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FORMER SEAL OF THE CITY.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER:
CONTAINING
THE CITY CHARTER AND SPECIAL LAWS RELATING
TO THE CITY OF BOSTON,
EULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE
REGISTER OP THE CITY GOVERNMENT,
AND
A LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
AND THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK,
FOR THE
YEAR 1892.
BOSTON:
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS.
1892.
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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 1822 comprises 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 three 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 ordinances 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 portraits of the Mayor and
presiding officers of the two branches of the City Council 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 Assist-
ants October 8, 1630; it was incorporated as a City
March 12, 1846 (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 annexed to
Boston January 3, 1870 (St. 1869, c. 349; accepted
June 22, 1869). Charlestown 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; ac-
cepted October 7, 1873). West Roxbury was in-
corporated as a Town March 24, 1851 (St. 1851,
c. 250) ; annexed 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.
A CODIFICATION
or THE
CITY CHARTER OF 1854
AND STATUTES AFFECTING THE SAME;
ALSO THE
AMENDMENTS OF 1885,
AND SPECIAL LAWS SINCE PASSED.
The first act of the Legislature of Massachusetts establishing the
city of Boston was passed Feb. 23, 1822, and adopted by the citi-
zens of Boston, March 4, 1822. It is chapter 110 of the acts of 1821.
The present city charter, being a revision of the former one, was
passed April 29, 1854, and adopted by the citizens Nov. 13, 1854.
It is chapter 448 of the acts of 1854. The charter herewith pre-
sented is a codification of the original enactment of 1854 and the
general and special acts since then adopted. The numbering of the
sections, up to and including section 65, is the same as in Stat. 1854,
chap. 448, the principal features of the more important acts estab-
lishing departments and institutions being given in sections num-
bered from 66 onward. Marginal references indicate corresponding
sections in the first charter of 1822. Where the provisions of the act
of 1854 have been amended or supplemented by subsequent legisla-
tion, the text gives the section as amended, with reference in the
margin to the amendatory statute. The language of the original
charter is retained as far as practicable. Sections 66-79 are marked
" additional," and are intended to show the variations made by special
laws which have either suspended the general power to establish all
necessary offices, or have treated of matters not included in the main
charter. The changes made by Stat. 1885, chap. 266, are expressed in
the text wherever possible ; but that act covers so much new ground
that it is also given entire.
Sections in pica are unchanged from the text of 1854, except §§ 25
and 60. Words in italics show verbal changes. Sections in small
pica give the presumed state of the charter as affected by subsequent
legislation.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the city 0f Corporate
" powers.
Boston, for all the purposes for which towns and 1821> c-110>
8 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
cities are by law incorporated in this common-
wealth, shall continue to be one body politic, in
fact, and in name, under the style and denomina-
tion of the city of Boston; and, as such, shall
have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immuni-
ties, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject
to all the duties and obligations now incumbent
upon and appertaining to said city, as a municipal
corporation.
city govern- sECt. 2. The administration of all the fiscal,
ment. '
i82i,c.iio, prudential, and municipal concerns of said city,
with the conduct and government thereof, shall
be vested in one principal officer, to be styled the
mayor, one council of twelve persons, to be called
the board of aldermen, and one council ofseventy-
]?' i89i43' five persons, to be called the common council,
c-88, which boards, in their joint capacity, shall be
denominated the city council, and also in such
other boards of officers as are hereinafter speci-
fied.
Division Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the city council, and
into wards.
ibid., §1. they are empowered during the year 1875, and every
1888, c. 437. tenth year thereafter, before the first day of May in such
year, to make a new division of the city into twenty-four
wards, in such manner as to include an equal number of
voters in each ward, as nearly as conveniently may be,
consistently with well-defined limits to each ward. The
Division of |30ar(i 0f aldermen shall, prior to the first Monday of
wards into
precincts. July in the year in which such new division has been
made, divide the city into voting precincts in the manner
prescribed by sections 3 and 4 of chapter 299 of the
acts of 1884. In any year the board of aldermen may
CITY CHARTER. 9
divide any ward into voting precincts in the same
manner.
Annual
Sect. 4. The annual meeting1 of citizens, for
o ' meeting for
the election of municipal officers hereinafter men- the election
x of city
tioned, shall be held on the Tuesday next following officers.
7 J J a 1824, c. 49.
the second Monday of December, and the citizens p. s., o. 7,
of said city qualified to vote in city affairs shall,
for the purpose of such election, then meet to-
gether within the voting 'precincts in which they 1878-c- u*<
respectively are entitled to vote [at such hour and 1890, c- 401-
place as the board of aldermen may by their war-
rant direct and appoint] ;x and the person 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 number of votes, shall be declared elected.
[Sect. 5, relating to certificates of election to be fur-
nished by the ward officers, is rendered void by chap.
243, acts of 1878.]
Sect. 6. The municipal officers to be chosen commence-
ment of
at the annual election shall enter upon the duties municipal
of their respective offices on the first Monday of c. 49^2." '
January.
Sect. 7. The mayor at some time between the first Precinct of-
and the twentieth day of September in each year shall, c. 299, §7.
with the approval of the board of aldermen, appoint for is9i, c. 206.
each voting precinct one warden, one deputy warden,
one clerk, one deputy clerk, two inspectors and two
xBy Stat. 1890, chap. 401, no warrant is issued, but notice is given by adver-
tisement by the city clerk.
10 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
deputy inspectors, qualified voters in the ward of which
each precinct forms a part, men of good report and
standing, who shall equally represent each of the two
political parties which cast the largest number of votes
in the commonwealth at the annual election next preced-
ing their appointment. The warden and one inspector
shall be of a different political party from the clerk and
other inspector, and each deputy shall be of the same
Term of political party as his principal. Each of said officers
is44,c.29©, shall hold office for one year from the first day of No-
vember in the year in which he is appointed, and until a
successor is appointed and qualified or he is removed.
Removal. A.nv one 0f said officers may be removed at any time bv
1885, c. 266, J
§§1,12. the mayor for such cause as he shall deem sufficient and
shall assign in his order for removal.
compensa. Said election officers shall receive such reasonable
tion. . in, i • i •
1884, c. 299, compensation tor each days actual service as the city
council may from time to time determine.
Candidates n0 person shall be eligible to the position of election
not eligible. *~ . i
ibid. officer in any precinct where he is a candidate to be
voted for, and whenever any person appointed as afore-
said becomes such candidate he may, upon petition
therefor, be removed by the mayor not less than three
days before any election.
Precinct Sect. 8. The said wardens, clerks, and inspectors
officers to
be sworn, shall respectively make oath faithfully and impartially to
1876, c. 246, . . . i -i • , • i i n -, •
§4. discharge their several duties, which oath may be admin-
istered by the clerk to the warden, and by the latter to
the clerk and inspectors, or to any or all of said officers
by the city clerk, or by his assistant, or by any justice of
the peace ; and a certificate thereof shall be entered in
the record to be kept by the precinct clerk.
Vacancies. Sect. 9. In case of any vacancy occurring before the
1884, c. 299, J J B
§7- first day of November, in any year, or in case either of
CITY CHARTER. 11
said officers shall decline to act, find shall give notice
thereof to the city clerk on or before said first day of
November, the mayor, with the approval of the board of
aldermen, shall appoint some person qualified as aforesaid
to fill said office ; and in making such appointment it shall
be his duty to preserve in the precinct offices the just and
equal representation of the two leading political parties.
Every person so appointed shall be sworn to the faithful
discharge of his duties.
Every nomination made by the mayor under this sec- i8S5,c.266,
tion and section 7 shall be acted on by the board of
aldermen not less than one week nor more than ten days
after it shall have been made.
Sect. 10. In case of a vacancy in the office of warden, Deputy
... . precinct
clerk, or inspector of a precinct on the day of any officers.
election, the person appointed as deputy of said warden, §7/
clerk, or inspector shall act in his place, and shall
have the same powers and be subject to the same duties
and liabilities as the officer for whom he acts. No
deputy precinct officer shall have power to act in any
official capacity, or while the polls are open or during
the counting of the votes be admitted to the space
reserved for the precinct officers, except while filling a
vacancy as aforesaid ; and he shall receive no compen-
sation except for attendance at the opening of the polls
or for services while acting for the officer whose place
he fills.
In case the warden and deputy warden, or the clerk officers
and deputy clerk, or one of the inspectors and his deputy, pro
are absent at the time designated for the opening of the
polls on the day of any election, a suitable person shall
be elected by the voters of said precinct, by nomination
and hand vote, with full power to act for the time being in
place of the absent officer, and before entering upon the
12 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
performance of his duties he shall be sworn by the
warden or clerk, or, in the absence of both of said officers,
by a justice of the peace,, to the faithful performance
thereof.1
Powers of Sect. 11. The warden shall preside at all meetings of
warden.
18-6, c. 246, his precinct, and shall have the powers of moderators of
1878, c. 243, town meetings. In case of his absence, the clerk, and,
§ 2> in case of the absence of both warden and clerk, one of
the inspectors, according to seniority in age, shall pre-
side until a new warden has been chosen.
Duty of Sect. 12. It shall be the duty of the clerk to make
clerk. J
ibid., §8. and keep a fair and true record of all meetings, and at
the close of the municipal year to deliver such record,
together with all other documents and papers held by him
in his said capacity, to the city clerk, by whom such of
them as need be shall be transmitted to the next precinct
clerk.
Duties of Sect. 13. It shall be the duty of the warden
warden and
inspectors. an(q inspectors of each precinct to receive, sort,
182] , c. 110, L ±
§ s- and count, and of the warden to declare, all votes
1876, c. 246, at any election within such 'precinct; and tlie cleric
may assist in assorting and counting the votes.
Duties of Sect. 14. It shall be the duty of all precinct
wardoffl- . M
cersataii officers before named to attend and perform their
1845, c. 2i7, respective duties at the times and places appointed
for elections of any officers, whether of the United
1884, c. 299, States, state, district, county, city, or ward, or for
1876, c. 246, i]ie determination of any question submitted to the
1 Supervisors of Elections. Chapter 299 of the acts of 1884 also provides
that the governor shall, upon the petition in writing of ten qualified voters of
the city, presented to him at least fourteen days before any election of state,
district, county, or municipal officers, appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the council, for each voting precinct named in said petition, two citizens,
residents of said city, one from each of the two leading political parties, to act
as supervisors at the said election, with duties prescribed by statute.
CITY CIIAltTEB. 13
qualified voters by lawful authority; and to make
and sign the regular returns of the same.
Sect. 15. The qualified voters of said eity shall Electionof
-1 •/ j mayor.
at the annual meeting, be called upon to give in 1821.cll°.
their votes for one able and discreet person, being1 Soe p- s-
. c. 7, § 25.
an inhabitant of the 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 meeting ; and in making such
declaration and record the whole number of votes
or ballots given in shall be distinctly stated, to-
gether 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 the inspectors of elections, for each 'precinct,
shall forthwith be transmitted or delivered by
such precinct clerk to the clerk of the city. It
shall be the duty of the 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 proceedings of the board
of aldermen, or some other book to be kept for
that purpose.
Sect. 16. The board of aldermen shall, as soon Examine
as convenient^ may be, after six days next follow- turns o/6*
ing such election, meet together and examine all I^r.or
the said returns, and they shall cause the person J8521' c' 110'
who may have been elected mayor to be notified, fg8*'0'299'
14 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
in writing, of his election ; but if it shall appear
by said returns that no person has been elected,
or if the person elected shall refuse to accept the
189a, ct 401. office, the board shall [issue their warrants]1 for a
new election, and the same proceedings shall be
had as are provided in the preceding section for
the choice of a mayor, and repeated, from time to
time, until a mayor shall be chosen.2
proceedings gE0T# yj Whenever, on examination by the
in case of no " J
choice of board of aldermen of the returns of votes given for
mayor be- °
fore the mayor at the meetings of the 'precincts holden for
commence-
ment of the the purpose of electing that officer, last preceding
municipal
year. the first Monday of January in each year, no per-
§4.' ' son shall appear to be chosen, the board of alder-
men, by whom such examination is made, shall
make a record of that fact, an attested copy of
which record it shall be the duty of the city clerk
to produce and read, on the first Monday of Janu-
ary, in the presence of the members returned to
serve as aldermen and common councilmen; and
the oaths prescribed by law may be administered
to the members-elect. The members of the board
of aldermen shall thereupon proceed to elect a
chairman, and the common council a president, in
their respective chambers; and, being respectively
organized, they shall proceed to business in the
manner hereinafter provided, incase of the absence
of the mayor ; and the board of aldermen shall
forthwith [issue their warrants] for meetings of the
1 See note on § 4, ante.
2 See Stat. 1884, c. 299, §§ 29, 31, 32, for proceedings where a recount of bal-
lots is demanded ; also Stat. 1883, c 42.
1890, c. 401.
CITY CHARTER. 15
citizens of the respective wards, for the choice
of tx mayor, at such time and place as they shall
judge most convenient ; and the same proceedings
shall be had, in all respects, as are hereinbefore
directed, and shall be repeated, from time to time,
until a mayor shall be duly chosen.
Sect. 18. Whenever it shall appear, by the JZlTT
regular returns of the elections of city officers, n?ayor is
O J > chosen, or a
that a mavor has not been chosen, or that a full ful1 board oi
^ aldermen is
board of aldermen has not been elected, such of not eIected-
the board of aldermen, whether they constitute a
quorum or not, as may have been chosen, shall
[issue their warrant, in the usual form],1 for the 1890, c- m-
election of a mayor, or such members of the board
of aldermen as may be necessary; and the same
proceedings shall be had and repeated, until the
election of a mayor and aldermen shall be com-
pleted, and all vacancies shall be filled in the said
board; and in case neither a mayor nor any alder-
man shall be elected at the usual time for electing
the same, and after the powers of the former mayor
and aldermen shall have ceased, it shall be the duty
of the president of the common council [to issue
his warrant, in the same manner as the board of
aldermen would have done if elected] j1 and the
same proceeding shall be had and repeated, until
a mayor or one or more aldermen shall be elected.
Sect. 19. The city of Boston is hereby divided into Aidermanic
twelve aidermanic districts, and wards one and two shall i8s4, e.250,
constitute one district, to be known as the first alder- 5
1 See note on § 4, ante.
16 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
manic district ; wards three, four, and five shall consti-
tute one district, to be known as the second aldermanic
district ; wards six, seven, and eight shall constitute one
district, to be known as the third aldermanic district ;
wards nine and ten shall constitute one district, to be
known as the fourth aldermanic district ; wards eleven
and sixteen shall constitute one district, to be known as
the fifth aldermanic district ; wards twelve and thirteen
shall constitute one district, to be known as the sixth
aldermanic district ; wards fourteen and fifteen shall con-
stitute one district, to be known as the seventh alder-
manic district ; wards seventeen and eighteen shall
constitute one district, to be known as the eighth alder-
manic district ; wards nineteen and twenty-two shall
constitute one district, to be known as the ninth alder-
manic district ; wards twenty and twenty-one shall
constitute one district, to be known as the tenth alder-
manic district ; wards twenty-three and twenty-five
shall constitute one district, to be known as the eleventh
aldermanic district ; and ward twenty-four shall con-
stitute one district, to be known as the twelfth alder-
manic district.
Re-division jt s^a\i ^e ^e duty 0f the city council after any new
1884, c. 250, J J f
§2. division of said city into wards, to cause a new division
of 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 inhabi-
tants as nearly as convenience permits.
Election of The qualified voters of said aldermanic district};
aldermen.
i82i,c.iio, shall, at the annual meeting, be called upon to
§ 6.
1884, c. 250, give in their votes for one able and discreet per so i,
§3.
CITY CHARTER. 17
being a legal voter and an inhabitant of the dis-
trict, to be a member of the board of aldermen for
the ensuing year, and all the votes so given, being
sorted, counted, and declared by the warden and
inspectors, shall be recorded at large by the clerk,
in open precinct meeting; and, in making such dec-
laration and record, the whole number of votes or
ballots given in shall be particularly stated, to-
gether with the name of every person voted for and
the number of votes given for each person; and a
transcript of such record, certified by the warden
and clerk and a majority of the inspectors of each
precinct, shall forthwith be transmitted to the city
clerk; whereupon the same proceedings shall be
had, to ascertain and determine the persons chosen
as aldermen, as are hereinbefore directed in regard
to the choice of mayor. And each alderman so
chosen shall be duly notified, in writing, of his
election, by the mayor and aldermen for the time
being.
A new election shall be ordered in any such district, 18s*> c-25°.
in case of any failure by such district to elect an alder-
man as herein provided, or in case of any vacancy by
death, resignation, or other cause.
Sect. 20. The qualified voters of each ward shall Common
council.
annually at the municipal election bring in their votes in ists, c.243,
their respective precincts in such ward, for three able 1876, c. 225,
and discreet men, qualified voters and inhabitants in said §8'
> 18 ( 8, c. 243,
ward, to be members of the common council for the§4-
1 1, , i ,, . . 1891, c. 88.
ensuing year ; and all the ballots so given in, in each
precinct, being sorted, counted, and declared, a public
declaration of the result shall be made by the warden in
18 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
open precinct meeting ; and a record of such proceed-
ings shall be kept by the clerk in his journal, stating the
number of ballots given for each person, written in
words at length.
[Sects. 21, 22, and 23, relating to the non-election
of members of the common council, are repealed by
chapter 225 of the acts of 1880.]
Board of Sect. 24:. The board of aldermen, the common
aldermen,
eto.,to judge council, and the school committee shall have au-
of elections. . . .
i82i, c.iio, thonty to decide upon all questions relative to the
§ 7.
1875, c. 241, qualifications, elections, and returns of their re-
spective members.
vacancies Seot. 25.1 Whenever there is a vacancy in the
and com.™' board of aldermen or common council in the city
moncoun- or Boston, by failure to elect, removal from the
1880,0.225, cj^ death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be
i89o, c. 4oi. the duty of said board of aldermen [to issue their
warrant]2 in due form for an election to fill such
vacancy, at such time and place as they may deem
advisable; but in case of a vacancy in the com-
mon council such warrant shall not be issued until
the board of aldermen receive official notice of
such vacancy.
itemovaiof Seot. 26. All city and precinct officers shall
cinct officers be held to discharge the duties of the offices to
wards.6" which they have been respectively elected or ap-
§89S, knd27' pointed, notwithstanding their removal after their
e- 28, § 2. eiection out of their respective wards into any
other wards of the city; but they shall not be so
1 Section 25 of the chapter is repealed, and this section is enacted in
place thereof.
2 See note on § 4, ante.
CITY CHARTER. 19
held after they take up their permanent residence
out of the city.
Sect. 27. The mayor, aldermen, and common organ.za-
tion of city
councilmen, on the first Monday of January, or council.
before entering on the duties of their offices, shall §9. '
respectively be sworn, by taking the oath of alle-
giance and oath of office prescribed in the con-
stitution of this commonwealth, and an oath to
support the constitution of the United States.
