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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1891.
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MUNICIPAL IIEGISTER:
CONTAINING
THE CITY CHARTER AND SPECIAL LAWS RELATING
TO THE CITY OF BOSTON,
EULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE
EEGISTER OF THE CITY GOVEENMENT,
AND
A LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
' AND THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK,
FOE THE
YEAR 1891.
BOSTON:
ROCKWELLTAND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS.
1891.
' /(^^ ^-"^6
The Rules and Orders of the Common Council, issued regularly
from 1822 to 1840, contain the annual register of the City Council and
the City officers. The volume of 1832 comjn-ises fifteen pages. In 1829
it was ordered that the City charter be inserted. In 1830 the charter,
the acts relating to Boston, and the ordinances occupied pp. 11-39 of
the Rules. In 1832 an index was added. The Rules of 1840 contain
eighty-five pages, and thi'ee pages of index. The Municipal Regis-
ter was first issued in 1841, as a document of 104 pages. Its contents
are : Rules and orders of the Common Council ; joint rules ; ordinances
of the City ; statutes of the Commonwealth relating to the City ; City
government of 1841, with committees ; departments (comprising at that
time the treasury ; law ; police ; health ; public land and buildings,
lamps and bridges ; fire ; public charitable institutions) ; public schools ;
and a list of the ward officers. From that date to the present time
the Municipal Register has been published annually. In 1843 a list
of members of preceding City governments was added, with a necro-
logical record. As late as 1863 it was also customary to publish in
this volume the latest oi'dinances and recent special statutes relating
to the City of Boston. In 1851 a list of the annual orators was added ;
a map of the City in 1853. The rules of the Board of Aldermen were not
inserted until 1853. In 1876 statistics of registration and voting made
their appearance, and since 1879 these have been given in tabulated
form. In 1883 the custom of publishing porti'aits of the Mayor and
presiding officers of the two branches of the City Comicil was estab-
lished. A list of past city governments of Roxbury and Charlestown
was added in 1888. The register of past City governments is now
omitted from this volume, being published in a separate document by
the Department of Ancient Records.
The establishment of the Town of Boston dates
from the passage of the order of the Court of
Assistants on September 17 (7, O. S.), 1630,
"that Trimontaine shalbe called Boston." The
first City government was organized May 1,
1822 (St. 1821, c. 110; accepted March 4,
1822) . Roxbury was first recognized as a Town
by the Court of Assistants October 8, 1630;
it was incorporated as a City March 12, 1816
(St. 1846, c. 95; accepted March 25, 1846),
and annexed to Boston January 6, 1868 (St.
1867, c. 359; accepted September 9, 1867).
Dorchester was named by the Court of Assistants
in the same order in which Boston was named;
and it retained its Town organization until an-
nexed to Boston January 3, 1870 (St. 1869,
c. 349; accepted June 22, 1869). Charles-
town was founded July 4, 1629; incorporated
as a City in 1847 (St. 1847, c. 29; accepted
March 10, 1847) ; annexed to Boston January
5, 1874 (St. 1873, c. 286; accepted October 7,
1873). West Koxbury was incorporated as a
Town March 24, 1851 (St. 1851, c. 250) ; an-
nexed to Boston January 5, 1874 (St. 1873, c.
314; accepted October 7, 1873). Brighton
was incorporated as a Town February 24,
1807 (St. 1806, c. 65); annexed to Boston
January 5, 1874 (St. 1873, c. 303; accepted
October 7, 1873). These are the principal
annexations.
THE
CITY OF BOSTO::^,
ITS POWEES AND DUTIES.
[AS GIVEN AND IMPOSED BY THE CITY CHARTER, APRIL
29, 1854, AND BY SPECIAL LAWS SINCE PASSED.]
It has been the aim of the compiler to put in the form of an Act the
powers now held by, and the duties imposed on, the city, and Avith this
aim in view he has made his own arrangement, of the sections now in
force, of the city charter and the laws passed between April 29, 1854,
the date of the passage of the city charter, and July 1, 1891. He
believes that the following sections show the law as it now is, although
not in the precise words in which it has been passed. The references in
the margin are to the authority for the law as stated in the sections to
which they apply.
CORPORATORS.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the city of Boston, corporate
for all the purposes for which towns and cities are by i pick., 375.
law incorporated in this commonwealth, shall continue ^g^^®*^' ^g"
to be one body politic, in fact and in name, under the §i-
style and denomination of The City of Boston ; and as
such shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights,
immunities, powers, and privileges, and shall be sub-
ject to all the duties and obligations incumbent upon,
and appertaining to, said city, as a municipal cor-
poration.
GENERAL MEETINGS.
Sect. 2. General meetings of the citizens qualified General
meetings of
to vote in city afiairs shall from time to time, upon the the citizens.
request of twenty-five qualified voters of each ward of ■ • •
8 MUNICIPAL EEGMSTEK.
said city, be held, to consult upon the common o;ood, to
give instructions to their representatives, and to take all
lawful measures to obtain a redress of any grievances,
according to the right secured to the people by the con-
stitution of this commonwealth.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Annual Sect. 3. The aunual meeting of citizens, for the elec-
meeting for • /» • n i 1 1 i
the election tion of mumcipal omcers hereniarter mentioned, shall be
officers held on the Tuesday next following the second Monday
1854, c. 448, Qf December, and the citizens of said city, qualified to
§4.
vote for the officers to be elected, shall, for the purpose
of such election, then meet together within the voting
1881, c. 299, precincts in which they respectively are entitled to vote,
1890, c. 401, and give in their ballots for such officers; and the per-
son receiving the highest number of votes for any office
shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such
office ; and, whenever two or more persons are to be
elected to the same office, the several persons, to the
number required to be chosen, having the highest num-
ber of votes, shall be declared elected.
ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS.
citygovern- Seot. 4. The administration of all the fiscal, pru-
ment.
1854, c. 448, dential, and municipal concerns of said city, with the
conduct and government thereof, shall be vested in the
mayor and the city council, said city council consisting of
one board of twelve persons, to be called the board of
aldermen, and one board of seventy-five persons, to be
called the common council, which boards shall act by
concurrent vote, each board having a negative upon the
other, and the concurrent vote to be subject to the ap-
proval of the mayor as hereinafter provided.
CITY CHARTER. \)
Sect. 5. All municipal officers electod by the voters TeimHof
municipal
shall enter upon their duties on the lirst Monday ofoiiicoiH.
T) (J O'T c on
January, and shall continue to discharge the duties ot"p'g^28' ^2.
the offices to which they have been respectively elected, 1*^54,0.448,
•^ ^ '' §§6, 26.
notwithstanding their removal after their election out of
their respective wards into any other wards of the city ;
but not after they take up their permanent residence out
of the city.
ELECTION OF MAYOR.
Sect. 6. The qualified voters of said city shall, Election of
mayor.
at tlie amiual meeting, give iu their votes in their p.s. 47, §25.
respective precincts for one able and discreet person, sis.'*^
being an inhabitant of tlie city, to be mayor of said city ^^'^^' "• ^*^'
for the term of one year. All the ballots so given in, in
each precinct, being sorted, counted, and declared, shall
be recorded at large by the clerk, in open precinct meet-
ing ; and, in making such declaration and record, the
whole number of votes or ballots given in shall be dis-
tinctly stated, together with, the name of every person
voted for, and the number of votes given for each person
respectively ; such numbers to be expressed in words
at length, and a transcript of such record, certified
and authenticated by the warden, clerk, and a major-
ity of the inspectors of elections for each precinct, shall
forthwith be transmitted or delivered by such precinct
clerk to the city clerk of the city. It shall be the duty
of the said city clerk forthwith to enter such returns, or
a plain and intelligible abstract of them, as they are
successively received, upon the journal of the proceed-
ings of the board of aldermen, or some other book to be
kept for that purpose.
Sect. 7, The board of aldermen shall, as soon as Board of
aldermen
^conveniently and lawfully may be, after such elec- *°<^^^™i°^
in case no
mayor or
alderman is
elected.
10 MUIS^IOIPAL REGISTER.
returns of tion, meet togethei" and examine all the said returns,
votes for
mayor. and CRuse the person who may have been elected
§§i6,'i7, 18. i^^yoi' to be notified by the city clerk in writing, of his
1883, c. 42. election ; but if it shall appear by said returns that no
1884, c. 299. ^'^ "^
1888,0.164, person has been elected, or if the person elected shall
refuse to accept the office, the board, or, if it is the new
board and a quorum has not been elected, the members
who have been elected, shall order a new election, and
the same proceedings shall be had as are provided in the
preceding section for the choice of a mayor. The course
herein prescribed shall be repeated, from time to time,
until a mayor shall be chosen.
Proceedings Sect. 8. In casc neither a mayor nor any alder-
man has been elected, and the former board of aldermen
have no longer power to act, the president of the com-
1884,250. j^-jQjj council shall order an election for mayor in the
1854, c. 448, ^
§18. same manner as the board of aldermen would have
done, if elected, and the same proceedings shall be
had and repeated until a mayor or one or more aldermen
shall be elected.
ELECTION or ALDERMEN.
Aidermanic Sect. 9. There shall continue to be twelve alder-
districts.
1884, c. 250, manic districts of the city of Boston, and wards one and
two shall constitute one district, to be known as the first
aidermanic district ; wards three, four, and five shall
constitute one district, to be known as the second aider-
manic district; wards six, seven, and eight shall consti-
tute one district, to be known as the third aidermanic
district ; wards nine and ten shall constitute one district,
to be known as the fourth aidermanic district ; wards
eleven and sixteen shall constitute one district, to be
known as the fifth aidermanic district ; wards twelve
and thirteen shall constitute one district, to be known as
1.
OITT CHARTER. 11
the sixth aldermanic district ; wards fourteen and fifteen
shall constitute one district, to bo known as the seventh
aldermanic district ; wards seventeen and eighteen
shall constitute one district, to be known as the
eighth aldermanic district ; wards nineteen and twenty-
two shall constitute one district, to be known as
the ninth aldermanic district ; wards twenty and
twenty-one shall constitute one district, to be known as
the tenth aldermanic district ; wards twenty-three and
twenty-five shall constitute one district, to be known as
the eleventh aldermanic district ; and ward twenty-four
shall constitute one district, to be known as the twelfth
aldermanic district.
Sect. 10. The qualified voters of each of the alder- Election of
manic districts shall, at the annual election, give in their 1884, 250,
votes in their respective precincts for one able and dis- ^ ^'
Greet person, being a legal voter and an inhabitant of the
district, to be a member of the board of aldermen for
the ensuing year, and all the votes so given in, shall be
sorted, counted, declared, and recorded, a declaration of
the result thereof made, and a transcript of such record,
certified and transmitted, and the same proceedings had
thereon to ascertain and determine the persons chosen as
aldermen, as are hereinbefore directed in regard to the
choice of mayor.
Sect. 11. In case one or more members of the board Proceedings
in case none
of aldermen have not been elected, the members who have or only part
been elected, whether constituting a quorum or otherwise, 1884,^250.
shall order a new election for the number of aldermen not ^^^'^' °- ^^^'
§1.
elected, at such time and place as they may deem advisable ; iss^. c- 448,
and m case no member of the board of aldermen has been
elected, the president of the common council shall order a
new election for members of the board of aldermen at such
time and place as he shall deem advisable, and the same
12 MUJSriCIPAL llEGISTEE.
proceedings shall be had as are provided in the preceding
section. The course herein prescribed shall be repeated
from time to time until a full board of aldermen shall be
elected.
Vacancies. Sect. 12. Whenever there is a vacancy in said board
1880, c. 25. "^
by removal from the city, death, resignation, or other-
wise, the members of said board who shall continue in
office shall order an election to fill such vacancy at such
time and place as they may deem advisable.
Election of
common
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Sect. 13. There shall continue to be twenty-five
counciimen. wards of the city of Boston as at present constituted,
1875, 243.
i«76, 225, and the qualified voters of each ward shall, at the
1886 232. annual election, give in their votes in their respective
1854, c. 448, pi'ecincts for three able and discreet men, qualified
1891, c. 88. voters and inhabitants in said ward, to be members of
the common council for the ensuing year ; and all the
ballots so given, shall be sorted, counted, declared, and
recorded ; and transcripts of such records shall be cer-
tified and transmitted, and the same proceedings shall be
had thereon to ascertain and determine the persons chosen
as members of the common council, as are hereinbefore
directed in regard to the choice of mayor.
Vacancies, Sect. 14. Whenever there is a vacancy in the common
1880, c. 25. _ " _
council by failure to elect, removal from the city, death,
resignation, or otherwise, the board of aldermen, or such
of them as shall then be members of the board, shall,
after having received official notice of such vacancy,
order an election to fill such vacancy, at such time and ■
place as they may deem advisable.
CITY CHARTER. 13
OEGANIZATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
Sect. 15. The mayor, aldermen, and common conn- '^"•K''iiiza.
oilmen, shall enter upon their duties on the first Monday government,
of January, and on said day, or before entering on the gg'o^'g'"^'
duties of their offices, shall respectively be sworn by i'^-^*. c. 448,
taking the oath of allegiance and oath of office prescribed
in the constitution of this commonwealth, and an oath
to support the constitution of the United States. And oathof
office.
such oaths may be administered to the mayor elect by
any one of the justices of the supreme judicial court, or
any judge of any court of record commissioned to hold
any such court within the said city, or by any justice of
the peace. And such oaths shall be administered to the
aldermen and members of the common council by the
mayor, being himself first sworn as aforesaid, or by
either of the persons authorized to administer said oath to
the mayor ; and a certificate of such oaths having been
taken shall be entered in the journal of the mayor and
aldermen and of the common council, respectively, by
their respective clerks.
Sect. 16. In case of the non-election of a mayor, or Absence of
the unavoidable absence on account of sickness, or other- is54°c.^448/
wise, of the mayor elect, on the first Monday in January, ^^ ^^' ^^•
the oaths prescribed by law may be adliiinistered to the
members of the city council elect by any person author-
ized by the preceding section to administer the oaths to
the mayor, and the organization of the city government
shall be completed by entering the certificate mentioned
in, and as required by, the preceding section, and the city
council may thereafter proceed to business in the same
manner as if the mayor were present.
14 MIIN'IOIPAL REGISTER.
POWEE8 OF THE MAYOR.
Executive Sect. 17. The mavor shall be the chief executive
power to be ''
vested in officer of the corporatioii of the city of Boston, and
1854,0.448, shall have and exercise through the several officers and
1885 c 266 bo^i'cls of the citj uudcr his general supervision and
§6- control the executive powers of said city, and all the
executive powers now or hereafter vested in the board
of aldermen, as such, as surveyors of highways, county
commissioners, or otherwise ; shall secure the honest,
efficient, and economical conduct of the entire executive
and administrative business of the city, and the harmo-
nious and concerted action of the different departments ;
shall approve every contract made by a department in the
construction of a new, or the structural change of any,
building, and every other contract in which the amount
involved exceeds two thousand dollars ; shall be vigilant
Hispoweis and active, at all times, in causing the laws for the
5 Gray, 121. govcmment of said city to be duly executed and put
98Mas8.,39. • fQj-^g . gj^jj^j] inspect the conduct of all officers in
1854, c. 448, ' 1^
§*6- the government thereof, and, as far as may be in his
power, cause all negligence, carelessness, and positive
violation of duty to be duly prosecuted and punished ;
shall, whenever in his judgment it is for the good
of said city, summon meetings of the board of aldermen
and common council, or either of them, although the meet-
ing of said boards may stand adjourned to a more distant
day ; shall cause suitable notice in writing, of such meet-
ings, to be given to the respective members of said boards ;
shall, from time to time, communicate to both boards
all such information, and recommend all such measures,
as may tend to the improvement of the finances, the
police, health, security, cleanliness, comfort, and orna-
ment of the said city.
CITY CHARTER. 15
Sect. 18. The mayor shall appoint, subject, after the officers and
'' ^ ^ , boarrlH to be
expiration of one week from the date of appointment, to appointed
contirmation by the l^oard of aldermen for the terms here- and con/
firmed
after one
inafter specified, beginning with the first day of May in .
the year of appointment, and until their respective sue- ^^'^'^ '^y
•^ ^ ^ \ aldermen.
cessors are appointed and confirmed, the following-named 1854,0.448,
re +1 i. • 4. §§32, 49, .52.
officers, that is to say : — isss, c. 206,
For the term of five years : — \l,^^ ^ ^^^
A board of trustees of the city hospital, to consist of ^^^o, c. 174,
five trustees, one to be appointed each year.
A board of trustees of the public library, to consist of ^^^^^' ''• ■^^'
five trustees, one to be appointed each year. ists, c. lu,
For the term of three years : —
A board of overseers of the poor, to consist of twelve i864, c. 128,
, §2.
persons, residents of the city, four to be appointed each
year.
A board of park commissioners, to consist of three isvo, c. iss,
commissioners, one to be appointed each year.
A board of commissioners of public institutions, to ^^sg, c. 245,
. §1.
consist of three commissioners, one to be appointed each
year.
A board of registrars of voters, to consist of three i^tq, c. eo.
. §1.
members, one to be appointed each year.
A board of survey, to consist of three members, each
to be appointed for three years.
And he shall in like manner appoint, subject to con- isso, c. 418.
firmation as aforesaid, the following named officers for
such term of service, not exceeding three years begin-
ning with the first day of May in the year of appoint-
ment, as the city council may by ordinance determine,
and until their respective successors are confirmed,
namely : —
A Boston water board, to consist of three members. isj^, c. so,
A city auditor.
16 MIXS^IOIPAL REGISTER.
A city collector.
A citj' treasurer.
A commissioner of West Boston and of Craigie's
bridges.
1885, c. 374, A commissioner of Prison-point bridge.
1890, c. 418. -^1^ inspector of buildings, and all other officers and
members of boards to have sole or joint charge of de-
partments of said city.
He shall in like manner appoint, subject to confirma-
tion as aforesaid, for terms of one year beginning with
the first day of May in the year of appointment, and until
their respective successors are appointed and confirmed,
all officers appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the
board of aldermen, except election officers and those
above specified ; shall appoint, subject to confirma-
tion in the same manner, an officer to fill any va-
cancy occurring in any of the {foresaid offices, to
serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ; may
remove any of the officers or members of a board
so appointed, for such cause as he may deem suffi-
cient and shall assign in his order of removal, and may
in the temporary absence of the city clerk, and assistant
Nottoap. city clerk, appoint a city clerk pro tern.; but the fore-
t'aiCofflcers goiug provisious shall not apply to the city messenger,
1885, c. 266, clerk of committees of the city council, the clerks and
§ 21. "^ _ _
attendants employed by the city council or either branch
thereof, nor to the subordinate or other employees in the
Q-
3olice
r-
i878^c. 244, or violeut disturbance of public order, as the exigency
^ ^- may in his judgment require, assume control, for the
In case of
riot, etc. time being, of the police of the city; before assuming
5 6.' ' such control he shall issue his proclamation to that effect,
and thereafter the board of police for the city of Boston
To com- several departments.
mand police
inemer- Sect. 19, The mayor may, in case of tumult, not,
OITT CHARTER. 17
shall execute all orders promulgated by him for the sup-
pression of such tumult and the restoration of such order.
Sect. 20. Every ordinance, order, resolution, or veto power
oi the
vote (except on a question of convention or the two mayor,
branches) passed by the city council, every order, „ 47'"' '
resolution, or vote (except in relation to votes cast at ^^^2' <>• ^^*-
^ ^ 1885, c. 266,
elections) passed by the board of aldermen, and every §10.
order, resolution, or vote, involving the expenditure or
appropriation of money, passed by the common council
or by the school committee, shall be presented to the
mayor ; if it meets his approval he shall signify it by his
signature thereto ; but, if not, he shall return the same,
with his objections, to the school committee or to the
board in which it originated, who shall enter the objec-
tions of the mayor at large on its records ; and if
two-thirds of said school committee or of said board
shall, notwithstanding such objections, pass the same
by a vote taken by yeas and nays, it shall be in
force, if it required only the action of said school
committee or of said board ; but if it requires con-
current action, it shall, together with the objections,
be sent to the other board, and, if two-thirds of the
members of said board present and voting shall, not-
withstanding such objections, pass the same, by a vote
taken by yeas and nays, it shall be in force. If such
ordinance, order, resolution, or^vote shall not be re-
turned by the mayor within ten days after it shall have
been presented to him, the same shall be in full force.
The veto power of the mayor shall not extend to the
election of officers required by any law to be chosen by
the city council or by either board thereof, or by the
school committee or any other board, unless expressly so
provided by law.
Sect. 21. When an ordinance, order, resolution, or Mayor may
18 Min^IOrPAL REGISTER.
vetosepa- yote passed bj the city council, or passed by either
1885, c. 266, board thereof, and not requiring the concurrence of the
^' other, or passed by the school committee, involving the
raising, appropriation, or expenditure of money, and in-
cluding separate items or sums, is presented to the mayor
for his approval, he may approve some of the items or
sums, and disapprove others ; and in case of such disap-
proval the portion of the ordinance, order, resolution, or
vote so approved shall be in force, in like manner as if
the items or sums disapproved had never been a part
thereof; and the mayor shall return a statement of the
items or sums disapproved, with his objections in writing,
to the board or school committee in which the ordinance,
order, resolution, or vote originated. The items or sums
so disapproved shall not be in force unless again passed
in the manner provided in the next preceding section.
Mayor to Sect. 22. The mayor shall, once a month or oftener,
gether Call together the heads of departments for consultation
heads of de- ^j^^ advicc upou the affairs of the city; and they shall,
partments J- ./'./'
for consul- at such and all other times, furnish such information
tation.
1885, c. 266, as to matters under their control as the mayor may re-
quest.
Annual esti- Sect. 23. Thc mayor shall examine the estimates
ftirnTshed.*^ which the head of every department, and every other
1885, c. 266, officer and board having authority to expend money,
shall, in the month of January, annually furnish to him
of the money required for his department or office dur-
ing the next financial year, and submit the same, wath
his recommendations thereon, to the city council.
oompensa- Sect. 24. The mayor shall be compensated for his
tion of
mayor. serviccs by an annual salary, to be fixed by the city
council at not less than five thousand dollars ; but shall
receive for his services no other compensation or
emolument whatever; nor shall he, while servino- as
CITY CHARTER. 19
mayor, hold any office of emolument under the city
government.
POWEES or THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Sect. 25. The board of aldermen shall sit and act Meetings of
board to be
only in public meetings and as a separate board distinct public,
from the common council, except in those cases in which To°be judge
both of said boards shall meet in convention; shall f*''"'"''"''
bers.
transact business only when a quorum, consistins; of ai854,c. 448,
. . ^- . §24.
majority of all its members, is present, and shall decide
upon all questions relating to the elections, qualifica-
tions, and returns of its members.
Sect. 26. The board of aldermen shall, after the Aidermen
I. , . I „ . to choose a
organization ot the city government, choose one ol its permanent
members as a permanent chairman, who shall preside at ?of"™^°;,
J- ' >■ 18o4, c. 444,
all meetings of the board and at conventions of the two §29.
, , 1885, c. 266,
branches in the absence of the mayor; and in case of §10.
the death, resignation, or absence of the mayor, or his
Inability to perform the duties of his office, shall, under
the style of "acting mayor," exercise all the powers and Powers of
. . chairman.
perform all the duties of the office not admitting of 1882, c. is2.
delay, until the mayor is able to attend to his duties or
the vacancy is filled, but shall not make any permanent
appointment.
Sect. 27. The board of aldermen shall, as required to order
by law, order meetings of citizens for municipal pur- be held.
poses to be held at such times and places as they may ^^g^^' °' ^^'
•direct and appoint; shall have and exercise all the i^^''' •=• ''°^-
powers which on the twenty-third day of February,
1822, vested in the selectmen of the town of Boston,
either by the general laws of this commonwealth, by
particular laws relative to the powers and duties of said
selectmen, or by the usages, votes, and by-laws of said
town, and all the powers since said date, vested in
20 MUI^IOIPAL EEGISTEK.
the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, whether
as mayor and aldermen, county commissioners or other-
wise, and not revoked or repealed, subject to the ap-
proval of the mayor as hereinbefore provided, as fully
P.S.49, §84. and amply as if the same were herein specially enu-
1870,337. n . -. .1 .1 •
1882,164. merated, saving and exceptmg, however, all executive
54V ' powers, the powers and authority relating to the public
1885, c. 266, i^galth and the quarantine of vessels, and the power to
Board of appoiiit and establish and organize the police of the city,
appoint and and make all needful rules and regulations for its effi-
"XcT^^ ciency, and all the powers which, on the twelfth day of
1885, c. 323, June, 1885, vested in the board of police commissioners
§2. r
1878,0.274. of Said city of Boston, by the statutes of the com-
monwealth or by the ordinances, by-laws, rules, and
Salary. reo^ulations of said city. Each member of the board of
1888, c. 286. ^ _ "^
aldermen shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hun-
dred dollars.
Surveyors Sect. 28. The board of aldermen shall be surveyors
of high- . . . „
ways. of highways for said city, and county commissioners for
jg°^ ^^^■' the county of Suffolk, and shall have and exercise all
the powers of such surveyors and of such commissioners
except the executive powers.
POWERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Separate Sect. 29. The commou couucil shall sit and act Only
body. "^
Sittings to in public meetings and as a separate board distinct from
the board of aldermen, except in those cases in which
both of said boards shall meet in convention ; shall
Quorum, transact business only when a quorum, consisting of a
To be judge majority of all its members, is present, and shall de-
of its mem- , . .
bars. cide upou all questions relating to the elections, quali-
§§24,34. ' fications, and returns of its members.
President. Sect. 30. The commoii couucil shall, after the oi'gani-
1854, c. 448, ,
§ 34. zation of the citv government, choose one of its members
CITY ClIAIiTER. 21
as a permanent chairman, who shall preside at all meet-
ings of the council, and })rcscrve order therein ; and in
case of the death, resignation, or absence of the mayor,
or his inability to perform the duties of his office, and the
inability of the chairman of the board of aldermen to
serve as mayor, shall serve as "acting mayor" until the Acting
mayor, or the said chairman, is able to attend to the 1882, c. 182.
duties of the mayor, or the vacancy is filled, but shall
not make any permanent appointment.
Sect. 31. The common council shall choose a clerk, ^^^^'^^^
common
who shall be sworn to the faithful discbarge of the duties council.
of his office ; shall hold his office during the pleasure of
the common council ; shall attend the common council
when in session, and keep a journal of its acts, votes,
and proceedings, and shall perform such other services
as the said common council shall require.
POWERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Sect. 32. The city council shall consist of the board of c"y council
to consist
aldermen and the common council, which boards shall act of.
by concurrent vote, each board having a negative upon
the other, and the concurrent vote to be subject to the
approval of the mayor, as hereinbefore provided.
Sect. 33. The city council, in the case of the decease, vacancy in
the office of
inability, absence, resignation, or vacancy in the office mayor.
of the mayor from any cause, except non-election, shall §50'°
declare such cause, and order ^n election for a mayor for
the time being to sujjply the vacancy thus occasioned.
Sect. 34. The city council shall, in the month of^o^ereof
city council.
January, elect by ballot a city clerk, who shall also be shaii elect
clerk of the board of aldermen, to serve for the term "^^^^ '^'®^'^"
P.S.28, §10.
of one year, and until another person is duly chosen and i^s^. c- 266,
qualified in his stead, and shall fill, for the remainder ^^lo.'''''^^^'
of the unexpired term, any vacancy in the office of said riuvacan-
22 mu:n^icipal register.
cies in city clerk ; said city clerk shall be sworn to the faithful
office of
city clerk, discharge of the duties of his office, and shall be re-
movable at the pleasure of the board of aldermen, the
mayor thereto consenting ; shall have all the powers
devolved upon, and perform all the duties required of,
Duties of city clerks, or that may be required of him by the board
city clerk.
of aldermen or city council ; shall keep a journal of the
acts and proceedings of the board of aldermen, sign all
notices ordered by them to be issued, and deliver all
journals, books, papers, and documents, intrusted to
him as such clerk, to his successor in office, immediately
upon such successor being chosen and qualified as afore-
said, or whenever he may be thereunto required by the
board of aldermen.
Powers of Sect. 35. The city council shall have all the powers
city council. •^ '■
1821,110, heretofore by law vested in the town or city of Boston,
§35.' " ' or in the inhabitants thereof, as a municipal corporation,
122 Mass., ... ., ,. 1 n^ , .
344. or m the city council of the city of Boston, not otherwise
P.S. 27, 28. "^ J '
ISVil?: vested by law.
i68^''''^'' Sect. 36. The city council from time to time may
16 Pick.
504. ' provide for the appointment of such assessors as they
To provide dccm for the public o-ood : may lay and assess, and
for assess- i- o ^ J J '
1884, 123. provide for the assessment and collection of, taxes
18S5 266
for all purposes for which towns are by law required
Assessment
of taxes. or authorizcd to assess and o-rant money, and also
1854, c.^448, » "^ '
p I'^ii^bT ^^^^ ^^^ purposes for which county taxes may be levied
13 Mass., and assessed, so long as other towns in the county
272.
6 Pick., 101. shall not be liable to taxation for county purposes;
"^pick 71 P^^ovided, hoivever, that the taxes assessed on property
1 Allen', lol. ill said city exclusive of the state tax and of the county
408.' ' tax to the amount of four hundred and twenty-five
112 Mass.,
127,275. thousand dollars, and of the sums required by law to be
1885, c. 178, ' 1 ^
1887 ^^."281. raised on account of the city debt, shall not exceed in
any year nine dollars on every one thousand dollars of
CITY CHAKTEK. 23
the average of the assessors' valuations oi" the taxable
property therein for the preceding tive years, the valua-
tion for each year being first reduced by the amount of
all abatements allowed thereon previous to the thirty-
first day of December in the year preceding said assess-
ment ; and provided further, that in the assessment and
apportionment of all such taxes upon the polls and
estates of all persons liable to contribute thereto, the
same rules and regulations shall be observed as are now
established by the laws of this commonwealth, or may
be hereafter enacted, relative to the assessment and ap-
portionment of town taxes.
Sect. 37. The city council may incur indebtedness May borrow
. T r» ^^'^ transfer
for purposes authorized by law, not exceednig, after ex- money.
eluding the indebtedness provided by law, two per cent. §37.'*^' '
on the average valuation described in the preceding ^®^''°-^^-
section, and may borrow, for said purposes, the whole
or any part of the amount which the commissioners
of sinkins;- funds, together with the treasurer and
auditor, shall, before the first day of April in each
year, certify to the city council to be their estimate of
the money which the city will be able to borrow during
the current municipal year, within the aforesaid debt
limit ; provided, however, that they shall not borrow any
part of such amount, or transfer any part of the money
so borrowed, unless the mayor shall in writing certify,
upon the order authorizing th^ loan or transfer, that the
amount intended to be borrowed or transferred is not in
his opinion to meet a current expense, or that it is to
meet a current expense, but that public necessity re-
quires the borrowing or transfer of the same.
Sect. 38. The city council may make appropriations Mayappro-
of public moneys, provide for the disbursement and ™°y®r^qui'J.e
, 1 •, II , ' j_ -\ J. bonds to be
take suitable measures to ensure a just and prompt ac- given.
24 MinsrioiPAL register.
count thereof, and may require persons intrusted with
the collection, custody, or disbursement of the public
moneys to give bonds.
Care of Seot. 39. The city council shall provide for the care,
city prop- '' ^ '
erty. custody, and manao^ement of the public buildino-s, and
1854,0.448, f. , . r.
§ 39. other property of the city, and for leasing or selling the
same, except the common and Faneuil hall, and for
Power to purchasing other property, real or personal, in the name
purchase i /> i r> i • i • •
property, and lor the use or the city, whenever its interests or
convenience, in their judgment, require it.
To divide Sect. 40. The city council shall, during the year one
the city ^ "^ ^ ' to J
into twenty- thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and whenever
p. s. 28,14. thereafterwards they may deem it expedient, not oftener
1888,437. \\^Qj^ once in ten years, cause a new division of the city to
be made into twenty-five wards, in such manner as to in-
clude an equal number of voters in each ward, as nearly as
conveniently may be, consistently with well-defined limits
to each ward ; and until such division be made, the boun-
dary lines of the wards shall remain as now established.
Newdivi- Sect. 41. The city council shall, after any new di-
810US to be ^ ^ ^
made by visioii of Said city into wards, cause a new division
city council. ^,, -. ,,..
1884, c. 250, ol the City to be made into twelve aldermanic districts,
^ ■ in such manner as to include in such districts whole
and contiguous wards (except so far as the same may
be separated by natural water- channels connected by
bridge or bridges) , and an equal number of voters and
inhabitants as nearly as convenience permits, and until
such new division be made the districts shall remain as
herein established.
^ufre*^" Sect. 42. The city council may require all boards
amount for ^ud officei's acting under the authority of the city and
money. iutrustcd with tlic expenditure of public money, to ac-
§2"o.' ■ ' count therefor to the city council, and shall publish and
§li'.'^' ' distribute annually, for the information of the citizens, a
CITY OH ARTE K. 25
particular statement of the receipts and expenditures of fog** ^^ei*' "•
all public moneys, and a particular statement of all city iish annual
finuncial
property. Btatement.
Sect. 43. The city council shall have and exercise Board of
all the power and authority on the twenty-ninth day of p ^ ^^j
April, 1854, vested in the city council, or in the board 12 Pick.,
of mayor and aldermen, or since said day vested in 98 Mass.,
431.
the city council, relative to the public health and ng'^ass.,
the quarantine of vessels, and may by ordinance au- ^^^^ ^ ^^^
thorize a health commissioner, or a board of health, to i-to-
exercise allor any of said powders, and may from time to
time exercise the said powers and authority even when
devolved by ordinance upon others.
Sect. 44. The city council shall fix the salary of the shaii fix
salary of
mayor at a sum not less than five thousand dollars, and mayor.
shall not increase or diminish the sum when fixed except ^i^''^'
for years subsequent to the one in which the same is
fixed.
Sect. 45. The city council may limit, restrict, and ^ay amend
certain
amend the powers of the board of trustees of the public boards.
library of the city of Boston, and of the board of trus-
tees of the city hospital of the city of Boston, and may
authorize either or both said boards to expend any or
all the income of any funds or property held by them,
in accordance with the terms of the donation, devise, or
bequest under which said funds^or property are held.
POWEE TO MAKE ORDINANCES.
Sect. 46. The city council may make all such need- f/f'^^V,.
•^ ^ 1834, c. 448,
ful and salutary by-laws or ordinances, not incon- ^„^''-
•^ -^ 1881, c. 229,
sistent with the laws of this commonwealth, as towns ^^J^-'^-
2Cnsli.,
by the laws of this commonwealth have power to make ^^^•
■^ ' ^ . 9 Met., 253.
and establish, and may annex penalties not exceedino- fifty i2Gray,i6i
_ 115 Mass.,
dollars for the breach thereof. Such by-laws and ordi- 217.
26
MTXtsriCIPAL KEGISTEE.
117 Mass.
114.
121 Mass.
356.
126 Mass.
431.
128 Mass.
213, 330.
133 Mass.,
372.
Fines to be
paid into
city
treasury.
1854, c. 448,
§38.
May pro-
vide for the
appoint-
ment, pre-
scribe du-
ties, and fix
compensa-
tion of city
officers.
1887, c. 229,
§1-
1888, c. 266,
§1.
May pre-
scribe du-
ties of
water
board.
1875, c. 80i
May pre-
scribe
duties and
nances shall be enacted in the style and published in
the method prescribed by ordinance, and shall take effect
and be in force from and after the time therein respec-
tively stated, or upon their passage if no time is stated,
without the sanction, confirmation, or other approval of
any court or other authority whatsoever ; and all fines
and penalties for the breach of said ordinances shall be
paid into the city treasury for the use of said city, un-
less otherwise provided by statute or ordinance.
Sect. 47. The city council may by ordinance pro-
vide for the appointment of all officers to have sole or
joint charge of departments of said city, and of all other
necessary officers for the good government of said city,
not otherwise provided for, prescribe their duties and
fix their compensation, and may choose a registrar of
deeds whenever the city shall be one county.
Sect. 48. The city council may by ordinance, from
time to time, empower the Boston water board to ex-
ercise all or any of the powers conferred by the statutes
of the commonwealth upon the city of Boston or the
Cochituate or Mystic water boards with reference to
supplying said city with water, and to act as the agent
of the city of Boston in doing any or all things which
the city is authorized to do in relation to the taking of
lands, water-rights, and other property, and to the
establishment and maintenance of works and appliances
for supplying the city of Boston or. other cities and
towns with pure water. Said board may establish and
regulate the price or rents for the use of said water,
subject to the provisions of sections twelve and thirteen
of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of
the year eighteen hundred and forty-six.
Sect. 49. The city council shall by ordinance pro-
vide for a term of office, beginning with the first day of
CITY CHARTER. 27
May in the year of his appointment, not exceeding three W'f compen-
sation of
years and until his successor shall be appointed and certain
confirmed, for every officer having sole or joint charge ""unl^icl
of a department of the city, except for trustees and ^'''^^''=•^^^•
members of boards whose terms of office are prescribed p.s.27,§23.
•^ 1890, c. 460,
by statute. §i-
Sect. 50. The city council may by ordinance require Registra-
the registration ot all persons carrying on the business plumbers.
of plumbing in said city, and prescribe rules and regu-§2. "^ ' '
lations for the materials, construction, alterations, and
inspection of all pipes, tanks, faucets, valves, and other
fixtures, bv and through which water and sewao'e is used
and carried, and provide that no such pipes, tanks, fau-
cets, valves, or other fixtures shall be placed in any
building in said city, except in accordance with plans
which shall be approved by the inspector of buildings of
said city.
Sect. 51. The city council may by ordinance, from Building
time to time, extend and establish building limits in said isss.c. 374,
city. ^''-
Sect. 52. The city council may by ordinance make ^i*y '^°"°°i*
may make
such requirements, not inconsistent with law, as they additional
may deem expedient in relation to the erection and require-'
alteration of wooden buildino^s outside the building ™eDtB.
» ^ 1885, c. 374,
limits, and may regulate the building, management, and §20.
i> -, 1 . 11 I c Elevators,
inspection or elevators, hoist-ways, and elevator shaits etc.
' ./ ' jgg2^ c. 252,
in said city. §i-
Sect. 53. The city council may by ordinance make Mayregu-
•^ 'J >J late by ordi-
such regulations in relation to the size and shape of all gfze°and^^
carriages, wagons, carts, trucks, sleighs, sleds, and other vehicles
and their
vehicles and their loads, passino- throug-h the hio-hways loads.
^ ' . ^ . ^ ° -^ 2 Gush., 562.
and public places of the city, as it may deem necessary 19? Mass.,
for the public safety and convenience. isso, c. 134.
Sect. 54. The city council may by ordinance provide ^io^^g of
28 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
certain for the appointment of one commissioner who shall,
bridges.
1870, c. 307. with another commissioner appointed by the city of Cam-
1S71 250
bridge, have the care and management of West Boston
bridge and Craigie bridge and the draws thereof, and of
one commissioner who shall, with another commissioner
appointed by said city of Cambridge, have the care and
management of Prison-point bridge and the draw thereof.
May pre- Sect. 55. The city council may by ordinance pre-
dutiesfor scribe duties and authorities not inconsistent or repug-
pubiicii- nant to the laws of the commonwealth, for the board of
brary and trustccs of tlic public library and for the board of trustees
city DOS- '- ''
pitai. of the city hospital.
Provisions Sect. 56. The city council may by ordinance, from
and produce
to be sold on time to time, define the market limits in and around
around Fan- Faneuil-hall market, and may make reasonable rules of
euii-haii police, uccdful for the decorum, convenience, and good
iBaiket, r ' ' ' O
under car- order of Fancuil-hall market, and of said market limits,
tain restric-
tions, and of those who buy and sell therein, but shall not
§ 1. ' " ' exclude from said market limits street stands used
before ten o'clock in the mornino; or between four o'clock
in the afternoon and the time of closing the markets,
solely for the sale of provisions and perishable produce,
the product of the farm of the person offering them
for sale, or of some farm within ten miles of said market,
or to be sold at wholesale only on commission by the
party ofiering the same for sale for, or as agent for, some
person or persons not residing or having a usual place of
business within ten miles of said market, or for the sale
of meats at wholesale only by the person who slaughtered
the animals of which the meats were a part.
1891, c. 136. Sect. 57. The city council may by ordinance regu-
late the sale of prepared wood, slabs, and edgings for
fuel, when sold by the load ; but no penalty for any one
violation of any such ordinance shall exceed five dollars.
CITY CHARTER. 29
LIMITATIONS OF TOWER Or MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
Sect. 58. Neither the city council nor either board ^"^ '="""''"
•' or inornboi'8
thereof, nor any member or committee thereof or ofnottot^ike
part iu ein-
either board thereof, nor the board of aldermen acting ploying
in any capacity in which said board may act separately ^ak[ngof
under special powers conferred upon it, nor any member •=°"*''*''''^'
or committee of said board acting in any such capacity, isss, c. 266,
shall directly or indirectly take part m the employment
of labor, the making of contracts, the purchase of mate-
rials or supplies, the construction, alteration, or repair
of any public works, buildings, or other property, or
the care, custody, and management of the same, or in the
conduct of any of the executive or administrative busi-
ness of the city, or in the expenditure of public money,
except such as may be necessary for the contingent and
incidental expenses of the city council or of either branch
thereof, nor, except as is otherwise provided, take part in
the appointment or removal of any officers or subordinates
for whose appointment or removal provision is hereinbe-
fore made ; nor, at the same time, hold any office under i854,c.448,
the city government ; but nothing in this section con-
tained shall affect the powers or duties of the board of
aldermen in relation to state aid to disabled soldiers and
sailors, and to the families of those killed in the civil
war.
Sect. 59. No member of the city council shall be Members of
T'111- 1 f I'll 1 J '^i^y council
eligible, during the term tor which he was chosen, to any ineligible to
office by appointment or by election of said city council ^^^H^
or either branch thereof, the salary of which office is pay- i^^^' <=• n^'
able from the city treasury.
Sect. 60. No member of the board of aldermen shall No personal
expenses of
have any sum paid from the city treasury for or on awermen to
, /• 1 .,, T J.1 be paid, ex-
account 01 any personal or committee expenses, directly ceptforcar-
30 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
riage-hiie or 01" indirectlj JncuiTed by him or in his behalf, except for
car-fare. .,.' „ n- t-i f
1888, c. 286. caiTiao-e-hire or car-tare actually incurred m the pertorm-
ance of official duty, and in each case especially author-
ized by vote of the said board or of a regularly appointed
committee of the said board or of the city council, and a
bill stating the date when the persons for whom and the
full service for which the same was incurred, accompanied
by a duly certified copy of the vote authorizing the same,
and a certificate signed by each member of said board
incurring said bill, that the expense was actually incurred
by him for the purpose so authorized on the da}^ speci-
fied, and for the service and to the extent and amount
therein charged.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
School com- Sect. 61. The school committee of the city of Bos-
mittee to
consist of ton shall consist of twenty-four persons, the present
persons membcrs of which shall continue to hold office for the
thrvoteis terms for which they are respectively chosen ; and the
115 Mass., qualified voters of said city shall, at the annual meetino-
383,602, ... . . . . . ^
§§1,2. give in their votes in their respective precincts for eight
1885, c! 266, ^ble and discreet persons, being inhabitants of the city,
^^°- to be members of the school committee for the term of
Eight mem-
bers to be three years from the first Monday in January next ensu-
everyyear. iug, and all the votcs SO giveu in shall be sorted, counted,
declared and recorded, and transcripts of such records cer-
tified and transmitted, and the same proceedings had
thereon to ascertain and determine the persons chosen as
members of the school committee, as are hereinbefore
1875, c. 241, directed in regard to the choice of mayor, and for a new
election in case of the whole number required not being
chosen at the first election. Neither the mayor nor any
member of either board of the city council shall be a
member of the school committee ; nor shall either of
CITY CIIAKTER. 31
such persons or any member of the school committee ])C
eligible to the office of superintendent or supervisor of
schools.
Sect. 62. The meml)crs of the school committee f>'«""ii'-'i-
lion.
shall meet and organize on the second Monday in Jan- §^Jf''''^'*"'
uary in each year, and a majority of all the members i884,'^c!^8,
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the trans- tsra, c. 24i,
§§ 2, 3, 4.
action of business. The school committee shall have judge of
1 . 1 • 1 n • 1 • elections,
authority to decide upon all questions relative to the etc., of us
members.
qualifications, elections, and returns of its members.
Sect. 63. The school committee shall choose a secre- officers to
tary, not of their own number, who shall also serve 1875,0.241,
as secretary to the board of supervisors, an auditing ^^'
clerk, and such other subordinate officers as they may
deem expedient, and shall define their duties, fix their
compensation, and may remove them at pleasure.
Sect. 64. The school committee shall have the super- school
.. IT • f ^ IT 1 Til committee.
Vision and direction of the public schools; shall exercise powers and
the powers and perform the duties in relation to the ^"*''^®-
care and management of schools which are now exercised
and performed by the school committee of said citj^, ex-
cept so far as they may be changed or modified herein ;
shall have the powers and discharge the duties which
may hereafter be imposed by law upon the school
committees of cities and towns ; shall, within the several Power re-
appropriations therefor, have full and exclusive power school
and authority to order additions, alterations, and repairs and'^'arfs
to be made on the school buildings, to provide temporary
accommodations for school purposes, to select, bond, and
purchase lands required for school buildings and their
yards, and to determine the plans for school buildings to
be erected; shall appoint janitors for the school-houses. To appoint
designate their duties and fix their compensations, and ^'*°^^°^®-
may discharge them at pleasure ; shall elect for a term
32 MUNICIPAL KEGISTER.
To appoint of two jeai's, and may remove for such cause as they
various
oflB.cer8.
shall deem sufficient, a superintendent of schools, and a
board of supervisors, consisting of not more than six
members, of which board said superintendent shall be a
member, and over Avhich he shall, when present, preside,
and shall elect the teachers of the public schools ; shall
prescribe the duties and fix the compensations of said
superintendent, supervisors, and teachers, but shall not
increase the compensation of any teacher fixed at the
Majority commencement of the school year. The votes of a
vote re-
quired, majority of all the members shall be required to elect
^ ' the superintendent and supervisors of schools, the head
masters of the Latin, normal, and high schools, the
masters of the grammar schools, and the directors of a
special study or exercise.
Vacancies, Sect. 65. If a pcrsou clccted a member of the school
how filled. '■
committee, after being duly notified by the city clerk of
§22." ' ^^^ election, refuses or neglects to accept said office, or
if a member of the committee declines further service, or,
from change of residence or otherwise, becomes in the
opinion of the school committee unable to attend to
the duties of the committee, the remaining members
shall, in writing, give notice of the fact to the board of
aldermen, and the two boards shall thereupon, in con-
vention, after giving public notice of at least one week,
proceed to fill such vacancy by ballot, and ballots to
the number of a majority of all the members of both
boards shall be necessary to an election.
BOARD OF STREET COMMISSIONERS.
ft^eefc^om- Sect. QQ. The board of street commissioners of the
tocon°Ji8t^ city of Boston shall consist of three persons, the present
persons. mcmbcrs of which shall continue to hold office for the
1870, c. 337,
§ 1- terms for which they are respectively chosen ; and the
CITY tTIARTKK. 33
<]ualitlod voters of said city shall, at the annual meeting,
give in their votes in their respective precincts for one
able and discreet man, being an inhabitant of the city, to One mem-
be a member ot the board ot street commissioners for the each year
term of three years from the first Monday of January of^hree**^"^™
next ensuing, and all the votes so given in shall ])e sorted, y^'"""-
counted, declared and recorded, and transcripts of such
records certified and transmitted, and the same proceed-
ings had thereon to ascertain and determine the person
chosen as street commissioner, as are hereinbefore di-
rected in regard to the choice of mayor. '
Sect. 67. Said board of street commissioners shall '^"^'^pp"'"'
a clerk.
appoint a clerk of said board, removable at pleasure, 1^70,0.337,
who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of the
duties of said office ; shall have charge of the records
of said board, and shall perform such clerical and other
duties as may be required of him.
Sect. 68. Said board of street commissioners shall ^^""^^^^ ^""^
plans.
obtain all surveys and plans, required by them, from the isto, c. 337,
city surveyor of said city, who shall also perform such
duties pertaining to the business of a surveyor as said
board may require of him.
Sect. 69. Said board of street commissioners, when- to fumish
111- ■! • • 1 1 • T estimates
ever requested by the city council to lurnish the estimated when
cost of laying out, locating anew, altering, widening, or ".'^"^^^^^^^^^j
discontinumg any street, lane, or alley, in said city, shall 18^2,0.322.
furnish such estimates within sixty days thereafter.
Sect. 70. Said board of street commissioners shall Powers and
duties.
have power to layout, locate anew, alter, widen, and dis- 1370,0.337,
continue highways in the city of Boston and order specific isto, o. 322.
repairs thereon; and whenever they are of the opinion ^^^^'''■^^^'
that the public necessity and convenience require that a
highway shall be laid out within said city, or that an
existing highway shall be located anew, altered, widened,
34 MTTtflCIPAL REGISTER.
or discontinued, or that specific repairs shall be ordered
thereon, or whenever the city council shall adjudge that
the public safety and convenience require that any street^
lane, or alley in the said city shall be laid out, altered ,
or discontinued, and shall, by a two-thirds vote of the
members of each board thereof, direct the said board of
street commissioners to lay out, alter, or discontinue
any such street, lane, or alley, the said commissioners
shall appoint a time for a public hearing, and shall cause
a notice thereof, and of their intention in the matter, to
be published once a week, for two successive weeks, in
two daily newspapers, published in said city, the last
publication to be at least seven days previous to the time
fixed for said hearing. Said commissioners may adjourn
said hearing from time to time, if they deem it neces-
sary, and, after said hearing, shall determine what action
relating to said way the aforesaid direction of the city
council and the public necessity and convenience re-
quire, and shall estimate the amount of damage, if any,
sustained by any persons in their property, and the
other expenses of the laying out, locating anew, alter-
ing, widening, or discontinuing, or ordering specific
repairs on, a highway as so determined, and in their
determination shall state the damages of each person
separately.
Determina- Sect. 71. Tlic determination of said commissioners,
tion of
board to be made as aforesaid, being recorded in the records of said
rccordGd
commissioners, the said way shall be thereby laid out,
located, altered, widened, or discontinued, or specific
repairs shall be ordered thereon, in accordance with such
Expenses determination, and the damages and expenses as so esti-
and dam- ^ '~'
ages to be mated shall be paid by the city of Boston ; provided,
g^y ^ however, that if the total of the expenses, as estimated,
shall exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, or if the
OITY CHARTER. 35
total of such estimates, with the estimates of any previous n cost is
more than
alteration or discontinuance of any part of said highway $10,000, de-
during the current municipal year, shall exceed the sum /o'^^eap-
of ten thousand dollars, the determination aforesaid ''.'■°''^'' ^y„
city council
shall not be in force until the city council shall approve before be-
inn in force.
thereof.
Sect. 72. The city, or any party interested, if dis- Partydiseat-
satisfied with any estimate of damage made as afore- have jury to
„ , determine
said by said board, may have the amount or such ms damage.
damages determined by a jury at the bar of the superior
court, in the same manner in which other civil causes
are there tried, by filing in the clerk's office of said
court, for the county of Suflblk, at any time before the
expiration of one year from the time when the lands
are entered upon, and possession taken for the purpose
of constructing the highway, or when no land is taken,
from the time when the work is actually commenced on
the highway, a petition for such jury. The petitioner
before filing his petition shall notify the adverse party to
appear and answer thereto, by causing a summons con-
taining a copy of said petition to be served upon him in
the manner provided by sections twenty-nine to thirty-six
inclusive of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the
public statutes.
