RULE 6.- SECRETARY.

The secretary shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the commissioner, to whom alone he shall be responsible.

RULE 7.-CHIEF CLERK.

1. The chief clerk of the department shall be appointed or assigned by the commissioner, under whose authority he shall have direction and supervision of the clerical work of the department.

2. He shall, with the assistance of the clerks employed or detailed for the purpose, keep fully and accurately all the books, records, accounts, reports, papers, etc., pertaining to the business of the department that are required to be kept at the office of the commissioner or of the chief clerk. With the approval of the commissioner he shall provide for public telephone service as required by the department and shall arrange for the purchase and repair of typewriting machines. He shall make out all pay rolls, examine and correct all bills, and cause the same to be properly entered, filed and transmitted to the city auditor. He shall receive all money collected by the department for public purposes, and pay the same to the city collector. When any license issued by the commissioner is revoked or suspended the chief clerk shall note the fact upon the face of the record of the license, and shall cause written notice to be given to the holder of the license by the delivery of the same to him in person or at the place of business designated in the license.

3. He shall have control and direction of the clerks in his office, shall report to the commissioner any serious neglect of duty or improper conduct on their part, and may, in his discretion, grant leave of absence not exceeding two days to any such clerk.

4. The office of the chief clerk shall be kept open for the transaction of business each secular day, except

Saturdays, legal holidays and June 17, from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., and on Saturdays the office hours shall be from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M.; but for special reasons these hours may be changed temporarily, from time to time, by direction of the commissioner.

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RULE 8.-SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.

The superintendent of police, hereafter called "the superintendent," shall be the chief executive officer of the department, subject only to the law, to these rules and to the direction of the commissioner. He shall have authority over all divisions, bureaus, offices and other units of organization named in section 2 of Rule 1 and such others as from time to time may be established, and over all members of the force assigned thereto and all other persons employed therein; excepting that the offices of the commissioner and the chief clerk, with all persons attached thereto, whether members of the force or employees, shall be under the immediate direction of the commissioner.

2. The superintendent shall be responsible for the observance and enforcement of all laws, ordinances and regulations which the police force has authority to execute; he shall engage in no other business; his office shall be kept open at all times; and he shall make to the commissioner each morning a report of his doings and of the doings of the police force for the next preceding twenty-four hours, and of all other matters required of him or in his judgment proper subjects for report.

3. The superintendent shall so organize his office that at all times when he himself is absent it shall be under command of a deputy superintendent, or when a deputy superintendent is not present, it shall be under command of another superior officer designated by the superintendent. He shall also establish a routine of daily duties which shall be performed by officers designated by him from among those assigned or detailed to his office. The officer in command, whether a deputy superintendent or of a lower grade, shall be regarded

as for the time being the representative of the superintendent, and as such his directions concerning matters originating at headquarters or referred thereto shall be obeyed throughout the department. An officer obeying such directions shall be responsible for the consequences only in so far as the information given by him on which the directions were based may have been erroneous or incomplete. Officers designated to perform the routine work of the office by the superintendent shall be subject only to him, to the officer in command and to their superior officers similarly designated.

4. The superintendent shall visit as often as practicable, or shall cause to be visited by a superior officer designated by him, all station houses and other buildings or parts of buildings occupied by the department, for the purpose of observing whether or not they are well kept and are conducted in all respects in accordance with the rules. He shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, the men in the station houses and the streets in order to note any appearance of neglect or of improper performance of duty. He shall instruct subordinate officers in all branches of their work and see that similar instruction is given to the men in the several divisions, bureaus, etc.

5. General orders to the department issued by the commissioner shall be promulgated effectively by the superintendent, and he shall have the right to issue on his own authority such other orders, written or oral, as are not inconsistent with law or with these rules.

RULE 9. - DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS.

1. Deputy superintendents shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them respectively from time to time by the commissioner or the superintendent.

2. In the absence of the superintendent the senior deputy superintendent on duty in his office shall have and exercise all the powers conferred by these rules upon the superintendent; but the commissioner will, at his

discretion, or the superintendent may, with the approval of the commissioner, designate for the exercise of such powers a deputy superintendent other than the senior.

RULE 10. -BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

1. The central detective agency of the department shall be known as the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. To it shall be assigned or detailed from time to time the chief inspector and inspectors of police and such other officers of different grades and such employees as the commissioner shall determine. They and the work of the bureau shall be under the immediate command and direction of the officer of highest grade and rank so assigned, who shall be subject to the authority only of the commissioner, the superintendent or a deputy superintendent when acting as superintendent. He shall have as an assistant an officer of a grade not lower than that of captain, and such assistant, besides performing the duties assigned to him by the commanding officer, shall have and exercise all the responsibility and authority of that officer when he is absent.

2. The commanding officer shall be responsible for the proper keeping of the records required to be kept in the bureau, shall conduct and file and index all correspondence, and shall preserve letterpress copies of all letters or telegrams sent from the bureau.

3. He shall have general supervision of pawnbrokers, private detectives, junk shop keepers and dealers in second-hand articles, and shall investigate and report upon all applications to act as such.

4. He shall arrange for the collection of portraits and other material useful for the identification of criminals or suspected criminals, to be kept in the bureau; and the portraits so collected shall not be shown to any person not a member of the police force excepting upon the order of the commissioner, the superintendent, a deputy superintendent while acting as superintendent, the head of the bureau, or the officer detailed as his assistant.

5. He may order and allow, with the approval of the

superintendent, any officer assigned or detailed to the bureau to leave the city on business of the department; and in an emergency, when the approval of the superintendent cannot be obtained, he may so order or allow without such approval, making an immediate report of the facts to the superintendent.

6. He shall make to the superintendent daily, monthly and annual reports of the work of the bureau and such special reports as may be required by the commissioner or the superintendent.

RULE 11. - INSPECTION OF CLAIMS.

1. There shall be an office for the examination of claims, and the officer assigned to be in charge of it shall be known as the inspector of claims. It shall be his duty and under his direction, the duty of such officer or officers as may be assigned or detailed to assist him, to inquire into all cases of accident from which a claim against the City of Boston might arise, to collect the evidence relating thereto and to perform such other service in connection therewith as may be requested by the law department of the city or the city council committee on claims.

2. The inspector of claims is designated to receive information regarding claims for damage done by dogs to sheep, fowl or other domestic animals, and to investigate, appraise and determine the amount of the damage done in each case, as provided by Rev. Laws, chap. 102, sects. 151-155.

RULE 12.

INSPECTION OF CARRIAGES.

1. An officer of rank shall be assigned as inspector of public carriages. He shall have general supervision of all hackney carriages, cabs, and other public passenger vehicles (except street railway cars), and shall enforce all rules and regulations relating to the same. He shall examine and report upon all applications for licenses to set up and use such vehicles, and to drive the same. He shall report to the superintendent daily. He shall