Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, § 59B: Establishment of reserve force of firemen; conditions

Section 59B. Any city, except Boston, in which the city council, with the approval of the mayor, accepts this and the two following sections, may establish a reserve force of firemen in its fire department; and appointments thereto and removals therefrom shall, subject to chapter thirty-one, be made in the same manner as appointments to the regular or permanent force of the fire department of said city.