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THE
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
CONTAINING THE
CITY CHARTER, AND RULES OF ORDER
CITY COUNCIL,
^t^t 0f the ^Ukm of ttu (ffiittj uf laxbuvM,
FOE THE YEAR
1867.
ROXBURY :
L. B. WESTON, PRINTER, GUILD ROW
1867.
CHg 0f llo^burg.
In Board of Aldermen, Sept. 10, 1867.
Ordered, That the Committee on Printing prepare three hundred copies of the
Municipal Register for the present year.
Sent down for concurrence.
JOSEPH W. TUCKER, City Clerk.
In Common Council, Sept. 10, 1867.
Concurred.
FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, Clerk.
CITY CHARTER.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Six.
An Act to Establish the City of Roxbury.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- .
seniatives in General Court assembled, and by
authority of the same, as follows :
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Roxbujy to
be a city.
Roxbury shall continue to be a body politic and
corporate, under the name of the City of Rox-
bury, and as such shall have, exercise and enjoy
all the rights, immunities, powers and privi-
leges, and shall be subject to all the duties and
obligations, now incumbent upon and appertain-
ing to said town as a Municipal Corporation.
Sect. 2. The administration of all the fiscal,tio™to'bJ "
. , . vested in
prudential and municipal affairs of said city,Mayor,
-•^ ^ •' 'Aldermen,
with the government thereof, shall be vested in^°^,^°?i'^'^°°
one principal officer, to be styled the mayor ;
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one council of eight,* to be called the board of
aldermen ; and one council of twenty-four, f to
be called the common council ; which boards, in
their joint capacity, shall be denominated the
city council, and the members thereof shall be
sworn to the faithful performance of the duties
of their respective offices. A majority of each
board shall constitute a quorum, for doing busi-
wi'thouTpay^^^Sj and no member of either board shall receive
any compensation for his services.
foSrthe Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the select-
Town into i? j.i j. i^ t> i i
Wards men oi the town oi Koxbury, as soon as may be
after the passage of this act, and its acceptance
by the inhabitants, as hereinafter provided, to
divide said town into eight wards, | as follows, to
wit ; first, by drawing a line between the second
and third parishes, as near the old territorial
parish line as may be convenient, and consti-
tuting the second parish one ward ; second, by
drawing a line in the same manner between the
first and third parishes, and dividing the third
parish into two wards, to contain, as nearly as
may be convenient, an equal number of inhabi-
tants ; and, third, by dividing the first parish into
five wards, as nearly equal in number of inhabi-
tants as may be consistent with convenience in
other respects.
JveryflTO^'''^ Aud It shall be the duty of the city council,
counciL '^once in five years, to revise, and, if it be needful,
to alter said wards in such manner as to presen'^e,
* One Aldermaa from each Ward and three at large. Amdt. of
1852, sec. 3.
t Council of twenty. Ibid.
X Five Wards. Amdt. of 1852, sec. 1.
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as nearly as may be, an equal number of voters
in each ward ; provided, however, that the second
parish shall always constitute at least one ward,
and the third parish shall constitute at least
two wards, without any addition of territory to
either.
Sect. 4. On the second Monday in March, *^^^''t'^jijg^
annually, there shall be chosen by ballot, in eachalidTcS
of said wards, a warden, clerk, and threetois/'^^''
inspectors of elections, residents of wards in
which they are chosen, who shall hold their
office for one year,f and until others shall have
been chosen in their places, and qualified to act.
It shall be the duty of such warden to preside at
all ward meetings, with the power of moderators
of town meetings. And if at any meeting the
warden should not be present, the clerk of such
ward shall call the meeting to order, and preside
until a warden pro tempore shall be chosen by
ballot. And if at any meeting the clerk shall
not be present, a clerk pro tempore shall be
chosen by ballot. The clerk shall record all the
proceedings and certify the votes given, and
deliver over to his successor in office all such
records and journals, together with all other
documents and papers held by him in said
capacity. And it shall be the duty of the
inspectors of elections to assist the warden in
receiving, assorting and counting the votes. And
the warden, clerk and inspectors so chosen, shall
respectively make oath or affirmation, faithfully
* Second Monday in December. Amdt. 1850, sec. 1.
t And until others are cliosen. Amdt. 1850> sec. 7.
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and impartially to discharge their several duties,
relative to all elections, which oath may be ad-
ministered by the clerk of such ward, to the
warden, and by the warden to the clerk and
inspectors, or by any justice of the peace for the
county of Norfolk.
forward ^11 warrants for meetings of the citizens for
mettinls. muuicipal purposes, to be held either in wards or
in general meeting, shall be issued by the mayor
and aldermen, and shall be in such form, and
shall be served, executed and returned in such
manner, and at such times, as the city council
may by any by-law direct.
Elections Sect. 6. Thc mavor and eiffht aldermen, one
of Mayor "^ c3 '
counjn^ alderman to be selected from each ward,* shall
be elected by the qualified voters of the city, at
large, voting in their respective wards, and three
common councilmenf shall be elected from and
by the voters of each ward, and shall be resident
of ohe wards in which they are elected ; all said
officers shall be chosen by ballot, and shall hold
their offices for one year from the first Monday in
April ;| and the mayor, until another shall be
elected and qualified in his place.
Proceedings Sect. 6. Ou tho sccoud Mondav in March, §
at Ward - . . -^
meetings, anuually, immediately after a warden, clerk, and
inspectors II shall have been elected and sworn,
the qualified voters in each ward shall give in
* One from each Ward and three at large. Amdt. of 1852, sec. 3,
t Four from each Ward. Ibid,
t First Monday of January, Amdt. of 1850, sec. 1.
§ Second Monday in December. Ibid.
II So much as relates to Warden, &c., repealed by Amdt. of 1850,
sec. 2.
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their votes for mayor, aldermen and common coun-
cilmen, as provided in the preceding section; and
all the votes so given shall be assorted, counted,
declared and registered in open ward meeting,
by causing the names of persons voted for, and
the number of votes given for each, to be written
in the ward records in words at length.
The clerk of the ward, within twenty-four hours'
after such election, shall deliver to the persons
elected members of the common council certifi-
cates of their election, signed by the warden and
clerk, and by a majority of the inspectors of elec-
tions, and shall- deliver to the city clerk a copy
of the records of such election, certified in like
manner ; provided, however, that if the choice
of common councilmen cannot be conveniently
effected on that day, the meeting may be ad-
journed from time to time, to complete such
election.*
The board of aldermen shall, as soon as may be
convenient, examine the copies of the records of
the several wards, certified as aforesaid, and shall
cause the person who mny have been elected
mayor to be notified in writing of his election ;
but if it shall appear that no person has received
a majority of all the votes, or if the person elected
shall refuse to accept the office, the board shall
issue their warrants for a new election, and the
same proceedings shall be had as are hereinbefore
provided, for the choice of mayor, and repeated
from time to time, until a mayor is chosen.
* Other vacancies filled in like manner. Amclt. of 1850, sec. 3.
Certificates
of Elections
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vacancfki Ih crsg of the decease, resignation or absence
Mayor ^ ° of the major, or his inabihty to perform the duties
of his office, it shall be the duty of the board of
aldermen and the common council, in convention,
to elect a mayor for the time being, to serve until
another is chosen, or until the occasion causing
the vacancy is removed.
aBd Alder- Aud if it shall appear that the whole number
men. ■"■ ■*■
of aldermen have not been elected, the -same
proceedings shall be had as are hereinbefore
provided for the choice of mayor. Each alder-
man shall be notified, in writing, of his election,
by the mayor and aldermen for the time being.
Mayor's Tho Oath prcscrlbed by this act shall be admin-
istered to the mayor by the city clerk, or any
justice of the peace for the county of Norfolk.
The aldermen and common councilmen elect
shall, on the first Monday of April,* at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, meet in convention, when the oath
required by this act shall be administered to the
members of the two boards present, by the mayor
or by any justice of the peace for the county of
Norfolk, and a certificate of such oath having been
taken, shall be entered on a journal of the mayor
and aldermen, and of the common council, by
their respective clerks.
Motice to And whenever it shall appear that no mayor
when no has boon elected previously to the said first Mon-
Mayor is .
chosen. ^^y j^ April,* the mayor and aldermen for the
time being shall make a record of that fact ; an
attested copy of which the city clerk shall read
* First Monday of January. Amdt. of 1850, sec. 1.
CITY CHARTER. »
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at the opening of the convention to be held as
aforesaid.
After the oath has been administered as afore-orsamza-
tion of the
said, the two boards shall separate ; and thecommon
common council shall be organized by the choice
of a president and a clerk, to hold their office
during the pleasure of the common council, and
to be sworn to the faithful performance of their
duties.
In case of the absence of the mayor elect, omn absence
'' of Mayor
the first Monday of April,* the city government^^g^[?^g
shall organize itself in the manner hereinbefore
provided, and may proceed to business in the
same manner as if the mayor were present, and
the oath of office may be administered to the
mayor at any time thereafter in a convention of
the two branches.
In the absence of the mayor, the board ofMayor
•^ pro tern.
aldermen may choose a chairman pro tempore, who
shall preside at joint meetings of the two boards.
Each board shall keep a record of its own pro-Each Board
judge of
ceedings, and judge of the election of its own^^i«.«^^i°°'jj
members ; and in failure of electioD, or in cases^c."'^''''''
of vacancy, may order new elections. And in
case of any such vacancy declared by either
board, the mayor and aldermen shall order a new
election.
Sect. 7. The mayor thus chosen and quali-Dutiesof
'' ^ ^ Mayor.
fied, shall be the chief executive officer of said
city.f It shall be his duty to be vigilant in
* First Monday of January. Amdt. of 1850, sec. 1.
t To hold office until another is chosen. Amdt, of 1850, sec. 7, and
amdt. of 1852, sec. 3.
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10 CITY CHARTER.
causing the laws and regulations of the city to he
enforced, and keep a general supervision over
the conduct of all subordinate officers, with
power to remove them for neglect of duty. He
may call special meetings of the hoards of alder-
men and common council, or either of them,
when necessary in his opinion, by causing notices
to be left at the places of residence of the several
members ; he shaU communicate, from time to
time, to both of them, such information, and
recommend such measures, as in his opinion the
interests of the city may require ; he shall pre-
side in the board of aldermen, and in convention
of the two branches, but shall have only a casting
vote.
compensar Thc Salary of the mayor for the first year in
which this charter shall take eifect shall be six
hundred dollars, and no more ; his salary shall
afterwards be fixed by the city council, but
neither increased nor diminished during the year
Maybe for wlilch hc Is chosen ; and he shall have no
appointed . •777
commis- other compensation : provided, hoivever, that the
sioner of -■- j. ' ■>
Highways, ^j^y couucil sliall have power to appoint the
mayor commissioner of highways, when, in their
opinion, such an office is necessary, and allow
him a suitable compensation therefor.
Executive Sect. 8. The executive power of said city
Mayor and xrenerallv, aud the administration of the police.
Aldermen, n J ^ ^ r >
with all the powers heretofore vested in the select-
men of Roxbury, shall be vested in the mayor
and aldermen, as fully as if the same were herein
specially enumerated.
CITY- CHAKTER
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Police Offi-
ers.
*And the mayor and aldermen shall have fnWl
and exclusive power to appoint a constable and
assistants, or a city marshal and assistants, with
the powers and duties of constables, and all other
police officers ; and the same to remove at
pleasure.
And the mayor and aldermen may require anycoiistawss-
person appointed a constable of the city to give
bonds, with such security as they may deem
reasonable, before he enters upon the duties of
his office, upon which bonds the like proceedings
and remedies may be had, as are by law pro-
vided in case of constables' bonds taken by the
selectmen of towns.
And the mayor and aldermen shall have theLicenses.
same power to grant licenses to innholders, vict-
uallers and retailers within the city, which is
possessed by the mayor and aldermen of the city
of Boston.
The city council shall annually, as soon afterio appoint
*' "^ ^ certain
their organization as may be convenient, elect,offlcerB.
by joint ballot in convention, a treasurer and col-
lector of taxes, a chief engineer, a city clerk,
and three assessors of taxes, and fix their com-
pensations. They shall, also, in such manner as
they shall determine, appoint or elect all other
subordinate officers, for Avhose election or ap-
pointmenls other provision is not herein made,
define their duties and fix their compensations.
All sitting's of the common council shall besitungs
c public.
public, and all sittings of the mayor and alder-
* Further powers. Act of 1851, ch. 162.
12 CITYCHAETER.
men shall also be public, when they are not
engaged in executive business.
The city council shall take care that no moneys
be paid from the treasury, unless granted or
appropriated ; shall secure a just and proper
accountability, by requiring bonds, with sufficient
penalties and sureties, from all persons trusted
with the receipt, custody or disbursement of
money ; shall have the care and superintendence
of the city buildings, with power to let or to sell
what may be legally sold ; and to purchase prop-
erty, real or personal, in the name and for the
use of the city, whenever its interest or con-
venience may, in their judgment, require it. And
the city council shall, as often as once in a year,
cause to be published, for the use of the inhabi-
tants, a particular account of the receipts and
expenditures, and a schedule of city property.
Mayor to Sect. 9. lu all casos in which appointments
nominate. '■ ^
are directed to be made by the mayor and alder-
men, the mayor shall have the exclusive power
of nomination ; such nomination, however, being
subject to be confirmed or rejected by the board
Members of of aldcrmeu : provided, however, that no person
not eligible shall bc eligible to anv office of emolument, the
to offices of O -^ '
emolument. g^jg^j.y of whicli is payable out of the city
treasury, w^ho, at the time of such appointment,
shall be a member of the board of aldermen or of
the common council.
Duties of Sect. 10. Tho cltv clerk shall also be clerk
City Clerk. ''
of the board of aldermen, and shall be sworn to
the faithful performance of his duties. He shall
CITY CHARTER. i-J
perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the
board of aldermen, and he shall perform all the
duties, and exercise all the powers, by law in-
cumbent upon, or vested in, the town clerk of
the town of Roxbury. He shall be chosen for
one year, and until another shall be chosen and
qualified in his place ; but may be at any time
removed by the city council.
Sect. 11. The qualified voters of each ward,o;;<^rjf«^«;«'>'
at their respective annual ward meetings for the
choice of officers, shall elect by ballot one person
in each ward to be an overseer of the poor, who
shall be a resident of said ward ; and the persons
thus chosen, together with the mayor, shall con-
stitute the board of overseers of the poor, and
shall have all the power, and be subject to all the
duties now by law appertaining to the overseers
of the poor for the town of Roxbury.
The qualified voters shall, at the same timcschooi
and in the same manner, elect three persons from
the city at large, and two persons from each ward,
to be members of the school committee : and the
persons thus chosen shall constitute the school
committee, and have the care and superintend-
ence of the public schools.*
The qualified voters shall, at the same time Assistant
-*- Assessors.
and in like manner, elect one person in each ward
to be an assistant assessor, who shall be a resident
of said ward ; and it shall be the duty of the
persons so chosen to furnish the assessors with
all necessary information relative to persons and
* Vacancies, how filled. Act of 1857, cli. 266.
14 CITY CHARTER.
property taxable in their respective wards, and
they shall be sworn to the faithful performance of
their duty.
Assessors. Thc pcrsous to bc chosen by the city council as
assessors shall constitute the board of assessors,
and shall exercise the powers and be subject to
the duties and liabilities of assessors in towns.
Council All taxes shall be assessed, apportioned and
may make
further pro- collectcd lu tho manner prescribed by law relative
vision for r J ^
vision for
collection
Vacancies,
how filled.
to town taxes : provided, however, that it shall be
lawful for the city council to establish further and
additional provision for the collection thereof.
Should there fail to be a choice of overseers of
the poor, members of the school committee, or
assistant assessors in any ward, the vacancy or
vacancies shall be filled by the city council in
convention, in the same manner that is provided
for filling vacancies in the senate of this Com-
monwealth.
Highways. Sect. 12. The city council shall have exclu-
sive authority and power to lay out any new street
or town way, and to estimate the damages any
individual may sustain thereby ; but all questions
relating to the subject of laying out, accepting,
altering, or discontinuing any street or way, shall
first be acted upon hy the mayor and aldermen.
Appeal to And any person dissatisfied with the decision of
County . ., . ,
commis- the City council m the estimate of damas-es, may
sioners. '' o ' J
make complaint to the county commissioners of
the county of Norfolk, at any meeting held within
one year after such decision ; whereupon the
same proceedings shall be had as are now pro-
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vided by the laws of the Commonwealth in cases
where persons are aggrieved by the assessment
of damages by selectmen, in the twenty-fourth
chapter of the Revised Statutes.
Sect. 13. All power and authority now byneaith.
law vested in the board of health for the town of
Roxbury, or in the selectmen of said town, shall
be transferred to and invested in the city council,
to be carried into execution in such manner as
the city council shall deem expedient.
Sect. 14. The city council shall have author-^°™™°°
ity to cause drains and common sewers to be laid
down through any street or private lands, paying
the owners such damages as they may sustain
thereby; and to require all persons to pay a
reasonable sum for the privilege of opening any
drain into said public drain or common sewer.
And the city council may make by-laws, withinspeeuon
'' •' -^ ' of Lumber
suitable penalties, for the inspection, survey, ®'''^-
measurement and sale of lumber, wood, coal and
bark, brought into the city for sale.
Sect. 15. All fines, forfeitures and penalties,^j;°^g«°^";
accruing for the breach of any by-laws of the citycnrLaws,.
of Roxbury, or of any of the ordinances of the
city council, or of any of the orders of the mayor
and aldermen, may be prosecuted for and recov-
ered before any justice of the peace in said city
of Roxbury, by complaint or information in the
name of the Commonwealth, in the same way and
manner in which other criminal offences are now
prosecuted before the justices of the peace within
this Commonwealth ; reserving, however, in all
cases, to the party complained of and prosecuted,
16 CITYCHARTER.
the right of appeal to the court of common pleas,
then next to be held in the county of Norfolk,
from the judgment and sentence of any justice of
the peace.
And the appeal shall be allowed on the same
terms, and the proceedings be conducted therein
in the same manner, as provided in the one hun-
dred and thirth-eighth chapter of the Eevised
Statutes of this Commonwealth.
And it shall be sufficient in all such prosecu-
tions to set forth in the complaint the offence
fully, plainly, substantially, and formally, and it
shall not be necessary to set forth such by-law,
ordinance, or order, or any part thereof.
All fines, forfeitures and penalties so recovered
and paid, shall be paid to the treasurer of the city
of Roxbury, and shall enure to such uses as said
city council shall direct.
