The Moving Picture World (1907)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 37 Section 2. The district police are hereby empowered and directed to inspect any cinematograph or other sim- ilar apparatus involving the use of combustible films more than ten inches in length which is used or kept on premises licensed for entertainments, and to make such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the safe use of such apparatus. Section 3. Any person keeping, using or exhibiting a cinematograph or other similar apparatus contrary to the provisions hereof, or in violation of any rule or regula- tion made by the district police, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars. Approved March 14, 1905. Chapter 437,. Acts of 1905. An Act to regulate the use of the cinematograph in churches and other public buildings. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: The provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six No. 2. Approved Motion Picture Machine, showing guard rail and manner of fastening machine to the floor. The film is taken up on a reel inclosed in an iron magazine, and is also an approved device.". of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, being an act entitled "An Act to regulate the use of the cine- matograph," shall apply to the use, keeping, exhibition and inspection of cinematographs which are to be used, kept or exhibited in any church or other public building, whether such use, keeping or exhibition is on premises licensed or not licensed for entertainments. Approved May 23," 1905. RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING MOVING PICTURE - MACHINES. In accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of ^S* Chapter 176, Sections 1, 2 and 3, and Chapter 437, the following rules are hereby promulgated: The films must be wound upon a metal reel encased in an iron box with a slot in the bottom only large enough to permit the film to pass through to the metal rollers, which must fit tightly to the film. The joints necessary in the construction of this box must be made tight without the use of solder. The cover which admits of the placing or removing of the reel in said box must have hinges so arranged that it will at all times close tight, and be provided with a spring catch to lock when closed. Under this box may be arranged a box of similar design and construction, containing a reel for the reception of the film from the box above, with a slot in top .as directly under the top. box as. possible, or an iron box may be substituted without the reel, the joints of which are made tight without the use of solder, with a sliding door for the purpose of removing the film; the_film to be ^on- ducted from the upper magazine into the machine and thence into the iron box as near telow the focus as pos- sible, adjusted with a metal tube large enough to permit the film to pass through that tube, said tube to be tele- scoped into a tube adjusted upon the iron box, which will permit the film to slide through both tubes into the box without any friction whatever. The support upon which the machine rests must be of iron, or covered with fireproof material, and no por- tion shall come in contact with the woodwork except the iron or fireproof material. The film reels must be op- erated by a crank firmly secured to the spindle or shaft on head of machine, so that there will be no possibility of its coming off. The shutter must be placed in front of the condenser, so as to be instantly closed when nec- essary. The arc lamp box must be covered with an iron box, so arranged as to catch all sparks and hot pieces of carbon. The rheostat must be covered with wire netting of fine mesh, to prevent any metal substance from coming in contact with it when in operation. The machine and operator must occupy a position not used as an aisle or passageway, and must be so con- structed as not to be liable to interference by chairs or benches or any person in the audience, by constructing a rail around the machine, with space for the operator to have free action between the machine and the rail. The wire attachments conveying electricity must be properly insulated, and must be inspected by the operator before every operation, and one hundred and ten volts must be the limit of the electric power used in operating said machines. A fire extinguisher or fire blanket must be provided, and located as the inspector may direct. No person will be permitted to operate such a machine who has not had six months' experience, or who cannot furnish satisfactory evidence of his ability to do so. All members of the inspection department of the Mas- sachusetts District Police are hereby directed to see that the above rules are enforced, and to. prosecute all viola- tions of the same. Any violation of these rules will be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit. V .