Sect. 73. Said board' of street commissioners, when To assess
they have laid out, altered, graded, extended, widened, or ments.
discontinued any street in said city by an order declaring ^^'^2' •=• 2"^^'
the same to be done under the provisions of law author-
izing the assessment of betterments, may, within one year
after such street is graded and opened to public travel or
discontinued, assess betterments on estates abutting on
such street, and the provisions of law relating to assess-
ments for such purposes shall apply to assessments made
by said board.
36
MUNICIPAL KEGISTEE.
To be
board of
appeal from
assessors.
1S70, c. 387,
§2.
P.S.,c. 11,
§58.
Vacancies.
1870, c. 337,
§6.
1885, c. 266,
§1-
City to
appropriate
money for
streets.
1891, c. 323,
51-
Money to
be raised
by loan.
Limited to
$1,000,000
each year.
Treasurer
to issue
bonds as
required.
1891, c. 323,
§2.
Sect. 74. Said board of street commissioners shall be
the board of appeal to which appeals may be made in
cases of over-assessment of taxes by the assessors of
taxes of the city of Boston.
Sect. 75. "Whenever a vacancy occurs in said board
of street commissioners, the same shall be filled by ap-
pointment by the mayor, subject to confirmatiou by the
board of aldermen as hereinbefore provided; and the
person so appointed and confirmed shall hold the office
until a successor for the remainder of the unexpired term
shall, at the next municipal election, be chosen and
qualified.
Sect. 76. The city of Boston shall annually by ordi-
nary vote appropriate money sufficient to meet the
salaries and expenses incurred under sections seventy-
nine, eighty, and eighty-one, and any deficiencies of in-
terest and sinking-fund requirements to be paid by the
treasurer of the city of Boston from the appropriation
herein specified, as provided in section ninety-three, and
may by such vote appropriate one or more additional
amounts in gross for carrying out the other provisions of
this and the following eighteen sections ; the money so
appropriated shall be obtained from the sales of the bonds
and certificates provided for in section seventy-seven,
and shall constitute an appropriation for the purposes of
this and the following sections ; the total of all amounts
so appropriated in any one year shall not exceed one
million dollars, nor shall the total amount of all such
bonds and certificates outstanding ever be more than
three million dollars in excess of the sinking-funds es-
tablished for the payment of said debt.
Sect. 77. The treasurer of said city shall, from time
to time, on the request of the mayor in writing, issue, to
the amount or amounts so appropriated, negotiable
CITY OIIARTEK. 37
bonds, or certificates of indebtedness, payable in ten years
from their date, and f)caring interest at a rate not exceed-
ing four and one-half per cent, per annum, payable semi-
annually, and fixed by said treasurer, with the approval
of the mayor, and shall sell said bonds and certificates,
or any part of them, and credit the proceeds thereof,
except premiums, to the aforesaid appropriation.
Sect. 78. The aforesaid bonds or certificates, except ^^^^ ^"'='"'^-
ed in debt
those issued to meet the aforesaid appropriation made limit.
during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall § 3. '
not be considered or reckoned in determininof the au-
thorized limit of indebtedness of said city, under the
provisions of section four of chapter twenty-nine of the
public statutes, as modified and amended by section two
of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of
the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
BOARD OF SURVEY.
Sect. 79. The mayor ot said city shall appoint, sub- '^°^^'^°^
•^ "^ 11' survey to be
ject to confirmation by the board of aldermen of said appointed.
1891, c. 323,
city, three able and discreet men, who shall constitute a §4.
board of said city, to be known as the board of survey,
and who shall hold ofiice for the term of three years
from the first day of May in the year eighteen hundred
and ninet3^-one, or until the work which they are
authorized to do in the following two sections is
sooner completed. Any vacancy occurring shall be
filled by an appointment, as aforesaid, for the re-
mainder of the unexpired term. The chairman of said
board shall be designated by the mayor, and shall
receive a salary of forty-five hundred dollars, and each
of the other members a salary of four thousand dollars,
per year. The provisions of chapter two hundred and
sixty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
38 mun^ioipaij register.
eighty-five shall, except as herein modified, apply to said
board and to the members thereof.
Powers of Sect. 80. The board of survey shall, with all reason-
board of
survey. able dispatch, cause to be made, under its direction,
§5. ' ' ' plans of such territory, or sections of land in said city,
as said board may deem necessary, showing thereon the
location of such highway or the locations of such high-
ways, whether already laid out or not, as said board
shall be of opinion the present or future interests of the
public will require in each territory, showing clearly the
directions, widths, and grades of each highway, and
may employ such assistants and incur such expenses as
it may deem necessary therefor. Said board, before
making any such plan, shall give a public hearing as to
the locations, directions, widths, and grades for the high-
way or highways in the territory to be shown on the
plan, after advertising a notice of such hearing twice a
week for two weeks in succession in at least two daily
newspapers published in said city, the last advertise-
ment to be at least two days before such hearing. Each
of said plans, on its completion, shall be marked as
being made under the provisions of this act, signed by
said board and by the mayor, and filed in the ofiice of
the city surveyor of said city. Every way sixty feet or
less in width shown on any of said plans, if it has not
been laid out as a highway or has not been constructed
or is not being constructed at the time of filing as afore-
said, shall thereafter be laid out as a highway or con-
structed only as provided in section eighty-five, and
every such Avay more than sixty feet in width may be
laid out and constructed as provided in said section, or
in any other manner prescribed by law for laying out or
for constructing highways in said city.
on private Sect. 81. Said board, its officers and agents, may, so
lands.
CITY OriAKTER. 39
far as they deem it necessary in carrying out the afore- isoi.c. 323,
said provisions, enter into and upon any lands, and
there make such examinations and surveys, and place
and maintain such monuments and marks, as and where
they may deem necessary ; and any person injured in his Persons in-
jured to be
property by such entry or l)y such phicing and maintain- paid by
ing may have a jury, and may have the damages sustained ^^^^'
by such injury determined by such jury and paid in the
manner and under the rules of law provided for o])tain-
ing juries, and for determining and paying damages sus-
tained, in laying out highways in the city of Boston.
Sect. 82. The preceding sections shall not be con- city not to
strued to authorize any taking or condemnation of land, ity except."
or to render said city liable for damages of any kind, ^^^i.c. 322,
except for making entries upon land, and for placing and
maintaining monuments and marks as provided in sec-
tion eighty-one, nor to authorize the city of Boston to
work or construct any way located on any of said plans,
until such way shall have been thereafter laid out as a
highway under other provisions of law, or until the pas-
sage of an order as provided in section eighty-five.
BOARD OF STREET COMMISSIONERS.
Sect. 83. The powers of the board of street commis- Board of
sioners of said city in regard to highways shall not be missioners,
hereby abridged in any manner, except as provided in pot'e°a°^^
this section and in section eighty-five, and the powers ^^^^> °- ^2^'
§ 8,
given them in this and the following eight sections shall
be in addition to the other powers herein conferred upon
them. No person or corporation shall, in said city, after
the eleventh day of May, in the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-one, prepare or open for public travel any
way, unless its location, directions, widths, and grades
are satisfactory to, and have been approved in writing
40 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
by, said board of street commissioners, but all highways
in the territory shown on any of said plans laid out after
the filing of the plan as aforesaid shall be in accordance
with the locations, directions, widths, and grades shown
thereon ; and no public sewer, drain, water-pipe, or lamp
shall be placed in, or public work of any kind done on,
any way in any such territory other than in or on the
ways shown on the plan or plans of such territory ;
provided, however, that his provision shall not prevent
the laying of a trunk sewer, or a water or gas main,
as engineering demands shall require.
Owners of Sect. 84. If anv buikUng shall hereafter be placed
land not to ...
have any or crcctcd in Said city at a grade other than the grade
ages. therefor, recorded in the office of the city surveyor,
^g '''■ ' ' and which the city surveyor shall furnish on the request
of the owner of the land on which the building is to be
placed, or if any building shall be placed or erected
within the boundaries of any way shown on any of the
plans hereinbefore provided for, after the filing of the
plan as aforesaid, and not removed at the expense of
the owner when required by said board of street com-
missioners, no damage occasioned to the estate, of which
the land on which the building was so placed formed a
part at the date of the first advertisement aforesaid, or
to any part of said estate, by the subsequent establisli-
ment or change of the grade of any highway, shall be
recovered by, or be paid to, the owner of the whole or
of any part of such estate.
How streets Sect. 85. Whenever a majority in interest, deter-
are to be v ^
built, mined as provided in section eighty-six of this act, of
the owners of lands lying within one hundred and
twenty-five feet of any way, shown on any plan filed as
aforesaid, shall petition the board of street commission-
ers of said city to order the construction of such way.
1891, c. 323
§10
CITY CirAIlTEK. 41
or whenever the city council shsill iiuthorizc; sjiid hoard to
order the construction of any such way, said l)oard may
proceed in the manner provided for laying out highways
in said city, and may, with the approval of the mayor,
if of the opinion that the public interests so require,
pass an order laying out such way as a highway, if it
has not already been so hiid out, and if ah'eady so laid
out, but not constructed, or if laid out under the pro-
visions of this section, may pass any order for the con-
struction of the same ; and any person injured in his
property thereby may have the same remedies as are
now provided by law for persons so injured by the lay-
ing out of highways in said city ; provided, however,
that said board shall not pass any such order unless
there shall have been paid to said city such sum of
money, if any is needed therefor, as will, when added
to the total average assessed value for the preceding
three years of all the lands which will be liable for the
assessable cost of said work, as provided in section
ninety, exceed by at least twenty-five per cent, the cost.
as estimated by them of the laying out and of the work
to be done under the order. Said board shall also in Board to
said order determine, in accordance with the certificate diiecuon,
of the superintendent of streets of said city, the kind ^"'*^'
*• "^ grade, gas-
of surface or pavement for said highway, the height and pipes,
•11 11 -i/'i 1 1-1 sewers, etc.
Width, and the materials lor the edgestones and side-
walks, the locations, sizes, and materials for the sewers,
catch-basins, and all other connections, and, in accord-
ance with the certificate of the water-supply department,
the size for the water-pipes and connections ; said board
shall also determine in said order the size for the gas-
pipes and connections to be laid in said highway, and if
the gas company in said city shall certify to the proper
size for said gas-pipes and their connections, the said
42 MTXN'IOIPAL REGISTER.
board shall make its determination in accordance with
'said certificate.
Interest of Sect. 86. The aforcsaid interest of each owner
own6r how
determined, shall be determined by the number of square feet of
1891, c. 323, Yq^ii({ which he owns, lying within one hundred and
twenty-five feet of, and measuring from, the side or
sides on which his lands lie, of the way named in the
petition, or if there is another way less than two hun-
dred and fifty feet distant from the aforesaid way and
having the same general direction, then such interest
shall be determined by the number of square feet of land
which he owns within a line drawn half way between
the two ways.
Sect. 87. The superintendent of streets of said city
Commis- "^
sionersto shall, forthwith after the passage of the aforesaid order,
notire. givc public uotice by advertisement twice a week for
1891,0.323, ^^^ weeks in succession in at least two daily papers
published in said city that he is about to do the work
contemplated in said order, and that all work which is
to be done in the highway shall be done before a certain
day specified in the notice ; shall send a copy of such
notice to the gas company and the water supply and
lamp departments in said city at least three weeks
before the aforesaid specified day, and shall with all
reasonable dispatch proceed in the manner provided in
chapter four hundred and eighteen of the acts of the
year eighteen hundred and ninety, for departments
of said city when authorized to erect new buildings, to
construct the highway and to lay the sidewalks and the
sewers and the catch-basins and all other connections
therein, in accordance with the said order, and connect
the said sewers with the sewers then in use, and if the
gas company authorized to lay gas-pipes in the highway
shall neglect or refuse to lay its pipes as determined in
CITY CHARTER. 43
said order within the time specified therefor, he shall
lay the said pipes as so determined, and connect them
with the pipes then in use.
Sect. 88. Said superintendent shall not do, or per-wv^rkon
mit to be done, any of "the work above described in any to be done
year after the fifteenth day of November, unless he ^^^JJ''g^°^'^
certifies, in a writing approved by the mayor and kept i^^^-^^- 323.
§ 13.
on file in the oflice of said superintendent, that public
necessity requires the work to be done. After the con-
struction of the highway said superintendent shall not,
for the space of two years, permit any department or
person to disturb the surface thereof, except in case
of obvious necessity, to be certified to in a writing to be
approved and kept as hereinbefore provided, and except
in cases of breaks or leaks in pipes, sewers, or wires,
but after said two years said superintendent may in his
discretion permit openings to be made.
Sect. 89. Said board of street commissioners shall street com-
forthwith after the construction of the highway deter- to determine
mine the cost incurred in carrying out said order, ^^^**
including the expenses of taking land and all other § i-i
expenses of the laying out, and the expenses of all work
done and materials furnished by the superintendent of
streets as certified by him, excluding water-pipes, gas-
pipes and connections, and the laying thereof, and said
cost shall be the assessable cost of the Avork done under
said order.
Sect. 90. The said assessable cost of the work done how cost is
under said order shall be repaid with interest to the city i89i^c^.^323,
by the owners of the several parcels of land described ^ ^^•
in section eighty-six, and the amount to be paid for each
parcel, for which the parcel shall be liable and for which
an underlying lien shall attach to the parcel, shall be
determined by said board of street commissioners in
44 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
accordance with the proportions in which said board
shall determine that the said parcels of land are increased
in value by the carrying out of the aforesaid order.
The cost, if any are laid by said superintendent of streets,
of the gas mains and connections and the laying thereof,
as determined by said superintendent, shall be repaid to
said city by the gas company owning the pipes with
which the gas-pipes laid in said streets are connected.
Assessors Sect. 91. The board of assessors of said city, if
cost. the amount of the aforesaid assessable cost for which
1891, c. 323, ^^y parcel of land aforesaid is liable, determined as pro-
vided in section ninety, is not paid before the last day
of September next succeeding said determination, shall
include a sum equal to nine per cent, of such amount
plus one year's interest on the whole of said amount at
the rate of five per cent, per annum, in the next and
succeedino; annual tax-bills issued for the tax on the said
parcel until ten such sums have been paid, or if such
parcel has been subdivided and a plan thereof filed in
the registry of deeds and the assessors notified in writing
of such filing, said board shall apportion the said sum,
including said interest, to said subdivisions in propor-
tion to their arrears, and include the several apportion-
ments in the next and succeeding annual tax-bills issued
for the taxes on the respective subdivisions ; said board
shall issue tax-bills for such sums or apportionments for
any parcels or subdivisions for which no tax-bill would
otherwise be issued. Every such sum or apportionment
in a tax-bill shall be levied, collected, and paid into the
city treasury, without abatement, as if a part of, and in
the same manner as, the city taxes on real estate.
Owner of Sect. 92. The owucr of any parccl of land, or subdi-
pay. "^'^^ vision aforesaid, may at any time pay to said city the
1891, c. 323, ijalance of the amount of the said assessable cost, for
§ 1'.
CITY CIIAKTEIl. 45
which his pjircel or subdivision is lial)lc, reinaining- (hi(3
after deducting therefrom the several sums or ap[)orti()n-
ments, exclusive of interest, included in tax-])ills as
provided in section ninety-one, and his parcel or subdi-
vision shall then be relieved from further lien and liabil-
ity therefor, and whenever the payments toward said
assessable cost, with the sum paid under the provisions
of section eighty-five plus the interest on such sum at
the rate of five per cent, per annum from the date of
payment thereof, shall be equal to the whole of said as-
sessable cost, all further liability of, and lien on, any
and all parcels of land liable for such assessable cost
shall cease.
Sect. 98. The treasurer of said city shall, from the Tieasmer
premiums, amounts, sums, and apportionments received certain "^'^'^
during any financial year of said city, under the pro- ^^j^^^^ *°
visions of sections seventy-seven, eighty-five, ninety, fund com.
. , '~ 1 /» missioners.
mnety-one, and nmety-tw^o, pay the interest on the afore- isoi, c. 323,
said bonds and certificates accruing during that year, ^^^'
and shall pay over any surplus of the moneys so re-
ceived to the board of commissioners of sinking-funds of
said city, to be by them credited to the sinking-funds
established for the debts incurred under section seventy-
seven. If the amount so received in any such year is
insuflicient to meet the interest aforesaid, said treasurer
shall, unless other provision is made by said city, pay
the deficiency from the aforesaid appropriation ; and,
unless said city otherwise orders, shall, when said bonds
and certificates become due, pay from said appropriation
any deficiency existing in the sinking-funds established to
pay the same, and no moneys shall be raised for interest
or sinking-fund requirements on said bonds and certifi-
cates except as herein provided, unless ordered by said
city.
46 MUNIOIPAL REGISTER.
Gas com- Sect. 94. If tlie gas company is aggrieved by the
have jury, determination of the amount to be repaid by it to the
i8M,c.323, ^.^^ ^^g provided in section ninety, and shall pay said
amount into the city treasury within ten days after such
determination, it may recover of said city, in an action
of contract, brought within three months after said deter-
mination, any excess of said amount over the amount
which it should have paid thereunder, with interest
thereon at the rate of five per cent, per annum.
Ways not Sect. 95. The preceding nineteen sections shall not
authorized ^ '^
over public be coustrucd to authorize the location or laying out of
1891,0.323, any highway or public place on or over the common,
^^°' public garden, or any public park, or over any burial
ground.
Court to Sect. 96. Any court having jurisdiction in equity
jurisdiction, shall also have such jurisdiction to enforce, and to re-
1891, c. 323, g^p^jj^ ^}jg violation of, the provisions of the preceding
twenty sections.
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Public Sect. 97. The trustees of the public library of the
library . . i i •
trustees, city of Bostou, for the tune being, and then' successors
in office, shall continue a corporation by the name of the
their pow-
ers and
duties. Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston,
for the purposes hereinafter set forth, with all the powers
and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions,
and liabilities,, in the general laws relating to such cor-
porations ; shall meet for organization on the first Mon-
day of each May and choose one of their number as
president ; shall have the general care and control
of the central public library in said city, and of all
branches thereof which have been, or which may here-
after be, established, together with the buildings and
CITY CHARTER. 47
rooms containing tlic same, and tlic fixtures connected
therewith, and of the expenditure of the money ap-
propriated therefor ; shall appoint a superintendent or
librarian, with such assistants or subordinate officers as
they may think necessary or expedient, and may remove
the same and fix their compensation, provided that the
amount thus paid shall not exceed the sum appropriated
by the city council for that item of expense ; may take
and hold real and personal estate to an amount not ex-
ceeding one million dollars, which may he given, granted,
bequeathed, or devised to, and accepted by, said trustees
for the benefit of the public library of the city of Boston,
or any branch library, or any purpose connected there-
with ; and may make rules and regulations relating to
said public library and its branches, and its officers and
servants, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
section, and may fix and enforce penalties for the viola-
tion of such rules and regulations. Said trustees shall
have full and exclusive power and control of the erection
of the public library building in Copley square ; and
shall, semi-annually, or whenever required by the mayor
or city council, make a particular report and a statement
of their acts and proceedings, and of the condition and
progress of the work on said building in Copley square ;
said trustees shall receive no pecuniary compensation for
their services.
OVERSEEES OF THE POOR.
Sect. 98. The overseers of the poor, for the time Overseers of
being, and their successors in oflSce, shall continue a cor- powers and
poration under the name of the Overseers of the Poor t^^lll' ,
1^ St. 1772, c. 3,
in the City of Boston, and as such corporation shall hold §§2,3,4.
and have the entire and exclusive ownership and control st. .1772,0.3,
of all money, interest, and estate, real and personal, of '
48 MUNICIPAL KEGISTEK.
1864,0.128. what name or nature soever, heretofore o-iven, or which
1887, c. 62. , , „ , .
may at any tune hereafter be given, granted, bequeathed,
or devised to or to the use of the poor of the town or
city of Boston, not exceeding the sum of one million dol-
lars ; and all gifts and bequests of money or estate of any
kind made to the said corporation, when their whole
stock in moneys, personal securities, or choses in action,
and personal estate which the said corporation shall
have, own, and be vested with, shall, taken and reckoned
together, amount to the said sum of one million dollars,
shall be void. Said corporation shall receive, manage,
lease, let, and dispose of the money and other property
held by them as aforesaid according to their best discre-
tion to and for the use and benefit of the poor of the
city of Boston.
CITY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.
CityHos- Sect. 99. The trustees of the city hospital of the cit^""
Tees, their ^f Bostou, for the time being, and their successors in
duuT'^'^'^ office, shall continue a corporation by the name of the
1880,0.174. Trustees of the City Hospital of the City of Boston, for
the purposes hereinafter set forth, with all the powers
and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions,
and liabilities in the general laws relating to such corpo-
rations ; shall meet for organization on the first Monday
of each May, and choose one of their number as presi-
dent; shall, subject to the direction of the city council,
by ordinance or otherwise, have the general care and
control of the city hospital, and of all the branches there-
of which have been, or which may hereafter be, estab-
lished, too;ether with the buildin2:s and rooms containing
the same, and the fixtures and furniture connected
therewith, and also of the expenditures of the money
appropriated therefor ; shall appoint a superintendent,
CITY CHARTER. 49
with such assistants and subordinjite ofliccrs ms they
may think necessary or expedient, and may remove
the same, and fix their compensations, [)rovi(led that the
amount thus paid shall not exceed the sums appropriated
by the city council for that item of expense ; may take
and hold real and personal estate to an amount not
exceeding one million dollars, which may be given,
granted, bequeathed, or devised to it, and accepted by
said trustees, for the benefit of the city hospital of the
city of Boston, or any purpose connected therewith ; and
may make rules and regulations relating to said city
hospital, and its ofiicers and servants, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this section, and fix and enforce
penalties for the violation of the same. Said trus-
tees shall receive no pecuniary compensation for their
services.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Sect. 100. The board of park commissioners may lo- P3.rkcom.
■^ "^ missioners
cate, within the limits of the city of Boston, one or more may locate,
public parks; and, for that purpose, may from time to more parka
time take in fee, by purchase or otherwise, any and all '^^-.^ ^^"^^5
such lands as said board may deem desirable therefor, or ^ ^•
take bonds for the conveyance thereof to said city ; may
lay out, improve, govern, and regulate any such park or
parks, and the use thereof; may make rules for the use To make
rules for
and government thereof, and for breaches of such rules government
may affix penalties not exceeding twenty dollars for one ° ^'^^
offence, to be imposed by any court of competent juris-
diction; may appoint all necessary engineers, surveyors. To appoint
rr> • engineers
clerks, and other officers, mcludmg a police force to act and police
in such parks, may define the powers and duties of such
officers, and fix the amount of their compensation; and
generally may do all needful acts for the proper execu-
50 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEK.
tion of the powers and duties granted to, or imposed
upon, said city or said board, by this act : provided,
No land to Jioioevev, that no 'land shall be taken, or other thing,
until suffi. involving an expenditure of money, done, until an ap-
priation^ir propriation, sufficient to cover the estimated expense
made. thcrcof, sliall have been made by a vote of two- thirds
of each branch of the city council of said city. Said com-
missioners shall receive such compensation as the city
shall determine.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS COMMISSIONERS.
Public in- Sect. 101. The board of commissioners of public
commiv* institutions shall have the charge and control of Deer
sioners, island, Raiusfoi'd island, Long island, the house of correc-
their powers ^
and duties, tiou at South Boston, the house of industry, and the house
''^' 'of reformation at Deer island, the Boston lunatic hospital
at South Boston and West Roxbury, the home for the
poor at Long and Rainsford islands, the almshouse at
Charlestown, the home for neglected children at Rox-
bury, and shall have and enjoy all the powers and
authority and be subject to all the duties and limitations
which on the first day of May, in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, were held by or imposed upon
the board of directors for public institutions. Said com-
missioners shall each receive a salary of three thousand
dollars per year, or such larger salary as the city may by
ordinance provide.
EEGISTRAES OF VOTERS.
Registrars Sect. 102. The board of registrars of voters shall
powerTand cousist of three registrars of voters, who shall, before
duties. entering upon the duties of their office, take and sub-
CITY CIIARTEK. 51
scribe an oath fnithfiilly to perforin said duties. They To be
* Hworn.
shall receive such annual compensation as the city coun- compenea-
cil may from time to time determine; but any reduction ]s°4, c. eo,
of compensation shall take effect upon such registrars'^-
only as shall be appointed after such reduction.
Sect. 103. Said board shall annually, between the To appoint
aHBistant
first day of May and the first day of October, appoint registrars.
assistant registrars of voters, inhabitants of said city, not §4.'
exceeding two for each ward, who shall be sworn by one
of the registrars to the faithful discharge of their duties,
and shall hold office for the remainder of the municipal
year, unless sooner discharged by the registrars, and
who shall receive such compensation as the city council ^o^pensa-
may from time to time determine ; but such compensa-
tion shall not be regulated by the number of names
registered on any list of voters.
Sect. 104. Said registrars and assistant registrars duties of
registrars.
under their direction, shall exclusively perform all and
singular the duties respecting the preparation, correc-
tion, revision, publication, and transmission to the ward
officers of the alphabetical lists of voters to be used at
elections in said city, devolved upon the mayor and
aldermen, or the board of aldermen, or the board of
registrars of voters of said city, by any general or special
laws ; and the collector of taxes of said city shall make
the return now required by law to be made to the mayor
and aldermen, to the board of registrars of voters ; and
all assessors and collectors of taxes of said city shall
furnish any information in their possession, necessary to
aid the registrars and assistant registrars in the discharge
of their respective duties.
52 MUNICIPAL KE&ISTEK.
CITY COLLECTOE.
citycoUec- Sect. 105. The collector of the city of Boston shall
and duties, have the powers imposed by law upon collectors of taxes
is75,c.i46. ^^ towns; shall collect and receive all assessments, bet-
terments, rates, dues, and moneys payable on any account
to the city of Boston or the county of Suftblk, including
all fees, charges, and commissions of every kind and
description allowed by law for the collection of taxes,
betterments, and assessments of every kind ; shall, within
twenty-four hours after receiving the same, pay over
any and all moneys received by him to the city treasurer,
taking his receipt therefor in duplicate, and file with
the city auditor one of said duplicate receipts, and
shall perform such other duties as the city council may
require. He shall give such bond with such sureties
and in such sum and shall receive such compensation as
the city council shall determine.
CITY TREASURER.
•Gitytreas- Sect. 106. The treasurer of the city of Boston shall
powers and reccivc, and give a receipt in duplicate for, all moneys
istTc. 176. P^^d to him by the collector of said city, and shall
receive, hold, and invest, under the direction of the
finance committee of said city, all moneys, and shall have
the custody of all securities belonging to the trustees of
the city hospital of the city of Boston, or to the trustees
of the public library of the city of Boston : will, when
1890, c. 418, authorized to issue any bonds or certificates of indebted-
Loans, ness of said city, except for a loan in anticipation of
taxes for the year in which the loan is made, unless the
commissioners of the sinking funds or persons having
charge of any trust funds of said city purchase the same,
CITY CHARTER. 53
invite proposals for the purchase thereof hy jidvortisc-
meiits in four daily newspapers published in said city,
reserving to himself the right to reject any and all bids ;
may, in case no such proposal is accepted, with the ap-
proval of the mayor, award or give any part of the loan,
or the entire loan in parts to any other person or party,
provided onlv it be at a price or sum not less than par,
•"■ - ^ ^ Interest on
and shall fix the interest for a loan in anticipation temporury
of taxes. Pie shall be the treasurer for the county of
Suffolk, and shall perform such other duties as the city
council may require.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
Sect. 107. The inspector of buildings shall have the inspector of
buildings,
care and control of a department of the city to be called ms powers
the Department for the Inspection of Buildings, and to H^. ^g^^"
be furnished, at the expense of the city, with office room,
and such supplies for the transaction of its business as
the city council may provide ; shall appoint such number Assistant
^ . . . , . ,-, I, . inspector*
01 assistant inspectors as the city council may trom time andcierk.
to time by ordinance determine, and a clerk, who shall,
under the direction of the inspector, have the supervision
and direction of the other officers and employees of the
department; shall, when about to be absent from duty,
designate one of the assistant inspectors to act as his
deputy, who shall, during such absence, exercise all the
powers of the inspector; all of said ofiicers shall be able TobearcM-
^ tects or
and experienced architects, builders, or mechanics, not builders.
engaged or employed in any other business, or interested
in any contract for building or for furnishing materials ;
shall be subject to the approval of the mayor, and shall
hold office during good behavior, but may be removed
by the inspector, with the approval of the mayor, for
malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty.
54 . MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Inspector to Sect. 108. Said inspector shall keep are cord of the
keep record '-
and make busincss of Ms department, and submit to the city coun-
an annual , j f t t • in -n
report. cil a yearly report oi such business ; shall ascertain all
facts and make all returns which shall be required by
law relative to steam-boilers ; shall require copies of
plans and specifications of all public buildings, and may
require copies of all plans and specifications of all pro-
posed erections or alterations of other buildings, walls, or
structures in said city, to be deposited in his office, and
To examine when Satisfied, after careful examination of said plans
course of aiid Specifications, that the provisions of law relating
erection or ^ ^|^^ ercctioii and alteration of buildino-s, walls, and
alteration. o ' '
structures in the city of Boston are to be complied with,
and that the structure has sufficient strength, and if a
building, that the means of ingress and egress thereof
are sufficient, shall grant a permit for making such erec-
tion or alteration, and shall designate in the permit for
the erection of a new building, the lowest grade at which
the floor of the basement story shall be laid.
Inspector Sect. 109. The iuspcctor or his assistants shall exam-
ine all buildino-s in the course of erection or alteration,
buildings
being
•erected ;
as often as practicable, and make a record of all viola-
tions of law, with the street and number where such vio-
lations are found, the names of the owner, architect, and
master mechanics, and all other matters relative thereto ;
also, shall examine all buildings reported dangerous, or dam-
drncerou^s ^g^d by fire or accident, and make a record of such ex-
or damaged amiuations, including the nature and amount of such
by fire or ^
accident, damage, with the name of the street and number of the
building, the name of owner or occupant, and for what
purpose occupied, and, in case of fire, the probable ori-
gin thereof; shall examine all buildings for which appli-
cations have been made to raise, enlarge, alter, or build,
and make a record of the examination, which shall
CITY OHAKTER. 55
always be open to the inspection of the engineers of the
fire department, or any officer of the city. All said ^^f^y enter
any build-
officers may, so far as necessary for the performance of ing.
their duties, enter any building or premises in the city
of Boston.
Sect. 110. The assistant inspectors of buildings shall Assistant
^ inspectors
attend all fires occurring in the districts to which they to attend
are respectively assigned, and report to the chief or report.
assistant engineer of the fire department present, all in-
formation they may have relative to the construction and
condition of the premises on fire, and of the adjoining
premises.
Sect. 111. Should the owner of any building object if owner of
... "" building
to any order or decision of said inspector, on a matter aggrieved,
left by law to his approval or control, relating to the con- ^ttJd by^^
struction of any building, and choose a referee, as herein- referees.
after provided, within three days after being notified of
such order or decision, the matter shall be referred to
three referees, who shall be either architects or master
builders, one chosen by the inspector, one by the owner,
and a third by these two ; and the decision thereon in
writing of these referees, or a majority of them, shall be
final and conclusive.
OFFICERS AND BOARDS .
Sect. 112. All officers and boards in charge of de- Officers and
■" boards,tbeir
partments of the city shall appoint their respective powers and
subordinates (including, as such, assistants, deputies,
clerks, and other officers paid a yearly salary), to con-
tinue m office until removed by the officer or board
under whom they serve, for such cause as said officer or
board shall deem sufficient and shall assign in the order
for removal ; shall appoint and discharge all other em-
56. MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ployees at pleasure ; shall annually in the month of
January furnish an estimate to the mayor of the money
required for their respective departments during the
next financial year ; shall not expend more than the
amount appropriated, except that, at the beginning of
the financial year, to meet liabilities incurred in carrying
on work intrusted to them until the city government
shall otherwise order, they may make expenditures and
incur liabilities to be considered and reckoned as a part
of the expenditures of the current financial year, and the
city treasurer may make payments therefor from any
funds in the city treasury, to be considered as a part of
the appropriations for the current financial year, and
may borrow money in anticipation of taxes to provide
funds ; shall^have the care, custody,. and management of
all matters and do all work devolved upon their re-
spective departments ; shall employ all labor, purchase
all materials, construct, alter, and repair all buildings in
their respective departments ; shall, when authorized to
construct a new building or to make structural changes in
any building,°make contracts therefor not exceeding five,
each contract to be subject to the approval of the mayor ;
shall, when about to do any work or make any purchase
the estimated cost of which is two thousand dollars or
more, unless the mayor give a written authority to do
otherwise, invite proposals therefor by advertisements
in not more than four daily newspapers published in
said city, reserving therein to the officer or board the
right to^reject any and all proposals ; shall state in the
advertisement the time and place for opening the pro-
posals, and shall require every proposal to be accom-
panied by a suitable bond, certified check, or certificate
of deposit, for the faithful performance of the proposal ;
shall keep all such proposals open for public inspection
CITY OHAKTER. 57
after they have l)ecii accepted or rejected; bhull, when
the amount involved in any contract is two thousand
dollars or more, make such contract in writing and sub-
mit it to the mayor for his approval ; and no such con-
tract shall be deemed to have been made or executed
until the approval of the mayor in writing has been
affixed thereto ; shall require a suitable bond, or deposit
of money, or other security, for the faithful performance
of a written contract, to accompany the contract, and be
deposited with the city auditor, there to remain until the
contract has been carried out in all respects ; shall not
alter any contract in writing once executed, except in a
writing signed by the contractor, the sureties on said
bond, and the officer, or board, in charge of the work to be
done under the contract, and the approval of the mayor
in writing affixed thereto. Said officers and boards
shall at all times be accountable to the mayor for the
proper discharge of their duties.
58 MUN^IOIPAL REGISTER.
[Chap. 323, Acts of 1885.]
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A BOARD OF POLICE FOR THE
CITY OF BOSTON.
Seit enacted, etc., as follows : —
Section 1 . The governor of the Commonwealth with
the advice and consent of the comicil shall appoint from
the two principal political parties three citizens of Boston
who shall have been residents thei*ein two years im-
mediately preceding the" date of their appointment, who
shall constitute a board of police for said city, and who
shall be sworn before entering upon the duties of their
office. One member of said board shall be designated
by the governor as chairman and two shall constitute a
quorum. Their terms of office shall be so arranged and
designated at the time of appointment that the term of
one member shall expire on the first Monday of May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one on the first
Monday of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and
one on the first Monday of May, eighteen hundred and
ninety. The full term of office, after these dates, shall
be five years, and all vacancies occurring after the pas-
' sage of this act shall be filled by the governor with the
advice and consent of the council. The members of said
board may be removed by the governor with the advice
and consent of the council for such cause as he shall
deem sufficient, and shall express in the order of removal.
The board of police shall appoint a clerk, who shall be
sworn, who shall keep a record of all proceedings, issue
all notices, and attest all such papers and orders as said
board shall direct, whose term of office shall be five
years, but who may be removed by said board for such
cause as it shall deem sufficient, and shall express in its
order of removal.
Sect. 2. The board of police shall have authority to
CITY CHARTER. 59
appoint and establish and organize the [)olic(! of .said city
of Boston, and make all needful rules and i-egulations for
its efficiency. All the powers now vested in the board
of police commissioners in said city of Boston, by the
statutes of the Commonwealth or by the ordinances, by-
laws, rules, and regulations of said city, except as other-
wise hereby provided, are hereby conferred upon and
vested in said board of police.
Sect. 3. The members of the Boston police force in
office when the said board of police are first appointed
shall continue to hold their several offices until removed
or placed on the retired list by the said board ; and the
present rules and regulations of the board of aldermen
for the government of the police shall continue in force
until otherwise ordered by said board of police. All
police officers appointed by said board of police hereby
created shall have and exercise within the limits of said
city all the common law and statutory powers of con-
stables, except the service of civil process, and shall
have all the powers given to the police as watchmen by
the statutes of the Commonwealth, the laws relating
to said city, or by any ordinances thereof.
Sect. 4. The annual salary of the chairman of said
board of police shall be four thousand five hundred
dollars, that of the other members four thousand dollars,
of the clerk two thousand five hundred dollars, which
shall be paid monthly from the treasury of the city of
Boston. Said officers shall not engage in any other
business. The board of police, with the approval of the
governor and council, shall be provided with such rooms
as shall be convenient and suitable for the performance
of its duties, the rent of which shall be paid by the city
of Boston. The said city of Boston shall provide all
such suitable accommodations for the police of said city
as said board shall require, and all buildings and property
60 MUN^IOIPAL REGISTER.
used by said police sliall be under tlie control of said
board. All expense for the maintenance of buildings,
the pay of police, and all incidental expenses incurred in
the administration of the said police shall be paid by the
city of Boston upon the requisition of said board.
Sect. 5. Said board of police shall not appoint any
larger number of patrolmen than the present police com-
missioners of said city are, now authorized to appoint,
except as authorized by said city, nor shall the pay of
the police be increased or diminished except by the con-
current action of said city and said board of police.
Sect. 6. In case of tumult, riot, or violent disturb-
ance of public order, the mayor of said city shall have,
as the exigency in his judgment may require, the right
to assume control for the time being of the police of said
city ; but before assuming such control he shall issue his
proclamation to that effect, and it shall be the duty of
the board of police to execute all orders promulgated by
him for the suppression of such tumult and the resto-
ration of such order.
Sect. 7. The board of police shall make a detailed
report of its doings quarterly to the mayor of said city,
and annually to the governor of the Commonwealth in
the month of December. The records of said board of
police shall at all times be open to the inspection of the
governor of the Commonwealth, the mayor of said city,
or to such persons as may be designated by them.
Sect. 8. Nothing herein shall affect the enforcement
of the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty of
the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
being an act to improve the civil service of the Common-
wealth and the cities thereof, or of the rules made by the
commissioners appointed thereunder.
Sect. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved June 12, 1885.1
CITY CllAJlTKJi. Gl
[Chai-. 1!)9, Acts of 18Hf).]
AN ACT TO AUTIIOUIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO I'lJR-
CIIASE THE PUOPEUTY OF THE JAMAICA POND AQUE-
DUCT CORPORATION.
Be it enacted^ etc., as foUowft : —
Section 1. The city of Boston, by the Boston water
board, may purchase and liold all the property, estates,
rights, and privileges of the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct
Corporation, incorporated by chapter one hundred and
thirty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, and said Boston water board may, if the
same shall be deemed expedient, connect Jamaica Pond
and the pipes of said corporation so purchased with the
other water-pipes of said city ; but said city shall not
hereby acquire any right to take ice from said pond, or
to take land upon which any building or machinery is
now erected, or which is now used in connection with
such building or machinery for the purpose of storing-
ice, or for convenience in cutting, storing, and moving
ice, without the consent of the owner of said land and
buildings or machinery ; nor shall said city, by virtue of
this act or by the purchase hereunder authorized, acquire
any right to obstruct or in any manner interfere with the
business of persons or corporations now engaged in cut-
ting, storing, selling, or moving ice from said pond, or
with the rights of any other person or corporation in the
water or ice of said pond, or in the lands bordering upon
the same, except so far as the same shall be necessary in
raising or lowering the surface of the water of said pond,
to the extent, or in protecting and preserving the purity
of said waters, in the manner, now authorized by law.
Sect. 2. This act shall not become valid until it has been
accepted by the city council of the city of Boston, by a
vote of two-thirds of the members of both branches thereof.
[Approved May 7, 1886.^
62 MUlN'ICIPAL EEGISTEK.
[Chap. 177, Acts of 1887.]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE POE THE APPOINTMENT OP A
RESERVE POLICE PORCE IN THE CITY OP BOSTON.
Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: —
Section 1 . The board of police for the city of Boston
may, from time to time, as authorized by said city and
under such rules as the civil service commissioners of the
Commonwealth prescribe, appoint suitable persons to
constitute a reserve police force for said city, who shall
be subject to such rules and regulations as the board of
police may from time to time prescribe, and who may be
removed by said board for any reason satisfactory to it.
Said board of police may assign the members of said
reserve police force to duty in said city whenever and
for such time as it shall deem necessary, and when on
duty they shall have and exercise all the powers and
duties held and exercised by the police of said city.
Sect. 2. All appointments upon the regular police
force of said city shall be made from the reserve police
force, under such rules as the civil service commissioners
of the Commonwealth may prescribe ; and service on the
reserve police force for not less than six months shall be
deemed to be equivalent to the probationary period now
required by the rules of said commissioners.
Sect. 3. The members of the reserve police force
shall be paid by the city of Boston when on duty such
compensation, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents
per day, as the board of police may from time to time
prescribe.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
{^Approved April 14, 1887.]
CITY CHARTEK. 63
[Chap. 178, Acts of 1887.]
AN ACT TO TROVIDE FOIl PENSIONING MEMBERS OF THE
BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: —
Section 1. The ])oard of police for the city of Bos-
ton, by the affirmative vote of all the members and with
the approval of the mayor, may retire from office any
member of the police department who has become dis-
abled while in the actual performance of duty, or any
member who has performed faithful service in the de-
partment for a period of not less than fifteen consecutive
years, and place the member so retired upon a pension
roll. No such member shall be placed on the pension
roll unless it shall be certified to the board in writing by
the city physician that such member is permanently in-
capacitated either mentally or physically from perform-
ing his duty as a member of the department. In case
of total permanent disability caused in or induced by the
actual performance of his duty, the amount of annual
pension shall be one-half of the annual compensation of
the office from which he is so retired, or such less sum as
the said board may determine. The pension of a mem-
ber who has served fifteen or more consecutive years
shall be an amount not exceeding one-third the annual
salary or compensation of the office from w^hich he is
retired, as the said board may determine.
Sect. 2. If any member of the said police department
shall die from injuries received while in the discharge
of his duty, and shall leave a widow, or if no widow any
child or children under the age of sixteen years, a sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars may be paid by said
city as an annuity to such widow so long as she remains
unmarried, or for the benefit of any such child or
children so long as he or they continue under the age of
"64 .MUNICIPAL KEGISTEE.
sixteen years, and the board of police may from time to
time determine the amount of such annuity within said
limits.
Sect. 3. Section five of chapter two hundred and
fortj^-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight is hereby repealed.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Appi'oved April 14, 1887.']
[Chap. 344, Acts of 1891.]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO CON-
STRUCT A SEA-WALL AND EXTEND THE CHARLES-
RIVER EMBANKMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., asfollovjs: —
Section 1. The city of Boston may, by its board of
park commissioners, build a sea-wall on the Boston side
of the Charles river from the sea-wall of its present park,
situated between Craigie's bridge and West Boston
bridge, to the sea-wall of said river in the rear of
Beacon street in said city, on or within the following
lines : Beginning at a point in the south-west corner of
the stone wall of the Charles-river embankment, or
Charlesbank, thence running southerly by a straight line
to a point in Charles river three hundred feet distant
westerly from the harbor commissioners' line, measuring
on a line perpendicular to the said commissioners' line at
its intersection with the southerly line of Mount Vernon
street ; thence continuing southerly and westerly from
the aforesaid perpendicular line, on such lines curved
southerly and westerly from the aforesaid straight line,
as said board of harbor and land commissioners shall
approve.
CITY CHARTER. 65
Sect. 2. The said city, by said park commissioners,
shall fill in the grounds enclosed by said sea-wall and use
the same for the purposes of a public park, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-
five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-
five, and may grant the right to use, and the persons to
whom such rights may be granted may use, portions of
said grounds for boat or bath houses.
Sect. 3. The lines of the sea-wall aforesaid shall
constitute the harbor lines, beyond which no wharf,
pier, or other structure shall be extended into or over
the tide-water of said basin, excepting such bath-houses,
boat-houses, and landing-places as the said board of park
commissioners shall build or permit to be built, with the
approval of the said board of harbor and land commis-
sioners ; and when the city of Boston shall have built the
said sea-wall and filled in the said grounds as a park, as
aforesaid, and so long as the same shall be used as a
public park, the Commonwealth will not authorize or
permit any person or corporation to construct any
extensions or erections from or contiguous to the water-
line of said park, except with the consent of said park
commissioners.
Sect. 4. Said city may take any land or water rights
and any flats or lands covered by tide-water, between the
present harbor commissioners' line and the line on which
the said wall is hereby authorized to be built, necessary
for the purposes aforesaid, and the damages incurred
thereby shall be paid by the city of Boston ; provided,
hoivever, that said city shall not be liable to pay any
other damages than the Commonwealth itself would be
legally liable to pay.
Sect. 5. Any persons whose lands, flats, or rights
are taken under authority of this act shall have the same
66 MUJ^^ICIPAL REGISTER.
rights and remedies in obtaining damages for such
taking as persons injured by the taking of their lands for
highways in said city, except as above provided.
Sect. 6. This act shall take efiect upon its passage.
lApproved May 20, 1891.']
[Chap. 404, Acts of 1891.]
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT IN RELATION TO PENSION-
ING DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows : —
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and
seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty,
.as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-four of
the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
is hereby amended so as to read as follows : Section 1.
The board of fire commissioners of the city of Boston,
by the majority vote of the members, and with the
approval of the mayor, shall, when they retire from
office in the fire department any member thereof who
has become disabled while in the actual performance of
duty, or any member who has performed faithful service
in the department for a period of not less than fifteen
•consecutive years, place the member so retired upon a
pension roll. Any member may be placed on the pen-
sion roll when it shall be certified to the board in writing
by the city physician that such member is permanently
incapacitated, either mentally or physically, from per-
forming his duty as a member of the department. In
case of total disability caused or induced by the actual
performance of his duty, the amount of annual pension
-shall be one-half of the annual compensation allowed to
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men of the grade in which such nicnil)cr served, or such
less sum as the said board may determine. The pension
of members of the permanent force who have served
fifteen years shall be an amount not exceeding one-third
the annual salary or compensation of the office from
which said members are retired, or such less sum as the
board may determine. The pension of members of the
call force who have served fifteen or more consecutive
years shall be one-half the annual salary or compensation
of the office from which said members are retired, or
such further sum as the board may determine.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect when accepted by
the city council of the city of Boston.
^Approved June 11, 1891.~\
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SEAL OF THE CITY.
By Chapter 1, Section 9, Revised Ordinances of 1890,
it is provided that " the seal of the City shall be circular in
form, shall bear a view of the city, the motto ' Sicut patri-
Bus, SIT DEUS NOBIS,' and the inscription, ' Bostonia condita
A.D. 1630. CiviTATis REGiMiNE DONATA A.D. 1822,' as
established by the ordinance passed January 2, 1823, as
herewith set forth ; " —
The " Ordinance to Establish the City Seal," passed on
January 2, 1823, provided as follows; "That the design
hereto annexed, as sketched by John R. Penniman, giving a
view of the City, be the devise of the city seal ; that the motto
be as follows, to wit: 'Sicut patribus, sit deus nobis;'
and that the inscription be as follows, to wit : ' Bostonia
CONDITA A.D. 1630. CiVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA A.D.
1822.' " The drawing of the seal established in 1890 revives
the drawing given on page 221 in the collected Charter and
Ordinances of 1827. A design by Mr. Penniman appears
also on the treasury checks of the City, and a fac-simile of
this sketch is given in the Municipal Registers of 1883 and
1884. A rough copy is printed opposite the title page. The
motto of the City seal is taken from 1 Kings viii. 57. For
the penalty in cases of unauthorized use of the City seal, see
the Pub. St., Chap. 205, § 26.
RULES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
CHAIRMAN.
Rule 1. The chairman of the board shall take the chair at the hour
to which the board shall have adjourned, and shall call the members to
order, and, a quorum being present, shall cause the minutes of the pre-
ceding regular meeting to be read ; and, in the absence of the chairman,
the senior member present shall preside as chairman pro tempore.
Rule 2. The chairman shall preserve decorum and order, may speak
to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the board; and no other
business shall be in order until the question on appeal shall have been
decided.
Rule 3. The chairman shall propound all motions in the oi'der 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.
Rule 4. The chairman shall, at the request of any member, make a
division of a question when the sense will admit.
Rule 5. The chairman shall, Avithout debate, decide all questions
relating to priority of business to be acted upon.
Rule 6. The chairman may read sitting, but shall rise to state a
motion or put a question to the board.
Rule 7. The chairman shall declare all votes ; but if any member
doubts a vote, the chairman shall cause a rising vote to be taken ; and
when any member so requests, shall cause the vote to be taken or
verified by yeas and nays.
Rule 8. The chairman shall appoint all committees, fill all vacancies
therein, and designate the rank of the members thereof.
Rule 9. The chairman shall be ex officio member and chairman of
the committee on finance.
Rule 10. When the chairman of the board or the chairman pro
tempore shall desire to vacate the chair, he may call any member to it ;
but such substitution shall not continue beyond an adjournment.
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MOTIONS.
Rule 11. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the chairruan
shall so direct.
Rule 12. A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisi-
ble ; but a motion to strike out being lost shall not preclude amendment,
or a motion to strike out and insert.
Rule 13. No motion or proposition of a subject different from that
under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Rule 14. When an order or resolution relates to a subject which
may properly be examined and reported upon by an existing committee
of the city council, such order or resolution shall, upon presentation, be
referred to such committee. When a motion is made to refer any
subject, and different committees are proposed, the motion shall be put
in the following order : —
1. To a standing committee of the board.
2. To a special committee of the board.
3. To a joint standing committee.
4. To a joint special committee.
Rule 15. After amotion has been put by the chairman, it shall not
be withdi'awn except by unanimous consent.
Rule 16. When a question is under debate, only a motion to adjourn,
to lay on the table, to postj)one to a day certain, to commit, to amend,
or to postpone indefinitely shall be entertained ; and said motions shall
have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged.
Rule 17. A motion to adjourn shall be in order at any time, except
on an immediate repetition or pending a verification of a vote ; and
that motion, the motion to lay on the table, and the motion to take from
the table shall be decided without debate.
READINGS.
Rule 18. Every ordinance, order, and resolution shall, unless re-
jected, have two several readings, both of which may take place at the
same session, unless objection is made. Whenever the second reading
immediately follows the first reading, the document may be read by its
title only. Orders from the board of street commissioners changing
the names of streets, and orders granting locations for poles or posts,
shall, however, have one reading only at the same session.
CONFIRMATIONS.
Rule 19. The question of confirming a nomination made by the
mayor shall be decided by a yea and nay ballot.
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RECONSIDEIIATION.
Rule 20. When a vote has been passed, any member may move a
reconsideration thereof at the same meeting ; or he may give notice to
the clerk, within twenty-four hours of tlie adjournment, of liis intention
to move a reconsideration at the next regular meeting; in which case
the clerk shall retain possession of the i^apers until the next regular
meeting ; and when a motion for reconsideration is decided, that vote
shall not be i*econsidered.
CONDUCT OF MEMBERS.
Rule 21. Every member when about to speak shall rise, address
the chair, and wait until he is recognized, and in speaking shall confine
himself to the question and avoid personalities.
Rule 22. No member speaking shall, without his consent, be inter-
rupted by another, except uj)on a point of order.
Rule 23. No member shall be permitted to vote on any question,
or serve on any committee, where his private right is immediately
concerned, distinct from the public intei'est.