When any person, upon any conviction before
a justice of the peace, for any breach of any by-
laws of said city of Roxbury, or any of the ordi-
nances of the city council, or any of the orders
of the mayor and aldermen, shall be sentenced to
pay a fine, or ordered to pay any penalty or for-
feiture, provided by any such by-law, ordinance
or order, or, upon claiming an appeal, shall fail
to recognize for his appearance at the court ap-
pealed to, and there to prosecute his appeal and
to abide the sentence or order of the court there-
on, and in the mean time to keep the peace and
be of good behavior, and upon not paying the
fine, penalty or forfeiture, and costs so assessed
upon him, he shall be committed to prison, there
CITY CHARTER. l7
to remain until he or she shall pay such fine,
forfeiture or penalty, and costs, or be otherwise
discharged according to law.
The provisions of this section shall also apply
to all prosecutions founded on the by-laws or
ordinances of the town of Roxbury, which may
continue in force after this act shall go into
operation.
Sect. 16. It shall be the duty of the cityRep'esenta-
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council annually, in the month of October, to
meet in convention and determine the number of
representatives to be elected by the city to the
General Court in such year, which shall be con-
clusive, and the number thus determined shall
be specified in the warrant calling meetings for
the election of representatives.
Sect. 17. All elections for County, State.P'ooeedmgs
•' ' ^ at and after
and United States officers, who are voted for \ij'^^^l\f^
the people, shall be held at meetings of the citi-stTte,'and
zens qualified to vote in such elections, in theirofficers.
respective wards, at the time fixed by law for
these elections respectively; and at such meet-
ings all the votes given for said several ofiicers
respectively shall be assorted, counted, declared
and registered in open ward meeting, by causing
the names of all persons voted for, and the num-
ber of votes given for each, to be written in the
ward records in words at length. The ward clerk
shall forthwith deliver to the city clerk a certified
copy of the record of such elections. The city
clerk shall forthwith record such returns, and the
mayor and aldermen shall, within two days after
every such election, examine and compare all
a
List of
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said returns, and make out a certificate of the
result of such elections, to be signed by the mayor
and a majority of the aldermen, and also by the
city clerk, which shall be transmitted or delivered
in the same manner as similar returns are by law
directed to be made by selectmen of towns. And
in all elections for representatives to the General
Court, in case the whole number proposed to be
elected shall not be chosen by a majority pf the
votes legally returned, the mayor and aldermen
shall forthwith issue their warrant for a new
election, conformably to the provisions of the
Constitution, and the laws of the Common-
wealth.
Sect. 18. Pridr to every election the njayor
voters. ^^^ aldermen shall make out lists of all the citi-
zens of each ward qualified to vote in such elec-
tions, in the manner in which selectmen of towns
are required to make out lists of voters ; and
for that purpose they shall have full access to the
assessors' books and lists, and be entitled to the
assistance of all assessors, assistant assessors, and
the city ofi&cers, and they shall deliver said lists,
so prepared and corrected, to the clerks of said
wards, to be used at such elections ; and no person
shall be entitled to vote whose name is not borne
on such list.
Meetings of Sect. 19. Gcncral meetings of the citizens
the citizens.
qualified to vote may, from time to time, be held,
to consult upon the public good ; to instruct
their representatives, and to take all lawful
measures to obtain redress for any grievances,
according to the right secured to the people by
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the Constitation of this Commonwealth. And
such meetings may and shall be duly warned,
by the mayor and aldermen, upon the requisition
of fifty qualified voters.
Sect. 20. For the purpose of oro-anizino^ thcFirst or-ani-
^ J- " ^ " zation of the
system of government hereby established, and^j:jyj^*^^^;
putting the same into operation in the first in-
stance, the selectmen of the town of Roxburyfor
the time being shall, on some day during the
months of March and April of the present year,
issue their warrants seven days at least previous
to the day so appointed for calling meetings of
the said citizens at such place and hour as they
may deem expedient, fi^r the purpose of choosing
a warden, clerk and inspectors for each ward,
and all other officers whose election is provided
for in the preceding sections of this act, and the
transcripts of the records of each ward, specifying
the votes given fijr the several officers aforesaid,
certified by the warden and clerk of such ward,
at said first meeting, shall be returned to the said
selectmen, whose duty it shall be to examine and
compare the same, and in case said elections
should not be completed at the first meeting, then
to issue new warrants until such elections shall
be completed ; and to give notice thereof in the
manner hereinbefore provided to the several per-
sons elected. And at said first meeting any in-
habitant of said ward, being a legal voter, may
call the citizens to order, and preside until a
warden shall have been chosen. And at said
first meeting a list of voters in each ward, pre-
pared and corrected by the selectmen for the time
20 CITYCHARTER.
being, shall be delivered to the clerk of each ward
when elected, to be used as hereinbefore provided.
And the selectmen shall appoint such time for the
first meeting of the city council as they may judge
proper, after the choice of city officers as aforesaid,
or a majority of the members of both branches, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-
six, and shall also fix upon the place and the hour
of said first meeting, and a written notice thereof
shall be sent by said selectmen to the place of
abode of each of the city officers chosen, as pro-
vided in this section. And after this first elec-
tion of city officers, and this first meeting for the
organization of the city council, as in this section
is provided, the day of holding the annual elec-
tions, and the day and hour for the meeting of
the city council, for the purpose of organization,
shall remain as provided in the sixth section of
this act.
And it shall be the duty of the city council,
immediately after the first organization, to elect
all necessary city officers, who shall hold their
offices respectively until others are chosen and
qualified ; and at the meetings to be called, as
prescribed in this section, for the choice of ward
and city officers, the said inhabitants may and
shall also give in their votes for county officers,
which votes shall be recorded, certified and re-
turned in the manner provided in the seventeenth
section of this act.
cHrco^uncu ^^*^^- ^1- T^^^ ^i*^J council shall have power
By-faws. ^0 uiakc all such salutary and needful by-laws
CITY CHARTER. 21,
as towns, by the laws of this Commonwealth,
have power to make and establish, and to annex
penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for the
breach thereof, which by-laws shall take effect
and be in force from and after the time therein
respectively limited, without the sanction of any
court, or other authority whatever ; provided,
however, that all laws and regulations now in
force in the town of Roxbury shall, until they
shall expire by their own limitation, or be re-
vised or repealed by the city council, remain in
force ; and all fines and forfeitures for the breach
of any by-laws, or ordinance, shall be paid into
the city treasury.
Sect. 22. The annual town meeting for the^^^^^^^-^^^^
town of Roxbury, which by law is required to beed°eTc?and'
held in the month of March, or April, is hereby to how over,
suspended, and all town officers now in office
shall hold their places until this act shall go into
operation ; and in case this charter shall not be
accepted in the manner and form as hereinafter
provided, then the selectmen shall issue their
warrant according to law, for holding the annual
town meeting of the inhabitants, in which all the
proceedings shall be the same as if this act had
not been passed.
Sect. 23. All officers of the town of Roxbury, ^iverj-,
•' etc., of
having the care and custody of any records,cfty°cuii.
papers or property belonging to the said town,
shall deliver the same to the city clerk, within
one week after his entering upon the duties of
his office.
.22 CITY CHARTER.
^consistent Sect. 24. All such acts, and parts of acts, as
provisions. ^^^ inconsistcnt with the provisions of this act,
shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
Legislature Sect. 25. NotMnff in this act contained shall
may alter "^
thj^"*^ be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from
altering or amending the same, whenever they
shall deem it expedient.
void^untess Sect. 26. This act shall be void unless the
byThe^*^ inhabitants of the town of Roxbury, at a legal
inhabitants. . iiTr*! ini
town meeting called lor the purpose, shall, by a
vote of a majority of the voters present and
voting thereon, by a written ballot, determine to
adopt the same within twenty days from and after
its passage.
When to Sect. 27. This act shall go into operation
take effect.
from and after its passage.
[Passed March 12, 1816.]
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHARTER. 23
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE TOWN
OF ROXBURY.
At a meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitants
of the town of Roxbury, qualified to vote in town affairs,
duly warned and legally assembled at the Town Hall, in
said town, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March,
A. D. 1846:
Art. 1. John J. Clarke, Esq., was chosen Moderator.
The Town voted that the Poll be closed at six o'clock
this day.
Art. 2. The qualified voters were called upon by the
Moderator to bring in their ballots, Yea or Nay, for the
acceptance or rejection of the Act of the Legislature to
" Establish the City of Roxbury."
The same being sorted and counted, it appeared that
the whole number of ballots given in was one thousand
and twenty-eight.
Eight hundred and thirty-six Yeas.
One hundred and ninety-two Nays.
Whereupon the Moderator then declared that the "Act
to Establish the City of Roxbury," had been accepted
by the people.
The meeting was then dissolved.
A true Record.
Attest: Nath'l S. Prentiss, Town Clerk.
AMENDMENT.
CoTThlTlQTllJJGaMtb of JVLcLsscLGhrLusetts .
In the Year One Tliousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.
All Act in addition to an Act to Establish the City of
Roxbuiy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows :
Sect. 1. The several municipal officers whose election
by the people is provided for in the act to which this is
in addition, shall, subsequently to the March election
of the present year, be chosen on the second Monday of
December, annually, and shall enter upon the duties of
their respective offices on the first Monday in January,
each year ; but the officers chosen for the municipal
year, commencing with the first Monday of April next,
shall hold their offices only until the first Monday of
January ensuing.
Sect. 2. So much of the sixth section of the act to
which this is an addition, as relates to warden, clerk and
inspectors, is hereby repealed.
Sect. 3. Any vacancy in the office of overseer of the
poor, assistant assessor, or school committee, may be
filled in the manner provided in the sixth section of that
act to which this is in addition, for filling vacancies in
the common council.
AMENDMENT. 25
Sect. 4. The list of jurors in the city of Roxbury,
shall be prepared by the mayor and aldermen of the city,
in the same manner as is required in the ninety-fifth
chapter of the Revised Statutes, to be done by the select-
men, within and for their respective towns ; and the
lists, wlien made out by the mayor and aldermen, shall
be submitted to the common council for concurrent
revision or amendment.
Sect. 5. The said Mayor and Aldermen, and the
clerk of the city, shall severally have and exercise, all
the powers and duties, with regard to the drawing of
jurors in the city of Roxbury, and all other matters
relating to jurors therein, which are, in the ninety-fifth
chapter of the Revised Statutes, required to be performed
by the selectmen and town clerks in their respective
towns ; and all venirs for jurors to be returned from
Roxbury, shall be served on said mayor and aldermen.
Sect. 6. This act shall be void, unless approved by
the voters of Roxbury, at meetings held simultaneously
in the several wards, upon notice duly given, at least
seven days before the time of said meetings and within
thirty days after the passage of this act.
Sect. 7. The mayor and ward officers chosen under
this act, shall hold their respective offices for one year,
and until others shall have been chosen in their places
and qualified to act.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
[Approved by the Governor, Feb. 12, 1850.]
26 ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT.
In Board of Aldermen, Feb. 25, 1850.
Ordered, That Aldermen Young and Ward be a com-
mittee to examine tbe returns of votes from the several
wards, as given in this day upon an amendment to the
city charter, who subsequently reported as follows :
The special committee to whom was referred the
returns of votes from the several wards, as given in this
day upon an amendment to the city charter, entitled
"An Act in addition to an Act to Establish the City of
Eoxbury, passed February 12, 1850, submit the follow-
ing report :
The whole number of ballots given in the several wards
was one hundred and twenty-four.
For the amendment to the city charter, one hundred
and fifteen ; against the amendment, nine.
No return was received from Ward Seven.
C. Young,
R. Ward,
Committee.
Report read and accepted, and the amendment declared
to be adopted.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest: Joseph W. Tucker, City Clerk
AMENDMENT.
GorrhTfbOTi-ujGaltTi of JVLcbsscboTiubsetts .
In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two.
An Act in further addition to an Act to Establish the
City of Roxbury.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows :
Sect. 1. The number of wards of said city shall be
five, and each ward respectively shall embrace the same
territory as at present, unless altered as hereinafter
provided. It shall be the duty of the city council, once in
five years, to revise, and, if it be needful, to alter said
wards in such manner as to preserve, as nearly as may
be, an equal number of voters in each ward.
Sect. 2. The second section of the said act, entitled
"An Act to Establish the City of Roxbury," is hereby
so far amended, that from and after the election of the
five additional common councilmen for the current muni-
cipal year, whose election is hereinafter provided for, the
council called the common council, shall consist of twenty.
28 AMENDMENT.
Sect. 3. The mayor and eight aldermen, one alder-
man to be selected from each ward, and three aldermen
from the city at large, shall be elected annually, by the
qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their
respective Avards, and four common councilmen shall be
elected annually from and by the voters of each ward, who
shall be residents of the wards in which they are elected ;
all of said officers shall be chosen by ballot, and shall hold
their offices for one year from the first Monday of January,
and the mayor until another shall be elected and qualified
in his place ; all of said officers shall be elected on the
second Monday of December annually, and shall enter upon
the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday
of January each year.
Sect. 4. There shall be elected, at such time in the
month of February or March, of the present year, as the
mayor and aldermen shall appoint, by the qualified voters
of the city at large, voting in their respective wards,
three aldermen from the city at large, in addition to those
already elected from wards, and one common councilman
shall be elected from and by the voters of each ward, in
addition to those already elected ; and the common coun-
cilmen so elected shall be residents of the wards in which
they are elected ; all of said officers shall be chosen by
ballot, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective
offices as soon as may be after their election, and shall
hold their respective offices until the first Monday of
January next ; and in case of failure of election, of either
of said aldermen or common councilmen, or in case of
vacancy from any other cause, the mayor and aldermen
shall order a new election for the purpose of filling such
vacancy, as is provided in the sixth section of the act to
which this is in addition.
AMENDMENT. 29
Sect. 5. This act shall be void, unless the inhabi-
tants of Koxbury, at any general meeting, duly warned
by public notice, of at least seven days, by the mayor
and aldermen, shall (within thirty days from the passage
hereof), by written vote, adopt the same.
Sect. 6. All acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent here-
with, are hereby repealed.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage. ,.
[Approved by the Governor, Feb. 11, 1852.]
30 ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT.
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF ROXBURY.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the City of Rox-
biiry, qualified to vote in elections, duly warned and
legally assembled at the City Hall, in said city, on. Mon-
day, the 23d day of February, 1852.
Art. 1. Labaii S. Beecher, Esq., was chosen Mode-
rator.
It was voted that the Poll be closed at 7 o'clock.
Art. 2. The qualified voters were called upon by the
Moderator to bring in their ballots, Yea or Nay, for the
acceptance or rejection of the act of the Legislature, en-
titled "An Act in further addition to an Act to Establish
the City of Roxbury," passed February 11, 1852.
The same being sorted and counted, it appeared that
the whole number of ballots given in, was two hundred
and fifty-eight.
Two hundred and forty-five Yeas.
Thirteen Nays.
Whereupon the Moderator then declared that the "Act
in further addition to an Act to Establish the City of
Roxbury," had been accepted by the people.
The meeting was then dissolved.
A true Record.
Joseph W. Tucker, City Clerk.
Citn of ^0^ljttrg.
EULES AND OEDERS
OP THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
I. The order of business shall be as follows :
1. The journal of the previous meeting shall be read.
2. Petitions shall next be called for, and be disposed
of by reference or otherwise.
3. Such nominations, appointments and elections as
may be in order, shall be considered and disposed of.
4. The orders of the day shall be taken up ; mean-
ing by the orders of the day, the business remaining
unfinished at the previous meeting, and such communi-
cations as may have been subsequently sent up from the
Common Council.
5. New business may be introduced by any member
of the Board.
II. Every Ordinance shall pass through the following
stages before it shall be considered as having received
the final action of this Board, viz.: first reading, second
32 Rules and' Orders of the Board of Aldermen.
reading, passage to be enrolled, passage to be ordained ;
and every joint resolution shall have two several readings
before the question shall be taken on its final passage.
III. An Ordinance may be rejected at either stage
of its progress, but shall not pass through all its stages
in one day.
IV. Standing Committees shall be appointed on the
Police of the City, on Licenses, on Bills and Accounts
presented for payment, and on Enrolment ; each of said
Committees to consist of three members.
y. No member shall be interrupted while speaking,
but by a call to order, or for the correction of a mistake ;
nor shall there be any conversation among the members
while a paper is being read or a question stated from the
Chair.
VI. All Committees shall be appointed and announced
by the Mayor, except such as the Board of Aldermen
shall determine to elect by ballot.
VII. The above rules and orders of business shall
be observed in all cases, unless suspended by a vote of
two-thirds of the members present, for a specific purpose.
RULES AlTD OEDERS
OP THE
COMMON COUNCIL
Right and Duties of the President.
Sect. 1, The President shall take the chair at the
hour to which the Council shall have adjourned ; shall call
the members to order, and, on the appearance of a quo-
rum, shall cause the minutes of the preceding meeting
to be read, and proceed to business. In the absence of
the President, any member present can call the Council
to order, and preside until a President pro tempore shall
be chosen by ballot. If, upon a ballot for President pro
tempore, no member shall receive a majority of votes, the
Council shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a
plurality of votes shall prevail.
Sect. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum ; he
may speak to points of order in preference to other mem-
bers ; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to
an appeal to the Council, on motion of any member
regularly seconded.
Sect. 3. He shall declare all votes ; but if any
member doubt the vote, the President, without further
debate upon the question, shall require the members
34: Rules and Orders of the Common Council,
voting in the affirmative and negative to arise and stand
until they are counted, and he shall declare the result ;
but no decision shall be declared, unless a quorum of the
Council shall have voted.
Sect. 4. He shall rise to address the Council, or to
put. a question, but may read sitting.
Sect. 5. The President may call any member to the
chair ; provided such substitution shall not continue
longer than one evening. When the Council shall deter-
mine to go into Committee of the Whole, the President
shall appoint the member who shall take the chair. The
President may express his opinion on any subject under
debate ; but in such case he shall leave the chair, and
appoint some other member to take it; and he shall not
resume the chair while the same question is pending.
But the President may state facts and give his opinion
on questions of order, without leaving his place.
Sect. 6. On all questions and motions, the President
shall take the sense of the Council by yeas and nays,
provided one- third of the members present shall so
require.
Sect. 7. In all cases the President may vote.
Sect. 8. He shall propound all questions in the order
in which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion
shall be previous in its nature ; except that in naming
sums and fixing times, the largest sum and longest time
shall be put first.
Sect. 9. After a motion is stated by the President,
it shall be disposed of by vote of the Council, unless the
mover withdraw it before a decision or amendment.
Sect. 10. When a question is under debate, the
President shall receive no motion, but to adjourn, to lay
In the City of Roxbury, for 1867. 35
on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to
a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone
indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence
in the order in which they stand arranged.
Sect. 11. He shall consider a motion to adjourn as
always first in order ; and that motion and the motion
to lay on the table, or to take from the table, shall be
decided without debate.
Sect. 12. He shall put the previous question in the
following form: — ^^ Shall the main question now be put F"
— and all debate upon the main question shall be sus-
pended until the previous question shall be decided.