And 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 j)eaoe for the
county of Suffolk. And such oaths shall be ad-0atbof
" office.
ministered 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. 28. In case of the unavoidable absence Absenoe of
mayor-elect.
on account of sickness, or otherwise, of the mayor-
elect, on the first Monday in January, the city
government shall organize itself in the mode here-
inbefore provided in cases wherein no person shall
have been elected mayor at the meeting last pre-
ceding the first Monday in January, and may pro-
ceed to business in the same manner as if the
mayor were present.
20 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Aldermen gECT. 29. After the organization of the city
to choose a ~ «/
permanent government and the qualification of a mayor, and
chairman. C -1- •> '
when a quorum of the board of aldermen shall be
1885, c. 266, present, said board shall proceed to choose a per-
manent chairman, who shall preside at all meetings
of the board [and at conventions of the two
branches in the absence of the mayor] ; 1 and, in
case of any vacancy in the office of mayor, for any
cause, he shall exercise all the powers and perform
all the duties of the office as long as such vacancy
shall continue. But he shall continue to have a
vote in the board, and shall not have the veto
power.
cny cierk. Sect. 30. The board of aldermen and common
1821, c. 110,
§1°- council, oil concurrent vote, in the month of Janu-
1885, c. 266, ' J
§2- ary, shall choose a clerk for the term of one year,
and until another person is duly chosen and quali-
fied in his stead, who shall be sworn to the faithful
discharge of the duties of his office, and shall be
removable at the pleasure of the board of alder-
men, the mayor thereto consenting. He shall be
denominated the city clerk, and it shall be his duty
to keep a journal of the acts and proceedings of
the board of aldermen, to sign all warrants issued
by them, and to do such other acts in his said capac-
ity as may lawfully and reasonably be required of
him ; and to deliver over all journals, books, papers,
and documents intrusted to him as such clerk to
his successor in office, immediately upon such suc-
cessor being chosen and qualified as aforesaid, or
1 The charter no longer provides for any convention of the two branches.
CITY CHARTER. 21
whenever he may be thereunto required by the
aldermen. The city clerk thus chosen and quali-
fied shall continue to have all the powers and
perform all the duties now by law belonging to
him.
Sect. 31. In case of a vacancy in the office Vacancyin
" office of city
of city clerk, from any cause, the same shall be clerk-
filled in the manner provided in the preceding
section.
Sect. 32. In case of the temporary absence of Absence of
x ** city clerk.
the city clerk, the mayor, by and with the advice See p- 8-<
J J •> J c. 28, §10.
and consent of the board of aldermen, may appoint
a city clerk pro tempore.
Sect. 33. [The administration of police, together Executive
. and other
with]1 the executive powers of said city, and all the powers of
executive powers formerly (prior to May 27, 1885) mi.T.Tio,
vested in the board of aldermen as such, as surveyors § 13<
J 1885, c. 266,
of highways, county commissioners, or otherwise, are § 6.
vested in the mayor, to be exercised through the several p. s., c. 22,
officers and boards of the city in their respective depart- ^ ^' c' 29'
ments, under his general supervision and control. All 1870' c- 337-
0 L 1882, c. 164.
other powers heretofore vested in the board of aldermen
remain unchanged.
A majority of the members of the board shall Quorum-
constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness. Their meetings shall be public.
The city council may provide by ordinance that the salary and
members of the board of aldermen shall each receive an aldermen.
annual salary not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and 1888' c' 286,
thereafter no sum shall be paid from the city treasury for
or on account of any personal expenses, directly or indi-
1 For present condition of police powers see § 77 of this charter.
22
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Common
council a
separate
body.
1821, c. 110,
§11.
President.
Clerk.
Sittings to
be public.
Quorum.
1872, c. 15.
Powers of
city council.
1821, c. 110,
§16.
rectly incurred by or in behalf of any member of said board,
except for carriage-hire or car-fare actually incurred in the
performance of official duty, and in each case especially
authorized by vote of the said board or of a regularly ap-
pointed committee of the said board of the city council.
Sect. 34. The persons so chosen and qualified
as members of the common council of the said
city shall sit and act together as a separate body,
distinct from that of the board of aldermen, [ex-
cept in those cases in which the two bodies are to
meet in convention];1 and the said council shall
have power from time to time to choose one of
their own members to preside over their delibera-
tions, and to preserve order therein, and also to
choose a clerk, who shall be under oath faithfully
to discharge the duties of his office, who shall
hold such office during the pleasure of said coun-
cil, and whose duty it shall be to attend said
council when the same is in session, to keep a
journal of its acts, votes, and proceedings, and to
perform such other services, in said capacity, as
said council may require. All sittings of the
common council shall be public; and a majority
of all the members of the common council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sect. 35. All other powers (except hereinafter
noted as laJcen away by law) heretofore by law
vested in the town of Boston, or in the inhabi-
tants thereof, as a municipal corporation, or in
the city council of the city of Boston, shall be
1 See note on § 29, ante.
CITY CHARTER. 23
and hereby arc continued to be vested in the
mayor, aldermen, and common council of the said
city, to be exercised by concurrent vote, each
board as hereby constituted having a negative
upon the proceedings of the other, and the mayor
having a veto power as hereinafter provided.
More especially they shall have power to make pygla^8,
all such needful and salutary by-laws or ordi- 28-
nances, not inconsistent with the laws of this
commonwealth, as towns by the laws of this com-
monwealth have power to make and establish,
and to annex penalties not exceeding fifty dollars
for the breach thereof ; which by-laws and ordi-
nances shall take effect and be in force from and
after their passage, or the time therein respec-
tively limited, without the sanction or confirma-
tion of any court or other authority whatso-
ever.
Sect. 36. The citv council shall also have power Assessment
d l of taxes.
from time to time to lav and assess taxes1 for all 1821, c. no,
purposes for which towns are by law required or
authorized to assess and grant money, and also for
all purposes for which county taxes maybe levied 1822' c- 85-
and assessed, so long as other towns in the county
shall not be liable to taxation for county purposes.
But in the assessment and apportionment of all
such taxes upon the polls and estates of all per-
sons liable to contribute thereto, the same rules
and regulations shall be observed as are now es-
tablished by the laws of this commonwealth, or
1 Subject to limitations of Stat. 1885, c. 178.
24 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
may be hereafter enacted, relative to the assess-
ment and apportionment of town taxes.
*%?T Sect- 37- The said citJ council shall also have
fS'0'110' Power to provide for the assessment and collection
of such taxes, and to make appropriations of all
public moneys, and provide for the disbursement
thereof, and take suitable measures to insure a
just and prompt account thereof ; and for these
Assessor^ purposes may establish the number of assessors and
1885, c. 266, assistant assessors to be appointed as the law
directs, or may provide for the election of the same
by the citizens, as in their judgment may be most
maydbeetre.' conducive to the public good ; and may also re-
quired. qUjre 0f all persons intrusted with the collection,
custody, or disbursement of public moneys, such
bonds, with such conditions and such sureties as
the case may in their judgment require.
Assessors, Assessors and assistant assessors may hold office for
term of
office. such term, not exceeding three years, as the city council
1884, c. 123. . ... „,
may by ordinance prescribe.
Assistant -j.^ assistant assessors of taxes shall be appointed by
assessors, L l •'
1885, c. 266, the assessors of taxes, subject to confirmation by the
mayor, and may be removed by the assessors for such
cause as they shall deem sufficient and shall assign in
their order for removal.
CitF Sect. 38. The city council may provide for the estab-
officers. _ J J 1
1821, c. no, lishment of all offices necessary for the wood government
§16. . . .
of said city, not otherwise provided for, and may pre-
scribe the duties and fix the compensation attached there-
i885,c.266. to. Such officers, however, shall be appointed by the
1890, c. 4i8. mayor subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen ;
provided, that such officers do not come under the desig-
CITY CHARTER. 25
nation of subordinates, in which case they shall be
appointed by the heads of departments respectively.1
Sect. 39. The city council shall have the care Car; a,nd .
J custody of
and superintendence of the public buildings, and city prop"
the care, custody, and management of all the prop- i82i,c.iie,
erty of the city,2 with power to lease or sell the
same, except the Common and Faneuil Hall. And
the said city council shall have power to purchase pu^se
property, real or personal, in the name and for the Pr°Perty-
use of the city, whenever its interest or conven-
ience may in their judgment require it.
Sect. 40. All the power and authority now by Boardof
1 J J health.
law vested in the city council, or in the board of 18'21-cll0>
mayor and aldermen, relative to the public health p.s.,c.8o.
and the quarantine of vessels, shall continue to be
vested in the city council, to be carried into exe-
cution by the appointment of one or more health
commissioners ; or in such other manner as the
health, cleanliness, comfort, and order of the city
may, in their judgment, require, subject to such
alterations as the legislature may from time to
time adopt. The powers and duties above named
may be exercised and carried into effect by the
city council in any manner which they may pre-
scribe, or through the agency of any persons to
whom they may delegate the same, notwithstand-
ing a personal exercise of the same, collectively or
individually, is prescribed by previous legislation,
and the city council may constitute either branch,
1 For authority of removal and tenure of office, see Stat. 1885, c. 266, §§ 1, 4;
1890, c. 418.
2 Subject to limitations of Stat. 1885, c. 266, § 12.
26 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
or any committee of their number, whether joint
or separate, the board of health, for all or for par-
ticular purposes.
Provided, however, that they do not exercise any pow-
ers prohibited to them by Stat. 1885, chap. 266, section
12.
i88i, c. 229, -pjie members of the board of health may hold office
§2. J
for the term of three years respectively, from the first
Monday in May in the year of their appointment.
surveyor sECT. 41. The board of aldermen shall be sur-
lsllf'c. 2. veyors of highways for said" city.
See 1885, j$u£ t}ie executive powers of surveyors of highways are
c. 266, § 6.
vested in the mayor, to be exercised as provided by
law.
citytreas. Sect. 42. The mayor shall, in the month of
urer.
1821, c. no, May or June, appoint, subject to confirmation by
1885,0.266, the board of aldermen, a suitable person to be the
p.s. c.23, treasurer of said city, who shall also be county
§3- treasurer, and who shall hold his office until
?
his successor is chosen and qualified in his
stead.
stat. 1875, He shall exercise all the powers belonging to his office
c. 176. 11
except those given to the collector ; and he may be re-
moved by the mayor for such cause as the latter shall deem
sufficient and shall assign in his order for removal.
Collector. There shall be appointed annually in the month of
1885, C 269, May or June, by the mayor, subject to confirmation by
§1, the board of aldermen, a suitable person to be collector
of the city of Boston, who shall hold office until his suc-
cessor is chosen and qualified. Said collector shall have
powers formerly possessed by the treasurer of this city
as collector of taxes, and shall also collect and receive all
assessments, betterments, taxes, dues, and money pay-
CITY CHARTER. 27
able on any account to the city of Boston or the county
of Suffolk, and shall have all the powers with»respect to
such collections formerly possessed by the said treasurer ;
and shall pay over any and all money received by him to
said treasurer within twenty-four hours after receiving
the same, taking the treasurer's receipt therefor in
duplicate, and shall file a copy of said duplicate
with the auditor. He shall give a sufficient bond, and
shall receive such salary as the city council may
determine.
Sect. 43. No member of the city council shall Members °f
•J *J city council
be eligible durinq the term for which he was ineligible
0 a u to other offi-
chosen, to any office, by appointment or by election ^.
of said city council or either branch thereof, the §21.
salary of which office is payable out of the city
treasury; and neither the mayor nor any alder-
man or member of the common council shall, at
the same time, hold any office of emolument under
the city government.
No member of the city council shall, during the term i885>c-266.
for which he is elected, be appointed to or hold any office
included under the provisions of sections one and two of
chapter 266 of the acts of the year 1885.
Sect. 44. On or before the last day of June, A.D. ^sr;senta-
1865, and every tenth year thereafter, a census of the Con8t- am->
legal voters of the commonwealth shall be taken, and
the two hundred and forty representative districts shall
be apportioned among the several counties, equally, as
nearly as may be. On the first Tuesday of August, in
the year next thereafter, the board of aldermen of the
city of Boston shall divide the county of Suffolk into
representative districts of contiguous territory ; provided,
however, that no ward of a city be divided therefor, nor
28 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
shall any district be made which shall be entitled to elect
more than three representatives.1
compensa. Sect. 45. The mayor of the city, chosen and
tion of the ^ ^ '
mayor. qualified as hereinbefore provided, shall be taken
1821, c. 110, -1 \
§ 12. and deemed to be the chief executive officer of
said corporation ; and he shall be compensated for
his services by a salary, to be fixed by the board
of aldermen and common council by concurrent
vote, payable at stated periods, which salary shall
1885, c. 266, n0£ je £ess fjmn the sum 0f gve thousand dollars
§ 11-
annually; and he shall receive no other compensa-
tion or emolument whatever; and no regulations
enlarging or diminishing such compensation shall
be made, to take effect until the expiration of the
year for which the mayor then in office shall have
been elected, and said salary, when fixed, shall
continue until changed by the city council as
aforesaid.
SSatte.™ Sect- 46- Jt sha11 be the duty of the may°r t0
1821, c.iio, i^ vigilant and active at all times in causing the
laws for the government of said city to be duly
executed and put in force, to inspect the conduct
of all subordinate officers in the government
thereof, and, as far as may be in his power, to
cause all negligence, carelessness, and positive
violation of duty to be duly prosecuted and pun-
To summon jg]3e(j< jje simn have power, whenever in his
meetings. 1 '
judgment the good of said city may require it, to
i By Stat. 1886, chap. 256, the county of Suffolk was allowed 52 representatives,
which were duly assigned as follows : Wards 22 and 25, one each, and all the
other wards in Boston two each ; Wards 1, 2, and 3 of Chelsea, collectively, two ;
Ward 4 of Chelsea, and towns of Bevere and Winthrop, collectively, two.
CITY CHARTER. 29
summon meetings of the board of aldermen and
common council, or either of them, although the
meetings of said boards may stand adjourned to a
more distant day, and shall cause suitable notice
in writing of such meetings to be given to the
respective members of said boards. And he shall Mee8ase9-
from time to time communicate to both branches
of the city council all such information, and rec-
ommend all such measures, as may tend to the
improvement of the finances, the police, health,
security, cleanliness, comfort, and ornament of
the said city.
The mayor of the city of Boston shall have power at all command
of police in
times, in any emergency, of which he shall be the judge, emergency.
to assume command of the whole or any part of the police . 8' ' c-
force in said city. In case of tumult, riot, or violent in case of
disturbance of public order, the mayor of said city shall i8S5)C. 323,
have, as the exigency of his judgment ma}' require, the §6'
right to assume control, for the time being, of the police
of the 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 pro-
mulgated by him for the suppression of such tumult and
the restoration of order.
The mayor of the city of Boston shall appoint, subject Appoint.
to confirmation by the board of aldermen, all officers officers.
and boards now (May 27, 1885) elected by the city coun- *8f' c-266'
cil or board of aldermen, or appointed by him subject to
confirmation, and all whose offices may hereafter be es-
tablished by the city council or board of aldermen, for
such terms of service, respectively, as are or may be fixed
by law or ordinance ; and he may remove any of said Removal,
officers or members of such boards for such cause as he
30 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
shall deem sufficient and shall assign in his order for
removal.
Executive jt shan De the duty of the mayor to secure the honest,
business.
1885, ibid., efficient, and economical conduct of the entire executive
1890, c. 4i8. and administrative business of the city, and the harmo-
nious and concerted action of the different departments.
contracts. Everv contract made by said officers and boards, in which
ibid. J J
the amount involved exceeds two thousand dollars, must
be approved by the mayor before it can go into effect.
consuita- The mayor shall, once a month oroftener, call together
tion of .
heads of de- the heads of departments tor consultation and advice upon
isssT'^ tne affairs of the city; and at such meetings and at all
§7- times they shall furnish such information as to matters
under their control as the mayor may request.
Annual T;he mayor shall examine, and submit with his recom-
estimates.
ibid., §8. mendations thereon to the city council, annual estimates,
furnished by all officers and boards, having authority to
expend money, of the money required for their respective
departments and offices during the next financial year.
veto power Sect. 47. Every ordinance, order, resolution,
of the
mayor. 0r vote to which the concurrence of the board of
aldermen and of the common council may be nec-
essary [except on a question of convention of the
two branches]/ and every order of either branch,
involving the expenditure of money, shall be pre-
sented to the mayor; if he approve thereof he
shall signify his approbation by signing the same ;
but, if not, he shall return the same, with his ob-
jections, to the branch in which it originated, who
shall enter the objections of the mayor at large
on their records, and proceed to reconsider said
ordinance, order, resolution, or vote; and if,
1 See note on § 29, ante.
CITY CHARTER. 31
after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the
board of aldermen or common council, notwith- J8,76' c> 193>
7 9 1.
standing such objections, agree to pass the same, 8eeP.s.,c.
it shall, together with the objections, be sent to 1885> c- 266.
the other branch of the city council (if it origi-i854,c.448,
nally required concurrent action), where it shall
also be reconsidered, and, if approved by two-
thirds of the members present, it shall be in force ;
but in all cases the vote shall be determined by
yeas and nays; and if such ordinance, order, reso-
lution, or vote shall not be returned by the mayor
within ten days after it shall have been presented,
the same shall be in force. But the veto power
of the mayor shall not extend to the election of
officers required by any law or ordinance to be
chosen by the city council by concurrent action,
unless expressly so provided therein.
When an ordinance, order, resolution, or vote of the Veto of sep-
city council, or of either branch thereof, involving the isss, c. 266,
appropriation or expenditure of money, or the raising of
a tax, and including separate items or sums, is presented
to the mayor of the city for his approval, he may approve
some of the items or sums, and disapprove others ; and
in case of such disapproval 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 ob-
jections in writing, to that branch of the city council in
which the ordinance, order, resolution, or vote originated.
The items or sums so disapproved shall not be in force
unless passed in the manner provided in section 47 of
chapter 448 of the acts of 1854.
32 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
mayVfand Sect. 48. Iii all cases where anything is or
gedee™" may be required or authorized by any law or
c. 266, §10. ordinance to be done by the mayor and aldermen,
the board of aldermen shall first act thereon ; and
any order, resolution, or vote of said board shall
be presented to the mayor for his approval, and
the same proceedings shall be had as are provided
in section 47 of chapter 448 of the acts of 1854.
18S2, c. 164. jn ]aws re]ating to cities the words mayor and alder-
men shall be construed to mean board of aldermen.
fpapy°0int°offi- [Sect. 49.1 In all cases wherein appointments
cers by con- ^Q 0ffice are directed to be made bv the mayor
sent ot •/ «/
aldermen. an(j aldermen, they shall be made by the mayor,
1821, c. 110, J J J •>
§2i- by and with the advice and consent of the alder-
See 1890, c.
418. men ; and such officers may be removed by the
mayor.]
^offlcerf Sect. 50. In the case of the decease, inability,
mayor. absence, or resignation of the mayor, and when-
1821, c. 110, ' ° J '
§5- ever there is a vacancy in the office from any
cause, and the same being declared, and a vote
passed by the aldermen and common council
respectively, declaring such cause and the expe-
diency of electing a mayor for the time being to
supply the vacancy thus occasioned, the board of
aldermen shall [issue their warrants in due form,]2
for the election of mayor, and the same proceed-
ings shall be had as are hereinbefore provided for
the choice of a mayor.