Rule 24. Every member who shall be present when a question is
put, where he is not excluded by interest, shall give his vote, unless
the board for special reasons shall excuse him. Application to be so
excused on any question must be made before the board is divided, or
before the calling of the yeas and nays ; and such application shall be
accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons, and shall be decided
without debate.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Rule 2.5. The following standing committees of the board, to con-
sist of three members each, except where otherwise herein jjrovided,
and the members of the joint standing committees on the part of this
board, named in the joint rules and orders of the city council, and all
other committees, unless otherwise provided for, or specially directed
by the board, shall be appointed by the chair : —
Committee on Armories and Military Affairs — Bonds — County
Accounts — Electric Wires — Faneuil Hall and County Buildings, to
be composed of the Committee on Public Buildings on the part of this
Board — Lamps — Laying out Streets — Licenses — Markets — Rail-
roads — Steain-Engines and Furnaces — Streets and Sewei's, to consist
of nine members.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Rule 26. At every regular meeting of the board the order of
business shall be as follows : —
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1. Communications from his Honor the Mayor.
2. Presentation of petitions, memorials, and remonstrances.
3. Papers from the common comicil.
4. Unfinished business of preceding meetings.
5. Reports of city officers.
6. Reports of committees.
7. Motions, orders, and resolutions.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Rule 27. Committees of the board to whom any matter is esj)ecially
referred shall report within four weeks, or ask for further time.
Rule 28. No money shall be drawn from the city treasury for the
purpose of paying the expenses of any committee, or any j)oi'tion of
the same, while absent from the city of Boston, unless authorized by
special vote of the board.
SPECTATORS.
Rule 29. No person, except a member of the board, shall be per-
mitted to oecupj^ the seat of any member while the board is in session.
Rule 30. No joerson. or persons, excepting members of the city
government and reporters, and persons invited by members of the
board, shall be allowed in the anteroom of the aldermanic chamber
while the board is in session. Nor shall any person be allowed in the
aldermanic chamber while the board is in session, when the seats fur-
nished for spectators are occupied. The city messenger shall enforce
this rule.
licenses.
Rule 31. No licenses shall be granted for exhibitions of pugilism
or wrestling.
No permission to erect a pole or post for the support of electric
wires, or for the construction of underground conduits, shall be granted
until a public hearing shall have been given by the board of aldermen
on the application for such permission, after notice of such hearing
duly advertised by the applicant in one or more newspapers.
Every license or permit hereafter granted for the location of a street-
railway ti-ack, the erection of a pole or post, the construction of an
underground conduit, laying of a pipe or wire, or for doing any other
work which may involve the distui'bance of a surface of a street, shall
specify the time within which the contemplated work shall be done, and
shall not confer authority to do any such work after the expiration of
such specified time.
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SUSPENSION OK RULES.
Rule 32. Any rule may be suspended by vote of tAvo-thifds of the
members of tlie board present and voting, except Rule 31, whicli shall
be suspended only by a unanimous vote.
JOINT RULES AND ORDERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Rule 1. There shall be appointed at the commencement of the
mmiicipal year the following joint standing committees, the members
of which shall be appointed by the I'espective branches in such manner
as they may determine. Said committees shall respectively examine,
as often as they deem necessary, the accounts of public moneys x'e-
ceived and expended by the several departments. To the said com-
mittees severally shall be referred all estimates and applications for
appropi'iations of, and orders for expenditures by, the respective de-
partments. Each of said committees to consist of three aldermen and
five members of the common council, namely : —
1. A committee on the Dejiartment of Ancient Records.
2. A committee on the Architect Department.
3. A committee on the Assessing Dejyartment.
4. A committee on the Auditing Dej^artment.
5. A committee on the City Clerk Dex>artmeni.
6. A committee on the Clerk of Committees Department.
7. A committee on the City Messenger Department.
8. A committee on the Collecting Department.
9. A committee on the Engineering Depai^tment.
10. A committee on the Ferry Departvient.
11. A committee on the Fire Department.
12. A committee on the Health Department.
13. A committee on the Hospital Dejiartment.
14. A committee on the Department for the Disp>ection of Buildings.
15. A committee on the Department for the Inspection of Milk and
Vinegar.
16. A committee on the Department for the Inspection of Ptwisions.
17. A committee on the Department for the Inspection' of Vessels and
Ballast.
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18. A committee on the Bepartinent for the Inspection of Wires.
19. A committee on the Lam]) Department.
20. A committee on the Laiv Department.
21. A committee on the Department for Laying Out Streets.
22. A committee on tlie Library Dep>a7^tment.
23. A committee on the Market Department.
24. A committee on the Department of Mount Hope Gem,etery.
25. A committee on the Park Department.
26. A committee on the Police Department.
27. A committee on Public Lands.
28. A committee on the Department of Public Buildings.
29. A committee on tlie Department of Public Grounds.
30. A committee on the Department of Public Institutions.
31. A committee on the Depjartinent for the Registration of Voters.
32. A committee on tlie Registry Departinent.
33. A committee on the Depjartment for the Relief of the Poor.
34. A committee on the School Department.
35. A committee on the Department for the Sealing of Weights and
Measures.
36. A committee on the Street Deptartment.
37. A committee on the Surveying Department.
38. A committee on the Treasury Departm.ent.
39. A committee on the Water-Licome Department.
40. A committee on the Water-Supply Department.
Tliere sliall also be aj)pointed annually, in like manner, the following-
joint standing committees to perform the duties assigned them : —
1. A committee on Ap)propjriations , to consist of the chairman and
seven members of the board of aldermen, and the president and seven
members of the coinmon council, to whom shall be referred the esti-
mates of the departments prepared in February annually, and any
suggestions thereon from his Honor the Mayor. They shall, on or
before the fifteenth day of March, report an order appropriating such
sums as they deem necessary for the lawful public uses, and setting
forth in detail, as far as convenient, the purposes.
2. A committee on Claims, to consist of three aldermen and five
councilmen, to whom shall be referred all claims against the city
arising from the act or neglect of any of its departments. They
shall report monthly the number and nature of the claims awarded or
ajDproved by them, and the amount of money awarded or paid in settle-
ment thereof.
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3. A committee on tlie Conlinycnt ExiKiises of Ihc dity Council, to
consist of three aldermen and five couneilnien, to wliom sliall Vje re-
ferred all matters involving expenditures from any appropriation for
sueli purposes. Tliey shall examine all bills and vouchers for expendi-
tures chargeable to such appropriation, and, if the same are correctly
certified to, shall authenticate them, if correct, by the signature of their
chairman, and send the same to the city auditor on or before the
twentieth day of each month, to be paid as the bills of the several
departments are paid. They shall report in print to the city council, on
the first of every month, the auditor's statement of expenditures from
said fund, in reasonable detail, and the amount remaining unexpended.
4. A committee on Finance, to consist of the chairman and two other
members of the board of aldermen, and the president and four other
members of the common council, to whom shall be referred all apjDlica-
tions for expenditures which involve a loan, or a ti-ansfer of any part of
an appropriation named in the general appropriation order, or from the
reserved fund, as provided in Rule 17.
5. A committee on Legislative Matters, to consist of two aldermen
and three councilmen, who shall, unless otherwise ordered, apjiear
before committees of the general court and represent the interests of the
city ; provided, said committee shall not, unless directed so to do by the
city council, oppose any legislation petitioned for by the preceding city
council. It shall report in print to the city council all bills, resolves,
and petitions presented to the legislature affecting the city of Boston or
any department thereof. Such printed report shall be made at the next
meeting of either branch after such application is made, or earlier, at
the discretion of said committee.
6. A committee on Ordinances, to consist of the members of the
Committee on Law Department, to whom shall be referred all ordi-
nances introduced in either branch, or transmitted to them by vote of
any standing committee. Unless specially instructed, they shall merely
pass upon tlie question of the form and legality of the ordinance so re-
ferred, but they may append an order that such ordinance " ought not
to pass," and give their reasons therefor. Such reports shall be made
in not over two weeks from the meeting at which the reference was
ordered, or the ordinance received from a committee.
7. A committee on Printing, to consist of three aldermen and five
councilmen, who shall have the charge of all printing, advertising, or
publishing ordered by or for the city covmcil, or either branch, as one
of its contingent or incidental expenses, and the supply of all stationery
or binding for the same purpose. They shall annually appoint an agent
to transact the business, and, unless otherwise ordered by vote of the
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city council, they shall employ the person appointed as superintendent
of printing under the provisions of the Revised Ordinances of 1890.
The committee shall fix the number of copies to be printed of any doc-
ument i^rinted as above, the minimum, however, to be six hundred ; and
they shall have the right to make rules and regulations for the care,
custody, and distribution of all documents, books, pamphlets, and maps
by the city messenger.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Rule 2. Every joint special committee ordered by the city council
shall, unless otherwise provided in the order, be appointed in the man-
ner provided in Rule 1.
JOINT COMMITTEES.
Rule 3. The member of the board of aldermen first named on every
joint committee shall be its chairman ; and, in case of his resignation or
inability, the other members of the same board in the order designated
by the chairman of the board, and after them the members of the com-
mon council in the order named, shall act as chairman. The chairman
shall call meetings of the committee at his discretion, or at the written
request of a majority of the members.
Rule 4. Every joint committee shall cause records of their proceed-
ings to be kept in books provided for that purpose ; and at every meet-
ing of a committee the records of the previous meeting shall be read,
unless otherwise ordei-ed by the committee. In all such meetings of
committees all votes shall, at the request of any member, be taken by
yeas and nays, and recorded.
Rule 5. No meeting of any committee shall, without the consent of
all the members thereof, be called upon less notice than twenty-four
hours from the time the clerk shall have mailed the notices or despatched
them bj' special messenger.
Rule 6. Any joint committee may expend from the appropriation
for contingent expenses an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars
in any one year, for purposes connected with the duties of said com-
mittee for which no provision has been otherwise made, except for
refreshments or carriage-hire.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.
Rule 7. In every case of disagreement between the two branches
of the city council, if either branch shall request a conference and
apjDoint a committee of conference, the other branch shall also appoint
such a committee, and such committees shall consist of five members
each. Both committees shall, at an hour to be agreed upon by their
chairmen, meet and state to each other, verbally or in writing, as either
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shall choose, the reasons for tlie action of their res])ective Ijranclies in
relation to tlic matter in controversy, shall confer freely thereon, and
shall rejjort to their respective branches.
REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.
Rttlk 8. When an orchu'or resolution relates to a subject which may
properly be examined and rej^orted upon by an existing committee of
the city council, such oi'der or resolution shall, upon presentation, be
referred to such committee. Either branch of the city council may
commit or recommit to a joint committee ; but a reference with instruc-
tions shall require concurrent action.
REPORTS OF JOINT COMMITTEES.
Rule 9. No report of a joint committee shall be received by either
branch of the city coimcil unless agreed to by such committee at a duly
notified meeting thereof. The report of a committee upon any subject
referred to it shall, unless otherwise ordered by the city council or by
the committee, be presented to the branch in which the order of refer-
ence originated. It shall be the duty of every joint committee to which
any subject may be specially referred to report thereon within four
weeks, or to ask for further time.
Rule 10. All reports and other papers submitted to the city council
shall be written or printed, and no indorsement of any kind shall be
made on the reports, memorials, or other papers, excepting those made
by the oflB.cers of either branch, or the name of the member offering the
same. Every report of a committee shall be signed by a member
belonging to the body to which it shall be presented, unless otherwise
directed by the committee. Every member presenting an order, ordi-
nance, or resolution shall have his name indorsed thereon. Such
member shall be informed, by the clerk of the committee to which the
matter is referred, of the time fixed for its consideration, if he give
notice of his desire to be heard thereon.
Rule 11. Any report containing any recommendation, other than
" leave to withdraw," or " inexpedient to take further action," or refer-
ence to another board or committee, shall be accompanied by an ordi-
nance, order or resolve, embodying such recommendation ; and such
report shall be acted upon separately.
Rule 12. Any member of a joint committee may submit a minority
report at the same time as the majority report, and, if the latter be in
print, he shall be allowed to submit his report also in print. Either
branch may order to be printed the report of any committee submitted
to it, or any document relating to a subject under consideration, the
expense thereof to be charged to the genei-al appropriation for printing.
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NOTICE TO OTHER BRANCH.
Rule 13. All papers requiring concurrent action shall be trans-
mitted from one branch of the city council to tlie other before the next
regular meeting of the latter branch, with the action of the branch
sending them indorsed thereon, and signed by the regular presiding
officer of such branch, or, in his absence, by the clerk or assistant
clerk of such body. In case of votes or action by either branch not
based on written orders or papers, notice of the same shall be trans-
mitted to the other branch, signed as hereinbefore directed. In case
any ordinance, oi'der, or resolution originating in one branch shall
fail to pass in the other, notice thereof shall be given, under the signa-
ture of the clerk, to the branch in which the same originated.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Rule 14. In all votes requiring concurrent action the form of ex-
pression shall be " Ordered" for everything by way of command ; and
the form shall be "Resolved," for everything exj^ressing opinions,
principles, facts, or purposes.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
Rule 15. Whenever the city council shall order an expenditure by
.any committee, board, or officer, either in addition to the estimates on
which the appropriation was made or for an object not included in
..such estimates, it shall provide for the payment of the same.
Rule 16. No expenditure shall be made from the reserved fund
except by a transfer to some other appropi'iation or to a new appro-
priation to be established, and no expenditure shall be charged to the
-appropriation for incidentals except transfers and the expenditures
therefrom provided for in the ordinances.
Rule 17. Every application for an additional appi'opriation, to be
provided for by transfer or loan, shall be referred to the committee on
the department for which the appropriation is to be made, and the re-
port of such committee thereon shall, upon presentation in either
branch, be referred to the committee on finance, and no such addi-
tional appropriation shall be made until the latter committee has re-
ported thereon.
Rule 18. No order authorizing the borrowing of money, or the
transfer of one appropriation or pai't of an appropriation to another
appropriation, shall be passed, unless two-thirds of the whole number
of the members of each branch of the city council vote in the affirtn-
-ative, by vote taken by yea and nay.
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I'.llA.S AND ACC<;UNTS.
Rule 19. No presiding- ollicer of a board, or cliairman of a com-
mittee, unless duly authorized by such boai'd or coniniittoe, shall ap-
prove any bill or account against tlio city.
Rule 20. No bills for refreshments or carriages shall be paid,
unless such bills shall specify in detail the names of the members to
whom such refreshments or carriages are furnished, and the dates of
furnishing the same. No member of the city council shall incur any
such bills, unless the same be furnished while performing some duty
with which he has been charged by a committee of which he is a
member, and by the vote of such committee authorizing such special
expenditure. All bills for refreshments shall be pi'esented at the time
incuiTcd, and shall be approved by the members of the city council
incurring the same ; provided, hoivever, that all bills contracted by sub-
committees shall be submitted to and approved by the full committee.
Rule 21. All carriages shall be ordered through the city messen-
ger, who shall examine and audit the bills therefor within twenty days
from the date they are incurred, and the clerk of committees shall fur-
nish the city messenger a copy of the vote, in each case, authorizing
the use of such cari'iages.
Rule 22. All bills for refreshments or carriages shall be paid from
the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the city council, and
if containing items incurred more than three months previous to the
date of their presentation to the auditor shall go before the city coun-
cil for approval. The prices paid for all carriages hired under this rule
shall be in conformity with the rates established by the Board of
Police.
AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
Rule 23. The foregoing rules shall not be altered, amended, sus-
pended, or rejiealed at any time, except by the votes of two-thirds of
the members of each branch of the city council present and voting
thereon.
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RULES AND ORDERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
AS ADOPTED ON JANUARY 22, 1891.
Rule 1. Unless otherwise ordered from time to time, the regular
meeting of the common council shall be held on every Thursday, at
half-past seven o'clock P.M., and on the appearance of a quorum the
council shall be called to order. In the absence of the president the
oldest senior member present shall take the chair, and a president pro
tempore shall be chosen by ballot ; and if an election is not effected on
the first trial, on subsequent trials a plurality vote shall elect.
PRESIDENT.
Rule 2. The president shall appoint and announce all committees,
unless otherwise ordered, and shall communicate his appointments to
the council at the meeting following such action, if not made during a
session. All vacancies upon committees shall be filled in the manner
of original appointment; and members so appointed shall take rank
according to the date of their appointment.
Rule 3. The president may at any time call another member to the
chair ; but such substitution shall not continue beyond an adjournment.
In all cases the president may vote.
Rule 4. The president may make any rules that he deems proper to
preserve order in the council chamber during sessions of the council,
and he shall forbid smoking in the council chamber during a session.
CLERK.
Rule 5. The clerk shall keep a record of the acts, votes, and pro-
ceedings of the common council, and a separate record of all decisions
of the chair upon questions of order. He shall have the care and
custody of all papers belonging to this branch of the city council ; and
shall prei^are a schedule of business in order for each meeting, in such
manner as the president may direct.
He shall draw up and send all messages to the board of aldermen ;
and shall retain in his possession all papers until the right to file a
notice of reconsideration has expired, and after such notice he shall keep
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the jxipers portiiiniiii;' lIuM'cifo until IIks i-i<j,-lil of i-ijconsidcraf ion lias
exi)ire(l.
CONDUCT OF MEMIiEUS.
Rule 6. Except when otherwise provided, no member shall
speak for moi'e than fifteen minutes, and a further equal time if the
•council so vote. No member shall speak a second time on a question,
if another member who has not spoken claims the iloor.
Rule 7. No member shall interrujJt anotlier while speaking, ex-
cej)t by rising to call to order, in Avhich case the speaker shall not lose
his right to the floor.
Every member, while speaking, shall confine himself to the question
under debate, and shall I'efrain from personalities, and shall not refer
to any other member of the council except by a respectful designation ;
:and no member shall speak or vote out of his jslace without leave of
the president.
QUORUM.
Rule 8. Whenever, on a I'ising vote or on a roll-call, a quorum does
not vote, or whenever a member raises the doubt of a quorum being
present, the chair shall ascertain and declare whether a quorum is
present. If there is no quorum present, he shall immediately declare the
council adjourned.
COMMITTEES.
Rule 9. All matters relating to the elections of members shall be
referred to the standing committee on elections, which shall consist of
£ve members.
Rule 10. There shall be a standing committee on judiciary,
consisting of five members, who shall have the power to obtain the
opinion of the corporation counsel on all matters that shall be referred
to them.
Rule 11. All committees of this council shall be notified of their
meetings by the clerk of committees. They shall not sit during ses-
sions of the council without special leave, nor be called, on less notice
than twenty-four hours from the time the notices are mailed by the
•clerk or despatched, by special messenger, unless all the members consent ;
and they shall keep' a record of their doings. The member first named
shall be chaii-man, unless otherwise ordered by the committee, in which
■case the council shall be notified of the change ; and the same rule
shall apply to the members serving on joint committees.
Rule 12. Special committees of this council shall consist of thi-ee
members, unless otherwise ordered.
Rule 13. No report of any committee shall be received, unless
agreed to by such committee at a duly notified meeting thereof. Such.
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report, when presented, may be ordered to be printed, and shall then
take its place among the unfinished business for consideration at the
next meeting.
Rule 14. Committees of this council to whom any matter is re-
ferred shall report within four weeks, or ask for further time.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Rule 15. When the council shall determine to go into a committee
of the whole, the president shall apj^oint the member who shall take
the chair.
Rule 16. The rules of proceedings in the council shall be observed
in committee of the whole, so far as they are applicable, but a motion
to rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again shall be first in
order, and shall be decided without debate ; and the jirevious question
shall not be moved.
COURSE OF PROCEEDINGS.
Rule 17. At every regular meeting of the council the order of
business shall be as follows : —
First. Reading of the records of the iDreceding meeting, if called
for by any member.
Second. Papers from the board of aldermen.
Third. Reports of committee on finance.
Fourth. Reports of committees, which shall be called for by divis-
ions in numerical order.
Fifth. Motions, orders, and resolutions. They shall be read once,
and may be referred or specially assigned, and if no objection is made
and no suspension of the rules is necessary, they may be given a
second reading and jDassed.
Sixth. Unfinished business of preceding meetings.
Seventh. Communications and reports from city officers.
Eighth. Presentation of petitions, remonstrances, and memorials.
Ninth. Notices of motions for reconsideration.
Tenth. Motions, orders, and resolutions.
Provided, however, that not more than thirty minutes shall be allowed
for the presentation of papers under the fifth order of business. Papers
shall be called for by divisions in numerical order, and only one mem-
ber in a division shall be recognized until each division has been called.
Rule 18. All papers addressed to the council shall be presented
by the president or by a member ; and unless the council shall other-
wise determine, they shall be read by the president or such other
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person ;is lie may r(;<(ii(i,st, anil Ix; tak(!n up in tlic order in wliirli tliey
are presented.
Rule It). All ordinanees, orders, and I'csulutions shall, unless re-
jected, have two several readings, after each of which debate shall be
in order, and they shall then be put on their passage. Whenever the
second reading immediately follows the first, the document may be
read by its title only, unless objection is made.
Rule 20. No ordinaruje and no order or resolution imposing penal-
ties, or authorizing a loan or the expenditure of money, shall have
more than one reading on the same day ; but this rille shall not apply
to an order to print a document or to provide refreshments during a
session .
MOTIONS.
Rule 21. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the president
shall so direct, and no other motion shall be entertained until a reason-
able time be afforded for compliance with such direction.
Rule 22. In naming sums and fixing times the largest sum and
longest time shall first be put to the question.
Rule 23. When a question is under debate, the president shall re-
ceive any of the following motions, but no others : —
1. To adjourn.
2. The previous question.
3. To lay on the table.
4. To close debate at a specified time.
5. To especially assign to a time certain.
6. To refer to a committee.
7. To amend.
8. To refer to another board.
9. To postpone indefinitely.
These several motions shall not be applied to each other, except that
the motion to assign, refer, amend, or to close debate at a specified
time may be amended ; and the previous question may be demanded
upon an amendment, which motion shall be decided without debate.
When one of these motions has been made, none of the others inferior
to it in precedence shall be made, and in proceeding to vote, motions
pending shall be put in the order of their rank, as above arranged.
No motion or proposition of a subject different from that under con-
sideration shall be admitted under color of amendment..
Rule 24. When a matter has been especially assigned to be taken
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up at a fixed hour or at a certain stage of proceedings, such matter
shall, at the time appointed or at any time subsequent thereto, dui'ing
the same or succeeding meetings, be in order upon the call of any
member, and take precedence of all other business.
Rule 25. When an order or resolution relates to a subject which
may properly be examined and reported upon by an existing committee
of the city council, such order or resolution shall, upon presentation, be
referred to such committee. When a motion is made to refer any
subject, and different committees are proj)Osed, the motion shall be put
in the following order : —
A standing committee of the council.
A special committee of the council.
A johit standing committee.
A joint special committee.
Rule 26. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, provided
business of a nature to be recorded on the journal has been transacted
since a motion to adjourn was rejected ; and such motion shall be
decided without debate.
Rule 27. Debate on a call for the previous question, or on a motion
to close debate at a specified time, or on a motion to lay on the table or
take fi'om the table, shall not exceed ten minutes, and no member shall
speak more than three minutes. In such debate, however, the merits
of the main question shall not be discussed.
Rule 28. Any member may requii'e the division of a question when
the sense will admit of it ; and any member may move at any time for
the suspension of any rule or rules.
PREVIOUS QUESTION.
Rule 29. When the previous question is ordered, the vote shall be
taken upon all pending amendments, and finally upon the main
question.
Rule 80. All incidental qviestions of order ai'ising after a motion is
made for the previous question shall be decided without debate, except
on an appeal; and on such an appeal, no member shall be allowed to
speak more than once without leave of the council.
Rule 31. The previous question shall be put in the following
form : " Shall the main question be now puf^ " and all debate upon the
main question shall be suspended until the previous question has been
decided.
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Rule 32. No :ii)po;il I'l-om tlie decision of tlie president shall be
entertained unless it is seconded ; and no other business shall be in
order till the question on the appeal has been decided. The question
shall be put as follows: "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the
judgment of the council'^'''' And it shall be deemed to be decided in the
affirmative unless a majority of the votes given are to the contrary.
VOTING.
Rule 33. If the president is unable to decide or if any member
doubts a vote, the president shall cause a rising vote to be taken on the
question, without further debate. The president shall appoint two tell-
ers for each division of the council as fixed by him, who shall agree
on a coimt and report the result aloud to him.
Rule 84. A motion that any pending vote shall be taken by yeas
and nays shall be in order at any time, and no debate shall be allowed
thereon, but it shall be passed by the assent of one-fifth of the members
present.
Rule 35. After the announcement of a vote not taken by yeas and
nays, any member may move for a verification thereof by yeas and
nays, and on such motion a debate of the original question not exceed-
ing five minutes shall be permitted; and tlie yeas and nays shall be
taken, provided one-fifth of the members voting shall so require.
RECONSIDERATION.
Rule 36. When a vote has been passed, any member may move a
reconsideration thereof at the same meeting, either immediately aftei*
the announcement of such vote or wheneyer motions are in order ; or
if any member who is not shown by a yea and nay vote to have A^oted
against the prevailing side shall give notice to the clerk, before ten
o'clock- A.M. of the next day but one following that on which a meeting
was held (except the final meeting of the year, or that pi'eceding any
adjournment for over two weeks), of his intention so to do, he may
move a reconsideration at the next meeting at which said motion is
reached in the oixler of proceedings.
Rule 37. Debate on motions to reconsider shall be limited to thirty
minutes, and no member shall speak more than five minutes. When-
ever a matter has been especially assigned, a notice, as above specified,
to reconsider any vote affecting it shall be considered whenever such
special assignment takes elfect.
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Rule 38. When a motion for reconsideration has been decided, that
decision shall not be reconsidered, and no question shall be twice
reconsidered unless it has been amended after the reconsideration ; nor
shall any reconsideration be had upon either of the following motions :
To adjourn.
The previous question.
To lay on the table.
To take from the table.
To close debate at a specified time.
RESCINDING VOTES.
Rule 39. After a vote has been refused a reconsideration, it shall not
be rescinded unless two-thirds of the whole number of the members of
the common council vote in the affirmative.
ELECTIONS.
Rule 40. All officers receiving any compensation from the city of
Boston, who are primarily elected by the city council, shall be chosen
in this branch by ballot, at a meeting subsequent to the one at which
they are reported as nominated by a committee, or as elected by the
board of aldermen.
Rule 41. In all -elections by ballot the number of blanks cast shall
be reported, but shall not be counted in the returns. Ballots cast for
ineligible persons shall be counted and reported, but only for the ])ur-
pose of ascertaining the whole number of ballots cast. Where a
jDlurality elects, if an ineligible person receive a plurality there shall
be no choice.
SEATS OF MEMBERS.
Rule 42. No person except a member of the council shall be per-
mitted to occupy the seat of any member while the coiuicil is in session.
The seats of the members of the council shall be numbered, and shall
be determined, in the presence of the council, by drawing the names of
members and the numbers of the seats simultaneously; and each mem-
ber shall be entitled for the year to the seat bearing the number so
drawn against his name, and shall not change it except by the jjermis-
sion of the president.
KULES OF THE COMMON COUXCIL. S7
SPEOTATOUS.
Rule 43. The city mossenger shall allow no jx'i-son ii])oii the lh)or
of the council ciianibcr or in either of tiie anterooms, except members
of the city government and rei^ortevs, without the permission of the
l^resident; and while the council is in session, no person except mem-
bers of the city government and reporters shall be alloAved in either of
the anterooms on the easterly side. The president shall order such ac-
commodations on the floor for reporters and spectators as he shall deem
proper ; provided, however, that no spectators shall be seated behind the
members of the comicil.
Rule 44. The council chamber shall be used for meetings of the
council only, unless by special vote of the common council ; pro-
vided, that during the summer recess the president may allow the
chamber to be used for jj^^blic purjooses, in all cases repoi'ting his ac-
tion to the council at its next meeting. The anteroom and large com-
mittee-room on the east shall be subject to the same rules, except that
the pi'esident may allow committee-meetings to be held therein at times
when the council is not in session. The clerk's room shall be assigned
to the clerk of the common council for occupancy and use. The ante-
room between the council chamber and the clerk's room shall be used
during the meetings of the council to give access to the seats on the
floor, and such other purposes as the president may direct; x>rovided,
that smoking there shall not be allowed on the part of visitors. The
general care and supervision of these rooms are hereby intrusted to the
city messenger, subject to the direction of the president ; but no expen-
diture of money shall be made excej)t by direct vote of the common
council.
REFRESHMENTS AND CARRIAGE-HIRE.
Rule 45. No bill for refreshments or carriage-hire shall be incurred
by any member of the common council, except in the discharge of ofii-
cial duty, and all bills for refreshments, after being duly certified to by
the members incurring the same, shall be submitted to the auditing com-
mittee, as hereinafter provided. All carriages shall be hired through
the city messenger, who shall obtain and verify the bills within twenty
days from the date when they were incurred, and the clerk of committees
shall furnish to the city messenger a copy of the vote, in each case, au-
thorizing the use of such carriao-es. When the common council is in
session at eleven P.M., the city messenger is directed to provide car-
riages to convey members and officials to their respective homes, if
they so desire. The president is hereby authorized to incur bills for
88 MUN^ICIPAL REGISTER.
refreshments or carriage-hire while in the discharge of his official du-
ties. The^prices paid for all carriages hired under this rule shall be in
conformity with^the rates established by the board of police. All bills
so ineurred^for refreshments and carriage-hire shall be chai'ged to the
contingent fund of the common council, and all bills for refreshments
shall be audited, before presentation to the city auditor, by a committee
of three members of the common council. Said committee shall satisfy
themselves of the correctness of such bills, both as to authority and
amount, and may require evidence before approving them for pay-
ment; such audit shall be completed monthly, on or before the twenty-
fifth day of the month, and no bill shall be considered unless jDre-
sented within thi'ee months of the date of incurring the same.
The city au.ditor shall report in print every three months, giving in
detail the bills allowed and the votes authorizinp- the same.
EEPEAL.
, Rule 46. The foregoing rules shall not be altered, amended, sus-
pended, or repealed, at any time, except by the votes of two-thirds of
the members of the common council present and voting thereon.
GOYEEKMEIS^T
OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON
1891.
NATHAN MATTHEWS, Jr., Mayor,
Residence, 456 Beacon street.
Salary, $10,000.
[Stat. 1885, chap. 266. Eev. Ord., chap. 2; chap. 3, § 6.]
CITY COUNCIL.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Salary, |)1,500, each.
[Stat. 1888, chap. 286. Rev. Ord., chap. 3, § 6.]
Herbert S. Carruth, Chairman.
FiBST District. — [Wards 1, 2.]
John H. Sullivan . . . .199 Webster street.
Second District. — [Wards 3, 4, 5.]
Benjamin F. Stagey . . . 33 High street.
Third District. — [Wards 6, 7, 8.]
Thomas F. Keenan .... 41 McLean street.
Fourth District. — [Wards 9, 10.]
George v. L. Meyer ... 54 Beacon street.
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Fifth District. — [Wards 11, 16.]
Nathaniel J. Eust . . .172 Newbury street.
Sixth District. — [Wards 12, 13.]
Edward J. Leaky . . .25 West Fifth street.
Seventh District. — [Wards 14, 15.]
Thomas W. Flood . . .533 East Fifth street.
Eighth District. — [Wards 17, 18.]
Weston Lewis . . . . 81 Worcester street.
Ninth District. — [Wards 19, 22.]
Martin Regan .... 1 Gay street.
Tenth District. — [Wards 20, 21.]
Lewis G. Farmer . . . Townsend street.
Eleventh District. — [Wards 23, 25.]
John H. Lee 10 Parsons street.
Twelfth District. — [Ward 24.]
HJERBEET S. Carruth . . 10 Beaumoiit street.
Clerk, ex officio.
J. Mitchell Galvin, 51 Washington street, Dorchester.
[Stat. 1821, 110, § 10 ; St. 1854, 448, § 30 ; St. 1885, 266, § 2. Rev. Ord., chap. 4.]
Regular meetings, Mondays, at 4 o'clock P.M.
COMMON COUNCIL.
David F. Barry, President.
Ward 1. — Frank C. Wood, 406 Meridian street.
John L. Bates, 282 Meridian street.
Hugh L. Stalker, 110 Trenton street.
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COMMON COUNCIL.
91
Ward 2. — Patrick C. Kklly, 352 Suhiikm- street.
Thomas Artiiuu, (57 MavcricU s(|ii:ir(!.
William J. Donovan, 141 London street.
Ward 3. — Williaji J. Doherty, 20 Medtbrd street.
John J. Mahoney, 70 Doeutur street,
Michael J. Tierney, 61 Moulton street.
Ward 4. — Henry W. Woodbury, 15 Irving place.
William H. Boardman, 139 High street. .
Myron D. Cressy, 15 Oak street.
Ward 5. — John Hurley, 28 Mt. Vernon street.
James W. O'Brien, 6 Call-st. place.
Elliott D. Robbins, 46 High street.
Ward 6. — Neil F. Doherty, 42 Sheafe street.
Charles Carroll, 3 Hanover place.
John J. Irving, 193 Salem street.
Ward 7. — Edavard P. Clark, 1 Endicott court.
Patrick F. Brogan, 66 No. Margin street.
Cornelius H. Toland, 212 Endicott street.
Ward 8. — Michael B. Gilbride, 10 Billerica street.
Patrick Higgins, 38 Billerica street.
Hugh McLaughlin, 56 Auburn street.
Ward 9. — Albert H. Hall, 85 West Cedar street.
Nelson G. Gaskins, 14 Grove street.
Seth p. Smith, 86 Myrtle street.
Ward 10. — Bov^^doin S. Parker, 54 Bowdoin street.
Arthur L. Spring, 34 Hancock street.
Clarence P. Weston, 11 Beacon street.
Ward 11. — Francis C. Lowell, 159 Beacon street.
Charles W. Hallstram, 123 Dartmouth st.
Frank H. Beiggs, 2^ Hotel Berkeley.
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Ward 12. — John F. J. Mulhall, 8 Hudson street.
Daniel P. Toomey, 89 Tyler street.
John Quinn, Jr. , 30 Wendell street.
Ward 13. — Michael W. Norms, 67 West Seventh street.
John H. Griffin, 98 Broadway.
Andrew J. Quinn, 239 C street.
Ward 14. — James H. Coughlin, 545 East Sixth street.
John A. Daunt, 344 E street.
Josiah S. Dean, 927 East Fourth street.
Ward 15. — Joseph J. Casey, 160 West Eighth street.
Charles H. Dirksmeyer, Willow court.
Timothy J. Sullivan, 386 Fourth street.
Ward 16. — ^^ David F. Barry, 5 Taylor street.
John B. Cadigan, 12 Genesee street.
Abraham Levy, 57 D wight street.
Ward 17. — S. Edward Shaw, 607 Tremont street.
William R. Browne, 53 Warren avenue.
William Gordon, Q'6 Appleton street.
Ward 18. — George E. Lovett, 36 Greenwich park.
Abraham C. Ratshesky, 535 Columbus ave.
Thomas Talbot, 102 W. Springfield street.
Ward 19. — Thomas F. Lyons, 26 Elmwood street.
Mark H. Lynch, 115 Cabot street.
William J. Murphy, 53 Kendall street.
Ward 20. — Charles H. Dolan, 48 Adams street.
Hugh Gilligan, 5 Crosby place.
William B. McClellan, 52 Monadnock st.
Ward 21. — Horace G. Allen, 30 Lambert street.
Benjamin F. Brown, 24 Clitf street.
Melancthon W. Burlen, 27 Waumbeck st.
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Ward 22. — John F. Kinney, 174 Ward street.
George H. Murray, 259 Heath street.
Ward 23. — Franklin P. Pierce, 8 Greenwood avenue.
Horace Bacon (res., Ap. 10), 18Fairview st.
Frank F. Proctor, 48 Green street.
John J. Kane (from June 11), Summer st.
Ward 24. — Walter L. Hayes, Cor. Savin Hill avenue and
Auckland street.
Charles E. Folsom, Jr., 38 Romsey street.
Fred H. Young, 3 Ocean street.
Ward 25. — Henry B. Goodenough, Foster street.
Frederic Eaton, 49 Gardner street.
Clerh.
Joseph O'Kane, Blakeville, near Olney street, Dorchester.
Salary, S3,000. [Kev. Ord., chap. 3, § 6.]
Regular meetings, Thursdays, at 7.30 P.M.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
(Alphabetically arranged.)
Carruth, Herbert S.
Farmer, Lewis G.
Flood, Thomas W.
Keenan, Thomas F.
Leary, Edward J.
Lee, John H.
Allen, Horace G.
Arthur, Thomas .
Barry, David F. .
ALDERMEN.
District
I
. . 12
Lewis, Weston . . .
. . 10
Meyer, George v. L. .
. . 7
Regan, Martin . . .
. . 3
Rust, Nathaniel J. .
. . 6
Stacey, Benjamin F. .
. . 11
Sullivan, John H. . .
COMMON
COUNCIL.
Ward
. . 21
Bates, John L. . .
. . 2
Boardman, William H.,
. . 16
Briggs, Frank H.
District
8
4
9
5
2
1
"Ward
1
4
11
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MUNICIPAL REGISTEE.
Brogan, Patrick F.
Brown, Benjamin F.
Browne, William R.
Burlen, Melancthon W.
Cadigan, John R.
Carroll, Charles .
Casey, Joseph J.
Clark, Edward P. .
Coughlin, James H.
Cressy, Myron D, .
Daunt, John A. .
Dean, Josiah S. .
Dirksmeyer, Charles H.
Doherty, Neil F.
Doherty, William J.
Dolan, Charles H. .
Donovan, William J.
Eaton, Frederic .
Folsom, Charles E., Jr.
Gaskins, Nelson G. .
Gilbride, Michael B.
Gilligan, Hugh . .
Goodenough, Henry B.
Gordon, William
Griffin, John H. .
Hall, Albert H. . .
Hallstram, Charles W.
Hayes, Walter L.
Higgins, Patrick .
Hurley, John . . .
Irving, John J. .
Kane, John J.
Kelly, Patrick C. .
Kinney, John F. .
Ward
Ward
7
Levy, Abraham .
. 16
. 21
Lovett, George E. .
. 18
. 17
Lowell, Francis C. .
. 11
, 21
Lynch, Mark H. .
. 19
. 16
Lyons, Thomas F.
. 19
. 6
Mahoney, John J.
. 3
. 15
McClellan, William B. . 20
7
McLaughlin, Hugh
. 8
. 14
Mulhair, John F. J.
. 12
. 4
Murphy, William J.
. 19
. 14
Murray, George H.
. 22
. 14
Norris, Michael W.
. 13
, 15
O'Brien, James W.
. 5
. 6
Parker, Bowdoin S.
. 10
. 3
Pierce, Franklin P.
. 23
. 20
Proctor, Frank F.
. 23
2
Quinn, Andrew J.
. 13
. 25
Quinu, John, Jr.
. 12
, 24
Ratshesky , Abraham C . , 18
9
Robbins, Elliott D.
. . 5
. 8
Shaw, S. Edward
. . 17
. 20
Smith, Seth P. .
. . 9
., 25
Spring, Arthur L.
. . 10
. 17
Stalker, Hugh L.
• .. 1
. 13
Sullivan, Timothy J
. . 15
. 9
Talbot, Thomas .
. . 18
. 11
Tierney, Michael J.
. 3
. 24
Toland, Cornelius H
. . 7
. 8
Toomey, Daniel P.
. . 12
. 5
Weston, Clarence P
. . 10
6
Wood, Frank C.
. . 1
. 23
Woodbury, Henry W. . 4
2
Young, Fred H. .
. . 24
. 22
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COMMITTEES. 95
P/'e.s.s lleporters.
John J. O'Callagiian, — Advertiser and Record.
David J. McGkatii, — Globe.
George F. Kiciimond, — Herald.
Weston F. Hutchins, — Journal.
Walter S. Barnes, Jr., — Post.
Allan C. A. Chamberlain, — Transcript.
Stephen O. Sherman, — Traveller.
D. J. McGrath, — City Press Association.
Official Stenographer. — E. W. Harnden, 28 Pemherton
square.
COMMITTEES.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Armories and Military Affaihs. — Staeey, Regan, Lewis.
Bonds. — Leary, Keenan, Rust.
County Accounts. — Lee, Farmer, Meyer.
Electric Wires. — Staeey, Farmer, Rust.
Faneuil Hall, etc. — Staeey, Keenan, Leary.
Lamps. — Leary, Sullivan, Lewis.
Licenses. — Staeey, Regan ^ Rust.
Markets. — Lee, Flood, Lewis.
Railroads. — Carruth, Flood, Rust.
Steam-Engines, etc. — Leary, Lee, Lewis.
Streets and Sewers. — The w^hole Board. Sub-Committees. —
Paving Division — Flood, Keenan, Meyer, Leary; Sewer Division —
Farmer, Sullivan, Carruth, Lee; Bridge Division — Staeey, Lewis,
Flood, Regan; Sanitary Division — Sullivan, Rust, Keenan; Street-
Gleaning Division — Lewis, Keenan, Rust.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. .
State Aid. — Staeey, Keenan, Lewis.
Rules and Orders. — Carruth, Farmer, Rust.
Dudley-street Crossing, N. Y. & N. E. R.R. — Farmer, Rust, Regan.
Boundary Lines. — [Order January 29, 1891.] — Lee, Meyer.
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Inspection of Prisons. — [Order January 21, 1891.] — Sullivan,
Leary, Lewis.
JN"ew Court House. — [Order Januar}' 19, 1891.] — Keenan, Lewis,
Sullivan.
Investigation of Milk Inspector. — Regan, Lewis, Stacey.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Appropriations. — Aldermen — Herbert S. Carruth, John H. SuUi-
"van, Thomas W. Flood, John H. Lee, Benjamin F. Stacey, Nathaniel
J. Rust, Weston Lewis, Edward J. Leary. Common Council — David
F. Barry, Michael W. Norris, John F. Kinney, John Quinn, Jr., William
J. Doherty, Charles H. Dolan, Walter L. Hayes, Franklin P. Pierce.
Department of Ancient Records. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary,
George v. L. Meyer, Thomas F. Keenan. Com,mon Council. — John L,
Bates, Patrick Higgins, Bowdoin S. Parker, Michael W. Norris, Josiah S.
Dean.
Architect Department. — Aldermen — George v. L. Meyer, Edward
J. Leary, Lewis G. Farmer. Common Council — Cornelius H. Toland,
-John B. Cadigan, Fred. H. Young, Seth P. Smith, David F. Barry.
Assessing Department. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, Martin
Regan, Weston Lewis. Commoti Council — Charles Carroll, John H.
Griffin, William H. Boardman, Hugh McLaughlin, John J. Kane.
Auditing Department. — Aldermen — Benjamin F. Stacey, John H.
Lee, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council. — Patrick F. Brogan, Nelson
G. Gaskins, James W. O'Brien, Thomas Talbot, William J. Murphy.
City Clerk Department. — Aldermen — Benjamin F. Stacey, Martin
Regan, John H. Sullivan. Common Council — Edward P. Clark, Clai'-
ence P. Weston, Charles Carroll, Fred. H. Young, Charles H. Dirks-
meyer.
City Messenger Department. — J ZcZermera — Nathaniel J. Rust,
John H. Lee, George v. L. Meyer. Common Council — William B.
McClellan, T. Edward Shaw, Michael J. Tierney, Charles W. Hallsti-am,
Timothy J. Sullivan.
Claims. — Aldermen — Lewis G. Farmer, Nathaniel J. Rust, Benja-
min F. Stacey. Commoti Council — Francis C. Lowell, David F. Barry,
Charles H. Dolan, Melancthon W. Burlen, Joseph J. Casey.
Clerk of Committees Department. — Aldermen — John H. Lee,
Weston Lewis, Benjamin F. Stacey. Common Council — Charles H.
Dolan, Walter L. Hayes, Patrick C. Kelley, Nelson G. Gaskins, Elliott
D. Bobbins.
COMMITTEES. 97
Collecting Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Ed-
ward J. Leary, Weston Lewis. Common Council — John Quinn, Jr.,
William II. Boardman, John B. Cadigan, Henry H. Goodenough,
William J. Donovan.
Contingent Expenses. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Benjamin
F. Stacey, George v. L, Meyer. Common Council — John F. J. Mul-
hall, Nelson G. Gaskins, Charles E. Folsom, Jr., Palrick F. Brogan, S.
Edward Shaw.
Depaktment for Inspection of Milk and Vinegar. — Aldermen
— Martin Regan, Nathaniel J. Rust, John H. Lee. Common Cotaicil —
Abraham Levy, Albert H. Hall, John F. J. Mulhall, Melancthon W.
Burlen, William R. Browne.
Department for Inspection of Provisions. — Aldermen — John
H. Lee, Weston Lewis, John H. Sullivan. Common Council — Frederic
Eaton, John B. Cadigan, George E. Lovett, Mark H. Lynch, William J.
Doherty.
Department for Inspection of Vessels and Ballast. — Aldermen
— Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L. Meyer, Benjamin F. Stacey. Com,-
mon Council — John J. Irving, Clarence P. Weston, Hugh McLaughlin,
Benjamin F. Brown, William Gordon.
Department for Inspection of Wires. — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust, Weston Lewis. Common Council — John H.
GrifSn, Franklin P. Pierce, Joseph J. Casey, Charles E. Folsom, Jr.,
John Hurley.
Department of Mount Hope Cemetery. — Aldermen — Lewis G.
Farmer, Martin Regan, Benjamin F. Stacey. Common Council — Patrick
C. Kelly, Benjamin F. Brown, John A. Daunt, Franklin P. Pierce,
Timothy J. Sullivan.
Department of Public Grounds. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Benjamin F. Stacey, Thomas W. Flood. Common Council — John
Quinn, Jr., Michael B. Gilbride, Abraham C. Ratshesky, Patrick F.
Brogan, William Gordon.
Department for Registration of Voters. — Aldermen — Martin
Regan, Nathaniel J. Rust, Edward J. Leary. Common Council — Thomas
Arthur, John J. Mahoney, William H. Boardman, Frank H. Briggs,
Patrick F. Brogan.
Department for Sealing of Weights and Measures. — Alder-
men— Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis, John H. Lee. Common Coun-
cil— Charles Carroll, Henry W. Woodbury, Neil F. Dohert}^ George H.
Murray, Michael B. Gilbride.
98 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Engineering Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenaii, George
V. L. Meyer, Edward J. Leary. Common <Jounc%l — William R.Browne,
Thomas Talbot, Michael J. Tierney, John A. Daunt, Frank C. Wood.
Ferry Department. — Alderm,en — John H. Sullivan, John H. Lee,
Weston Lewis. Com,m,on Council — Frank C. Wood, William J. Dono-
van, John J. Irving, Abraham C. Ratshesky, Patrick F. Brogan.
Finance. — Aldei-men — Chairman of the Board of Aldermen, ex
officio, Thomas W. Flood, George v. L. Meyer. Com,mon Council —
David F. Barry, Horace G. Allen, Michael W. Norris, Henry B. Good-
enough, Thomas F. Lyons.
Fire Department. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Martin Regan,
George v. L. Meyer. Common Council — William B. McClellan, Elliott
D. Bobbins, Abraham Levy, Arthur L. Spring, Michael J. Tierney.
Health Department. — Aldermen — Martin Regan, Thomas W.
Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — John H. Griffin, Frederic
Eaton, Daniel P. Toomey, William J. Donovan, John B. Cadigan.
Hospital Department. — Aldermen — Benjanain F. Stacey, Weston
Lewis, Thomas W. Flood. Common Council — Walter L. Hayes,
Michael B. Gilbride, George E. Lovett, Abraham C. Ratshesky, Horace
G. Allen.
Department for the Inspection of Buildings. — Aldermen —
Thomas W. Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust, Edward J. Leary. Common Coun-
cil— John F. Kinney, Melancthon W.Burlen, S. Edward Shaw, Edward
P. Clark, John H. Griffin.
Lamp Department. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, John H. Sul-
livan, Weston Lev^'is. Commo7i Council — Edward P. Clark, S. Edward
Shaw, Hugh McLaughlin, Mark H. Lynch, Melancthon W. Burlen.
Legislative Matters. — Aldermen — Herbert S. Carruth, Lewis G.
Farmer. Common Council — Arthur L. Spring, Josiah S. Dean, Daniel
P. Toomey.
Market Department. — Aldermen — John H. Lee, Thomas W.
Flood, Weston Lewis. Common Council — John J. Irving, Henry B.
Goodenough, Michael J. Tierney, Thomas Talbot, Thomas F. Lyons.
Ordinances and Law^ Department. — Aldermen — Lewis G. Far-
mer, Herbert S. Carruth, Nathaniel J. Rust. Commoii Council —
Francis C. Lowell, David F. Barry, Bowdoiu S. Parker, John Hurley,
Charles H. Dolan.
Department for the Relief of the Poor. — Aldermen — Thomas
F. Keenan, Benjamin F. Stacey, Weston Lewis. Common Council —
Frederic Eaton, John F. J. Mulliall, Joseph J. Casey, Andrew J. Quiun,
John L. Bates.
COMMITTEES. 90
Pakk DKrAKTMENT. — Aldermen — John II. Sullivan, Hcnjnniiii V.
Stacey, Thomas W. Flood. Common CounrAl — -John .1 . Malioncy, Frank-
lin P. Pierce, Michael W . Norri.s, Walter L. Hayes, Ilnjrl, fiiljigan.
Street DErAUTMENX. — Aldermen — Tlionias W. Flood. Thomas F.
Keenan, George v. L. I\Ieyer. Common Council — iNIai'k 11. I>ynch, Seth
P. Smith, George II. Murray, Frank H. Briggs, James W. O'Brien.
Police Department. — Aldermen — IMartin Regan, John II. Lee,
■George V. L. Meyer. Common Council — John J. Mahoney, Neil F.
Doherty, Thomas Arthm-, Arthur L. Spring, Frank F. Proctor.
Printing. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Weston Lewis, John H.
Lee. Common Council — Frank C. Wood, William J. Doherty, John
•J. Irving, Melancthon W. Burlen, John Quinn, Jr.
Department of Public Buildings. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Edward J . Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — David F. Bany ,
■John A. Daunt, Walter L. Hayes, George E. Lovett, Mark H. Lynch.
Department of Public Institutions. — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, Thomas F. Keenan, John H. Sullivan. Comm,on Council —
-Joseph J. Casey, Abraham C. Ratshesky, Michael B. Gilbride, Hugh L.
Stalker, James H. Coughlin.
■ Public Lands. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust,
Weston Lewis. Common Council — Hugh McLaughlin, Benjamin F.
Brown, Josiah S. Dean, P>ancis C. Lowell, Thomas F. Lyons.
Library Department. — Aldermen — Weston Lewis, Lewis G.
Farmer, Thomas F. Keenan. Common Council — John F. J. Mulhall,
Francis C. Lowell, Abraham C. Ratshesk:3% Elliott D. Robbins, Albert
H. Hall.
Schools and School-houses. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L.Meyer. Common Council — Horace
G. Allen, Patrick Higgins, Frank F. Proctor, Joseph J. Casey, William
R. Browne.
Registry Department. — Aldermen — John H.Lee, Martin Regan,
Weston Lewis. Common Council — Albert H. Hall, Clarence P. Weston,
William B. McClellan, Hugh L. Stalker, James H. Coughlin.
Department for Laying out Streets. — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L. Meyer. Common Council —
Charles H. Dolan, Charles Carroll, Franklin P. Pierce, John Quinn, Jr.,
John Hurley.
Surveying Department. — Aldermen — John H. Lee, George v. L.
Meyer, Martin Regan. Commoti Council — Patrick Higgins, Fred. H.
Young, Mark H. Lynch, James W. O'Brien, Hugh Gilligan.
100 MinsriCIPAL KEGMSTEK.
Treasury Department. — Aldermen — Nathaniel J. Rust — Thomas
F. Keenan, Edward J. Leary. Common Council — Michael B. Gil-
bride, Frederic Eaton, William Gordon, John F. Kinney, Daniel P.
Toomey.
Water-Income' Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan^
George v. L. Meyer, Thomas W. Flood. Commoti Council — Edward
P. Clark, Myron D. Cressy, Cornelius H. Toland, Andrew J. Quinn,
Horace G. Allen.