After the adoption of the previous question, the sense of
the Council shall forthwith be taken upon amendments
reported by a committee, upon pending amendments, and
then upon the main question.
Sect. 13. On the previous question, no member shall
speak more than once without leave ; and all incidental
questions of order, arising after a motion is made for the
previous question, shall be decided without debate, except
on appeal ; and on such appeal, no member shall be
allowed to speak more than once without leave of the
Council,
Sect. 14. When two or more members happen to rise
at once, the President shall name the member who is
first to speak.
Sect. 15. All Committees shall be appointed and
announced by the President, except such as the Council
determine to elect by ballot ; and it shall be in order for
any member to move that the President be appointed on
any Committee.
36 Rides and Orders of the Common Council,
Rights, Duties and Decorum of Members.
Sect. 16. When any member is about to speak in
debate, or deliver any matter to the Council, he shall
rise in his place, and respectfully address the presiding
officer ; shall confine himself to the question under
debate, and avoid personality. He shall sit down as soon
as he is done speaking. No member shall speak, out of
his place without leave of the President.
Sect. 17. No member in debate shall mention
another member by his name ; but may describe him by
the Ward he represents, or such other designation as may
be intelligible and respectful.
Sect. 18. No member speaking shall be interrupted
by another, but by rising to call to order, or to correct a
mistake. When a member is called to order, he shall
immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and
the Council, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
without debate ; and if the decision is against the mem-
ber, he shall not be permitted to speak, unless by way
of excuse for the same, until he has made satisfaction.
Sect. 19. No member shall speak more than twice
to the same question, if objection be made, until all other
members choosing to speak shall have spoken ; and if on
the "previous question," no more than once without
leave.
Sect. 20. When a motion is made and seconded, it
shall be considered by the Council, and not otherwise ;
and no member shall be permitted to submit a motion in
writing, until he has read the same in his place, and it
has been seconded.
In the City of Roxbury, for 1867. 37
Sect. 21. Every motion shall be reduced to writing,
if tlie President direct, or any member of the Council
request it.
Sect. 22. When a vote has passed, it shall be in
order for any member of the majority to move for a
reconsideration thereof on the same or succeeding meet-
ing, and if the motion is seconded, it shall be open to
debate ; but if the motion to reconsider it is not made
till the next meeting, the subject shall not be reconsid-
ered, unless a majority of the whole Council shall vote
therefor. And no more than one motion for the recon-
sideration of any vote shall be permitted.
Sect. 23. No member shall be permitted to stand
up, to the interruption of another, whilst any member is
speaking ; or to pass unnecessarily between the President
and the person speaking.
Sect. 24. Every member who shall be in the Council
when a question is put shall vote, unless for special
reasons excused.
Sect. 25. The division of a question may be called
for when the sense will admit of it.
Sect. 26. When the reading of a paper is called for,
and the same is objected to by any member, it shall be
determined by a vote of the Council.
Sect. 27. No standing rule or order of the Council
shall be suspended, unless three-fourths of the members
present shall consent thereto ; nor shall any rule or order
be repealed or amended, without one day's notice being
given of the motion therefor, nor unless a majority of the
whole Council shall concur therein.
Sect. 28. Every member shall take notice of the day
and hour to which the Council may stand adjourned, and
shall give his punctual attendance accordingly.
38 Rules and Orders of the Common Council^
Sect. 29. No member shall be obliged to be on more
than three Standing Committees at the same time, nor
to be chairman of more than one.
Of Communications, Committees, Reports and Resolutions.
Sect. 30. All memorials and other papers addressed
to the Council shall be presented by the President, or by
a member in his place, who shall explain the .subject
thereof; and they shall lie on the table, to be taken up
in the order in which they are presented, unless the
Council shall otherwise direct. And every member
presenting a petition, remonstrance, order, resolution, or
other paper, shall endorse his name thereon, with a brief
statement of the nature and object of the instrument.
Sect. 31. Standing Committees of this Council shall
be appointed on the following subjects, viz.: On Election
and Returns, and on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions,
each to consist of three members.
Sect. 32. No Committee shall sit during the sitting
of the Council, without special leave.
Sect. 33. The rules of proceedings in Council shall
be observed in Committee of the Whole, so far as they
may be applicable, excepting the rules limiting the time
of speaking ; but no member shall speak twice to any
question, until every member choosing to speak shall
have spoken.
Sect. 34. When Committees of the Council, chosen
by ballot, or Committees consisting of one member from
each Ward, have been appointed or elected, whether
joint or otherwise, the first meeting thereof shall be
notified by the Clerk, by direction of the President, and
they shall organize by the choice of Chairman, and report
In the City of Roxhtirxj, for 1867. 39
to the Council; and when Committees, other than those
above specified, are nominated by the President, the
person first named shall be Chairman, and in case of the
absence of the Chairman, the Committee shall have
power to appoint a Chairman pro tern.
Sect. 35. All messages to the Mayor and Aldermen
shall be drawn up by the Clerk, and sent by the Messenger.
Sect. 36. All ordinances, resolutions and orders shall
have two several readings before they shall be finally
passed by this Council ; and all ordinances after being
so passed shall be enrolled.
Sect. 37. No ordinance, order or resolution, imposing
penalties or authorizing the expenditure of money, except
orders for printing, by either branch of the City Council,
shall have more than one reading on the same day, if one-
third of the members present object.
Sect. 38. The seats of the members of the Council shall
be numbered, and determined by lot ; and no member
shall change his seat but by permission of the President.
Sect. 39. All Special Committees, unless otherwise
ordered, shall consist of three members. And no report
shall be received from any Committee, unless agreed to
in Committee assembled.
Sect. 40. The Clerk shall keep brief minutes of the
votes and proceedings of the Council, — entering thereon
all accepted orders or resolutions, — shall notice reports,
memorials and other papers submitted to the Council,
only by their titles, or a brief description of their pur-
port,— shall notify the Chairmen of the various Commit-
tees on the part of the Council of their election ; but all
accepted reports from Special Committees of this Board
shall be entered at length in a separate journal, to be
kept for that purpose, and provided with an index.
40 Rules and Orders of the Common Council.
Sect. 41. All salary officers shall be voted for by
written ballot.
Sect. 42. It shall be the duty of all Standing Com-
mittees of the Council to keep records of all their doings
in books provided for that purpose by the Clerk ; and it
shall be the duty of the Clerk to attend the meetings of
said Committees, and make said records when requested
so to do.
Sect. 43. No meeting of any Committee sh-all be
called upon less notice than twenty-four hours.
Sect. 44. In all elections by ballot, on the part of
the Council, blank ballots, and all ballots for persons not
eligible, shall be reported to the Council, but shall not
be counted in making up the returns, except in cases
where this Council have only a negative upon nomina-
tions made by the Mayor and Aldermen.
Sect. 45. It shall be the duty of every Committee
of the Council, to whom any subject may be specially
referred, to report thereon within four weeks from the
time said subject is referred to them, or ask for further
time.
Sect. 46. In any case not provided for by the rules
and orders of the City Council, the proceedings shall be
conducted according to " Cushing's Manual of Parlia-
mentary Practice."
JOIKT EULES AND ORDERS
OF TH3
CITY COUNCIL.
Sect. 1. At the commencement of the Municipal
Year, the following Joint Standing Committees shall be
chosen by ballot, viz. : —
A Committee on Finance^ to consist of the Mayor,
two Aldermen, and five members of the Common
Council.
A Committee on Accounts, to consist of two Aldermen,
and three members of the Common Council.
A Committee on Seiverage, to consist of the Mayor,
two Aldermen, and five members of the Common
Council.
And the following Committees shall be appointed,
viz. : —
A Committee on Public Property, to consist of three
members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and five
members of Ihs Common Council.
A Committee on Public Bisfruction, to consist of the
Mayor, two Aldermen, the President and four members
of the Common Council.
A Committee on Fuel, to consist of two members of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and three members
of the Common Council.
6
42 Joint Rules and Orders of tJie City Council.
A Committee on Claims, to consist of three members
of the Board of Aldermen, and five members of the
Common Council, who shall have full power and authority
to investigate all claims against the city, and to take
any measures for the defence of such claims that they
may deem expedient, and also, under the advice of the
Mayor, to adjust* and settle all claims not exceeding the
sum of $100.
A Committee on Streets, to consist of the MayOr, two
Aldermen, and five members of the Common Council.
A Committee on the Fire Department, to consist of
three members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
and five members of the Common Council.
A Committee on Military Affairs, to consist of the
Mayor, two Aldermen, and five members of the Common
Council.
A Committee on Lamps, to consist of three members
of the Board of Aldermen, and five members of the
Common Council.
A Committee on Printing, to consist of two members
of the Board of Aldermen, and three members of the
Common Council.
A Committee on Parks and Squares, to consist of the
Mayor, two Aldermen, and five members of the Common
Council.
A Committee on Watering Streets, to consist of two
members of the Board of Aldermen, and three members
of the Common Council.
On all Joint Committees wherein it is provided that
the Mayor shall be a member, in case of the non-election,
decease, inability or absence of that officer, the Chair-
man of the Board of Aldermen shall act ex-officio. And
the members of the Board of Aldermen and of the
Joint Rules and Orders of the City Council. 43
Common Council, who shall constitute the Joint Standing
Committees, shall be chosen or appointed by their respec-
tive Boards.
The member of the Board of Aldermen first named in
eA^ery Joint Committee, of which the Mayor is not a
member, shall be its Chairman ; and in case of his resig-
nation or inability, the member of the same Board next
in order; and after him the member of the Common
Council first in order shall call meetings of the Committee
and act as Chairman.
The Mayor shall be ex-qfficio Chairman of any Joint
Special Committee of which he is a member. And
whenever the Chairman of any such Committee shall
have omitted to call a meeting of its members for the
space of one week from the time any subject has been
referred to it, any two of the members of every such Joint
Committee shall have power to call meetings thereof.
Sect. 2. In all cases of disagreement between the
two Boards, when either Board shall request a conference
and appoint a Committee for that purpose, the other
Board shall also appoint a Committee to confer, which
Committee shall forthwith meet, provided both branches
are then in session, — otherwise, as soon as convenient, —
and state to each other, either verbally or in writing, as
either shall choose, the reasons of the respective Boards
for and against the amendment, confer freely thereon,
and report to their respective branches.
Sect. 3. When either Board shall not concur in any
ordinance or other paper sent from the other Board, the
Board so non-concurring shall give immediate notice
thereof to the other branch by written message.
Sect. 4. All by-laws passed by the City Council
shall be termed Ordinances; and the enacting style
44 Joint Rules and Orders of the City Council.
shall be, — " ^e it ordained by the City Council of the
City of Roxbury."
Sect. 5. In all votes, when either or both branches
of the City Council express anything by way of com-
mand, the form of expression shall be "Ordered;" and
when either or both branches express opinions, principles,
facts, OY purposes, the form shall be " Resolved."
Sect. 6. No Committee shall act by separate consul-
tation, and no report shall be received unless agreed to
in Committee actually assembled.
Sect. 7. No Chairman of any Committee shall audit
or approve any bill or account against the city, for any
supplies or services which shall not have been ordered or
authorized by the Committee.
Sect. 8. No Committee shall enter into any contract
with, or purchase or authorize the purchase of any
article of any of its members.
Sect. 9. No member of the City Council shall receive
compensation for services rendered the city, unless by
direct vote of the City Council.
Sect. 10. The reports of all Committees, agreed to
by a majority of the members, shall be made to the
Board in which the business referred originated. And
all Committees may report by ordinance, resolve, or
otherwise.
Sect. 11. All reports and other papers submitted to
the City Council shall be written in a ftiir hand, and no
report of any kind shall be endorsed on the memorials or
other papers referred to the Committees of either branch,
and the Clerks shall make copies of any papers to be
reported by Committees at the req^uest of the respective
Chairmen thereof.
Joint Rules and Orders of the City Council. 45
Sect. 12. Each Board shall transmit to the other
all papers on which any Ordinance or, Joint Resolutions
shall be printed ; and all papers on their passage between
the two Boards may be under the signatures of the respec-
tive Clerks, except Ordinances and Joint Resolutions in
their last stage, which shall be signed by the presiding
officers.
Sect. 13. The titles of all Ordinances and Joint
Resolutions shall be prefixed upon their introduction.
Sect. 14. Every Ordinance shall have as many
readings in each Board as the rules of each Board
require, after which the question shall be on passing
the same to be enrolled ; and when the same shall have
passed to be enrolled, it shall be sent to the other Board
for concurrence ; and when such Ordinance shall have
so passed to be enrolled in each Board, the same shall
be enrolled by the Clerk of the Common Council, and
examined by a Committee of that Board ; and on being
found by said Committee to be truly and correctly
enrolled, the same shall be reported to the Council, when
the question shall be on passing the same to be ordained ;
and when said Ordinance shall have so passed to be
ordained, it shall be signed by the President of the
Common Council, and sent to the other Board, when a
like examination shall be made by a Committee of that
Board, and if found correctly enrolled, the same shall
be reported to the Board, and the question shall be on
passing the same to be ordained ; and when the same
shall ha^e passed to be ordained, it shall be signed by
the Mayor.
Sect. 15. Every Order and Joint Resolution shall
have as many readings in each Board as the rules of
46 Joint Rules and Orders of the City Council.
such Board require, after which the question shall be
on passing the same ; and when the same shall have
passed, except orders for printing for the use of either
branch of the City Council, it shall be sent to the other
Board for concurrence.
Sect. 16. No enrolled Ordinance shall be amended.
Sect. 17. It shall be the duty of every Joint Com-
mittee (the Committee on Streets excepted), to whom
any subject may be specially referred, to report thereon
within four weeks, or ask further time.
Sect. 18. Either Board may propose to the other,
for its concurrence, a time to which both Boards will
adjourn.
Sect. 19. No business shall be transacted by the
City Council in convention, except such as shall have
been previously agreed upon.
Sect. 20. After the annual appropriations shall have
been passed, no subsequent expenditure shall be author-
ized for any object, unless provisions for the same shall
be made by a specific transfer from some of the appro-
priations contained in the annual resolution, or by
expressly creating therefor a city debt ; but no such
debt shall be created, unless the resolution authorizing
the same pass by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the
whole number of each branch of the City Council, voting
by yea and nay.
Sect. 21. No vote by which an order, resolve or
ordinance has been passed in its final stage, shall be
reconsidered in either Board after the same has been
finally acted upon in the other Board, unless the motion
for reconsideration be made, or notice given, at the same
meeting at which the vote to be reconsidered passed.
Joint Rides and Orders of the City Council. 47
Sect. 22. Ordered, that after the first day of Janu-
ary, 1867, all bills and demands against the City shall
be presented for payment on or before the twentieth day
of the month in which the same shall be payable, and
it is further ordered, that the City Treasurer cause no
bills or demands to be placed on the monthly pay rolls
of the City for payment, unless the same shall have been
presented in compliance with the above order.
I •,
GOVERNMENT
OF THE
CITY OF ROXBURY,
FOR
1867.
♦♦*
MAYOR.
GEOllGE LEWIS,
Highland Street.
ALDERMEN.
SAMUEL LITTLE, . .
. Norfolk House,
At Large,
DANIEL JACKSON, .
. Union Street,
u
JOHN F. NEWTON, .
, Moreland Street,
u
WILLIAM MORSE, . .
. Yeoman Street,
Ward 1.
WILLIAM BACON, Jr.,
. Auburn Street,
" 2.
JOHN Mcelroy, . .
. Clay Street,
" 3.
JAMES E. ADAMS, . .
. Norfolk House,
" 4.
JOHN A. SCOTT, . .
7
. Zeigler Street,
" 5.
50 CITY OFFICERS
COMMON COUNCIL.
FRANCIS HUNNEWELL, President.
Waed 1.
Chandler Wright, Davis Street;
Augustus L. Litchfield, Eustis Street,
Charles Erskine, Eustis Street,
Lewis Whitaker, Bradford Place.
Ward 2.
Charles E. M. Pratt, Washington Street,
Daniel G. Clark, Clark Street,
Benjamin F. Anthony, Pratt's Court,
John A, Bowdlear, Vernon Street.
Ward 3.
James Short, Brooks Street,
John Downey, Dudley Street,
James W. Ruth, Tremont Street,
Woodman M. Mallard, Washington Street.
Ward 4.
Francis Hunnewell, Beech Street,
Isaac F. Atwood, Heath Street,
Henry B. Stanwood, Alleghany Street,
David M. Hodgdon, Edinboro' Street.
Ward 5.
William Hobbs, Jr., St. James Street,
Solomon A. Bolster, ....... Regent Street,
Eben Alexander, Walnut Street,
Charles H. Blodgett, Dale Street.
CITY OFFICERS
51
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ON FINANCE.
The Mayor,
Common Council.
Aldermen,
Messrs. Alexander,
Little,
Hobbs, Jr.,
Newton.
Wright,
Short,
Clark.
ON ACCOUNTS.
Aldermen,
Common Council.
Little,
Messrs. Bolster,
Scott.
^Stanwood,
Downey.
ON SEWERAGE.
The Mayor,
Commoji Council.
Aldermen,
Messrs. Litchfield,
Jackson,
Pratt,
Adams.
Ruth,
Atwood,
Blodgett.
ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Aldermen,
Common Council.
Little,
Messrs. Short,
Bacon, Jr.,
Whitaker,
Morse.
Alexander,
•
Pratt,
Hodgdon.
ON PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
The Mayor,
Common Council.
Aldermen,
Messrs. Hunnewell, ex off.,
Little,
Hobbs, Jr.,
Newton.
Anthony,
Wright,
Ruth.
52
CITY OFFICERS
ON FUEL.
Aldermen,
Newton,
Morse.
Aldermen,
Newton,
Jackson,
McElroy.
ON CLAIMS.
Common Council.
Messrs. Hobbs, Jr.,
Downey,
Wright.
Common Council.
Messrs. Bolster,
Downey,
Bowdlear,
Erskine,
Hodo'don.
ON STREETS.
The Mayor, Common Council.
Aldermen,
Messrs. Litchfield,
Jackson,
Mallard,
Bacon, Jr.
Blodgett,
Clark,
Atwood.
ON
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Aldermen,
Common Council.
Adams,
Messrs. Atwood,
Scott,
Litchfield,
Morse.
Hobbs, Jr.,
Anthony,
Mallard.
ON LAMPS.
Aldermen,
Common Council.
Adams,
Messrs. Alexander,
Jackson,
Pratt,
Morse.
Stanwood,
Erskine,
Ruth.
CITY OFFICERS.
ON PRINTING.
53
Aldermen,
Common Council.
Newton,
Messrs. Bolster,
Bacon, Jr.
Wright,
Short.
ON PARKS AND SQUARES.
The Mayor,
Common Council.