Absence or jn case 0f ^ie death, resignation, or absence of the
inability. °
Superseded by Stat. 1885, c. 266.
2 See note on § 4, ante.
CITY CHARTER. 33
mayor, or his inability to perform the duties of his office, ™82. c-182>
the same shall devolve upon the chairman or presiding
officer of the board of aldermen, and, if there is no such
chairman or presiding officer, the same shall devolve
upon the president of the common council, until the
mayor is able to attend to his duties or the vacancy is filled
as provided by the charter. The person on whom such Actmg
L « i mayor.
duties shall devolve shall be styled "acting mayor," andIMd>§2-
shall possess the powers of mayor only in matters not
admitting of delay, and shall have no power to make any
permanent appointments.
Sect. 51. All boards and officers acting under ^f°Tte"
O bihty for
the authority of the said corporation, and intrusted public
^ L ' money.
with the expenditure of public money, shall be 1821> cll0>
accountable therefor to the city council, in such seeisss,
c. 266, § 6.
manner as they may direct ; and it shall be the
duty of the city council to publish and distribute 1890, c- 418-
annually, for the information of the citizens, a par- Annual
financial
ticular statement of the receipts and expenditures statement.
of all public moneys, and a particular statement
of all city property.
Sect. 52. On the first Monday in February in each overseers
of poor.
year, or within sixty days thereafter, there shall be ap- i864, c. 128.
pointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the ^fTs'i
board of aldermen, four persons, residents of the city, to
be overseers of the poor. They shall hold office for three
years from the first Monday in April following such
appointment and until other persons are appointed in
their places. Vacancies shall be filled in like manner for
the unexpired term, and the mayor may remove any over-
seer for cause. They shall render such an account and
report of their expenditures, acts, and doings as the city
council may require.
34 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
school Sect. 53. The school committee shall consist
committee.
1835,0.128, of the persons hereinafter mentioned. A major-
i85i, c. 309. ity of the persons duly elected shall constitute a
1875, c. 241.
see 1885, quorum for the transaction ot business.
Election of Sect. 54. At the annual municipal election eight per-
school com-
mittee.
18-5, c. 241. of said school committee to serve for the term of three
sons, inhabitants of the city, shall be chosen as members
years, and to receive no compensation. The city clerk
shall enter the returns of said elections in his official rec-
ord, and the board of aldermen shall cause certificates of
election to be issued to the persons who appear to be
p. s.,c. 44, elected ; but the school committee shall be the final judge
§ --■
of the qualifications and elections of its own members.
Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the mu-
nicipal year in a convention of said school committee and
board of aldermen.
orgamza- Sect. 55. The persons so chosen as members
tion of
school com- of the school committee shall meet and organize
mittee.
1886, c. 33. on the second Monday in January in each year.
secretary They shall choose a secretary, not of their own
andsubordi- ^ " ' •*
nateoffi- number, and such subordinate officers as they may
1875, c. 24i. deem expedient, and shall define their duties,
fix their compensation and may remove them at
'pleasure.
Powers and SECT. 56. The said committee shall have the
duties of
school com- care an(j management of the public schools, and
mittee. 0 ±
1821, c.iio, may elect all such instructors as they may deem
§ 19. ^ J J
1875, c. 241. proper, and remove the same whenever they con-
sider it expedient. And, generally, they shall
have all the powers and discharge the duties in
relation to the care and management of the public
schools which by law are imposed upon the school
committees of cities or towns.
CITY CHARTER. 35
All orders, resolutions, or votes of the school commit- Mayor to
approve
tee of said city, which involve the expenditure of money, orders.
shall be presented to the mayor for his approval, and § 10.'
thereupon the same proceedings shall be had by the
mayor and the school committee as are provided in
section forty-seven of this charter to be had by the
mayor and a single branch of the city council ; but
nothing in this section contained shall affect the powers
or duties of said board in relation to votes cast at elec-
tions.
Sect. 57. Every male citizen of twenty-one QualiSca-
*/ " tions of
years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and votera .at
persons under guardianship, who shall have resided elections,
etc.
withm the commonwealth one year, and within the imi, c. ho,
city six months next preceding any meeting of
citizens, either in wards or in general meeting, for
municipal purposes, [and who shall have paid by
himself, or his parent, master, or guardian, any
state or county tax, which, within two years next
preceding such meeting, shall have been assessed
upon him in any town or district in this common-
wealth, and also every citizen who shall be by law
exempted from taxation, and who shall be in all
other respects qualified as above mentioned,]1 shall
have a right to vote at such meeting, and no other
person shall be entitled to vote at such meeting.
Every woman who is a citizen of this commonwealth, women to
vote for
of twenty- one years of age and upwards, and has the school com.
educational qualifications required by the twentieth arti- TmX'wz,
cle of the amendments to the constitution, excepting §1'
paupers and persons under guardianship, who shall have
1 Void by Amend. Const, adopted 1891.
36 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
resided in this commonwealth one year, and within the
city or town in which she claims the right to vote six
months next preceding any meeting of citizens, either in
wards or in general meeting for municipal purposes [and
who shall have paid by herself, or her parent or guar-
dian, or trustee, a state or county tax, which within two
i88i, c. i9i, years next preceding such meeting has been assessed upon
her in any city or town] ,* shall have a right to vote at such
town or city meeting for members of school committees.
Registrars Sect. 58. There shall be established a board of regis-
of voters.
1874, c. eo. trars of voters, to consist of three able and discreet men,
inhabitants of the city, to be paid such salaries as the
city council may determine, but without any reduction
1886, c. 266, during a term of service. Annually, in the month of
§ i. .
February or March, the mayor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation by the board of aldermen, one member of
said board of registrars of voters to hold office for the term
of three years from the first day of April in the year of his
appointment. They shall perform all the duties in regard
to the preparation, correction, revision, publication, and
transmission to the precinct officers of the alphabetical
lists of voters to be used at elections in said city, de-
volved upon th»m by law.
inspectors And, to prevent all frauds and mistakes in such
to allow no L .
one to vote elections, it shall be the duty of the inspectors in
whose name
is not on the each precinct to take care that no person shall
iMi.c.no, vote at such election whose name is not so borne
on the list of voters, and to cause a mark to be
placed against the name of each voter on such
list, at the time of giving in his vote.
Election of Sect. 59. All elections for governor, lieutenant-
national and "-> '
state offi- governor, senators, representatives, representatives
cers
1 Void bj- Amend. Const, adopted 1891.
CITY CHARTER. 37
to congress and all other officers, who are to be j 2< ' c'
chosen and voted for by the people, shall be held 1878,c'243'
at meetings of the citizens qualified to vote in
such elections, in their respective 'precincts at the
time fixed by law for those elections respectively.
And at such meetings, all the votes given in
being collected, sorted, counted, and declared by§!26',c'
the inspectors of elections in each precinct, it
shall be the duty of the clerk of such precinct
to make a true record of the same, specifying
therein the whole number of ballots given in, the
name of each person voted for, and the number
of votes for each, expressed in words at length.
And a transcript of such record, certified by the
warden, clerk, and the inspectors of elections
in such precinct, shall forthwith be transmitted or
delivered by each precinct clerk to the clerk of
the city. And it shall be the duty of the city clerk
forthwith to enter such returns, or a plain and
intelligible abstract of them, as they are succes-
sively received in the journals of the proceedings
of the board of aldermen, or in some other book
kept for that purpose. And it shall be the dutv Examinja-
A L L v tion and re-
of the board of aldermen to meet together as soon turnof
votes.
as may be after six days following every such ism. c. 299,
election, and examine and compare all the said
returns, and thereupon to make out a certificate Certiflcate-
of the result of such election, to be signed by a
majority of the aldermen, and also by the city
clerk, which shall be transmitted, delivered, or
returned, in the same manner as similar returns
38 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
are by law directed to be made by the selectmen
of towns; and such certificates and returns shall
have the same force and effect, in all respects, as
like returns of similar elections made by the
fiBt"? votes selectmen of towns. At the election of governor,
for gover- lieutenant-governor, and senators, it shall be the
nor, etc., to o ' '
be transmit- duty of the board of aldermen to make and seal
ted to the J
secretary or Up separate lists of persons voted for as governor,
lieutenant-governor, and senators, of the common-
wealth, with the number of votes for each person,
written in words at length against his name, and
to transmit said lists to the secretary of the com-
votesfor nionwealth, or to the sheriff of the county. The
electors of **
president, board of aldermen shall, within three days next
etc., how
and when to after the day of any election of electors of presi-
mittedto dent and vice-president of the United States,
tary. " held by virtue of the laws of this commonwealth,
or of the United States, deliver, or cause to be
delivered, the lists of votes thereof, sealed up, to
ism, c. 167, tjie sherjff 0f the county ; and the said sheriff
shall, within four days after receiving said lists,
transmit the same to the office of the secretary of
the commonwealth ; or the said aldermen may,
and when the office of sheriff is vacant they shall,
themselves transmit the said lists to the said office,
within seven days after the election ; and all votes
not so transmitted shall be rejected.
No choice If it shall appear that no choice of a representative has
of repre- .
sentatives. been effected, by reason of two or more persons having
18,4,0.376, ^ same number 0f votes, so that no person has a
plurality, a certificate of the fact shall be transmitted to
CITY CHARTER.
39
the office of the secretary of the commonwealth by the
board of aldermen.
And in case of no choice being made of repre- Proceeding
~ L in case or no
sentative to congress, in either district of which electio» for
1&1 vo^,
represent;!.-
the city of Boston composes a part, or in case of "veto con-
any vacancy happening in said districts, or either
of them, the governor shall cause precepts for new
elections to be directed to the board of aldermen
of said chy as often as occasion shall require ; and
such new elections shall be held, and all proceed-
ings thereon had, and returns made, in conformity
with the foregoing provisions.
Sect. 60.1 General meetings of the citizens, Genteral .
o ' meetings or
qualified to vote in city affairs, may from time to JJj^Y^Jf"
time be held to consult upon the common good,§25-
to give instructions to their representatives, and
to take all lawful measures to obtain a redress of 1882>c-204-
any grievances, according to the right secured to
the people by the constitution of this common-
wealth. Such meetings shall and may be duly
warned by the board of aldermen, upon the requi- l*eJ™0'
sition of twenty-five qualified voters of each ward
of said city. If the board of aldermen refuses or
neglects to call any such meeting, any justice of
the municipal court of said city may, upon a like
requisition, by a warrant under his hand in such
form, and so served, executed, and returned, as he
shall determine, call such meeting at such time
and in such manner as he may direct, and shall
appoint some one to preside therein until the same
1 Section 60 of the charter is repealed, and this section enacted in place thereof.
40 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
shall be duly organized by the choice of clerk and
chairman.
Warranto.
Power of
legislature
to alter the
charter.
Provision.
Sect. 61.1 All warrants for the meeting of the
ingstobe citjzens for municipal purposes, to be had either
issued by i J. 1 ?
the board of m general meeting- or in precincts, shall be issued
aldermen. ° ° 1
]82i, c.iio, Dy the board of aldermen, and in such form, and
§ 26.
shall be served, executed, and returned at such
time and in such manner as the city council may
by any by-law or ordinance direct and appoint.
Sect. 62. Nothing in this act contained shall
be so construed as to restrain or prevent the leg-
1821, ciio, jsiature from amending or altering the same when-
ever they shall deem it expedient.
firTcharter. Sect. 63. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed ; provided, how-
ever, that the repeal of the said acts shall not effect
any act done, or any right accruing, or accrued, or
established, or any suit or proceeding had or com-
menced in any civil case, before the time when
such appeal shall take effect; and that no offence
committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred
under the acts hereby repealed, and before the
time when such repeal shall take effect, shall be
effected by the repeal; and that no suit or prose-
cution pending at the time of the said repeal for
any offence committed, or for the recovery of any
penalty or forfeiture incurred, under the acts
hereby repealed, shall be effected by such repeal ;
and provided, also, that all persons, who, at the
time when the said repeal shall take effect, shall
1 See note on § 4, ante.
CITY CHARTER. 41
hold any office under the said acts, shall continue
to hold the same according to the tenure thereof;
and provided, also, that all the by-laws and ordi-
nances of the city of Boston, which shall be in
force at the time when the said repeal shall take
effect, shall continue in force until the same are
repealed by the city council; and all officers
elected under such by-laws and ordinances shall
continue in office according to the tenure thereof.
Sect. 64. Wo act which has been heretofore re- Rl peal not
to revive
pealed shall be revived by the repeal of the acts other aocs-
mentioned in the preceding section.
Sect. 65. This act shall be void unless the in- Acttobe
submitted
habitants of the city of Boston, at a legal meeting totheciti-
zens.
called for that purpose, by a written vote, determine
to adopt the same;1 and the qualified voters of the
city shall be called upon to give in their votes
upon the acceptauce of this act, at meetings in the
various wards, duly warned by the mayor and
aldermen, to be held on or before the second Mon-
day of November; and thereupon the same pro-
ceedings shall be had respecting the sorting,
counting, declaring, recording, and returns of said
votes, as is herein provided at the election of
mayor; and the board of mayor and aldermen shall,
within three days, meet together and compare the
returns of the ward officers; and, if it appear that
the citizens have voted to adopt this act, the mayor if adopted,
when to
shall make proclamation of the fact, and thereupon take effect.
the act shall take effect for the purpose of electing
1 Accepted November 15, 1854. Yeas, 9,1 66 ; nays, 990.
42 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
municipal officers at the next annual election, and
for all other purposes it shall take effect on and
after the first Monday of January next [1855].
street com- gECT> 66 (additional). There shall be chosen by the
miBBioners. v ' *>
1870, c. 337. qualified voters of the city, at each annual municipal elec-
tion, one street commissioner, to hold office for three years
from the first Monday in January following said election.
The board of street commissioners shall exercise all the
powers heretofore held by the board of aldermen con-
cerning the laying out, altering, or discontinuing the
streets and ways of said city, or in regard to the abate-
ment of taxes ; but if the cost of laying out or discon-
tinuing or altering any street, lane, or alley, together
with the similar expense on such way, shall exceed ten
thousand dollars, the matter shall be referred to the city
council for approval or rejection. The city council may
also initiate and direct action in such matters by a two-
thirds vote of each branch.
Salaries. The sa^ commissioners shall receive a salary of not less
1879, c. 198. J
than two thousand dollars each. Any vacancy occur-
ring in such board shall be filled by a concurrent vote of
the city council, and the person so elected shall hold the
office until his successor at the next municipal election
shall be chosen and qualified.
commis- gECTi 67 (additional). The mayor of the city of Bos-
sioners or \ / %j .'
public insti- ton shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the board of
tutions.
1889, c. 245. aldermen, three able and discreet men, inhabitants of said
3*e '' c' city, who shall constitute a board of said city, to be known
1885, c. 266. as ^ie commissioners of public institutions, and who shall
hold office, one for the term of three years, one for the
fiT u0' °" term of two years, and one for the term of one year,
beginning with the first Monday in April, in the year
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine ; and annually there-
CITY CHARTER. 43
after, the mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation as
aforesaid, one such commissioner to hold office for the
term of three years, beginning with the first Monday in
April in the year of his appointment. Any vacancy
occurring shall be filled by the appointment, as aforesaid,
of a commissioner for the remainder of the unexpired
term. The members of said board shall each receive a
salary of three thousand dollars per year, or such larger
salary as the said city may, by ordinance, provide. The
provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-six of the
acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five shall
apply to said board and to the members thereof. The
said board of commissioners of public institutions shall
have the charge and control of all the public institutions
of the city of Boston and of the county of Suffolk, which
are now under the charge and control of the board of
directors for public institutions, and they shall have and
enjoy all the powTers and authority, and be subject to all
the duties and limitations, now held by or imposed upon
said last named board.
Sect. 68 (additional). The mayor shall appoint, Buildings,
survey and
subject to the confirmation of the board of aldermen, a inspection.
chief officer of the department for the survey and inspec- §4. ' e'- '
tion of buildings, to hold office for the term of three 1885' c- 266-
years and until his successor shall take office. He may
be removed by the mayor for malfeasance, incapacity,
or neglect of duty. He shall perform all the duties and
have all the powers conferred upon him by statute.
Sect. 69 {additional) . The trustees of the public PubUc
library
library shall be five in number. In the month of April, trustees.
annually, the mayor shall appoint, subject to the confirma- 18g3)' JT 266'
tion of the board of aldermen, one citizen as a trustee of
said library to serve for five years from the first Monday
in May in the year in which he shall be appointed. No
44 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
member of the board of trustees shall be paid for his
services ; and any member may be removed by the
mayor for cause. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
mode as the original appointment. The said trustees
shall have the general care and control of the library,
1887, c. 60. and are charged with the construction of the new library
building on Dartmouth street.
department. Sect. 70 {additional). All powers and duties con-
1878, c. 45. feired by existing statutes upon the engineers or board
1850,0.262. ^ •' e r e
1885, c. 266. of engineers of the fire department of the city of Bos-
ton, or upon any member of said board, are hereby
transferred to the city council of said city ; and said
powers and duties may be exercised and carried into
effect by said city council in such manner as it may from
time to time prescribe, and through the agency of any
persons, board, or boards, to whom it may from time to
time delegate the same.
1881, c. 229, 'j'hg members of the board of fire commissioners may
§2. J
hold office for three years, respectively, from the first
Monday in May in the year of their appointment.
rark com- SECT, 71 (additional). The mayor shall annually
is75, c. 185. appoint, before the first day of May, subject to confirma-
1SS5, c. 266.
tion by the board of aldermen, a park commissioner, to
hold office for three years from said first day of May.
Said commissioners shall receive such compensation as
the city council may determine, and no commissioner
shall be at the same time a member of the city council of
said cit}r. Any commissioner may be removed by the
mayor for cause. They shall perform such duties and
have such powers as may be devolved upon them by
law.
Femes. Sect. 72 (additional). The city council of Boston,
1869, c. 155. \ / J
having purchased the boats and property of the East Bos-
ton ferry company, are authorized to maintain and oper-
CITY CHARTER. 45
ate, or cause to be maintained and operated, said ferry
at the rates of ferriage established by the board of alder-
men.
Sect. 73 {additional). The harbor-master and as- Harbor-
sistant harbor-masters for the port of Boston shall here- iss9,c.i47.
after be appointed from the police force by the board of
police of said city ; and they shall continue respectively
to have all the powers, and be subject to all the duties,
liabilities, and obligations, which now appertain by law to
said offices. The board of police may require such further
duties of these officers, including the duties of officers
and members of the police force of said city not incon-
sistent with the provisions of law, as they shall deem
expedient. The harbor-master and assistant harbor- See 1882, c.
216.
masters shall receive the pay now established, or which
may hereafter be established, for the grade of rank which
they respectively hold in the police force of said city.
Sect. 74 (additional). The city of Boston may pro- water,
vide, in the method prescribed by law, a supply of water '
for use in said city, may collect money therefor from the
persons using the same, and may appoint suitable per-
sons to take charge of said department. The city council Water
. , board.
may establish by ordinance a water board, consisting of isss, c. 266.
three able and discreet persons, to be appointed by the
mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of alder-
men, to receive such compensation as the city council
may from time to time determine. The salaries of the
members of said board, however, shall not be diminished
during the terms for which they are respectively ap-
pointed.
