Sect. 3. By the term "volatile inflammable liquid" is meant any liquid that will emit inflammable vapor at a temperature below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, when tested in the open air.

Sect. 4. The penalty for violation of this act shall be a fine of not less than ten and not more than fifty dollars a day, so long as the violation continues.

[Approved April 27, 1911.]

Chapter 259, Acts of 1912. An Act Relative to the Construction of Garages in the City of Boston

Existing buildings upon premises numbered 337 on Newbury street, in Boston, are exempt from the provisions of chapter 342, Acts of 1911, but only while such buildings remain of their present size and in their present location : provided, however, that no part of said buildings shall be used as a dwelling.

[Approved March 18, 1912, and took effect upon its passage].

Chapter 280, Acts of 1913

An Act to Authorize the Mayor of the City of Boston to Grant Permits for Special Moving Picture Exhibitions in Churches, Halls or Other Buildings.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

. Section 1. The mayor of the city of Boston may grant permits in writing for special exhibitions of moving pictures in churches, halls or other buildings in that city which, in his opinion, are in safe condition for said exhibitions, and he may prescribe regulations for the proper conduct of the same: provided, however, that such special exhibitions shall be subject to the laws of the commonwealth and the regulations of the district police relating to the use of the cinematograph or similar apparatus.

Sect. 2. A fee of two dollars shall accompany each application for a permit hereunder.

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

[Approved March 12, 1913.]

Chapter 577, Acts of 1913. An Act to Regulate the Erection and Maintenance of Garages in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In the city of Boston no building shall be erected for, or maintained as a garage for the storage, keeping or care of automobiles until the issue of a permit therefor by the board of street commissioners of the city after notice and a public hearing upon an application filed with said board. The application for the permit shall be made by the owner of the parcel of land upon which such building is to be erected or maintained and shall contain the names and addresses of every owner of record of such parcel of land abutting thereon.

[1914, c. 119, Sect. 1.]

Sect. 2. The notice required by the preceding section shall include a copy of the application and an order of said board specifying the time and place of the public hearing, and shall be given by publication once in each week for three successive weeks in some one newspaper regularly published in said city, and by mailing by prepaid registered mail a copy to every owner of record of each parcel of land abutting on the parcel of land on which the building proposed to be erected for, or maintained as a garage is to be, or is situated, and the cost of such notice and proceedings shall be borne by the applicant.

Sect. 3. At the time and place specified in the notice for the hearing the said board shall hear all parties interested, and after giving consideration to the interests of all owners of record notified, and the general character of the neighborhood in which is situated the land or building referred to in the application, shall determine whether or not the application shall be granted and a permit issued.

[1914, c. 119, Sect. 2.]

Sect. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to a building maintained as a garage for the storage, keeping or care of automobiles at the time of the passage of this act, but any enlargement of, or addition to any such building shall be subject to the provisions of this act.

[1914, c. 119, Sect. 3.]

Sect. 5. Whoever erects or maintains a garage in violation of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every day during which such violation continues.             Approved May 2,1913.

[1912, c. 259; 1914, c. 119.]

Chapter 729, Acts of 1913. An Act Relative to Dry Houses in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No building or part of a building hereafter erected or altered in the city of Boston shall be used for kiln drying timber unless such building or part of a building is of fireproof construction approved by the building commissioner.

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

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

[Approved May 29, 1913.]

Chapter 782, Acts of 1914. An Act to Amend the Building Law of the City of Boston

Elevators and Shafts

Section 6. Elevators hereafter installed shall be provided with such shaftway enclosures and doors as may be required by the regulations of the Massachusetts board of elevator regulations. All shafts for light and ventilation and skylights over such shafts shall be constructed of like materials and in a like manner as required for elevator shafts, and all window openings in the same, except in exterior walls, shall be protected by metal frames and sash and wired glass.

Sect. 11. The provisions of this act, so far as they are the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as continuations thereof and not as new enactments.

Sect. 12. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to modify the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the board of appeals by sections six, seven and eight of chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven.

Sect. 13. This act shall take effect ninety days after its passage.                                 [Approved July 7, 1914.]