AldeTmen,
Messrs. Hobbs, Jr.,
McElroy,
Anthony,
Bacon, Jr.
Atwood,
Litchfield,
• Mallard.
ON WATERING STREETS.
Aldermen,
Common Council.
McElroy,
Messrs. Downey,
Scott.
Hodgdon,
Blodgett.
ON MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The Mayor,
Common Council.
Aldermen,
Messrs. Hunnewell,
Little,
Anthony,
McElroy.
Alexander,
Litchfield,
Short.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN
ON POLICE.
Aldermen Adams, Little and Scott.
ON LICENSES.
Aldermen Jackson, Bacon, Jr., and Morse.
ON ENROLMENT.
Aldermen Jackson, McElroy and Scott.
ON BILLS.
Aldermen Little, Adams and Newton.
54 CITY OFFICERS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
ON ELECTIONS.
Messrs. Bolster, Wright and Ruth.
ON ENROLMENT.
Messrs. Atwood, Short and Hobbs, Jr.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
JOSEPH W. TUCKER.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
FRANKLIN WILLIAMS.
CITY MESSENGER.
WILLIAM N. FELTON.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
COMMISSIONER OF STREETS, AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
MOSES H. WEBBER.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
ALONZO W. FOLSOM.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
JOSEPH W. DUDLEY.
CLERK.
JOHN W. PARKER.
assessors.
Theodore Otis, Wm. Rumrill, Wm. H. McIntosh.
CITY OFFICEKS.
55
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
Ward 1. George F. Davis,
2. William Seaver,
3. Henry Willis,
Ward 4. Isaac H. Meserve,
5. John L. Stanton.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Mayor, Chairman.
Ward 1. True Russell,
2. Ira Allen,
3. Henry Willis,
Ira Allen, Agent,
Ward 4. George Curtis,
5. Frederick 0. White.
THE ALMSHOUSE.
Ezra Young, Superintendent.
Geo. J. Arnold, M. D., Physician.
CEMETERY AT FOREST HILLS.
board of commissioners.
William C. Harding,
Joseph H. Chadwick,
George Lewis, Secretary,
George Frost,
Alvah Kittredge, Chairman,
Joseph W. Dudley, Treasurer.
Joseph W. Tucker, Register.
Oliver Moulton, Superintendent
city solicitor.
JOHN W. MAY,
HARBOR MASTER.
FRANKLIN WINCHESTER.
II
1869
1870
1871
1872
56 CITY OFFICERS.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
JAMES MUNROE.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
1. John Culligan,
2. Phineas D. Allen,
3. Francis Freeman,
4. George D, White.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Mayor and Aldermen.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
JOSEPH H. STREETER, M. D.
consulting physicians.
Horatio G. Morse, M. D.
Ira Allen, M. D.,
John S. Flint, M. D.
superintendent op burial grounds and undertaker.
JOHN C. SEAVER.
undertakers.
Joseph S. Waterman,
William Manning,
John Heintz,
John Haynes.
CONTRACTOR FOR THE REMOVAL OF NIGHT SOIL.
W. H. H. YOUNG.
[Office, Police Station, City Hall.]
CITY OFFICERS
57
POLICE DEPARTMENT
POLICE COURT.
STANDING JUSTICE.
PETEE S. WHEELOCK.
CLERK.
ALFRED WILLIAMS.
SPECIAL JUSTICES.
Ira Allen, Solomon A. Bolster.
CITY MARSHAL.
JOSEPH HASTINGS.
ASSISTANT MARSHAL.
JOSEPH HUBBARD.
CONSTABLES, POLICEMEN,
William D. Cook,
Hawley Folsom,
Matthew Clark,
Samuel Mcintosh,
Jeremiah M. Swett,
William E. Hicks,
Edward F. Mecuen,
James Ball,
Eben T. Hitchcock,
Artlmr F. Anderson,
Joseph Parker,
Thomas Culligan,
Henry Morse,
Edwin A. Head,
AND NIGHT WATCHMEN.
George R. Matthews,
George H. Bills,
Sylvester E. Partridge,
John W. Chase,
Henry H. Perkins,
Oliver P. Ricker,
Samuel Hichcock,
Silas M. Littlefield,
Edward H. Bowman,
Orlando Austin,
Henry Kessethuth,
Walter L. Clark,
Harvey N. Follensbee,
William A. Cowles.
58
CITY OFFICERS
CONSTABLES.
Morrill P. Berry,
James Munroe,
Joseph Hubbard,
Ebenezer Stone,
Hawlej Folsom,
William E. Hicks,
Eben T. Hitchcock,
Arthur F. Anderson,
Edward F. Mecuen,
Joseph Hubbard,
Elisha M. Davis,
Moses N.Hubbard,
Joseph Hastings,
Phineas B. Smith.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Jeremiah M. Swett,
William D. Cook,
Samuel Mcintosh,
James Ball,
Matthew Clark.
SPECIAL POLICE AND NIGHT WATCHMEN.
James Munroe,
Ebenezer Stone,
Wm. H. Hubbard,
George D. White,
Wm. H. Matthews,
Wm. N. Hastings,
Moses N. Hubbard,
George W. Decatur,
Francis Freeman,
Elliot Trask,
William Merrill,
Lewis F. Whiting,
Phineas D. Allen,
John Scott,
John Culligan,
Jonas Pierce, Jr.,
Edwin S. Hill,
Bernard Crosby.
CORONER.
IRA ALLEN
CITY OFFICERS
59
SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
William D. Cook,
William E. Hicks,
Sylvester E. PartridgC;
James Ball, ,
Samuel Mcintosh,
Edward F. Mecuen,
Ebenezer B. Rumrill,
Eben T. Hitchcock,
Charles D. Bickford,
FIELD DRIVERS.
Hawley Folsom,
Jeremiah M. Swett,
Matthew Clark,
Thomas CuUigan,
Elisha M. Davis,
Luke Vila,
Arthur F. Anderson,
Henry Morse.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Moses G-ragg, John Dove.
POUND KEEPER.
Thomas M. Cotton.
SEALERS OF LEATHER.
Reuben M. Stackpole, I Joseph W. Winslow.
MEASURES OF WOOD AND BARK.
Henry Basford,
Francis Freeman,
Edwin A. Remick,
William Seaver,
Stephen Hammond.
PUBLIC WEIGHER, AND WEIGHER OF HAY, COAL AND BEEP.
Andrew W. Newman.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Laban Burt.
LIQUOR AGENT.
George B. Faunce.
60
WAED OFFICEES
WARD OFFICERS.
Ward 1.
Warden.
William H. Allen.
Clerk.
George F. Seaver.
Warden.
Everett C. Kingsbury.
Clerk.
Frank C. Pratt.
Warden.
James W. Ruth.
ClerJc.
George M. Hobbs.
Warden.
John R. Withington.
Clerk.
Phineas B. Smith, Jr.
Warden.
Herbert Wiswall.
Cle?-k.
Samuel H. Hunneman, Jr.
Inspectors.
Thomas H. Litchfield,
A. Parker Newman,
Benjamin F. Chase.
Ward 2.
Inspectors.
Joseph Wood,
Frederick Kafer,
James H. Curley.
Ward 3.
Inspectors.
Nicholas Egan,
John D. Grant,
John J. Brooks.
Ward 4.
Inspectors.
Pierpont P. Flint,
Charles H. Plympton,
Roland C. Shaw.
Ward 5.
Inspectors.
Giles H. Rich,
Charles T. Barry,
Daniel Wheeler.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 61
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDWIN RAY, Chairman.
FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Elected at Large.
WILLIAM A. CRAFTS,
HORATIO G. MORSE,
JULIUS S. SHAILER.
Elected by Wards.
Ward 1. — Franklin Williams, James Morse.
2. — Ira Allen, William Seaver.
3. — Timothy R. Nute,* George M. Hobbs.
4. — George H. Monroe, Benjamin H. Greene.
5. — ^Edwin Ray, Moody Merrill.
STANDING committees.
Regidations. — Messrs. Monroe, James Morse, Williams.
t Salaries. — Messrs. Merrill, Greene, Allen, James Morse.
Accounts. — Messrs. Williams, Seaver, Monroe.
Books. — Messrs. Ray [ex off.), Crafts, Monroe, Shailer,
Hobbs.
Examination of Primary School Teachers. — Messrs. Ray (^ex
off.), H. G. Morse, Allen, Crafts, Shailer.
t Music and Elocution. — Messrs. Shailer, Monroe.
\ Evening School. — Messrs. James Morse, Williams.
* Resigned, and the vacancy not filled.
t Vacancy, occasioned by the resignation of Dr. Nute
62
PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
LATIN, HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
LOCATION.
LOCAL COMMITTEE.
Latin, . . . . ' .
Mt. Vernon Place, . .
Under charge of Trustees.
High,
KenHworth Street, . .
Crafts, Merrm, ShaUer.
Dudley, ....
Bartlett Street, . . .
H. G. Morse, Hobbs, Monroe.
Washington, . . •
Washington Street, . .
Monroe, WUliams^ Allen.
Dearborn, ....
Dearborn Place, . . .
Merrill, J. Morse, Greene.
■Comins, ....
Gore Avenue, ....
Hobbs, Greene, Seaver.
Prancis Street, . .
Francis Street, ....
Crafts, ShaUer, one vacancy.
LATIN SCHOOL.
William C. Collar, Principal.
M. Grant Daniell, Suh- Master:
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
Miss Elizabeth Weston, Teacher.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
George Putnam, President.
James Guild,
Charles K. Dillaway, Sec\j.
Theodore Otis,
Samuel P. Blake,
John S. Sleeper,
Joseph S. Eopes,
William S. Leland,
S. C. Thwing, Treasiirer.
William C. Appleton.
James Ritchie,
John 0. Means.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOTH SEXES,
Samuel M. Weston, Principal.
Mary F.. Gragg, Ex Seniors.
Maria L. Tincker, 2d Division.
Sarah A. M. Gushing, 3d Division.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
63
DUDLEY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Sarali J. Baker, Prhicipal.
Julia P. Brooks, Assistant.
TEACHERS.
Jennie S. Leavitt,
Mary E. Whippey,
Helen J. Otis,
Eliza Brown,
Mary L. Gore,
Susan H. Blaisdell.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Leverett M. Chase, Principal.
Anna M. Williams, Assistant.
TEACHERS.
Harriet M. Davenport,
Mary E, Johnson,
M. A. Whitney,
Louisa J. Hovey,
Mira Pond,
Harriet A. Lewis,
Lillie H. Bowman.
DEARBORN SCHOOL FOR BOTH SEXES,
William H. Long, Prijicipal.
Ellen R. White, Assistant.
TEACHERS.
Philena W. Rounseville,
Sarah S. Adams,
Sarah H. Hosmer,
Frances H. Breeden,
Anne M. Backup,
Helen F. Crawford.
Harriet E. Burr ell,
Mary A. Spinney,
Elizabeth A. Morse,
Henrietta M. Young,
Margaret E. Davis,
Mary C. Bartlett,
Lizzie M. Wood,
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COMINS SCHOOL FOR BOTH SEXES
Daniel W. Jones, Principal.
Anne H. Sliurtleff, Assistant.
Elizabeth W. Young,
Eliza C. Fisher,
Almira W. Chamberline,
Adeline May,
Charlotte P. Williams,
Florence E. Tilton,
TEACHEES.
Sarah A. P. Fernald,
Carrie K. Nickerson,
Sarah E,. Bonney,
Dora 0. Wait,
Mary*F. Drown,
Emily B. Eliot.
PEANCIS STEEET SCHOOL FOE BOTH SEXES,
Sophronia F. Wright, Principal.
teachee of music in the high and geammar schools.
Henet W. Alexandee.
teachee of deawing in the high school.
Benjamin F. Nutting.
TEACHEE OF FEENCH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
M'lle De Maltchyce'
teacher of elocution.
Moses T. Brown.
janitor of school buildings.
Jonas Pierce, Jr.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
65
PEIMARY SCHOOLS
LOCATION.
TEACHERS.
COMMITTEE.
Ward I.
George Street
Mary M.
Clara L.
Sherwin
H. G. Morse.
Davis,
Clara L.
Hewes,
E. Josie Page,
Emma M
. Pevear,
Flora J.
Cutter,
Yeoman Street
Susan F.
Anna M.
EUen M.
Lizzie D.
Rowe
Balch,
Oliver,
Ladd,
Williams.
<<
Eustis Street
Mary F.
Neal
Jas- Morse.
Emma C
. Wales,
Mary L.
Walker,
Clara H.
L. Balch,
Wat?t» TT
VpTTinn S+vPAt ....
Anna M
S^■r^r,o
Shailer.
fT J\.J\U XX>
V ^XllKJSJ. tOLlCv^L • • • ■ •
Susannah L. Durant,
Kate F.
Mayall,
Abby S.
Oliver,
"
Sudbury Street ....
Annie G
Olive E.
Fillebrown ...
Emery,
Seaver.
Cornelia J. Bills,
Mary E.
Gardner,
<<
Franklin Place . • • •
Eunice Atwood
Allen.
Sarah J.
Davis,
Emma Parker,
(<
Avon Place
Adeline '.
Abby E.
L. Reed
Hobbs.
Ford,
tc
Mill Dam
Nellie Ca
Anna M
plkins •...••••....
Seaver.
Ward III.
±TX111 i/<llll. .... ....
Phillips Place
Eaton
Crafts.
Annie E
Clark,
Sarah E
Haskins,
Caroline
E. Bicknell,
Amelia F. Boston,
Kate M.
Murphy,
Lillie E.
Davis,
"
Cottage Place
Emma L
. Culligan
Allen.
Josephine Maxfield,
Adeline Beal,
Lizzie F
Johnson
c<
Francis Street
Elizabeth M. Hall
Crafts.
Ward IV.
Heath Street
Jennie E
Edna C.
. Lawrence
Jewett,
Greene-
(<
Centre Street
Henrietta M. Woodman ....
Mary Ann Morse,
Monroe-
a
Edinboro' Street • . .
Emily L
Josie Ma
Wilson
Monroe.
nsfield.
Ward V.
Munroe Street
Martha Gerrv
Merrill.
Almira B. Russell,
"
Winthrop Street. . . .
Frances
Eliza J.
H. Brooks
Goss,
Ray.
<<
Elm Street
Annie E
Rmr-nf An
Merrill.
Fannie C. H. Bradley.
WARDS,
As divided and established by the Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Eoxbury, March 26, 1846.
WARD 1. Beginning on Washington Street, at the division
line between Boston and Roxbury ; thence on the easterly side
of Washington Street to the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike f
thence on the easterly side of said Turnpike to Dudley Street ;.
thence on the northerly side of said street to Eustis Street;,
thence on the easterly side of Eustis Street to the division
line between Roxbury and Dorchester.
WARD 2. Beginning at the Boston and Roxbury line;:
thence on the westerly side of Washington to Vernon Street '^
thence on the northerly side of Vernon to Ruggles Street ; thence
on the easterly and northerly side of Ruggles to Parker Street;;
thence crossing Parker Street over the marshes on the norther-
ly side of said street to the creek, which is the dividing line
between Brookline and Roxbury.
WARD 3. Beginning at the division line between Roxbmy
and Brookline on Washington Street ; thence on the northerly
side of Washington Street to the junction of Centre and Wash-
ington Streets ; thence crossing Washington to Dudley Street ;
thence on the northerly side of Dudley Street to the Norfolk
and Bristol Turnpike; thence on the westerly side of said
turnpike to Washington Street ; thence on the westerly side of
said street to Vernon Street ; thence on the southerly side of
Vernon Street to Ruggles Street; thence crossing Ruggles
Street on the westerly and southerly side of said street to
Parker Street : thence crossing Parker Street over the marshes
on the southerly side to the creek which divides Roxbury from
Brookline, the point where the Second Ward terminates.
68 WARDS.
WARD 4. Beginning at the division line between Roxbury
and Brookline on Washington Street; thence on the southerly
side of Washington to the junction of Centre and Washing-ton
Streets; thence crossing to Dudley Street on the southerly
side of Dudley Street to the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike ;
thence on the westerly side of said turnpike to a stone monu-
ment; thence in a straight line to a stone monument near
Leonard Hyde's on Centre Street, being the division line be-
tween West Roxbury and Roxbury; thence in a direct line
to the division line between Brookline, Roxbury and West
B,oxbury.
WARD 5. Beginning at the Roxbury and Dorchester line
on Eustis Street ; thence on the westerly side of said street to
Dudley Street; thence on the southerly side of said street to
Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike ; thence on the easterly side of
said turnpike to Seaver Street; thence on the northerly side
of Seaver Street to Brush Hill Turnpike ; thence in a direct
line to Dorchester line.
TAXES.
The amount of Taxes assessed on the Real and Personal
Estates in the City of Roxbury, from 1846 :
18 4 6.
Valuation of Real and Personal Estates, . $12,543,900.00
At $5.00 per $1,000, is ... . $62,719.50
No. of Polls 3,668, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,502,00
Total Tax for 1846, .... $68,221.50
184 7.
Valuation of Real and Personal Estates, . $12,628,300.00
At $5.70 per $1,000, is .... $71,981.31
No. of Polls 3,806, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,709.00
Total Tax for 1847, .... $77,690.31
18 4 8.
Valuation of Real and Personal Estates, . $13,174,600.00
At $5.70 per $1,000, is ... . $75,095.22
No. of Polls 3,999, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,998.50
Total Tax for 1848, .... $81,093.72
70 TAXES.
184 9.
Valuation of Eeal and Personal Estates, . $13,476,600.00
At $6.20 per $1,000, is ... . $83,554.92
No. of Polls 3,982, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,873.00
Total Tax for 1849, .... $89,527.92
18 5 0.
Yaluation of Real Estate, .... $9,560,800.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 4,152,000.00
$13,712,800.00
At $6.20 per $1,000, is .... $85,019.36
No. of Polls 4,125, at $1.50 each, is . . 6,187.50
Total Tax for 1850, .... $91,206.86
18 5 1.*
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $9,649,600.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 4.283,600.00
$13,933,200.00
At $6.60 per $1,000, is .... $91,959.12
No. of Polls 4,223, at $1.50 each, is . . 6,334.50
Total Tax for 1851, .... $98,293.62
West Roxbury set off. Valuation of whole included.