Sect. 75 (additional). The city is authorized tocityhospi-
. . tal.
erect, establish, and maintain a hospital for the recep- i85s, c. 113.
tion of persons who by misfortune or poverty may
require relief during temporary sickness.
46 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Lunatic ^he city council are authorized to erect and maintain
hospital.
1839, c. 231. a hospital for the reception of insane persons not furi-
ously mad.
cityhospi- Sect. 76 (additional). The trustees of the city hospital
tal trustees.
i88o,c.i74. shall be five in number. In the month of April, annually,
the mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the
board of aldermen, one citizen as a trustee of said hospital
to serve for five years from the first Monday in May in
the year in which he shall be appointed. No member
of the board of trustees shall be paid for his services ;
and any member may be removed by the mayor for cause.
Vacancies shall be filled in the same mode as the original
appointment. The said trustees shall have the general
care and control of the hospital, and have all other
powers and be subject to all duties devolved upon them
by law.
Board of Sect. 77 (additional). The police authority is vested
police. . V . ' l J
1885, c. 323. in a board,1 to consist of three citizens of Boston, who
shall have been resident therein three years immediately
preceding the date of their appointment, to be appointed
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the
council, from the two principal political parties. After
the first appointment the term of office is to be five
years, and the members may be removed by the gov-
ernor, 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 salary is fixed by law,
and the city must pay the salaries and all incidental ex-
penses of the administration of the police. The num-
ber of patrolmen cannot be increased or the pay raised
without the consent of the city.
aThis power, as will be seen, is in derogation of the original charter, under
which constables and watchmen were emploj-ed, and also of the amendatory act
of 1838, chap. 123, which specifically allowed ihe city to. appoint policemen.
CITY CHARTER. 47
Sect. 78 (additional). Solomon B. Stebbins, Thomas Court-house
-r Tin • -t -i l r~\ i n ht • t • commit).
J. v\ hidden, and Ciodtrey Morse are appointed commis- sioner9.
sioners to purchase or take land in Boston for a court- -377'
house and court-house yard, and to construct thereon a
court-house for the county of Suffolk.1
Sect. 79 (additional). The fire-marshal of the city Fire mar-
of Boston, who must be a citizen of said cit}', is ap- isse] c. 351.
pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, for a term of three years, and may be re-
moved by the governor at any time. It is his duty to
examine into the cause, circumstances, and origin of
fires in Boston, and he may take testimony on oath in
regard thereto, and if there is evidence sufficient to
charge any person with the crime of arson, to cause his
arrest. He may subpoena witnesses and compel their
attendance before him, and may enter any buildings for
purposes connected with his duties. He shall be paid
$3,000 per annum and all expenses approved by the
board of fire commissioners; but the state must refund 18S7> c- 23L
to the city an amount not exceeding 25 per cent, of the
state tax received on premiums paid for fire-risks in the
city of Boston during the preceding year.
1 This is in derogation of the powers before granted to the board of aldermen
for the same purpose.
48 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
CHARTER AMENDMENTS — 1885.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266.]
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Appoint. Section 1. The mayor of the city of Boston shall
merit of •/ •/
officers and appoint, subject to confirmation by the board of alder-
boards.
men, all officers and boards now elected by the city
council or board of aldermen, or appointed by him
subject to confirmation, and all whose offices may here-
after be established by the city council or board of
aldermen, for such terms of service, respectively, as
Mayor can are or mav ^e fjxec[ Dv ]aw or ordinance; and he may
remove.
remove any of said officers or members of such boards
for such cause as he shall deem sufficient, and shall
Time of assign in his order for removal. No appointment made
confirma-
tion, by the mayor shall be acted upon by the board of alder-
men until the expiration of one week after such appoint-
ment is transmitted to said board.
Exceptions. Sect. 2. The foregoing section shall not apply to the
city messenger, clerk of committees of the city council,
or such other clerks and attendants as may be employed
by the city council or either branch thereof, or any sub-
Assistant ordinate officers in the several departments. The assist-
assessorsof
taxes. ant assessors of taxes shall be appointed by the assessors
of taxes, subject to confirmation by the mayor, and may
be removed by the assessors for such cause as they shall
deem, sufficient and shall assign in their order for re-
city clerk, moval, and the city clerk shall be chosen by the city
council by concurrent vote.
Members of Sect. 3. No member of the city council of said city
city council ^
ineligible, shall, during the term for which he is elected, be ap-
pointed to or hold any office included under the provi-
sions of either of the preceding sections.
CITY CHARTER. 49
Sect. 4. Every officer included under the provisions Tenureof
J l office.
of either section one or two shall, unless sooner removed,
continue after the expiration of his term of service to
hold his office until his successor is appointed or elected
and duly qualified.
H Sect. 5. All officers and boards included under the Appoint-
. mentof sub-
pro visions of section one shall appoint their respective ordinates.
subordinates for such terms of service respectively as
are or may be fixed by law or ordinance. The said Removal-
officers and boards may remove such subordinates for
such cause as they may deem sufficient and shall assign
in their order for removal.]
Sect. 6. The executive powers of said city, and all Executlve
1 " powers
the executive powers now vested in the board of alder- vested in
. mayor.
men, as such, as surveyors of highways, county commis-
sioners or otherwise, shall be and hereby are vested in
the mayor, to be exercised through the several officers
and boards of the city in their respective departments,
under his general supervision and control. Such officers Powers of
and boards shall, in their respective departments, make Doards.
all necessary contracts for the employment of labor, the
supply of materials, and the construction, alteration, and
repair of all public works and buildings, and have the
entire care, custody, and management of all public
works, institutions, buildings, and other property, and
the direction and control of all the executive and admin-
istrative business of said city. Thev shall be at all times Accounta-
^ " bility to
accountable for the proper discharge of their duties to the mayor.
mayor, as the chief executive officer, whose duty it shall
be to secure the honest, efficient, and economical con-
duct of the entire executive and administrative business
of the city, and the harmonious and concerted action of
the different departments. Every contract made as
1 Repealed by Stat. 1890, c. 418, § 8.
50 MUNICIPAL REGISTEK.
fpprovf aforesaid in which the amount involved exceeds two
contracts, thousand dollars shall require the approval of the mayor
before going into effect ; and no expenditure shall be
made nor liability incurred for any purpose beyond the
appropriation duly made therefor.
Meetings gECT# 7. The mayor shall, once a month or oftener,
forconsulta- ^
ti0B- call together the heads of departments for consultation
and advice upon the affairs of the city ; and at such
meetings and at all times they shall furnish such infor-
mation as to matters under their control as the mayor
may request.
Annual esti- gECT. 8. The heads of departments, and all other
mates.
officers and boards having authority to expend money,
shall annually furnish an estimate to the mayor of the
money required for their respective departments and
offices during the next financial year. The mayor shall
examine such estimates, and submit the same with his
recommendations thereon to the city council.
items of Sect. 9. When an ordinance, order, resolution, or
appropria- _ ,
tion bill may vote of the city council, or of either branch thereof, m-
provedby volving the appropriation or expenditure of money, or
mayor. tke rajsmg 0f a tax, and including separate items or
sums, is presented to the mayor of the city for his ap-
proval, he may approve some of the items or sums, and
disapprove others : and in case of such disapproval 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 writ-
ing, to that branch of the city council in which the ordi-
nance, order, resolution, or vote originated. The items
or sums so disapproved shall not be in force unless
passed in the manner provided in section forty-seven of
CITY CHARTER. 51
chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the
year eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
Sect. 10. All orders, resolutions, or votes of the 'Vetoptwer,
board of
board of aldermen of said city which involve the exercise aldermen,
of any of the powers conferred by law upon the mayor
and aldermen, or the board of aldermen as a separate
board ; and all orders, resolutions, or votes of the school ®cta»oi**om-
mittee.
committee of said city, which involve the expenditure of
money, shall be presented to the mayor for his approval,
and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had by the
mayor and the board of aldermen, or the mayor and the
school committee, as are provided in section forty-seven
of chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the
year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, or in section nine
of this act, to be had by the mayor and a single branch
of the city council ; but nothing in this section contained
shall affect the powers or duties of said board in relation
to votes cast at elections. The mayor shall not be a Major not a
member
member, nor preside at any of the meetings, nor appoint and not to
any of the committees of either the board of aldermen or pre81 '
of the school committee.
Sect. 11. The annual salary of the mayor of said Salaryof
mayor.
city shall be fixed by the city council by concurrent vote
at a sum not less than five thousand dollars, and he shall
receive for his services no other compensation or emolu-
ment whatever.
Sect. 12. Neither the city council nor either branch Powers of
city council,
thereof, nor any member or committee thereof or of etc., re-
either branch thereof, nor the board of aldermen acting6"
in any capacity in which said board may act separately
under special powers conferred upon it, nor any member
or committee of said board acting in any such capacity,
shall directly or indirectly take part in the employment
of labor, the making of contracts, the purchase of mate-
52 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
rials of 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 business
of the city, or in the expenditure of public money, ex-
cept 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 in
sections one and two, in the appointment or removal ot
any officers or subordinates for whose appointment and
state aid. removal provision is hereinbefore made ; but nothing in
this section contained 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.
ordinances, Sect. 13. All ordinances, rules? orders, resolutions,
etc., of
city council and votes of the city council of said city and of either
branch thereof, and of the board of aldermen acting in a
special capacity as a separate board, are annulled so far
as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act ;
civil service and 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 commonwealth
and the cities thereof, or of the rules made by the corn-
Tenure of missioners appointed thereunder; and none of the pro-
curements3.' visions of this act, except those relating to the power of
removal, shall affect the tenure of office of any person
now holding any office or position in said city.
[ApprwedMay 27, 1885.]
CITY CHARTER. 53
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 178.]
AN ACT TO LIMIT THE MUNICIPAL DEBT OF AND THE
RATE OF TAXATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Section 1. The taxes assessed on property in the city Limit of
e -i^i annual tax
of Boston exclusive ot the state tax and ot the sums levy.
required by law to be raised on account of the city debt
shall not exceed in any year nine dollars on every one
thousand dollars of the average of the assessors' valua-
tions of the taxable property therein for the preceding
five years, the valuation for each year being first reduced
by the amount of all abatements allowed thereon pre-
vious to the thirty-first day of December in the year
preceding said assessment. Any order or appropriation
requiring a larger assessment than herein first above
limited shall be void.
Sect. 2. The limit of indebtedness of the city 0fLimitofin-
debtedness.
Boston shall hereafter be two and one-half per cent, up
to and until the first day of January in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, and thereafter shall be two
per cent, on the average valuation prescribed in section
one of this act, instead of three per cent, on the last
preceding valuation as provided in section four of chapter
twenty- nine of the Public Statutes.
Sect. 3. Any court or justice havino; equity iurisdic- InJunction
J J o 1 J J may issue
tion, sitting in the county of Suffolk, shall, upon the to prevent
application of the mayor or of ten taxable inhabitants of
the city, at all times, whether in term time or vacation,
have power to issue injunctions, mandatory or otherwise,
decrees, or other process against the city council or
otherwise, which such court or justice may think needful
to enforce the provisions of this act or to prevent the
violation thereof.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[ Approved April 17, 1885.~]
54: MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
[Chap. 323, Acts of 1885.]
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A BOARD OF POLICE FOR THE
CITY OF BOSTON.
Beit enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The governor of the commonwealth with
the advice and consent of the council shall appoint from
the two principal political parties three citizens of Boston
who shall have been residents therein 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 CHARTS II. 55
appoint and establish and organize the poliee of said city
of Boston, and make all needful rules and regulations 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
56 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
used by said police shall be under the 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.
\_Ajpproved Jane 12, 2555.]
CITY CHARTER. 57
[Chai\ 199, Acts of 1886.]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO PUR-
CHASE THE PROPERTY OF THE JAMAICA POND AQUE-
DUCT CORPORATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Section 1 . The city of Boston , by the Boston water
board, may purchase and hold 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.]
58 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
[Chap. 177, Acts of 1887.]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
RESERVE POLICE FORCE IN THE CITY OF 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 CHARTER.
[Chap. 178, Acts of 1887.]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PENSIONING MEMBERS OF THE
BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board 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 which 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
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60 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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
forty-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.
[Approved April 14, 1887.']
CITY CHARTER. 61
[Chap. 418, Acts of 1890.]
AN ACT RELATING TO OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Section 1. Every person now or hereafter having
sole or joint charge of a department of the city of
Boston shall hold office for such term, not exceeding
three years beginning with the first day of May in the
year of his appointment, as the city council may by
ordinance determine, and until his successor is appointed
and confirmed : provided, however, that all members of
boards and all trustees shall hold office for such terms
as may be specified in the statutes creating them and
until their respective successors are appointed and con-
firmed, but such terms shall begin with the first day of
May in the year of appointment. All officers, except
election officers and those above named, appointed by
the mayor and confirmed by the board of aldermen of
said city, shall hold office for terms of one year begin-
ning with the first day of May in the year of appoint-
ment and until their respective successors are appointed
and confirmed. Any officer appointed by the mayor
and confirmed by the board of aldermen of said city
may be removed by the mayor for such cause as he
shall deem sufficient and shall assign in his order for
removal.
Sect. 2. The term "subordinate" in this act, and in
all other acts relating to the city of Boston or its de-
partments, shall be construed to include only assistants,
deputies, clerks, and other officers, appointed by an
officer or board in charge of a department, and paid a
yearly salary.
Sect. 3. Every subordinate of a department of said
city shall continue to hold his office until removed by
the officer or board in charge of the department, for
62 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
such cause as he, or it, shall deem sufficient, and shall
assign in the order of removal.
Sect. 4. Every officer or board in charge of a
department in said city, when authorized to erect a
new building or to make structural changes therein,
shall make contracts therefor, not exceeding five, each
contract to be subject to the approval of the mayor ;
and when about to do any work or to make any pur-
chase, the estimated cost of which amounts to or ex-
ceeds two thousand dollars, shall, 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, such advertisements
to state the time and place for opening the proposals in
answer to said advertisements, and reserving in such
invitations the right to the officer or board to reject any
or all proposals.
Sect. 5. Every proposal for doing such work or
making such sale shall be accompanied by a suitable
bond, certified check, or certificate of deposit, for the
faithful performance of such proposal, and all such pro-
posals shall be kept by the officer or board inviting the
same, and shall be open to public inspection after said
proposals have been accepted or rejected.
Sect. 6. All contracts made by any department of
the city of Boston shall, when the amount involved is
two thousand dollars or more, be in writing, and no such
contract shall be deemed to have been made or executed
until the approval of the mayor in writing is affixed
thereto. All such contracts shall be accompanied by a
suitable bond or deposit of money or other security for
the faithful performance of such contracts, and such
bonds or other security shall be deposited with the city
auditor until the contract has been carried out in all
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respects ; and no such contract shall be altered except
by a written agreement of the contractor, the sureties
on his or their bond, and the officer or board making the
contract, with the approval of the mayor affixed thereto.
Sect. 7» The treasurer of said city, when authorized
to issue any bonds or certificates of indebtedness of said
city, except for a loan in anticipation of taxes for the
year in which the loan is made shall, unless the com-
missioners of the sinking-funds or persons having charge
of any trust funds of said city purchase the same, invite
proposals for the purchase thereof by advertisements in
four daily newspapers published in said city, reserving
to himself the right to reject any and all bids ; in case
no such proposal is accepted, the treasurer may, with
the approval of the mayor, award or give any part of
the loan, or the entire loan in parts, to any other person
or party, provided only it be at a price or sum not
less than par. The rate of interest on such certificates
of indebtedness for a loan in anticipation of taxes shall
be fixed by said treasurer.
Sect. 8. Section five of chapter two hundred and
sixty- six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-five is hereby repealed.
Sect. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved June 16, 1890.^\
(54: MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
[Chap. 93, Acts of 1891.]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
ANTICIPATE ITS AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY
WITHIN ITS DEBT LIMIT FOR ANY CURRENT MU-
NICIPAL YEAR.
Section 1. The commissioners of sinking-funds of
the city of Boston, together with the treasurer and
auditor of said city, shall before the first day of April
in each year certify to the city council their estimate of
the amount which said city will be able to borrow during
the current municipal year within the debt limit estab-
lished by law ; and said city is hereby authorized to
borrow such estimated amount, or any portion thereof,
at any time or times during such current municipal year.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1891.]
CITY CHARTER. (35
[Chap. 206, Acts of 1891.]
AN ACT TO FURTHER REGULATE THE BORROWING OF
MONEY BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Section 1. The city of Boston shall not borrow any
money for purposes taken into account in determining
its debt limit unless the mayor shall in writing certify
upon the order authorizing the loan that the amount
intended to be so borrowed is not, in his opinion, to
meet a current expense, or that such money is to meet
a current expense, but that public necessity requires the
borrowing of the same.
Sect. 2. No transfer from any fund obtained by a
loan shall be made unless the mayor shall in writing
certify upon the order authorizing the transfer that such
transfer is not, in his opinion, to meet a current expense,
or that such transfer is to meet a current expense, but
that public necessity requires such transfer to be made.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved April 17, 1891.]
G6 • MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
[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.
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.
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
CITY CHARTER. G7
the tide-water of suit! 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,
however, 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
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 effect upon its passage.
[Approved May 20, 1891.']
68 MUNICIPAL REGISTTEE*
[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
men of the grade in which such member 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
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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 effect when accepted by
the city council of the city of Boston.
[Approved June 11, 1891.']
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MUNICIPAL KEGISTEK.
SEAL OF THE CITY.
By Chapter 1, Section 6, Revised Ordinances of 1892,
it is provided that " the seal of the City shall be circular in
form, shall bear a view of the city, the motto f Sicut patri-
bus, sit deus nobis,' and the inscription, 'Bostonia condita
A.D. 1630. Civitatis regimine donata A.D. 1822,' 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 : f 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 oi'der, 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 order in
which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion shall be previous
in its nature, except that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest
sum and longest time shall be put first.
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, without 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. 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.
MOTIONS.
Rule 10. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the chairman
shall so direct.
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Rule 11. 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 12. No motion or proposition of a subject different from that
under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Rule 13. 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 14. After a motion has been put by the chairman, it shall not
be withdrawn except by unanimous consent.
Rule 15. When a question is under debate, only a motion to adjourn,
to lay on the table, to postpone 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 16. 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 17. 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 18. The question of confirming a nomination made by the
mayor shall be decided by a yea and nay ballot.
reconsideration.
Rule 19. When a vote has been passed, any member may move a
reconsideration thereof at the same meeting ; or he may give notice to
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the clerk, within twenty-four hours of the adjournment, of his intention
to move a reconsideration at the next regular meeting; in which case
the clerk shall retain possession of the papers until the next i-egular
meeting ; and when a motion for reconsideration is decided, that vote
shall not be reconsidered.
CONDUCT OF MEMBERS.
