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An act in addition to an act entitled


"an e6 empowering the selc6tmen


of fuch towns, where there may


be hre-enginss, to appoint engine


men, and repeating the laws here


tofore made for thar purpofe.''


Sec. |. BE it eua67eS By tie Senate and HozE
sf Rspr5fHtative5, in GeaeaE Court lm6leI, and By
tie authority cf tie fame, That the feleetHen Of
the feveral towns in this Commonwealth, be,
and they hereby are respectively authorized
and empowered, if they fhall Judge it expe-
dent, to nominate and appoint from time TO
time, from and after the pafhng Of this act,
any number not exceeding tx men TO each
engine, in addition to the number of fifteen
men now authorized by the a6t to which
this is an addition, amounting to twenty-one
men for each engine


Seet. 2. Be If further eaat7ed, That the fe-
lectnen of the feveral towns in this Common
wealth, be, and they hereby are respectively
authorized and empowered, ifthey fIalI Judge
II exPedient, TO nominate and appoinr, from
time to time, from and after the patfing Of this
act, any number not exceeding four men TO
each engine, in addition to the iaid number
cf twenty-one men ProOides 6oz0tvey, that fuch
addition be made with the content of the
commanding officers of the REFLECTIVE militia
~ companies, from which fuch additional
number may be taken. And provided alfo,
that no military company be hereby reduced
under the number Prefcribed by law And
all engine men appointed in pur!uance of this
act, fhall continue in sffice, during the plea
fure of the felectmen of the feveral towns
whereto they may belong, and fhall enjoy all
the privileges and exemptions to which other
engine-men are, or may hereafter be by law
entitled.


sect 8. Be II fastber eratsed, That the iaid
ieleetmen may, in their diicretion, felect from
the engine-men aforefaid, any number for
each engine in their REFLECTIVE towns, whole
duty 1t fhall be, under the direction of the
fire-wards, 10 attend fires therein, with axes,
hre-hooks, hre-iais and ladders, and who
fhall do fuch further duty as the faid felea-
men ihall from time to time prefcribe, and
fhall be entitled TO all the exemptions and
privileges aforefaid.


March 8, Ioo6.r.By the Governor approved,


CALEB STRONG.