TAXES. "71
1862
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $8,786,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 3,148,800.00
$11,935,200.00
At $6.40 per $1,000, is .... $76,385.28
No. of Polls 3,440, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,160.00
Total Tax for 1852, .... $81,545.28
■ 1 8 53.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $9,070,800.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 3,361,800.00
$12,432,600.00
At $7.80 per $1,000, is .... $96,974.28
No. of Polls 3,623, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,434.50
Total Tax for 1853, .... $102,408.78
18 5 4.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $9,472,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 3,896,800.00
$13,369,200.00
At $7.80 per $1,000, is .... $104,279.76
No. of Polls 3,833, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,749.50
Total Tax for 1854, .... $110,029.26
72 TAXES
18 5 5
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $10,714,800.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 4,862,400.00
$15,577,200.00
At $7.80 per $1,000, is .... $121,502.16
No. of Polls 3,804, at $1.50 each, is . . 5,706.00
Total Tax for 1855, .... $127,208.16
18 5 6
Valuation of Real Estate, . . . .$11,594,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,066,000.00
$16,660,400.00
At $9.00 per $1,000, is .... $149,943.60
No. of Polls 4,118, at $1.50 each, is . . 6,177.00
Total Tax for 1856, , ... . . $156,120.60
185 7.
Valuation of Real Estate, . . . .$11,923,600.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,403,400.00
.7,327,000.00
At $10.00 per $1,000, is .... $173,270.00
No. of Polls 4,152, at $1.50 each, is . . 6,228.00
Total Tax for 1857, . .... $179,498.00
TAXES
185 8
73
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $12,404,000.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,064,800.00
.7,468,800.00
At $9.50 per $1,000, is .... $165,953.60
No. of Polls 4,316, at $1.71 eacli, is . . 7,380.36
Total Tax for 1858, .... $173,333.96
185 9.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $14,578,800.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,147,400.00
.9,726,200.00
At $9.20 per $1,000, is .... $181,481.04
No. of Polls 4,592, at $1.50 each, is . . 6,888.00
Total Tax for 1859, .... $188,369.04
18 6 0.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $15,302,600.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,246,200.00
$20,548,800.00
At $10 00 per $1,000, is .... $205,488.00
No. of Polls 5,099, at $1.50 each, is . . 7,648.50
Total Tax for I860, .... $213,136.50
10
74 TAXES
18 6 1
Yaluation of Eeal Estate, . . . . $15,666,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . .. . 5,185,800.00
$20,852,200.00
At $10.00 per $1,000, is . . . . $208,522.00
No. of Polls 5,080, at $1.50 each, is . . 7,620.00
Total Tax for 1861, ... . . $216,142.00
18 6 2.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $15,569,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,121,200.00
$20,690,600.00
At $12.00 per $1,000, is ... . $248,287.20
No. of Polls 4,719, at $2.00 each, is . . ' 9,438.00
Total Tax for 1862, $257,725.20
18 6 3.
Valuation of Real Estate, $15,609,000.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,326,800.00
$20,935,800.00
At $13.00 per $1,000, is . . . . $272,165.40
No. of Polls 4,618, at $2.00 each, is . . 9,236.00
Total Tax for 1863, . . • . . $281,401.40
TAXES.
18 6 4
75
Yaluation of Real Estate, .... $16,429,400.00
Yaluation of Personal Estate, . . . 5,805,000.00
$22,234,400.00
At $18.00 per $1,000, is ... . $400,219.20
No. of Polls 4,921, at $2.00 each, is . . 9,842.00
Total Tax for 1864, . . . . $410,061.20
18 6 5.
Valuation of Real Estate, .... $16,574,900.00
Yaluation of Personal Estate, . . . 7,005,700.00
5,580,600.00
At $21.00 per $1,000, is . • - . . $495,192.60
No. of Polls 5,410, at $2.00 each, is . . 10,820.00
Total Tax for 1865, .... $506,012,60
18 6 6.
Valuation of Real Estate, . . . .$17,807,200.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 7,937,400.00
$25,744,600.00
At $16.00 per $1,000, is ... . $411,913.60
No. of Polls 6,245, at $2.00 each, is . . 12,490.00
Total Tax for 1866, .... $424,403.60
76 TAXES
18 6 7
Valuation of Real Estate, . . . .$18,265,400.00
Valuation of Personal Estate, . . . 8,286,300.00
$26,551,700.00
At $19.00 per $1,000, is ... . $504,482.30
No. of Polls 6,006, at $2.00 each, is . . 1^,012.00
Total Tax for 1867, .... $516,494.30
VALUATION OF ESTATES AND NUMBER OF POLLS.
7T
VALUATIO
N OF ]
ESTATES, AND NUMBER OF
POLLS
IN ROXBURY, FROM 1836 to 1867.
1836 . . . $5,582,400
. 1,883
1837
5,875,000
2,114
1838
5,979,900
2,047
1839
6,438,600
2,129
1840
6,721,000
2,300
1841
6,941,600
2,474
1842
7,341,600
2,570
1843
7,710,000
2,554
1844
8,578,600
2,977
1845
9,569,800
3,433
1846
12,543,900
3,668
1847
12,628,300
3,806
1848
13,174,600
3,999
1849
13,476,600
3,982
1850
13,712,800
4,125
1851*
13,933,200
4,223
1852
11,935,200
3,440
1853
12,432,600
3,623
1854
13,369,200
3,833
1855
15,577,200
3,804
1856
16,660,400
4,118
1857
17,327,000
4,152
1858
17,468,800
4,316
1859
19,726,200
4,592
1860
20,548,800
5,099
1861
20,852,000
5,080
1862
20,690,600
4,719
1863
20,935,800
4,618
1864
22,234,400
4,921
1865
23,580,600
5,410
1866
25,744,600
6,245
1867
26,551,700
6,006
*West Eoxbury set off.
78
CITY DEBT
CITY DEBT FOR THE SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THE
INCORPORATION OF THE CITY.
1846
February 1st,
$22,776.75
1847
(( u
27,609.98
1848
" "
29,443.31
1849
IC u
39,973.65
1850
a u
56,976.65
1851
u a
48,476.65
1852
u a
140,387.05
1853
u a
186,810.40
1854
u u
181,110.40
1855
u u
209,263.95
1856
u a
254,865.95
1857
a u
246,040.95
1858
a a ■ ^
257,340.95
1859
a u
280,240.95
1860
i( a
410,975.00
1861
u u
613,490.00
1862
a u
721,215.00
1863
U li
831,065.00
1864
U iC
936,180.00
1865
u u
1,049,195.00
1866
May "
943,760.00
1867
u u
1,017,635.00
SCHOOLS. 79
AMOUNT PAID FOE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING BUILDING
AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Teachers' Pay, Fuel
Year.
and Contingencies.
New School Houses.
Total.
1846
$17,104.01
$8,887.96
$27,991.97
1847
20,555.23
7,953.37
28,508.60
1848
24,422.69
20,916.54
45,338.13
1849
25,480.00
4,198.59
29,578.39
1850
26,177.86
3,660.55
29,738.41
1851
21,976.32
15,013.31
36,989.63
1852
24,709.61
7,949.24
32,658.85
1853
26,391.51
3,899.12
30,290.63
1854
30,284.69
26,802.92
57,087.61
1855
32,616.68
6,239.07
38,855.75
1856
36,266.58
5,309.16
41,575.74
1857 .
39,223.53
10,851.46
50,074.99
1858
38,670.81
9,679.65
48,350.46
1859
43,386.44
19,347.31
62,733.75
1860
49,010.68
36,542.78
85,553.46
1861
48,507.52
48,507.52
1862
45,921.47
45,921.47
1863
47,714.95
14,946.26
62,661.21
1864
57,422.99
6,359.44
63,782.43
1865
82,505.76
82,505.76
1866
79,731.04
30,450.38
110,181.42
80 FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AMOUNT PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT, PAY OF MEM-
BERS, BUILDING ENGINES, HOUSES, REPAIRS, &c.
New Engine House,
Year.
Horses, &o.
Reservoirs.
Fire Department.
Total.
1846
$1,299.00
$5,941.12
$7,240.12
1847
2,090.00
6,635.79
8,725.29
1848
1,993.81
5,493.06
•7,468.87
1849
1,271.47
5,869.14
7,140.61
1850
912.44
5,407.76
6,320.20
1851
6,618.99
6,618.99
1852
670.77
7,634.54
8,305.31
1853
1,747.33
8,232,33
9,979.66
1854
8,681.84
8,681.84
1855
1,593.49
10,655.08
12,248.57
1856
258.56
12,203.13
12,461.69
1857
3,014.20
12,597.64
15,611.84
1858
43.97
19,123.46
19,167.43
1859
1,700.00
16,530.78
18,230.78
1860
1,355,32
21,800.31
23,155.63
1861
2,502.16
15,367.72
17,869.68
1862
1,200.00
14,549.61
15,749.61
1863
3,560.45
15,067.15
18,627.60
1864
$17,528.49
3,881.25
17,723.21
39,132.95
1865
6,348.66
2,722.65
27,522.14
36,593.45
1866
4,882.60
2,438.87
23,078.16
30,399.63
SUPPORT OP POOR.
81
AMOUNT PAID FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
Year.
Average No. of inmates.
Whole No. admitted.
Net cost.
1846
120
410
$5,586.15
1847
. ■ 187
762
9,751.95
1848
242
710
6,052.40
1849
216
627
9,207.40
1850
240
628
8,229.08
1851
227
630
8,478.96
1852
185
507
6,737.49
1853
155
356
7,227.14
1854
52
292
7,776.21
1855
25
90
4,543.92
1856 .
25
112
5,491.64
1857
25
228
6,064.50
1858
25
407
5,547.72
1859
30
363
7,525.36
1860
36
344
9,694.19
1861
45
547
8,829.16
1862
55
250
9,212.61
1863
36
175
9,845.70
1864
34
11,207.79
1865
42
40
18,768.48
1866
—
14,598.90
Note. — The amount given as the net cost of the respective years, is not strictly
correct in every instance, as the Accounts against the Commonwealth have in some
instances been disallowed by the State Auditor, and a part of them subsequently
allowed by the Legislature.
11
82
REPAIRS OP HIGHWAYS
AMOUNT PAID FOR REP
AIRS (
)F HIGHWAY
1846 .... $7,750.83
1847
9,853.38
1848
10,029.93
1849
12,015.06
1850
12,129.46
1851
9,698.58
1852
19,364.30
1853
15,537.45
1854
18,608.96
1855
29,080.96
1856
20,370.12
1857
27,178.06
1858
21,089.60
1859
38,493.13
1860
66,489.43
181S1
65,823.50
1862
-
32,329.61
1863
41,844.96
1864
31,757.20
1865
44,494.76
1866
50,296.39
POLICE AND WAT C H
83
AMOUNT PAID FOR POLICE AND WATCH.
1846
$2,363.96
1847
.
3,965.65
1848
4,408.41
1849
5,004.08
1850
4,075.89
1851
3,427.27
1852
4,271.30
1853
4,419.75
1854
5,370.68
1855
7,817.60
1856
9,290.88
1857
13,052.35
1858
13,746.89
1859
16,502.55
1860
16,723.15
1861
15,396.69
1862
16,088.61
1863
19,533.70
1864
25,013.05
1865
35,448.95
1866
31,466.77
84
LAMPS,
AMOUNT
PAID
FOR LAMPS.
1846 ... . . $849.06
1847
935.94
1848
899.01
1849
1,094.75
1850
1,221.18
1851
1,362.63
1852
2,431.47
1853
3,243.14
1854
2,592.75
1855
11,469.66
1856
8,551.78
1857
12,105.71
1858
11,281.08
1859
10,517.58
1860
11,378.78
1861
13,656.55
1862
*
11,752.68
1863
14,322.69
1864
15,328.36
1865
.
20,060.51
1866
18,035.04
SQUARES AND SEWERS. MILITARY EXPENDITURES.
85
AMOUNT PAID FOR SQUARES AND SEWERS.
1861, Squares,
Sewers,
1862, Madison Square,
Sewers,
1863, Madison Square,
Sewers,
1864, Sewer Union Street,
1865, Sewers,
1866, "
$9,243.48
16,944.64
8,967.43
4,302.22
4,289.93
16,424.52
1,069.65
6,031.73
107,765.17
MILITARY EXPENDITURES, AID TO FAMILIES, AND
BOUNTIES.
1861
$26,849.41
1862
110,800.07
1863
60,135.38
1864
254,286.48
1865
45,331.00
1866
31,966.00
86
POPULATION OP ROXBURY
POPULATION OF ROXBURY AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
1765
1,487
1790
2,226 .
1800
2,765
1810
3,669
1820
4,135
1830
5,247
1840
9,087
1850*
18,316
1855
18,477
1860
25,138
1865
28,426
* Including West Roxbuury.
CATALOGUE
§0l)ernmm! sf Hit Cit^ flf ^o^iurg,
PROM ITE
INSTITUTION IN 1846 TO 1867.
8S
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 4 6.
MAYOR.
JOHN JONES CLARKE.
ALDERMEN
Elijah Lewis,
Dudley Williams,
Laban S. Beeclier,
Moses Day,
Samuel Walker,
Samuel Jackson,
Francis C. Head,
William Keith. •
COMMON COUNCIL
Wakd 1.
Daniel Jackson,
Sylvester Bowman,
William D. Seaver.
Francis G. Shaw, President.
Wabd 5.
Linus B. Comins,
Stephen Hammond,
Samuel Weld.
Wakd 2.
Abraham G. Parker,
George S. Griggs,
Esdras Lord.
Wakd 3.
William J. Beynolds,
William G. Eaton,
John L. De Wolf.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge,
Joseph N. Brewer,
James Guild.
Wabd 6.
George James,
Joseph R. Weld,
Calvin Young.
Ward 7.
John Dove,
Anson Dexter,
Theodore Dunn.
Wakd 8.
Francis G. Shaw,
George W. Mann,
Ebenezer Dudley.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
city clerk.
Joseph W. Tucker.
clerk op COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
89
1847.'
MAYOR.
HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEARBORN.
ALDERMEN.
Elijah Lewis,
William Keith,
Richard "Ward,
Calvin Youno-,
Francis C. Head,
Robert Gardner,
William B. Kingsbury,
Nelson Curtis.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Linus B. Comins, President.
Waed 1.
Daniel Jackson,
Sylvester Bowman,
Simeon Litchfield.
Wakd 2.
Abraham C Parker,
George S. Griggs,
Esdras Lord.
Waed 3.
William J. Reynolds,
William G. Eaton,
William A. Crafts.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge.
Joseph N. Brewer,
Nathaniel Mayhew.
Wakd 5.
Linus B. Comins,
Samuel Weld,
Thomas Lord.
Ward 6.
George James,
Franklin Fearing,
George H. Williams.
Ward 7.
John Dove,
Anson Dexter,
James E. Forbush.
Ward 8.
Ebenezer Dudley,
Chauncy Jordan,
Georare Brown.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OP COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
12
90
PAST MEMBEES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 4 8.
MAYOR.
HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEARBORN.
ALDERMEN
Francis C. Head,
William Keith,
Robert Gardner,
Richard Ward,
c 0 M M 0
Linus B.
Ward 1 .
Daniel Jackson,
Simeon Litchfield,
Ebenezer Chamberlain.
Ward 2.
Abraham G. Parker,
George S. Griggs,
Esdras Lord.
Ward 3.
William J. Reynolds,
William G. Eaton,
William A. Crafts.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge,
Joseph N. Brewer,
Nathaniel Mayhew.
William B. Kingsbury,
Calvin Young,
Benjamin F. Campbell,
Samuel P. Blake.-
N COUNCIL.
CoMlNS, President.
Ward 5.
Linus B. Comins,
Stephen Hammond,
Samuel Walker.
Ward 6.
Franklin Fearing,
Atkins A. Clark,
Enoch Nute.
Ward 7.
Theodore Dunn,
Stephen M. Allen,
Ebenezer W. Stone.
Ward 8.
Chauncy Jordan, ^
George Brown,
Benjamin Guild.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
91
18 4 9.'
MAYOR.
HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEARBORN.
ALDERMEN
Francis C. Head,
Richard Ward,
William B. Kingsbury,
Calvin Youno;,
Nelson Curtis,
John L. Plummer,
William Mackintosh,
Daniel Jackson.
COMMON COUNCIL
William A.
Wakd 1.
Sylvester Bowman,
Allen Putnam,
James Munroe.
Ward 2.
Thatcher Sweat,
Uriah T. Brownell,
William Seaver.
Ward 3.
William J. Reynolds,
William A. Crafts,
William Gaston.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge,
Joseph N. Brewer,
Nathaniel Mavhew.
Crafts, President.
Ward 5.
Stephen Hammond,
Samuel Walker,
Aaron D. Williams, Jr.
Ward 6.
Atkins A. Clark,
John F. J. Mayo,
Jonas Barnard.
Ward 7.
Stephen M. Allen,
Ebenezer W. Stone,
Ephraim W. Bouve.
Ward 8.
Chauncy Jordan,
George Brown,
Charles G. Mackintosh.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
92 PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1850.
MAYOR.
HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEAEBORN.
ALDERMEN.
Francis C. Head,
Richard Ward,
William B. Kingsbury,
Calvin Young,
Nelson Curtis,
John L. Plummer,
William Mackintosh,
Daniel Jackson..
COMMON COUNCIL.
William A. Crafts, President.
Ward 1.
Allen Putnam,
James Munroe,
Sylvester Bowman.
Wakd 2.
Thatcher Sweat,
William Seaver,
Uriah T. Brownell.
Wakd 3.
William J. Reynolds,
William A. Crafts,
William Gaston.
Wakd 4.
Alvah Kittredge,
Joseph N. Brewer,
Nathaniel Mayhew.
Wakd 5.
Aaron D. Williams, Jr.,
Hiram Hall,
Robert W. Parker.
Wakd 6.
Jonas Barnard,
Hosea B. Stiles,
John F. J. Mayo.
Wakd 7.
Theodore Dunn,
Stephen M, Allen,
Jacob P. George.
Wakd 8.
Chauncy Jordan,
George Brown,
Charles G. Mackintosh.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
93
18 5 1.
MAYOR.
HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEARBORN.*
Daniel Jackson,
Richard Ward,
Calvin Young,
John L. Plummer,
ALDERMEN.
George Curtis,
Hiram Hall,
Theodore Dunn,
George Brown.
COMMON COUNCIL.
William A. Crafts, President.
Ward 1. Wakd 5.
Daniel P. Upton,
John R. Howard,
Reuben Winslow,
Wakd 2.
Thatcher Sweat,
Uriah T. Brownell,
William Seaver.
Ward 8.
William A. Crafts,
William Gaston,
Joseph Crawshaw.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge,
Joseph N. Brewer,
George Davenport.
Aaron D. Williams, Jr.,
Horace Williams,
Samuel Walker.
Ward 6.
Hosea B. Stiles,
William H. Gray,
John Richardson.
Ward 7.
Jacob P. George,
John C. Pratt,
William D. Ticknor.
Ward 8.
Charles G. Mackintosh,
Cornelius Cowing,
James W. Wason.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
« Deceased in Xuly, and Samuel Walker elected by the City Council to fill the vacancy.
94
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
185 2.
MAYOR.
SAMUEL WALKER.
ALDERMEN
Nelson Curtis,
Benjamin F. Campbell,
George Curtis,
Abraham Gr. Parker,
Alvali Kittredge^
Horace Williams,
James Guild,
John Hunt.