Water-Supply Department. — Aldermen — Th.oma.s W. Flood,.
Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L. Meyer. Comm.on Council — John F.
J. Mulhall, Frank C. Wood, William E,. Browne, Thomas F. Lyons,.
Walter L. Hayes.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Joint Rules and Orders. — Aldermen — Herbert S. Carruth, Lewis
G. Farmer, Nathaniel J. Rust, George v. L. Meyer, Thouias W. Flood.
Common Council — Horace G. Allen, David F. Barry, Abraham C. Rat-
shesky, Michael W. Norris, William Gordon.
Mayor's Address. — [Order January 5, 1891.] — Aldermen — John
H. Sullivan, Nathaniel J. Rust, Lewis G. Farmer. Common Council —
John J. Mahoney, Arthur L. Spring, Patrick C. Kelly, Henry W. Wood-
bury, Timothy J. Sullivan.
Grade Crossings, O. C. R.R. (Providence Div.) — [Order January
19, 1891.] — Aldermen — Th.oma,s, W. Flood, Martin Regan, Nathaniel
J. Rust. Common Council — George H. Murray, Benjamin F. Brown^
John L. Bates, John A. Daunt, Franklin P. Pierce.
Use of Streets by Private Corporations. — [Order February 9,.
1891.] — Aldermen — Lewis G. Farmer, Thomas F. Keenan, George v.
L. Meyer. Common Council — John F. Kinney, Bowdoin S. Parker,.
Albert H. Hall, Fred. H. Young, Andrew J. Quinn.
Statues to Grant and Others. — [Order February 9, 1891.] —
Aldertnen — George v. L. Meyer, Thomas F. Keenan, Weston Lewis.
Common Council — Horace G. Allen, Abraham Levy, James W. O'Brien,
Neil F. Doherty, William R. Browne.
Salaries. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust, John H. Sullivan, Benjamin F. Stacey, Wes-
ton Lewis. Common Council — Daniel P. Toomey, Charles W. Hall-
stram, William B. McClellan, Frederic Eaton, Andrew J. Quinn, Nelson
-G. Gaskins, Melancthon W. Burlen, Thomas J. Sullivan.
COMMITTEES. 101
Stony Buooic. — [Order March !), ISiil.] — Alderme^i — Martin Regan,
T^ewis G. Farmer, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — George II.
Murray, Bowdoin S. Parker, William J. Murphy, Benjamin F. Brown,
Andrew J. Quinn.
City-Hall Extension. — [Order February 21, 1891.] — Aldermen —
■John H. Sullivan, Edward J. Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Coun-
cil— John A. Daunt, Charles W. Ilallstram, Patrick Iliggins, Thomas
Talbot, Neil F. Doherty.
Tremont -STREET CROSSING, Old Colony Railroad. — [<^)rder Jan-
uary 19, 1891.] — Aldermen — Martin Regan, Edward J. Leary, Nathan-
iel J. Rust, George v. L. Meyer, Benjamin F. Stacy. Comm,on Council
— Benjamin F. Bi-own, John F. Kinney, Charles W. Hallstram, John
J. Irving, George H. Murray, Melancthon W. Burlen, William J.
Murphy.
Improvement of Durginville. — [Order January 19, 1891.] —
Aldermen — Lewis G. Farmer, Edwai'd J. Leary. Common Council —
Hugh Gilligan, John L. Bates, Charles E. Folsom, Jr.
State-House Extension. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen
— George v. L. Meyer, Thomas F. Keenan, Lewis G. Farmer. Common
Council — Heniy W. Woodbury, James H. Coughlin, Frank H. Briggs,
3IyronD. Cressy, William B. McClellan.
Consolidation of Departments. — [Order January 19, 1891.] —
-Aldermen — Herbert S. Carruth, Nathaniel J. Rust, John H.Sullivan.
Common Council — Edward P. Clark, Henry B. Goodenough, Hugh Gil-
ligan, S. Edward Shaw, George H. Murray.
Construction of Basin Five. — [Order January 22, 1891.] — Alder-
men— John H. Lee, Nathaniel J. Rust, Thomas F. Keenan. Common
Council — Josiah S. Dean, Horace G. Allen, Michael B. Gilbride, John
J. Irving, John F. J. Mulhall.
Grade Crossings, East Boston. — [Order January 19, 1891.] —
.Aldermen^ — John H. Sullivan, Benjamin F. Staccy, Nathaniel J. Rust.
Comm,on Council — Frank C. Wood, William J. Donovan, Hugh L.
rStalker, Patrick C. Kelly, Michael J. Tierney.
Nautical Training School. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen
— John H. Sullivan, Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L. Meyer. Common
Council — .William B. McClellan, Bowdoin S. Parker, Charles H. Dirks-
meyer, Abraham C. Ratshesky, John F. J. Mulhall.
Labor-Dat Celebration. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen
— Edward J. Leary, Martin Regan, Benjamin F. Stacey. Commo?i Coun-
102 MUIS^ICIPAL KEGISTEK.
cil — Walter L. Hayes, Patrick C. Kelly, Andrew J. Quinn, John B>
Cadigan, Frank C. Wood.
Seventeenth of June. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen —
Benjamin F. Stacey, Weston Lewis, John H. Sullivan. Common Coun-
cil— John J. Mahoney, Myron D. Cressy, William J. Doherty, John
Hurley, James W. O'Brien.
South Boston Grade Crossings. — [Order January 19, 1891.] —
Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, Thomas W. Flood. Commo?i Council
— Michael W. Norris, James H. Coughlin, Charles H. Dirksmeyer.
Bituminous Coal. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen —
Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Joseph J. Casey,
Arthur L. Spring, Charles Carroll.
Fourth of July. — [Order January 19, 1891.] — Aldermen — Her-
bert S. Carruth, John H. Sullivan, Benjamin F. Stacey, Thomas F.
Keenan, George v. L. Meyer, Nathaniel J. Rust, Edward J. Leary,
Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis, Martin Regan, Lewis G. Farmer,,
John H. Lee. Common Council — David F. Barry, Frank C. Wood,
Patrick C. Kelly, John J. Mahoney, Henry W. Woodbury, John Hurley,.
Charles Carroll, Edward P. Clark, Michael B. Gilbride, Nelson G. Gas-
kins, Bowdoin S. Parker, Charles W. Hallstram, Daniel P. Toomey,.
John H. Griffin, Josiah S. Dean, Charles H. Dirk-smeyer, Abraham Levy,.
William Gordon, Thomas Talbot, Thomas F. Lyons, Charles H. Dolan,
Benjamin F. Brown, John F. Kinney, Frank F. Proctor, Walter L..
Hayes, Henry B. Goodenough.
Grade Crossings — Causeway and Travers streets. — [Order Febru-
ary 9, 1891.] — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Weston Lewis, JohrL
H. Sullivan. Common Council — Neil F. Doherty, Frederic Eaton,,
Andrew J. Quinn, Patrick F. Brogan, John L. Bates.
East Boston Bridge.— [Order February 2, 1891.] — Aldermen —
John H. Sullivan, John H. Lee, Weston Lewis. Common Council —
Frank C. Wood, William J. Donovan, Andrew J. Quinn, Frederic Eaton,.
Pati-ick C. Kelly.
Funeral of Ex-Mayor Cobb. — [Order February 20, 1891.]— ^JZ-
dermen — Herbert S. Carruth, John H. Sullivan, Benjamin F. Stacey,.
Thomas F. Keenan, George v. L. Meyer, Nathaniel J. Rvist, Edward J.
Leary, Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis, Martin Regan, Lewis G.
Farmer, John H. Lee. Common Council — David F. Barry, S. Edward.
Shaw, John L. Bates, Thomas Arthur, John J. Mahoney, William H.
Boardman, Elliott D. Bobbins, John J. Irving, Cornelius H. Toland,.
Michael B. Gilbride, Seth P. Smith, Arthur L. Spring, Francis C. Low-
COMMITTEES. J(Ki
ell, John Qiiimi, -Ir., John II. (h-iflin, -losiiih S. Dean, Joseph J. Casey,
John B. Cadigan, William (ionlon. Thomas Talbot, Mark II. Lyncli,
Charles H. Dolan, Horace G. Allen, George H. Murray, Horace Bacon,
Walter L. Hayes, Frederic Eaton.
Eulogies. — [Order March 4, 1891.] — Aldermen — Benjamin F.
Stacey, Nathaniel J. Rust, John H. Lee. Common Council — Michael
J. Tierney, Bowdoin S. Parker, Andrew J. Quinn, Frederic Eaton,
James W. O'Brien.
Funeral of General Devens. — [Order January 9, 1891.] —
Aldermen — Lewis G. Farmer, Weston Lewis, Benjamin F. Stacey. Com-
mon Council — David F. Bany, Horace G. Allen, Elliott D. Bobbins,
John Quinn, Jr., Thomas F. Lyons.
Sidewalks. — [Order March 23, 1891.] — Aldermen — John H. Lee,
Lewis G. Farmer, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — Frederic
Eaton, Mai'k H. Lynch, Horace G. Allen, William R. Browne, Hugh
McLaughlin.
Watering Streets. — [Order April 13, 1891.] — Aldermen — Na-
thaniel J. Rust, John H. Lee, Lewis G. Farmer. Common Council —
David F. Barry, Horace G. Allen, William B. McClellan, Thomas F.
Lyons, Francis C. Lowell.
Harbor Fortifications. — [Oi-der April 20, 1891.] — Aldermen —
Edward J. Leary, John H. Sullivan, Weston Lewis. Co^nmon Council
— David F. Barry, Horace G. Allen, Michael W. Norris, John L. Bates,
Chaises H. Dolan.
Closing Drawbridges. — [Order April 23, 1891.] — Aldermen —
Edward J. Leary, Benjamin F. Stacey, Thomas W. Flood. Common
Council — John H. Griffin, Henry W. Woodbury, John J. Mahoney,
Joseph J. Casey, John F. J. Mulhall.
Orchard Park. — [Order April 27, 1891.] — Aldermen — Lewis G.
Farmer, Weston Lewis, John H. Sullivan. Commo?i Council — William
B. McClellan, Hugh Gilligan, Charles H. Dolan, Benjamin F. Brown,
Melancthon W. Burlen.
Reception of Squadron of Evolution. Alderme7i — John H.
Lee, Lewis G. Farmer, Thomas W. Flood. Common Council — S. Ed-
ward Shaw, William B. McClellan, Melancthon W. Burlen, John J.
Kane, Michael W. Norris.
Disposition of Franklin Fund. — ^ZtZermew— Thomas F.Keenan,
Herbert S. Carruth. Common Council — Abraham C. Ratshesky,
Thomas Arthur, Seth P. Smith, Mark H. Lynch, John F. J. Mulhall.
104 MUNICIPAL eeghstee.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Contingent Expenses. — John H. Grifl&n, S. Edwai-d Shaw, Timothy
J. Sullivan.
Elections. — Bowdoin S. Parker, Michael J. Tierney, Seth P. Smith,
John Hm-ley, John J. Irving.
Judiciary. — Josiah S. Dean, Arthur L. Spring, William H. Board-
man, Abraham C. Ratshesky. Elliott D. Bobbins.
Rules and Orders. — Horace G. Allen, William J. Murphy, Daniel
P. Tooraey, James H. Coughlin, John J. Kane.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Badges. — John F. Kinney, Frank F. Proctor, Walter L. Hayes.
Funeral of General Sherman. — [Order February 16, 1891 .] — David
F. Barry, Thomas F. Lyons, Abraham C. Ratshesky, William B,
McClellan, Frank C. Wood.
Playgrounds. — [Order February 11, 1891.] — Bowdoin S. Parker,
Michael J. Tierney, Cornelius H. Toland, Seth P. Smith, William
J. Murphy, Abraham C. Ratshesky, Frank F. Proctor.
TELLERS.
First Division. — Horace G. Allen, Charles H. Dolan.
Second Division. — Walter L. Hayes, William J. Doherty.
Third Division. — William B. McClellan, Frederic Eaton.
Fourth Division. — John H. Griffin, Abraham C. Ratshesky.
EXECUTIVE DEPAIITMKNTS.
105
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
The following tables show the manner in which the Heads of the Executive
Departments and other public officers in the service of the City are appointed or
elected, together Avith the times of appointment or election, the respective terras of
office as prescribed by statutes, ordinances, or both, and the salary received by each,
respectively.
Offices.
Ancient Records, Com-
missioners of ... .
Architect
Auditor . .
•City Clerk
City Messenger . . .
Clerk of Committees
■Collector
Engineer
Ferries, Superintendent
of
Fire Commissioners .
Fire Marshal
Health Commissioners,
Hospital, Trustees of
City
Inspector of Buildings,
Inspector of Milk and
Vinesar
Inspector of Provisions,
Inspector of Wires .
Lamps, Superintendent
of
How
Created.
iLaw Department : —
Corporation Counsel,
Ordinance.
Statute
Ordinance.
Statute . .
Ordinance.
Statute
Ordinance
Statute
Ordinance
By Whom
Appointed.
Mayor '-
City Council-
Mayor ^
Governor ^
Mayor i .
When
Apijointed,
Annually
two . .
Annually
Annually
three .
Annually
January
Annually
Annually,
one . .
Triennially
Annually,
one . . .
Triennially
Annually .
Term
Begins.
April 1 . .
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
" 1 . .
When quali
fied. .
May 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
November 3
1889 . . .
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
November 3
1889 ...
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
" 1 . .
Length of
Term.
One year.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
Five years.
Three years.
One year.
Salary.
$2,500 for
Ch'man.
$3,.500
3,000 i
5,000
5,000
3,000
3,500
5,000
6,000
3,500
3,500
3,000
3,000
None.
$5,000
3,000
1,700
3,500
3,500
6,000
106
MUJS^ICIPAL REGISTER.
Offices.
How
Created.
By Whom When
Appointed. Appointed.
Term
Length of
Term.
Salary.
City Solicitor . . . .
Library, Public, Trus-
tees of
Markets, Superintend-
ent of
Mount Hope Cemetery,
Trustees of
Park Commissioners
Police, Board of
Printing, Superintend-
ent of
Public Buildings, Su-
perintendent of . . .
Public Grounds, Super-
intendent of
Public Institutions,
Commissioners of . .
Registrar, City ....
Registrars of Voters . .
Relief of Poor, Board
of Overseers for . . .
Sealer of Weights and
Measures
Sinking-Fund Commis-
sioners
Street Commissioners
Streets, Superinten
of
Survey, Board of
Surveyor, City .
Treasurer, City .
Water Board . .
Water Registrar
Ordinance.
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute
Mayor i
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Governor 3
Mayor
Vote of the
People . .
Mayor i . .
Annually .
Annually,
one . . .
Annually .
Annually,
five . . .
Annually,
one . . .
One in 1893
1894, 1896
respect-
ively .
Annually
Annually,
one . .'
Annually ,
Annually,
four , .
Annually ,
Annually,
two . . ,
Annually,
one . .
Annually .
May 18, 1891,
Annually .
Annually,
one . . .
Annually .
May 1 .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1 . .
1. • •
1 . .
1st Monday
in Jan.
May 1 .
1 .
1 .
1 .
1 .
One year.
Five years.
One year.
Three years.
Five years.
One year.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
One yeai;.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
One j'ear.
$5,750
None.
$2,500
None.
None.
$4,000 ^
2,500
3,600
3,000
3,500 <t
2,550
3,000
None.
$2,500
None.
$3,000
7,500
4,000 *
3,600
6,000
3,000
3,600
1 Subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen.
2 Chairman, $500 additional; Secretary, $200 additional.
3 With the advice and consent of the Executive Council.
^ Chairman, $500 additional.
5 By concurrent vote.
OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS.
107
OTHER PUBLIC OFFICEKS.
Offices.
now-
Created.
Art Commissioners . .
Assessors, First Assist-
ant
Assessors, Second As-
sistant .
Beef, Weighers of . . .
Boilers, Weighers of,
etc
Clerli, Assist. City . .
Coal, Weighers of . . .
Collateral Loan Co., one
Director
Committees, Assistant
Clerk of
Common Council, Clerk
of
Constables
Court-House Commis-
sioners
Election Officers, 12 for
each Precinct ....
Fence-Viewers . . . .
Field-Drivers and
Pound-Keepers . . .
Fish, Weighers of Salt-
water
Grain, Measurers of . .
Hay and Straw, Inspect-
ors of
Hay Scales, Superin-
tendent of
Hoops and Staves, Cull-
ers of
Lime, Inspectors of . .
Marble, etc.. Surveyors
of
Old South Association,
two Managers ....
Statute . .
Ordinance
Ordinance
Statute . .
By Whom
Appointed.
Ordinance
Statute
Ex. officio.
Assessors 2
Mayor 1 .
City Clerk 2
Mayor 1 . .
Mayor . .
Cl'kofComm
Co mmon
Council
Mayor '
Mayor
Mayor 1
When
Appointed.
1890 . .
Annually
January
March 4
1885 .
September
1-20.
Annually
City Councils
Term
Begins.
1890 . .
May 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
When
qualified
May 1 .
When
appointed
April 1
When
elected
May 1
March 4,
1885.
November
1 . . .
May 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
" 1 .
When
elected
Length of
'J'erm.
Indefinite.
One year.
During
pleasure of
Com. Co.
One year.
Indefinite.
One year.
Salary.
None.
$7 per diem
and $350
S5 per diern^
Fees.
$3,800
Fees.
None.
$2,500
$3,000
Fees.
$2,000
8 per diem;
clerks, $10
per diem.
Fees.
108
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Offices.
How
Created.
By Whom
Appointed.
When
Appointed.
Term
Begins.
Length of
Term.
Salary.
Petroleum, etc., Inspect-
ors of
Statute . .
Mayor 1 . .
Annually .
May 1 . .
One year.
Fees.
Rapid Transit Commis-
sioners (on the part of
the city of Boston) .
<<
.<
June 18,
1891 . . .
June 18,
1891 . . .
Indeflnite.
Not fixed.
Upper Leather, Meas-
urers of
Vessels and Ballast,
" . .
'• . .
Annually,
in April .
" 1 . .
.. ..
Fees.
Weighers and in-
spectors of .....
" . .
'■ . .
Annually,
in March
Wood and Bark, Meas-
or Apr. .
" 1 . .
" "
"
urers of
" . .
" . •
IC
" 1 . .
" "
"
Workingmen's Loan
Association, one Di-
rector
•
3d Thurs-
dayin Apr.
None.
1 Subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen.
2 Subject to confirmation by the Mayor.
3 By concurrent vote.
ANCIENT liECOKDS. AllT. 109
Note. —Pub. Stat, refers to the Massachusetts Public Statutes of 1882. Stat,
alone to the animal Statutes or A.cts and Resolves of Massachusetts ; ilcv. Old. to
the Revised Ordiniwices of 1890; Rev. Rcj^. to the Revised Re^^ulatiou'- of 1S!)0.
The municipal year begins on the first Monday in .January.
The financial year begins on February 1.
Corrections are made up to June 30, 1891.
DEPARTMENT OF ANCFENT RECORDS.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 32.]
The office of Record Coiumissioners was established by Ordinanco
passed July 6, 1875. The duties of the Commissioners are to supply,
from the inspection of parish records and other authentic sources, any
deficiencies or omissions existing in the records of births, marriages, or
deaths, in the office of the City Registrar of this city, prior to the year
1849. By successive votes of the City Council the Commissioners have
been authorized to copy and print the Town Records and other similar
documents. The present Commissioners have served continuously"
since the establishment of the office, and have published, under author-
ity of the City Council, twenty volumes of records. The Chairman
has republished also the Colonial Laws of 1660-1672 and 1672-86, in
two volumes.
William H. Whitmore, Chairman. Salary, $2,500.
William S. Appleton.
[Office, City Hall.]
ARCHITECT DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ortl., Chap. 29.]
The office of City Architect was established by Ordinance on Dec.
24, 1875. Annual reports have been published since 1889.
CITY ARCHITECT.
Edmund M. Wheelwright. Salary, $3,500.
[Office, City Hall.]
ART COMMISSION.
[Stat. 1890, Chap. 122.]
The Art Commission passes upon statues and monuments to be set
up vmder the authority and control of the city. It is composed of the
Mayor, the President of the Trustees of the Public Library, the Presi-
dent of the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, the President of the
Boston Society of Architects, and the President of the Massachusetts
110 MUlSriCIPAL REGISTER.
Institute of Technology, all serving ex officio and without pay. The
membership of the Commission in 1891 is as follows : —
Nathan Matthews, Jr., Chairman ; Samuel A. B. Abbott, Martin
Brimmer, Edward C. Cabot, Francis A. Walker. Edward Robin-
,S0N, Secretary.
[Office, City Hall.]
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, ^37; 1884, Chap. 123; Eev. Orel., Chap. 7; Ord. of
1891, Chap. 6.]
Thomas Hills, Ghairrnan ; Edward B. Daily, Joseph Tondorf,
Jr. Term ends in 1892.
Joshua S. Duncklee, Secretary; John J. Murphy, George A.
COMiNS. Term ends in 1893.
Frank A. Drew, John Pierce, John M. Maguire. Term ends in
1894.
[Office, City Hall.]
Salary, $3,000 each per annum, with $500 additional for the Chair-
man, and $200 additional for the Secretarj'.
The Assessors published annual tax-lists from 1822 to 1866. Since
1866 the records of the Depai'tment are almost entirely in manuscript,
• except the annual list of polls.
first assistants.
[Stat. 188.5, Chap. 265, § 2; Eev. Orel., Chap. 7, ^ 1.]
The First Assistants are appointed annually by the Assessors, subject
to confirmation by the Mayor, one for each assessment district, and
with the Assessors organize as the Board of Assessors and Assistant
Assessors, of which body the Secretary of the Board of Assessors is, at
present, the Secretaiy. They receive $7 each j^er day for street duty,
and $350 each for office duty. The First Assistants for 1891, with the
-assessment districts to which they are assigned, are as follows : —
1 . Benjamin F. Palmer.
2. John H. Duane.'
3. Frederick H. Temple.
4. Dennis G. Quirk.
5. George S. Pendergast.
6. Hugh F. Sheran.
7. Charles B. Hunting.
8. Samuel Hichborn.
9. Daniel A. Downey.
10. Joseph R. Grose.
11. Patrick F. Sullivan.
12. Horace Smith.
13. William A. Wheeler.
14. John A. Barry.
15. William H. Cundy.
16. James Carney.
Resigned May 18, 1891 ; appointed Street CommiBsioner.
ASSESSING! DEl'A
17.
Jerome S. IMacdoiKild.
28.
18.
Eugene J. O'Connor.
2!).
19.
Dennis F. Brennan.
30.
20.
James I. Moore.
31.
21.
John J. Gartland.
32.
22.
William B. Smart.
33.
23.
Hubert Pope.
34.
24.
Jonas JIagar.
35.
25.
Edward W. Dolan.
36.
26.
Henry L. Carter.
37.
27.
William W. Lord.
Ill
.fohn H. Criggs.
Aiidi'ew J. Browne.
Robert Culbert.
Frank S. Pratt.
A. S. Parker Weeks.
William B. Blakeniore.
( i eorge Warren .
(ieorge E. Hall.
Henry Pieree.
Georo-e W. Warren.
SECOND ASSISTANTS.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, §2; Rev. Ord., Chap. 7, § 1.]
The Seeond Assistants are appointed annually in the same manner
as the First Assistants, one for each assessment district ; each Second
Assistant being a resident of the ward that includes the assessment dis-
trict for which he is appointed. Salary, $5 each per day.
The assessment districts, together with the Second Assistants assigned
to each, are as follows : —
District 1. The whole of Ward 1 (East Boston). Charles W.
Odiorne.
DiST. 2. The whole of Ward 2 (East Boston) . Francis N. Kievenaar.
DiST. 8. The whole of Ward 3 (Charlestown). Thomas J. Kelley.
DiST. 4. The whole of Ward 4 (Charlestown) . Charles W. Pearson.
DiST. 5. The whole of Ward 5 (Charlestown). Patrick Sullivan.
DiST. 6. That part of Ward 6 lying to the north and east of a line be-
ginning at Charles River Bridge, and drawn through the centre of Pi'ince,
Salem, Hanover and Richmond streets and Atlantic avenue, to the south
boundary of Central wharf, thence to the water. Dennis Bonner.
DiST. 7. That part of Ward 6 lying to the south and west of a line
beginning at the junction of Salem and Hanover streets, and drawn
throvigh the centre of Hanover and Richmond streets and Atlantic
avenue to the boundary of Ward 12. Dennis J. Leahy.
DiST. 8. The whole of Ward 7. Charles W. Curran.
DiST. 9. The whole of Wards. John W. Martin.
DiST. 10. The whole of Ward 9. Charles O. Burrill.
DiST. 11. That part of Ward 10 lying to the north and east of a
line beginning at the junction of Joy and Beacon streets, and drawn
through the centre of Beacon, Park, Tremont, Winter, and Summer
streets, to the boundary line of Ward 12. James J. Dooling.
DiST. 12. That part of Ward 10 lying to the south and west of the line
described in District 11. Roger H. Scannell.
112 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
DiST. 13. That part of Ward 11 bounded by Otter, Beacon, Arlington,
and Boylston streets to Park square ; thence throvigh Providence street
to Berkeley street and the location of the Old Colony Railroad, Provi-
dence Division, to West Chester park ; thence to the water-line.
Daniel J. Harrington.
DiST. 14. That part of Ward 11 lying south of a line drawn through
Park square, Providence street to Berkeley street and the Old Colony
Raili'oad, Providence Division, to West Newton street. Stephen
Murphy.
DiST. 15. Tliat part of Ward 12 lying north and east of a line drawn
from the junction of Ivneeland and Hudson streets; thence through
Kneeland street and Mount Wasliington avenue to tlie boundary line of
Ward 13. Charles F. Gaynor.
DiST. 16. That part of Ward 12 lying south and west of the line
described in District 15. Henry J. Ireland.
DiST. 17. Tlie whole of Ward 13. John T. Cassidy.
DiST. 18. That part of Ward 14 lying west of a line running through
tlie centre of K street from the ward line in Boston harbor to the ward
line in Dorchester bay. Henry J. McKee.
DiST. 19. That part of Ward 14 lying east of the line described in
District 18. William H. Quinn.
DiST. 20. The whole of Ward 15. John S. McDonough.
DiST. 21. The whole of Ward 16. Edv\^akd V. Fitzgerald,
Dist. 22. The whole of Ward 17. Charles H. Brigham.
Dist. 23. The whole of Ward 18. Henry S. Harris.
Dist. 24. The whole of Ward 19. Patrick J. Crowley.
Dist. 25. That part of Ward 20 lying south and west of a line be-
ginning at the junction of Albany and Swett streets ; thence through
the centre of Swett and Magazine streets and Blue Hill avenue to the
boundary line of Ward 21. Thomas F. Shaughnessy.
Dist. 26. That part of Ward 20 not included in the description of
District No. 25. William Burns.
Dist. 27. That part of Ward 21 lying north and west of a line be-
ginning at the junction of Washington and Warren streets ; thence
running through Warren street, Walnut avenue. Circuit and Washing-
ton streets to Dimock street. John S. Kemp.
Dist. 28. That part of Ward 21 lying south and east of the line de-
scribed in District 27. Joseph H. Riley.
Dist. 29. That part of Ward 22 lying north of a line beginning
at the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town of
Brookline ; thence running through Longwood avenue, Parker and
Tremont streets to the ward line at the junction of Tremont street and
the Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division. Hubert J. Gormley.
AUDITmG DEPARTMENT. 113
DiST. 30. That part of Ward 22 lying soiitli of tlio lino flcscribcd in
District 29. John J. Cai^elle.
DiST. 31. That })art of Ward 2.') lying north-east of a line Ijcginning at
Centre street at the intersection of the ward line and the centre; of loc^a-
tion of the Ohl Colony Railroad, Providence Division; thenc*; running
by said centre of location and the centre of location of the West Roxljuiy
Branch Railroad, and through the centre of Dudley avenue, South,
Centre, and (^hurch streets to the ward line. Daniel H. Dai.v.
DiST. 32. That part of Ward 23 lying south-east of a line beginning
at the junction of the ward line and Grew avenue; thence running
through Grew avenue, Poplar, Sycamore, Kittredge, jSTorfolk, and Wash-
ington streets and Dudley avenue to the centre of location of the West
Roxbury Branch Railroad ; thence by said centre of location and the
centre of location of the Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division, to
the ward line. Philip H. Downes.
DiST. 33. That part of Ward 23 lying south-west of aline drawn
through the centre of Church, Centre, and South streets, Dudley avenue,
Washington, Norfolk, Kittredge, Sycamore, and PojDlar streets, and
Grew avenue. Ci-iarles H. Smith.
DiST. 34. That part of Ward 24 lying east of a line beginning at the
ward line at the junction of Mt. Vernon street and Dorchester avenue ;
thence running through Dorchester avenue to the boundary line between
tlie city ■of Boston and the town of Milton. John J. Dailev.
DiST. 35. That part of Ward 24 lying west and north of a line begin-
ning at the ward line and the junction of Mt. Vernon street and Dor-
chester avenue ; thence running through Dorchester avenue, Centre
avenue. Centre, Washington, and Harvard streets to the ward line at
Blue Hill avenue. Richard W. Smith.
DiST. 36. That pai't of Ward 24 lying west and south of a line be-
ginning at the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town
of Milton ; thence running thi'ough Dorchester avenue. Centre avenue,
Centre, Washington, and Harvard streets to the ward line at Blue Hill
avenue. John P. Riley.
DiST. 37. The whole of Ward 25. Edward C. Scates.
AUDITING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 9.]
The office of Auditor was established by the ordinance of August 2,
1824. Regular annual repoi'ts of receipts and expenditures have been
published by the Auditor since 1825. These I'eports show the annual
receipts of the City and County, the debt, and the public property.
Similar, but less complete, reports were published by finance com-
114 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEK.
mittees from 1811 to 1821, inclusive. Since June 1, 1867, the Auditor
publishes monthly exhibits of all City and County expenditures.
James H. Dodge, City Auditor. Salary, $5,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
The first day of each month is pay-day. Bills presented to the several depart-
ments on or before the 15th of any month are ready for payment at this office on
the first of the next month, when properly approved and a sufficient appropriation is
available. Laborers are paid weekly.
The Revised Regulations of the Board of Aldermen (Chap. 2, § 1)
provide that the Auditor of the County of Suffolk shall receive $80o
per annum for services and clerical assistance. This sum is drawn
upon for the payment of clerk-hire only.
See, also, Sinking-Funds Department.
James H. Dodge, Auditor of the County of Suffolk.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 23, ^S^ 34-35.]
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, ^ 30; 1885, Chap. 266, ^ 2; Rev. Ord., Chap. 4.]
The City Clerk, chosen annually in January by concurrent vote of
the two bi'anches of the City Council, has the care and custody of the
records of the Board of Aldermen and of all City records, documents,
maps, plans, and papers, except where otherwise pi'ovided for. He
also records chattel mortgages, assignments of wages, liens upon
vessels, and performs other duties imposed by statute.
The City Clerk is, ex officio, clerk of the Board of Aldermen and of
all meetings of both branches of the City Council when met in
convention.
The Assistant City Clerk is appointed annually by the City Clerk,
subject to the approval of the Mayor, and discharges the duties of the
City Clerk in his absence or in case of a vacancy in that office [Rev.
Ord., Chap. 4, §§ 5, 6]. By Pub. Stat., Chap. 28, § 10, the certificate
or attestation of the Assistant City Clerk has equal effect with that of
the City Clerk. The City Clerk does not publish regular reports.
J. Mitchell Galvin, City Clerk. Salary, $5,000.
John T. Puiest, Assistant City Clei-k. Salary, $3,800.
[Office, City Hall.]
CITY MESSENGER DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 6.]
The City Messenger is the official messenger of the City Council and
its committees, attending all meetings of the same. He has the care
and distribution of all documents jDrinted for the use of the City
Council, and is the custodian of the City Hall Building. The office was
CLERK OF COMMITTEKS ENGINEERING. 115
established by the ordinance of Oetoljer 14, 18o2. The City Messenger
is chosen annually by the (Jity Council and appoints his subordinates.
Alvah H. Peters, City Messenger. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, City Hull.]
CLERK OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Oi-d., Chap. 5.J
The Clerk of Committees acts as the clerk of all committees of the
City Council, keeping the records of the same. He has charge of the
City Hall Refei'ence Libi'ary.
James L. Hillard, Clerk of Committees. Salary, .$3,500.
John P. Brawley, Assistant Clerk of Committees. Salary, $2,500.
[Office, City Hall.]
COLLECTING DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1875, Chap. 176 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 8.]
The Collector collects and receives all assessments, betterments,
rates, dues, and money payable on any account to the City of Boston or
the County of Suffolk. The separate office of Collector was established
by statute in 1875. Annual reports have been published since 1876.
James W. Ricker, Collector of the City of Boston. Salary, $5,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 13.]
The duties of the City Engineer include the structural maintenance of
bridges, designing and superintending the construction of new bridges,
retaining-walls, city whai'ves, and such other public works as the City
Council may authorize.
The City Engineer is the Engineer of the Boston Water Board, and
has the general sujjerintendence of the Sudbury river, Cochituate, and
Mystic Water-Works, including charge of new constructions for these
works. He is also in charge of the construction of a system of inter-
cepting and outlet sewers (Improved Sewerage or Main Drainage), and
of the engineering work in connection with the parks. The office of
Citj^ Engineer was established by ordinance on October 31, 1850. Regu-
lar annual reports have been issued since 1868.
William Jackson, City Engineer. Salary, $6,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
116 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
FERRY DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 17; Ord. of 1891, Chap. 4.]
By Chajater 155 of the Acts of 1869 the City Council of Boston was
avithorized to purchase the pi'operty and franchise of the East Boston
Ferry Company, incorporated by Stat. 1852, Chap. 244. On December
17, 1869, the City voted to pm-chase the ferry projjerty and franchise for
the sum of $275,000 ; and the property was delivered to the City on
April 1, 1870. [See City Doc. 115 of 1869.] i
William J. Burke, Siqit. of Ferries. Salary, $3,600.
[Office, East Boston side of North Feny.]
Until 1891 the ferries were in charge of a Board of Commissioners,
five in number, established under the ordinance of February 11, 1870.
Annual reports have been issued since 1871.
TARIFF OF TOLLS.
[Established by the Board of Aldermen, to take effect on July 1, 1887.]
Police officers, firemen, and members of the protective dej)artment
go free when in uniform ; also, the harbor master and his assistants, the
fire marshal, police and City Hospital ambulances, and the wagon of
the public institutions; also, funeral hearses and processions.
Foot-passengers. — Each, one cent.
Pleasure-carriages. — Drawn by one horse, with not more than two
persons and driver, four cents, or twenty tickets for fifty cents. With
two horses, and not more than four persons and driver, six cents, or
twenty tickets for $1. With three horses, and not more than six per-
sons and driver, eight cents. With four horses, and not more than
eight persons and driver, ten cents. For every additional passenger,
one cent each. All light carriages, without horse, two cents. All
heavy carriages, without horse, four cents.
Carts and wagons. — Drawn by one horse, and weighing not more
than 4,000 pounds, exclusive of horse and vehicle, four cents, or pack-
ages of sixteen tickets for fifty cents. With two horses, and weighing
not more than 8,000 i30unds, eight cents, or packages of sixteen tickets
for $1. With three horses, and weighing not more than 12,000
pounds, ten cents, or packages of eighteen tickets for $1.50. With
1 By a vote of the City Council, passed July 30, 1877, it was determined that the ferries
should be run free of all tolls on and after January 1, 1878. At the request of some citizens
a mandamus was issued by the Sup. Jud. Court, the City to show cause why an injunction
should not issue to prevent the execution of said order. After a hearing of the case, the
court decided that the City had no authority to pass the order of July 30, 1877. (123
Mass., 460).
fimFj department. 117
four horses, and wcigliiiig not more IIkiii 1(),()(K) pounds, thirteen cents,
or packages of twenty tickets j'or $2.
Trucks and cm'avan.^ , — Drawn l)y ones horse, and weigliing not more
than 4,000 pounds, seven cents. Drawn Ijy two horses, and weighing
not more than 8,000 pounds, ten cents. Drawn by three horses, and
weigliing not more than 12,000 pounds, fifteen cents. Drawn by four
horses, and weighing not more than 16,000 pounds, twenty cents.
Drag-'wheels. — Drawn by one or two horses, and weighing not more
than 8,000 pounds, loaded, lifteen cents ; not loaded, seven cents.
Drawn by tliree horses, and weighing not more than 12,000 pounds,
loaded, twenty cents; not loaded, ten cents. Drawn by four horses,
and weighing not more than 16,000 i)ounds, loaded, thirty cents; not
loaded, fifteen cents.
No load weighing more than 16,000 pounds is allowed to pass over
the ferry, miless by special permit from the Superintendent.
Ox-teams the same as horse-teams ; one driver allowed to each team.
Teams to be weighed when required by the Superintendent.
The scale of weights is strictly adhered to, and loads weighing more
than the specified amount may be prohibited from ^^assing over the
ferry.
Horses or oxen are not allowed to be detached from the vehicle and
paid for separately.
Each additional horse, in a carriage or team of any description, two
cents.
A horse with a rider or leader, two cents.
A man with a handcart or wheelbarrow, one cent.
Horses or oxen not belonging to teams, each one cent.
Swine, sheep, or goats, per dozen, five cents.
Other cattle, each, two cents.
Baggage. — Each and every baiTcl, not in a vehicle, one cent.
Each and every half-barrel, not in a vehicle, one cent. All other arti-
cles in projjortion.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1850, Chap. 262; Eev. Orel., Chap. 24]
The Boston Fire Department was organized in 18-37, the Chief Engi-
neer of the paid Department publishing annual reports from 1838 until
1873. By the ordinance of October 24, 1873, the Department wa*
placed under a Board of three Fire Commissioners, who have published
annual reports since 1874. At the present time the Fire Department
consists of a Board of three Fire Commissioners, who have entire con-
118 MUI^ICIPAL REGISTER.
trol of the department, a Chief, an Assistant Chief, nine District Chiefs,
a Superintendent of Fire-Alarms, and officers, engine-men, telegraph
•operators, etc., to the nmiiber of about seven hundred in all.
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
EoBERT G. Fitch, Chairman. Term ends in 1892.
George H. Innis, Term ends in 1893.
John R. Murphy. Term ends in 1894.
Salary, $3,500 each per annum.
[Office, 74 Tremont street.]
FIRE DISTRICTS.
The city is divided into ten fire districts, as follows : —
District 1. All that part of Boston known as East Boston.
DiST. 2. All that part of Boston formerly known as Charlestown.
DiST. 3. Boston proper east of a line beginning at the Charles-river
drawbridge and running through the centre of Charlestown street,
Haymarket square, and Washington to Summer street, and north of
Summer street and the N.Y. & N.E. R.R. passenger depot to the
water.
DiST. 4. Boston proper west of District 3 and north of a line running
through the centre of Winter and Park streets, and west of Beacon,
to Arlington street, west side of Commonwealth avenue, to Chester
park, to the water.
DiST. 6. All that part south of Districts 3 and 4 to the centre of Dover-
street drawbridge, and a line running through the centre of Dover,
Berkeley, Boylston, east side of Commonwealth avenue, to Arlington,
to Boylston street.
DiST. 6. All thatjjart of Boston known as South Boston.
DiST. 7. All that part of Boston south of District 5 to the centre of
Albany street ; thence through the centre of Albany and Xorthampton
streets, Columbus avenue and West Chester park, to east side of
Commonwealth avenue, to centre of Berkeley, to Dover street.
DiST. 8. All that part south and west of District 7 to the boundary line
of Ward 23 (formerly West Roxbury), and west of Shawmut avenue,
to the Brookline boundary line, and including Ward 25, formerly
Brighton.
DiST. 9. All that part south of Districts 6 and 7 to Ward 23, and a line
running through the centre of Blue Hill avenue, Columbia, Green,
Bowdoin, Church, and East streets, and east of District 8, to the
water.
DiST. 10. All the southerly part of Boston south of Districts 8 and 9,
including Ward 23 (formerly West Roxbury) .
FIJUO DEI'AIITMKNT.
119
STEA:M KIUK ENtilNKS.
Number.
6
T
8
9
lO
11
IS
13
14
15
16
IT
IS
19
21
22
23
24
25
26'
2T
28
29
SO
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Location.
Dorchester street, cor. Fourth, 8. B.
Fourth, cor. O street. South Boston
Harrison avenue, cor. Bristol street .
Bulfinch street
Marion street, East Boston
Leverett street
East street
Salem street
Paris street. East Boston ....
River, foot of Mt. Vernon street
Sumner street, East Boston , .
Cor. Winslow and Dudley sts., Roxbury ,
Cabot street, Roxbury
Centre street, Roxbury ,
Cor. Broadway and Dorchester avenue . ,
Temple street, Dorchester avenue . . . ,
Meeting-House Hill, Dorchester ...
Harvard street, Dorchester
Norfolk street, Dorchester
Walnut street, Dorchester
Boston street, Dorchester
Dartmouth street
Northampton street
Cor. Warren and Quincy streets
Fort Hill square
Mason street
Elm street, Charlestown
Centre street, West Roxbury ....
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton . .
Mt. "Vernon street. West Roxbury .
Berth at India Wharf, Fire Boat . .
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown . .
Cor. Boylston and Hereford streets .
Western avenue, Brighton
Officers.
Robert E. Bartlett, Capt.
John H. Le Cain, Capt.
j JamoH H. LeFavor, Capt.
/ M. Walsh, Lieut.
\ V. F. McDonough, Capt.
( James P. Dean, Lieut.
George A. Jones, Capt.
j John F. Ryan, Capt.
/ J. M. Oargan,' Lieut.
E. F. Martin, Capt.
i TJeut.
t .T. S. Kenney, Capt.
) John I. Quigly, Lieut.
E. B. Smith, Capt.
( John Knights, Capt.
\ H. P. Pitcher, Lieut.
G. W. Warren, Capt.
B. McCarthy, Capt.
Daniel T. Mardeun, Capt.
Daniel H. Sennott, Capt.
( Isaac A. Williams, Capt.
\ George J. Wall, Lieut.
Edwin R. Merrill, Capt.
Alexander Glover, Capt.
John CoUigan, Capt.
George F. Fenno, Capt.
William G. Blanchard, Capt.
T. W. Gowan, Capt.
) Charles F. Poor, Capt.
\ F. B.Hibbard, Lieut.
Nathan L. Hussey, Capt.
/ R. E. Handy, Lieut.
William Childs, Capt.
( C. O.Poland, Capt.
\ John Neal, Lieut,
i C. C. Willett, Capt.
) J. M. Garrity, Lieut.
G. F. Titus, Capt.
George B. Reiiey, Capt.
C. H. Champney, Capt.
James B. Prescott, Capt.
( B. F. Healey, Capt.
\ C. E. Phoenix, Lieut.
M. V. B. Kimball, Capt.
( George W. Frost, Capt.
\ Charles IngersoU, Lieut.
George C. Fernald, Capt.
W. I. Gaffey, Lieut.
S. L. Low, Capt.
H. D. Smith, Capt.
120 MU^^CIPAL RE&ISTER.
LADDER CARRIAGES.
No. 1. Friend street. A. R. Johnson, Captain; T. B. Flannagan,.
Lieutenant.
No. 2. Sumner, corner Orleans street, East Boston. Jolin H.
Elliot, Captain.
No. 3. Harrison avenue, corner of Bristol street. John Grady,
.Captain ; Charles T. Adams, Lieutenant.
No. 4. Dudley street, Roxbury. James M. Littleton, Captain.
No. 5. Fourth, near Dorchester street. E. A. Perkins, Captain.
No. 6. Located in Engine-house No. 16, Temple street, Dorchester.
George S. Bourne, Cap)tain.
No. 7. INIeeting-house Hill, Dorchester. F. W. Webber, Laclderman
in charge.
No. 8. Fort Hill square. George F. Griffin, Captain.
No. 9. Main street, Charlestown. Thomas W. Conway, Captain.
No. 10. Centre street. West Roxbury. John F. Boothby, Captain.
No. 11. Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton. James A. Dooley, Captom.
No. 12. Tremont street, Roxbury. John W. Godbohl, Captom; C.
H. Lear)^, Lieutenant.
No. 13. Washington, near Dover street. C. Henry Webber, Lieu-
tenant in charge. Turn-table truck.
No. 14. Fort Hill square, in charge of Ladder No. 8. Turn-table
truck.
No. 15. Boylston and Hereford streets. Casper H. Moning, Cap)-
tain; W. C. Lee, Lieutenant. Turn-table truck.
No. 16. Washington street. West Roxbury. Thomas P. Lally,
Lieutenant in charge.
HORSE HOSE-CARRIAGES.
Hose No. 3. Winthrop street, Charlestown. Owen Tulley, Captain..
Hose No. 5. Shawmut avenue. J. D. Kelley, Eoseman in charge.
Hose No. 6. Chelsea street. East Boston.
Hose No. 7. Tremont street, Roxbury.
Hose No. 8. North Grove street. John H. Ewers, Lieutenant in
charge.
Hose No. 10. Washington Village. C. E. Molloy, Eoseman in
charge.
Hose No. 12. Fourth, near K street. South Boston. M. A. Jones.
Eoseman in charge.
CHEMICAL ENGINES.
No. 1. Bulfinch street. P. F. McDonough, Captain.
No. 2. Church street. Joseph Smith, Lieutenant in charge.
PIRE DEPARTMENT. 121
No. ;'). L()no;\v()iKl avoimo. T. Henry Weltch, Eoseman in charge.
No. 4. C'oriKU' Washington and Poplar sti'oets, West Roxbury.
Thomas P. Lally, Licutcnrmt in charge.
No. 5. Washington struct, near Egleston square. John T. liyron,
Hosemanin charge.
No. 6. Soutli Harvard, near Cambridge street, Brighton. E. T.
Smith, Lieutenant in charge.
No. 7. Corner oi' Saratoga and IJyron streets. East Boston. George
W. Stoddard, Lieutenant in charge.
No. 8. B street, South Boston. Henry J. Hart, Lieutenant in charge.
No. 9. Main street, Cliarlestown. T. W. Conway, Cajjtain in
charge.
No. 10. Eustis street, Roxbury. A. W. Brown, LieiUenanti7i charge.
FIEE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Brown S. Flanders, Sitperintenclent. Salary, $3,200. He has also
the care and charge of all the public bells and clocks.
A constant watch is kept at the headquarters. City Hall, night and
day, by the operators. Each operator has assigned to him certain hours
of duty, during which time he is responsible for the correct use of
the apparatus in giving alarms, for testing the circuits, and for other
details pertaining to the service. An automatic arrangement is con-
nected with the receiving apparatus, by which assistance may be called
from the sleeping apartments, if at any time the operator should be
suddenly incapacitated from pei'forming his duties.
An accurate account is kept of the time of each alarm, of the
station from which it originates, and of all other necessaiy informa-
tion.
Alarms ai"e transmitted to the Central Office, from the signal stations,
or boxes, by pulling a slide in the box. The police officers and other
persons near each station have keys to the boxes. There are 501 fire-
alarm boxes in connection with the headquarters, numbered variously
from 2 to 874.
Alarms are sounded by striking the number of the box upon the
alarm-bells and upon the gongs in the engine-houses, for three
rounds.
Second Alarms are sounded by striking ten blows, followed by the
box number. Third Alarms are sounded by striking ten blows twice,
followed by the box number.
In cases where the entire department is required alarms are sounded
by striking twelve blows twice, followed by the box number.
122 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
In cases where special apparatus is wanted, signals are given as fol-
lows : —
For Engine Companies 13 blows.
" Chemical Engine Companies 14 "
" Hook and Ladder Companies 15 "
" the Water Tower 16 "
" Hose Companies 17 "
to be followed by the numbers of the companies wanted, and the
number of the box to which they are called.
Of other signals given on the fire-alarm bells, 689 indicates a fire
at Deer Island ; 698 indicates a call from Chelsea for assistance ; 699 in-
dicates a call upon Chelsea for assistance ; 22 indicates " no school."
Meridian bells, at their various locations on churches, school-
houses, and engine-houses, are struck from the Fire-Alarm office pre-
cisely at noon (standard time) every day. Correct time is furnished
by telegraph from the Observator}^ of Harvard University, so that ac-
curacy is secured.
All bells in the city proper north of Dover street, except the Faneuil
Hall bell, have been cut out from sounding public alarms.
FIRE-MARSHAL.
[Stat. 1886, Chap. 354; 1887, Chap. 231.]
The Fire-Marshal is appointed by the Governor, to hold ofiice for
three years from the date of his appointment, or until his successor is
apj^ointed, with the duty of examining into the cause, circumstances,
and origin of fires in the city of Boston, for which purpose he is
vested with certain judicial and police powers. The Board of Fire
Commissioners makes rules and regulations for the performance of the
duties of the Fire-Marshal, and sujDervises his investigations and pro-
ceedings when in its opinion the public interests will be subserved
thereby. The salary and expenses of the Fire-Marshal are repaid to the
city of Boston from the treasury of the Commonwealth, to an extent not
exceeding twenty-five per cent, of the State tax collected on premiums
for writing fire-risks in the city of Boston during the preceding year.
Charles VV. Whitcomb, Fire-Marshal. Salary, $3,000 per annum.
Term ends November 3, 1892.
[Office, 6 Peiuberton square.]
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 40; Rev. Orel., Chap. 25; Chap. 49, ^^^ 1-25.]
The first Board of Health in Boston was established in 1799, under
the special statute of February 13, 1799. The first collected edition of
HEALTH DEPAirrMKNT. 123
the statutes under which this Board acted was jMiliIishcd in isil, ;iiid
contained also the reguUitions of the IJoard. Tliis ISojinl had in sub-
stance the same i;)owers as the pi'esent Hoard of HeallJi, and was abol-
ished by tlu! first city cliarter. From 1822 to ].S7;i the liuiclions of tlie
Board were exercised through the ('ity Council. 'Vha [iresent Board of
Health was established by tlie ordinance of Dijceniber 2, 1H72, and has
published annual reports since 1873.
HOARD OK HEALTH.
Edwin L. Pilsbdry. Term ends in 1892.
Samuel L. Dukgin, M.D., Chairman. Term ends in 1893.
Oeorge F. Babbitt. Term ends in 1894.
Salary, $3,000 each per annum.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
John H. McCollom, M.D., City Physician. Office, Chardon street.
Salary, $2,700.
Morton Prince, M.D., Assistant City Physician. Office, Chardon
street. Salary, $1,500.
Charles H. Coggswell, M.D., Port Physician. Resident at Deer
Island. Salary, $1,2U0.
RuFDS E. Darrah, M.D., Assistant Port Physician. Salary, $1,000.
William G. Macdonald, M.D., Medical Inspector. Salary, $1,500.
QUARANTINE GROUNDS.
The Quarantine Grounds comprise that part of Boston harbor known
as the President Roads, lying between Long, Deer, and Sjiectacle
Islands. The steamer '* Vigilant," Geoi'ge T. Ranlett, Captain, em-
ployed in the quarantine service, is subject to the orders of the Board
of Health.
BATH-HOUSES.
By an ordinance passed Dec. 27, 1879, the Board of Health was ap-
pointed, and invested with authority to carrj' into effect the provisions
of Chapter 214 of the Statutes of 1874, entitled, " An act to authorize
cities and towns to erect and maintain public baths and wash-houses,"
which act was accepted by the city on January 2, 1875. Seventeen free
bath-houses have been established, open daily from June 1 to Sept. 80,
at which, during the season of 1887, the number of persons bathing was
866,609 ; in 1888, 784,385 ; in 1889, 780,744 ; in 1890, 988,078.
MORGUE.
