[1913,c.806, Sect. 6.]

Establishment of Regulations

Sect. 69. The board of elevator regulations shall, within three months after its members are appointed, draft amendments to the regulations and submit the same to the governor and council for their approval. Within sixty days after such submission they shall approve the same, with such alterations and amendments and after such public hearings as they may deem proper;

and the regulations so altered and amended shall become part of the rules and regulations pertaining to elevators. The commissioner of public safety shall furnish upon application a printed copy of the regulations to all manufacturers of elevators operating in the commonwealth, to all inspectors of buildings in the cities and towns of the commonwealth, and to all others who are concerned. The board shall be dissolved upon the approval of the regulations by the governor and council.

[1913, c. 806, Sects. 7, 8; 1919, c. 350, Sects. 99, 106.]

Appeal

Sect. 70. Whoever, except in Boston, is aggrieved by the order, requirement or direction of an inspector of buildings of a city or town in reference to the installation or alteration of elevators may, within ten days after the service thereof, appeal as provided in section fifty-five; and all the provisions of said section, except as otherwise provided herein, shall apply to the procedure on such appeal. In Boston the right of appeal shall be the same, as provided by section seven of chapter five hundred and fifty of the Acts of nineteen hundred and seven.

[1913, c. 806, Sect. 11.]

Penalty

Sect. 71. Any person violating or failing to comply with any provision of sections sixty-two to seventy, inclusive, or of any regulation established thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

[1913, c. 806, Sect. 12.]

Cinematographs

Regulation. Sect. 72. No cinematograph or similar apparatus involving the use of a combustible film more than ten inches in length, except one using only an enclosed incandescent lamp and cellulose acetate films not more than one and one quarter inches in width, shall, except as provided by section eighty-five, be kept or used for the purpose of exhibiting such films in or upon the premises of a public building until such cinematograph or similar apparatus has been inspected and approved by an inspector, who shall have placed thereon a numbered metal tag; nor until a booth or enclosure, which has been inspected and approved by such an inspector and his certificate issued therefor, has been provided for said apparatus; nor until such precautions against fire as the commissioner of public safety may specify have been taken by the owner, user or exhibitor: provided, that no such apparatus shall be operated with oxyhydrogen gas, so-called, or with limelight. In addition, in Boston the location of any booth or enclosure surrounding such apparatus shall be approved by the building commissioner, who may order such additional precautions against fire as he may deem necessary.

[1905, c. 176, Sect. 1; 1908, c. 566, Sect. 1; 1914, c. 791, Sect. 1; 1915, c. 169, Sect. 1.1

Permits for Special Exhibitions. Sect. 82. Except in Boston, the commissioner of public safety may grant permits for the special exhibition of pictures by the use of a cinematograph or similar apparatus in a public building which in his opinion is in safe condition for such exhibitions, and he may prescribe such regulations as he may deem necessary for the presentation of the same. Two dollars shall accompany the application for each permit.

[1911, c. 440; 1914, c. 791, Sect. 12.]

Application of Certain Sections. Sect. 83. Sections seventy-two to seventy-six, inclusive, shall not apply to any motion picture machine operated with only cellulose acetate films not more than one inch and one fourth in width and requiring not more than five hundred watts of electric current to operate the arc: provided, that such machines shall not be kept or used in a public building except under such regulations as the commissioner of public safety shall prescribe.

[1914, c. 791, Sect. 13.]

Penalty. Sect. 84. Any person keeping or using a cinematograph or similar apparatus contrary to any provision of sections seventy-two to eighty-four, inclusive, or in violation of any rule or regulation made by the commissioner of public safety, or, in Boston, in violation of any regulation or requirement made by the building commissioner in accordance with said sections, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

[1905, c. 176, Sect. 3; 1908, c. 566, Sect. 3; 1914, c. 791, Sect. 15.]

Special Licenses for Operators in Churches, Schools, Etc

Sect. 85. Notwithstanding any provision of sections seventy-two to eighty-four, inclusive, the commissioner of public safety may grant special licenses for operators of motion picture machines in churches, schoolhouses or public institutions in cities and towns, except Boston, which in his opinion are in safe condition for said exhibitions, and he may prescribe regulations for the proper conduct of the same. Two dollars shall accompany each application for such special license.

[1911, c. 440, Sects. 1, 2, 3; 1914, c. 791, Sect. 17.]