COMMON COUNCIL.
William Gaston, President.
Ward 1.
Simeon Litchfield,
John Parker,
Daniel P. Upton,
George J. Lord.
Ward 2.
John M. Hewes,
Arial I. Cummings,
Joseph Houghton,
Wilder Beal.
Charles Hickling,
William S. Leland,
Ward 5.
Ward 3.
William Gaston.
True Russell,
John W. Parker,
Calvin B. Faunce.
Ward 4.
George Lewis,
Joseph N. Brewer,
Frederick Guild,
George Davenport.
William D. Adams,
Isaac S. Burrell.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF common COUNCIL,
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
95
18 5 3.
MAYOR.
SAMUEL WALKER.
ALDERMEN
Nelson Curtis,
Benjamin F. Campbell,
George Curtis,
Abraham G-. Parker,
Alvah Kittredge,
Horace Williams,
John S. Sleeper,
Charles Hicklino:.
COMMON COUNCIL
William Gaston, President.
Ward 1.
Daniel P. Upton,
George J. Lord,
Franklin Williams,
Joseph H. Chadwick.
Ward 2.
John M. Hewes,
Joseph Houghton,
Phineas Colburn,
Ai'ial I. Cummings.
William S. Leland,
William D. Adams,
Ward 5.
Ward 3.
William Gaston,
John W. Parker,
Calvin B. Faunce,
William L. Hall.
Ward 4.
Joseph N. Brewer^
George Lewis,
Charles F. Bray,
Henry Davenpoj-t.
Isaac S. Burrell,
William B. May.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF common COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
96
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1854.
MAYOR.
LINUS BACON COMINS.
ALDERMEN
Nelson Curtis,
George Curtis,
Joseph N. Brewer,
Charles Hicklino-,
Greorge J. Lord,
Eobert W. Ames,
Calvin B. Faunce,
Benjamin Perkins.
COMMON COUNCIL.
James M. Keith, President.
Ward 1.
Franklin Williams,
Joseph H. Chadwick,
Joseph G-. Torrey,
Thomas Farmer.
Ward 2.
John M. Hewes,
Joseph Houghton,
Phineas Colburn,
Henry Basford.
William D. Adams,
William B. May,
Ward 3.
Charles B. Bryant,
Horace King,
Obed Rand,
Alden Graham.
Ward 4.
Henry Davenport,
Joseph B. Wheelock,
George W. Tuxbury,
John R. Hall.
Ward 5.
Walden Porter,
James M. Keith.
teeasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
city CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OP common COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
97
1855:
MAYOR.
JAMES RITCHIE.
ALDERMEN.
Calvin B. FauncG;
Charles Bunker,
Samuel S. Chase,
Joseph Houghton,
c 0 M M
William
Ward 1.
Franklin Williams,
William Morse,
Georg-e H. Pike,
Asa Wyman, Jr.
Ward 2.
John M. Marston,
Alvin M. Bobbins,
William H. Palmer,
Benjamin S. Noyes.
Henry P. Shed,
Joseph W. Bobbins,
Asa W3rman,
Moses H. Webber,
Francis Gardner,
William D. Adams.
ON COUNCIL.
Ellison, President.
Ward 3.
Bobert Simpson,
Bobert W. Molineux,
William B. Huston,
Joseph H. Swain.
Ward 4.
Samuel A. ShurtlefF,
William Ellison,
Ebenezer W Bumstead,
Clark I. Gorham.
Ward 5.
John W. Wolcott,
James W. Cushino;
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
<r
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
13
98
PAST MEMBEES OP THE CITY GOYERNMENT.
18 5 6.
MAYOR.
JOHN SHERBURNE SLEEPER.
ALDERMEN.
Nelson Curtis,
Benjamin Thompsonj
Charles E. Grant,
Joseph G. Torrey,
George S. Griggs,
Nahum Ward,
Jonathan P. Robinson,
Charles C. Nichols.
COMMON COUNCIL.
John W. May, President.
Ward 1. Ward 3.
Franklin Williams,
William Morse,
George H. Pike,
Samuel Pearson, Jr.
Ward 2.
Phineas Colburn,
Timothy R. Nute,
William P. Fowle,
Thomas L. D. Perkins.
James W. Gushing,
Robert C. Nichols,
John W. May,
John E. Go wen,
William F. Dunning,
Samuel Little.
Ward 4.
Ebenezer W. Bumstead,
Samuel A. Shurtleff,
Daniel W. Glidden,
Alonzo W. Folsom.
Ward 5.
John T. Ellis,
William K. Lewis,
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
99
1857.
MAYOR.
JOHN SHERBURNE SLEEPER.
ALDERMEN
Benjamin Thompson,
Charles E. Grant,
George S. Griggs,
Charles C. Nichojs,
Walden Porter,
Joseph H. Chadwick,
Henry Willis,
George Lewis.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Henry P. Shed,
Ward L
Franklin Williams,
William Morse,
Albert Brewer,
George J. Lord.
Ward 2.
Alvin M. Bobbins,
William P. Fowle,
Thomas L. D. Perkins
Phineas Colburn.
Henry P. Shed,
Robert C. Nichols,
President.
Ward 3.
John W. May,
Alfred G. Hall,
Samuel Little,
John Bowdlear.
Ward 4.
John R. Hall,
Samuel A. Shurtleff,
William Graham,
James A. Tower.
Ward 5.
William Barton,
William K. Lewis.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OP COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
100 PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
185 8.
MAYOR.
JOHN SHERBURNE SLEEPER.
ALDERMEN
George Lewis,
William S. Leland,
John C. Clapp,
Samuel Pearson,
Benjaman S. Noyes,
Uriah T. Brownell,
Samuel A. Shurtleff,
Ivory Harmon.
COMMON COUNCIL,
Henry P. Shed,
Ward 1.
William Morse,
Albert Brewer,
Ebenezer Ryerson,
Chester M. Gay.
Ward 2.
William P. Fowle,
Gideon B. Richmond.
Thatcher F. Sweat,
Albert Batchelder.
Henry P. Shed,
Robert C. Nichols,
Ward 5.
President.
Ward 3.
Alfred G. Hall
Patrick H. Rogers,
Thomas J. Mayall,
John M. Way.
Ward 4.
John R. Hall,
William Graham,
James A. Tower,
Hartley E. Woodbridge.
Ebenezer W. Bumstead,
William Barton.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 101
185 9.
MAYOR.
THEODORE OTIS.
ALDERMEN.
George Lewis,
William B. May,
Joshua B. Fowle,
William Curtis,
Benjamin S. Noyes,
John C. Clapp,
Alonzo W. Folsom,
George Frost.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ebenezer W.
Ward 1.
William Morse,
Allen Putnam,
Benjamin F. Campbell,
Asa Wyman.
Ward 2.
Gideon B. Richmond,
Albert Batchelder,
John M. Marston,
Thatcher F. Sweat.
BuMSTEAD, President.
Ward 3.
Alfred G. Hall,
Patrick H. Rogers,
William H. Ward,
Malcom McLaughlin.
Ward 4.
John R. Hall
Hartley E. Woodbridge,
John H. Bufford,
Francis Freeman,
Ward 5.
Ebenezer W. Bumstead,
Thomas Farmer,
John T. Ellis,
John Dove.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OP COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
102
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 6 0.
MAYOR.
THEODORE OTIS.
ALDERMEN
William B. May,
Joshua B. Fowle,
Jeralimeel C. Pratt,
William Curtis,
Gideon B. Richmond,
John C. Clapp,
Alonzo W. Folsom,
George Frost.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ebenezer W. Bumstead, President.
Ward 1.
Benjamin F. Campbell,
Asa Wyman,
L. Foster Morse,
Charles Stanwood.
Ward 2.
Thatcher F. Sweat,
John M. Marston,
Albert Batchelder,
Edward Lans;, Jr.
Ward 3.
George B, Faunce,
Patrick R. Guiney,
William H Ward,
Malcom McLaughlin.
Ward 4.
Hartley E. Woodbridge,
Pliineas B. Smith,
Moses H. Day,
Frederick A. Brown,
Ward 5.
Ebenezer W. Bumstead,
Charles D, Swain,
Oliver J. Curtis,
William H. Mcintosh.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
city clerk.
Joseph W. Tucker.
clerk op common council.
Franklin Williams.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
10^
18 6 1.
MAYOR.
WILLIAM GASTON.
ALDERMEN
Samuel Little,
Isaac S. Burrell,
Jerahmeel C. Pratt.
Charles Stanwood,
Gideon B. Eiclimond,
Robert Hale,
Samuel C. Cobb,
Oliver J. Curtis.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
L. Foster Morse,
Lewis F. Whiting,
Patrick E. Reed,
Thomas C. Norton
George B. Faunce, President.
Ward 3.
George B. Faunce,
Malcom McLaughlin,
John McElroy,
True Russell.
Ward 2.
Thatcher F. Sweat.
James T. Buswell,
Alvin M. Robbins,
John Stanton.
Ward 5.
Charles D. Swain,
William H. Mcintosh,
Ward 4.
Henry P. Shed,
Moses H. Day,
Roland Worthington,
Edward Wise.
David J. Foster,
John F. Newton.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joslraa Soaver.
104
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 62.
MAYOR.
WILLIAM GASTON.
ALDERMEN
Samuel Little,
Samuel 0. Cobb,
Ariel Low,*
Charles Stanwood,
Gideon B. Richmond,
William R. Huston,
Phineas B. Smith,
John H. Lester.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 1.
L. Foster Morse,
Lewis F. Whiting,
Michael W. Dolan,
Thomas C. Norton,
Ward 2.
Alvin M. Robbins,
Thomas P. Sweat,
Square G. Brooks,
George Warren.
MosES H. Day, President,
Ward 3.
Ward 5.
Charles D. Swain,
William H. McIntosh,t
John McElroy,
Stephen H. Williams,
Gotlieb F. Burkhardt,
William Whitney.
Ward 4.
Henry P. Shed,
Moses H. Day,
Roland Worthington,
George Putnam, Jr.
David J. Foster,
John F. Newton.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
-Joshua Seaver.
** Eesigned, and Ivory Harmon elected,
t Eesigned, and Franklin Curtis elected.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 105
18 6 3'.
MAYOR.
GEORGE LEWIS.
ALDERMEN.
Samuel Little,
Ivory Harmon,
Phineas B. Smith,
James E. Adams,
Gideon B. Richmond,
William R. Huston,
Moses H. Day,
John H. Lester.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Roland Worthington, President.
Ward 1.
L. Foster Morse,
Edward Myers,
Michael W. Dolan,
Roger Drury.
Ward 2.
Alvin M. Robbins,
Square G. Brooks,
Thomas P. Sweat,
George Warren.
Franklin Curtis,
Nathaniel 0. Hart,
Ward 3.
John McElroy,
Horace H. White,
Patrick H. Rogers,
James C. Eagan.
Ward 4.
Roland Worthington,
Henry N. Farwell,
George Putnam, Jr.
Francis W. Welch.
Ward 5.
John F. Newton,
William C. Harding.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver.
14
106 PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 6 4.
MAYOR.
GEORGE LEWIS.
ALDERMEN
Samuel Little,
Phineas B. Smith,
Ivory Harmon,
James E. Adams,
William Seaver,
Richard Holmes,
Moses H. Day,
John F. Newton."
COMMON COUNCIL.
Roland Worthington, President.
Ward 1.
George H. Pike,
Augustus L. Litchfield,
Alvin G. Bartlett,
L, Foster Morse.
Ward 2.
Alvin M. Robbins,
George Warren,
Thomas P. Sweat,
William Bacon, Jr.
Franklin Curtis,
Mitchell Leavitt,
Ward 5.
Ward 3.
Horace H. White,
James C. Eagan,
Thomas Feely,
Joseph M. Pike.
Ward 4.
Roland Worthington,
Henry N. Farwell,
George Putnam, Jr.,
Francis W. Welch.
John J. Merrill,
Christopher Tilden, Jr.
treasurer.
Joseph W. Dudley.
city clerk.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
PAST MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
107
18 6 5.
MAYOR.
GEORGE LEWIS.
ALDERMEN
Samuel Little,
William C. Harding,
Daniel Jackson,
James E. Adams,
William Seaver,
Richard Holmes,
Moses H. Day,
John F. Newton.
COMMON COUNCIL,
John Backup, President.
Ward 1.
Joseph M. Pike,
Augustus L. Litchfield,
Alvin G. Bartlett,
John A. Scott.
Ward 2.
John Backup,
Thomas P. Sweat,
George Warren,
William Bacon, Jr.
Mitchell Leavitt,
Asa Wyman, Jr.,
Ward 3.
Patrick H. Rogers,
William C. Babbitt,
Michael Kelly,
John McElroy.
Ward 4.
Charles Houghton,
Peleg E. Eddy,
Francis Hunnewell,
James Tolman.
Ward 5.
Christopher Tilden, Jr.,
AuQ-ustus Parker.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
108 PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
18 6 6.
MAYOR.
GEORGE LEWIS.
ALDERMEN.
Samuel Little,
William C. Harding,
Dauiel Jackson,
James E. Adams,
William Bacon, Jr.,
John McElroy,
John Felt Osgood,
John E. Newton.
COMMON COUNCIL.
John Backup, President.
Ward 1. Ward 3.
Alvin G. Bartlett,
Augustus L. Litchfield,
John A. Scott,
Charles L. Kidder.
Ward 2.
John Backup,
Charles T. Lingham,
Lucius B. Wright,
George Richards.
William Hobbs, Jr.,
Eben Alexander,
Patrick H. Rogers,
John Downey,
Michael Kelly,
James Short,
Ward 4.
Francis Hunnewell,
Freeman D. Osgood,
Isaac F. Atwood,
James Tolman.
Ward 5.
John J. Merrill,
Solomon A. Bolster.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
CITY CLERK.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
PAST MEMBERS OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
109
18 6 7.
MAYOR.
GEORGE LEWIS.
Samuel Little,
Daniel Jackson,
John F. Newton,
William Morse,
ALDERMEN.
William Bacon, Jr.,
John McElroy,
James E. Adams,
John A. Scott.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Francis Hunnewell, President.
Ward 1.
Chandler Wright,
Charles Erskine,
Augustus L. Litchfield,
Lewis Whitaker.
Ward 2.
Charles R. M. Pratt,
Benjamin F. Anthony,
Daniel G. Clark,
John A. Bowdlear.
William Hobbs, Jr.,
Eben Alexander,
Ward 3,
James Short,
James W. Ruth,
John Downey,
Woodman M. Mallard.
Ward 4.
Francis Hunnewell,
Henry B. Stanwood,
Isaac F. Atwood,
David M. Hodo-don.
Ward 5.
Solomon A. Bolster,
Charles H. Blodgett.
TREASURER.
Joseph W. Dudley.
city clerk.
Joseph W. Tucker.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Franklin Williams.
HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS,
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF KOXBURY SINCE THE ADOPTION OF
THE CITY CHAETEK.
MAYORS.
John Jones Clark, 1846.
Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51.*
Samuel Walker, 1852, 53.
Linus Bacon Comins, 1854.
James Kitchie, 1855.
John Sherburne Sleeper, 1856, 57, 58.
Theodore Otis, 1859, 60.
"William Gaston, "1861, 62.
George Lewis, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67.
ALDERMEN.
Elijah Lewis, 1846, 47.
Dudley 'Williams, 1846.
Laban Smith Beecher, 1846.
Moses Day, 1846.
Samuel Walker, 1846.
Samuel Jackson, 1846.
Francis Chandler Head, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50.
William Keith, 1846, 47, 48.
Robert Gardner, 1847, 48.
Richard Ward, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51.
William Bradbury Kingsbury, 1847, 48, 49, 50.
Calvin Young, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51.
Nelson Curtis, 1847, 49, 50, 52, 58, 54, 56.
Benjamin Franklin Campbell, 1848, 52, 53.
Samuel Parkman Blake, 1848.
Daniel Jackson, 1849, 50, 51, 65, 66, 67.
John Lincoln Plummer, 1849, 50, 51.
William Mackintosh, 1849, 50.
George Curtis, 1851, 52, 53, 54.
Hiram Hall, 1851.
Theodore Dunn, 1851.
George Brown, 1851.
Abraham Gearfield Parker, 1852, 53.
Alvah Kittredge, 1852, 53.
Horace Williams, 1852, 53.
James Guild, 1852.
John Hunt, 1852.
John Sherburne Sleeper, 1853.
Charles Hickling, 1853, 54.
« Died July 29th, 1851, at Portland, Me. Samuel Walker was elected by the two branches
of the City Council, August 11th, to All the vacancy.
112 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBEES.
Joseph Nathaniel Brewer, 1854.
George JeiFerds Lord, 1854.
Robert Wilkins Ames, 1854.
Calvin Barstow Faunce, 1854, 55.
Benjamin Perkins, 1854.
Charles Bunker, 1855.
Samuel Sinclair Chase, 1855.
Jose^Dh Houghton, 1855.
Asa Wyman, 1855.
Moses Howe Webber, 1855.
Francis Gardner, 1855.
William Davis Adams, 1855.
Benjamin Thompson, 1856, 57.
Charles Edward Grant, 1856, 57.
Joseph Gendell Torrey, 1856.
George Smith Griggs, 1856, 57.
Nahum Ward, 1856.
Jonathan Pratt Robmson, 1856.
Charles Carter Nichols, 1856, 57.
Walden Porter, 1857.
Joseph Houghton Chadwick, 1857.
Henry Willis, 1857.
George Lewis, 1857, 58, 59.
William Sherman Leland, 1858.
John Codman Clapp, 1858, 59, 60.
Samuel Pearson. 1858.
Benjamin Simmons Noyes, 1858, 59.
Uriah Tompkins Brownell, 1858.
Samuel Atwood Shurtlefi', 1858.
Ivory Harmon, 1858, 63, 64.
William Bird May, 1859, 60.
Joshua Bentley Fowle, 1859,- 60.
William Curtis, 1859, 60.
Alonzo Williams Folsom, 1859, 60.
George Frost, 1859, 60.
Jerahmeel Cummings Pratt, 1860, 61.
Gideon Babbitt Richmond, 1860, 61, 62, 63.
Samuel Little, 1861, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67.
Oliver Jenkins Curtis, 1861.
Isaac Sanderson Burrell, 1861.
Charles Stan wood, 1861, 62.
Robert Hale, 1861.
Samuel Crocker Cobb, 1861, 62.
William Ricker Huston, 1862, 63.
Phineas Bean Smith, 1862, 63, 64.
John Henry Lester, 1862, 63.
Ariel Low, 1862.*
Moses Henry Day, 1863, 64, 65.
James Edson Adams, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67.
William Seaver, 1864, 65.
Richard Holmes, 1864, 65.
