report daily and in writing to the superintendent all complaints and the disposition thereof.

RULE 13.- SIGNAL SERVICE.

1. The director of signal service shall have general supervision of the police signal system, and the control and direction of all electricians, signalmen, linemen and other employees engaged in its construction and maintenance.

2. He shall be provided with suitable accommodations at headquarters, where he can be in telephonic communication with each division.

3. He shall see that the instruments, batteries, lines and boxes are kept in proper order. He shall examine all requisitions for electrical supplies for the system, and none shall be filled without his approval; and he shall approve all bills on account of said electrical supplies.

4. He shall be immediately notified of any defects in the system, and shall take prompt measures to remedy the same. When signalmen are called away during their tour of duty they shall keep in telephonic communication with headquarters.

5. He shall make to the commissioner an annual report of his branch of the service.

6. Commanding officers of divisions shall be held responsible for the proper care and management of the signal system on their respective divisions. They shall see that the apparatus is kept in effective working condition, and shall promptly notify the director of signal service of any defects. They shall see that the officers of their respective commands are instructed in the use of the system.

7. Stables and wagon houses shall be kept clean and neat. Horses shall be kept well groomed, and careful attention must be paid to their diet. Harness and wagons shall be kept clean, and all metal-work well polished. Drivers shall be held responsible for the proper care of horses, harnesses and quarters. The day driver

shall be responsible for the proper care of the wagon and appurtenances. The men detailed for wagon duty shall assist the drivers in caring for horses, harnesses, wagons and quarters. No person, except a member of the department, shall be allowed to remain in a wagon house without permission of a superior officer.

8. Two men shall be detailed at each division for permanent duty as drivers of patrol wagon. The tour of duty of the day driver shall be from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M., and of the night driver from 6 P.M. to 8 A.M. The drivers shall alternate in doing night and day duty every fortnight, unless otherwise directed by their commanding officers. During their tour of duty drivers shall remain in the wagon house, unless excused by the officer in charge, and a competent substitute provided. 9. A man shall be detailed each day from the house day men to accompany the wagon. The man so detailed will not be required to do any house duty, except to assist the driver in any work about the wagon or wagon house. His tour of duty shall be from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M., and during his tour of duty he shall remain in the wagon house.

10. A man shall be detailed for permanent duty with the night wagon. His tour of duty shall be from 6 P.M. to 8 A.M., and during his tour of duty he shall remain in the wagon house; after 1 A.M. he will be allowed to lie down in such place as may be provided for that purpose, being prepared, however, to answer an alarm. He will be allowed one night off in each month in addition to his regular relief of one day in fifteen. The patrolman attached to the wagon shall be under command of the driver, unless an officer of rank is present.

11. Every call shall be answered with the utmost promptness, and the driver shall endeavor to reach the box by the shortest route, and as quickly as is consistent with careful driving. Horses shall not be driven at a faster pace than a trot, unless in cases of great emergency, and every precaution shall be taken to avoid accidents. No person shall be allowed to ride on wagons or am

bulances excepting members of the police and fire departments, unless by consent of an officer of rank; but when no officer of rank is immediately available, an officer in charge of a wagon or an ambulance may allow, for special reasons, a physician, a clergyman or a friend of the person under care or custody to accompany a sick or an injured person who is not under arrest or a prisoner who is seriously injured.

12. When the wagon arrives at a box, in response to a call, its arrival and the cause of the alarm shall be telephoned to the station. If the wagon leaves the division to take an injured person home or to the hospital, or for any other cause, the driver shall on his return stop at the first box met within his division and report to the station, so that he may be directed to another box in case a call has been received during his absence.

13. The wagon shall respond to all alarms of fire in the division, and to none others, except by order of an officer of rank. When the fire is small the wagon shall remain to take the detail back to the station house, but for no longer time than ten minutes; and while it is waiting one of the wagon crew shall be stationed at the nearest police box to receive any call that may come, to which the wagon shall at once respond. When it is evident on arrival at the fire that the detail will be needed for a longer time than ten minutes, the wagon shall return immediately to the station house.

14. Each officer shall be furnished with a box key and a citizen's key, which shall be inspected at each roll-call. Each officer shall be held responsible for the proper use, care and keeping of the keys, and for the return of the same when required. It will be deemed "neglect of duty" on the part of an officer to lose his keys through carelessness, or to neglect to report such loss immediately to the officer in command at the station house.

15. Keys may be issued to responsible citizens by the superintendent.

16.

Patrolmen shall be held accountable for any

injury to signal-boxes on their routes during their tour of duty, and shall report any accidents to boxes, wires or posts.

17. During their tour of duty patrolmen shall report by telephone any information of importance, and commanding officers shall require their men to report at regular intervals, either by signal or telephone, as may be deemed advisable.

18. When an officer discovers that a murder, burglary, highway robbery, or other serious offence has been committed, and the perpetrator has escaped, he shall at once telephone full particulars from the nearest signalbox. The officer in charge of the station shall at once inform headquarters, and shall also notify his men when they signal for orders. The officer in command at headquarters shall inform all divisions, and officers in charge of divisions shall notify their men as they signal for orders. Particular attention shall be given to watching streets and railroads leading from the city proper, and, if necessary, officers shall be specially detailed to cover any points which a criminal might be likely to pass in trying to escape.

19. The use of motor wagons and ambulances in the service of the department shall be regulated by all the provisions of this rule which are applicable to them.

20. The expense account of the signal service shall be kept separate and distinct from the other department expenses as far as may be practicable.

RULE 14.- PROPERTY CLERK.

1. The property clerk will be appointed by the commissioner, who will assign to him an office at headquarters.

2. He shall have charge of all property belonging to or purchased for the police department, when not in use, and shall keep a true and correct account thereof in books provided for that purpose. He shall not deliver any of said property to any one excepting on a requisition, in writing, as provided in Rules 15 and 16.

3. He shall receive, record and have general charge and custody of all money or other property alleged to have been feloniously obtained, or which shall have been lost or abandoned, and thereafter taken into custody by any member of the force, or which shall have been taken from any person arrested for any cause, except as herein otherwise provided; and shall deal with all such property and its proceeds in the manner provided by law. (See Rev. Laws, chap. 95, sects. 8-12.) If any such property is of a perishable nature, or will deteriorate greatly in value by keeping, or if the expense of keeping it will be likely to exceed the value thereof, he shall cause such property to be sold at public auction as soon as it can conveniently be done, having regard to the nature of the property and the chances of finding the owner thereof, first giving reasonable notice of the time and place of sale by publishing the same in some newspaper printed in Boston.

4. He shall inspect the reports of the officers in charge of divisions and of the inspectors of police, daily, and communicate to the department all information contained therein that may aid in restoring lost, abandoned and stolen property to the owners thereof, missing persons and lost children to their friends, and the arrest and conviction of criminals who may be at large and are wanted for trial. No notice shall be issued as to these matters, or in any way relating to the office of property clerk, by any person connected with the police department, excepting by said clerk, unless otherwise ordered by the commissioner or the superintendent.

RULE 15.- SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS,

1. The property clerk shall, from time to time, report to the superintendent lists of articles of equipment or consumption, except as hereinafter specified, which are used regularly by the department. In like manner, the director of the signal service shall report to the superintendent similar lists of articles used regularly in the signal or other electrical service of the depart