Rule 20. 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 21. No member speaking shall, without his consent, be inter-
rupted by another, except upon a point of order.
Rule 22. 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 interest.
Rule 23. 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-i. The following standing committees of the board, to con-
sist of three members each, except where otherwise herein provided,
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 — Steam-Engines and Furnaces — Streets and Sewers, to consist
of all the members of the board, and to be divided by the chairman of
the committee into the following sub-committees, namely : on Paving
Division, Sewer Division, Bridge Division, Sanitary Division, and Street-
cleaning Division.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Rule 25. At every regular meeting of the board the oi'der 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 council.
4. Unfinished business of preceding meetings.
5. Reports of city officers.
6. Reports of committees.
7. Motions, orders, and resolutions.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Rule 26. Committees of the board to whom any matter is esjoecially
referred shall report within four weeks, or ask for further time.
EXPENSES OF COMMITTEES.
Rule 27. No money shall be drawn from the city treasury for the
purpose of paying the expenses of any committee, or any portion of
the same, while absent from the city of Boston, unless authorized by
special vote of the board.
SPECTATORS.
Rule 28. No person, except a member of the board, shall be per-
mitted to occupy the seat of any member while the board is in session.
Rule 29. No person 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 30. No licenses shall be granted for exhibitions of pugilism
or wrestling.
Rule 31. 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 boai'd of al-
dermen on the application for such permission, after notice of such heai-ing
duly advertised by the applicant in one or more newspapers.
Rule 32. Every license or permit hereafter granted for the location of a
street-railway track, 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 disturbance 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 OF RULES.
Rule 33. Any rule may be suspended by vole of two-thirds of the
members of the board present and voting, except Rule 30, which shall
be suspended only by a unanimous vote.
RULES AND ORDERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Rule 1. Unless otherwise ordered from time to time, the regular
meeting of the common council shall be jheld 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.
The roll shall be called at each meeting of the council by dh*ection of
the president not later than half-past eight, and a record of the attend-
ance of the members shall be reported to the council monthly by the
clerk.
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, unless otherwise designated
by the president.
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
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shall prepare 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
the papers pertaining thereto until the right of reconsideration has
expired.
CONDUCT OF MEMBERS.
Rule 6. Except when otherwise provided, no member shall
speak for more 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 floor.
Rule 7. No member shall interrupt another while speaking, ex-
cept by rising to call to order, in which 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 refrain 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 place without leave of
the president.
QUORUM.
Rule 8. Whenever, on a rising 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
five 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 chairman, unless otherwise ordered by the committee, in which
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case the council shall be notified of the change; and the same rule
shall apply to the members serving on joint committees.
The absence of a member from three successive, duly called meetings
of any committee, except on account of sickness or absence from the
city, proved to the satisfaction of the president, shall be deemed a resig-
nation on the part of such member from such committee, and the vacancy
caused by such resignation shall be filled by the president at the next
meeting of the council.
The clerk of committees shall report at each meeting of the council
all resignations effected by the preceding clause.
Rule 12. Special committees of this council shall consist of three
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
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 to whom any matter is referred shall report
within four weeks, or ask for further time ; and the clerk shall report
on the calendar at each meeting the titles of all matters referred to
committees, which have been before them four weeks without reports
being made thereon, and give the names of the committees to whom
such references were made. A list of such titles to be furnished on
Monday of each week to the clerk of the common council by the clerk
of committees.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Rule 15. When the council shall determine to go into a committee
of the whole, the president shall appoint 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, repoi't progress, and ask leave to sit again shall be first in
order, and shall be decided without debate ; and the previous 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 preceding meeting, if called
for by any member.
Second. Papers from the board of aldermen.
Third. Reports of committee on finance.
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Fourth. Reports of committees, which shall be called for by divi-
sions in numerical order.
Fifth. Motions, orders, and resolutions. They shall be read once,
and referred to their appropriate committees or assigned to the next
meeting, unless the rules are suspended on a rising vote, in which case
they may be given a second reading and passed.
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
person as he may request, and be taken up in the order in which they
are presented.
Rule 19. All ordinances, orders, and resolutions 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 ordinance 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 rule 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. To lay on the table.
3. To especially assign to a time certain.
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4. To refer to a committee.
5. The previous question.
6. To close debate at a specified time.
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 maybe 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 i*ank, 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
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, during
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 proposed, the motion shall be put
in the following order:
A standing committee of the council.
A special committee of the council.
A joint 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 from 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 require 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.
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* 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 30. All incidental questions of order arising 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 put'} " and all debate upon the
main question shall be suspended until the previous question has been
decided.
APPEAL.
Rule 32. No appeal from the decision of the 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 council1} " 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 count and report the result aloud to him.
Rule 34. 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 the 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 after
the announcement of such vote or whenever motions are in order ; or
if any member who is not shown by a yea and nay vote to have voted
against the prevailing side shall give notice to the clei'k, before ten
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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 preceding 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
readied in the order 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 effect.
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 beenrefused 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 elected by the city council, shall be chosen in this
branch by ballot. In all elections by ballot the number of blanks cast
shall be reported. Ballots cast for ineligible persons shall be counted
and reported, but only for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number
of ballots cast. If the person chosen is ineligible the ballot shall be
void, and a new ballot be taken.
SEATS OF MEMBERS.
Rule 41. No person except a member of the council shall be per-
mitted to occupy the seat of any member while the council 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
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drawn against his name, and shall not change it except by the permis-
sion of the president.
SPECTATORS.
Rule 42. The city messenger shall allow no person upon the floor
of the council chamber or in either of the anterooms, except members
of the city government and reporters, without the permission of the
president; and while the council is in session, no person except mem-
bers of the city government and reporters shall be allowed 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 council.
Rule 43. 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 public purposes, in all cases reporting 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 president 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; provided,
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
cit}' messenger, subject to the direction of the president ; but no expen-
diture of money shall be made except by direct vote of the common
council.
REFRESHMENTS AND CARRIAGE-HIRE.
Rule 44. No bill for refreshments or carriage-hire shall be incurred
by any member of the common council, except in the discharge of offi-
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 carriages. 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
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refreshments or carriage- hi re 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 incurred for refreshments and carriage-hire shall be charged 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 pre-
sented within three months of the date of incurring the same.
The city auditor shall report in print every three months, giving in
detail the bills allowed and the votes authorizing the same.
REPEAL.
Rule 45. The foregoing rules shall not be altei'ed, 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, and
all suspensions of Rule 17 shall be on a rising vote.
JOINT RULES AND ORDERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Rule 1. There shall be appointed at the commencement of the
municipal year the following joint standing committees, the members
of which shall be appointed by the respective branches in such manner
as they may determine. Said committees shall respectively examine,
as often as they deem necessary, the accounts of public moneys re-
ceived and expended by the several departments. To the said com-
mittees severally shall be referred all estimates and applications for
appropriations 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 Department of Ancient Records:
2. A committee on the Architect Department.
3. A committee on the Assessing Department.
4. A committee on the Auditing Department.
5. A committee on the City Clerk Department.
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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 Department.
10. A committee on the Ferry Department.
11. A committee on the Fire Department.
12. A committee on the Health Department.
13. A committee on the Hospital Department.
14. A committee on the Department for the Inspection 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 Provisions.
17. A committee on the Department for the Inspection of Vessels and
Ballast.
18. A committee on the Lamp Department.
19. A committee on the Law Department.
20. A committee on the Department for Laying Out Streets.
21. A committee on the Library Department.
22. A committee on the Market Department.
23. A committee on the Department of Mount Hope Cemetery.
24. A committee on the Park Department.
25. A committee on the Police Department.
26. A committee on Public Lands.
27. A committee on the Department of Public Buildings.
28. A committee on the Department of Public Grounds.
29. A committee on the Department of Public Institutions.
30. A committee on the Department for the Registration of Voters.
31. A committee on the Registry Department.
32. A committee on the Department for the Relief of the Poor.
33. A committee on Schools and School- Houses.
84. A committee on the Department for the Sealing of Weights and
Measures.
35. A committee on the Street Department.
36. A committee on the Surveying Departtnent.
37. A committee on the Treasury Department.
38. A committee on the Water-Income Department.
39. A committee on the Water-Supply Department.
There shall also be appointed annually, in like manner, the following
joint standing committees to perform the duties assigned them :
1. A committee on Appropriations, to consist of the chairman and
seven members of the board of aldermen, and the president and seven
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members of the common 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
approved by them, and the amount of money awarded or paid in settle-
ment thereof.
3. A committee on the Contingent Expenses of the City Council, to
consist of three aldermen and five councilmen, to whom shall be re-
ferred all matters involving expenditures from any appropriation for
such purposes. They shall examine all bills and vouchers for expendi-
tures chargeable to such appropriation, and, if the same are corrtc;ly
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.
4. A. committee on Finance, to consist of five members of the board
of aldermen, and the president and six other members of the common
council, to whom shall be referred all applications for expenditures
which involve a loan, or a transfer 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 three aldermen
and five councilmen, who shall, unless otherwise ordered, appear
befox-e 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 pass
upon the question of the form and legality of the ordinance so re-
ferred, they may append an order that such ordinance " ought not
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to pass," and give their reasons therefor, or report such ordinance in a
new draft. 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 council, 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
city council, they shall employ the person appointed as superintendent of
printing under the provisions of Chapter 30 of the Revised Ordinances of
1890. The committee shall fix the number of copies to be printed of any
document printed as above, the minimum, however, to be six hundred ;
and they shall have the right to make rules and regulations for the care,
custod}', and distribution of all documents, books, pamphlets, and maps
by the city messenger.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Rule 2. Every joint special committee oi'dered 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 eveiy
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 ordered 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 clei'k shall have mailed the notices or despatched
them by special messenger.
Rule 6. Any joint committee may expend from the appropriation
for contingent expenses an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars
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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
appoint a committee of conference, the other branch shall also appoint
such a committee, and such committees shall consist of not less than 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 shall choose, the reasons for the action of their respective
branches in relation to the matter in controversy, shall confer freely
thereon, and shall report to their respective branches.
REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.
Rule 8. 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. 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 council 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 officers 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, oi'di-
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.
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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 minoi'ity
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 general appropriation for printing.
NOTICE TO OTHER BRANCH.
Rule 13. All papers requiring concurrent action shall be trans-
mitted from one branch of the city council to the 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, order, 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 " Ordei'ed" for everything by way of command ; and
the form shall be "Resolved," for everything expressing 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 appropriation 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 appropriation, to be
provided for by transfer or loan, shall be referred to the committee on
JOINT RULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 89
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 ad-
ditional appropriation shall be made until the latter committee has
reported thereon.
Rule 18. No order authorizing the borrowing of money, or the
transfer of one appropriation or part 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 affirm-
ative, by vote taken by yea and nay.
BILLS AND ACCOUNTS.
Rule 19. No presiding officer of a board, or chairman of a com-
mittee, unless duly authorized by such board or committee, shall ap-
prove any bill or account against the 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; and all carriage bills shall specify the use made
of the carriages charged therein. No member of the city council shall
incur any such bills, except upon days when he has attended a meeting
of a committee, or has pei'formed 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. Whenever a
committee vote to use carriages in transacting their business, the chair-
man shall specify the number of carriages to be engaged. All bills for
refreshments shall be presented at the time incurred, and shall be cer-
tified to by the members of the city council incurring the same ; and
shall require the approval of the chairman of the committee incurring
such bills, before they are presented to the committee on contingent ex-
pense ; provided, however, that sub-committees shall be allowed the use
of but one carriage in the performance of the duty assigned them, and
all bills contracted by sub-committees shall be submitted to and ap-
proved by the full committee.
Rule 21. All carriages shall be ordered thi'ough 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 carriages.
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 thirty days previous to the
date of their presentation to the auditor shall go before the city coun-
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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. The city auditor shall report in print to the city council,
monthly, the bills and expenditures from the contingent fund, in rea-
sonable detail, and the amount remaining unexpended.
AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
Rule 23. 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 each branch of the city council present and voting
thereon.
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GOVERNMENT
OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON
1892.
NATHAN MATTHEWS, Jr., Mayor,
Residence, 456 Beacon street.
Salary, $10,000.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266. Rev. Ord., Chap. 2; Chap. 3, § 6.]
CITY COUNCIL.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Salary, $ 1,500, each.
[Stat. 1888, Chap. 286. Rev. Ord., Chap. 3, § 6.]
John H. Lee, Chairman.
First District. — [Wards 1, 2.]
John H. Sullivan . . . .199 Webster street.
Second District. — [Wards 3, 4, 5.]
Michael J. Mitchell ... 45 Moulton street.
Third District. — [Wards 6, 7, 8.]
Thomas F. Keenan .... 41 McLean street.
Fourth District. — [Wards 9, 10.]
Jacob Fottler 3 Derne street.
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Fifth District. — [Wards 11, 16.]
Nathaniel J. Kust . . .172 Newbury street.
Sixth District. — [Wards 12, 13.]
Edward J. Leary ... 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.]
William A. Folsom . . 4 Hillside street.
Tenth District. — [Wards 20, 21.]
John F. Dever .... 82 Mt. Pleasant avenue.
Eleventh District. — [Wards 23, 25.]
John H. Lee 10 Parsons street.
Twelfth District. — [Ward 24.]
Otis Eddy 644 Adams 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. 8.]
Regular meetings, Mondays, at 4 o'clock P.M.
COMMON COUNCIL.
David F. Barry, President.
Ward 1. — John L. Bates, 282 Meridian street.
Hugh L. Stalker, 110 Trenton street.
James A. Cochran, 171 Lexington street.
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Ward 2. — Thomas Arthur, 67 Maverick square.
William J. Donovan, 141 London street.
Cornelius J. Flynn, 7 Border street.
Ward 3. — Michael J. Tierney, 61 Moulton street.
Frank McGinniss, 26 Lexington st.
John M. O'Hara, 43 Tufts street.
Ward 4. — Myron D. Cressy, 9 Albion place.
Albert W. Forbush, 401 Main street.
Frank A. Teeling, 16 Sever street.
Ward 5. — William T. Graham, 16 Miller street.
John Hurley, 28 Mt. Vernon street.
James W. O'Brien, 6 Call-st. place.
Ward 6. — Neil F. Doherty, 42 Sheafe street.
Charles Carroll, 3 Hanover place.
John F. Fitzgerald, 4 Garden-court street.
Ward 7. — Cornelius H. Toland, 212 Endicott street.
Cornelius Doherty, 182 Endicott street.
Timothy F. Murphy, 30 Norman street.
Ward 8. — Patrick Higgins, 38 Billerica street.
Hugh McLaughlin, 56 Auburn street.
William F. Donovan, 10 No. Russell street.
Ward 9. — Seth P. Smith, 86 Myrtle street.
Walden Banks, 170 Cambridge street.
Sidney B. Everett, 9 Charles street.
Ward 10. — Arthur L. Spring, 2 Ashburton place.
Clarence P. Weston, 11 Beacon street.
William C. Parker, 11 Bulfmeh street.
Ward 11. — Charles W. Hallstram, 123 Dartmouth st.
Frank H. Briggs, 25 Hotel Berkeley.
Royal Robbins, 375 Beacon street.
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Ward 12. — John Quinn, Jr. , 30 Wendell street.
Michael T. Callahan, 109 Hudson street.
William J. Welch, 46 Hudson street.
Ward 13. — Michael W. Norris, 123 West Fourth street.
John Merrill, 303 C street.
William J. Sullivan, 3 B street.
Ward 14. — James H. Coughlin, 901 East Broadway.
John A. Daunt, 345 E street.
Josiah S. Dean, 928 East Fourth street.
Ward 15.— Timothy J. Sullivan, 386 West Fourth st.
Frederick S. Gore, 57 Harvest street.
John J. Healy, 274 Bowen street.
Ward 16. — David F. Barry, 5 Taylor street.
James Keenan, 1202 Washington street.
Charles H. Reinhart, 78 Middlesex street.
Ward 17. — Charles E. Clark, 1474 Washington street.
Andrew J. Patterson, 93 W. Brookline st.
Nicholas J. Quinn, 101 Union Park street.
Ward 18. — Abraham C. Ratshesky, 535 Columbus ave.
Thomas Talbot, 102 W. Springfield street.
Albert C. Smith, 686 Tretnont street.
Ward 19. — Thomas F. Lyons, 26 Elrawood street.
Mark H. Lynch, 115 Cabot street.
Hubert B. Curley, 141 Ruggles street.
Ward 20. — Charles H, Dolan, 48 Adams street.
William B. McClellan, 52 Monadnock st.
Thomas H. Boyd, 180 Norfolk avenue.
Ward 21. — Melancthon W. Burlen, 27 Waumbeck st.
Albert C. Burrage, 140 Townsend street.
George M. Scates, 46 Dudley street.
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Ward 22. — Frederick C. Bleiler, 15 Day street.
William F. Finneran, 74 Smith street.
Patrick F. Gormley, I Worthington street.
Ward 23. — Franklin P. Pierce, 8 Greenwood avenue.
Frank F. Proctor, 48 Green street.
Edward F. Draper, 4 Chauncey place.
Ward 24. — Charles E. Folsom, Jr., 38 Romsey street.
Fred H. Young, 3 Ocean street.
John B. Patterson, 93 Corbet street.
Ward 25. — Henry B. Goodenough, Foster street.
Edward Farrell, 11 Oakland street.
Frank H. Ricker, Oakland street.
Clerk.
Joseph O'Kane, Blakeville, near Olney street, Dorchester.
Salary, $3,000. [Rev. Ord., Chap. 3, § 6.]
Regular meetings, Thursdays, at 7.30 P.M.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
(Alphabetically arranged.)
Dever, John F. .
Eddy, Otis . .
Flood, Thomas W.
Folsom, William A.
Fottler, Jacob
Keenan, Thomas F.
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Arthur, Thomas ... 2
Banks, Walden ... 9
Barry, David F. . . . 16
Bates, John L. . 1
Bleiler, Frederick C. . 22
Boyd, Thomas H. . . 20
Briggs, Frank H. . . 1]
Burlen, Melancthon W., 21
Burrage, Albert C. . . 21
Callahan, Michael T. . 12
Carroll, Charles ... 6
Clark, Charles E. . . 17
Cochran, James A. . 1
Coughlin, James H. . . 14
Cressy, Myron D. . . 4
Curley, Hubert B. . . 19
Daunt, John A. . . . 14
Dean, Josiah S. . . . 14
Doherty, Cornelius . . 7
Doherty, Neil F. . . 6
Dolan, Charles H. . .20
Donovan, William F.
Donovan, William J.
Draper, Edward F. .
Everett, Sidney B. .
Farrell, Edward .
Finneran, William F.
Fitzgerald, John F. .
Flynn, Cornelius J. .
Folsom, Charles E., Jr.
Forbush, Albert W.
Goodenough, Henry B.
Gore, Frederick S. .
Gormley, Patrick F.