The City Morgue is located on North Grove street. F. L. Briggs,
Superintendent. Salary, $360.
124 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
LYING-IN HOSPITALS.
The following are the only persons, at this time, duly authorized by
the Board of Aldermen, pursuant to Chapter 157 of the Acts of 1876, and
under the supervision and inspection of the Board of Health, to maintain
Lying-in Hospitals for the reception, care, and treatment of women re-
quiring such aid : —
St. Mary's Infant Asylum, Cushing avenue, Dorchester.
New England Hospital for Women and Children, Dimock street.
Mrs. J. M. Twitchell, 134 Dorchester street. South Boston.
New England Moral Reform Society, 476 Shawmut avenue.
Mrs. Julia A. Woodbury, 815 E. Fourth street, South Boston.
Dr. John W. Johnson, 20 Worcester street.
Mary E. Dudle}^, 28 Brook avenue.
CEMETERIES.
The following is a list of the Burial Grounds in charge of the Board
of Health : —
Bennington street, East Boston.
Bunker Hill, Charlestown.
Phipps street, Charlestown.
Copps Hill, Charter and Hull streets, Boston.
King's Chapel, Tremont, near School street.
Granary, Tremont street, opposite Bromfield.
Central, Common.
South, Washington and E. Concord streets.
Eliot, Washington and Eustis streets.
Warren, Kearsarge avenue, Roxbury.
Walter street, Walter street, Roslindale.
Westerly, Centre, near LaGrange street. West Roxbury.
Evergreen, South street, Brighton.
Market street. Market street, Brighton.
Dorchester North, Uiaham's Corner.
Dorchester South, Dorchester avenue, opposite Brooks street.
Hawes, Emerson street, corner of L street.
HEALTH JJEI'AltlMENT.
125
UNDEUTAKEHS.
(May 1, 1890.)
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 32, ^S 6; Stat. 1890, Cliap. 210; Rev. Ord., Chap. 48, § 43.]
Alexander, Alexis.
Avidon, Michael.
Badarvaeo, Andrew A.
Barry, David.
Barry, Michael.
Baxter, Alonzo T.
Belo-ard, PhiliiJ.
Bird, Ebenezer.
Brown, William E.
Brown, Edwin G.
Bryant, John.
Bryant, .John E.
Bryant, T. Weston.
Burke, Edward.
Burke, John B.
Caro, Solomon M.
Cleaiy, James P.
Cobb, Charles W.
Coburn, Ethan N.
Colbert, Charles E.
Cole, George S.
Cole, Harry B.
Cole, Jabez B.
Costello, William.
Crane, Horace R.
Crosby, Frederick J.
Dacey, Charles M.
DeLeire, John A.
Dinnin, Charles S.
Dolan, James W.
Doolin, John.
Doyle, Thomas.
Fallon, James P.
Fallon, John D.
FaiTcll, James.
Farrell, Michael A.
Feeney, John.
Feely, Thomas.
Field, George V.
Gleason, Edward F.
Gleason, Reuben.
Goggenheim, Joseph.
Haynes, James.
Haley, Oli^.^er F.
Heintz, John.
Hill, (ieorge.
Jacobs, Louis.
Jones, Lewis L.
Keating, John J.
Kelly, John A.
Kennedy, Patrick T.
Lavery, John W.
Linnehan, Cornelius P.
Lippa, William.
Maloney, Frank S.
Mann, Lewis A.
McCaffrey, John.
McCartney, Timothj".
Mitchell, Michael J.
Morris, John.
Mullen, James.
Mullen, Matthew J.
Miu'jDliy, Michael J.
Murray, Bernard E.
Murray, Edward A.
O'Donnell, James F.
Osborn, William T.
Peak, John H.
Reade, John.
Regan, Martin.
Roach, Edward E.
Smith, Benjamin F.
Sprague, John W.
Sullivan, James.
Sullivan, Jeremiah F.
Sullivan, Samuel J.
Sullivan, Timothy J.
Taylor, Hugh.
Tinkham, Charles F.
Tinkham, Jeremiah.
Waterman, Frank S.
Waterman, George H.
Waterman, Joseph S.
Willard, George A.
Williams. Nicholas M.
Williamson, Joseph.
Wittenberg, S.
126 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1880, Chap. 174; Rev. Orel., Chap. 27.]
The City Hospital, on the south-east side of Harrison avenue, occupies-
the entire square between East Springfield and East Concord streets, and
a part of the adjacent square to East Chester park, and was begun on
September 9, 1861. It consists of many pavilions, connected with the
central structure. This hosi^ital was established for the reception of
those in need of temiDorary relief during illness or from injuries.
The Trustees also have charge of the Convalescent Home at 2150
Dorchester avenue, Milton Lower Mills.
The Board of Trustees publishes annual reports since 1865 ; and four
volumes of Medical and Surgical Reports have been issued.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
The Trustees of the City Hospital are incorporated by Chap. 174 of
the Acts of 1880, and are authorized to receive and hold real and
personal estate bequeathed or devised to said corporation to an amount
not exceeding $1,000,000. The Board as at present constituted is as-
f ollows : —
Joseph A. Tucker, Chaii'man. Term ends in 1892.
George B. Nichols. Term ends in 1893.
Henry H. Sprague, Secretary. Term ends in 1894.
A. Shdman. Term ends in 1895.
John F. Young. Term ends in 1896.
medical and surgical staff.
Superintendent and Resident Physician.
George H. M. Rowe, M.D. Residence and office in the Hospital.-
Salary, $3,600, and board at the hospital.
Consulti7ig Physicians a7id Surgeons. — Benjamin E. Cotting, M.D.,
William Ingalls, M.D., Alexander D. Sinclair, M.D., W. C. B. Fifield,
M.D., Fitch Edward Oliver, M.D., Benjamin Gushing, M.D.
Visiting Physicians. — John G. Blake, M.D., George B. Shattuck,
M.D., George H. Lyman, M.D.. Edward J. Forster, M.D., A. L. Mason,
M.D., Charles F. Folsom, M.D., A. M. Sumner, M.D., Thomas M.-
Rotch, M.D.
Senior Visiting Surgeon. — David W. Cheever, M.D.
Visiting Surgeons. — George W. Gay, M.D., E. H. Bradford, M.D.»
William P. Bolles, M.D., Abner Post, M.D., M. F. Gavin, M.D.
Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeons. — Henry W. Williams, M.D., Oliver
F. Wadsworth, M.D. Assistant, —-llenvj W. Kilbourn, M.D.
Visiting Aural Surgeon. — J. Orne Green, M.D.
INSPECTIOX OF JJUILDINCiS. 127
out-patients' DKl'A ItTMEXT.
Physicians. — Francis II. Williams, M.D., Edwartl II. IJuckiii^rlKmi,
MJ)., Charles F. Withingtoii, M.D.
Surgeons. — Geo. II. Monks, AI.I)., IlolH-rt, W. Lovett, M.I).. II. F>.
Smith, M.D.
Physician for Diseases of Women. — C. M. Green, jNI.I). Assislanl. —
fleorg-e Haven, M.l).
Physicia7is for Diseases of the Ski7i. — E. Wigglesworth, M.D.,
George II. Tilden. M.l). Assistant. — James S. Howe, ]\I.D.
Surgeons for Diseases of the Ear. — George A. Leland, M.I)., Ed-
mund D. Spear, M.D.
Physicians for Diseases of the Throat. — Thomas Amory DeBlois,
M.D., J. W. Farlow, M.D. Assistant. — George A. Leland, M.D.
Physicians for Diseases of the Nervous System. — Morton H. Prince,
M.D., Philip Coombs Knapp, M.D., William N. Bullard, M.D.
Medico-Legal Pathologist. — F. W. Draper, M.D.
Physicians to the Convalescent Home. — C. Ellery Stedman, M.D.,
Daniel D. Gilbert, M.D., Edward T. Twitchell, M.D.
DEPARTMENT FOR THE INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 374, ^^ 2; Eev. Ortl., Chaps. 40 and 48; Eev. Eeg., Chap. 6,
sS^4-9.]
John S. Damrell. Appointed for a term of three years from May 1,
1889. Salary, $5,000.
[Office, Old State- House.]
BUILDING LIMITS.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 374, ^ 21 ; Eev. Ord., Chap. 48, ^ 30.]
Among other restrictions imposed by the law and ordinances on the
erection of buildings, it is provided that no wooden building shall be
erected within the following limits : —
Beginning at the intersection of the centre lines of Dover and Albany
streets, and thence running east through the centre of said Dover street
to the Harbor Commissioners' line ; thence by the said Harbor Commis-
sioners' line around the northerly portion of the City proper to a point
on Charles river at the intersection of said line Avith the boundary line
between Brookline and Boston ; thence along said boundary line to the
centre of Longvvood avenue ; thence through the centre of said avenue
to the centre of Bumstead lane ; thence through the centre of said lane
to the centre of Ward street ; thence through the centre of said Ward
128 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
street to the centre of Pai'ker street ; thence through the centre of said
Parker street to the centre of Ruggles street ; thence through the centre
of said Ruggles street to the centre of Washington street ; thence through
the centre of said Washington street to a point opposite the centre of
Palmer street ; thence tlirougli tlie centre of said Palmer street and
through the centre of Eustis street to the centre of Hampden street ; and
tlience through the centre of said Hampden street and the centre of
Albany street to the point of beginning.
INSPECTION OF MILK AND VINEGAR.
[Pub. Stat., Chaps. 57, 60, §§ 69-71 ; Rev. Orel., Chap. 44.]
The first Inspector of INIilk was appointed in 1859 ; of Vinegar, in
1880. The Insjjector of Milk has published annual reports since 1863.
The two offices were virtually united in 1884, and actually in 1890, the
combined annual reports beginning in 1886.
Charles Harrington, Inspector. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 1151 Washington street.]
INSPECTION OF PROVISIONS.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 58; Rev. Orel., Chap. 43.]
Daniel F. McCarthy. Salary, $1,700. Appointed annually. [Stat-
utes of 1876, Chap. 180. Accepted by the City Council on June 2,
1876.]
Alexander Burr, for the Brighton Abattoir. Salary, $1,500. Ap-
pointed by the Boai'd of Healtli. [Statutes of 1876, Chap. 144.]
INSPECTION OF WIRES.
[Stat. 1890, Chap. 404 ; Orel. 1890, Chap. 8.]
The Inspector of Wires supervises all electric wires or cables over
streets or buildings, and enforces the statutes, ordinances, and regula-
tions relating to their location, erection, supports, maintenance, in-
sulation, and removal.
Brown S. Flanders, Inspector of Wires. Salary, $3,500 i^er annum.
[Office, 28 School street.]
LAMP DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1825, Chap. 3 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 20.]
The Department was first legalized by the statute of June 29, 1773.
The office of Superintendent of Lamps, actually filled since 1843, was
LAW DErAliTMENT.
129
fixed by the ordinance ot" Ocober 20, 1809. The Department was sep-
arated from the Police in 1854. Annual reports of the Department liave
been publislied since 1870.
Patrick O'Siika, Superintendent of Lamps. Salary, $3,500. Ap-
pointed annually.
[Office, City Hall-l
The public lamps are distributed in the various sections of the city as
follows : —
Gas
LampSc
Large Gas
Lamps.
Electric
Lights.
Oil
Lamps,
Naphtha.
Total.
City Proper . .
Roxbury . . .
Dorchester . .
West Roxbury
South Boston .
Charlestown .
East Boston . ,
Brighton . . .
Chielsea . . . .
Totals • . .
2,815
1,723
1,526
689
681
660
665
485
3
490
163
83
32
122
104
70
61
0
93
0
757
1,351
304
0
169
283
0
3,411
1,899
2,367
2,075
1,211
764
904
829
3
9,247
2,957
13,463
LAW DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 12.]
The office of "Attorney and Solicitor for the City of Boston" was
established by the ordinance of June 18, 1827 ; of Corporation Counsel
by the ordinance of March 30, 1881. The Department is under the
charge of the Corporation Counsel and the City Solicitor jointly.
Thomas M. Babson, Corporation Counsel. Salary, $6,000.
Andrew J. Bailey, City Solicitor. Salary, $5,750.
Robert W. Nason, First Assistant Solicitor. Salary, $4,000.
Thomas W. Proctor, Second Assistant Solicitor. Salary $3,500.
Charles F. Day and Roscoe P. Owen, City Conveyancers. Salaries,
$3,000 each.
Fisher Ames, Clerk. Salary, $2,000.
[Office, 14 Beacon street.]
130 MUlS^ICirAL REGISTER.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.!
[Stat. 1878, Chap. 114; Rev. Orel., Chap. 31.]
The Trustees of the Public Library are incorporated by an act of the
Legislature passed April 4, 1878, and are authorized to receive and
hold real and personal estate which may be given, bequeathed, or
devised to said corporation, to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000.
The first trustees were appointed under the ordiuance of October 14,
1852, and published their first annual report in 1853. These reports,
dealing largely with the statistics of the Pul)lic Library, have been con-
tinued without interruption. The first catalogue of the library was
published in 1854 (8vo, pp. iv., 180). The second catalogue, of Bates
Hall, was published in 1861; a Supplement in 1866. The Trustees
have published also catalogues of the Lower Hall collections, of the
Chai'lestown, Jamaica Plain, and other branch libraries ; special cata-
logues of the Barton (Shakespeare), Ticknor (Spanish), and Prince
(early New England) collections ; a catalogue of American local history ;
eight volumes of Bulletins ; Lamb's map of early Boston ; handbooks
for the visitors of the Library; and many miscellaneous documents.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Phineas Pierce. Term ends in 1892.
Fkederick O. Prince. Term ends in 1893.
Henry W. Haynes. Term ends in 1894.
William R. Richards. Term ends in 1895.
Samuel A. B. Abbott, President. Term ends in 1896.
CENTRAL LIBRARY.
Bates Hall, 333,273 volumes; Lower Hall, 44,854 volumes;
Central Reading Room, 460 periodicals. Public Library Building,
Boylston street.
iNew Library Building. — By Chap. 222 of the Acts of 1880, amended by Chap. 141
of the Acts of 1883, the CommoDwealth granted to the city of Boston a lot of land on the
southerly corner of Dartmouth and Boylston streets " for the purpose of erecting and main-
taining thereon a building for the use of the Public Library of said city." By Chap. 143 of
the Acts of 1882 said city was authorized to take, by purchase or otherwise, land " for the
erection thereon of a Public Library, and for a yard for the game," with authority to
" appropriate and use therofor any land now owned by it." Under the provisions of the
last-named act, by an order approved April 18, 1883, certain lands adjacent to the land
granted by the State were taken, and by order, aj^proved April 14, 1883, loans were author-
ized as follows, viz.: $180,000 to pay for the laud taken as above, and $450,000 for the
erection of a library building. By Chap. 60 of the Acts of 1887 the coustruction of the
new building was placed in the hands of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library,
Further loans for the completion of the building have been authorized as follows ; Slat.
1883, Chap. 68, Order of March 11, 1889, $1,000,000; Stat. 1891, Chap. 234, $1,000,000. The
architects are Messrs. McKim, Mead & White.
LIBRA KY 3:>EPARTMENT. VM
Bates Hall is open from 9 A.M. to 9 F.M. ; the Lower Hall, IVom
8.30 A.M. to 9 r.M. ; the Central Reading Room, from 9 A.M. to 10
P.M., and on Sundays from 2 P.M. to 10 P.M. Bates Hall is open on
Sundays from 2 P.M. to 9 P.M.
In addition to the collections above mentioned, the I)u[»licate Room
contains 16,652 volumes, and Bates Hall several hundred p(a-iodicals of
less popular interest.
BRANCH HBRARIKS.
Charlestown Branch, 27,179 volumes. Reading Room, 70
periodicals. Old City Hall, City square.
South Boston Branch, 13,088 volumes. Reading Room, 64 period-
icals. 372 West Broadway.
East Boston Branch, 12,616 volumes. Reading Room, 34 period-
icals. Old Lyman School Building, Meridian street.
ROXBURY Branch, 31,727 volumes. Reading Room, 75 i^eriodicals.
46 Milmont street.
Brighton Branch, 14,099 volumes. Reading Room, 40 periodicals.
Holton Library Building, Rockland street.
Dorchester Branch, 15,338 volumes. Reading Room, 46 period-
icals. Arcadia, corner Adams street.
Jamaica Plain Branch, 11,579 volumes. Reading Room, 39 period-
icals. Curtis Hall, Centre street.
South End Branch, 10,894 volumes. Reading Room, 31 periodicals.
English High School Building.
North End Branch, 1,415 volumes. Reading Room, 30 periodicals.
Cor. Salem and N. Bennet streets.
West Roxbury Delivery, 3,313 volumes. Centre, near Mt. Vernon
street.
LOAVER Mills Delivery, Dorchester. Reading Room, 56 periodicals.
Washington, near River street.
Mattapan Delivery. River, cor. Oakland street.
Neponset Delivery. Wood's block.
RosLiNDALE DELIVERY. Florence, cor. Ashland street.
Mt. Bowdoin Delivery. Washington, cor. Eldon street.
Allston Delivery, 26 Fi-anklin street.
Asumont Delivery. 25 Argyle street.
Dorchester Station Delivery. 1 Milton ave.
The total number of volumes in the Public Library and Branches is
636,027 ; number of popular periodicals, 960.
The statistics of the Public Library refer to January 1, 1891. Total
issues in 1890, 1,875,411.
For a general sketch of the Library, and of the donations fsceived
by it, see the Municipal Register of 1878.
132 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MARKET DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 28, 49, §§ 57-62.]
Faneuil Hall Market, proposed in Mayor Quincy's message of July
31, 1823, and completed in 1826, was under the charge of a clerk rf the
Market until the ordinance of September 9, 1852, established the office
of Superintendent.
George E. McKay, Siqjerintendent of Markets. Salary, |2,500-
Appointed annually.
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.
[Stat. 1849, Chap. 150 ; 1872, Chap. 197 ; Rev. Orel., Chap. 39.]
This Cemetery, now containing 106f acres, situated in Ward 23,
West Roxbury, is under the care and control of a Board of Trustees,
five in number, appointed annually, two of whom, at least, must be
owners of lots in said Cemetery. The Board of Trustees has published
annual reports since 1859.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Le Forrest A. Hall, CWn, I Augustine H. Reed,
John Taylor, | Edward N. Capen,
Salem D. Chakles.
N". A. Apollonio, Secretary.
[Office, Old Court House.]
Mt. Hope Cemetery was bought by the city in 1857 for $35,000, and
additional land has been purchased since then. The Board of Trustees
was established by the ordinance of December 21, 1857. In accordance
with the provisions of Chap. 265 of the Acts of 1889, a corporation has
been organized by the name of the " Proprietors of Mount Hope Ceme-
teiy," of which corporation Samuel W. Creech, Jr., is the president.
Should the city of Boston convey to said corporation the property
rights now held by the city in Mount Hope Cemetery, as provided by
the act aforesaid, the authority of the Board of Trustees above named
would terminate.
PARK DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1875, Chap. 185; Rev. Orel., Chap. 23.]
Power to establish parks in this city was granted by the Common-
wealth on May 6, 1875, subject to acceptance by the people. This act
was accepted by a vote of the citizens on June 9, 1875. Yeas, 3,706 ;
nays, 2,311. The first Board of Park Commissioners was appointed on
July 6, 1875, and confirmed on July 15, 1876.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. W^
BOARD OP PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Thomas L. Livkrmoue, Chnirmnn. Term ends in 1892.
Francis A. Walker. Term ends in 1893.
Paul II. Kendkicken. Term ends in 18!)4.
[Office, 53 State street.] >
PUBLIC PARKS.
Arnold Arboretum 108.8 acres.
Fr.anklin Park 520 "
The Parkway (Back Bay Fens and Muddy River, and
shores of Dorchester Bay in South Boston) . . 351 "
Wood Island Park, East Boston, land and flats . . . 81.3 "
Marine Park, City Point, South Boston (including Castle
Island) 290 "
Charlesbank 10 "
Total 1,421.1 "
Additional land has been taken for the enlargement of Wood-Island
Pai'k in East Boston.
The Arnold Arboretum, contained originally 122.6 acres, belonging to
Harvard Univei'sity. This, together with nearly 45 acres of other land,
was taken by the Park Commissioners for a public jDark, and 122 of the
whole area of 168.8 acres were leased to the University, under perpetual
lease, to be used only for the purposes of an arboretum, under the trusts
created by the wills of Benjamin Bussey and of James Arnold. The
Arboretum is open to visitors dally from 7 A.M. until sunset. The Park
Commissioners have charge also of the Commonwealth-avenue grounds
between West Chester park and Beacon street, and of the Leif Erikson
statue.
For the history and cost of the public parks see the annual reports
of the Park Commissioners issued since 1876 ; also Doc. 42 of 1876,
Doc. 125 of 1880, and " Notes on the Plan of Franklin Park," pub-
lished in 1886.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 34; Chap. 100, ^ 28; Chap. 102; Chap. 103, ^ 7; Chap. 205, ?§ 17
21,23,25; Stat. 1878, Chap. 244; 1879, Chap. 59; 1880, Chap. 99; 1882, Chap. 226;
1885, Chaps. 196, 309, 323 ; 1887, Chaps. 135, 177, 178 ; 1888, Chap. 29L]
The Board of Police was established by Chapter 323 of the Acts of
1885, and is composed of three citizens of Boston, appointed from the
two principal political parties by the Governor with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council, and the full term of office is five years
from the first day of May. The Board assumed office on July 23, 1885.
134 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
BOARD OF POLICE.
William M. Osborne. Term ends in 1893.
William H. Lee. Term ends in 1894.
Albert T. Whiting, Chairman. Term ends in 1895.
Salary, $4,500 for chairman ; $4,000 for each of the others, paid by
the city of Boston.
EXECUTIVE STAFF.
Cyrus Small, Superintendent of Police. Salary, $3,500.
Joseph R. Burrill, Beputy Superintendent. Salary, $2,800.
Ira C. Foster, Inspector of Puhlic Carriages. Salary, $1,600.
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
Benjamin P. Eldridge, Chief Inspector. Salary, $2,500.
Thomas F. Gerraughty, Joseph Dugan, Patrick A. Mahony,
Charles L. Skelton, Joseph Knox, William B. Watts, Charles
Glidden, Andrew Houghton, William Burke, William H.
CoGAN, Inspectors. Salary, $1,600 each.
[Office, 7 Pemberton Square.]
POLICE STATIONS.
First Division, Hanover street. Lawrence Cain, Captain.
Second Division, Court Square. Henry C. Hemmenway, Captain.
Third Division, Joy street. Timothy A. Hurley, Captain.
Fourth Division, La Grange street. Richatd F. Irish, Captain.
Fifth Division, East Dedham street. James M. Coulter, Captain.
Sixth Division, Broadway, South Boston. Martin L. White, Captain.
Seventh Division, Meridian street. East Boston. James H. Lam-
bert, Captain.
Eighth Division, Comer Commercial and Battery streets. Byron F.
Bragdon, Captain and Harbor-Master.
Ninth Division, Mt. Pleasant avenue arid Dudley street. George A.
Walker, Captain.
Tenth Division, Corner Boxbury and Tremont streets. Henry
Dawson, Captain.
Eleventh Division, Corner Adams and Arcadia streets. Michael
Men-ick, Captain.
Twelfth Division, Fourth street, near K street, South Boston.
Elijah H. Goodwin, Captain.
Thirteenth Division, Seaverns avenue, West Eoxbury. William H.
Brown, Captain.
Fourteenth Division, Old Town Hall, Brighton. David W.
Herrick, Captain.
rOLICE DEPARTMENT. 1J5
FiKTKKNTii Division, Old City Hall, Charlcstown. Edward l'\ (;!is-
kin, Captain.
gixTKENTii Division, Boiihlon sired, corner of Hereford sireel.
Paul J. Vinal, Captain.
Salaries: Captains, $2,000 per annum; lieutenants, $1,G00 p(!r an-
num; sergeants, $1,400 per annum; patrolmen, first year's service,
$1,000; second year's service, $1,100; third and successive year's
service, $1,200; reserve men, $2.00 per day.
Police Signal Service. [Stat. 1887, Chap. 325.] Lieut. Henry O.
Goodw^in, Director; Henry A. Chase, Electrician.
House of Detention. [Stat. 1887, Chap, 234.] Temporary loca-
tion : Basement of Courl House, Court square. Emma Onthank, Chief
Matron. Salary, $1,000.
City Prison. [Pub. Stat., Chaps. 28, 27.] Basement of Court-
House. Romanzo H. Wilkins, Keeper of the Lockup. Salary, $2,000.
The whole number of officers and employees in the Police Department
is 881.
Harbor Service. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 69; Stat. 1882, Chap 216;
1889, Chap. 147; Rev. Ord., Chap. 60.] Byron F. Bragdon, Harbor-
Master; office, Police Station 8, corner Commercial and Battery streets.
Assistant Hai'bor-Masters : Louis W. Swan, John W. Jackson, Itha-
mer A. Mereen, John J. Middleton, Nicholas C. Tallon, George H.
Adams, Edward A. Pease, Erdix S. Dearing, James Russell.
The Harbor-Master and Assistant Harbor-Masters are appointed from
the police force by the Board of Police, and receive pay in accordance
with their rank in the force. The police boats "Protector" and "Pa-
trol " are employed in this service.
islands.
The following islands in the harbor belong to the City : —
1. Deer Island. Containing 134 acres of upland and 50 acres of
flats ; conveyed to the inhabitants of Boston, March 4, 1634-5.
2. Thompson''s Isla?id. Annexed to Boston by Act of March 15, 1834.
3. Great Brewster Island. Containing 16 acres ; was purchased, in
1848, for $4,000.
4. Oallop's Island. Containing 16 acres ; purchased, in 1860, for
$6,600.
5. Apple Island. Containing 9^ acres ; was purchased, in 1867, for
$3,750.
6. Bainsford Island. Containing 11 acres; was purchased, together
with all the hospital buildings and dwellings, in 1871, for $40,000.
7. Moon Island. Containing about 30 acres ; was taken by I'ight of
136
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
eminent domain from the heirs of James Huckins and others, in 1859,
and constitutes the point of discharge of the Main Drainage system.
8. Long Island. Containing about 182 acres ; pui'chased in 1885
from the heirs of Thomas J. Dunbar and others, for $220,791, for the
use of the public institutions.
CONSTABLES.
(Corrected to June 30, 1891.)
[Stat. 1802, Chap. 7.]
Constables who serve civil process in the city of Boston are required
to give bonds in the sum of $3,000. [See Pub. Stat., Chap. 28, §9.]
CONNECTED WITH OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
Ambrose H. Abbott,
Richard F. Andrews,
John R. Barry,
Francis J. Baxter,
AVilliam A. Blossom,
Carlan A. Brown,
Moses P. Brown,
Albert S. Buswell,
William W. Campbell,
William A. Coburn,
William P. Cook,
Thomas A. Crawford,
Frederick L. Davis,
Charles A. Downes,
John A. Duddy,
George C. Dyer,
Thomas Fee,
John B. Fitzpatrick,
Thomas Folger,
William A. Fort,
Elijah D. Foss,
Henry Fox,
John J. Franey,
Silas G. Gage,
William T. Gardner,
Thomas Hall,
Charles P. Harrington,
Henry Harrington,
John J. Henry,
Robert Herter,
William L. Hicks,
Edward W. Hudson,
James A. Hussey,
Fi'ederic P. Ingalls,
Charles P. Johnson,
Stephen P. Kelley,
Edward A. Kennedy,
Henry P. Kennedy,
James M. Kilroy,
Martin M. Lomasney,
James W. McCabe,
James F. McCarthy,
Adolphus G. McVey,
Benjamin Meriam,
James F. Mitchell,
Richard J. Murray,
George N. Parker,
Sylvester E. Partridge,
Alvah H. Peters,
Alvin I. Phillips,
Patrick F. Reddy,
John Robie,
John Rogers,
Henry J. Schenck,
Charles J. Smith,
Daniel P. Sullivan,
Albert Watts,
CONSTABLES.
137
NOT CONNECTED WITH OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
Jdhn T. Bariy,
Clinrles L. Heck,
Fi-aiici.s H. Wackwcll,
Josepli II. Blatt,
James M. Carter,
Joseph Conneton,
James W. Cnn-ier,
Hinds R. Darling,
George C. Davis,
Luther Davis,
Alvin S. Drew,
George G. Drew,
John A. Duggan,
George B. Freeland,
Charles G. Goussebaire,
John E. Hallett,
John F. Ham,
James G. Hanington,
Richard W. Hitchcock,
Edward J. Holland,
Edwin L. Howard,
Lewis J. N. Hurie,
Edwin Jaquith,
William K. Jones,
Horace A. Jordan,
Hanson B. Joyce,
Frederick P. Knapp,
Russell R. Knapp,
James F. Larkin,
Moses Lewenberg,
George W. Lowther,
William F. McClellan,
Charles T. McDonald,
Thomas If. McXcllis,
John Mundy,
James Needliam,
Isaiah Paine, Jr.,
Geoi-ge B. Proctor,
John G. Ray,
Nathaniel G. Robinson,
William D. Roekwood,
Joseph R. Rowe,
Bmniham Royce,
James H. Ryan,
Charles F. Schwaar,
John Shea,
Jeremiah Sheehan,
William A. Sheehan,
Henry C. Shrieves,
Joseph P. Silsby, Jr.,
Simon Simmons,
Walter Simmons,
Austin R. Smith,
Anson Stern,
Calvin Stowe,
Barry Sullivan,
Christopher F. Sweeney,
William H. Swift,
John P. Thornton,
Frederic S. Walker,
Frank T. Ware,
Charles L. White,
Wright W. Williams.
George Murphy, Chief,
Henry M. Blackwell,
James Bragdon,
George M. Felch,
Frank Hasey,
Abraham M. Leavitt,
James P. Leeds,
Hannibal F. Ripley,
Amos Schaffer,
TRUANT OFFICERS (wlthout bonds) .
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
William B. Shea,
Warren J. Stokes,
Daniel J. Sweeney,
Jeremiah M. Swett,
Charles E. Turner,
Richard W. Walsh,
Chai'les S. Wooffindale,
Warren A. Wrio^ht.
138 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEB.
WITH SOCIETY P, C. T. C. (without boilds) .
Edwin R. Smyth.
WITH s. p. c. T. A. (without bonds).
Thomas Langlan, I Lemuel B. Burrill.
TO ENFORCE PUP,. STAT., CHAP. 102, SECT. 90.
Albert Watts (without bonds) .
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 30.]
The Superintendent of Printing has charge of the printing of all
documents for the city, and supplies all stationery and binding needed
in the various departments except the Public Library.
Thomas J. Lane, Suiierintendent of Printing. Salarj^ $2,500.
[Office, City Hall.]
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDIN^GS.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 33.]
The Public Buildings of the city and county compi'ise the City Hall,
the Registry of Deeds, the Court House, Faneuil Hall and Faneuil Hall
Market-House, the Jail and Dead House, the Institutions at South Bos-
ton and Deer Island, the Old State House, the Public Library, the City
Hospital, the City Building (12 and 14 Beacon street), the Armories, the
School-houses (numbering 175), and all the Engine, Hydrant, and Hook
and Ladder Houses in the City, including Roxbury, Dorchester, West
Roxbury, Brighton, and Charlestown, besides other buildings used
for public purposes, numbering in all 293, not including 4 leased
buildings. The office of the Superintendent of Public Buildings was
established hy ordinance on July 1, 1850, and annual reports have been
published by the Superintendent since 1851.
James C. Tucker, Superintendent of Public Buildings. Salary, $3,600.
[Office, City Hall.]
OLD-SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
[Stat. 1879, Chap. 222, §^ 1-.2]
Managers on the part of the city of Boston are the Mayor, ex officio,
Herbert S. Carruth, and David F. Barry.
Two managei's are elected annually by the City Council, for the mu-
nicipal year.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS. 139
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS.
[Rev. Onl., Cliap. ;i7 ; Cliap. 49; §^ 63-f).j.]
The Siipurinfcendeiit has charge of the trees in the streets of the city,
and of all pul)rur grounds and squares, except the parks established
under Stat. 1.S75, Chap. 185. (See Park Department.) The office of
tlie Superintendent of [the Common and] Public Grounds was estab-
lished by ordinance on February 28. 1870. The first annual report of
tlie Superintendent was published in 1879.
William Dooguk, Super uitc?idenL Salary, $.3,000.
[Office, at Deci- Park on the Common.]
PUBLIC GROUNDS AND SQUARES.
CiTV Proper. — The Common and Malls, containing forty-eight and
two-fifths acres, exclusive of the cemetery, which contains one and
two-fifths acres. The length of the exterior boundary of the Common
is one mile and one-eighth.
Public Garden, on the west side of Charles street, containing aljout
twenty- four and one-quarter acres.
Commonwealth Avenue Malls, from Arlington street to West Chester
park, containing about 429,500 square feet.
Franklin Square, on the east side of Washington street, containing
about 105,205 square feet.
Blackstone Square, on the west side of Washington street, containing
about 105,100 square feet.
East Chester Park Mall, between Albany street and Harrison avenue,
containing about 9,300 square feet.
Chester Park Mall, between Harrison avenue and Washington street,
containing about 13,050 square feet.
Chester Square, between Washington and Tremont streets, malls and
square containing about 74,000 square feet.
West Chester Park Mall, between Tremont street and Columbus
avenue, containing about 10,150 square feet.
Concord Square, between Tremont street and Columbus avenue, con-
taining about 5,000 square feet.
Rutland Square, between Tremont street and Columbus avenue, con-
taining about 7,400 square feet.
Berwick Park, off Columbus avenue, containing about 3,800 square
feet.
Greenwich Park, off Columbus avenue, containing about 4,100 square
feet.
Union Park, between Shawm ut avenue and Tremont street, contain-
ing about 16,000 square feet.
140 MUNICIPAL REGISTEK.
Worcester Square, between Washington street and Harrison avenue,
containing about 16,000 square feet.
Lowell Square, on Cambridge street, containing about 5,772 square feet.
Fort Hill Square, between Oliver and High, streets, containing about
29,480 square feet.
Park Square, at the corner of Columbus avenue, Eliot and Pleasant
streets, containing about 2,867 square feet.
Monto-omery Square, at the junction of Tremont, Clarendon, and
Montgomery streets, containing about .550 square feet.
Peraberton Square, containing about 3,390 square feet.
Copley Square, between Huntington avenue and Dartmouth and
Boylston streets, containing about 33,809 square feet. Two enclosures.
City Hall Grounds, School street, about 7,700 square feet.
South Boston. — Telegraph Hill, containing the reservoir. Inde-
pendent of the reservoir there is a lot named Thomas Park, containing
about 190,000 square feet, reserved for a public walk.
Independence Square, bet^veen Broadway, Second, M, and N streets,
containing about six and one-half acres.
Lincoln Square, between Emerson, Fourth, and M streets, and east of
the primary school-house, containing about 9,510 square feet.
East Boston. — Maverick Square, between Sumner and Maverick
streets, containing about 4,398 square feet.
Central Square, between Meridian and Border streets, containing
about 32,810 square feet.
Putnam Square, between Putnam, White, and Trenton streets, con-
taining about 11,628 square feet.
Prescott Square, between Trenton, Eagle, and Prescott streets, con-
taining about 12,284 squai-e feet.
Belmont Square, between Webster, Sumner, Lamson, and Seaver
streets, containing 30,000 square feet.
RoxBDRY. — Madison Square, between Sterling, Marble, Warwick,
and Westminster streets, containing about 122,191 square feet.
Orchard Park, between Chadwick, Yeoman, and Orchard Pai'k streets,
containing about 99,592 square feet.
Washington Park, between Dale and Bainbridge streets, containing
about 396,125 square feet.
Lewis Park, between Highland street. Highland avenue, and Linwood
street, containing about 5,600 square feet.
Longwood Pai'k, between Park and Austin streets, containing about
21,000 square feet.
Walnut Park, between Washington street and Walnut avenue,
containing about 5,736 square feet.
Bromley Park, between Albei't and Bickford streets, containing about
20,975 square feet. Three enclosures.
DEPAllTMENT OF TUBLTC GROUNDS. 141
Fouiiliiin Square, on Walnut avenue, between Monroe and Townseiul
sti'cets, containing about 116,000 scjuare feet.
Cedar S(iuare, on Cedar street, containing about 2G,1G3 square feet.
Linwootl I'ark, at the junction of Centre and Linwood streets, contain-
ing about 3,625 square feet.
Public Ground, Centre and Perkins streets, containing about 3,200
square feet.
Highland Park is the old Fort lot, containing al)out 114,360 square
feet, and occuined partly by the Roxbury stand-piiie.
Public Ground at the junction of Huntington avenue, Tremont and
Francis streets, containing about 1,662 squai*e feet.
Roxbury Canal Lands, bounded by East Chester park, Albany and
Northampton streets, and a common passage-way, used for hot-beds,
green-houses, storage, etc., containing about 130,493 square feet.
Dorchester. — Dorchester Square, on Meeting House Hill, between
Church, Winter, and Adams streets, containing about 56,200 square feet.
The Soldiers' Monument is on this square.
Eaton Square, between Church, Bowdoin, and Adams streets, con-
taining about 18,280 square feet.
Mt. Bowdoin Green, on top of Mt. Bowdoin, containing about 25,170
square feet.
Kichardson Square, between Pond and Cottage streets, containing
about 76,982 square feet.
Dorchester Field, so-called, on Dorchester avenue, containing about
274,000 square feet.
Public Ground on Magnolia street, containing about 3,605 square feet.
Charlestown. — City Square, in front of Old City Hall, containing
about 8,739 square feet.
Sullivan Square, bounded by Main, Cambridge, Sever, and Gardner
streets, containing about 56,428 square feet.
Wlnthrop Square, bounded by Winthrop, Adams, and Common
streets, containing about 38,450 square feet. The Soldiers' Monument
is on this square.
Public Ground, between Essex and Lyndeboro streets, containing
about 930 square feet.
Public Ground, on Water street, Chai'les River and Warren avenues,
containing about 3,055 square feet.
West Roxbury. — Soldiers' Monument Lot, bounded by South and
Centre streets, containing about 5,870 square feet.
Shore of Jamaica Pond, containing about 31,000 square feet.
Mt. Bellevue, public ground, containing about 27,772 square feet.
Brighton. — Public Ground, bounded by Franklin and Pleasant
streets, containing about 1,900 square feet.
142 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEE.
Jackson Square, between Chestnut Hill avenue, Union and Winsliip
streets, containing 4,300 square feet.
Brighton Square, between Chestnut Hill avenue and Rockland
street, and opposite the Branch Public Library, containing about 25,035
square feet.
STATUES AND MONUMENTS.
In addition to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Monument
Hill, Common, and the Soldiers' Monuments in the Charlestown, West
Roxbury, and Dorchester districts, there are the following in charge of
this department: The Crispus Attucks Monument on the Common;
statues of Edward Everett, Washington, Charles Sumner, and Thomas
Cass in the Public Garden ; Hamilton, General Glover, and William
Lloyd Garrison in Commonwealth avenue; Benjamin Franklin and
Josiah Quincy in front of City tiall ; Samuel Adams in Adams square,
John Winthrop in Scollay square, the Emancipation Group in Park
square, and the Ether Monument in the Public Garden. (Tlie Leit
Erikson statue. Commonwealth avenue, is under the charge of the Park
Commissioners.)
FOUNTAINS.
The public fountains in charge of this department are one each in
Franklin, Blackstone, Chester, Independence, Central, Maverick, Sulli-
van, and Jackson squares, and Union park ; the Lyman Fountain
in Eaton square ; the Brewer and Cogswell Fountains on the Common ;
the "Maid of the Mist" and three other fountains in the Public
Garden.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
[Stat. 1889, Chap. 245; Rev. Ord., Chap. 34,]
The institutions under the charge of the Commissioners may be
classed under three heads : First, penal and reformatory, namely, the
House of Correction, the House of Industry, the House of Reformation,
and the Truant School ; second, the almshouses, namely, Long Island for
men, Rainsford Island for women, the almshouse at Charlestown for both
sexes, and the Marcella-street Home for Neglected Children; third, the
Boston Lunatic Hospital, with an outlying ward for the chronic insane
at Austin Farm. These institutions are under the care and government
of a Board of three Commissioners of Public Institutions. The De-
partment has charge of in-door relief, and was branched off from the
Overseers of the Poor, who give out-door relief, in 1823. The De-
partment has charge also of all correctional_institutions for the city and
county. The publications of the Department begin in 1824, and are
very numerous. The combined annual reports for the institutions
named begin in 1858.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIOXS. 143
COMMISSIONERS OF I'UHLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Thomas L, Jenks, Chairman. Term ends in 1892. Salary, $1,000.
Otis K. Newell.' Term ends in 1893. Salary, $3,500.
Thomas H. Devlin. Term ends in 1894. Salary $3,500.
Michael T. Donohoe, Clerk of Commissioners. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 14 Beacon street.]
The steamer " J. Putnam Bradlee," which is under the direction of
the Board, runs daily from the city to Deer Island ; Oliver W. Bowden
Captain. The steamer dock is at the Eastern-avenue wharf.
institutions at deer island.
James R. Gerrish, Stiperintendent. Salaiy, $2,500.
Howard W. Upton, Assistant Superintendent. Salary, $1,200.
Thomas F. Roche, Resident Physician. Sal-ary, $1,500.
Rev. William B. Toulmin, Chaplain and Superintendent of Schools.
Salary, $1,600, of which about $350 is received from the income of
the Mason Fund.
homes for paupers.
John Galvin, Superintendent of the Homes on Long and .Rainsford
Islands. Salary, $2,250.
Daniel S. Harkins, Physician. Salary, $1,000.
Lawrence F. Forrest, Assistant Physician. Salary, $500.
Chandler Eastman, Superintendent at Charlestown. Salary, $1,300.
A. B. Heath, M.D., Superintendent and Physiciati of the Marcella-
street Home for Neglected Children. Salary. $2,000.
house of correction, south boston.
John C. Whiton, Master. Salary, $2,500.
William A. Witham, Dejmty Master. Salary, $1,200.
George H. Brown, Clerk. Salary, $800.
Rev. Jonas B. Clarke, Chaplain. Salary, $1,300.
Winfred B. Bancroft, Physician. Salaiy, $500.
BOSTON lunatic HOSPITAL, SOUTH BOSTON, AND AUSTIN FARM.
Theodore W. Fisher, M.D., Superintendent. Salary, $2,500.
Charles G. Dewey, M.D., First Assistant Superintendent. Salary,
$1,000.
Charles J. Bolton, M.D., Second Assistant Superintendent and
Apothecary. Salary, $500.
Rev. Jonas B. Clarke, C/ioptem. Salary, $200.
Edward B. Lane, Assistant Superiyitendent (in charge of the ward
at Austin Farm). Salary, $1,500.
^From April 1, 1891, for unexpired term of Vinoent Laforme, resigned.
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REGISTRY DEPARTMENT.
■ [Pub. Stat., Chap. 32, § 16; Rev. Ord., Chap. 26.]
The City Registt-ai' keeps the records of bifths, deaths, and marriages,
and issnes certificates of all intentions of marriage. Annv;al reports
have been published since 1850.
Nicholas A, Apollonio, City Registrar. Salary, $2,550.
[Office, Old Court House.]
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
[Stat. 1874, Chap. 60 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 45.]
The first Board was appointed on May 18, 1874. The Board publishes
street lists, voting lists, and election returns.
BOAKD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Charles E. Clark, M.D. Term ends in 1892. Salary, $3,000.
Linus E. Pearson, Chairman. Term ends in 1893. Salary, $3,000.
Michael Carney. Term ends in 1894. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
DEPARTMENT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.
[Stat. 1864, Chap. 128 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 35.]
The Overseers of the Poor in the Town of Boston, a corporation
established in 1772, Avere, by act of the Legislature, in 1864, succeeded by
the corporation called the " Overseers of the Poor in the City of Boston,"
consisting of twelve residents of Boston, four of whom are appointed
annually within sixty days from the first Monday in February, to serve
for the term of three years from the first day of May. The Board has
issued annual reports since 1865.
overseers of the poor.
Term ends in 1892.
Solomon Friedman, Thomas Sproules,
Michael C. Curry, ' William P. Fowled, CAa^>w^aw.
Term ends in 1893.
James B. Ayer, M.D., Andrew P. Fisher,
Isaac T. Campbell, Samuel D. Sawin.
Tenn ends in 1894.
John Lamb, Richard C. Humphreys,
Thomas Downey, Annette P. Rogers.
Benjamin Pettee, Secretary. Salary, $3,000.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Treasurer. Salary, $1,000.
[Office, Charity Building, Chardon street.]
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The Board meets on tlie first Wednesday of every month, at the ofFice
m the C'harity Bnilding, C^iardon street.
The Overseers of the Poor are also incorpoi'ated as a Board of
Trustees of John Boylston's and other eharitable funds, left for the
assistance of persons of good cliaracter and advaneed age " who liave
been redueed by misfortune to indigencie and want." "
A Lodge for Wayfakeus who apply at station-houses for accommo-
dations has been established in Hawkins street, where work of some
kind is exacted as the equivalent for food and shelter.
STATE AID.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 30.]
Monthly payments of allowances of State Aid to disabled soldiers and
sailors, and to the families of those killed in the civil war, are made
by the City Treasurer, at the Charity Building, Chardon street, to per-
sons designated by the Board of Aldermen.
Reuben Peterson, Jr., Paymaster. Appointed by the City Treasurer,
Salary, $1,200; and $1,800 as Clerk for Qommittee on State Aid.
DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 65, ^ 8 ; Stat. 1882, Chap. 42 ; Rev. Orel., Chap. 42.]
Michael D. Collins, Sealer. Salary, $2,500 per annum. Daniel P.
Sullivan, Benjamin Brintnall, Raphael Rosnosky, George J.
Reagan, Deputies. Salaries, $1,400, each, per annum. Isaac F.
Brown, Deputy, $1,000.
[Office, Basement of Old Court House, Court Square.]
The Sealer and Deputy Sealers are appointed also to seize illegal
charcoal measures. (Pub. Stat., Chap. 60, § 88.)
The standards in use are supplied by the Commonwealth, and are
ultimately determined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Washington, D.C. The office was established by the statute of Febru-
ary 26, 1800. Annual reports have been published since 1868.
SINKING-FUNDS DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 11.]
A Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds for the payment or re-
demption of the city debt was established by ordinance on December
24, 1870. This Board consists of six members, two of whom are ap-
pointed annually in February for a term of three years from May 1.
The Board has published annual reports since 1871.
The Board for the current year is constituted as follows : —
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ISTathakiel J. Rust, Samuel Johnson. Term ends in 1892.
A. Davis Weld, Chairman, Joseph H. Gray. Term ends in 1893.
Henry R. Reed, Charles H. Allen. Term ends in 1894.
Alfred T. Turner, Treasurer. (Pub. Stat., Chap. 29, § 10.)
Salary, $700 per anmxm.
James H. Dodge, Secretary. Salary, $700 per annmii.
DEPARTMENT FOR LAYING OUT STREETS.
[Stat. 1870, Chap. 337 ; 1879, Chap. 198 ; 1880, Chap. 67 ; 1888, Chap. 397 ; 1890, Chap.
323 ; Pub. Stat., Chap. 49, ^ 84-86 ; Rev. Orel., Chap. 36.]
The Department for Laying Out Streets is under the charge of the
Board of Street Commissioners. One member of the Board is chosen
by popular vote at the annual municipal election to serve for a term of
three years from the first Monday in January.
John H. Duane.' Term ends in 1891.
John P. Dore, Chairman. Term ends in 1892.
Isaac S. Burrell. Term ends in 1893.
Salary, $3,000, each, per annum.
John W. Morrison, Clerh.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
[Ovd. 1891, Chap. 1.]
By ordinance approved March 9, 1891, in amendment of Chapter 18
of the Revised Ordinances of 1890, the Departments of Sewers, Sani-
taiy Police, and Bridges, and the office of Commissioner of Cam-
bridge Bridges, were consolidated and placed under the adminis-
trative control of the Superintendent of Streets. The Deputy Superin-
tendents in charge of Divisions are appointed by the Superintendent,
with the approval of the Mayor.
CENTRAL OFFICE.
Henry H. Carter, Superintendent of Streets. Salary, $7,600.
Henry B. Wood, Secretary and Executive Engineer. Salary, $2,600.
[Office, City Hall.]
BRIDGE DIVISION.
The highway bridges within the limits of the city, whether con-
structed over navigable waters or railroads, are under the supervision
of the Superintendent of Streets, who appoints draw-tenders and other
employees, and has charge of all repairs except such as affect the
iln place of Hugh E. Brady, resigned May IS, 1S91; appointed to Board of Survey.
STKEET DEPARTMENT. 147
sdnioturo of tlie bridges. Tlie latter are done niidcr tlu! siipci-visioii of
the City Kiigiiieer.
John A. McLAiKiitLix, Deputy Hiipcrinlcndi'nt. Salaiy, $;],000.
[Office, 14 Beacon street.]
15UIDGES WHOLLY SUPPOKTED BV THE CITV.
'Agassiz, in Hack Bay Fens.
Ashland stueet, in Ward 23, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence
])ivi.sion.
Athens street, over New York and New England Railroad.
Beacon street, over outlet to Back Bay Fens.
Beacon street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Berkeley street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Berkeley street, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division.
Blakemore street, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division,
Ward 23.
Bolton street, over New York and New England Railroad.
^BoYLSTON, over outlet to Back Bay Fens.
Boy'LSTon street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
*Broadway, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender, John C. Poole.
Broadway', over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Brookline avenue, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
By'RON street, over Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
' Charlesgate West, Back Bay Fens, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
^Charles river, over Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown.
Draiv-tender, Henry A. Bolan.
*Chelsea (South), over South channel of Mystic River. Draw-tender,
Daniel S. Lawrence. (Stat. 1868, Chap. 309, § 6.)
*Chelsea street, from East Boston to Chelsea. Draw-tender, John
Gill.
Columbus avenue, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
*CoMMERCiAL POINT, in Dorchester. Draw-tender, Morton Alden.
Commonwealth avenue, over outlet to Back Bay Fens.
*CoNGRESS street, ovcr Fort Point channel to A street, South Boston.
Draw-tender, Cornelius J. Callahan.
Cottage street foot-bridge, over Flats, East Boston.
Dartmouth street, over the Boston and Albany and the Providence
Division of the Old Colony Railroad.
*DovER street, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender, Francis
O'Brien.
1 Ellicott Arch, Franklin Park.
iln charge of the Park Commissioners.
* Over navigable waters.
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^Federal street, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender, Jacob Norris.
Ferdinand street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Franklin-street foot-bridge, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Gold-street foot-bridge, over New York & New England R.R.
Huntington avenue, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Leyden street, over Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
Linden Park street, over Stony Brook.
*Malden, over Mystic river, from Charlestown to Everett. Draw-
tender, John F. Ormond. (Stat. 1874, Chap. 139.)
*Meridian street, from East Boston to Chelsea. Draw-tender, Michael
H. Enwright.
*MouNT Washington avenue, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender^
Daniel J. Holland.
1 Neptune, over Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
^ Public Garden foot-bridge, over Public Garden pond.
Shawmut avenue, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
SwETT street, east of the New York and New England Railroad.
SwETT STREET, west of the New York and New England Railroad.
*Warren, over Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown. Draw-
tender, Matthew Welch.
West Chester park, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
West Chester park, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division.
West Newton street, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence Division.
West Rutland square foot-bridge, over Old Colony Railroad,
Providence Division.
WiNTHROP, from Breed's Island to Winthrop. Draw-tender, John S.
Tewksbury,
bridges of which boston supports the part within its limits.
*Cambridge street, over Charles river, from Bi-ighton to Cambridge.
Draio-tender , William Norton.
Central avenue, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Milton.
