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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 6: Powers and duties; commanding assistance

Section 6. Such firewards or other officers may require assistance for extinguishing a fire and for removing furniture, goods or merchandise from a building on fire or in danger of fire. They may appoint guards to secure the same, may require assistance for demolishing a building, and suppress tumults and disorders at fires.