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Ward
Graham, William T. . 5
Hallstram, Charles W. . 11
Healy, John J. . . . 15
Higgins, Patrick ... 8
Hurley, John .... 5
Keenan, James . . . 16
Lynch, Mark H. ... 19
Lyons, Thomas F. . . 19
McClellan, William B. . 20
McGinniss, Frank . . 8
McLaughlin, Hugh . . 8
Merrill, John. ... 13
Murphy, Timothy F. . 7
Norris, Michael W. . . 13
O'Brien, James W. . . 5
O'Hara, John M. . . 3
Parker, William C. . . 10
Patterson, Andrew J. . 17
Patterson, John B. . . 24
Pierce, Franklin P. . . 23
Proctor, Frank F. . . 23
Quinn, John, Jr. . . 12
Quinn, Nicholas J. . . 17
R-atshesky, Abraham C, 18
Reinhart, Charles H. . 16
Ricker, Frank H. . . 25
Robbins, Royal . 11
Scates, George M. . . 21
Smith, Albert C. . . 18
Smith, Seth P. . . . 9
Spring, Arthur L. . . 10
Stalker, Hugh L. . . 1
Sullivan, Timothy J. . 15
Sullivan, William J. . 13
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COMMITTEES.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Armories and Military Affairs. — Mitchell, Keenan, Lewis.
Bonds. — Dever, Folsom, Eddy.
County Accounts. — Keenan, Dever, Folsom.
Electric Wires. — Leary, Dever, Rust.
Faneuil Hall, etc. — Keenan, Mitchell, Fottler.
Lamps. — Leary, Sullivan, Lewis.
Licenses. — Sullivan, Devei% Rust.
Markets. — Mitchell, Keenan, Fottler.
Railroads. — Flood, Sullivan, Rust.
Steam-Engines, etc. — Leary, Sullivan, Eddy.
Streets and Sewers. — The whole Board. Alderman Flood, Chair-
man. Paving Division — Flood, Keenan, Leary, Eddy. Sewer Di-
vision — Sullivan, Lee, Dever, Fottler. Bridge Division — Leary,
Mitchell, Sullivan, Lewis. Sanitary Division — Mitchell, Dever, Flood,
Rust. Street- Cleaning Division — Keenan, Dever, Lee, Folsom.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
State Aid. — Keenan, Dever, Lewis.
Rules and Orders. — Lee, Flood, Rust.
Inspection of Prisons. — Sullivan, Leary, Lewis.
New Court-House. — Keenan, Lewis, Sullivan.
Unclaimed Baggage.— Lewis, Mitchell.
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JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Appropriations. — Aldermen — John H. Lee, John H. Sullivan,
Thomas W. Flood, Michael J. Mitchell, Edward J. Leary, John
F. Dever, Otis Eddy, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — David F.
Barry, Josiah S. Dean, Frank H. Briggs, Michael W. Norris, Franklin
P. Pierce, John Quinn, Jr., Seth P. Smith, Charles H. Dolan.
Department of Ancient Records. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary,
Jacob Fottler, William A. Folsom. Common Council — John L. Bates,
Patrick Higgins, John B. Patterson, Cornelius H. Toland, William J.
Sullivan.
Architect Department. — Aldermen — John F. Dever, John H.
Sullivan, Otis Eddy. Common Council — Cornelius H. Toland, Fred. H.
Young, Thomas H. Boyd, James Keenan, William F. Finneran.
Assessing Department. — Aldermen — Weston Lewis, Edward J.
Leary, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Charles Carroll, John
L. Bales, Hugh McLaughlin, Albert C. Smith, James Keenan.
Auditing Department. — Aldermen — Nathaniel J. Rust, Michael
J. Mitchell, William A. Folsom. Common Council — William C.
Parker, Cornelius Doherty, Frank F. Proctor, William J. Sullivan,
Sidney B. Everett.
City Clerk Department. — Aldermen — Michael J. Mitchell, John
H. Sullivan, Otis Eddy. Common Council — Clarence P. Weston, Fred
H. Young, Michael J. Tierney, Frederick S. Gore, Andrew J. Patterson.
City Messenger Department. — Aldermen — Otis Eddy, William
A. Folsom, John H.Lee. Common Council — Charles W. Hallstram,
Royal Robbins, Hugh L. Stalker, John F. Fitzgerald, Cornelias
Doherty.
Clerk of Committees Department. — Aldermen — Weston Lewis,
William A. Folsom, John F. Dever. Common Council — Michael T.
Callahan, John B. Patterson, Albert C. Burrage, Franklin P. Pierce,
James Keenan.
Claims. — Aldermen — John F. Dever, Otis Eddy, Michael J.
Mitchell. Common Council — Melancthon W. Burlen, David F. Barry,
Charles H. Dolan, Hugh McLaughlin, Arthur L. Spring.
Collecting Department. — Aldermen — Nathaniel J. Rust, Weston
Lewis, Michael J. Mitchell. Common Council — Henry B. Goodenough,
Thomas H. Boyd, Timothy J. Sullivan, William F. Donovan, Mark
H. Lynch.
COMMITTEES. 09
Contingent Expenses. — Aldermen — Weston Lewis, William A.
Folsom, Otis Eddy. Common Council — Albert C. Smith, Myron D.
Cressy, Frank McGinniss, John Merrill, Nicholas J. Quinn.
Engineering Department. — Aldermen — Jacob Foltler, John F.
Devev, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Patrick F. Gormley,
Thomas Talbot, Cornelius Doherty, Edward Farrell, Royal Robbins.
Ferry Department. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Thomas F.
Keenan, Weston Lewis. Common Council — William J. Donovan, John
L. Bates, Cornelius J. Flynn, John F. Fitzgerald, Frank II. Briggs.
Finance. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Thomas W. Flood, John
H. Sullivan, Nathaniel J. Rust, Weston Lewis. Common Council —
David F. Barry, Henry B. Goodenough, Michael W. Norris, Abraham
C. Ratshesky, Thomas F. Lyons, Melancthon A\r. Burlen, John Quinn, Jr.
Fire Department. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Michael J.
Mitchell, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — William B. McClellan,
Michael J. Tierney, Arthur L. Spring, Charles E. Folsom, Jr., John
Merrill.
Health Department. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, Michael
J. Mitchell, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — James W. O'Brien,
Frederick S. Gore, James Keenan, Albert W. Forbush, John B. Pat-
terson.
Hospital Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, John F.
Dever, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Abraham C. Ratshesky,
William B. McClellan, Albert W. Forbush, George M. Scates, Patrick
F. Gormley.
Department for the Inspection op Buildings. — Aldermen —
Thomas W. Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust, Edward J. Leary. Common Coun-
cil— Melancthon W. Burlen, William J. Donovan, Hugh L. Stalker,
Mark H. Lynch, Timothy J. Sullivan.
Lamp Department. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, John H. Sul-
livan, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Melancthon W. Burlen, Ed-
ward F. Draper, Nicholas J. Quinn, Charles H. Reinhart, Frank H.
Ricker.
Legislative Matters. — Aldermen — John F. Dever, Michael J.
Mitchell, Jacob Fottler. Common Cotincil — Josiah S. Dean, Arthur
L. Spring, John F. Fitzgerald, Albert C. Burrage, Michael T. Callahan.
Library Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Otis Eddy,
Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — John B. Patterson, John M.
O'Hai'a, John A. Daunt, Charles Carroll, Frederick C. Bleiler.
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Market Department. — Aldermen — Michael J. Mitchell, Thomas
F. Keenan, Jacob Fottlei-. Common Council — Thomas Talbot, Michael
J. Tierney, David F. Barry, Henry B. Goodenough, Edward Farrell.
Department of Mount Hope Cemetery. — Aldermen — Michael J.
Mitchell, John F. Dever, Otis Eddy. Common Council — William B.
McClellan, John A. Daunt, Franklin P. Pierce, Edward F. Draper,
Timothy J. Sullivan.
Department for Inspection of Milk and Vinegar. — Aldermen
— Edward J. Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust, John H. Lee. Common Council
— Hugh L. Stalker, Charles Carroll, Cornelius J. Flynn, Abraham C.
Ratshesky, Cornelius H. Toland.
Ordinances and Law Department. — Aldermen — John H. Lee,
John F. Dever, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — Josiah S. Dean,
Seth P. Smith, William F. Donovan, Albert C. Burrage, Charles 11.
Dolan.
Park Department. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Michael J.
Mitchell, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Michael W. Norris,
Franklin P. Pierce, Frank A. Teeling, Thomas Arthur, Frederick S.
Gore.
Police Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan, Edward
J. Leary, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Arthur L. Spring, Frank
F. Proctor, William J. Welch, Neil F. Doherty, Thomas Arthur.
Department of Public Buildings. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Edward J. Leary, Otis Eddy. Common Council — David F. Barry,
John A. Daunt, Mark H. Lynch, William T. Graham, Charles E. Fol-
som, Jr.
Department of Public Grounds. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Thomas W. Flood, AVeston Lewis. Common Council — John Quinn,
Jr., Abraham C. Ratshesky, James H. Coughlin, James W. O'Brien,
Charles H. Reinhart.
Department of Public Institutions. — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, John H. Sullivan, John F. Dever. Common Council — James H.
Coughlin, Abraham C. Ratshesky, John M. O'Hara, John J. Healy,
Charles E. Folsom, Jr.
Public Lands. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust,
Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Hugh McLaughlin, Frank H. Briggs,
Josiah S. Dean, Thomas F. Lyons, Henry B. Goodenough.
Printing. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, John H. Lee, Weston
Lewis. Common Council — Michael T. Callahan, Melancthon W. Bur-
len, John J. Healy, Fred II. Young, Patrick Higgins.
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Department for Inspection of Provisions. — Aldermen — Jacob
Fottler, Weston Lewis, John II. Sullivan. Common Council — Frederick
C Bleiler, Frank II. Kicker, Charles II. Reinhart, John M. O'Hara,
Seth P. Smith.
Registry Department. — Aldermen — Michael J. Mitchell, Thomas
W. Flood, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Frank F. Proctor, Clarence
P. Weston, Sidney B. Everett, William C. Parker, William F. Donovan.
Department for the Relief of the Poor. — Aldermen — Michael
J. Mitchell, John F. Dever, William A. Folsom. Common Council —
John L. Bates, Frank F. Proctor, Frederick C. Bleiler, Hubert B. Cur-
ley, John Merrill.
Department for Registration of Voters. — Aldermen — John F.
Dever, Edward J. Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — Frank
H. Briggs, Hugh McLaughlin, Sidney B. Everett, Fred H. Young, An-
drew J. Patterson.
Schools and School-houses. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
John F. Dever, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Frank F. Proc-
tor, Patrick Higgins, George M. Scates, Nicholas J. Quinn, William J.
Sullivan.
Department for Sealing of Weights and Measures. — Alder-
men— Thomas F. Keenan, Edward J. Leary, Weston Lewis. Common
Council — Charles Carroll, Walden Banks, Frank H. Ricker, James H.
Coughlin, Frederick S. Gore.
Street Department. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, Thomas F.
Keenan, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Mark H. Lynch, James W.
O'Brien, Seth P. Smith, Thomas Arthur, Frank H. Briggs.
Department for Laying out Streets. — Aldermen — Thomas W.
Flood, Thomas F. Keenan, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — John
Hurley, Neil F. Doherty, Charles H. Dolan, Myron D. Cressy, Royal
Robbins.
Surveying Department. — Aldermen — Jacob Fottler, Otis Eddy,
Michael J. Mitchell. Common Council — James A. Cochran, Walden
Banks, Charles E. Clark, William F. Finneran, Frank A. Teeling.
Treasury Department. — Aldermen — Nathaniel J. Rust, Weston
Lewis, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Sidney B. Everett,
William T. Graham, Timothy F. Murphy, Edward F. Draper, John B.
Patterson.
Department for Inspection of Vessels and Ballast. — Aldermen
— John H. Sullivan, Michael J. Mitchell, Otis Eddy. Commo?i Council.
— Thomas H. Boyd, Clarence P. Weston, Edward Farrell, Patrick
Higgins, Fred C. Bleiler.
102 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Water-Income Department. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan,
Thomas W. Flood, Otis Eddy. Common Council — Cornelius H.
Toland, Walden Banks, Frank McGinniss, Patrick F. Gormley, Michael
T. Callahan.
Water-Supply Department. — A Mermen —Thomas W. Flood,
Michael J. Mitchell, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Thomas F.
Lyons, Charles W. Hallstram, John Hurley, William F. Donovan,
Myron D. Cressy.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Bituminous Coal. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, William A.
Folsom, Michael J. Mitchell. Common Council — Patrick F. Gormley,
Charles Carroll, Arthur L. Spring, Royal Robbins, Frank F. Proctor.
Carney Hospital. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, Edward J.
Leary, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Timothy J. Sullivan, Josiah
S. Dean, Thomas Talbot, Michael W. Norris, Frederick C. Bleiler.
City-Hall Extension. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Edward J.
Leary, Otis Eddy. Common Council — Charles W. Hallstram, Edward
Farrell, Thomas Talbot, John A. Daunt, Royal Robbins.
Consolidation of Departments. — Aldermen — Jacob Fottler, John
F. Dever, Thomas W. Flood. Common Council — Charles W. Hallstram,
Thomas F. Lyons, Seth P. Smith, Patrick F. Gormley, John F. Fitz-
gerald.
Closing Drawbridges. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, Thomas
W. Flood, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — William J. Sullivan,
James H. Coughlin, Timothy F. Murphy, Myron D. Cressy, Andrew J.
Patterson.
East Boston Bridge. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Thomas F.
Keenan, Otis Eddy. Common Council — William J. Donovan, James
A. Cochran, John L. Bates, Timothy F. Murphy, Neil F. Doherty.
East Boston Grade Crossings. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Michael J. Mitchell, William A. Folsom. Common Council — Thomas
Arthur, Hugh L. Stalker, James A. Cochran, Cornelius J. Flynn,
George M. Scates.
Fourth of July. — Aldermen — John H. Lee, John H. Sullivan,
Michael J. Mitchell, Thomas F. Keenan, Jacob Fottler, Nathaniel J.
Rust, Edward J. Leary, Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis, William
A. Folsom, John F. Dever, Otis Eddy. Common Council — David F.
Bariy, James A. Cochran, Cornelius J. Flynn, John M. O'Hara,
Albert W. Forbush, John Hurley, Charles Carroll, Cornelius H. Toland,
COMMITTEES. 103
William F. Donovan, Walden Banks, William C. Parker, Charles W.
Hallsfcram, William J. Welch, Michael W. Norris, Josiah S. Dean,
Frederick S. Gore, Charles II. Reinhart, Nicholas J. Quinn, Thomas
Talbot, Thomas F. Lyons, Charles II. Dolan, George M. Scales,
Patrick Gormley, Frank F. Proctor, Charles E. Folsom, Jr., Henry B.
Goodenough.
Grade Crossing, Old Colony Railroad (Providence Div.).—
Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, William A. Folsom, Jacob Fottler.
Common Council — William F. Finneran, John L. Bates, Edward F.
Draper, John A. Daunt, Frederick C. Bleiler.
Grade Crossings, Causeway and Traverse Streets.— Aldermen
— Thomas F. Keenan, Michael J. Mitchell. Nathaniel J. Rust. Com-
mon Council — Neil F. Doherty, John F. Fitzgerald, Seth P. Smith,
Patrick Higgins, Charles W. Hallstram.
Harvard Street. — Aldermen — William A. Folsom, Edward J.
Leary, Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — Charles W. Hall-
stram, John Quinn, Jr., Albert C. Bun-age, James Keenan, Frank F.
Proctor.
Harbor Fortifications. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Edward
J. Leary, Otis Eddy. Common Council — John Quinn, Jr., Edward F.
Draper, John L. Bates, Royal Robbins, Hubert B. Curley.
Improvement of Durginville. — Aldermen — John F. Dever,
Thomas W. Flood. Common Council — Thomas H. Boyd, William F.
Finneran, William J. Welch.
Joint Rules and Orders. — Aldermen — John H. Lee, Thomas
W. Flood, Nathaniel J. Rust, Michael J. Mitchell, Jacob Fottler. Com-
mon Council — Josiah S. Dean, Arthur L. Spring, David F. Barry,
Abraham C. Ratshesky, Patrick F. Gormley, Melancthon W. Burlen,
William B. McClellan.
Labor-Day Celebration. — Aldermen — Edward J. Leary, Michael
J. Mitchell, Otis Eddy. Common Council — James Keenan, Albert C.
Smith, John Merrill, Frank McGinniss, Andrew J. Patterson.
Mayor's Address. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Nathaniel J.
Rust, John F. Dever. Common Council — Arthur L. Spring, William
T. Graham, Edward F. Draper, William J. Welch, James Keenan.
Memorial Day. — Aldermen — Weston Lewis, Michael J. Mitchell,
Thomas F. Keenan. Common Council — Josiah S. Dean, Frank H.
Briggs, William J. Sullivan, Franklin L. Pierce, Nicholas J. Quinn.
Nautical Training School. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan,
Thomas F. Keenan, Otis Eddy. Common Council — William B. McClel-
104 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Ian, Charles E. Clark, Frank McGinniss, Frank A. Teeling, Abraham
C. Ratshesky.
Orchard Park. — Aldermen — John F. Dever, Thomas W. Flood,
William A. Folsom. Common Council — William B. McClellan,
Charles H. Dolan, John J. Healy, Hubert B. Curley, Albert C. Burrage.
Salaries. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Michael J. Mitchell,
Edward J. Leary, Otis Eddy, William A. Folsom. Common Council —
John Merrill, Charles W. Hallstram, Clarence P. Weston, Timothy J.
Sullivan, Nicholas J. Quinn.
Seventeenth of June. — Aldermen — Michael J. Mitchell, John
H. Sullivan, Weston Lewis. Common Council — John Hurley, Myron
D. Cressy, James W. O'Brien, Michael J. Tierney, John O'Hara.
South Bay Forum. — Aldermen — Thomas W. Flood, Otis Eddy,
Edward J. Leary. Common Council — Timothy J. Sullivan, John
Merrill, Thomas Talbot, John A. Daunt, John B. Patterson.
South Boston Grade Crossings. — Aldermen— Edward J. Leary,
Thomas W. Flood, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Michael W.
Norris, James H. Coughlin, William J. Sullivan.
Sidewalks. — Aldermen — Nathaniel J. Rust, John F. Dever, Otis
Eddy. — Common Council — Franklin P. Pierce, Hugh McLaughlin,
Nicholas J. Quinn, Mark H. Lynch, Frank H. Ricker.
Stony Brook. — Aldermen — William A. Folsom, John F. Dever,
Nathaniel J. Rust. Common Council — Andrew J. Patterson. Thomas
Talbot, Hubert B. Curley, Frank H. Ricker, Timothy F. Murphy.
Statues to Grant and Others. — Aldermen — Thomas F. Keenan,
John F. Dever, Weston Lewis. Common Council — James W. O'Brien,
Michael T. Callahan, Charles F. Clark, Neil F. Doherty, Cornelius J.
Flynn.
Use of Streets by. Private Corporations. — Aldermen — Otis
Eddy, Michael J. Mitchell, Weston Lewis. Common Council — Fred
H.Young, William T. Graham, Cornelius Doherty, William F. Dono-
van, Albert W. Forbush.
Grade Crossings, Charlestown — Aldermen — Michael J. Mitchell,
Thomas F. Keenan, Jacob Fottler. Common Council — Frank McGin-
niss, Myron D. Cressy, John Hurley, Frank A. Teeling, William T.