*Chelsea (North), over North channel of Mystic river. Draiv-tender,
Miles Koen.
*EsSEX street, over Charles river, from Brighton to Cambridge. D7'aw-
tender, William H. Blanchard. (Stat. 1874, Chap. 220.)
*Granite, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Milton. Draw-
tender, George H. Pike.
LoNGWOOD AVENUE, from Ward 22 to Brookline.
Mattapan, from Dorchester to Milton.
1 In charge of the Park Commissionera.
2 In charge of the Superintendent of Public Grounds.
*Over navigable waters.
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Milton, from Dorclieslei- to AliKoii.
*Neponset, over Xoponsol. rivur, from Dorchester to Quincy. Draw-
tender, John 1). Pierce.
*NoRTH Beacon street, from Brigliton to Watertown. Drato-lender,
Michael J. Donahoe.
*NoRTri Harvard STREiyr, from Brig-liton to Cambridge. Draw-tender,
William Norton. (See Cambridge-street bridge.)
Spring street, from West Roxbury to Dedham.
*Western avenue, from Brighton to Cambridge. Draiv-tender, William
Norton. (See Cambridge-street bridge.)
■* Western avenue, from Brighton to Watertown. Draw-tender, Michael
J. Donahoe. (See North Beacon-street bridge.)
BRIDGES OF AVHICH BOSTON PAYS A PART OF THE MAINTENANCE.
Albany street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
* ' Canal or Craigie, over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge.
Draw-tender, Alfred W. Smith.
Dorchester street, over Old Colony Railroad, Central Division.
* Harvard bridge, over Charles River, from Boston to Cambridge.
Draw-tender, William H. Churchill.
"* ^ Prison Point, over Miller's river, from CharlestoAvn to Cambridge.
Draw-tender , Nathaniel E. Story.
* ^ West Boston bridge, over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge.
Draw-tender , M. F. Corkery.
All other bridges within the limits of Boston are supported wholly
by the several railroad corporations whose tracks are located under
them.
* harvard bridge.
By Chap. 155 of the Acts of 1882 the cities of Boston and Cambridge
were authorized, and by Chap. 282 of the Acts of 1887 required, to con-
struct a bridge and avenue across Charles river from West Chester
park in Boston to Front street extended in Cambridge. Plans for this
bridge, prepared by the late Henry M. Wightman, City Engineer, were
accepted, and the bridge has been completed by a Commission, created
b}' Stat. 1887, Chap. 282, consisting of the mayors of the cities of Boston
and Cambridge and Mr. George W. Gale. The cost of the bridge, about
1 West Boston, Canal or Craigie, and Prison Point bridges are under the care of com-
missioners, one of whom is appointed annually by the City of Cambiidge and one by the
City of Boston. The commissioners at the present time are Henry H. Carter, Superintend-
ent of Streets, for Boston, and William J. Marvin, for Cambridge. Term of office, one
year from the first of May. The salaries of the draw-tenders and engineers are paid, half
liy the City of Boston, half by the City of Cambridge. (Stat. 1870, Chaps. 300, 302; Ord.
1891, Chap. 1.) The Boston Commissioner has published annual reports since 1S72.
* Over navigable waters.
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$525,000, is divided equally between the Cities of Boston and Cam-
bridge.
PAVING DIVISION.
Under direction of the Mayor, as Surveyor of HigliM^ays, the Su-
perintendent of Streets has charge of paving and repairing the streets
of the city; also, of all sidewalks.
Charles R. Cutter, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, City HaU.]
SANITARY DIVISION.
The Superintendent of Streets has charge of the removal of house
dirt, oflfal, and ashes, and other noxious and refuse substances fi'om
yards and areas, and the care of the city teams and stables for these
purposes.
George W. Forristall, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
SEWER DIVISION.
The general supervision of all sewers built, or permitted to be built,
by the City, the chai'ge of their building and rej^airs, and the regulation
of private drains entering into common sewers are among the duties
of the Superintendent of Streets, who also has charge of all catch-basins,
their construction and cleaning, and of the pumping station and reser-
voirs of the improved sewerage system.
Henry W. Sanborn, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
MAIN DRAINAGE.
By an order of the Board of Aldermen, approved Feb. 25, 1875, the
Maj^or was authorized to appoint a scientific commission of three
members to examine the system of sewerage in this city, and to
suggest any improvements which could be made therein. Accord-
ingly, the following persons were selected by the Mayor for such com-
mission: E. S. Chesbrough, of Chicago, Moses Lane, of Milwaukee,
and Charles F. Folsom, M.D., of Boston, who submitted their report
(City Doc. 3 of 1876), recommending the construction of intercept-
ing sewers, at a cost of about $6,000,000. On July 17, 1876, the sum of
$40,000 was appropriated by the City Council for the purpose of making
preliminary surveys for routes to Moon Island and to Castle Island.
In 1877 the Joint Special Committee upon this subject reported (City
Doc. 70), recommending the immediate undertaking of the project;
and on August 9, 1877, a loan of $3,713,000 was authorized to meet the-
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expense of (H)ii,striu^lin,<;' a l;ii'i;"(! iiilcrctiptin^i,' sewer ri-oiii (Jliarles ri\(;r
across the city, in ;i southerly diriietioii, to Moon Island. A furtlier
sum of $1,500,000 was appr()i)riatfiil for this object in May, 1882, and
$200,000 in June, 1885. On the first of Januaiy, 1884, construction was
sufficiently advanced to permit the works beinof put in operation.
STliEET-t;LEANIN<T DIVISION.
Philip H. Jackson. Dcpi/'i/ S/z/ierintetident. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.] ;
RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION.
[Stat. 1891, chap. 365; Res. 1891, chaps. 107, 110; Order of City Council, Feb. 28,
1891.]
A commission to pi'omote rapid transit for the city of Boston and its
suburbs was created by Chapter 365 of the Acts of 1891 ; and by Resolves,
Chaps. 107 and 110 of the same year, other associated matters were
referred to this commission for its consideration.
The Commission consists of the Mayor and City Engineer of the city of
Boston, ex officiis ; three persons apjjointed by the Mayor under an order
of the City Council for a Rapid Transit Commission, passed Feb. 28,
1891 ; and three persons, not residents of the city of Boston, appointed
by the Governor, with the consent of the Executive Council.
The salaries of the members on the j)art of the State are determined
by the Governor and Council ; the expenses of the Commission are paid
one-half by the Commonwealth and one-half by the city of Boston. The
report of the Commission, with jjlans and estimates and a draft of a bill,
is required to be made to the Legislature on or before the first Wednes-
day in February, 1892.
KAPID transit commission.
Ex officiis. — Nathan Matthews, Jr., Chairman; William Jackson.
On the part of the State. — John Quincy Adams, Vice-chairman;
Chester W. Kingsley, Osborne Howes, Jr.
On the part of the City. — Henry L. Higginson, James B. Richard-
son, John E. Fitzgerald.
George S. Rice, Chief Engineer .
Horace M. Jordan, Clerh.
[Office, 53 State street.]
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BOARD OF SURVEY.
[Stat. 1891, Chap. 323.]
In accoi'dance with the provisions of Chapter 323 of the Acts of 1891,
relating to the location, laying out, and construction of highways in the
city of Boston, a Board of Survey was appointed by the Mayor, May 11,
1891, and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and the sum of
$500,000 was appropriated for the purposes specified in said act. The
members of this Board hold ofiice for three years from the first day of
May, 1891, or until the work which they are authorized to do is sooner
completed.
BOARD OF SUKVET.
Hugh O'Brien, Chairman. Salary, $4,500.
Charles Morton. Salary, $4,000.
Hugh E. Brady. Salary, $4,000.
J. H. Jenkins, Clerk.
[Office, 53 State street.]
SURVEYING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 14.]
The Surveying Department is under the charge of the City Surveyor,
who makes such surveys, plans, estimates, statements, and descriptions,
and takes such levels, as the City Government or any of its departments
or committees may require. The ofiice of City Surveyor was estab-
lished by the ordinance of October 12, 1868. Annual reports have
been issued since 1870.
Thomas W. Davis, City Surveyor. Salary, $3,600.
[Office, City Hall.]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 10.]
The Treasurer has published yearly, and, since 1882, monthly reports.
The first " Treasurer for the Towne, and to keep the Towne's booke,"
chosen in 1641, was John Oliver. In 1636 John Cogan was chosen
treasurer to build Fort Hill.
See also Sinking Funds Department.
Alfred T. Turner, City and County Treasurer. Salary, $6,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
WATER-SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1875, Chap. SO; Rev. Ord., Chap. 21.]
The first water-document published by the city of Boston appeared
in 1825. The public introduction of water from Lake Cochituate took
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place on October 2;"), 1848. 'I'lu^ liistoi-y oT tin; I'xi^loii Wiiloi- VV'oi-ks up
to January 1, 18G8, lias been written by Nathaniel J. liradhic; ; I'rom
1868 to 187G, by Desmond FitzCiiu-ald ; of the "Additional Supply from
Sudbury River," by A. Fteley. in addition to the annual reports on the
Cochituate supply, from 18o(», and of the Mystic supply, from J8G6,
there iire numerous special reports. By an act [lassed in 1S7.") (Chap.
80), the City Council of Boston was authorized to unite the Cochituate
and Mystic Water Boards under one board of three members, to be
called the Boston Water Board. An ordinance to establish the Boston
Water Board was passed March 22, 1870.
BOSTON WATER IlOAKD.
Robert Grant, Chairman. Term ends in 1892.
John F. Leighton. Term ends in 189o.
Thomas F. Doherty. Term ends in 1894.
Salary, $3,000, each, per annum.
[Office, City Hall.]
The City Engineer is, ex officio. Engineer of the Water Dej^ai'tment,
has the general superintendence of all the works, and is in charge of
new constructions.
The Boston Water Works consist of the Cochituate Water Works,
subdivided into two divisions, the Eastern and the Western, and the
Mystic Water Works.
The Superintendent of the Eastern JDivision of the Cochituate Water
Works (William J. Welch ; salary, $3,000 ; oflace, 221 Federal street,
Boston) has charge of the Cochituate water-system in the city, the
pumping-stations at Chestnut Hill, East Boston, and West Roxbury, and
the Parker Hill, East Boston, and South Boston reservoii'S.
The Superintendent of the Western Division of the Cochituate Water
Works (Desmond FitzGerald ; salary, $3,600 ; office. Chestnut Hill reser-
voir) has charge of the Sudbury and Cochituate aqueducts, the Sudbury-
river basins, Lake Cochituate, and the Chestnut Hill, Fisher Hill, and
Brookline reservoirs.
The Superintendent of the Mystic Water Works (Eugene S. Sullivan ;
salary, $2,200 ; office, corner of Medford and Tufts streets, Charles-
town) has charge of the entire Mystic water-supply, including the
sewerao-e works at Winchester.
WATER-INCOME DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 22.]
The Water-income Department, dealing with the revenues from water
and with water-takers, is under the charge of the Water Registrar. The
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office of Water Registrar was established by the ordinance of October
31, 1850. His annual reports, since 1851, appear in those of the Co-
chituate and Boston Water Boards, and separately since 1890.
William F. Davis, Water Registrar. Salary, $3,600.
[Office, City HaU.]
The bills issued by the Water Registrar are paj^able to the City Col-
lector. Cochituate rates are payable at City Hall, Boston ; Mystic rates
at City Hall, Charlestown.
MINOR OFFICERS.
(Corrected to Juue 30, 1890.)
The following public officers are paid by fees, and are appointed
annually for one year from the first day of May: —
Beef, Weighers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§1,2; c 65, §§ 27, 28.] Joel W. Bent,
George L. Daniell, Arthur G. Lyon, Alexander A. McGahey, Jr..
Herbert E. Mayo, Joseph B. Mullen, Charles H. Shepley, Ernest T.
Stratton, Perry N. Waterhouse.
Boilers and Heavy Machinery, Weighers of. — [P.S., c. 65, § 30; c. 65,
§§ 27, 28.] L. T. Farnum, Thaddeus Harrington, George H. Hills,
Alexander A. McGahey, Jr., James N. Spear, Edward E. Gustin,
Charles H. Shepley, James Morrison. John Flynn, Thomas Flynn,
Arthur N. Kearn, J. D. Monahan, William Sweeney, George W. In-
galls, Richard J. Moore, Ernest T. Stratton.
Coal, Weighers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 80-84 ; c. 66, §§ 27, 28.] Morton
Alden, James A. Anderson, Revere E. Atwood, William G. Bail,
Frank T. Bai-ron, James M. Badger, Nellie M. Baker, Henry E.
Bowden, G. A. Batchelder, John L. Batchelder, Jr., John H. Brine,
Edwin C. Brown, William W. Bradford, Anton Burkhardt, Jeremiah
J. Callahan, William A. Campbell, George W. Card, John H. Card,
Robert D. Carter, William C. Cherrington, George J. Conners, Ed-
ward F. Coyle, Fannie C. Cunningham, Orville R. Cooper, Charles
Taft Chapin, Charles E. Chapin, William A. Curley, F. W. Dickin-
son, Daniel J. Donovan, John H. Duffill, Albert A. Durham, John
C. Felker, Jr., Jose]3h G. Fields, Daniel F. Flynn, John Flj^nn,
Tiiomas Flynn, William J. Flynn, Charles E. French, L. F. Far-
num, George F. Fiske, Albert Eaton, Robert J. Gove, William A.
Gove, Edward E. Gustin, Charles A. Grant, George B. Grant, Michael
J. Gotf, Robert Gillespie, Richard J. Gookin, H. J. Griggey, John
Haley, Frank D. H. Hamlin, George P. Hamlin, Thaddeus Harring-
ton, H. A. Henderson, Stephen Henton, Sidney C. Higgins, George
MINOR OFFICERS. 155
II. Hills, ,Iac(.l) K. Holmes, Sniiiiicl lloscu, ,Ii'., ( 'liarlrs II. HikLIIc-
stoii, Frank B. liigalls, Elislia V. ,J:uuos, Iloiiry Johnson, Henry R.
Jordan, Frank rioyue, Artliur N. Kearn, John KciUy, (ieorge II.
Keyes, Edward 11. Kimball, Edward A. Kinney, William A. Lee,
Clarence J. Libby, Setli L. Low, John R. Magee, J. Lawrenct; Martin,
John Mel )oiiough, Alexander A. MoGahey, Jr., 11. Frank McKonna,
Joseph F. Mills, J. D. Monahaii, Frederick Monroe, John Morrish,
James Morrison, John Morrison, Charles 11. Moseley, Willard M.
Nottage, Jr., Thomas J. Nyen, Patrick H. O'Brien, AVilliam O'Re-
gan, Howland Otis, Joseph XL Park, Jr., Edward E. Piper, James
T. Pond, Horace L. Porter, William E. Ravell, John Richardson,
Elliot Ritchie, Edward Robbins, Joseph W. Robbins, E. J. Robin-
son, George S. Russell, James Russell, Joshua S. Sanborn, Charles
II. Shepley, William C. Smith, Jr., James N. Si:)ear, Frederic H.
Stacey, Austin E. Steere, James P. Stewart, Clinton G. Stickney,
Ernest T. Stratton, William Sweeney, George W. F. Thomson, Jesse
VV. Tooker, Howard Wade, Charles S. Wellington, J. Clarence Whit-
ney, Henry G. Wilson, James F. Wilson, Chester Wing, Benjamin D.
Wood, George H. Woolley.
Constables. — See Police Department.
Fence-Viewers. — [P.S., c. 27, § 78 ; c. 36, §§ 1-19.] Woodbury L. Lewis
and George H. Wiley.
Field-Drivers and Pound-Keepers. — [?.^., e. 27, § 78 ; c. 36, §§ 20-41;
c. Ill, § 26.] Patrick J. Welch, in Brighton; Henry Griffith, in
Dorchester; Henry J. Murray, in East Boston ; Michael Whey] and, in
West Roxbury ; William T. McChesney, in South Boston ; William
Cotter, in the Back Bay district; Sylvester E. Partridge, in Roxbuiy.
Grain, Measurers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 21-28; c. 65, §§ 27, 28; Rev.
Reg., c. 2, § 5.] William R. Adams, Horace W. Aitken, Franklin
B. Coffin, Jr., Michael Collins, George J. Conners, Patrick T. Cor-
coi-an, W. J. Cross, Cornelius Cowhig, F. W. Dickinson, Alexander
Douglas, Alton F. Dow, Daniel F. Enos, Fisk A. Felton, Michael
Finn, John Finn, Frank Folger, Charles F. Gaynor, George Gourley,
Daniel Hurle3% Patrick Hannon, George W. Ingalls, Edward A. Kin-
ney, A. A. McGahey, Jr., Richard J. Moore, Daniel Reai'don, Henry
B. Sellon, John Sellon, Charles H. Shepley, Alfred J. Sidwell, Wal-
ter E. Smith, Richard Verling, Joseph W. Wardner.
Hay and Straw, Inspectors of Pressed or Bundled. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 35-
40.] Morton Alden, Israel M. Barnes, Edwin C. Brown, George
J. Conners, Charles R. Davis, John M. Davis, F. W. Dickinson,
John H. Dunn, Patrick Dunn, Thomas B. Gammon, George W. In-
galls, Edward A. Kinney, William Lincoln, Jairus L. Litchfield,
156 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Richard J. Moore, Andrew I. Mosher, Leslie A. Pike, Henry B.
Sellon, Edward G. Stanley, Charles F. Thompson, Andrew N.
Wyeth, Jr.
Eay-Scales, Superintendents of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 32-34; Rey. Ord.,
c. 48, §§ 13, 14.] Charles J. Kidney, North scales ; John M. John-
son, South Boston; Andrew W. Newman, Roxbury ; Benjamin F.
Paine, Brighton; George A. Newhall, West Roxbury; Charles A.
Parker, AVest Roxbury ; Levi Chadbourne, South scales ; William J.
Mathers, East Boston.
Eoops and Staves, Cullers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§41-45.]
Lime, Inspector of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 46-52.] Patrick J. McCarthy.
Marble, Freestone, and Soapstone, Surveyors of. — [P.S., c. 60, § 53;
Rev. Reg., c. 5; c. 2, § 8.] William B. Bailey, William H. Cary.
Petroleum and its Products, Inspectors of. — [P-S., c. 59, § 6 ; Rev.
Ord., c. 48, §§ 1-5 ; Rev. Reg., c. 2, § 6.] James H. Cleaves, N. Por-
ter Cleaves, Robert F. Means.
Undertakers. — See Health Department.
Upper Leather, Measurer of. — [P.S., c. 62.] John J. Powers.
Vessels and Ballast, Weighers and Inspectors of. — [P.S.,c. 69, §§ 13-22;
Rev. Ord., c. 41.] John Kenney, Chief. John J. Caddigan,
James Collins, Edward Hughes, Assistants.
Wood and Bark, Measurers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 72-78; Rev. Ord.,
c. 48, § 15 ; Rev. Reg., e. 2, § 7.] Morton Alden, Revere E. Atwood,
G. A. Batchelder, Henry E. Bowden, John H. Brine, Anton Burkhardt,
William A. Campbell, <Tohn M. Davis, George B. Grant, H. A.
Henderson, Sidney C. Higgins, Samuel Hosea, Jr., Edward H. Kim-
ball, George A. Newhall, Howland Otis, Edward E. Piper, Edward
Riley, Howard Wade, Perry N. Waterhouse, J. Clarence Whitney,
John W. Wiggin.
WARDS AND PRECINCTS.
The city is divided into twenty-five Wards, established in 1875 and
1876. The Wards are defined in City Document 115 of 1875, supple-
mented by the ordinance of May 27, 1876. The Precincts in the several
Wards, 205 in number, were established by Orders of the Board of
Alderiuen approved on March 18 and 25, 1890.
ELECTION OFFICERS WARD-KOOMS. 157
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Under Stat. 1884, Chap. 299, and Stat. 1889, Chap. 41:5, the Mayor
appoints, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, between the
first and twentietli da^'S of September, annually, a Warden, a J)eputy
Warden, a Clei'k, a Deputy Clerk, four Inspectors, and four Deputy
Inspectors, for each precin(^t, who serve for one year from the first day
of November following their appointment. These officers are paid at
the rate of $8.00 a day for actual service, with the exception of the
Clerks, who are paid at the rate of $10.00 a day on condition that their
records are kept to the satisfaction of the City Clerk. The election
officers must represent the leading political parties.
WARD-ROOMS.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 46.]
Ward 1. — Chapman School-house, Eutaw st.
Ward 2. — Armory Building, Maverick st.
Ward 3. — Old Winthrop School-house, Bunker Hill st., Charlestown.
Ward 4. — Bunker Hill Grammar School-house, Baldwin st., Charles-
town.
Ward 5. — Harvard Primary School-house, Hai'vard st., Charlestown.
Ward 6. — Ware Primary School -house. North Bennet st.
Ward 7. — Lodge for Wayfarers, Hawkins st.
Ward 8. — Wells School-house, Blossom st.
Ward 9. — Sharp Primar}^ School-house, Anderson st.
Ward 10. — School Committee Building, Mason st.
Ward 11. — Chemical Engine-house No. 2, Cliurch st.
Ward 12. — Pierpont Primary School-house, Hudson st.
Ward 13. — Spelman Hall, Broadway.
Ward 14. — Gray's Hall, Broadway.
Ward 15. — Court-room, Dorchester and West Fomth sts., South
Boston.
Ward 16. — Old Franklin School-house, Washington st.
Ward 17. — Franklin School-house, Waltham st.
Ward 18. — Rice Primary School-house, West Concord st.
Ward 19. — Bath-house, Cabot st.
Ward 20. — Ward-room, Old Church Building, Vine, cor. Dudley st.
Ward 21. — Municipal Court Building, Roxbury st.
Ward 22. — Primary School-house, Phillips st.
Ward 23. —-Curtis Hall, South st.. West Roxbury.
Ward 24. — Old Town Hall, Washington st., Dorchester.
Ward 25. — Court-room, Washington st., Brighton.
158
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
18 9 1.
Term expires in January, 1892
Solomon Schindler,
Laliah B. Pingree,
Samuel B. Capen,
J. P. C. WmsHip,
Liberty D. Packard,
Thomas J. Emery,
Richard C. Humphreys,
WiLLAKD S. Allen.
Charles T. Gallagher,
Caroline E. Hastings,
Benjamin B. Whittemore,
Term exjnres in January, 1893.
Fred G. Pettigrove,
George E. Mecuen,
Elizabeth C. Keller,
Charles E. Daniels.
Term expires in Jamiary, 1894.
Emily A. Fifield,
Choate Burnham,
James S. Murphy,
William A. Dunn,
Charles M. Green,
KussELL D. Elliott,
William A. Mowry,
James A. McDonald.
OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Chakles T. Gallagher, President.
Phineas Bates, Secretary. Salary, $2,280.
William J. Porter, Auditing Clerk. Salary, $2,280.
Alvah H. Peters, Messenger. Salary, $200.
Eight members of the School Committee are elected amiually at the
city election, by the v^oters at large, including such women as may
qualify for that purpose. Vacancies in the School Committee are
filled for the remainder of the municipal year in a convention of the
School Committee and the Board of Aldermen. (Stat. 1875, Chap.
241; Pub. Stat., Chap. 44, § 22.)
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the evenings
of the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month, except in July and
August. Office, Mason street, near West street.
Open from 9 o'clock A.M. till 5 o'clock P.M. On Saturdays, from
9 o'clock A.M. till 2 o'clock P.M.
1 Vacancy by death of Stillman B. Allen, June, 1891.
STANDING COMMITI'EES. 159
STAN DING COMMITTEES.
Accounts. — LilxMly I). Packard, Chairman; Messrs. W. S. Allen,
AVhittcniore, AViiishii), niid Dniiii.
Annual Rf.pout. — Eli/aln;(ii C. Keller, Chairman; Messrs. McDon-
ald and liurnhain.
Drawing. — Charles M. Green, Chairman; Mr. Gallagher, Miss
Pingree, Messrs. Pettlgrove and McDonald.
Elkctioks. — J. P. ('. Winship, Chairman; Messrs. Packard and Dunn.
Evening Schools. — Thomas J. Emery, Chairman; Messrs. Galla-
gher, W. S. Alien, Schindler, and Murphy.
Examinations. — William A. Mowry, Chairman; Mrs. Fifield, Messrs.
Emery, Winship, and Mrs. Keller.
Horace Mann School. — Caroline E. Hastings, Chairman; Mrs.
Fifield and Mr. Green.
Hygiene. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman;^ , Mrs. Keller,
Messrs. Pettigrove and McDonald.
Kindergartens. — Laliah B. Pingree, Chairman ; Mrs. Fifield, Mr.
Schindler, Mrs. Keller, and Mr. Dunn.
Legislative Matters. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman ; Messrs.
Burnham and Murphy.
Manual-training Schools. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Mys.
Fifield, Miss Pingree, Messrs. ' and Murphy.
Music. — Solomon Schindler, Chairman; Messrs. Packard, Whitte-
more, Humphreys, and Mecuen.
Nominations. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Miss Hastings, Messrs.
Humphreys, Mecuen, and Burnham.
Physical Training. — William A. Mowry, Chairman ; Mr. Winship,
Miss Hastings, Mrs. Keller, and Mr. Mecuen.
Rules and Regulations. — Thomas J. Emery, Chairman ; Mrs.
Fifield, Messrs. Capen, ' , and Murphy.
Salaries. — Benjamin B. Whittemore, Chairman; Messrs. W. S.
Allen, Daniels, Mecuen, and Burnham.
School-houses. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Messrs. Packard,
Humphreys, Pettigrove, and Burnham.
Setting. — Emily A. Fifield, Chairman; Misses Hastings and Pingree,
Mrs. Keller, and Mr. Dunn.
Supplies. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman; Messrs. Humphreys, Dan-
iels, Pettigrove, and Murphy.
Text-books. — Chai-les M. Green, Chairman ; Messrs. W. S. Allen,
Schindler, Mowry, and McDonald.
Truant-officers. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman ; Messrs. Galla-
gher, Whittemore, Daniels, and McDonald.
1 Vacancy by death of Stillmau B. Allen. •
160 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
NORMAL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND DIVISION COMMITTEES.
Normal School. — William A. Mowry, Chairman ; ^ , Mrs.
Fifield, Miss Pingree, and Mr. Winship.
High Schools. — Thomas J. Emery, Chairman ; Messrs. W. S.
Allen, Dunn, Gallagher, and Green.
First Division. — Willard S. Allen, Chairman; Messrs. Daniels,
McDonald, Packard, and Pettigrove.
Second Division. — Charles E. Daniels, Chairman; Messrs. W. S.
Allen, Elliott, McDonald, and Pettigrove.
Third Division. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman ; Messrs. Burnham,
Dunn, Green, and Miss Pingree.
Fourth Division. — Charles M. Green, Chairman; Messrs. > ,
Dunn, Miss Pingree, and Mr. Schindler.
Fifth Division. — Solomon Schindler, Chairman ; Mr. Emery, Miss
Hastings, Messi's. Mecuen and Murphy.
Sixth Division. — Liberty D. Packard, Chai?'man; Messrs. Burnham,
Gallagher, MoAvry, and Winship.
Seventh Division. — Richard C. Humphreys, Chairman ; ^ , Miss
Hastings, Messrs. Mecuen and Murphy.
Eighth Division. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Mrs. Fifield,
Mrs. Keller, Messrs Whittemore and Winship.
Ninth Division. — Emily A. Fifield, Chairman; Mr. Humphreys,
Mrs. Keller, Messrs. Mowry and Whittemore.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Edwin P. Seaver, Waban. Oflice hours, Mondays to Fridays, 1 to 2
P.M.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Samuel W. Mason, 105 Washington avenue, Chelsea. Office hour,
Friday, 1 P.M.
Ellis Peterson, 305 Chestnut avenue, Jamaica Plain. Office hour,
Thursday, 4.30 to 5.30 P.M.
Robert C. Metcalf, 97 Mt. Pleasant avenue, Roxbury. Office hour,
Saturday, 11 A.M. to 12 M.
John Kneeland, 31 Winthrop street, Roxbury. Office hour, Wed-
nesday, 4.30 P.M.
George H. Conley, 96 Mt. Pleasant aveiuie, Roxbury. Office hour,
Monday, 4.30 P.M.
1 Vacancy by death of Stillman B. Allen.
HOLIDAYS AND VACATIOXS. JGl
Mits. Louisa P. lIorKiNS, 140 Beacon streist. Olllce lif)iii-, ^Vodncsday,
4.30 P.M.
Regular meetings of the P>oanl of Supervisors, on tiie Friday fol-
lowing each regular meeting of tiie Scliool Committee, at 2.30 P.M.
OlHee hour at School Committee Building, Mason street.
DIVISIONS OF SCHOOLS.
Normal School and Rice Training School.
Latin School, Girls' Latin School, English, Girls', Roxbury, Dor-
chester, Charlestovvn, West Roxbury, Brighton, and East Boston High
Schools.
First Division. — Adams, Chapman, Emerson, Lyman.
Second Division. — Bunker Hill, Frothingham, Hai'vard, Prescott,
Warren.
Thikd Division. — Bowdoin, Eliot, Hancock, Phillips, Wells.
Fourth Division. — Brimmer, Prince, Quiney, Winthrop.
Fifth Division. — Dwight, Everett, Franklin, Hyde, Sherwin.
Sixth Division. — Bigelovv, Gaston, John A. Andrew, Lawrence, Lin-
coln, Norcross, Shurtleff, Thomas N. Hart.
Seventh Division. — Comins, Dearborn, Dillaway, Dudley, George
Putnam, Hugh O'Brien, Lewis, Lowell, Martin.
Eighth Division. — Agassiz, Allston, Bennett, Charles Sumner, Hill-
side, Mt. Vernon.
Ninth Division. — Edward Everett, Gibson, Harris, Mather, Minot,
Pierce, Stoughton, Tileston.
HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS.
Every Saturday ; the first Monday in September ; the half day before
Thanksgiving day, and the remainder of the week; one week, begin-
ning with Christmas day ; New Year's day ; the Twenty-second of Feb-
ruary; Good Friday; Fast day; the week immediately preceding the
second Monday in April ; Decoration day ; and to the Primary Schools
from the last Tuesday in June, and to the Normal, High, and Grammar
Schools from their respective graduating exei'cises, to the first Wednes-
day in September.
A full list of the schools and teachers will be found in the " Manual
of the Public Schools of the City of Boston, 1891," copies of which may
be obtained of the School Conniiittee.
162 MUN^ICIPAL REGISTER.
TRUANT-OFFICERS.
George Murphy, Chief, 20 Atherton street, Roxbury.
Charles E. Turner, 741 Saratoga street, East Boston. Adams, Chap-
man, Emerson, and Lyman Districts.
Charles S. Wooffindale, 257 Bunker Hill street. Bunker Hill, Frothing-
liam, Harvard, Prescott, and Warren Districts.
James P. Leeds, 67 Clifton street, Dorchester. Eliot and Hancock Dis-
tricts.
George M. Felch, 10 Myrtle street. Phillips, Bowdoin, Prince, and Wells
Districts.
Richard W. Walsh, 5 Woodville square, Roxbury. Quincy, Brimmer,
and Winthrop Districts.
A. M. Leavitt, 87 W. Cottage street. Dwight, Everett, Franklin, and
Rice Districts.
Warren A. Wright, 27 Arnold street. Lawrence and Norcross Districts.
James Bragdon, 15 Atlantic street, South Boston. Gaston, Lincoln, and
Thomas N. Hart Districts.
Jeremiah M. Swett, 75 W. Cottage street, Roxbury. Hugh O'Brien,
Edward Everett, and Mather Districts.
William B. Shea, 318 Washington street, Dorchester. Gibson, Harris,
Henry L. Pierce, Minot, Stoughton, and Tileston Districts.
Frank Hasey, 23 Cliff street, Roxbury. Dearborn, Lewis, and George
Putnam Districts.
Henry M. Blackwell, 121 Brook avenue, Roxbury. Dudley, Dillaway,
and Lowell Districts.
Daniel J. Sweeney, 237 Webster street, East Boston. Comins, Martin,
Hyde, and Sherwin Districts.
Warren J. Stokes, corner Centre and Corey streets, West Roxbury.
Agassiz, Bowditch, Charles Sumner, and Mt. Vernon Districts.
Hannibal F. Ripley, 13 Harvard avenue, AUston. Bennett and Allston
Districts.
Amos Schaffer, 805 Washington street. John A. Andrew, Bigelow, and
Shurtleff Districts.
Salaries, .$1,200 each, except $1,800 for the Chief.
Truant-office, 12 Beacon street. Office hour from 1 to 2 P.M.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACIIEKS, AND PUPILS. 1G3
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS.
January 31, 1891.
General Schools.
Normal. . . .
Latin and High
Grammar. . .
Primary . . .
Kindergartens
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188
182
6
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10
116
3,322
3,155
167
95.
55
731
31,675
29,088
2.587
91.8
466
466
24,035
21,086
2,949
87.7
31
56
1,699
1,263
436
74.3
563
1,378
60,919
54,774
6,145
89.
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176
3,274
M,504
24,462
1,778
60,994
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Horace Mann
1
10
85
74
11
87.
100
Spectacle Island
1
1
15
13
2
87.
21
1
33
2,132
3,243
628
1,411
16
131
1,812
Evening Drawing
5
24
534
Total
24
199
6,103
3,844
164 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEK.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
(All debts and expenses of the County of Suffolk are borne by the City of Boston.)
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Clerk. — John Noble. Salary, $5,000 from the County and $1,500 from
the Commonwealth. Elected by the people, in 1886, for five years.
Assistant Clerk. —Clarence H. Cooper. Salary, $2,500.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
(Appointed by the Governor and Council, paid by the County.)
Robert I. Burbank, Boston.
John H. Sherbm-ne, Boston.
Edward J. Jones, Boston.
Edwin H. Darling, Boston.
George P. Sanger, Jr., Boston,
Charles E. Grinnell, Boston.
David H. Coolidge, Boston.
Henry W. Bragg, Boston.
James C. Davis, Boston.
Henry H. Smith, Hyde Park.
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CIVIL BUSINESS.
Clerk. — Joseph A. Willard, First Session, Court House, Court square.
Salary, $6,500. Elected by the people, in 1886, for five years.
First Assistant Clerk. — Edward A. Willard, Second Session, Court
House, Court squai'e. Salary, $2,600.
Second Assistant Cferfc. — Henry C. Meserve, Fourth Session, Court
House, Court square. Salary, $2,500.
Third Assistant Clerk. — Theodore M. Osborne, Fifth Session, 30 Pem-
berton square. Salary, $2,500.
Fourth Assistant Clerk. — Daniel W. Bullard, Third Session, 80 Pem-
berton square. Salary, $2,500.
Stenographers. — J. M. W. Yerrington, James P. Bacon, W. K. Arrais-
tead, Walter Rogers. Appointed by the Court. Salary, $2,500 each.
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
Clerk of Court.— John P. Manning. Salary, $6,000. Elected by the
people, in 1886, for five years. Court House, Pemberton square.
[Gen. Stat., Chap. 10, § 3; Stat. 1888, Chap. 257.]
Term
expires
December,
1891
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1892
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May,
1893
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June,
1893
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June,
1893
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July,
1893
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January,
1S94
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April,
1895
COUNTY OFFICERS. 1G5
WSTKICT ATTORNEY.
(Paid by the Commonwealth.)
Dislrict AUornci/.—OVwerStiivms. Salary, $5,000. Elected by the
l)eople, in 18.S9, for tliree years from tlie first Wednesday of January,
1890. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, § 2.]
First Assistant District Attorney. — Fred. E. Kurd. Salary, $2,800.
Second Assistant. — Michael J. Sughrue. Salary, $2,.';00. Appointed
by the District Attorney.
Clerk to District Attorney. — 3 o\m II. Casey. Salary, $1,800. Ap-
pointed by the District Attorney.
[Office, Court House, Pemberton square.]
SHERIFF.
Sheriff and Jailer. — John B. O'Brien. Salary as sheriff, $3,000; as
jailer, $1,000; and room and board at the jail. Elected by the peo-
ple, in 1889, for three years. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, § 5.]
Deputy Sheriffs [Pub. Stat., Chap. 25, §§ 2, 3] appointed by the
Sheriff: —
Deputy Sheriffs for Service of Writs.
Thomas Fee, Fred H. Seavey,
John B. Fitzpatrick, Frederick P. Knapp.
Deputy Sheriffs for Court Dioty.
Daniel Noonan, Henry F. Spach,
James F. Goodwin, Daniel A. Cronin,
Robert Herter, William W. Campbell,
William G. Tyler, John R. Rea.
John Leahy,
COURT OF PROBA.TE AND INSOLVENCY.
[Office, Court square.]
Judge. — John W. McKim. Salary, $5,000.
Register. — Elijah George. Salary, $3,000.
Assistant Register. — John H. Paine. Salary, $2,000.
Clerk. — James L. Crombie. Salary, $1,200.
The Judge of Probate is appointed by the Governor. The Register
Avas elected by the people, in 1888, for five years. [Pub. Stat., Chap.
10, § 4.]
They are paid by the Commonwealth.
COMMISSOINERS OF INSOLVENCY.
Cotnmissioners of Insolvency . — Frank P. Magee, Henry Austin, Alfred
L. Baury. Elected by the people, in 1889, for three years.
166 MUI^IOIPAL KEGISTEK.
REGISTRY OF DEEDS.
[Office, Court square.]
Begister of Deeds. — Thomas F. Temple. Elected by the people, in 1888,
for three years, [Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, § 9.]
Assistant Begister. — Charles W. Kimball. Appointed by the Register.
Pub. Stat., Chap. 24, § 9.]
MEDICAL DISTRICTS.
The city is divided into two districts by aline running from the Essex-
st. bridge, through Brighton avenue, to Beacon street ; thence through
Beacon street to Park street ; thence through Park, Treraont, Winter, and
Summer streets, to the water. (See Proceedings of the Board of Alder-
men, Sept. 5, 1881.)
Medical Examiners. — Frank W. Draper, 304 Marlborough street;
Francis A. Harris, 11 Park square. Salaries, $4,000 each.
Associate Medical Examiner. — George Stedman, 8 Park square.
Salary, $500. All appointed by the Governoi-. [Pub. Stat., Chap.
23.]
County Treasurer. — Alfred T. Turner.
County Auditor. — James H. Dodge.
County Commissioners. — The Mayor and Aldermen of Boston.
MUNICIPAL COURTS IN 1891.
MUNICIPAL COURT OF BOSTON.
(Judicial District, Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18. Court House, Pem-
berton square. Jurisdiction within district, Acts of 1876, Chap. 240, and throughout
the city, Acts of 1877, Chap. 187.)
Chief Justice. — William E. Parmenter. Salary, $4,300.
Associate Justices. — William J. Forsaith, John H. Hard}', Frederick
D. Ely, John H. Burke. Salary, $4,000 each. [Stats, of 1887, Chap.
163.]
Special Justice. — George Z. Adams.
Terms of the Court.
For Civil Business. — Every Saturday at 9 A.M., for trial of civil
causes not exceeding $1,000.
Clerk. — John F. Brown. Salary, $3,000. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant. — Orsino G. Sleeper. Salary, $2,500.
Second Assista^it. — Henry E. Bellew. Salary, $2,000.
Third Assistant. — Oscar F. Timlin. Salary, $1,000.
MUNICIPAL COURTS. H)7
FOK Chiminal Businkss. — Every day in the week (Sundays and
legal holidays exeepted), at 9 A.M., foi- the trial of criminal causes.
Clerk. — Frederic C. Ingalls. Salary, $3,000. Appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
Assistant Clerk. — Edward J. Lord. Salary, $2,000.
Assistant Clerk. — \N\\\'vm\\ II. Libby. Salary, $1,800.
Assistant Clerk. — William W. Davis. Salary, $1,000.
Assistant Clerk. — Sidney P. Brown. Salary, $1,400.
Assistant Clerk. — Edward H. Cutler. Salary, $1,400.
MUNICIPAL COURT, ROXBURY DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 19, 20, 21, and 22. Court House, Old Washington School-
house, Eoxbury street.)
Justice. — Solomon A. Bolster. Salary, $2,500.
Special Justices. — George R. Wheelock and Walter S. Frost.
Cle7'k. — Alfred Williams. Salary, $1,200. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistcmt. — Giles H. Rich. Salary, $1,000.
The Court sits for transaction of criminal business every week-day,
except legal holidays, commencing at 9 o'clock A.M.
For the return and entry of civil actions, every Saturday, at 10 o'clock
A.M.
For the trial of civil actions, eveiy Tuesday, at 10 o'clock A.M.
MUNICIPAL COURT, SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 13, 14, and l.o. Court House, Dorchester street, at the corner
of West Fourth street.)
Justice. — Robert I. Burbank. Salary, $2,500.
Special Justices. — Joseph D. Fallon and Charles J. Noyes.
Clerk. — Frank J. Tuttle. Salary, $1,400. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant. — Adrian B. Smith. Salary, $600.
The Court sits for the transaction of criminal business every week-
day, except legal holidays, commencing at 9 o'clock A.M.
For the return and entry of civil actions, every Saturday, from 9 A.M.
until 12 M.
For the trial of civil actions, every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock A.M.
EAST BOSTON DISTRICT COURT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 1 and 2, Bo'^ton, and Town of Winthrop. Court House, at
Public Library building. Meridian street.)
Justice. — William H. H. Emmons. Salary, $1,800.
Special Justices. — James L. W^alsh and Albert E. Clary.
CTer/i;. — Willard S. Allen. Salary, $1,400. Appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
The Court sits for the transaction of criminal business every week-
day, except legal holidays, commencing at 9 o'clock A.M.
For the return and entry of civil actions, every Saturday, at 9 o'clock
168 MUI^ICIPAL REGISTER.
MUNICIPAL COURT, BRIGHTON DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Ward 25. Court House, Old Town Hall.)
Justice. — Henry Baldwin. Salary, $1,600.
Special Justices. — James H. Rice and Chas. A. Barnard.
The Court sits for tlie transaction of criminal business every week-
day, except holidays, commencing at 9 A.M.
For the return and entry of cicil actions, every Saturday, at 9 A.M.
MUNICIPAL COURT, WEST ROXBURY DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Ward 23. Court House, Seaverns avenue, Jamaica Plain.)
Justice. —J. M. F. Howard. Salary, $1,600.
Special Justices. — George R. Fowler and Henry Austin.
CZerA;. — Edward W. Brewer. Salary, $800.
The Court sits for the transaction of criminal business, every week-
day, except legal holidays, commencing at 9 o'clock A.M.
For the return and entry of civil business, every Saturday, until 12
o'clock, noon.
Trials (civil cases), Mondays, at 2.30 P.M.
Communications by mail to be directed " Court-room, Jamaica
Plain."
MUNICIPAL COURT, CHARLESTOVTN DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 3, 4, 5. Court House, Old City Hall, City square.)
Justice.— UetiYy W. Bragg. Salary, $2,200.
Special Justices. — Joseph H. Cotton and Simon Davis.
Clerk. — Daniel Williams. Salaiy, $1,300. Appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
Assistant Clerk. — Joseph J. Little.
The Court sits for the transaction of business each day, at 9 o'clock
A.M.
For civil business, every Thursday at 9 A.M.
MUNICIPAL COURT, DORCHESTER DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Ward 24. Court House, Field's Corner.)
Justice. — Joseph R. Chtirchill. Salary, $1,600.
Special Justices. — George M. Reed, George A. Fisher.
Clerk. — N. Thomas Merritt, Jr. Salary, $900.
The Court sits for the transaction of crimitial business each day, a-u
9 o'clock A.M.
For civil business, on Saturday, at 9.30 A.M.
COUNTY AND CITY COURTS. 169
I'KOr.ATIOX OIKICKUS.
[Stat. 1891, Chai). riiT).]
Edward II. Savage, Clw'f rrobalioii Officer. Sahuy, $2,000 per
annum.
[Oflice, Old Court House, Court street.]
COUNTY AND CITY COURTS.
The Justices' Coui-t for the County of Suffolk (civil business) was
established in 1822, simultaneously with the Police Court of the City of
Boston. The duties of this court were discharged by the Justices of
the Police Court. The jurisdiction of the Justices' Court was transferred
to the Police Court for civil business, June 1, 1860. The names of the
successive Justices and their terms of office are given below. In 18G6
this court was succeeded by the Municipal Coiort of the City of Boston.
JUSTICES OF THE POLICE COURT, AND OF THE JUSTICES' COURT FOR
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Benjamin Whitman, 1822 to 1833, Senior Justice.
William Simmons, 1822 to 1843.
Henry Orne, 1822 to 1830.
John Gray Rogers, 1831 to 1866.
James Cushing Merrill, 1834 to 1852.
Abel Cushing, 1843 to 1858.
Thomas Russell, 1852 to 1858.
Sebeus C. Maine, 1858 to 1866.
George D. Wells, 1858 to 1864.
Edwin Wright, 1864 to 1866.
JUSTICES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
John W. Bacon, Chief Justice, 1866 to 1871.
Mellen Chamberlain, 1836 to 1878. Chief Justice, 1871 to 1878.
Francis W. Hurd, 1866 to 1870.
Joseph M. Churchill, 1870 to 1886.
William E. Parmenter, 1871. Chief Justice, 1883.
J. Wilder May, Chief Justice, 1878 to 1883.
William J. Forsaith, 1882.
Matthew J. McCafferty, 1883 to 1885.
John H. Hardy, 1885.
Benjamin R. Curtis, 1886 to 1891.
Frederick D. Ely, 1888.
John H. Burke, 1891.
170
MUNICIPAL KEGISTEE.
COURT-HOUSE COMMISSION.
By Chap. 377, Acts of 1885, Solomon B. Stebbins, Thomas J.
Whidden, and Godfrey Morse, commissioners previously appointed
by the Mayor to make preliminary arrangements for the erection of a
new Court House, were authorized to select and take land in behalf of
the city for that purpose, subject to the approval of the Mayor, and to
erect a suitable building thereon. Under this authority, 67,208 square
feet of land have been taken on Pemberton square and Somerset street.
By Chap. 122, Acts of 1886, authority was given this commission to
take additional estates on Pemberton square and Somerset street, aggre-
gating 17,854 square feet, for the purpose of accommodating the Reg-
istry of Deeds and the Registry of Probate. George A. Clough is the
architect of the new building. The Commissioners receive a salary of
$2,000, each, per annum.
ORATORS OF BOSTON.
appointed by the public authorities.
For the Anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770.
1771 James Lovell, A.M.
1772 Dr. Joseph Warren.
1773 Dr. Benjamin Church.
1774 Hon. John Hancock.
1775 Dr. Joseph Warren.
1776 Rev. Peter Thacher, A.M.
1777 Benjamin Hichborn.
1778 Jonathan Williams Austin.
1779 William Tudor.
1780 Jonathan Mason, Jun,
1781 Thomas Dawes, Jun.
1782 George Richards Minot.
1783 Dr. Thomas Welsh.
For the Anniversary of National Independence, July 4, 1776.
1783 Dr. John Warren.
1784 Benjamin Hichborn.
1785 John Gai'diner.
1786 Jonathan L. Austin.
1787 Thomas Dawes, Jun.
1788 Harrison Gray Otis.
1789 Samuel Stillman, D.D.
1790 Edward Gray.
1791 Thomas Crafts, Jun., A.M.
1792 Joseph Blake, Jun.
1793 John Quincy Adams.
1794 John Phillips.
1795 George Blake.
1796 John Lathrop, Jun., A.M.
1797 John Callender.
1798 Josiah Quincy.
1799 John Lowell, Jun.
1800 Joseph Hall.
1801 Charles Paine.
1802 Rev. William Emerson.
ORATORS OF BOSTOX.
171
ISOP) William Sullivan, A.M.
1804 Dr. Thomas Daiiforlh.
1805 Warren Dutton.
1806 Francis Dana Clianning.
1807 Peter Thaeher.
1808 Andrew Ritchie, Jun.
1809 William Tudor, Jun.
1810 Alexander Townsend.
1811 James Savage.
1812 Benjamin Pollard.
1813 Hon. Edward St. Loe Liver
. more.
1814 Benjamin Whitwell.
1815 Lemuel Shaw.
1816 George Sullivan.
1817 Edward T. Channing.
1818 Francis C. Gray.
1819 Franklin Dexter.
1820 Theodore Lyman, Jun.
1821 Charles G. Loring.
1822 John C. Gray.
1823 Charles Pelham Curtis.
1824 Francis Bassett.
1825 Charles Sprague.
1826 Josiah Quincy, Mayor of the
City.
1827 William Powell Mason.
1828 Bradford Sumner.
1829 James T. Austin.
1830 Hon. Alexander H. Everett.
1831 Rev. Prof. John G. Palfrey.
1832 Josiah Quincy, Jr.
1833 Edward G. Prescott.
1834 Richard S. Fay.
1835 George S.Hillard.
1836 Henry W. Kinsman.
1837 Jonathan Chapman.
1838 Rev. Hubbard Winslow,
1839 Ivers James Austin.
1840 Thomas Power,
1841 George Ticknor Curtis.
1842 Hon. Horace Mann.
1843 Charles Francis Adams.
1844 Peles: W. Chandler.
1845 Charles Sumner.
1846 Fletch(3r Webster.
1847 Hon. Thomas G. Gary.
1848 Joel Giles.
1849 William W. Groenough.
1850 Edwin P. Wliipple.
1851 Hon. Charles Theodore
Russell.
1852 Rev. Thomas Starr King.
1853 Timothy Bigelow.
1854 Rev. A. L. Stone.
1855 Rev. A. A. Miner.
1856 Edward Griffin Parker.
1857 Rev. William Rounseville
Alger.
1858 John S. Holmes.
1859 George Sumner.
1860 Hon. Edward Everett.
1861 Hon. Theophilus Parsons.
1862 Hon. George Ticknor Curtis.
1863 Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1864 Hon. Thomas Russell.
1865 Rev. Jacob M. Manning.
1866 Rev. S. K. Lothrop, D.D.
1867 Rev. Geoi-ge H. Hep worth.
1868 Samuel Eliot, LL.D.
1869 Hon. Ellis W. Morton.
1870 William Everett.
1871 General Horace Binney
Sargent.
1872 Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
1873 Rev. John F. W. Ware.
1874 Hon. Richard Frothingham.
1875 Rev. James Freeman
Clarke.
1876 Hon. Robert C. Winthrop.
1877 Hon. William Wirt Warren.
1878 Joseph Healy.
1879 Henry Cabot Lodge.
1880 Robert Dickson Smith.
1881 Hon. George Washington
Warren.
1882 His Excellency John Davis
Lonff.
172
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1883 H. Bernard Carpenter.
1884 Harvej^ N. Sliepard.
1885 Thomas J. Gargan.
1886 Geo. Fred. Williams.
1887 John E. Fitzo-erald.
1888 William E. L. Dillaway.
1889 Gen. John L. Swift.
1890 Albert E. Pillsbmy.
1891 Josiah Quincy.
KoTB. — All the addresses delivered by the annual orators were published, except those
of 1806, 1812, and 1852. The orations of 1792, 1798, 1804, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1811, 1816, 1821,
1850, 1854, 1859, and 1876 went through a second edition each; those of 1863 and 1876 were
published also in a more elegant form; those of 1842 and 1845 went through four editions,
each; that of 1S57 through five. The orations from 1771 to 1788, and the large paper editions
of the orations of 1863 and 1876 are in quarto, all others in octavo.
The names given above are copied from the orations as officially published. The
Massacre orations were reprinted in a volume in 1785, by Peter Edes, and again in 1807.
For the orators from 1771 to 1851, inclusive, see " The Hundred Boston Orators," by James
Spear Loring (Boston, 1852) ; and the appendix to the oration of 18S9, for the full names of
the orators from 1783 to 1889, inclusive.