John Franklin Newton, 1864, 65, 66, 67.
William Curtis Harding, 1865, 66.
William Bacon, Jr., 1866, 67.
John McElroy, 1866, 67.
John Felt Osgood, 1866.
WiUiam Morse, 1867. "
John Adams Scott, 1867.
* Eesigned, and Ivory Harmon was chosen to fill the vacancy.
HISTORICAL LIST OP MEMBERS. 113
PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Francis George Shaw, 1846.
Linus Bacon Comins, 1847, 48.
William Augustus Crafts, 1849, 50, 51.
William Gaston, 1852, 53.
James Monroe Keith, 1854.
William Ellison, 1855.
John Wilder May, 1856.
Henry Pinkham Shed, 1857, 58.
Ebenezer Waters Bumstead, 1859, 60.
George Burrill Faunce, 1861.
Moses Henry Day, 1862.
Roland Worthington, 1863, 64.
John Backup, 1865, 66.
Francis Hunnewell, 1867.
CLERKS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Joshua Seaver, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63
Franklin Williams, 1858, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 1.
Daniel Jackson, 1846, 47, 48.
Sylvester Bowman, 1846, 47, 49, 50
William Dudley Seaver, 1846.
Simeon Litchfield, 1847, 48, 52.
Ebenezer Chamberlain, 1848.
Allen Putnam, 1849, 50, 59.
James Munroe, 1849, 50.*
Daniel Putnam Upton, 1851, 52, 53.
Reuben Winslow, 1851.
John Reed Howard, 1851.*
John Parker, 1852.
George Jefferds Lord, 1852, 53, 57.
Franklin Williams, 1853, 54, 55, 56, 57.
Joseph Houghton Chadwick, 1853, 54.
Joseph Gendell Torrey, 1854.
Thomas Farmer, 1854.
William Morse, 1855, 56, 57, 59.
George Harris Pike, 1855, 56, 64. '
Asa Wyman, Jr., 1855.
Samuel Pearson, Jr., 1856.
Albert Brewer, 1857, 58.
Ebenezer Ryerson, 1858.
Joel Gay, 1858.t
Chester Morse Gay, 1858.
Benjamin Franklin Campbell, 1859, 60.
Asa Wyman, 1859, 60.
Lemuel Foster Morse, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64.
Charles Stanwood, 1860.
Lewis Fales Whiting, 1861, 62.
Patrick Edward Reed, 1861.
* Eesigned, and John Parker was elected to fill the vacancy.
t ReBigBe(i, and 'William Morse was elected to fill the vacancy.
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114 HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBERS.
Thomas C. Norton, 1861, 62.
Michael WiUiam Dolan, 1862, 63.
Edward Myers, 1863.
Roger Drury, 1863.
Augustus Lafayette Litchfield, 1864, 65, 66, 67.
Alvin Gardner Bartlett, 1864, 65, 66.
Joseph Moody Pike, 1865.
John Adams Scott, 1865, 66.
Charles Lewis Kidder, 1866.
Chandler Wright, 1867.
Charles Erskine, 1867.
Lewis Whitaker, 1867.
Ward 2.
Abraham Gearfield Parker, 1846, 47, 48.
George Smith Griggs, 1846, 47, 48.
Esdras Lord, 1846, 47, 48.
Thatcher Sweat, 1849, 50, 51.
Uriah Tompkins Brownell, 1849, 50, 51.
William Seaver, 1849, 50, 51.
■ John Milton Hewes, 1852, 58, 54.
Arial Ivers Cummings, 1852, 53.
Joseph Houghton, 1852, 53, 54.
Wilder Beal, 1852.
Phineas Colburn, 1853, 54, 56, 57.
Henry Basford, 1854.
John Morrill Marston, 1855, 59, 60 «
Alvin Mason Robbins, 1855, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64.
WUliam Hyde Palmer, 1855.
Benjamin Simons Noyes, 1855.
Timothy Ricker Nute, 1856.
William Parker Fowle, 1856, 67, 58.
Thomas Langdon Dodge Perkins, 1856, 57.
Gideon Babbitt Richmond, 1858, 59.
Thatcher Franklin Sweat, 1858, 59, 60, 61.
Albert Batchelder, 1858, 59, 60.
Edward Lang, Jr., 1860.
John Stanton, 1861.
James Thom Buswell, 1861.
Thomas Piedmont Sweat, 1862, 63, 64, 65.
Square Gage Brooks, 1862, 63.
George Warren, 1862, 63, 64, 65.
William Bacon, Jr., 1864, 65.
John Backup, 1865, 66.
Lucius Banfield Wright, 1866.
Charles Theodore Lingham, 1866.
George Richards, 1866.
Benjamin Franklin Anthony, 1867.
Charles Robert Mason Pratt, 1867.
John Augustus Bowdlear, 1867.
Daniel Gore Clark, 1867.
Ward 3.
William James Reynolds, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50,
William Greene Eaton, 1846, 47, 48.
John Landorff De Wolf, 1846.
William Augustus Crafts, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51.
w:iiiam Gaston, 1849, 50, 51, 52, 53.
iph Crawshaw, 1851.
HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 115
True Russell, 1852, 61.
John Wells Parker, 1852, 53.
Calvin Barstow Faunce, 1852, 53.
William Lewis HaU, 1853.
Charles Bayley Bryant, 1854.
Horace King, 1854. «
Obed Rand, 1854.
Alden Graham, 1854.
Robert Simpson, 1855.
Robert Webb Molineux, 1855.
William Ricker Huston, 1855.
Joseph Henry Swain, 1855.
John Wilder May, 1856, 57.
John Emery Gowen, 1856.
William Francis Dunning, 1856.
Samuel Little, 1856, 57.
Alfred Gowen HaU, 1857, 58, 59.
John Bowdlear, 1857.
Patrick Henry Rogers, 1858, 59, 63, 65, 66.
Thomas Jeiierson Mayall, 1858.
John Metcalf Way, 1858.
Malcom McLaughlin, 1859, 60, 61.
William H. Ward, 1859, 60.
George Burrill Faunce, 1860, 61.
Patrick Robert Guiney, 1860.
John McElroy, 1861, 62, 63, 65.
Gotlieb Frederick Burkhardt, 1862.
Stephen Henry Williams, 1862.
WUliam Whitney, 1862.
James Calvert Eagan, 1863, 64.
Horace Homer White, 1863, 64.
Joseph Moody Pike, 1864.
Thomas Feely, 1864.
William Crocker Babbitt, 1865.
Michael Kelley, 1865, 66.
James Short, 1866, 67.
John Downey, 1866, 67.
James William Ruth, 1867.
Woodman March MaUard, 1867.
Ward 4.
Alvah Kittredge, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.
Joseph Nathaniel Brewer, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53.
James Guild, 1846.
Nathaniel Mayhew, 1847, 48, 49, 50.
George Davenport, 1851, 52.
George Lewis, 1852, 53.
Frederick Guild, 1852.
Charles Frederick Bray, 1853.
Henry Davenport, 1853, 54.
Joseph Bond Wheelock, 1854.
George William Tuxbury, 1854.
John Roulstone HaU, 1854, 57, 58, 59.
Samuel Atwood Shurtleff, 1855, 56, 57.
Wmiam Ellison, 1855.
Clark Ide Gorham, 1855.
Ebenezer Waters Bumstead, 1855, 56.
Daniel Wingate Glidden, 1856.
Alonzo WUliams Folsom, 1856.
116 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBEES.
William Graham, 1857, 58.
James Augustus Tower, 1857, 58.
Hartley Erskine Woodbridge, 1858, 59, 60.
John Henry Bufford, 1859.
Francis Freeman, 1859.
PhineasBean Sanith, 1860.
Moses Henry Day, 1860, 61, 62.
Frederick Augustus Brown, 1860.
Henry Pinkham Shed, 1861, 62.
Roland Worthington, 1861, 62, 63, 64.
Edward Wise, 1861.
George Putnam, Jr., 1862, 63, 64.
Henry Newton Farwell, 1868, 64.
Francis W. Welch, 1863, 64.
Charles Houghton, 1865.
Peleg Eseck Eddy, 1865.
Francis Hunnewell, 1865, 66, 67.
James Tolman, 1865, 66.
Freeman David Osgood, 1866.
Isaac Francis Atwood, 1866, 67.
Henry BurrUl Stanwood, 1867.
David M. Hodgdon, 1867.
Ward 5
Linus Bacon Comins, 1846, 47, 48.
Stephen Hammond, 1846, 48, 49.
Samuel Weld, 184'-, 47.
Thomas Lord, 1847.
Samuel Walker, 1848, 49, 51.
Aaron Davis Williams, Jr., 1849, 50, 61.
Hiram Hall, 1850.
Robert Whipple Parker, 1850.
* Horace Williams, 1851.
Charles Hickling, 1852.
William Sherman Leland, 1852, 53.
William Davis Adams, 1852, 53, 54.
Isaac Sanderson Burrell, 1852, 53.
William Bird May, 1853, 54.
Walden Porter, 1854.
James Monroe Keith, 1854.
Henry Pinkham Shed, 1855, 57, 58.
Joseph Willett Robbins, 1855. .
John Wesley Wolcott, 1855.
James William Cushing, 1855, 56.
Robert Cofield Nichols, 1856, 57, 68,
John Thomas Ellis, 1856, 59.
William King Lewis, 1856, 57.
William Barton, 1857, 58.
Ebenezer Waters Bumstead, 1858, 59, 60.
Thomas Farmer, 1859.
John Dove, 1859.
Charles Davis Swain, 1860, 61, 62.
Oliver Jenkins Curtis, 1860.
William Henry Mcintosh, I860, 61, 62.*
David .Jones Foster, 1861, 62.
John Franklin Newton, 1861, 62, 63.
Franklin Curtis, 1863, 64.
«* Resigred, and Franklin Curtis elected.
HISTOEICAL LIST OP MEMBEES. 117
Nathaniel Oliver Hart, 1863.
William Curtis Harding, 1863.
John Jay Merrill, 1864, 66.
Christopher Tilden, Jr., 1864, 65.
Mitchell Leavitt, 1864, 65.
Augustus Parker, 1865.
Asa Wyman, Jr., 1865.
William Hobbs, Jr., 1866, 67.
Eben Alexander, 1866, 67.
Solomon Alonzo Bolster, 1866, 67.
Charles Henry Blodgett, 1867.
Ward 6.
George James, 1846, 47.
Joseph Richards Weld, 1846.
Calvin Young, 1846.
Franklin Fearing, 1847, 48.
George Henry Williams, 1847.
Atkins Augustus Clark, 1848, 49.
Enoch Nute, 1848.
John Flavel Jenkins Mayo, 1849, 50.
Jonas Barnard, 1849, 50.
Hosea Ballou Stiles, 1850, 51.
William Henry Gray, 1851.
John Richardson, 1851.
Ward 7.
John Dove, 1846, 47.
Anson Dexter, 1846, 47.
Theodore Dunn, 1846, 48, 50.
James Eri Forbush, 1847.
Stephen Merrill Allen, 1848, 49, 50.
Ebenezer Whitten Stone, 1848, 49.
Ephraim Washington Bouve, 1849.
Jacob Phillips George, 1850, 51.
John Carroll Pratt, 1851.
William Davis Ticknor, 1851.
Ward 8.
Francis George Shaw, 1846.
George Washington Mann, 1846.
Ebenezer Dudley, 1846, 47.
Chauncy Jordan, 1847, 48, 49, 50.
George Brown, 1847, 48, 49, 50.
Benjamin Guild, 1848.
Charles Gideon Mackintosh, 1849, 50, 51.
Cornelius Cowing, 1851.
James W. Wason, 1851.
Wards 6, 7 and 8, with parts of Wards 4 and 5, were set off and incorporated, by Act of the
Legislature, May 24, 1851, into the town of West Roxbury.
MEMORABILIA.
The committee appointed to prepare the Municipal Register
for 1867, have deemed it appropriate to insert in it a brief
historical record of Roxbury as a town and city.
From records existing, and from allusions in colony, town
and church histories, it appears that this territory was settled
in 1629 and 1630. Church and state, 'in early times, were
substantially one. A man active in civil life, entrusted with
important interests, was sure to be an active member also of
the church. Accordingly, the earliest records relate more to
parish and church than to civil affairs.
In the year 1647, according to Ellis's History of Roxbury,
is found the first authentic account of a board of selectmen
being chosen, to " consider and establish " for the good of the
town. In 1653, the names of Philip Eliot, Isaac Morell
Thomas Welde, Robert Williams, and Edward Dennison, ap-
pear as the selectmen for that year. This form of town gov-
ernment existed, without interruption, till the adoption of the
city charter.
For more than two hundred years Roxbury continued as a
town. Here lived and flourished men distinguished in all the
walks of life, and who were true and loyal to the mother coun-
try in the colonial days. The town furnished eminent civilians,
whose names and deeds fill an important part in the history
of that era.
120 M EMOE ABILI A.
No one in church affairs won a more enduring fame than
John Eliot, the pastor of the first parish for the years between
1633 and 1650, and who labored with untiring zeal among the
Indians.
Roxbury was foremost in her interest in the cause of public
education, and the funds left by Thomas Bell and his coadju-
tors, from which its valuable Latin School derives support,
were among the first devised for that purpose in America.
Coming down to the time of the Revolution, we fin.d that the
town, in 1770, had about 1500 inhabitants, full of patriotism,
and zealously espousing the cause of the colonies against Great
Britain. In public meetings, they condemned the action of the
British soldiers who fired into the crowd of citizens in State
Street, in March of that year, and stigmatized by name, with
patriotic indignation, those who continued the sale or use of
tea, and other contraband articles, which the people had
solemnly declared an intention to do without, as long as duties
were exacted upon them.
When Independence was declared, the people of Roxbury
heartily sustained the action of Congress, and many of her
citizens took up arms in defence of the coloilial cause against
the mother country. Gen. Warren earned a deathless fame by
his martyrdom on Bunker Hill, and Major General Heath,
and other heroes, were among our citizens.
Within her borders were erected forts, which overlooked and
commanded Boston, and afforded protection to the raw recruits
brought to contend with the disciplined soldiery of Britain. It
is stated, on the authority of Edward Everett, that the night
previous to the evacuation of Boston by the British, in 1776,
was passed by Gen. Washington in these forts.
From year to year, Roxbury continued to grow steadily in
population and prosperity ; but for some time previous to 1846;
those parts of the town known as Jamaica Plain, and Spring
Street, desired to be set off as a separate town. They alleged
that their interests, being chiefly agricultural, were different,
from those of the lower part of the town, and they complained
MEMORABILIA. 121
that their distance from the town-house, and other places where
the public business was transacted; was so great as to cause them
much inconvenience and expense. Though several attempts
were made, they failed to get the consent of the majority of
the citizens, and their request was not granted.
These discussions led a large portion of the people to con-
sider the propriety of adopting a city form of government. It
was urged that a division of the territory into wards would
afford facilities for voting, and would mitigate the evils which
had begun to appear from calling together in one place so
large a number of citizens to transact public business.
An act creating a city charter was at length obtained from
the Legislature, and, on the 25th of March, 1846, the citizens
were called upon to vote upon its acceptance or rejection. By
reference to page 23 of this work, a record of the action of
the town will be found, from which it appears that, by a major-
ity of 744, the city charter was accepted, and the territory
divided into eight Wards. Our population was then 15,000.
The city government was speedily organized, and Hon. John J.
Clarke was chosen the first Mayor,
For some years succeeding, no agitating question affected the
welfare of the new city.
In 1850, Samuel D. Bradford and others petitioned for a
division of the city. The City Government was adverse to this,
and by resolutions opposed the measure; but the petitioners
carried their request to the Legislature, which decreed in their
favor, and the upper portion of the territory, under the name of
" West Roxbury," was set off and made into a town by an act
passed May 24, 1851.
There still remained after the separation a population of
15,012, being nearly the same in amount as when the city was
originally chartered. The city charter was altered to meet
the new emergency, and the city went steadily on in population
and prosperity.
In 1852, a portion of the citizens began the discussion of the
union of the cities of Roxbury and Boston. Public meetings
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122 MEMORABILIA.
were held; and the subject was fully discussed, affirmatively
and negatively. The result of this movement was a petition
to the Legislature, signed by Isaac T. Allard and others, in
favor of the union. The subject was fully considered by a
committee of that body, but leave to withdraw on the petition
was given.
In 1853, the subject was again discussed, and a vote was
taken by the citizens on the measure. There were 262 votes
in favor, 399 against, and nothing further was done in this
view for some time.
About this time, the question arose as to the right of owner-
ship in a large quantity of flats lying in the Back Bay, over
which Roxbury had held constant jurisdiction. The Commis-
sioners having in charge the improvements of the Back Bay,
claimed the territory as belonging to the State, and urged that
if it were placed under the municipal control of Boston, it
would largely increase in value, and be more likely to be laid
out in a comprehensive and systematic manner. The subject
was referred to the late Hon. Marcus Morton, as auditor,
who decided, after a full investigation of the facts and history
of the case, that the title was vested in Roxbury. But, on
appeal, the Supreme Court decided that the State was the true
owner, according to the right of eminent domain. For its more
immediate and better improvement, this territory, embracing
seventy-one acres, was at once put under the jurisdiction
of Boston.
In 1857, the annexation project was again renewed. A peti-
tion asking the City Government to petition the Legislature to
pass an act of union was largely signed, and the government
caused a vote of the people to be taken in December of that
3^ear. The result was a vote of 808 yeas, to 762 nays; but
in view of the small majority given, the city authorities did not
see fit to act further in the matter.
In 1859, a petition was presented to the Legislature by Wm.
Whiting and others, of Roxbury, and J. V. 0. Smith and
others, of Boston, for the union of the two cities. The subject
MEMORABILIA. 123
was again considered before a committee of that body, both
petitioners and remonstrants being represented by able coun-
sel. The result was two reports, one signed by the majority,
in favor of the measure, the other from the minority, giving
leave to withdraw. The latter report was adopted by the
Legislature.
In 1864, large numbers once more signed petitions to the
Legislature for a measure of annexation. Conspicuous among
these were men who had hitherto stood foremost in opposition ;
but the project was still strongly resisted. After another pro-
tracted hearing by a committee of the Legislature, a bill was
reported favoring the union ; but it was rejected in the Senate.
Though again defeated, the friends of the measure were
untiring in their efforts, and public opinion was fast changing
in its favor. In April, 1866, the Boston City Council adopted
the following order :
Ordered, That wheneyer the City Council or Selectmen of any city or town,
whose territory adjoias that of the City of Boston, shall notify the City Council of
Boston that, in accordance with a vote of their respective bodies, they are em-
powered to consult with the authorities of Boston with a view to the annexation to
the City of Boston of their city or town, it shall be the duty of His Honor the
Mayor of Boston to appoint three Commissioners from the citizens of Boston, to
meet an equal number from the city or town making the request. Said Commis-
sioners shall take the whole subject into consideration, and those appointed on the
part of Boston shall report to the City Council the financial, industrial and sani-
tary condition of the city or town applying for admission, with such suggestions as
they may think proper regarding conditions which would make such annexation
desirable.