Graham.
East Boston Ferries. — Aldermen — John H. Sullivan, Thomas
F. Keenan, Weston Lewis. Common Council — William J. Donovan,
John L. Bates, Cornelius J. Flynn, JohnF. Fitzgerald, Frank H. Briggs.
COMMITTEES. 105
Warren Statue. — Aldermen — John F. Dever, Weston Lewis,
Thomas F. Keenan. Common Council — David F. Barry, Melancthon
W. Burlen, Albert C. Burrage, Charles II.Dolan, William B. McClellan.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Contingent Expenses. — Thomas F. Lyons, Hugh L. Stalker, John
J. Healy.
Elections. — Frank A. Teeling, William C. Parker, Charles E. Clark,
Thomas Arthur, Hubert B. Curley.
Judiciary. — Josiah S. Dean, Albert C. Burrage, John F. Fitzgerald,
Albert C. Smith, Michael J. Tierney.
Rules and Orders. — Josiah S. Dean, Albert C. Burrage, William B.
McClellan, Charles E. Folsom, Jr., Frank A. Teeling.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Badges. — Michael W. Norris, Charles E. Folsom, Jr., William B.
McClellan.
Sanitary Department, Ward 23. — Frank F. Proctor, Franklin P.
Pierce, Edward F. Draper, George M. Seates, Charles H. Reinhart.
First Division. — William B. McClellan, Melancthon W. Burlen.
Second Division. — Michael W. Norris, George M. Seates.
Third Division. — John Hurley, Franklin P. Pierce.
Fourth Division. — Mark H. Lynch, Sidney B. Everett.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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 with the times of appointment or election, the respective terms of
office as prescribed by statutes, ordinances, or both, and the salary received by each,
respectively.
Offices.
Ancient Records, Com-
missioners of ... .
Architect .
Assessors
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
Vinegar .......
Inspector of Provisions,
Lamps, Superintendent
of
Law Department :
Corporation Counsel,
City Solicitor . . . .
How
Created.
Ordinance
Statute
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
By Whom
Appointed.
Mayor ]
City Council5
Mayor ]
Governor 3
Mayor l .
When
Appointed
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
fled . . .
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
" 1 . .
" 1 . .
" 1 . .
November 3
1889 . . .
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
November 3
1889 . • .
May 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 »
5,000
5,000
3,000
3,500
5,000
6,000
3,500
3,000
3,000
3,000
None.
$5,000
3,000
1,700
3,500
6,000
5,750
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
107
Offices.
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, Superintendent
of
Survey, Board of
Surveyor, City .
Treasurer, City .
Water Board „ .
Water Registrar
How
Created.
Statute
Ordinance
Statute
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
Ordinance
Statute . .
tt
Ordinance
By Whom
Appointed.
Mayor :
Governor3
Mayor '
Vote of the
People . .
Mayor 1 . .
When
Appointed.
Annually,
one . . ,
Annually ,
Annually,
five . . .
Annually,
one . . .
One in 1893,
1894, 1895,
respect-
ively . .
Annually .
Annually,
one . .
Annually
Annually,
four . .
Annually .
Annually,
two . . .
Annually,
one . . .
Annually .
Mayl8, 1891:
Annually .
Annually,
one . . ,
Annually ,
Term
Begins.
May
1st Monday
in Jan.
Length of
Term.
Five years.
One year.
Three years,
Five years.
One year.
Salary.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
it ii
One year.
Three years.
One year.
ii ii
Three years.
One year.
None.
$3,000
None.
None.
$4,000 *
3,000
3,600
3,000
3,500*
2,550
3,000
None.
$3,000
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 Ly concurrent vote.
108
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS.
Offices.
How
Created.
By Whom
Appointed.
When
Appointed.
Term
Begins.
Length of
Term.
Salary.
Art Commissioners . .
Statute . .
Ex officio .
1890 . . .
1890 . . .
Indefinite.
None.
Assessors, First Assist-
Ordinance
Assessors2 .
Annually .
May 1 . .
" 1 . .
One year.
$7 per diem
and $350
$5 per diem.
Assessors, Second As-
Beef, Weighers of . . .
"
Mayor * . .
"
" 1 . .
"
Fees.
Boilers, Weighers of,
Ordinance
City Clerk 2.
Annually in
January .
" 1 . .
When
qualified .
(1 it
CI U
Clerk, Assist. City . .
$3,800
Coal, Weighers of . . .
Statute . .
Mayor1 . . .
"
May 1 . .
"
Fees.
Collateral Loan Co., one
Committees, Assistant
Ordinance
Mayor . . .
Cl'kofComm.
if
When
appoiuted.
April 1 . .
<( «
None.
$2,500
Common Council, Clerk
of
Statute . .
Common
Council .
it
When
elected .
During
pleasure of
Com. Co.
$3,000
ct
Mayor1 . .
"
May 1 . .
One year.
Fees.
Court-House Commis-
Election Officers, 12 for
each Precinct ....
« . .
Mayor . . .
Mayor * . .
March 4,
1885 . . .
Sept. 1-20
March 4,
1885 . . .
Nov. 1 . .
Indefinite.
One year.
$2,000
$8 per diem;
clerks, $10
per diem.
Fence- Viewers ....
" . .
"
Annually .
May 1 . .
" "
Fees.
Field-Drivers and
Pound-Keepers . . .
« . .
«
«
" 1 . .
«< ..
Fish, Weighers of Salt-
« . .
«
«
" 1 . .
.< <■
Grain, Measurers of . .
" -. .
"
"
" 1 . .
" "
Hay and Straw, Inspect-
« . .
"
«
" 1 . .
.< «
Hay Scales, Superin-
« . .
<«
«
" 1 . .
«
Hoops and Staves, Cull-
.. . .
«
«
" 1 . .
.< ..
Lime, Inspectors of . .
" . .
"
<<
" 1 . .
.. «.
Marble, etc., Surveyors
.< . .
ii
<<
" 1 . .
,. ..
Old South Association,
two Managers ....
«• . .
City Council
«
When
elected .
<i <■
None.
OTHER TUBLIO OFFICERS.
109
Offices.
Petroleum, etc., Inspect-
ors of
Rapid Transit Commis-
sioners (on the part of
the city of Boston) .
Upper Leather, Meas-
urers of
Vessels and Ballast,
Weighers and In-
spectors of
Wood and Bark, Meas-
urers of
Workingmen's Loan
Association, one Di-
rector
IIow
Created.
Statute . .
By Whom
Appointed.
Mayor '
When
Appointed,
Annually .
June 18,
1891 . . .
Annually,
in April .
Annually,
in March
or Apr. .
Term
Begins.
May 1 . .
June 18,
1891 . . .
1 .
3d Thurs-
day in Apr,
Length of
Term.
One year.
Indefinite.
Salary.
Fees.
Not fixed.
Fees.
None.
1 Subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen.
* Subject to confirmation by the Mayor.
s By concurrent vote.
110 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Note. — Pub. Stat, refers to the Massachusetts Public Statutes of 1882. Stat.,
alone, to the annual Statutes or Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts ; Rev. Ord., to
the Revised Ordinances of 1892; Rev. Reg., to the Revised Regulations of 1892.
The municipal year begins on the first Monday in January.
The financial year begins on February 1.
Corrections are made up to June 1, 1892.
DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT RECORDS.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 4.]
The office of Record Commissioners was established by Ordinance
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. Ord., Chap. 5.]
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 under 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
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. Ill
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-
son, Secretary.
[Office, City Hall.]
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 37 ; 1884, Chap. 123 ; Eev. Ord., Chap. 6.]
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.
Thomas Hills, Chairman; Edward B. Daily, Joseph Tondorf,
Jr. Term ends in 1895.
[Office, City Hall.]
Salary, $3,000 each per annum, with $500 additional for the Chair-
man, and $200 additional for the Secretary.
The Assessors published annual tax-lists from 1822 to 1866. Since
1866 the records of the department are almost entirely in manuscript,
except the annual list of polls.
first assistants.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, $ 2; Rev. Ord., Chap. 6, § 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 Secretary. They receive $7 each per 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. Thomas O. McEnany.
3. Frederick H. Temple.
4. Dennis G. Quirk.
5. George S. Pendergast.
6. Hugh F. Sheran.
7. Charles B. Hunting.
8. John A. Barry.
9. Joseph R. Grose.
10. Daniel A. Downey.
11. Charles O. Burrill.
12. Patrick F. Sullivan.
13. Horace Smith.
14. Samuel Hichborn.
15. Patrick D. Sullivan.
16. William H. Cundy.
17. James Carney.
18. Jerome S. Macdonald.
19. Eugene J. O'Connor.
20. Dennis F. Brennan.
112 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
21. Nicholas J. Furie.
22. James I. Moore.
23. John J. Gartland.
24. William B. Smart.
25. George A. King.
26. John H. Giblin.
27. Edward W. Dolan.
28. Henry L. Carter.
29. Thomas J. Leach.
30. John H. Griggs.
31. Andrew J. Browne.
32. Robert Culbert.
33. Frank S. Pratt.
34. A. S. Parker Weeks.
35. Hubert Pope.
36. George Warren.
37. George E. Hall.
38. Henry Pierce.
39. Archibald A. Turner.
40. Edward C. Scates.
41. George W. Warren.
SECOND ASSISTANTS.
[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, § 2; Rev. Ord., Chap. 6, § 1.]
The Second 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) . James F. Daly.
Dist. 3. 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 north and east of a line beginning
at the junction of Salem and Hanover streets ; thence by the centre
lines of Hanover and Richmond streets and the centre line of Atlantic
avenue to the boundary line of Ward 12. Dennis Bonner.
Dist. 7. That part of Ward 6 lying south and west of a line begin-
ning where the boundary line between Wards 6 and 12 crosses Atlantic
avenue ; thence by the centre line of said avenue and the centre lines of
Richmond and Hanover streets to the boundary line of Ward 7. Dennis
J. Leahy.
Dist. 8. That part of Ward 7 lying north of a line beginning at the
junction of Hanover and Blackstone streets ; thence by the centre line of
Blackstone street to Haymarket square ; thence across said square to the
centre line of Merrimac street ; thence by the centre line of said last-
named street to the boundary line of Ward 8. Robert A. McCarron.
Dist. 9. That part of Ward 7 lying south of a line beginning at the
junction of Causeway and Merrimac streets ; thence by the centre line of
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. 113
Merrimac street to Haymarket square ; tlienee across said square to the
centre line of Blaekstone street ; thence by the centre line of said last-
named street to the boundary line of Ward 0. CHARLES W. Cukkan.
Dist. 10. The whole of Ward 8. John W. Mahtin.
Dist. 11. The whole of Ward 9. William W. McKenna.
Dist. 12. 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. Josiah H. Quincy.
Dist. 13. That part of Ward 10 lying to the south and west of a line
beginning at the ward line at the junction of Bedford and Summer
streets ; thence by the centre lines of Summer, Washington, Winter,
Tremont, Park, and Beacon streets, to the boundary line of Ward 9.
Roger H. Scannell.
Dist. 14. That part of Ward 11 lying north and west of a line begin-
ning where the boundary line between Wards 10 and 11 crosses Park
square ; thence across said square to the centre line of Providence street;
thence by said centre line and the centre line of Berkeley street to the
location of the Providence Division of the Old Colony Railroad ; thence
by said location to the boundary line of .Ward 22. Leo Coydevant.
Dist. 15. That part of Ward 11 lying south and east of the line
beginning where the location of the Providence Division of the Old
Colony Railroad passes under West Chester Park ; thence by said loca-
tion and the centre lines of Berkeley and Providence streets to Park
square ; thence across said square to the boundary line of Ward 10.
Thomas W. Kelley.
Dist. 16. That part of Ward 12 lying noi'th of a line beginning at
the junction of Kneeland and Hudson streets ; thence by the centre
line of Kneeland and Federal streets and Mount Washington avenue to
the boundary line of Ward 13. Daniel H. Riley.
Dist. 17. That part of Ward 12 lying south of a line beginning
at Fort Point Channel ; thence by the centre line of Mount Washington
avenue and the centre lines of Federal and Kneeland streets to the boun-
dary line of Ward 10. Henry J. Ireland.
Dist. 18. The whole of Ward 13. Andrew J. Quinn.
Dist. 19. That part of Ward 14 lying west of a line running through
the centre of K street, from the ward line in Boston harbor to the ward
line in Dorchester bay. Henry J. McKee.
Dist. 20. That part of Ward 14 lying east of the line running through
the centre of K street, from the ward line in Dorchester bay to the ward
line in Boston harbor. William H. Qdinn.
Dist. 21. The whole of Ward 15. John S. McDonough.
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Dist. 22. The whole of Ward 16. Edward V. Fitzgerald.
Dist. 23. The whole of Ward 17. John F. Doyle.
Dist. 24. The whole of Ward 18. Henry S. Harris.
Dist. 25. The whole of Ward 19. Patrick J. Crowley.
Dist. 26. That part of Ward 20 lying north and west of a line be-
ginning at the junction of Albany and Swett streets ; thence by the
centre lines of Swett, Magazine, and Dudley streets and the centre line of
Blue Hill avenue to the boundary line of Ward 21. Patrick J. Mullen.
Dist. 27. That part of Ward 20 lying south and east of a line be-
ginning at the junction of Winthrop street and Blue Hill avenue ; thence
by the centre line of said avenue and the centre lines of Dudley, Maga-
zine, and Swett streets to the boundary line of Ward 18. William
Burns.
Dist. 28. That part of Ward 21 lying north and west of a line be-
ginning at the junction of Dudley and Warren streets ; thence by the
centre line of Warren street, Walnut avenue, Circuit and Washington
streets to the boundary line of Wai-d 23. Charles F. Riley.
Dist. 29. That part of Ward 21 lying south and east of a line begin-
ning at the junction of Codman avenue and Washington street ; thence
by the centre lines of Washington and Circuit streets, Walnut avenue,
and Warren street to the boundary line of Ward 20. Daniel J. Riley.
Dist. 30. That part of Ward 22 lying north of a line beginning at
the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town of Brook-
line; thence by the centre lines of Longwood avenue, Parker and
Tremont streets to the boundary line of Ward 21. Hubert J. Gormley.
Dist. 31. That part of Ward 22 lying south of a line beginning at the
junction of the location of the Providence Division of the Old Colony
Railroad and Tremont street; thence by the centre lines of Tremont
and Parker streets and the centre line of Longwood avenue to the
boundary line between the city of Boston and town of Brookline.
James P. Fox.
Dist. 32. That part of Ward 23 lying north and east of a line begin-
ning at the junction of Centre street and the location of the Providence
Division of the Old Colony Railroad ; thence by said location and the
location of the West Roxbury Branch Railroad, to the centre lines of
Dudley avenue, South, Centre, and Church streets to the ward line.
Daniel H. Daly.
Dist. 33. That part of Ward 23 lying south and east of a line be-
ginning at the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town
of Hyde Park ; thence by the centre lines of Grew avenue, Poplar, Syca-
more, Kittreclge, Norfolk, and Washington streets, and Dudley avenue,
to the location of the West Roxbury Branch Railroad ; thence by said
AUDITING DEPARTMENT. 115
location and the location of the Providence Division of the Old Colony
Railroad to the ward line at Centre street. Philip II. Downes.
Dist. 34. That part of Ward 23 lying south' and west of a line begin-
ning at the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town of
Brookl hie; thence by the centre lines of Church, Centre, and South
streets, Dudley avenue, Washington, Norfolk, Kittredge, Sycamore, and
Poplar streets, and Grew avenue, to the boundary line between said city
and the town of Hyde Park. Dexter C. Whittemore.
Dist. 35. That part of Ward 24 lying northerly of a line beginning
at the junction of Columbia and Quincy streets ; thence by the centre
lines of Quincy, Bowdoin, East, and Adams streets, Dorchester avenue
and Park street, and the centre line of said last-named street extended
to Dorchester bay. Richard W. Smith.
Dist. 36. That part of Ward 24 lying northerly and westerly of a
line beginning at the junction of Columbia and Quincy streets ; thence
by the centre lines of Quincy, Bowdoin, East, and Adams streets, Dor-
chester and Centre avenues, Centre and Washington streets and Talbot
avenue to the boundary line of Ward 23. William D. Lang.
Dist. 37. That part of Ward 24 lying southerly and westerly of a
line beginning at the junction of Blue Hill avenue and Talbot avenue ;
thence by the centre lines of Talbot avenue, Washington and Ashmont
streets and Dorchester avenue to Neponset river. Richardson Hutch-
inson.
Dist. 38. That part of Ward 24 lying easterly and southerly of a
line beginning at Dorchester bay at the centre line of Park street ex-
tended ; thence by said extended line and the centre line of Park street,
Dorchester avenue, Centre avenue, Centre, Washington, and Ashmont
streets and Dorchester avenue to Neponset river. John J. Dailey.
Dist. 39. That part of Ward 25 lying north and east of a line begin-
ning at the boundary between the city of Boston and the toAvn of Water-
town ; thence by the centre line of North, Beacon, Parsons, Washington,
and Cambridge streets to Charles river. Patrick F. Carley.
Dist. 40. That part of Ward 25 lying south and west of a line begin-
ning at the boundary between the cities of Boston and Cambridge ;
thence by the centre lines of Cambridge, Washington, Parsons, and
North Beacon streets to the Charles river. James Brockner.
AUDITING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 7.]
The office of Auditor was established by the ordinance of August 2,
1824. Regular annual reports of receipts and expenditures have been
published by the Auditor since 1825. These reports show the annual
116 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
receipts of the City and County, the debt, and the public property.
Similar, but less complete, reports were published by finance com-
mittees from 1811 to 1824, 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 loth 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 $800
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, §§ 34-35.]
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 30 ; 1885, Chap. 266. § 2 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 8.]
The City Clerk, chosen annually in January by concurrent vote of
the two branches 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 provided 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. Priest, Assistant City Clerk. Salary, $3,800.
[Office, City Hall.]
CITY MESSENGER ENGINEERING. 117
CITY MESSENGER DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord.,Chap.9.]
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 printed for the use of the City
Council, and is the custodian of the City Hall Building. The office was
established by the ordinance of October 14, 1852. The City Messenger
is chosen annually by the City Council and appoints his subordinates.
Alvah H. Peters, City Messenger. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
CLERK OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 10.]
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 Reference Library.
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. 11.]
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. 12.]
The duties of the City Engineer include the structural maintenance of
bridges, designing and superintending the construction of new bridges,
retaining-walls, city wharves, 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 superintendence 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-
118 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
cepting and outlet sewers (Improved Sewerage or Main Drainage), and
of the engineering work in connection with the parks. The office of
City 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.]
FERRY DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 13.]
By Chapter 155 of the Aets of 1869 the City Council of Boston was
authorized to purchase the property and franchise of the East Boston
Ferry Company, incorporated by Stat. 1852, Chap. 244. On December
17, 1869, the City voted to purchase the ferry property 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.] »
William J. Burke, Supt. of Ferries. Salary, $3,500.
[Office, East Boston side of North Ferry.]