MAYORS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON,
FROM 1822 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
John Phillips ....
Josiah Quincy ....
Harrison Gray Otis .
Charles Wells ....
Theodore Lyman, Jr.
Samuel T. Armstrong
Samuel A. Eliot . . .
Jonathan Chapman •
Martin Brimmer . .
Thomas A. Davis . .
Josiah Quincy, Jr. .
John P. Bigelow . .
Benjamin Seaver , .
Jerome V. C. Smith .
Alexander H. Rice .
Boston Nov. 26,
" Feb. 4,
" Oct. 8,
" Dec. 30, :
" Feb. 19, :
Dorchester .... Apr. 29,
Boston Mar. 5, :
" Jan. 23,
Roxbury June 8,
Brookline .... Dec. 11,
Boston Jan. 17,
Groton Aug. 25,
Roxbury Apr. 12,
Conway, N.H. . . July 20,
Newton Aug. 30,
Died.
Term of
Service.
1770
May
29, 1823
1822 . .
1
1772
July
1, 1864
1823-28
6
1765
Oct.
28, 1848
1829-31
3
1786
June
3, 1866
1832-33
2
1792
July
17, 1849
1834-35
2
1784
March 26, 1850
1836 .
1
1798
Jan.
29, 1862
1837-39
3
1807
May
25, 1848
1840-42
3
1793
April
25, 1847
1843-44
2
1798
Nov.
22, 1845
1845 .
1
1802
Nov.
2, 1882
1846-48
3
1797
July
4, 1872
1849-51
3
1795
Feb.
14, 1856
1852-53
2
1800
Aug.
20, 1879
1854-55
2
1818
1856-57
2
MAYOK8.
173
MAYORS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. — Concluded.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Frederic AY. Lincoln, Jr,
Joseph M . Wightinan .
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr
Otis Norcross
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
"William Gaston ....
Henry L. Pierce ....
Samuel C. Cobb ....
Frederick O. Prince . .
Henry L. Pierce ....
Frederick O. Prince . .
Samuel A. Green . . .
Albert Palmer ....
Augustus P. Martin . .
Hugh O'Brien
Thomas N. Hart . . .
Nathan Matthews, Jr. .
Boston Feb. 27, 1817
" Oct. 19, 1812
" Feb. 27,1817
" Nov. 2, 1811
" June 29, 1810
Killingly, Conn. . Oct. 3, 1820
Stoughton,Ma8s. . Aug. 23, 1825
Taunton May 22, 1826
Boston Jan. 18,1818
Stoughton, Mass. . Aug. 23, 1825
Boston Jan. 18, 1818
Groton Mar. 16, 1830
Candia, N.H. . . . Jan. 17, 1831
Abbot, Maine . . Nov. 23, 1835
Ireland July 13, 1827
North Reading . . Jan. 20, 1829
Boston Mar. 28, 1854
Died,
Jan. 25, 1885
Sept. 5, 1882
Oct. 17, 1874
May 21, 1887
Term of
Service.
1858-60 . 3
1861-62 , 2
1863-66 . 4
1867 . . 1
1868-70 . 3
1871-72 . 2
1873 . . 1
1874-76 . 3
1877 . . 1
1878 . .1
1879-81 . 3
1882 . . 1
1883 . . 1
1884 . .1
1885-88 . 4
1889-90 . 2
1891 . . .
The election of Mayor for 1845 was more warmly contested than in
any former year. Tliere were not less tlian eight several ballotings by
the citizens. At the eighth trial, on the twenty-first of February,
Thomas A. Davis was elected.
In the meantime, from January to February 27, 1845, William Parker,
one of the Aldermen, having been elected Chairman of the Board of
Aldermen, performed the duties of Mayor.
On the sixth of October Thomas A. Davis, being in declining health,
resigned the office of Mayor, which resignation, however, was not
accejoted by the City Council ; and on the twenty-second of November
he died, being the only JNIayor who has died in office since the organi-
zation of the city government in 1822.
On the eleventh of December Josiah Quincy, Jr., was elected jNIayor
by the City Council, for the unexpired term of 1845. Benson Leavitt,
one of the Board of Aldermen, acted as Chairman of the Board in the
interval between the death of Mr. Davis and the election of Mr. Quincy.
In 1851 Benjamin Seaver, having already been elected an Alderman
174:
MUNICIPAL EEGISTER.
of the city for 1852, was afterwards chosen Mayor for said year. At
the commencement of the ensuing municipal year, 1852, he resigned as
an Alderman, and accepted the office of Mayor.
The election of Mayor for 1854 was continued thi'ough three ballot-
ings, from December 12, 1853, to January 9, 1854. In the meantime
the duties of Mayor were performed by Benjamin L. Allen, Chairman
of the Board of Aldermen.
At the municipal election in 1872 William Gaston was certified, by
the returns of the officers of the several wards, to have been elected
Mayor of the city for the next municipal term. But, upon chai'ges of
alleged fraudulent practices in one of the wards of the city, a recount
of all the ballots cast at said election was demanded and made ; and it
appearing therefrom that Heniy L. Pierce had seventy-nine plurality,
he was declared duly elected Mayor for the year 1878.
In 1873 Henry L. Pierce, Mayor of the city, was elected a member of
the Forty-third Congress from the Third Massachusetts District, in place
of William Whiting, deceased. Mr. Piei'ce resigned his office as Mayor
on November 29, and occupied his seat in Congress on December 1,
1873.
The duties of the Mayor for the remainder of the municipal year
were performed by Leonard R. Cutter, Chairman of the Board of
Aldermen, who signed all official papers as " Acting Mayor."
ALDERMEN.
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD IN ORDER OF SERVICE, WITH PLACES AND
DATES OF BIRTH.
Place and Date of Birth.
Term of
Service.
*'William Washburn . . •
*Pelham Bonney
*Jo8eph Milner Wightman
*Sila8 Peirce
*Otis Clapp
*Silas Peirce
*Thomas Phillips Rich . .
*Thomas Coffin Amory, Jr
Lyme, N.H., Oct. 7, 1808 . .
Pembroke, Mass., Feb. 21,1802
Boston, October 19, 1812 . . .
Scituate, Feb. 15, 1793
Westhampton, Mass., Mch. 3, 1806
(See above)
Lynn, Mch. 31, 1803
Boston, Aug. 16, 1812
Oct. 30, 1890.
Apr. 29, 1861.
Jan. 25, 1885.
Aug. 27, 1879
Sept. 18, 1886.
1855
1856-r
1858
1859
1860
1861
Dec. 11, 1875.1 1862
Oct. 20, 1889. 1863
aldekme:n'.
175
CIIAIKMEX OF THE 150AUD OV ALDEUMEX. — Concluded.
Name.
*0ti8 Norcross
*Gcorge Washington Messinger .
♦Charles Wesley Slack
*George Washington Messinger .
Benjamin James
Newton Talbot
*Charles Edward Jenkins ....
Samuel Little
Leonard Richardson Cutter . .
*John Taylor Clark
Solomon Bliss Stebbins ....
Hugh O'Brien
Solomon Bliss Stebbins ....
Hugh O'Brien
Charles Varney WTiitten ....
Charles Hastings Allen
Patrick John Donovan . . . • .
Charles Hastings Allen
Homer Rogers
William Power Wilson ....
Herbert Schaw Carruth ....
Place and Date of Birth.
Boston, November 2, 1811 . . , ,
Boston, Feb. 5, 1813
Boston, Feb. 21, 1825
(See above)
Scituate, August 22, 1814 . . . .
Stoughton, March 10, 1815 . . . .
Scituate, July 29, 1817
Hingham, August 15,1827 . . . .
Jaffrey, N.H., July 1, 1825 . . .
Sanbornton, N.H., Sept. 19, 1825.
Warren, January 18, 1830 . . . .
Ireland, July 13, 1827
(See above)
(See above)
Vassalboro, Me., May 10, 1829 .
Boston, June 14, 1828
Charlestown, April 9, 1848 . . .
(See above)
Sudbury, October 11, 1840 . . .
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 15, 1852 . .
Dorchester, Feb. 15, 1855 ....
Sept. 5, 1882
Apr. 27, 1870.
Apr. 11, 1885
Aug. 1, 1882.
Oct. 29, 1880.
Term of
Survice.
1804
1865-6
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874-77
1878
1879-81
1882
1883
1884-85
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
The Mayor was ex officio Chairman of the Board of Aldermen until 1855.
♦Deceased.
Nathaniel P. Russell, Daniel Baxter, Joseph H. Dorr, reelected ; and
Thomas C. Wales and Redford Webster, elected 1825, declined.
George Blake, reelected for 1826, declined.
In 1828 Robert Fennelly died while in office.
John Stevens, elected for 1832, died prior to the organization.
James Savage, elected for 1834, declined.
In 1845 William Parker resigned.
In 1848 George E. Head resigned, and was chosen one of the Princi-
•pal Assessors.
176 MUNICIPAL EEGISTEE.
In 1853 Lyman Perry, who had been elected, died before his qualifi-
cation.
In 1855 John M. Clark resigned, and was appointed Sheriff of Suffolk
County.
In 1856 Levi B. Meriani died while in office.
In 1858 Rufus B. Bradford resigned, and was afterwards appointed
Measurer of Grain.
In 1859 Timothy A. Sumner I'esigned, on account of illness, and soon
afterwards died.
In 1878 Samuel C. Perkins died while in office.
In 1879 Benjamin Pope died while in office.
In 1880 George E. Bell died while in office.
In 1885 Edwin F. Leighton died while in office.
]n 1888 William P. Carroll died while in office.
At the municipal election, in 1852, nine Aldermen had a majority of
ballots ; but, in accordance with the statute, the eight who had the
highest number of votes were declared elected.
The municipal government for 1855 was the first one that was organ-
ized under the new or revised City Charter, which provided for the
annual election of hvelve Aldermen.
At the municipal election, Dec. 14, 1880, the returns of the precinct
officers showed William Frost to be elected Alderman by a plurality of
fifteen votes over James J. Flynn, and a very slight difference in the
number of ballots cast for other candidates who failed of election. A
recount of the ballots cast for Mayor and Aldermen was thereupon
demanded in legal form. A committee of the Board of 1880, having
made the recount, reported, December 27, that Mr. Flynn was elected,
having received a plurality of votes over Mr. Frost; and Mr. Flynn
took the seat at the organization of the Board of 1881. Mr. Frost gave
notice of his intention to contest the seat of Mr. Flynn, and also of Mr.
Haldeman, who had received the next greatest number of votes. A
committee of the Board of 1881 was appointed to consider the matter,
and reported, March 14, 1881 (City Document No. 38 of 1881), the
majority declaring Mr. Frost entitled to the seat held by Mr. Flynn,
with two minority reports. The majority report was accepted March
21, and Mr. Frost took the seat. One peculiar incident in this case
was the reception of a numerously signed petition asking the Board to
examine and recount the ballots for Messrs. Woolley, Haldeman, and
Flynn, sitting members, and Messrs. William Frost, John Thompson,
and George S. Dexter, standing next highest on the precinct returns ;
another was the fact that many ballots were either mislaid or stolen, in
Precinct 3 of Ward 13, on election day.
ALDEKMEN. 177
At the municipal election Dec. 13, 1881, tlm icliinis of the precinct
officers showed William Frost to be elected Aldcriniui \>y a plurality ot
154 votes over Charles V. Whitten. On petition, in due legal form, a
committco of the Board of 1881 made a I'ccount of the ballots cast for
JMayor and Aldermen, and rcportinl that Mr. Whitton was elected over
Mr. Frost, and Mr. Whitten took the seat. Mr. Frost contested the
seat of Mr. Whitten, and called for a reexamination of the ballots cast.
Such examination was made by a new committee, which reported,
January 17, that William Frost had 19,861, and Charles V. Wiiittenhad
19,825. On January 19, 1882, the seat was awarded to Mr. Frost.
For reports of contested seats in the Board of Aldermen, see City
Document No. 7 for 1861, and City Document No. 16 for 1862.
At the municipal election Dec. 12, 1882, the returns of the precinct
officers showed Edwin F. Leighton to be elected Alderman by a plurality
of 102 votes over Joseph Caldwell. On petition in due legal form a
committee of the Board of 1882 recounted the ballots cast for these two
candidates, and reported, Dec. 26, that Joseph Caldwell appeared to be
chosen by a plurality of 14, and that in addition there were found 3 ballots
for " Caldwell," 1 for "E. F. Leighton," 18 for "F. Leighton,"
and 11 for " Leighton; " also that, "with the exception of the
name ' E. F. Leighton,' which was written, the abbreviated names
above recited were plainly legible beyond the edges of ' stickers,' or
- ' pasters,' which covered and concealed the Christian names of Messrs.
Caldwell and Leighton, those stickers having been pasted upon an ad-
joining name, but being of such length as to partly cover the names in
question." The committee further reported that there was plainly no
intent to cancel the names over which the stickers extended. Mr,
Caldwell, who was a member of the Board of 1882, thereupon stated
his intention of not appearing to claim a seat in the Board of 1883, and
introduced an order, which was passed, declaring that, in the opinion
of the Board, the abbreviated ballots should be credited to Mr. Leighton.
The Board of 1883, on petition of Mr. Leighton, awarded him the seat
at the first meeting, Jan. 1.
178
MUIflCIPAL EEGISTEK.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDEl^TS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL IN ORDER OF SERVICE, WITH
PLACES AND DATES OF BIRTH.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Died.
Term of
Service.
*William Prescott
*John Welles .
*Francis Johonnot Oliver . . .
*John Richardson Adan ....
*Kliphalet Williams
*Benjannn Toppau Pickman .
*John Prescott Bigelow ....
*Josiah Quincy, Jr
*Philip Marett
*Edward Blake
*Peleg WTiitman Chandler . .
*George Stillman Hillard . . .
*Benjamin Seaver
*Francis Brinley
Henry Joseph Gardner ....
Alexander Hamilton Rice . .
Joseph Story
Oliver Stevens
*Samuel Wallace Waldron, Jr.
*Josiah Putnam Bradlee . . . .
*Joseph Hildreth Bradley . . .
Joshua Dorsey Ball
George Silsbee Hale
William Bentley Fowle, Jr. .
Joseph Story
Weston Lewis
Charles Hastings Allen . . .
William Giles Harris
Melville Ezra Ingalls
Matthias Rich
Marquis Fayette Dickinson, Jr.
Edward Olcott Shepard . . .
Halsey Joseph Boardman . .
.John Quincy Adams Brackett
*Benjamin Pope
William Henry Whitmore . .
Harvey Newton Shepard . . .
Andrew Jackson Bailey . . .
Charles Edward Pratt ....
*Jame8 Joseph Flynn
Godfrey Morse
John Henry Lee . . .
Edward John Jenkins
David Franklin Barry
Horace Gwynne Allen
David Franklin Barry
Pepperrell, Aug. 19, 1762 ....
Boston, Oct. 14, 1764
BOiiton, Oct. 10, 1777
Boston, 1793 . . . .
Taunton, Mass., Mch. 7, 1778 . .
Salem, Sept. 17, 1790
Groton, Aug. 25, 1797
Boston, Jan. 17, 1802
Boston, Sept. 25, 1792
Boston, Sept. 28, 1805
New Gloucester, Me., Apr. 12,
1816
Machias, Me.,Sept.22, 1808. . .
Roxbury, April 12, 1795 . . . .
Boston, Nov. 10, 1800
Dorchester, Juue 14, 1818 . . .
Newton, Aug. 30, 1818
Marblehead, Nov. 11, 1822 . . .
Andover, Mass., June 22, 1825 . .
Dec. 8, 1844.
Sept. 26, 1855.
Aug. 21,1858.
July 4, 1849.
June 12, 1855,
Mch. 22, 1835.
July 4, 1872.
Nov. 2, 1882.
Mch. 22, 1869.
May, 28, 1889.
Jan. 21,1879.
Feb. 14,1856.
June 14, 1889,
Boston, June 10, 1817
Haverhill, March 5, 1822 ....
Baltimore, Md., July 11, 1828 . .
Keene, N.H., Sept. 24, 1825 . . .
Boston, July 27, 1826
Marblehead, Nov. 11, 1822 . . .
Hingham, April 14, 1834 . . . .
Boston, Juue 14, 1828
Revere, May 15, 1828
Harrison, Me., Sept. 6, 1842 . . .
Truro, June 8, 1820
Amherst, Jan. 16, 1840
Hampton. N.H., Nov. 25, 1835 .
Norwich, Vt., May 19, 1834 . . .
Bradford, N.H., June 8, 1842 . .
Waterford, Ii eland, Jan. 13,1829,
Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1836 . . . .
Boston, 1850
Oharlestown, July 18,1840 . . .
Vassalboro, Me., March 13,1845 .
St. John, N.B., 1835
Wachenheim, Germany, May 17,
1846
Boston, April 26, 1846
London, England, Dec. 20, 1854 .
Sturgis place, a part of old Fort
Hill, Boston, Feb. 28, 1852 . .
Jamaica Plain, July 27, 1855 . .
(See above)
Feb. 2, 1887.
Oct. 5, 1882.
Sept. 24, 1879,
Mch. 26, 1884,
1822
1823
1824-25
1826-28
1829
1830-31
1832
1834-36
1837^0
1841^3
1844-45
1846-471
18472-49
1850-51
1852-53
1854
1855
1856-57
1858
1859-60
1861
1862
1863-64
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873-74
1875
1876
1877-78
1879
1880
18813
1881'<-82
18835
18830
1884
1885-86
1887-88
1889-90
1891
1 To July 1.
2 From July 1.
3 To Oct. 27.
* From Oct. 27.
*Deceased.
5 To June 11.
8 From June 14.
COMMON COUNCIL. 170
William Bowes Bradford, Ward 3, elected 1822, did not qiiMlity liim-
self, declining to be sworn, there being then no provision for ;tninii;itioM,
except for (Quakers.
Lucius Manlius Sargent, Ward 5, elected for 1827, declined.
Henry D. Gray and Isaac Harris, Ward 1, Eleazer Howard, Ward 2,
and Joseph II. Thayer, Ward 9, elected for 1828; also. Holmes
Hinkley, Ward 11, for 1845, declined prior to the organization.
Samuel Thaxter, Ward 6, elected for 1830, declined.
William Foster, Ward 6, elected for 1831, declined.
John Boles, Ward 3, reelected for 1838, declined.
The Junior of George Morey omitted 1829.
Asa Adams, Ward 3, took the intermediate name of Perry, 1830.
Henry Andrews, Ward 2, elected in 1833, afterwards took the inter-
mediate letter R.
The Junior of Joshua Seaver, Ward 6, omitted 1833.
The Junior of Henry Fowle, Ward 2, omitted 1837.
The Junior of Francis Brinley, Ward 10, omitted 1838.
The Junior of Ezra Lincoln omitted 1851.
The Junior of William B. Fowle omitted 1865.
Ezra Forristall, Ward 6, resigned in May, 1853, and was elected
Superintendent of Health.
DanielJ. Coburn, Ward 5, resigned in April, 1856, and was thereafter
appointed Chief of Police.
Edward F. Robinson, Ward 11, resigned in May, 1861, and was elected
a Principal Assessor.
Charles J. McCarthy, Ward 7, I'esigned in March, 1862, and was
appointed Paymaster of Relief Funds to families of soldiers in the
United States service from Boston.
Daniel Dowd, a member from Ward 13, died in office, September,
1872.
Thomas H. Doherty, of Ward 2, died in office, August, 1873.
Hillman B. Barnes, of Ward 11, died in office, September, 1874.
Edward J. Long, of Ward 8, died in office, November, 1875.
Stephen G. Jones, of Ward 4, resigned in March, 1876.
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, of Ward 13, died in office, March, 1876.
Joseph Healy, of Ward 10, died in office, April 18, 1880.
George T. Perkins, of Ward 17, died in office, December 7, 1880.
Daniel J. Sweeney, Porter street, Ward 2, East Boston, and reelected
to the Common Council of 1881, died in office, December 19, 1880.
Eugene B. Hagar, of Ward 10, resigned June 16, 1881, and was
appointed Assistant City Solicitor.
Andrew J. Bailey, of Wai'd 4, resigned October . 27, 1881, and was
chosen City Solicitor.
180 MUXTCIPAL REGISTER.
Nahum M. Morrison, of Ward 23, resigned Marcli 16, 1882, and
was appointed Assistant Inspector of Buildings.
Abraham T. Rogers, of Ward 22, resigned July 13, 1882, and was
appointed Assistant Inspector of Buildings.
AVilliam L. Harding, of Ward 3, died in office, March 4, 1882.
James J. Flynn, of Ward 13, resigned in June, 1883, and was chosen
Superintenclent of Streets.
Cornelius F. Doherty, of W^ard 2, resigned in July, 1883, and was
appointed in the Service Division of the Water Department.
Michael J. Houghton, of Ward 6, resigned in July, 1883, and was
appointed Assistant Superintendent in the Inspection and Waste Divis-
ion of the Water Department.
Eugene D. Sullivan, of Ward 12, resigned in September, 1883, and
was appointed Clerk in the City Collector's Department.
George E. Bacon, of Ward 4, resigned Mai'ch 6, 1881.
Francis P. Maguire, of Ward 8, resigned February 20, 1884.
William J. Kilduff, of Ward 19, died in office, December 7, 1884.
William M. Osborne, of Ward 21, resigned August 27, 1885, and was
appointed a member of the Board of Police.
Neil J. Gillespie, of Ward 7, died in office, November 28, 1888.
Charles J. Brooks, of Ward 10, died in office, January 21, 1889.
Thomas F. Nunan, of Ward 15, died in office, August 13, 1889.
Francis W. Sprague, 2d, of Ward 10, resigned October 10, 1889.
There have been the following successfully contested elections : — ■
The first, February 22, 1830, vacated the seat of a member from
Ward G, on the ground that " closing the poll before the hour at which
the voters were notified it would be closed was a violation of the rights
of the voters."
The second, May 7, 1835, vacated the seats of the members of Ward
3, who were returned as having been elected at an ailjourned meeting,
December 11, 1834, on the ground of irregular proceeding, to render
the whole number of votes (;ertain by taking the highest number of votes
for candidates on each opposing ticket, adjournment of the meeting by
the sole authority of the Warden, and other irregularities, at the
annual election, December 8.
The third ease, March 7, 1839, vacated the seats of three members of
Ward 12, on the ground that a number of illegal voters, sufficient to
affect the choice, voted at the polls.
The fourth, February 9, 1843, vacated the seats of three members
from AVard 1, returned as elected at the adjourned meeting, December
14, on the ground that four votes for non-resident candidates (after
having been first thrown out by the ward officers) ' were counted at the
1 This fact was admitted, though not stated in the report of the Committee.
COMMON COUNCIL. 181
aniinnl (O(!ution, D(H'enibiir 12, tlicnjljy prcventinj^ llio clioic*^ of two
other caiuliilatcs, wlio, by (ixcliuliii^ the said four votes, were; l)y tli(i
deeislon of the Couneil deelared eleetiul, leavnig one vaeaney.
Tlie fifth, Februaiy 27, 1851, vacated the seats of two members from
Ward 3 on tlie ground that they were chosen at an adjourned meeting
which was illegally held. At the subsequent trial the same members
were again returned to the Common Council.
The sixth, January 20, 1853, vacated the seats of three members of
Ward 3, on the ground that they were chosen at an adjourned meeting
which was illegally held.
The seventh, Februaiy 3, 1853, in accordance with the Report of the
Committee on Elections, vacated the seats of three members from Ward
11, on the ground that the Mayor and Aldermen had no right to issue
warrants for election of members of the Common Council, after the
annual election and before the organization of the government-elect.
But inasmuch as the elections in question were conducted bona fide and
no other informality was apparent, and as this custom of supplementary
elections had been in vogue for twenty years, the members thus elected
were by the vote of the Common Council declared entitled to their
seats.
The eighth, March 19, 18G3, in accordance witla the Report of the
Committee on Elections, vacated the seat of a member from Ward 3, on
the ground that at the time of his election he was not an inhabitant of
that ward. Befoi'e a decision was reached on this point, the member in
question resigned.
The ninth, April 9, 1863, vacated the seats of the entire delegation
from Ward 10, on the ground that move votes were returned than there
were persons who voted in that ward at the municipal election, —
occasioned by mistake, probabl}', in the counting of the ballots, — the
variation being so great as to affect the election of tiie whole delegation.
At the subsequent trial the same members were again returned to the
Common Council.
Tlie tenth, January 21, 1867, vacated the seat of a member from
Ward 3, who was chosen at an adjourned meeting (held on account of
a tie-vote at the regular meeting, Dec. 10, 1866), on the ground that
the polls at said adjourned meeting were not kept open the same num-
ber of hours as were required by the original warrant. At a subse-
quent election the same member was returned to the Common Coun-
cil. (See City Doc. No. 12 for 1867.)
The eleventh, January 16, 1868, vacated the seat of a member
returned from Ward 10, because, by the count of the original ballots
cast in said ward, it appeared that another person was chosen.
182 MUNICIPAL llEGISTER.
The twelfth, January 6, 1870, vacated the seat of a member re-
tm-ned from Ward 13, for the same reason as recited above.
The thirteenth, January 5, 1871, vacated the seat of a member re-
turned from Ward 15, for the same reason.
The fourteenth, Januaiy 18, 1872, vacated the seat of a member re-
turned from Ward 7, for the same reason.
The fifteenth occurred as follows : —
At the annual municipal election in 1871 Frederick S. Risteen was
declared elected as a member from Ward 10. This election was con-
tested b}' J. Q. A. Brackett, and a recount of the original ballots
showed that said Brackett was elected by a plurality of one ballot over
F. S. Risteen, and said Brackett was accordingly declared by the Com-
mon Council of 1872 to be entitled to the seat. Subsequently Mr. Ris-
teen contested this decision, on the ground that his name was erased
from a number of ballots by some one of the ward oflScers after said
ballots were deposited by the voters. After a protracted inquiry the
Common Council sustained this view of the case, and Mr. Risteen was
a'2:ain returned to his former seat, and was again duly qualified, on
February 1, 1872. (See City Doc. No. 18 for 1872.)
The sixteenth, January 4, 1874, vacated the seat of a member re-
turned from Ward 13, because, by the count of the original ballots
cast in said ward, it appeared that another person was chosen.
The seventeenth, January 14, 1875, vacated the seat of a member
returned from Ward 1, because, by the count of the original ballots
cast in said ward, it appeared that another person was elected.
The eighteenth. January 4, 1877, vacated the seat of a member from
Ward 20, because, by the count of the original ballots cast in said
ward, it appeared that another person was elected.
The nineteenth, January 10, 1878, vacated the seat of a member from
Ward 20, because, by the count of the original ballots cast in that
ward, it appeared that another person was chosen.
The twentieth, Dec. 27, 1880 (see records of Board of Aldermen of
said date) , vacated the seats of one member from each of the follow-
ing-named wards, viz., 3, 13, 16, and 19, because, from an examination
of the original ballots cast in said wards, it appeared that other per-
sons wei'e chosen. From an examination made at the same time of the
original ballots cast in Ward 5 it appeared that, instead of there being
a tie-vote for a third member from said ward, three members were
duly chosen. Peculiar features of the case in AVard 13 are, that some
of the ballots undoubtedly deposited by the voters of Precinct 3 of this
Avard were either mislaid or stolen at the polling place and that the
Committee of the Boai-d of Aldermen of 1880, who examined the bal-
COMMON COUNCIL. 183
lots foi' Common Council in that ward, erroneously reported that tlie
sitting member had boon duly elcfted. (See (Jity l)oo. .'J4 of 1881.)
In 1887 one seat in the representation of Ward 4 and one in that of
Ward 15 were vacated and the contestants declared elected, the Coun-
cil exercising its discretion as to the intent of the voter in certain cases
of technical irregularity. (See City Docs. Nos. G, 11, of 1887.)
In 1889 one seat in the representation of Ward 3 and one in that of
Ward 12 were vacated and the contestants declared elected, the intent
of the voter in cases of technical irregularity being considered.
See " Repoi'ts of Controverted Elections in the Common Council of
the City of Boston, from 1827 to 1889." Boston: 1889, pp. xvii. and
277.
184
MTIN^ICIPAL RE&ISTER.
AEEA OF BOSTON.
[From the Surveying Department.]
Acres.
City Proper 1,829
South Boston 1,002
East Boston 836
Koxbury . 2,700
Dorchester 5,614
WestRoxbury .......... 8,078
Brighton 2,277
Charlestown ' . 586
Breed's Island 785
Total Aci-es 23,707
Square- Miles 37.04
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
(Not included in the above.)'
jSTame.
Area.
Ownei-ship'.
Remarks.
Governor's Island . .
72 aci-es.
United States.
Fort Winthrop.
Castle Island
21.6 "
" "
Fort Independence.
Ijono- Island Head . .
33- "
u u
Lt.-house and Batteries.
Ijovell's Island ....
71.1 "
a f(
Gov't Buoy Station.
George's Island . . .
39.7 "
« (I
Fort WaiTcn.
Kainsford Island . . .
17.4 "
City of Boston.
Almshouse.
Gallop's Island ....
25.1 "
" "
Quarantine Station.
Long Island
182.5 "
(( ((
Almshouse.
Deer Island
182.3 "
<( ((
House of Industry and
Reformation.
Apple Island
8.9 "-
It «
Spectacle Island . . .
61.4 «
N. Ward & Co.
Thompson's Island . .
146.5 "
Boston Asylum and
Farm School for
Indigent Boys.
Farm School.
Little Brewster . . .
3.6 «
United States.
Boston Light-house.
Great Brewster . . .
23.1 "
City of Boston.
Leased to Benj. Dean.
Middle Brewster . . .
12 2 "
Augustus Russ.
Outer Brewster . . .
17.5 "
Benjamin Dean.
Calf Island
Little Calf Island . . .
17.1 «
1.1 "
} J. S. Weeks.
Green Island
1.8 "
Janies Young.
DEBT — EXPENDITURES.
18;j
CITY AND COUNTY DEBT (FUNDKD), APRIL 30, 1891.
[From the Auditing Department.]
Gross Debt.
Sinking Kundt).
Net Debt.
City Debt . . .
Cochituate Water (
Debt . . . . S
INIystic Water Debt,
County Debt . .
$35,674,206 08
16,267,773 98
688,000 00
3,229,000 00
$17,386,935 45
5,979,297 80
680,929 44
92,832 48
$18,287,270 63
10,288,476 18
7,070 56
3,136,107 .52
$55,858,980 06
$24,139,995 17
$31,718,984 89
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
Actual expenditures of the City of Boston and County of Suffolk, exclusive
of debt and temporary loans redeemed: —
Tear.
Interest on
Debt and
Temporary
Loans.
State Tax.
Other. City
Expenditur's.
Total actual
Expenditures,
on account
of City.
County.
1874-75
$2,671,496 12
$802,120 00
$11,542,694 17
$15,016,310 29
$372,321 99
1875-76
2,607,933 20
802,120 00
11,704,336 52
15,114,389 72
361,510 29
1876-77
2,572,057 28
742,932 00
10,805,276 07
14,120,265 35
345,976 34
1877-78
2,461,600 59
619,110 00
10,434,694 47
13,515,405 06
328,646 92
1878-79 .....
2,352,160 26
412,740 00
9,413,015 15
12,177,915 41
327,833 50
1879-80
2,377,050 59
206,370 00
9,320,836 79
11,904,257 38
296,140 82
1880-81
2,220,171 43
619,110 00
10,252,967 39
13,092,248 82
305,871 6S
1881-82 .....
2,188,564 72
619,110 00
10,422,476 44
13,230,151 16
338,261 12
1882-83
2,184,580 49
825,480 00
11,879,562 33
14,889,622 82
362,908 06
1833-84
2,227,045 73
578,055 00
12,852,436 08
15,657,536 81
368,352 40
1884-85
2,238,518 17
770,740 00
12,456,798 17
15,466,056 34
393,785 77
1885-86
2,242,102 19
578,055 00
11,480,449 IS
14,300,606 37
852,613 93
1886-87
2,237,479 04
555,870 00
11,542,638 27
14,335,987 31
999,056 20
1887-88
2,315,833 49
833,805 00
12,920,866 74
16,070,505 23
1,086,026 43
1888-89
2,324,476 50
833,805 00
12,974,131 56
16,132,413 06
1,334,640 21
1889-90 .....
2,353,785 54
738,020 00
13,508,467 28
16,600,272 82
1,265,160 36
1890-91 .....
2,447,882 87
645,767 50
14,,H85,464 60
17,679,114 97
1,133,121 18
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' l',4'87'
' 1,433
1 1,650
12,150
' 2,226
2,765
4,135
' 5,247
9,089
'18,364
18,469
25,137
28,426
34,753
50,429
157,123
65,968
78,411
"Washing-
ton Vil-
lage, 1855.
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^
South
Boston,
1804.
6,176
10,020
13,309
24,921
29,363
39,215
1 54,147
56,369
66,791
^1
282
519
264
344
277
292
325
530
,000
,300
,700
,9i7
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282
282
891
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908
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,160
,194
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,235
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,250
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Boston
proper,
settled,
,1630;
made a
city, 1822.
1 150
1 4,0.10
1 7,000
1 6,750
1 11,000
10,567
16,382
15,731
15,520
6,573
2,719
1 10,000
1 15,870
1 17,880
18,038
24,655
32,896
'56,003
'72,057
85,475
99,036
113,721
126,296
133,563
141,083
138,781
140,669
147,075
147,138
161,330
a
1 _ _
18, .320
24,937
33,787
43,298
58,277
61,392
78,603
93,383
14,366
36,881
60,490
77,840
92,318
50,526
41,919
6i,838
90,393
48,477
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1638
1675
1698
1704
1720
1722
1742
1752
1765
1775
1776
1781
1784
1789
1790
1800
1810
1820
1825
1830
1835
1840
1845
1.S50
1855
1860
1865
1870
1875
18H0
1885
18y0
TOLLS AND VOTERS.
189
POPULATION, POLLS, AND VOTERS.
Tor
CenB
TILATION,
US of 1885.
B «<w
A- < o
(£?^§
2 w a)
O -^
Ratable Polls.
CensuB of 1885.
Legal Voters.
Census of 1885,
.
Citizens.
c
<
o
"a
1
"5
I
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1 .
7,659
8,000
15,659
19,633
3,487
149
896
4,532
2,527
960
3,487
1
a.
8,449
7,311
15,760
17,297
3,345
435
1,104
4,884
1,982
1,383
3,345
2
3.
5,877
6,451
12,328
13,094
3,011
82
481
3,574
2,126
885
3,011
t
3
4.
6,047
6,471
12,518
12,842
3,131
150
499
3,780
2,348
783
3,131
4
5 .
6,537
6,2ro
12,827
12,412
3,274
669
645
4,588
2,392
882
3,274
5
O.
8,653
8,603
17,256
18,447
3,024
197
1,882
5,103
1,470
1,554
3,024
»
7.
6,394
5,644
12,038
13,145
3,038
133
1,029
4,200
1,679
1,359
3,038
7
.8 •
5,946
6,040
11,986
13,026
3,069
190
704
3,963
2,022
1,047
3,069
S
».
4,858
6,331
11,239
12,660
2,854
155
352
3,361
2,200
654
2,854
o
lO.
4,962
4,784
9,746
8,205
3,306
147
742
4,195
2,817
489
3,306
lO
11 .
7,127
10,736
17,863
21,660
4,477
148
617
5,242
3,554
923
4,477
11
12 .
6,910
6,935
13,845
12,585
3,527
312
1,020
4,859
2,350
1,177
3,527
12
13.
ll,2:n
11,316
22,547
22,375
4,056
229
2,065
6,350
1,965
2,091
4,056
13
14.
1J,1S4
11,557
22,741
26,367
4,815
516
1,161
6,492
3,199
1,616
4,815
14
15.
7,901
8,336
16,237
18,049
3,354
161
949
4,464
2,164
1,190
3,354
15
lO .
7,989
8,520
16,459
18,048
3,946
168
1,297
5,411
2,779
1,167
3,946
16
17.
6,489
8,258
14,747
15,658
3,634
177
723
4,534
2,784
850
3,634
I''
18.
5,657
8,483
14,140
16,035
3,603
135
308
4,046
2,967
636
3,603
18
19.
9,977
10,580
20,557
23,016
4,267
221
1,329
5,817
2,575
1,692
4,267
19
20.
10,110
10,884
20,994
24,335
4,886
193
867
5,946
3,] 60
1,726
4,886
20
21.
6,600
9,027
15,627
22,930
3,d46
122
324
4,092
2,884
762
3,646
21
22.
7,638
8,200
15,838
20,011
3,254
165
787
4,206
1,442
1,812
3,254
22
23 .
7,879
9,546
17,425
24,997
3,865
121
604
4,590
2,444
1,421
3,865
23
24.
9,979
11,521
21,500
29,638
4,885
25E
976
6,116
3,773
1,112
■ 4,885
24
25
4,17S
4,337
8,516
12,032
2,082
6-
354
2,503
1,392
690
2,082
25
TotU
186,182
204,211
.390,393
448,477
89,83e
5,29'
21,715
116,848
60,995
28,841
89,836
Total.
Note. —Polls are all males twenty years of age or above, having their home in Boston on
May 1, and neither paupers nor exempt by law.
Legal voters are citizens with the constitutional qualifications to vote, but may fail to pay a
tax or to register.
190
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ASSESSED POLIiS, REGISTRATION^, AND VOTES,
1874-75,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
Old
Wabd.
1
3
3
4
5
e
7
8
9
ID
11
13
13
14
15
16
IT
19
30
31
33
Total
Assessed
Polls,
May 1, 1874.
7,409
5,444
4,208
3,081
1,382
3,338
7,537
3,507
4,139
4,016
4,450
7,212
2,588
3,828
5,437
4,062
2,863
1,535
2,736
2,939
2,973
Total
Voting Lit't,
Dec. 15, 1874,
84,684
6,140
2,922
2,714
2,029
1,183
2,699
2,912
2,155
3,216
2,895
3,738
4,627
1,535
2,904
2,773
3,261
2,187
1,151
2,204
2,561
2,439
67,045
Assessed
Polls,
May 1, 1875.
Registered
for State
Election.
Vote for
Governor,
Nov. 2, 1875
7,323
3,049
2,131
5,519
2,122
1,709
3,982
1,594
1,188
2,212
1,164
875
2,112
817
712
3,385
1,925
1,344
7,569
1,748
1,349
3,527
1,120
825
4,384
1,913
1,373
4,017
1,899
1,364
4,669
2,471
1,726
7,078
3,013
1,984
2,519
1,003
709
3,907
2,076
1,474
5,606
2,010
1,354
4,333
2,693
1,466
2,859
1,980
1,354
1,661
975
526
2,710
1,700
1,271
2,991
2,000
1,416
2,995
1,863
1,230
85,358
39,135
27,380
Old
Wabd.
1
3
3
4
e
7
S
9
lO
11
13
13
14
15
16
17
19
30
31
33
Total
Note. — There was no Ward 18 in 1874-75. It was established on November 16, 1875.
POLLS AND VOTES.
191
ASSESSED POLLS, KEGLSTKATION, AND VOTES,
1875-70,
As Reported by the Regristrars of Voters.
o <o
lie
i ^
1^
o aoo
I'.ts 2
■SOS
ft
W <!
1. .
1,709
1,068
3,372
2,134
1,927
2,135
1,313
1
a. .
1,376
891
3,516
1,942
1,780
1,942
1,201
3
3. .
3,927
1,258
2,736
2,025
1,871
2,022
1,176
3
4. .
1,733
1,003
2,767
1,883
1,708
1,884
951
4
5. .
1,928
1,287
3,037
2,020
1,820
2,024
1,215
5
6. .
1,492
1,073
3,625
2,116
1,971
2,112
1,616
e
7. .
1,313
944
3,324
1,781
1,639
1,791
1,343
7
8. .
1,366
922
3,056
1,682
1,558
1,685
1,125
8
9. .
1,550
1,136
3,008
1,919
1,754
1,923
1,159
9
lO. .
1,414
1,025
2,368
1,652
1,490
1,669
1,103
lO
H . .
1,787
1,443
3,276
2,148
1,943
2,152
1,510
11
13. .
1,376
986
3,678
1,892
1,712
1,894
1,227
12
13. .
1,335
840
4,817
1,842
1,757
1,861
1,196
13
14. .
1,881
1,250
4,236
2,276
2,052
2,278
1,343
14
15 . .
1,388
919
3,090
1,755
1,605
1,757
1,079
15
1«. .
1,103
736
3,362
1,633
1,563
1,634
1,081
16
IT. .
1,743
1,214
3,219
2,097
1,935
2,111
1,414
IT
IS . .
2,023
1,560
2,977
2,254
2,015
2,259
1,475
18
19. .
1,498
937
4,239
1,947
1,741
1,962
1,260
19
20 . .
1,744
1,200
3,629
2,096
1,928
2,110
1,428
20
31. .
1,908
1,448
2,951
2,095
1,905
2,098
1,304
31
33. .
1,839
1,091
2,687
1,205
1,136
1,208
808
33
33. .
2,070
1,472
3,080
2,294
2,031
2,323
1,293
33
34. .
2,340
1,413
3,643
2,590
2,255
2,596
1,276
34
35. .
Included
in Wd. 22
1,633
1,231
1,113
1,232
767
35
Total
39,843
27,116
81,326
48,509
44,209
48,662
30,663
Total
Note. —The new wards, 1-24, were established on November 16, 1875. On May 27, 1876,
Ward 22 was divided into new Ward 22 and Ward 25.
192
MUNICIPAL EEGISTEK.
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 1877-78,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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Nov. 6, 1878.
t. 00
c?£
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n
PS
<
1
3,44(5
1,986
1,509
2,349
1,998
3,547
2,270
1,975
2,268
1,502
1
3
3,689
1,747
1,296
2,174
1,889
3,620
2,089
1,834
2,096
1,431
3
»
2,919
1,842
1,441
2,195
1,912
2,888
2,072
1,867
2,061
1,395
3
4
2,813
1,565
1,175
1,943
1,636
2,S66
1,940
1,683
1,926
1,137
4
5
2,956
1,761
1,331
2,060
1,780
3,049
2,011
1,757
1,999
1,303
5
6
4,165
1,801
1,442
2,222
2,000
4,066
2,003
1,824
2,009
1,582
6
7
3,602
1,636
1,327
2,153
1,948
3,821
2,015
1,819
2,029
1,576
7
8
3,374
1,558
1,265
1,968
1,730
3,480
1,898
1,684
1,898
1,449
8
9
3,048
1,718
1,325
2,060
1,790
3,046
1,887
1,653
1,900
1,37S
9
ID
2,512
1,542
1,252
1,800
1,579
2,752
1,738
1,572
1,752
1,335
ID
11
3,535
2,107
1,636
2,354
2,038
3,905
2,424
2,160
2,446
1,809
11
13
3,660
1,625
1,262
2,128
1,961
3,883
2,128
1,903
2,147
1,654
13
13
5,701
1,709
1,323
2,504
2,317
4,975
2,500
2,251
2,514
1,794
13
14
4,254
2,132
1,488
2,666
2,352
4,376
2,709
2,418
2,717
1,858
14
15
3,347
1,668
1,281
2,110
1,885
3,467
2,120
1,873
2,122
1,408
15
16
3,518
1,454
1,198
1,946
, 1,729
3,647
1,940
1,782
1,963
1,533
IG
17
3,444
1,913
1,517
2,214
1,956
3,530
2,250
2,009
2,278
1,609
17
18
3,085
2,070
1,633
2,320
2,050
3,101
2,306
2,065
2,307
1,686
18
19
4,356
1,822
1,397
2,328
2,028
4,636
2,512
2,232
2,554
1,755
19
30
3,932
1,995
1,628
2,516
2,261
4,153
2,661
2,474
2,677
1,958
30
31
3,087
1,968
1,577
2,255
2,028
3,287
2,324
2,048
2,361
1,664.
31
33
2,815
1,198
930
1,501
1,340
2,906
1,451
1,294
1,463
962
33
33
3,269
2,100
1,516
2,415
2,059
3,310
2,360
2,076
2,362
1,623
33
34
3,696
2,489
1,668
2,924
2,590
3,873
2,972
2,537
2,987
1,889
34
35
1,784
1,139
796
1,317
1,132
1,795
1,273
1,100
1,277
851
35
Total
86,007
44,605
34,213
54,422
47,988
87,979
53,853
47,890
54,113
38,141
Tot'l
POLLS AND VOTES.
193
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 187J)-SO,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
p
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1
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Ph«
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1
3,728
2,162
1,798
2,209
1,413
3,846
2,388
2,145
2,387
1,627
1
3
3,687
2,014
1,727
2,035
1,352
3,941
2,296
2,013
2,310
1,505
3
3
2,916
1,967
1,662
1,978
1,371
2,992
2,120
1,967
2,124
1,487
3
4
2,894
1,783
1,487
1,798
1,095
3,066
2,003
1,835
2,008
1,346
4
5
2,928
1,858
1,558
1,878
1,334
3,132
2,042
1,864
2,044
1,419
5
6
4,053
1,935
1,692
1,955
1,445
4,228
2,113
1,898
2,119
1,625
6
•7
3,595
1,871
1,640
1,889
1,427
3,981
2,005
1,831
2,013
1,518
r
8
3,457
1,773
1,550
1,780
1,301
3,902
1,965
1,719
1,980
1,487
8
9
3,072
1,821
1,508
1,824
1,292
3,198
1,868
1,649
1,883
1,348
9
1.0
3,337
1,644
1,448
1,687
1,225
3,765
1,937
1,786
1,946
1,381
lO
11
4,053
2,365
2,022
2,407
1,730
4,291
2,733
2,479
2,748
1,905
11
12
3,838
1,913
1,650
1,944
1,389
3,817
2,030
1,844
2,040
1,503
13
1»
5,057
2,213
2,014
2,251
1,594
5,435
2,855
2,701
2,857
1,944
13
14
4,588
2,504
2,121
2,507
1,710
4,900
3,008
2,787
3,006
2,038
14
T.5
3,636
1,929
1,617
1,950
1,246
3,669
2,350
2,176
2,363
1,637
15
16
4,154
1,834
1,630
1,847
1,359
4,458
2,378
2,200
2,380
1,796
16
IT
3,552
2,110
1,803
2,125
1,544
3,812
2,468
2,294
2,483
1,792
IT
18
3,324
2,221
1,889
2,267
1,549
3,460
2,487
2,326
2,489
1,841
18
19
4,696
2,337
1,953
2,367
1,492
5,039
2,993
2,776
3,010
2,055
19
30
4,315
2,571
2,199
2,594
1,759
4,568
3,084
2,840
3,083
2,320
30
31
3,516
2,294
1,941
2,314
1,562
3,555
2,568
2,396
2,578
1,859
31
33
3,049
1,443
1,194
1,455
1,034
3,167
1,676
1,520
1,698
1,198
33
33
3,417
2,298
1,895
2,333
1,554
3,534
2,523
2,307
2,530
1,739
33
34
4,067
2,844
2,393
2,861
1,904
4,230
3,203
2,904
3,211
2,279
34
35
1,796
1,265
1,046
1,274
874
1,885
1,274
1,078
1,349
1,005
35
Total
90,725
50,969
43,437
51,529
35,555
95,871
58,367
53,335
58,639
41,654
Total
The vote of Boston for Governor in 1880 was 53,396.
In 1879 there were registered also, under Stat. 1879, c. 223, 989 Women, of whom 934 voted for School
■Committee. In 1880, 772 Women were registered.
194
MUNICIPAL EEGISTEH.
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 1881-82,.
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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May 1, 1882.
Registered for State
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Vote for Governor
Nov. 7, 1882.
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4,042
2,045
1,087
2,144
1,460
4,259
2,835
1,899
2,365
1,639
1
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4,091
1,902
1,169
2,104
1,457
4,186
2,255
1,952
2,297
1,690
3
3
3,133
1,849
1,215
1,956
1,445
8,208
2,183
1,881
2,181
1,558
3
4
8,161
1,759
989
1,875
1,803
3,238
1,908
1,588
1,913
1,250
4
5
3,320
1,886
1,256
1,997
1,506
3,385
2,078
1,768
2,101
1,521
5
6
4,437
1,662
1,111
2,004
1,575
4,646
2,046
1,802
2,100
1,589
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3,849
1,358
954
1,730
1,362
3,682
1,834
1,619
1,854
1,496
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3,776
1,516
974
1,759
1,349
4,162
1,972
1,721
1,993
1,461
8
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3,271
1,562
924
1,692
1,236
3,810
1,681
1,468
1,707
1,247
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3,862
1,493
839
1,599
1,225
3,825
1,617
1,868
1,651
1,217
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4,412
2,396
1,310
2,535
1,978
4,672
2,685
2,283
2,717
1,991
11
13
3,850
1,513
941
1,750
1,279
3,959
1,886
1,666
1,901
],487
13
13
5,779
2,136
1,414
2,500
1,899
5,752
2,520
2,284
2,549
1,927
13
14
4,983
2,525
1,653
2,729
2,013
5,406
2,740
2,391
2,763
2,078
14
15
3,935
1,966
1,291
2,153
1,576
4,130
2,209
1,960
2,249
1,588
15
16
4,764
1,933
1,223
2,094
1,548
4,779
2,093
1,854
2,109
1,596
16
17
3,889
2,030
1,266
2,198
1,Y05
3,967
2,220
1,915
2,251
1,700
IT
18
8,601
2,146
1,164
2,274
1,772
3,670
2,304
1,926
2,889
1,738
18
19
5,846
2,403
1,375
2,717
1,988
5,492
2,625
2,241
2,664
1,897
19
20
4,884
2,589
1,590
2,933
2,300
4,985
2,946
2,56.>
2,971 '
2,258
SO
31
3,750
2,389
1,400
2,505
1,911
3,929
2,580
2,159
2,572
1,958
31
33
3,521
1,389
794
1,582
1,204
3,711
1,747
1,514
1,774
1,271
33
33
3,555
2,271
1,189
2,378
1,749
3,740
2,482
2,052
2,507
1,806
33
24
4,509
2,944
1,406
8,051
2,276
4,696
3,151
2,667
3,194
2,311
34
35
1,991
1,169
685
1,807
1,054
2,036
1,439
1,196
1,476
1,069
35
Tot'l
99,711
48,831
29,219
53,566
40,170
102,725
55,481
47,734
56,198
41,288
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Women registered in 1881, 748, of whom 640 voted.
"Women registered in 1882, 567, of whom 498 voted.
POLLS AND VOTES.
195
ASSESSED POLLS, KEOISTKATION, ANT) VOTES, 1883-84,
As Keported by the Registrars of Voters.
