deadening the sound made by steam escaping therefrom, and, if it materially retards the escape of steam or increases the pressure upon the boiler, the corporation shall use an additional safety valve without such appliance, set at a higher point than the other but below the point at which explosion is likely to occur. valves. with safety 1879, 284, § 2. 19112, $ 175. R.1 111, § 216. 1879, 284, § 4. R. L. 111, SECTION 176. A corporation which violates any provision Penalties. of the two preceding sections shall forfeit not less than one P. S. 112, hundred nor more than three hundred dollars for every locomo- $176. tive used by it in violation thereof, and a further sum of five $217. dollars for each day upon which such locomotive shall be run in violation thereof. commodations. SECTION 177. Every railroad corporation shall furnish rea- Reasonable acsonable accommodations for the convenience and safety of pas- 1849, 191, § 2. sengers; and for every wilful neglect to provide the same shall 1874, 372, forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. G. S. 63, § 110. § 133. P. S. 112, § 177. R. L. 111, § 219. See 1911, 120. Uniform caps 1874, 292; 372, P. S. 112, R. L. 111, § 220. Color-blind ness, examination for. 1881, 194. P. S. 112, § 179. 1883, 125. R. L. 111, § 221. See 1911, 539. Locomotive engineers. Conductors. Work on Lord's day unlawful, unless. SECTION 178. Every railroad corporation shall provide a uniform hat or cap and distinguishing badge, which shall be worn by all its employees whose duties relate immediately to the transportation of passengers or their baggage. A corporation which neglects to provide such uniform hat or cap and badge shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each week of such neglect; and if such an employee neglects to wear the same when on duty, the corporation which employs him shall for each case of such neglect forfeit twenty-five dollars; and no employee, unless wearing his uniform hat or cap and badge, shall be permitted to exercise any authority or to perform any of the duties of his office. SECTION 179. A railroad corporation shall not employ any person or keep him in its employ in a position which requires the employee to distinguish form or color signals, unless he has been examined for color-blindness or other defective sight by a competent person employed by the corporation and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color-blindness or other defective sight. A railroad corporation which violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars. Acts of 1911, Chapter 539. An Act relative to the Employment of Locomotive Engineers and Conductors by Railroad Corporations. SECTION 1. No person shall act as a locomotive engineer unless he shall have been employed two years as a locomotive fireman or as an engineer's helper, or, prior to the passage of this act, shall have been employed as a locomotive engineer. SECTION 2. No person shall act as a conductor on a railroad train unless he shall have been employed as a brakeman for two years, or, prior to the passage of this act, shall have been employed as a conductor on a railroad train. SECTION 3. No person shall knowingly engage, promote, require, persuade, prevail upon, or cause any person to act in violation of either of the preceding sections. SECTION 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as applying to the operating of locomotive engines by engine hostlers in or around engine houses. In the event of the disability of an engineer or conductor on the road, railroad companies may employ persons without the qualifications prescribed by this act, but only for the purpose of reaching a terminal station. SECTION 5. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offence. SECTION 6. This act shall apply to standard gauge railroads only. Acts of 1909, Chapter 514, § 52. SECTION 52. Except in cases of emergency or except at the request of the employee, it shall not be lawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation to require an employee engaged in any commercial occupation, or in the work of any industrial process, or in the work of transportation or communication, to do on the Lord's day the usual work of his occupation, unless such employee is allowed during the six days next ensuing twenty-four consecutive hours without labor. But the provisions of this section shall not be construed as authorizing any work on the Lord's day not now authorized by law; nor as applying to farm or personal service, to druggists, to watchmen, to superintendents or managers, to janitors, or to persons engaged in the transportation, sale or delivery of milk, food or newspapers. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offence. Revised Laws, Chapter 106, § 15. SECTION 15. A corporation which is engaged in carrying passengers Railroads, etc., not to require or in transporting freight for hire shall not require or receive from a certain bonds. person who is employed or about to be employed by it a bond or other 1900, 282. security, either with or without surety, to indemnify such corporation against loss or damage to other persons or to property resulting from the act or neglect of such person, except a bond to account for money or other property of such corporation. A corporation or a person in its behalf who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for the first offence and of not more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. Acts of 1909, Chapter 514, §§ 25, 26. by public stricted. SECTION 25. No railroad, street railway, electric light, gas, telegraph, Employment telephone, water or steamboat company shall appoint, promote, reinstate, service corsuspend or discharge any person employed or seeking employment by porations reany such company at the request of the governor, lieutenant governor, 1903, 320, §§ 1, 3. or any member or member elect of the council or of the general court, or candidate therefor, justice of the supreme judicial court, justice of the superior court, judge of probate, justice of a police, district or municipal court, district attorney, member or member elect of a board of county commissioners, or candidate for county commissioner, member or member elect of a board of aldermen, or selectmen, or city council, or any executive, administrative or judicial officer, clerk or employee of any branch of the government of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town; nor shall any such public officer or body, or any member or member elect thereof or candidate therefor, directly or indirectly advocate, oppose, or otherwise interfere in, or make any request, recommendation, endorsement, requirement or certificate relative to, and the same, if made, shall not be required as a condition precedent to, or be in any way regarded or permitted to influence or control, the appointment, promotion, reinstatement or retention of any person employed or seeking employment by any such corporation, and no such person shall solicit, obtain, exhibit, or otherwise make use of any such official request, recommendation, certificate or endorsement in connection with any existing or desired employment by a public service corporation. Any person or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence. defined. SECTION 26. The offices of probation officer, notary public and justice Public offices of the peace, prison officer, agent of the prison commissioners and agent 1903, 320, § 2. of the state board of charity shall not be considered public offices within 1908, 228. the meaning of the preceding section. |