In accordance with this order, Hons. William Geay and
Moses Kimball, and A. S. Wheeler, Esq., were appointed
Commissioners on the part of Boston.
A similar order to that of Boston was subsequently adopted
by the City Council of Roxbury, and Hons. William Gaston,
Theodore Otis, and James Ritchie, were appointed Commis-
sioners on the part of this city.
The Boards of Commissioners from the respective cities each
agreed unanimously upon a report, recommending annexation,
124 MEMORABILIA.
and both boards reported to the respective City Governments.
Their reports were accepted, and had much influence in pro-
curing the success of the annexation measure.
In 1867, a special committee of the Legislature was appointed
to hear and act upon a petition in favor of annexation, signed
by Henry Bartlett and others. The hearing was brief, as
the opponents of the measure made no appearance, and a bill
in favor of the union of Boston and Roxbury was unanimously
submitted, and passed both houses by large majorities. This
bill was vetoed by the Governor, on the ground that it did not
allow the people of the two cities a voice in its adoption ; but
another bill was immediately substituted, to be dependent upon
a vote* of the people before taking effect, which passed the
Legislature, and was signed by the Executive.
On the second Monday in September, 1867, the citizens of
Roxbury were called to vote upon its acceptance or rejection.
The whole number of votes was 2424, of which there were yeas
1832 and nays 592 ; and by a majority of 1240 votes, the act
of annexation was accepted by the citizens of Roxbury, Bos-
ton, by a large majority, also accepted it, and the question was
at last settled.
A retrospective view of the history of Roxbury, both as town
and city, affords much that is gratifying to her people. Her
chief magistrates have been among the most worthy and re-
spected of her citizens, filling their offices with credit and dig-
nity. But two of the number have deceased, — Gen. H. A. S.
Dearborn, who died while in office, at Portland, July 29, 1851,
where he had gone on a visit ; and Samuel Walker, who died
Dec. 11, 1860. Both of these men were distinguished for
ability and usefulness, and left a lasting impression on the
community in which they resided.
During the war, our city was fully equal to the demands of
the occasion. Roxbury furnished 3271 volunteers to the army,
and dispensed aid to them and their families with a liberal
hand. The amount of money disbursed by the city on account
of the war was $545,367.34.
MEMORABILIA. 125
A beautiful monument has been erected to the fallen heroes
of Roxbury, by the city, at Forest Hills Cemetery, which will
embalm their names and perpetuate the recollection of their
glorious deeds in the minds of a grateful posterity.
The existence of Roxbury is soon to cease. Its destiny
as a municipality is nearly fulfilled. On the first of January next
a population of about 30,000, and a valuation of $26,551,700,
will pass under the control of the consolidated city of Boston,
and the destinies of the people of Roxbury be forever merged
in the new municipality. Let us trust that the prosperity of
the people of the united cities will prove all that the most ardent
friends of the union have predicted, and that their future history
will be as creditable as that which wc have now reviewed.
JOHN F. NEWTON,
WILLIAM BACON, JR.,
SOLOMON A. BOLSTER,
CHANDLER WRIGHT,
JAMES SHORT.
Eoxbury, November, 1867.
BILL POR ANNEXATION
The following is a copy of the Act of the Legislature uniting
the cities of Boston and Roxbury into one municipality :
[Chap. 359,]
A"N Act to unite the cities of Boston and Roxbury.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Section 1. All that territory now comprised within the limits
of the city of Boxbury, in the county of Norfolk, with the inhabi-
tants and estates therein, is hereby annexed to and made part of
the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and shall hereafter con-
stitute a part of the county of Suffolk, subject to the same municipal
regulations, obligations and liabilities, and entitled to the same
immunities in all respects as the said city of Boston : ^provided,
however, that until constitutionally and legally changed, said terri-
tory shall continue to be, for the purpose of electing members of the
house of representatives, part of the county of Norfolk, constituting
the third and fourth representative districts thereof; for the pur-
pose of electing a senator, part of the first Norfolk senatorial dis-
trict ; for the purpose of electing a councillor, part of council dis-
trict number three ; and for the purpose of electing a representative
in congress, part of congressional district number three, as the same
are now constituted.
All the duties now required by law to be performed by the mayor
and aldermen and city clerk, of the city of Boxbury, or either of
them, pertaining to the election of representatives in congress, state
councillors, senators and members of the house of representatives,
shall in like manner devolve upon and be performed by the board
of aldermen and city clerk of the city of Boston.
128 BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON.
Ifc shall be the duty of the ward officers of the several wards, that
shall be erected out of said territory as hereinafter provided, to
make return of all votes that may be cast therein, from time to time,
for representatives in congress, state councillors, senators, members
of the house of representatives, and for all other national, state,
district, county, municipal and ward officers, to the city clerk of the
city of Boston.
Sect. 2. All the public property of the said city of Roxbury
shall be vested in and is hereby declared to be the property of the
city of Boston ; and said city of Boston shall succeed to all the
rights, claims, causes of action, rights to uncollected taxes, liens,
uses, trusts, duties, privileges and immunities of said city of Rox-
bury. The city treasurer of the city of Roxbury shall, on or before
the second Monday of January, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, under the direction of the mayor and aldermen of said
city of Roxbury, who shall for this purpose, and for all other pur-
poses necessary to carry into full eiFeet the provisions of this act,
continue to hold their offices over, transfer, deliver, pay over and
account for to the city treasurer of the city of Boston, all books,
papers, moneys and other property in his possession as city treasu-
rer of said city of Roxbury, when this act shall take effect ; and the
city of Boston shall become liable for and subject to all the debts,
obligations, duties, responsibilities and liabilities of said city of
Roxbury, All actions and causes of action which may be pending,
or which shall have accrued at the time this act shall take effect, in
behalf of or against the city of Roxbury, shall survive, and may be
prosecuted to final judgment and execution, in behalf of or against
the city of Boston.
Sect. 3. The several courts within the county of Suffolk, after
this act shall take effect, shall have the same jurisdiction over all
causes of action and proceedings in civil causes, and over all mat-
ters in probate and insolvency, which shall have accrued within said
territory hereby annexed, that said courts now have over like
actions, proceedings and matters within the county of Suffolk ;
frovicled, however, that the several courts within the county of Nor-
folk shall have and retain jurisdiction of all actions, proceedings and
matters, that shall have been rightfully commenced in said courts
prior to the time when this act shall take effect ; and the supreme
judicial court and the superior court within the county of Suffolk,
after this act shall take effect, shall have the same jurisdiction of all
BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON. 129
crimes, offences and misdemeanors, that shall have been committed
within the said territory, that the supreme judicial court and the
superior court within the county of Norfolk now have jurisdiction
of; provided, proceedings shall not have been already commenced
in any of the courts within^the county of Norfolk, for the prosecu-
tion of said crimes, offences and misdemeanors ; in which case the
said courts within the county of Norfolk shall have and retain juris-
diction of the same for the full, complete and final disposition
thereof. All suits, actions, proceedings, complaints and prosecu-
tions ; and all matters of probate and insolvency which shall be
pending within said territory, before any court or justice of the
peace, when this act shall take effect, shall be heard and determined
as though this act had not passed.
Sect. 4. Said territory shall continue a judicial district under
the jurisdiction of the police court of the city of Roxbury, which
shall continue to exist, and shall hereafter be designated and known
by the name of the municipal court for the southern district of the
city of Boston. Said court shall have the same civil and criminal
jurisdiction in said district and the same civil jurisdiction in the
county of Suffolk as the police courts, other than that of the city of
Boston, have by law in their respective districts and counties.
Appeals shall be allowed from all judgments of said court, in like
manner and to the same courts that appeals are now allowed from
the judgments of the municipal court of the city of Boston. All
acts and duties (if any), now incumbent upon the city council of the
city of Roxbury, or either branch thereof, relating to the said court
of the city of Roxbury, shall hereafter devolve upon and be per-
formed by the city council of the city of Boston. All fines and for-
feitures, and all costs in criminal prosecutions in said court, and all
fees and charges received in said court in civil proceedings, shall be
accounted for and paid over, in the same manner as is now provided
for the municipal court within the city of Boston.
Sect. 5. The city council of the city of Boston shall as soon as
may be after the fifth day of November in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, divide the said territory into three wards, one of
which shall comprise the same territory now comprised in said
fourth representative district, and the other two shall be so consti-
tuted as to contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of legal
voters ; and the wards thus established shall so remain until the
alteration of the ward limits of said city of Boston provided by law.
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130 BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON.
And the clerks of the said wards shall for the purpose mentioned in
section eleven of the eighth chapter of the Gleneral Statutes of this
Commonwealth assemble at such places as are or shall be required
by law. And the board of aldermen are hereby authorized to des-
ignate such places, whenever such designation shall by law become
necessary or proper, and said board shall succeed to all the powers
and duties in reference to the same which are now vested in the
county commissioners of the county of Norfolk. And each of the
wards so established shall be entitled to all the municipal and ward
officers which each of the other wards of said city of Boston is enti-
tled to. And the board of aldermen of said city of Boston shall, in
due season, issue their warrants for meetings of the legal voters of
said wards respectively, to be held on the second Monday of De-
cember in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, at some place
within said wards respectively, which shall be designated in said
warrants, there first to choose a warden, clerk, and five inspectors of
elections for each of said wards, who shall hold their offices until the
first Monday of January in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-
eight, and until others shall be chosen and qualified in their stead ;
second, to give in their ballots for the several municipal and ward
officers for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight for which they
shall be entitled to vote by virtue of the provisions of this act.
The voters of each of said wards shall designate by their ballots
cast at said meetings, the term of service for which each of the six
school committee men, who shall be chosen in each of said wards,
shall serve, so that two of the number chosen in each ward shall
serve for three years, two for two years, and two for one year. The
board of aldermen of the city of Boston shall prepare lists of all the
legal voters in said wards respectively, to be used at said meetings,
and shall do all other things which they are now by law required to
do in respect to like elections in other wards in the city of Boston ;
and at said meetings, any legal voter of said wards respectively may
call the citizens to order, and preside until a warden shall have been
chosen and qualified.
All ward officers whose election is provided for in this section
shall be qualified according to law. The citizens of the territory
by this act annexed to the city of Boston, shall have the same right
to vote for municipal officers, at the annual municipal election of the
city of Boston, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, as
BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON. 131
they would have had if said territory had formed part of the city of
Boston for more than six months next before said election.
Sect. 6. All provisions of law requiring an election of muni-
cipal and ward officers for said city of Roxbury on the second Mon-
day of December in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, for
the municipal year then next ensuing, are hereby repealed.
Sect. 7, After the present municipal year, the board of alder-
men of the city of Boston shall consist of twelve members, and the
common council of the city of Boston shall consist of sixty mem-
bers. The number of wards of said city, including the wards to be
formed out of the territory hereby annexed, shall be fifteen.
Sect. 8. The several police officers and watchmen that may be
in office in the city of Roxbury when this act shall take effect shall
thereafter continue in the discharge of their respective duties, in the
same manner as if they were police officers and watchmen of the
city of Boston, until others shall be appointed in their stead.
Sect. 9. All the interest which the city of Roxbury now has in
the public property of the county of Norfolk, is hereby released and
acquitted to said county of Norfolk. Such proportion of the debts
and obligations of the county of Norfolk, existing when this act
shall take full effect, over and above the value of all the property
belopging to said county as should proportionally and equitably be
paid by the inhabitants and property owners of the territory by this
act annexed to the city of Boston, shall be paid by said city of Bos-
ton to said county of Norfolk ; and the supreme judicial court shall
have jurisdiction in equity to determine the amount of such propor-
tion (if any), and enforce the payment of the same upon a suit in
equity, in the name of said county, to be brought therefor within six
months after this act shall go into full operation, by the county com-
missioners of said county of Norfolk, if they shall deem such suit for
the interest of said county ; but no such suit shall be instituted after
said six months.
Nothing contained in this act shall impair the obligation of con-
tracts ; and the property and inhabitants of the territory by this act
annexed to the city of Boston shall continue liable to the existing
creditors of the county of Norfolk, in like manner as if this act had
not been passed : provided, that if any person, by reason of his
being an inhabitant of, or owning property in, said territory, shall
be compelled to pay any part of an existing debt or obligation of
132 BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON.
the county of Norfolk, the amount of such payment shall constitute
a debt to him from said county as hereafter to be constituted, exclu-
sive of said territory, and may be recovered in like manner as other
debts against the county of Norfolk.
Sect. 10. This act shall not take full effect, unless accepted by
a majority of the legal voters of each of said citieiJ ^^esent and
voting thereon by ballot, at meetings which shall be he^a in the sev-
eral wards of said cities, respectively upon notice duly given, at
least seven days before the time of said meeting. Meetings for that
purpose shall be held simultaneously in said cities on the second
Monday of September next. And the polls shall be opened at nine
o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and shall be closed at six o'clock
in the afternoon.
In case of the absence of any ward officer, at any ward meeting,
held in either city for the purpose aforesaid, a like officer may be
chosen jpro tempore, by hand vote, and shall be duly qualified and
shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of the reg-
ular officer, at said meetings. Said ballots shall be "Yes" or
" No " in answer to the question, " Shall an act passed by the leg-
islature of the Commonwealth in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, entitled ' an act to unite the cities of Boston and Rox-
bury' be accepted?" Such meeting shall be called, notified and
warned by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Roxbury, and the
board of aldermen of the city of Boston, respectively, in the same
manner in which meetings for the election of municipal officers in
said cities respectively are called, notified and warned. The bal-
lots given in shall be assorted, counted and declared, in the wards
in which they are given in open ward meeting, and shall also be
registered in the ward records. The clerk of each ward in the city
of Boston shall make return of all ballots given in, in his ward, and
the number of ballots in favor of the acceptance of this act and the
number of ballots against said acceptance to the board of aldermen
of the city of Boston, and like returns by the clerks of the several
wards in the city of Roxbury shall be made to the mayor and alder-
men of the city of Roxbury. All of said returns shall be made
within forty-eight hours of the close of the polls.
It shall be the duty of the board of aldermen of the city of
Boston, and of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Roxbury,
respectively, to certify and return as soon as may be the bal-
lots cast in their respective cities, and the number of ballots in
BILL FOR ANNEXATION TO BOSTON. 133
favor of the acceptance of this act and the number of ballots against
said acceptance, in their respective cities, to the secretary of the
Commonwealth. And if it shall appear that a majority of the votes
in each of said cities is in favor of the acceptance of this act, the
said secretary shall immediately issue and publish his certificate de-
claring th'' 6t to have been duly accepted.
Sect. 11." So much of this act as authorizes and directs the
submission of the question of acceptance of this act to the legal
voters of said cities, respectively, provided for in the tenth section
of this act, shall take effect upon its passage.
Sect. 12. If this act shall be accepted as herein provided, it
shall take effect on the fifth day of November, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, so far as to authorize, legalize and carry
into effect the acts and provisions of the fifth, sixth and seventh sec-
tions of this act ; but for all other purposes (except as mentioned in
section eleven of this act), it shall take effect on the first Monday of
January, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
Sect, 13. If any election or balloting upon the question of the
acceptance of this act, by either of said cities, shall within two
months thereafter be declared void by the supreme judicial court,
upon summary proceedings, which may be had in any county on the
petition of fifty voters of either city, the question of accepting said
act shall be again submitted to the legal voters of said city, and
meetings therefor shall within thirty days thereafter be called, held
and conducted, and the votes returned and other proceedings had
thereon, in like manner as hereinbefore provided. But no election
or balloting shall be held void for informality, in calling, holding, or
conducting the election, or returning the votes, or otherwise, ex-
cept upon proceedings instituted therefor and determined within
sixty days thereafter, as aforesaid.
[Approved, June 1, 1867.]
134 NEW DIVISION OP WAEDS.
WARDS,
As divided and established by the Boston City Council, Novem-
ber 7, 1867.
Wakd Numbek Thikteen: — Beginning at the centre of Wash-
ington Street at the line heretofore existing between Boston and
Roxbury; thence by the centre of said street to Gruild Row;, thence
by the centre of Guild Row to Dudley Street ; thence by the centre
of Dudley Street to Eustis Street; thence by the centre of Eustis
Street to the boundary line between Roxbury and Dorchester ;
thence on said boundary line to the boundary line heretofore exist-
ing between Boston and Roxbury; thence on said boundary line
between Boston and Roxbury to the point of beginning.
Wakd Number Foxjeteen: — Beginning at the centre of Wash-
ington Street at the boundary line heretofore existing between Bos-
ton and Roxbury; thence by the centre of said street to Gruild Row;
thence by the centre of Guild Row to Dudley Street ; thence by the
centre of Dudley Street to Eustis Street; thence by the centre of
Eustis Street to the boundary line between Dorchester and Rox-
bury; thence on said boundary line to the boundary line between
West Roxbury and Roxbury; thence on said boundary line between
West Roxbury and Roxbury to the centre of Shawmut Avenue, at
the point where it crosses said line ; thence by the centre of Shaw-
mut Avenue to Bartlett Street; thence by the centre of Bartlett
Street to Dudley Street ; thence by the centre of Dudley Street to
Putnam Street ; thence by the centre of Putnam Street to Shailer
Avenue, so called; thence by the centre of Shailer Avenue, so called,
to Cabot Street ; thence by the centre of Cabot Street to Culvert
Street ; thence by the centre of Culvert Street to Tremont Street ;
thence by the centre of Tremont Street, to the boundary line here-
tofore existing between Boston and Roxbury; thence by said boun-
dary line between Boston and Roxbury to the point of beginning.
Ward Number Fifteen: — Beginning at the centre of Tre-
mont Street at the boundary line heretofore existing between Bos-
ton and Roxbury ; thence by the centre of Tremont Street to Cul-
NEW DIVISION OF WAEDS. 135
vert Street ; thence by the centre of Culvert Street to Cabot Street ;
thence by the centre of Cabot Street to Shailer Avenue, so called ;
thence by the centre of Shailer Avenue, so called, to Putnam
Street ; thence by the centre of Putnam Street to Dudley Street ;
thence by the centre of Dudley Street to Bartlett Street ; thence by
the centre of Bartlett Street to Shawmut Avenue ; thence by the
centre of Shawmut Avenue to the boundary line between West
Roxbury and Roxbury ; thence on said line between West Roxbury
and Roxbury to the boundary line between Brookline and Roxbury ;
thence on said boundary line between Brookline and Roxbury to the
boundary line heretofore existing between Boston and Roxbury ;
thence on said boundary line between Boston and Roxbury to the
point of beginning.
MAY 16 1905
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