Sect 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved May 16, 1907.]

Chapter 463, Acts of 1907. An Act Relative to the Licensing of Theatres and Public Halls in the City of Boston

Section 1. In Boston the mayor shall be the officer to issue licenses for theatres and public halls, and he may require such changes in the structural condition of any building before issuing a license, as in his opinion, the public safety requires, but no changes shall be ordered in excess of the statutory requirements then in force for a new building of like character. Whoever is aggrieved by any order or decision of the mayor in respect to changes that he may require in the structural condition of any building before issuing a license as aforesaid shall have the right of appeal to the board of appeals established by chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, or to any similar or succeeding board of appeals which may hereafter be established for the city of Boston. Said board on receipt of the appeal shall within five days thereafter examine the premises and hear the parties and render a decision in writing within ten days after such hearing, and the majority of the board shall decide whether the whole or a part of the order or requirement made by the mayor in respect to structural changes shall be complied with, or whether a license for said building shall be issued; and the mayor shall make his order or requirement in respect of structural changes and the issuing of said license conform to the decision of said board. If the mayor has granted a license as aforesaid he shall not revoke or suspend the same except by giving five days' written notice to the licensee of his intention so to do, and his reasons therefor, and if the licensee is aggrieved by said notice of revocation and said reasons he may appeal to the board of appeals, who shall within five days from date of his appeal examine the premises and hear the parties, and render a decision in writing within three days after such hearing; and the majority of the board shall decide whether the license shall be revoked, and the mayor shall make his action conform to the decision of the board and shall not revoke the same without the approval of the board.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved May 28, 1907.]

Chapter 284, Acts of 1910

An Act Relative to the Construction, Alteration, Inspection and Maintenance of Buildings in the City of Boston.

Building Department to Enforce Building Laws in Boston Heretofore Enforced by District Police

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the building commissioner of the city of Boston to enforce all provisions of law relative to the construction, alteration, inspection and maintenance of buildings which are or may be applicable to said city, heretofore enforced by the district police, except the provisions of chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven, relative to the inspection of steam boilers, the provisions of chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four, as amended by chapter two hundred and eighty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five and by chapter five hundred and two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, relative to the keeping, storage, use, manufacture, sale, handling and transportation of explosive or inflammable fluids or compounds or other explosives, the provisions of chapter four hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four, relative to the powers and duties of the detective department of the district police in connection with the investigation or prevention of fires, and the provisions of chapter five hundred and fourteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, relative to labor, so far as the provisions of said chapter are enforced by the district police.

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved March 25, 1910.]

Chapter 571, Acts of 1910. An Act to Authorize the Collection of Fees for Permits and Licenses Issued by Departments of the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The heads of the various departments of the city of Boston may establish, subject to the approval of the mayor, reasonable fees or charges for the issuance of permits and licenses by said departments: provided, however, that the charge for a permit to make excavations in any street or sidewalk shall not exceed fifty cents.

Sect. 2. The authority given in the preceding section shall not deprive any of the officials named in section twenty-eight of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine of any authority given therein to fix the charges for permits and licenses.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved May 26, 1910.]

Chapter 342, Acts of 1911. An Act to Regulate the Construction of Garages in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A garage hereafter erected within the fire limits of the city of Boston shall be of first class construction. A garage hereafter erected in any other part of that city shall be either of first or second class construction.

Sect. 2. By the term "garage" is meant a building or that part of a building wherein are kept five or more automobiles or motor cars charged with or containing a volatile inflammable liquid for fuel or power. Wherever hereafter any part of an existing building is converted into a garage, the garage shall be deemed to embrace all the building not separated from the garage proper by fireproof construction satisfactory to the building commissioners, and such building or part of a building shall be of first class construction.