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4,332
2,647
2,390
2,665
2,155
4,523
2,790
2,490
2,776
2,096
1
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4,197
2,553
2,305
2,605
2,098
4,278
2,559
2,287
2,575
2,016
3
3
3,374
2,382
2,227
2,433
1,973
3,444
2,499
2,255
2,524
1,973
3
4
3,461
2,269
2,087
2,285
1,782
3,618
2,374
2,141
2,338
1,740
4
5
3,570
2,363
2,133
•2,379
1,933
8,590
2,462
2,186
2,445
1,951
5
6
4,691
2,202
2,009
2,215
1,854
4,553
2,186
1,996
2,198
1,821
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3,874
2,016
1,855
2,043
1,734
3,691
1,904
1,712
1,902
1,506
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4,369
2,282
2,035
2,300
1,834
4,587
2,358
2,085
2,381
1,883
S
9
3,448
2,042
1,814
2,049
1,650
3,626
2,058
1,830
2,032
1,588
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4,001
1,903
1,737
1,929
1,591
4,069
1,919
1,689
1,916
1,460
1»
11
5,115
3,240
2,942
3,258
2,709
5,471
3,352
2,911
3,333
2,580
11
13
4,325
2,301
2,066
2,333
1,929
4,239
2,218
1,945
2,222
1,777
13
13
6,585
3,120
2,863
3,159
2,758
6,511
3,078
2,735
3,086
2,545
13
14
5,539
3,174
2,919
3,207
2,688
5,936
3,351
3,031
3,347
2,757
14
15
4,279
2,525
2,282
2,556
2,110
4,382
2,548
2,253
2,564
2,085
15
16
5,035
2,601
2,281
2,510
2,106
5,138
2,483
2,214
2,495
1,984
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17
4,098
2,568
2,336
2,602
2,123
4,253
2,660
2,359
2,682
2,079
17
18
3,831
2,614
2,354
2,642
2,206
3,901
2,634
2,335
2,598
2,038
18
19
5,795
3,103
2,837
3,146
2,475
5,940
3,032
2,676
3,050
2,337
19
30
5,340
3,344
3,077
3,400
2,867
5,512
3,403
2,060
3,410
2,713
1 20
21
4,229
3,010
2,757
3,025
2,541
4,371
3,134
2,777
3,129
2,448
31
23
3,839
2,105
1,918
2,122
1,717
4,176
2,129
1,899
2,148
1,729
33
33
4,016
2,797
2,556
2,792
2,316
4,237
3,006
2,677
3,019
2,358
33
24
5,036
3,552
3,232
3,578
2,994
5,225
3,721
3,321
3,694
2,916
34
25
2,196
1,608
1,431
1,623
1,301
2,362
1,716
1,504
1,721
1,282
25
Tot'l
108,575
64,221
58,443
64,856
53,444
111,633
65,574
58,368
65,585
51,662
Tot'l
Women registered in 1883, 701, of whom 650 voted.
Women registered in 1884, 1,119, of whom 1,026 voted.
Total Boston vote for Governor, 1884, 58,748.
196
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION^, AND VOTES, 1885-86,
As Reported by the Reg-istrars of Voters.
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4,542
2,490
1,684
2,602
2,052
4,489
2,433
1,823
2,669
2,189
1
2
4,313
2,203
1,597
2,323
1,883
4,269
2,049
1,665
2,325
1,985
3
3
3,511
2,282
1,731
2,327
1,705
3,466
2,212
1,858
2,251
1,729
3
4
3,713
2,129
1,531
2,167
1,481
3,628
2,043
1,677
2,084
1,534
4
5
3,595
2,201
1,660
2,249
1,644
3,671
2,186
1,827
2,241
1,771
5
6
4,369
1,836
1,377
1,885
1,489
4,129
1,648
1,348
1,702
1,377
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3,605
1,519
1,202
1,563
1,209
3,548
1,433
1,210
1,478
1,216
T
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4,414
2,009
1,497
2,057
1,504
4,298
1,877
1,561
1,924
1,546
8
9
3,542
1,678
1,247
1,713
1,292
3,596
1,685
1,393
1,724
1,344
9
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3,889
1,569
1,191
1,607
1,205
3,697
1,404
1,142
1,433
1,112
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5,456
2,821
1,861
2,854
2,036
5,488
2,750
2,238
2,782
2,099
11
13
3,944
1,678
1,279
1,749
1,334
3,809
1,643
1,376
1,720
1,365
13
13
6,808
2,513
1,881
2,711
2,185
6,640
2,577
2,020
2,757
2,203
13
14
6,033
3,004
2,305
3,070
2,344
5,962
2,860
2,323
2,934
2,269
14
15
4,394
2,173
1,572
2,269
1,765
4,412
2,148
1,757
2,217
1,822
15
16
5,080
1,979
1,405
2,084
1,518
5,090
1,843
1,486
1,885
1,486
16
17
4,186
2,239
1,665
2,272
1,683
4,329
2,086
1,715
2,181
1,725
IT
18
3,904
2,310
1,713
2,333
1,735
3,812
2,154
1,816
2,170
1,727
18
19
5,915
2,478
1,792
2,604
1,957
6,119
2,487
1,986
2,625
2,070
19
30
5,657
3,192
2,414
3,285
2,497
5,830
3,124
2,604
3,199
2,510
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31
4,497
2,898
2,029
2,956
2,212
4,713
2,942
2,417
2,948
2,307
21
33
4,472
1,865
1,326
1,987
1,542
4,458
1,928
1,571
2,003
1,537
33
33
4,473
2,761
1,949
2,891
2,291
4.828
2,914
2,356
3,042
2,438
33
34
5,492
3,519
2,537
3,584
2,716
5,830
3,578
2,892
3,603
2,849
34
35
•2,438
1,635
1,238
1,695
1,403
2,465
1,724
1,406
1,756
1,457
25
Total
112,242
56,981
41,683
58,837
44,682
112,667
55,728
45,467
57,653
45,667
Tot'l
Women registered in 1885, 2,238, of whom 2,062 voted.
Women registered in 1886, 1,193, of whom 878 voted.
In 1886 there were in addition 40 scattering votes for Mayor.
POLLS AND VOTES.
197
ASSESSED POLLS, KIXilSTKA 1 ION, ANI> VOTES, IH87-SS,
As Keportcd by tlie llegistrars of Voters.
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4,678
2,770
2,239
2,843
2,394
4,989
3,200
2,845
3,289
2,844
1
2
4,305
2,469
2,121
2,529
2,109
4,602
2,637
2,365
2,716
2,376
2
3
3,649
2,279
1,920
2,316
1,874
3,703
2,530
2,288
2,585
2,180
3
4
3,752
2,123
1,765
2,154
1,694
3,836
2,493
2,233
2,527
2,106
4
5
3,686
2,186
1,827
2,207
1,787
3,786
2,444
2,215
2,525
2,174
5
6
4,058
1,723
1,464
1,761
1,445
4,358
2,016
1,784
2,051
1,839
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3,405
1,572
1,334
1,640
1,328
3,769
1,773
1,535
1,814
1,574
r
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4,385
2,180
1,882
2,230
1,785
4,501
2,403
2,154
2,449
2,046
8
9
3,614
1,737
1,401
1,772
1,441
3,724
1,997
1,797
2,032
1,687
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3,496
1,337
1,082
1,378
1,126
3,461
1,652
1,462
1,689
1,390
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5,998
3,011
2,378
3,060
2,534
6,383
3,949
3,563
4,028
3,336
11
13
3,817
1,880
1,627
1,909
1,609
4,050
2,145
1,905
2,212
1,898
12
13
6,376
2,74,4
2,165
2,825
2,465
6,735
3,285
2,914
3,342
2,959
13
14
6,495
3,115
2,564
3,232
2,700
6,889
3,941
3,574
4,026
3,534
14
15
4,443
2,242
1,827
2,319
1,935
4,728
2,809
2,586
2,851
2,545
15
16
5,237
1,988
1,709
2,074
1,668
5,696
2,492
2,169
2,553
2,200
16
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4,541
2,296
1,943
2,399
2,020
4,721
2,875
2,642
2,938
2,534
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18
3,941
2,233
1,833
2,287
1,898
4,219
2,737
2,514
2,766
2,347
18
19
6,412
2,678
2,098
2,742
2,281
6,920
3,388
3,078
3,483
3,015
19
20
6,169
3,295
2,708
3,432
2,937
6,559
4,090
3,761
4,190
3,695
20
21
4,920
3,084
2,553
3,195
2,754
5,319
3,812
3,456
3,878
3,357
21
32
4,398
2,195
1,749
2,262
1,933
4,691
2,688
2,410
2,749
2,354
22
23
5,177
3,224
2,577
3,410
■2,970
5,777
4,038
3,756
4,156
3,636
23
24
6,250
3,878
3,040
3,969
3,342
6,856
4,609
4,245
4,682
4,057
24
25
2,734
1,974
1,617
2,055
1,791
2,942
2,112
1,918
2,135
1 ,865
25
Total
115,996
60,213
49,423
62,000
51,820
123,213
72,115
65,169
73,666
63,548
Tota
Total Boston vote for Governor, in 1888, 64,923.
Women registered in 1887, 837, of wbom 725 voted.
Women registered in 18S0, 20,252, of whom 19,490 voted.
198
MUISTOIPAI. KEO^ISTEE.
ASSESSED POLI.S, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 1889,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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3,086
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1,359
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2,330
3,208
1,701
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2,560
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4,517
2,505
1,287
588
37
1,912
2,590
795
1,264
2,059
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3,710
2,414
1,056
710
59
1,825
2,493
966
1,007
1,973
3
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3,841
2,322
860
828
60
1,748
2,368
1,081
739
1,820
4
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3,893
2,390
1,032
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1,892
2,464
1,043
912
1,955
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4,444
1,800
1,099
254
26
1,379
1,997
320
1,344
1,664
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3,581
1,493
852
237
17
1,106
1,601
344
976
1,320
1. T
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4,411
2,137
1,221
470
30
1,721
2,218
677
1,182
1,859
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3,640
1,818
579
699
55
1,333
1,900
1,046
427
1,473
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3,196
1,365
412
619
30
1,061
1,444
840
291
1,131
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6,599
3,784
1,115
1,623
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2,827
3,856
2,373
486
2,859
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3,826
1,855
1,084
386
29
1,499
1,949
469
1,137
1,606
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6,243
2,955
1,904
342
20
2,266
3,091
433
2,250
2,683
13
14
7,155
3,867
1,601
1,381
95
3,077
4,013
1,826
1,542
3,368
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4,738
2,668
1,265
802
50
2,117
2,736
1,080
1,171
2,251
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5,528
2,189
1,151
543
44
1,738
2,218
756
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1,755
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4,756
2,519
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999
66
2,007
2,636
1,315
767
2,082
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4,097
2,472
647
1,181
78
1,906
2,518
1,615
385
2,000
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6,833
3,223
1,481
815
64
2,360
3,366
1,314
1,401
2,715
. 19
20 .
6,687
3,912
1,724
],2"8
67
3,069
4,032
1,741
1,550
3,291
. 20
21 .
5,629
3,769
1,098
1,723
110
2,931
3,822
2,305
757
3,062
. 21
22 .
5,020 '
2,643
1,350
625
24
1,999
2,704
990
1,193
2,183
. 22
23 .
6,151
4,079
1,412
1,525
171
3,108
4,172
2,270
i,141
3,411
. 23
24 .
7,314
4,607
1,407
2,056
121
3,584
4,794
2,791
1,151
3,942
. 24
25 .
3,205
2,112
829
800
54
1,683
2,154
1,042
742
1,784
. 25
Total
124,148
67,984
28,308
22,654
1,516
52,478
70,344
31,133
25,673
56,806
71
Total
Scat's
56,877
Gr'nd
Total
Proportion of registered men who voted for G-overnor 77.33 per cent.
" " " " " " " Mayor 80.86 per cent.
Vote for license, December 10, 27,134; against license, 17,875.
Women re,gistered in 1889, 10,589, of whom 10,051, or 94.92 per cent., voted, casting 10,058 ballots.
Ballots cast, December 10, 57,893.
POLLS AND VOTES.
199
ASSESSED POT.LS, RFXIISTKA J ION, AND VOTES, 1 SIX),
As Keported by the liej? istrars of Voters.
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(U -00
a
o
5^ ■
03
VOT
1 FOR
Nov. 4
GOVEBNOB,
, 1890.
a
1. o
6
Vote
FOR Mayor
9, 1890.
Deo.
03
1
2
pa
a
5
i
o
.a
p.
a
02
o
a
1.
5,311
2,952
1,058
1,142
78
2,278
3,144
1,175
1,374
56
2,605
. . . 1
2.
4,694
2,380
1,432
459
59
1,950
2,578
1,519
598
28
2,145
... 3
S
3,659
2,458
1,278
686
64
2,028
2,500
1,216
670
66
1,952
... 3
4.
3,797
2,161
1,005
735
59
1,799
2,256
911
832
43
1,786
... 4
S.
8,817
2,384
1,208
724
51
1,983
2,411
1,143
713
56
1,912
... .5
«.
4,910
1,844
1,310
188
10
1,508
1,921
1,274
270
11
1,555
. . . e
T .
3,572
1,372
941
146
17
1,104
1,417
902
185
18
1,105
. . . T
S .
4,416
1,919
1,236
346
30
1,612
1,994
1,176
339
23
1,538
... 8
9.
3,763
1,786
696
701
54
1,451
1,815
628
575
72
1,275
... 9
lO.
3,120
1,283
497
535
30
1,062
1,825
441
466
62
969
. . .lO
11 .
6,668
3,811
1,493
1,620
79
3,192
3,981
1,343
1,128
241
2,712
... 11
12 .
3,594
1,619
996
207
27
1,230
1,644
1,071
266
21
1,358
... 12
13 .
6,111
2,551
1,896
191
14
2,101
2,685
1,937
250
7
2,194
. . .13
14 .
7,404
3,770
1,975
1,117
87
3,179
8,993
2,094
1,247
66
8,407
. . .14
15 .
4,783
2,545
1,884
578
59
2,021
2,652
1,454
695
42
2,191
... 1.5
16 .
5,508
1,980
1,199
377
37
1,613
2,064
1,138
464
28
1,630
. . .16
17 .
4,737
2,364
1,098
866
63
2,027
2,473
1,085
801
86
1,973
. . .17
18 .
4,044
2,240
794
1,006
62
1,862
2,298
728
881
126
1,735
... 18
19.
7,021
3,047
1,704
698
98
2,500
8,220
1,698
913
44
2,655
... 19
30 .
6,948
3,817
2,031
1,153
88
3,272
3,920
1,882
1,128
119
8,129
. . .2©
21 .
6,039
3,696
1,424
1,552
139
3,115
3,814
1,284
1,550
238
3,072
... 21
22.
5,386
2,726
1,663
544
42
2,249
2,813
1,619
648
60
2,322
, . 22
23.
6,553
3,949
1,762
1,325
67
3,154
4,088
1,782
1,159
205
8,146
... 23
24.
7,655
4,680
1,873
1,947
127
3,947
4,842
1,682
2,046
223
8,951
. . .24
25.
3,598
2,200
1,021
783
48
1,847
2,302
1,027
764
102
1,893
... 2.5
Total .
127,103
65,534
32,974
19,626
1,484
.54,084
68,100
32,210
19,957
2,043
54,210
. Total
4
44
. Scat'g
■Grand
Total
54,088
54,254
Grand
Total.
200
MUNICIPAL EEGISTER.
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
o
a
—
CI
o
C
aj
a
a
o
O
o
a
p
1
si
1
Q
o
<
1.
675
599
39
1,156
842
671
812
16
548
847
15
3
1
a. .
922
254
25
608
1,280
1,016
388
27
956
389
6
a
3. .
658
518
1,051
861
730
632
33
711
596
41
20
3
4. .
438
513
1,056
580
490
634
13
471
600
23
4
5. .
693
520
1
953
827
716
582
5
712
606
14
2
5
6. .
1,505
101
10
352
1,648
1,298
263
18
1,133
262
9
41
6
T. .
1,071
269
3
325
1,623
1,271
279
26
1,170
219
11
26
7
8 . .
724
390
10
660
1,070
963
476
9
879
380
23
17
8
9. .
390
728
38
1,273
516
395
973
10
458
809
14
9
9
lO. .
388
698
17
1,079
500
435
870
29
445
754
20
5
lO
11. .
434
1,064
11
1,569
468
407
1,370
24
527
1,1-88
10
3
1I_
la . .
926
292
438
1,521
1,260
373
21
1,036
326
16
11
la
13 . .
1,047
143
6
405
1,912
1,489
281
24
1,346
204
31
13
13
14. .
697
623
23
1,434
918
809
1,035
13
797
861
43
8
14
15 . .
568
485
21
992
893
762
632
10
628
592
12
13
15
le. .
695
373
12
804
925
962
544
27
883
435
20
21
16
IT. .
536
863
15
1,279
677
624
968
17
653
868
15
8
17
18. .
324
1,143
7
1,647
402
372
1,309
5
463
1,073
4
7
18
19. .
832
428
801
1,227
1,155
564
36
953
464
37
38
19
ao. .
773
641
10
1,099
1,162
1,144
797
16
1,030
706
2
20
30
ai . .
351
942
11
1,619
409
395
1,258
10
487
1,057
7
10
31
aa. .
475
832
1
558
782
686
240
32
702
306
9
17
33
a3 . .
556
728
8
1,322
737
615
1,002
6
601
884
10
58
33
34. .
446
821
8
2,034
556
561
1,326
1
650
1,246
3
5
34
35. .
438
314
15
576
556
450
389
12
458
411
4
35
Total
16,562
13,782
266
25,090
22,892
19,676
18,003
440
18,697
16,083
399
355
Total
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
201
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
1880. 1881. 1882.* 1883.* 1884.*
Ph
1 .
2 .
3 .
4 .
5 .
6 .
7 .
8 ,
9 .
10 .
11 .
la .
13 .
14 .
15 .
16 .
17 .
18 .
19 .
SO .
21 .
22 .
23 .
24 .
25 .
Total
571
975
752
538
775
1,292
1,224
992
425
473
472
1,128
1,645
926
804
1,132
754
405
1,380
1,301
463
791
684
699
511
21,112
1,055
529
735
808
644
333
294
494
922
907
1,433
375
299
1,112
833
663
1,038
1,434
673
1,019
1,396
406
1,055
1,580
494
20,531
b
979
509
707
760
698
314
299
471
856
927
1,655
401
373
1,154
794
657
992
1,411
580
964
1,293
401
1,063
1,611
560
20,429
481
948
737
538
808
1,260
1,063
875
379
297
323
878
1,526
859
782
889
713
361
1,408
1,336
618
800
686
665
494
19,724
559
1,143
911
594
858
1,328
1,235
1,069
391
382
350
1,031
1,653
1,044
885
1,051
735
354
1,353
1,308
613
932
680
1,080
547
647
656
663
261
261
392
856
835
1,641
406
274
1,034
703
545
965
1,384
544
950
1,340
339
1,126
1,612
514
21,71319,575
a
1,525
786
885
1,072
971
250
315
546
1,141
1,163
2,263
547
330
1.
l,o:«
800
1,308
1,817
979
1,424
1,992
592
1,532
2,186
650
630
1,312
1,1
710
962
1,604
1,419
1,288
509
428
446
1,382
2,428
1,299
1,079
1,306
815
389
1,496
1,443
549
1,125
784
27,494 25,950
738
1,382
1,177
783
1,083
1,623
1,264
1,435
606
482
544
1,336
2,282
1,510
1,232
1,305
816
406
1,519
1,494
623
1,230
995
886
743
27,494
1,358
634
796
957
868
198
242
448
982
978
2,036
441
263
1,247
853
679
1,263
1,632
818
1,219
1,825
499
1,363
2,030
539
24,168
1
2
3
4r
5
6
r
8
9
la
11
12
13
14
15
Ifr
ir
18
1»
20
21
2a
23
24
25^
Total
* As reported by the Registrars of Voters.
202
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
VOTE FOK MAYOR.
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
d
<
a
o
5
d
.2
M
6
1
a
.2
m
6
S
CO
ra
a
.2
cS '
6
■e
^
1 .
833
1,219
747
1,252
190
803
1,591
1,853
991
1,701
859
1
3 .
1,373
510
1,401
499
85
1,481
628
783
1,593
795
1,264
3
3 .
1,050
655
919
640
170
1,053
821
1,085
1,095
966
1,007
3
4 .
768
713
705
724
105
791
903
1,303
803
1,081
739
4
5 .
992
652
987
688
96
966
819
1,207
967
1,043
912
5
« .
1,286
203
1,104
142
131
1,257
188
325
1,514
320
1,344
6
V .
941
268
904
185
127
1,073
255
398
1,176
344
976
7
8 .
1,166
338
1,123
320
103
1,341
444
603
1,443
677
1,182
8
9 .
587
705
491
803
50
433
1,008
1,166
521
1,046
427
9
ID .
595
610
395
673
44
349
777
1,013
377
840
291
lO
11 .
798
1,238
577
1,471
51
422
2,112
2,721
615
2,373
486
11
13 .
1,069
265
927
320
118
1,238
371
518
1,380
469
1,137
13
13 .
1,972
213
1,689
183
331
2,221
244
298
2,661
433
2,250
13
14 .
1,384
960
1,036
926
307
1,400
1,300
1,762
1,772
1,826
1,542
14
15 .
1,132
683
964
621
237
1.158
777
1,051
1,494
1,080
1,171
15
16 .
1,113
400
1,002
356
128
1,128
539
806
1,394
756
999
16
17 .
824
859
789
851
85
872
1,147
1,505
1,029
1,315
767
17
18 ,
571
1,164
476
1,205
46
409
1,489
1,802
545
1,615
385
18
lO .
1,440
517
1,345
476
249
1,452
829
1,262
1,753
1,314
1,401
19
20 .
1,545
952
1,404
889
217
1,601
1,336
1,785
1,960
1,741
1,550
30
21 .
805
1,407
713
1,505
89
719
2,035
2,496
861
2,305
757
31
23 .
1,142
400
1,077
337
123
1,347
586
808
1,546
990
1,193
33
23 .
1,287
1,004
1,053
1,241
144
1,212
1,767
2,383
1,253
2,270
1,141
33
34 .
1,169
1,547
888
1,746
215
996
2,346
2,888
1,169
2,791
1,151
34
35 .
848
555
710
633
114
914
877
941
924
1,042
742
35
Total
26,690
17,992
23,426
18,686
3,555
26,636
25,179
32,712
30,836
31,133 25,673
Total.
For Vote for Mayor, 1890, see page 199.
VOTE rmi PRESTDRNT.
203
VOTE FOK PKESIDENT.
1876.
1880.
1884.*
1888.*
p
PS
n
2
pi
a
O
1
w
2
O
n
5
c
.a
o
a
a
J
a
5
d
o
1
1. .
863
1,064
832
1,286
1,038
1,263
113
76
1,101
1,706
38
1
a. .
1,227
553
1,326
675
1,503
642
115
27
1,641
714
10
3
3. .
973
898
1,085
850
1,287
776
144
48
1,360
903
25
3
4. .
813
895
817
998
985
931
166
59
1,135
1,068
30
4
5. .
1,051
766
1,078
769
1,223
833
85
45
1,221
956
38
5
6. .
1,637
334
1,581
310
1,499
302
174
21
1,507
270
7
6
T. .
1,307
328
1,475
344
1,193
281
230
8
1,197
324
14
T
8 . .
987
567
1,129
581
1,432
469
161
23
1,538
610
5
8
9. .
611
1,141
529
1,107
895
860
40
35
743
1,022
28
9
lO. .
606
885
641
1,126
844
718
76
51
612
817
33
lO
11. .
734
1,207
635
1,839
1,414
1,340
82
75
1,377
2,139
47
11
13. .
1,211
490
1,361
476
1,248
466
206
25
1,406
475
16
13
13 - .
1,529
228
2,259
394
2,113
315
304
3
2,592
320
2
13
14. .
985
1,064
1,327
1,421
1,540
1,195
243
53
1,917
1,625
32
14
15. .
836
770
1,127
1,035
1,285
796
147
25
1,593
977
16
15
16. .
890
634
1,352
840
1,391
608
174
41
1,491
642
34
16
IT . .
802
1,128
977
1,303
1,092
1,037
164
66
1,294
1,299
49
17
18 . .
617
1,399
595
1,722
921
1,282
63
69
916
1,552
46
18
19. .
1,132
608
1,771
980
1,636
732
254
54
2,001
1,053
24
19
SO. .
1,043
885
1,606
1,232
1,844
986
162
68
2,212
1,518
31
30
21. .
573
1,311
662
1,728
1,155
1,413
99
110
1,339
2,064
53
31
aa. .
728
407
926
589
1,195
456
220
28
1,720
684
6
33
33. .
991
1,039
903
1,394
1.491
1,024
97
65
1,930
1,726
100
33
34. .
900
1,354
952
1,951
1,496
1,525
148
152
1,755
2,417
73
34
35. .
628
481
475
600
852
, 577
51
24
1,017
881
20
35
Total
23,684
20,436
27,421
25,550
32,572
20,827
3,718
1,251
36,615
27,762
777
Total
' As reported by the Registrars of Voters.
204
mu:nicipal register.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1883.
1883.
1884.
1885.
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pa
ft
o
m
1
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1
1
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1
111
6
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02
3
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6
1
a
o
a
1
1
si
_a
'C
H
o
I
991
903
5
940
1,438
12
878
1,457
65
2,511
626
1,035
23
1
3
1,552
396
4
1,579
718
8
1,423
727
112
25
2,287
1,157
436
4
3
»
1,343
527
11
1,375
846
6
1,197
877
142
44
2,260
1,056
655
20
3
4
946
625
17
1,124
956
7
923
979
155
52
2,109
745
768
18
4
5
1,189
565
14
1,264
862
7
1,162
906
80
33
2,181
971
665
24
5
6
1,619
180
3
1,734
273
2
1,493
306
178
21
1,998
1,219
155
3
6
T
1,420
197
2
1,561
294
0
1,165
303
263
7
1,738
987
214
1
r
8
1,397
318
6
1,540
492
3
1,381
516
162
21
2,080
1,183
298
16
8
9
627
824
12
678
1,128
8
732
1,057
40
26
1,855
467
759
21
9
lO
672
687
9
656
1,075
6
669
949
76
33
1,727
460
705
26
lO
H
787
1,484
12
768
2,159
15
978
1,857
79
46
2,960
499
1,349
13
11
12
1,375
281
10
1,579
480
7
1,204
512
204
22
1,942
1,000
260
19
13
13
2,077
206
1
2,535
326
2
2,089
325
310
3
2,727
1,691
183
7
13
14
1,488
895
8
1,568
1,341
10
1,393
1,356
243
45
3,037
1,276
1,019
10
14
15
1,313
641
6
1,282
998
2
1,200
920
147
20
2,287
968
603
1
15
16
1,427
419
8
1,562
712
7
1,363
704
196
40
2,303
1,009
379
17
16
IT
1,067
830
18
1,073
1,255
8
926
1,250
163
47
2,386
725
917
23
It
18
710
1,199
17
658
1,686
10
674
1,598
62
45
2,379
455
1,229
29
18
19
1,793
423
25
1,919
902
16
1,524
863
258
46
2,691
1,263
504
25
19
30
1,664
887
14
1,782
1,288
7
1,607
1,261
155
48
3,071
1,401
985
28
20
31
844
1,302
13
833
1,910
14
869
1,751
99
82
2,801
563
1,439
27
21
32
1,221
284
9
1,355
561
2
1,125
530
220
23
1,898
940
384
2
23
3.S
1,003
1,039
10
1,037
1,507
12
1,169
1,377
95
56
2,697
837
1,091
21
33
34
1,142
1,506
19
1,119
2,090
23
1,U5
1,955
132
108
3,310
871
1,637
29
34
35
707
487
2
770
661
1 0
798
645
51
19
1.513
632
601
4
35
Total
30,374
17,105
255
32,291
25,958
194
29,057
24,981
3,733
977
58,748
23,002
18,27C
411
Total
VOTE FOR GOVEKNOR.
205
VOTl<: FOR GOVEKNOR,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1880.
188T.
1888.
1880.
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1
703
1,098
22
803
1,403
24
1,187
1,564
64
2,816
900
1,359
71
1
2
1,240
419
6
1,558
555
5
1,650
699
13
2,362
1,287
588
37
3
3
1,127
718
13
1,177
698
45
1,424
802
44
2,274
1,056
710
59
3
4
813
843
21
909
806
50
1,171
979
49
2,199
860
828
60
4
5
1,099
708
20
1,083
683
58
1,268
886
47
2,201
1,032
811
49
5
6
1,144
200
4
1,291
156
12
1,505
264
10
1,779
1,099
254
26
6
7
1,029
175
6
1,143
178
13
1,196
348
14
1,558
852
237
17
T
8
1,184
366
11
1,453
415
10
1,543
598
7
2,149
1,221
470
30
8
9
634
732
27
420
931
47
741
1,001
49
1,791
579
699
55
9
ID
523
607
12
351
681
43
620
804
39
1,463
412
619
30
lO
11
962
1,261
15
460
1,808
95
1,292
2,252
51
3,596
1,115
1,623
89
11
13
1,090
274
12
1,271
329
16
1,416
477
19
1,912
1,084
386
29
13
13
1,784
231
5
1,904
226
1
2,602
317
3
2,923
1,904
342
20
13
14
1,277
1,030
16
1,404
1,085
54
1,933
1,539
65
3,538
1,601
1,381
95
14
15
1,080
666
11
1,153
650
20
1,610
920
25
2,555
1,265
802
50
15
16
1,107
359
20
1,248
412
42
1,497
656
36
2,190
1,151
543
44
IG
IT
869
822
24
892
990
47
1,285
1,292
64
2,641
942
999
66
IT
18
613
1,173
30
454
1,306
66
895
1,548
51
2,494
647
1,181
78
18
19
1,436
536
14
1,453
576
44
1,992
998
31
3,021
1,481
815
64
19
20
1,646
934
24
1,524
1,123
47
2,218
1,470
47
3,739
1,724
1,278
67
30
31
927
1,472
18
690
1,781
69
1,298
2,082
66
3,458
1,098
1,723
110
31
33
1,180
384
7
1,238
494
15
1,720
667
16
2.403
1,350
625
24
33
33
1,164
1,098
94
1,072
1,317
171
1,904
1,733
109
3,746
1,412
1,525
171
33
34
1,236
1,618
38
924
1,967
86
1,672
2,435
87
4,207
1,407
2,056
121
34
35
766
628
12
790
804
23
1,020
867
21
1,908
829
800
54
35
Total
26,633
18,352
482
26,665
21,374
1,103
36,659
27,198
1,027
64,923
28,308
22,654
1,516
Total
* In the total are included 39 scattering votes.
For Vote for Governor, 1890, see page 199.
206
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
WOMEN REGISTERED AND VOTING FOR SCHOOL
COMMITTEE,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1883.
1883.
1884.
1885.
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59
58
56
52
60
47
47
46
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54
54
54
182
172
1
3 .
19
19
17
17
17
15
16
14
13
12
24
23
61
58
3
3 .
18
17
7
6
9
9
. 10
8
6
6
26
23
80
75
3
4 .
16
14
11
7
13
9
8
8
21
21
45
42
77
74
4
5 .
17
15
11
9
12
9
10
9
24
22
50
48
124
116
5
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6
6
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
216
201
6
7 .
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
17
17
7
8 .
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
7
7
51
43
8
9 .
45
41
49
43
48
37
30
22
30
25
73
71
90
83
9
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37
32
29
29
23
22
16
14
19
17
43
39
56
51
lO
11 .
92
85
67
57
65
51
44
37
53
46
100
87
123
110
11
13 .
8
8
11
11
11
11
12
10
10
10
13
13
36
32
13
IS .
6
6
7
5
8
7
6
6
5
5
8
8
49
40
13
14 .
44
44
39
36
44
38
35
31
36
32
39
39
58
51
14
15 .
44
41
26
26
35
32
28
26
27
26
31
30
44
43
15
16 .
16
16
9
8
11
11
9
9
16
15
25
25
65
60
16
17 .
68
63
51
43
40
39
32
31
43
42
56
51
68
64
17
18 .
89
78
58
51
53
44
32
29
55
51
111
102
157
139
18
19 .
23
23
17
15
18
17
14
12
14
11
17
17
64
60
19
30 .
40
38
25
22
20
14
16
14
36
36
58
52
81
72
ao
31 .
142
136
109
100
97
86
68
63
82
73
119
108
197
186
31
33 .
10
10
10
8
9
4
7
5
5
5
6
5
68
62
33
33 .
89
86
83
73
75
66
61
48
69
63
89
71
92
90
33
34 .
87
84
69
61
64
60
56
49
70
68
110
98
122
106
34
35 .
8
989
8
934
4
772
4
688
10
748
8
640
5
567
4
498
7
701
6
650
12
11
60
57
35
Total
1,119
1,026
2,238
2,062
Total
* This column has not been officially verified.
WOMEN VOTING.
207
WOMEN KKGISTEIJF.D ANI> VOTING FOR SCHOOI^
COMMITTEE,
As Keported by tlie Keg-istravs of Voters.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
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1, . .
76
72
1,138
1,123
1,076
87
694
653
587
557
1
2 . . .
20
17
18
15
745
623
607
25
■-21
195
130
123
2
3. . .
30
24
10
7
1,028
973
945
37
422
407
331
307
3
4. . .
42
37
23
20
918
849
826
43
450
431
335
315
4
5. . .
45
39
11
11
742
670
653
40
364
355
242
224
5
6 . . .
177
16
18
4
1,475
851
821
4
44
37
24
21
6
T. . .
4
2
4
2
540
275
268
13
32
28
25
20
7
8. . .
6
4
5
4
524
391
380
18
108
104
72
65
8
9, . .'
45
33
27
23
718
591
565
48
366
351
254
243
9
lO. . .
30
28
30
25
388
297
279
24
160
142
89
84
lO
11 . . .
85
72
93
84
948
866
824
120
562
565
425
394
H
12 . . .
14
9
9
5
658
456
442
38
135
121
75
71
13
13. . .
6
6
4
4
1,006
695
680
37
101
80
48
43
13
14. . .
30
27
36
34
1,600
1,464
1,420
152
811
782
632
595
14
15 . . .
24
22
24
24
1,111
1,006
985
47
405
387
301
286
15
16. . .
38
27
21
9
575
427
407
34
187
169
112
109
16
17. . .
44
41
39
38
872
752
729
69
431
400
320
307
17
18 . . .
83
76
72
65
889
860
815
93
550
519
404
375
18
19. . .
17
16
14
12
970
711
6S9
71
374
363
252
236
19
20. . .
46
35
34
29
1,353
1,207
1,159
117
699
666
521
491
20
21. . .
114
94
101
90
1,459
1,500
1,427
172
1,148
1,096
904
850
21
22. . .
13
8
8
7
693
516
491
42
255
258
252
236
32
23. . .
69
69
74
70
1,009
1,056
1,009
95
665
627
500
461
23
24. . .
89
67
79
68
1,639
1,721
1,634
166
1,129
1,057
834
783
24
25. . .
46
37
34
837
31
725
370
372
359
98
276
268
256
243
25
Total .
1,193
878
23,368
20,252
19,490
1,690
10,589
10,051
7,925
7,439
Total
In addition to the number assessed in 1888 for a poll tax, there were 2,400 women registered
on property tax bills.
In addition to the 1,690 women assessed in 1889 for a poll tax, there were 8,899 registered
on property or the poll tax of 1888.
INDEX.
INDEX.
I'Adh!
A
AccoiintH, CJounty, Commiltoo on. . . li'i
Aotiiig Mayor I'.l, 21
.'Vdjoiu'umont, AldeniuMi 71)
Common f\)uii(;il S3, 84, 85
Administration of affaiis 8
Aid, CoTnniitteo on State 95
payment of 145
AUlermanic Ttistriets 24
Aldermen, election of 10
vacancy 11, 12
powers and duties 19
to be surveyors of liiifh-
ways 20
meetings to be public 19
salary.-. 20
time of meetings 90
rules 69
order of business 71
names and residences 88
standing committees 71,95
special committees of 95
contested elections 175
Chairman. 19,174
clerk of board 21
Almshouses 142
Amendment of Rules and Orders... 73, 79
Ancient Records Department 109
Committee on 96
Annexations, dates of 6
Appointments, confirmation of 70
Appropriations 23
additions to 78
transfers of 23
Committee on 96
Area of city 184
Arboretum, Arnold 133
Architect Department 109
Committee on 96
Armories, Committee on 95
Art commission 109
Assessing Department 110
Committee on 96
Assessment districts Ill
Assessors, appointment of 22
Auditing Department 113
Committee on 96
County 114
Auditing Committee of Common
Council 87
B
Badges, special committee of Com-
mon Council on 104
Ballast, Inspection of vessels and 156
Committee on 97
Bark, etc., Measurers of 156
Bat-in Five, construction of, Com-
mittee on 101
Bath-houses 123
Beef, Weighers of 154
Bills, approval of refreshment 29, 79
Births, registry of 144
Bituminous coal, Committee on .... 102
I'AIJE
Board (.r Ili'altli 5.0, 12.'J
Hoard of I'olict', act eHtalilisliing. . . . 58
Board of Wurxey ... .37, 152
Boilers, etc., Weighers of 154
Honds, Committee on v, 95
Boston, sketch of its liistory 6
area 1S4
debt 185
population, from 1638 188
Boston Water Board 152
Boundary lines, Committee on 95
Boylston Fund, trustees 145
Bridge Division 146
Committee on 95
Bridges 147
to East Boston, Committee
on 102
Brighton, date of annexation, etc 0
municipal court 168
Building-limits 27,127
Buildings, Department for Inspec-
tion of 53, 127
Committee on 98
Buildings, Public 138
Committee on 99
Superintendent of 138
County, Committee on. . . . 95
Bundled Hay, Inspectors of 155
By-Laws 25
C
Cambridge, new bridge to 149
Carriage licenses. Inspector of 134
Carriage-hire, bills for 29, 79
Carriages and wagons 27
Celebration, 17tb June, Commitiee. . 102
4tb July, Committee ... 102
Labor day, Committee, 101
Cemeteries under Health Department, 124
Cemetery, Mount Hope 132
Committee on 97
Census of population 21 7
Chairman of Committees 69, 71, 81
of Board of Aldermen ... 69
Chancery, Masters in 164
Charcoal baskets, seizors of 145
Charlesbank 133
extension of sea-wall, stat-
ute 64
Charlestown, date of annexation, etc., 6
municipal court 168
Charter digest 7
City Architect 109
City Auditor 113
City Charter 7
HGCGlitGd >■■••■■•••■■••••>> 6
City Clerk Department 21, 114
Committee 96
City Collector. 52, 115
City Council, election of 8
organization 13
powers of 21,25
limited 29
members Ineligible to other
offices 29
212
MUNICIPAT. REGISTER.
PAGE
City Council, continXied.
Committees 73
Rules and Ordei's 73
present members 89
City CoHi'ts, Justices of 169
City Debt, amount of 185
City Engineer 115
City HaTl Extension, Committee on, 101
City Hall Library 115
City Hospital, Trustees 25, 28, 48, 126
staff 126
Committee 98
City Messenger Department 114
Committee on 96
City Officers, appointment of 15, 26, 105
terms of service 105
removal of 15
City Physician 123
City Prison, officers 135
City Registrar 144
City Seal 68
City Solicitor 129
City Survej'or 1 52
City Treasurer 52, 152
Claims, Committee on 96
Clerk, City 21, 111
Clerk of Committees Department. . . 115
Committee on... 96
Coal Weighers 154
Bituminous, Committee on, 102
Cochituate Water- Works 153
Collecting Department 115
Committee on 97
Committees, Clerk of 115
joint standing 73, 96
joint special 100
conference 76
reports 72, 77, 76
duties 74
of the whole 82
Chairman of 69, 71, 81
of Board of Aldermen 71, 95
of Common Council 81,104
Common, etc., not to be sold or leased, 24
highways not to be located
on 46
and public grounds 139
Common Council, election of 12
vacancies 12
sittings to be public 20
President of 20, 80, 90, 178
Clerk of 21, 80, 93
organization 20
quorum of 20, 81
powers 20
members 90
Rules and Orders of 80
time of meetings 80
Committees of. 81,104
how appointed 80
contested elections 179
Conference Committees 76
Confirmation of Mayor's appoint-
ments 70
Consolidation of Departments, Com-
mittee 101
Constables 136
Contingent Expenses, Committee on, 97, 104
Contracts 56
Conveyancers, City 129
Corporators 7
Corporate powers 22
Corporation Counsel 129
Correction, House of 143
County Accounts, Committee on. .. 95
Auditor.. 113, 166
Treasurer 152, 166
County, cojHinuecl.
Buildings, Committee on. .. 95
Commissioners, powers of. . 20
Officers 164
debt 185
Courts, Officers of 164
Court House, new, Committee on.. 96
Commissioners 170
Craigie bridge 28
Crossings, Railroad, Committee on
Dudley Bt 95
grade, O.C.R.R 100
Tremont st 101
grade. East Boston 101
grade. South Boston. . .. 102
grade. Causeway and Trav-
ers sts 102
Cullers of Hoops and Staves 156
D
Deaths, Registry of 144
Debt, City and County 185
Deeds, Register of 166
Departments, Committee on consoli-
dation of 101
Detention, House of 135
District Attorney 165
Dorchester, date of annexation, etc . . 6
municipal court 168
Drainage, Main 150
Drawbridges, closing of. Committee
on 103
Dudley-st. crossing. Committee on, 95
Durginville, Committee on improve-
ment of 101
E
East Boston District Court 167
Ferries 115
purchase of 115
tolls 115
bridge. Committee on ... . 102
Election, date of 8
Mayor 9
School Committee ......... 12
Aldermen 10
Couucilmen 12
Elections, Committee on 104
Electric Wires, Inspection of 128
Committee 95, 97
Engineering Department 115
Committee on 98
Engines, Committee on furnaces and, 95
Engines and officers 119
Estimates, Annual 18
Eulogies, Committee on 103
Executive Departments 105
powers 14
Expenditures, actual, 1875-91 185
F
Faneuil Hall, Committee on 95
not to be sold or leased ... 24
market 28, 132
Fence Viewers 155
Ferry Department 115
Committee on 98
P'ield Drivers 165
Finance, Committee on 98
Fire-alarm telegraph 121
Fire Department 117
Committee on 98
Districts 118
apparatus 119
Marshal 122
pensions to disabled mem-
bers 66
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Governor, votes for
Grade crossings, Coramiltee on Dnd
ley St
O.C. R.R., Prov. Div
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Tremont st
Causeway andTravers sts.,
Grade of streets
Grain, Measurers of
Grounds, Department of Public
Committee on
Superintendent
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Harbor Master
Islands
fortifications. Committee
Hai-vard Bridge
Hay, Inspectors and weighers. . ,
Hay Scales, Superintendents.. ..
Health Department
Committee on ,
Highwaj's, Surveyors of
Holidays, Schools
Homes for Paupers
Hoops and Staves, Cullers
Hospital Department
Committee on
Hospital, Lunatic .
Hospitals, r_,ying-in
House of Correction
Detention
Reformation
Industry
Houses, number of
Improved Sewerage
Industry, House of.
Insane hospital . .
Insolvency, Commissioners
Inspection of Buildings
Inspection of Prisons, Committee on.
Inspectors of Elections
of Hay and Straw
of Vessels and Ballast ....
of Petroleum, etc
of Lime
of Charcoal-baskets
of Provisions
of Milk and Vinegar
of Wires
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155
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139
135
135
103
149
155
156
122
98
20
161
143
156
126
98
143
124
143
135
142
142
187
150
142
143
165
53, 127
96
157
155
156
156
156
145
128
128
128
InstltiitioMs, I'lililic
CuniinlHhioiii'rs of
( 'ommittee on
InvcHtigation of Milk IiiHi)ector,
Coinmitlee on
Islands In City limits
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143
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Jamaica I'ond Aqueduct (Corpora-
tion 01
Janitors, School Committee to ap-
])oint ;'l
Joint Rules and Orders 73
CoiiimittcH! on 100
Joint Standing (Jommittees T.',, 96
cliaii'iiian 76
duties 74
records 76
reports 77
Joint Special Committees 76, 100
Judiciary Committee 81, 104
Justices, Police and Municipal Courts, 169
Labor Day, Coinmittee 101
Lamp Department 128
Committee on 98
Lamps, Committee on 95
Land, area of 184, 187
Vacant 187
Lands, Public, Committee on 99
Law Department 129
Committee on 98
Laying out streets Department 146
Committee on 99
Leather, upper. Measurers of 156
Legislative matters, Committee 98
Library Department 130
Committee on 99
Central and branches 130
new building 130
City Hall reference , 115
Licenses, by Aldermen 72
Committee on 95
Lime, Inspector of 156
Loans, how authorized 52
Lunatic Hospital 143
Lying-in Hospitals 124
M
Main Drainage
Marble, etc.. Surveyors of
Marine Park
Market Department
Committee on
Markets, Committee on
Marriages, etc.. Registry of
Marshal, Fire ...
Masters in Chancery
Mayor
election of
no choice
salary
vacancy
powers and duties
veto power
appointments by
' ' acting mayor "
votes for
committee on address, of .
terms of service
Measurers of "Wood, Bark, etc
of Grain
of Upper Leather
150
156
133
132
98
95
144
122
164
89, 172
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10
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19, 21
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17
15
19,21
200
100
172
156
155
156
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PAGE
Measures, Department of Weights
and 145
Committee on 97
Medical Districts 166.
Examiners 166
Meetings, days of, A Idermen 90
Common Council 80
of citizens 7,19
Members of City Council 89
Meridian Hells 1"22
Messenger, City 114
Military affairs, Committee on 95
Milk and Vinegar, inspection of.... 128
Committee on . . . 97
investigation of.
Committee on. 96
Monuments 142
Morgue l'.^3
Mount Hope Cemetery 132
Committee on 97
Municipal year .• 9
election 8
courts 166
Register, history of. 5
Mystic Water Works 153
N
Nautical Training School, Committee
on 101
Neglected Children, Home for 142
New Court House, Commissioners. . 170
Committee on . . . 96
O
Office, term of 26, 105
Officers of the City 9, 15, 26, 105
powers and duties 55
Old South Association, managers . . . 138
Orators of Boston 170
Orchard Park, Committee on 10.3
Order of business 71,82
Ordinances 17, 25
Committee on 98
Organization of City Government .. 13
School Committee 30
Overseers of the Poor 47, 144
P
Park Department 132
Committee on 99
Commissioners 49, 133
Parks, area 133
Orchard, Committee on . . 103
Paving Division 150
Committee on 95
Pensions, police 63
firemen 66
Petroleum Inspectors 156
Physician, City 123
Port 123
Playgrounds, Committee on 104
Plumbers, registration of 27
Police, Board of, act establishing . . 58
Police Department 133
Committee on 99
Board of 134
executive stati' 134
stations 134
Mayor to assume control . . 16
reserve force, statute 62
pensions, statute 63
Polls and votes 190
Poor, Department for Relief of .... 144
Committee on 98
Population from 1635 188
Port Physician 123
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Pound-keepers 155
Precinct officers 157
President, votes for 203
Presidents of Common Council 178
Printing Department 138
Printing, Committee on 99
Prison Point Bridge Commissioner.. 16, 149
Pi'ison, City, officers of 135
Prisons, Inspection of, Committee.. 96
Probate Court 1 65
Probation officers 169
Provisions, Inspection of 128
Committee on 97
Public Buildings, Department of 138
Committee on 99
Public grounds and scjuares 139
Committee on 97
Public Garden, highways not to be
located on 46
Public Institutions 142
Commissioners of ... 50, 143
Committee on 99
Public Lands, Committee on 99
Public I.,ibrary, Committee on 99
Trustees 25, 28, 46, 130
branches 130
new building 130
Q
Quarantine grounds 123
Quorum, Board of Aldermen 19
Common Council 20, 81
School Committee 31
R
Railroads, Committee on 95
crossing, Dudley street.
Committee on 95
grade, O.C. R.R 100
Tremont st 101
grade. East Boston 101
grade, South Boston 102
grade, Causeway and
Travers sts 102
Rapid Transit Commission 151
Reconsideration 70, 85
Record Commissioners 109
Reformation, House of 142
Refreshments, bills for 79, 87
Register of Deeds 26, 166
Registrar, City 144
Registrar, Water 154
Registrars of Voters 50, 144
Registration and votes 190
Registry Department 144
Committee on 99
Registry of Births, etc 144
Relief of the Poor, Department for, 144
Committee on 98
Reporters 95
Reports of Committees 72, 77
Reserved Fund, expenditures from. . 78
Roxbury, date of annexation, etc. ... 6
municipal court 167
Rules and Orders, Joint 73
Committee on . • 100
of Board of Aldermen 69
Committee on . . 95
of Common Council 80
Committee on... 104
suspension, repeal, etc. . . .73, 79, 88
Salaries, Committee on 100
Salary, of Mayor 18, 25
of Aldermen 20
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Kaliiry of cily oIliociH 10:')
Sauitiiry DiviHion 150
CoTiiiiiitico oil 95
Hciilos, City 150
School Coinniittof V2. 15S
election 12, :i()
powerH and ilnlies ".()
Mayor to approve ceilain
orders of 1J<
olVurors 158
slandinjj; committees 159
superintendent ;!2, 100
supervisors, etc 32,100
vacations and holidays . . . 101
teachers and pupils lOo
vacancies ;!2
truant officers 137, 162
School, Nautical Training, Commit-
tee on 101
Schools and School-houses, Com-
mittee 99
Seal, City of Boston OS
Sealei's of Weights and Measures.. 145
Seventeenth of June, Committee on
celebration of 102
Sewerage, Improved 150
Sewer Division 150
Committee on 95
Sewers and Streets, Committee on. . 95
Sheriff and Deputies 165
Sidewallis, Committee on 103
Sinking-Funds Department 145
Signal service, police 135
Solicitor, City 129
Soutli Boston Municipal Court 167
Spectators 72, 86
Squadron of Evolution, Committee
on lleception of 103
Squares and Grounds, Public 139
Standing Committees, Joint 73, 96
Chairman of SI
of Aldermen 71 , 95
of Common Council 81,104
State Aid, Committee on 95
payment of 145
State-House extension Committee... 101
Statues and monuments 142
to Grant, etc, special com-
mittee 100
Staves and Hoops, Cullers 156
Steam-Engines, Committee on 95
Stony Brook, special committee 101
Stores, number of 187
Street-Cleaning Division 151
Committee on 95
Street Commissioners 32, 39, 146
Street Department 146
Committee on 99
Superintendent 42
Streets and Sewers, Committee on. . 95
Streets, Department of Laying out. . 146
Committee on 99
use of, Committee 100
watering, Committee on 103
Superior Court officers 164
Supervisors of schools 32, 160
Supreme Court, clerks 164
Survey, Board of 37,152
Surveyors of Highways 20
of Marble, Freestone, etc... 156
Surveying Department 152
Committee on 99
Suspension of rules, etc 73, 79, 88
T
Taxation, amouut of 186
Taxes, assessm ent of 22
Board of Assessors of 110
Teachi'i-K aiid |Hi|.ilK ot piililic,
schools 103
Tellers 104
'I'olls on ferries 115
Traininn School, Nautical, Omirnil-
tee on lui
Transfer of appropriations 2:;
Treasury Department 152
Committee on 100
Treniont-stieet crossing. Committee, 101
TrtiantOfficcrs 137, 102
II
Undertakers 125
Upper Leather, Measurers of 150
V
Vacations, Schools 101
Valuation of City 186
Veto power 17
on orders of Board of Al-
dermen 17
on items of appropriation, 18
on orders of School Com-
mittee 17
Vessels and Ballast, Inspection of .. 156
Committee on. . . 97
Vinegar, Inspection of Milk and 128
Committee on 97
investigation of, Commit-
tee on 96
Voters, female 206
and population 189
registration of 50, 144
Committee on 97, 99
Votes, for President 203
for Governor 204
for Mayor 200
Voting precincts 156
W
Wagons and carriages 27
Wagons, etc., Inspector of 134
Wardens 157
Ward-rooms I97
Wards, division of 24, 156
division into precincts 156
Watering streets. Committee on 103
Water Board 26,153
Water-Supply Department 152
Committee on 100
Water-Income Department 153
Committee on 100
Water Registrar 184
Wayfarers' Lodge 145
Weighers of coal 154
of beef 154
of boilers, etc 154
City scales 150
Weights and Measures, Department
of 145
Committee on 97
West Boston bridge 28
West Roxbury, date of annexation,
etc 6
municipal court 168
Wires, Electric, Committee 95, 97
Inspection of 128
Committee on 97
Women Voters 206
Wood, for fuel, sale regulated 28
Wood Island Park 133
Wood and Bark, Measurers 156
Wooden hull dings 27,127
Teas and Nays, when to be taken . .69, 70, 85
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