Until 1891 the ferries were in charge of a Board of Commissioners,
five in number, established under the ordinance of Februaiy 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 department
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 cai'riages, without horse, two cents. All
heavy carriages, without horse, four cents.
1 By a vote of the City Council, passed July 30, 187T, 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
60.)
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 119
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 oil sixteen tickets for fifty cents. With two horses, and weighing
not more than 8,000 pounds, 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
four horses, and weighing not more than 16,000 pounds, thirteen cents,
or packages of twenty tickets for $2.
Trucks and caravans. — Drawn by one horse, and weighing not more
than 4,000 pounds, seven cents. Drawn by two horses, and weighing
not more than 8,000 pounds, ten cents. Drawn by three horses, and
weighing 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, fifteen cents ; not loaded, seven cents.
Drawn by three 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 j>ounds, loaded, thirty cents; not
loaded, fifteen cents.
No load weighing more than 16,000 pounds is allowed to pass over
the ferry, unless 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 passing 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 barrel, not in a vehicle, one cent.
Each and every half-barrel, not in a vehicle, one cent. All other arti-
cles in proportion.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1850, Chap. 262; Bey. Ord., Chap. 14.]
The Boston Fire Department was organized in 1837, the Chief Engi-
neer of the paid department publishing annual reports from 1838 until
1873. By the ordinance of October 24, 1873, the department was
120 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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-
trol of the department, a Chief, an Assistant Chief, nine District Chiefs,
an Inspector of Wires, and officers, engine-men, telegraph operators,
etc., to the number of about seven hundred in all.
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Robert G. Fitch, Chairman. Term ends in 1892.
George H. Innis. Term ends in 1893.
John R. Murphy. Term ends in 1894.
Salary, $3,000 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. 5. 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 that part 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 Northampton
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 Iloxbury), and west of Shawmut avenue,
to the Brookline boundary line, and including Ward 25, formerly
Brighton.
Dist. 9. All that part south of Disti'icts 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) .
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
121
STEAM FIRE-ENGINES.
Number.
1 . . . .
a
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
lO
11
13
13
14
15 . . . . .
16
IT
18
19 . . . .
ao ......
31
22 . . . . .
a3 . . . . .
84
as
20 and 35 .
37 . . . . .
as
39
SO
31
32
33
34
36
37 .....
38 and 39 .
40
Location.
Dorchester street, cor. Fourth, S. B. . . .
Fourth, cor. 0 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
Cor. Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston
Dudley street, 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
Boylston street .
Western avenue, Brighton
Monument street, Charlestown
Longwood avenue
Congress street
Sumner street, East Boston
Officers.
Robert E. Bartlett, Capt.
John H. I.e Cain, Capt.
I James H. LoFavor, Capt.
/M.Walsh, Lieut.
j P. F. McDonough, Capt.
( James P. Dean, Lieut.
George A. Jones, Capt.
I John I. Quigley, Capt.
I J. H. Victory, Lieut.
j E. F. Martin, Capt.
! Charles P. Smith, Lieut.
j J. S. Kenney, Capt.
| M. C. Leonard. Lieut.
E. B. Smith, Capt.
I John Knights, Capt.
I H. P. Pitcher, Lieut.
G. W. Warren, Capt.
B. McCarthy, Capt.
Daniel T. Marden, Capt.
Daniel F. Sennott, Capt.
Isaac A. Williams, Capt.
George J. Wall, Lieut.
Edwin R. Merrill, Capt.
Alexander Glover, Capt.
John Colligan, Capt.
George F. Fenuo, Capt.
William G. Blanchard, Capt.
T. W. Gowan, Capt.
Charles F. Poor, Capt.
F. E. Hibbard, Lieut.
Nathan L. Hussey, Capt.
R. E. Handy, Lieut.
William Childs, Capt.
C. O. Poland, Capt.
C. E. Phoenix, Lieut.
C. C. Willett, Capt.
J. M. Gariity, Lieut.
W. J. Gaffey. Lieut.
G. F. Titus, Capt.
George B. Reiley, Capt.
C. H. Champney, Capt.
James B. Prescott, Capt.
B. F. Healey, Capt.
R. A. Ritchie, Lieut.
M. V. B. Kimball, Capt.
George W. Frost, Capt.
John Neal, Lieut.
George C. Fernald, Capt.
S. L. Low, Capt.
H. D. Smith, Capt.
John F. Ryan, Capt.
Charles Ingersoll, Lieut.
M. J. Kennedy, Lieut.
J. H. Elliott, Capt.
122 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
LADDER CARRIAGES.
No. 1. Warren square. A. R. Johnson, Captain ; T. B. Flannagan,
Lieutenant.
No. 2. Sumner, corner Orleans street, East Boston. John W.
Goclbold, Captain.
No. 3. Harrison avenue, corner of Bristol street. John Grady,
Captain ; J. P. McManus, Lieutenant.
No. 4. Dudley street, Roxbury. James M. Littleton, Captain.
No. 5. Fourth, near Dorchester street. E. A. Perkins, Captain ;
E. H. Whitney, Lieutenant.
No. 6. Temple street, Dorchester. George S. Bourne, Captain.
No. 7. Meeting-house Hill, Dorchester. F. W. Webber, Ladderman
in charge.
No. 8. Fort Hill square. George F. Griffin, Captain. C. H. Leary,
Lieutenant.
No. 9. Main street, Charlestown . Thomas W. Conway, Captain.
No. 10. Centre street, Jamaica Plain. John F. Boothby, Captain.
No. 11. Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton. James A. Dooley, Captain.
No. 12. Tremont street, Roxbury. Joseph M. Gargan, Captain;
William Coulter, 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. Turn-table truck.
No. 16. Washington street, Roslindale. Thomas P. Lally, Lieu-
tenant in charge.
No. 17. Harrison avenue. Charles T. Adams, Captain; James P.
Bowles, Lieutenant.
HORSE HOSE-CARRIAGES.
Hose No. 3. Winthrop street, Charlestown. Owen Tulley, Captain.
Hose No. 5. Shawmut avenue. J. D. Kelley, Hoseman in charge.
Hose No. 7. Tremont street, Roxbury.
Hose No. 8. North Grove street. John H. Ewers, Lieutenant in
charge.
Hose No. 10. Dorchester street, South Boston. C. E. Molloy,
Hoseman in charge.
Hose No. 12. Fourth, near K street, South Boston. M. A. Jones,
Hoseman in charge.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1-^>
CHEMICAL ENGINES.
No. 1. Bulfinch street. P. F. McDonough, Captain.
No. 2. Church street. Joseph Smith, Lieutenant in charge.
No. 3. Longwood avenue. T. Henry Welteh, Hoseman in charge.
No. 4. Washington street, Roslindale. Thomas P. Lally, Lieutenant
in charge.
No. 5. Egleston square. John T. Byron, Hoseman in charge.
No. 6. South Harvard street, Brighton. E. T. Smith, Lieutenant
in charge.
No. 7. Chelsea street, East Boston. George W. Stoddai"d, Lieu-
tenant in charge.
No. 8. B street, South Boston. Henry J. Hart, Lieutenant in charge.
No. 9. Main street, Charlestown. T. W. Conway, Captain in
charge.
No. 10. Eustis street, Roxbury. A. W. Brown, Lieutenant in charge.
BUREAU OF INSPECTION OF WIRES.
[Stat. 1890, chap. 404 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 14, §§ 2, 3.]
Brown S. Flanders, Inspector. Appointed by the Board of Fire
Commissioners. Salary, $3,200.
[Office, 28 School street.]
The Inspector of Wires supervises all electric wires or cables over or
under streets or buildings, and enforces the statutes, ordinances, and
regulations relating to their location, erection, supports, maintenance,
insulation, and removal. He also has the entire care and maintenance
of the fire-alarm telegraph and telephone systems, and all electrical
appliances and machinery for the city, except for the Police Department.
Cyrus A. George, Deputy Inspector. In charge of the fire-alarm office,
City Hall.
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 performing his duties. An accurate ac-
count is kept of the time of each alarm, of the station from which it
originates, and of all other necessary information. Alarms are trans-
mitted to the Central Office, from the signal stations, or boxes, by pull-
ing a slide in the box.
124 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
FIRE-MARSHAL.
[Stat. 1886, Chap. 354; 1887, Chap. 231.]
The Fire-Marshal is appointed by the Governor, to hold office for
three years from the date of his appointment, or until his successor is
appointed, 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 supervises 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 W". Whitcomb, Fire-Marshal. Salary, $3,000 per annum.
Term ends November 3, 1892.
[Office, 6 Pemberton square.]
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 40; Rev. Ord., Chap. 15; Chap. 43, §§ 1-28.]
The first Board of Health in Boston was established in 1799, under
the special statute of February 13, 1799. The first collected edition of
the statutes under which this Board acted was published in 1811, and
contained also the regulations of the Board. This Board had in sub-
stance the same powers as the present Board of Health, and was abol-
ished by the first city charter. From 1822 to 1873 the functions of the
Board were exercised through the City Council. The present Board of
Health was established by the ordinance of December 2, 1872, and has
published annual reports since 1873.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Samuel L. Dukgin, M.D., .Chairman. Term ends in 1893.
George F. Babbitt. Term ends in 1894.
Edward J. Donovan. Term ends in 1895.
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, $1,200.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 125
Francis G. Lane, 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 Spectacle
Islands. The steamer "Vigilant," George 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 carry 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. 30,
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; in 1891,
1,014,788.
MORGUE.
The City Morgue is located on North Grove street. F. L. Briggs,
Superintendent. Salary, $360.
CEMETERIES.
The following is a list of the Burial Grounds in charge of the Boai'd
of Health :
Bennington street, East Boston.
Bunker Hill, Charlestown.
Phipps street, Chai'lestown.
Copp's 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, Upham's Corner.
Dorchester South, Dorchester avenue, opposite Brooks street.
Hawes, Emerson street, corner of L street.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
UNDERTAKERS.
(May 1, 1890.)
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 32, § 6; Stat. 1890, Chap. 210; Rev. Ord., Chap. 15, § 5.]
Alexander, Alexis.
Avidon, Michael.
Badarraco, Andrew A.
Balfe, Thomas J.
Barry, David.
Barry, Michael.
Baxter, Alonzo T.
Belgard, Philip.
Bird, Ebenezer.
Brown, Julia A. F.
Brown, Edwin G.
Bryant, John.
Bryant, John E.
Bryant, T. Weston.
Burke, Edward.
Burke, John B.
Caro, Solomon M.
Cleary, James P.
Cobb, Charles W.
Coburn, Ethan N.
Colbert, Charles E.
Cole, George S.
Cole, Harry H.
Cole, Jabez B.
Connell, Austin H.
Costello, William P.
Crane, Horace R.
Crosby, Frederick J.
Dacey, Charles M.
Dinnin, Charles A.
Dolan, James W.
Doolin, John.
Doyle, Thomas.
Fallon, James P.
Fallon, John D.
Farrell, James.
Farrell, Michael A.
Feeley, Thomas.
Feeney, John.
Field, George V.
Gleason, Edward F.
Gleason, Reuben.
Green, W. D.
Goggenheim, Joseph.
Haynes, James.
Habelow, Louis.
Healy, Oliver F.
Heintz, John.
Hill, George.
Jacobs, Louis.
Jones, Lewis L.
Johnson, George
Keating, John J.
Kelly, John A.
Kennedy, Patrick T.
Lavery, John W.
Linnehan, Cornelius P.
Lippa, Williarn.
Maloney, Frank S.
Mann, Lewis A.
Marsh W. W.
McCaffrey, John.
McCartney, Timothy.
Mitchell, Michael J.
Morris, John.
Mullen, James.
Mullen, Matthew J.
Mullen, Patrick H.
Murphy, Michael J.
Murray, Bernard E.
Murray, Edward A.
O'Donnell, James F.
Peak, John H.
Perry, Chai'les L.
Rafferty, Patrick H.
Reade, John.
Regan, Martin.
Riedel, Joseph.
Roach, Edward E.
Smith, Benjamin F.
Sprague, John W.
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, Solomon.
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT. 127
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1880, Chap. 174; Rev. Orel., Chap. If..]
The Boston 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 be-
gun September 9, 1861. It consists of many pavilions, connected with
the central structure. This hospital was established for the reception
of those in need of temporary 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 Boston 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 Trustees ' are :
George B. Nichols. Term ends in 1893.
Henry H. Sprague, Secretary. Term ends in 1894.
A. Shcman. 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, $4,000.
Consulting Physicians and 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 Cushing, M.D.
Visiting Physicians. — John G. Blake, M.D., George B. Shattuck,
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. — Oliver F. Wadsworth, M.D. As-
sistant.— F. S. Dixon, M.D.
Visiting Aural Surgeon. — J. Orne Green, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Surgeons. — H. L. Burrell, M.D., F. H. Watson,
M,D., H. W. Cushing, M.D.
1 One vacancy by death of Joseph A. Tucker.
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Assistant Visiting Physicians. — F. H. Williams, M.D., E. M. Buck-
ingham, M.D., C. F. Withington, M.D.
out-patients' department.
Physicians. — N. Y. Bowditch, M.D., Heniy Jackson, M.D.
Surgeons. — Geo. H. Monks, M.D., Robert W. Lovett, M.D., H. L.
Smith, M.D.
Physician for Diseases of Women. — C. M. Green, M.D. Assistant. —
George Haven, M.D.
Physicians for Diseases of the Skin. — E. Wigglesworth, M.D.,
George H. Tilden, M.D. Assistant. — James S. Howe, M.D.
Surgeons for Diseases of the Ear. — George A. Leland, M.D., 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.
Pathologist. — H. F. Sears, M.D. Assistant. — F. H. Mallory, 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; Rev. Ord., Chaps. 17 and 42, §§ 16-39; Eev. Reg., Chap.
6, §} 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 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 42, § 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-
sioners1 line around the northerly portion of the City to a point on
Charles river at the intersection of said line with the easterly line of
St. Mary's street extended ; thence along said easterly line of St. Mary's
INSPECTION OF MILK — LAMPS. 121)
street, and the boundary line between Brookline and Boston, to the
centre of Longwood 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
street to the centre of Parker 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 through the centre of said Palmer street and
through the centre of Eustis street to the centre of Hampden street ; and
thence 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. Ord., Chap. 18.]
The first Inspector of Milk was appointed in 1859 ; of Vinegar, in
1880. The Inspector 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. Ord., Chap. 19.]
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 Board of Health. [Statutes of 1876, Chap. 144.]
LAMP DEPARTMENT.
[Stat. 1825, Chap. 3 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 21.]
The Department was first legalized by the statute of June 29, 1773.
The office of Superintendent of Lamps, actually filled since 1843, was
fixed by the ordinance of October 26, 1869. The department was sep-
arated from the Police in 1854. Annual reports of the department have
been published since 1870.
Patrick O'Shea, Superintendent of Lamps. Salary, $3,500. Ap-
pointed annually.
[Office, City Hall.]
130
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
The public lamps are distributed in the various sections of the city as
follows :
Gas
Lamps
Large Gas
Lamps.
Electric
Lights.
Oil
Lamps.
Naphtha.
Total.
City Proper . .
Roxbury . . .
Dorchester . .
West Roxbury
South Boston .
Charlestown .
East Boston . .
Brighton . „ .
Chelsea . . . .
Totals . . .
2,815
1,723
1,526
660
665
485
a
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
1,125
2,957
13,463
LAW DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 22.]
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. Bailet, 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.]
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.1
[Stat. 1878, Chap. 114 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 23.]
The Trustees of the Public Library are incorporated by an act of the
Legislature passed April 4, 1878, and are authorized to receive and
'New Librakt Building. — By Chap. 222 of the Acts of 1880, amended by Chap. 141
of the Acts of 18S3, the Commonwealth 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-
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 131
hold real and personal estate which may be given, bequeathed or
devised to said corporation, to an amount not exceeding $1,000, odd.
The first trustees were appointed under the ordinance of October 14,
1852, and published their first annual report in 1853. These reports,
dealing largely with the statistics of the Public 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
Charlestown, 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.
Frederick 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.
Phineas Pierce. Term ends in 1897.
CENTRAL LIBRARY.
Bates Hall, 346,789 volumes ; Lower Hall, 45,032 volumes ;
Central Reading Room, 460 periodicals. Public Library Building,
Boylston street.
Bates Hall is open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. ; the Lower Hall, from
8.30 A.M. to 9 P.M. ; the Central Reading Room, from 9 A.M. to 9
P.M.
The Bates Hall, the Central Reading Room, and the South Boston
Branch, are open on Sundays from 2 until 9 P.M. ; during June, July,
and August the Lower Hall and the Central Reading Room are closed
at 8 P.M. ; and the Branch Libraries at 7 P.M.
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 same," with authority to
" appropriate and use therefor 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, approved April 14, 1883, loans were author-
ized as follows, vie. : $180,000 to pay for the land taken as above, and $450,000 for the
erection of a library building. By Chap. 60 of the Acts of 1887 the construction 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 : Stat.
1889, Chap. 68, Order of March 11, 1889, $1,000,000; Stat. 1891, Chap. 234, $1,000,000. The
architects are Messrs. McKim, Mead, & White.
132 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
In addition to the collections above mentioned, the Duplicate Room
contains 19,128 volumes, and Bates Hall several hundred periodicals of
less popular interest.
BRANCH LIBRARIES.
Charlestown Branch, 27,683 volumes. Reading Room, 70
periodicals. Old City Hall, City square.
South Boston Branch, 13,432 volumes. Reading Room, 64 period-
icals. 372 West Broadway.
East Boston Branch, 12,751 volumes. Reading Room, 34 period-
icals. Old Lyman School Building, Meridian street.
Roxbury Branch, 32,597 volumes. Reading Room, 75 periodicals.
46 Milmont street.
Brighton Branch, 14,300 volumes. Reading Room, 40 periodicals.
Holton Library Building, Rockland street.
Dorchester Branch, 15,620 volumes. Reading Room, 46 period-
icals. Arcadia, corner Adams street.
Jamaica Plain Branch, 11,878 volumes. Reading Room, 39 period-
icals. Curtis Hall, Centre street.
South End Branch, 11,324 volumes. Reading Room, 31 periodicals.
English High School Building.
North End Delivery, 1,671 volumes. Reading Room, 30 period-
icals. Cor. Salem and N. Bennet streets.
West Roxbury Delivery, 3,313 volumes. Centre, near Mt. Vernon
street.
Lower Mills Delivery, Dorchester, 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 Franklin street.
Ashmont Delivery. 25 Argyle street.
Bird-street Delivery. Wayland street.
Dorchester Station" Delivery. 1 Milton ave.
The total number of volumes in the Public Library and Branches is
560,056 ; number of popular periodicals, 960.
For a general sketch of the Library, and of the donations received
by it, see the Municipal Register of 1878.
MARKET DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel,, Chap. 24; 43, $$ 60-66.]
Faneuil Hall Mai-ket, proposed in Mayor Quincy's message of July
31, 1823, and completed in 1826, was under the charge of a clerk of the
MOUNT HOPE — PARK DEPARTMENT. 133
Market until the ordinance of September 9, 1852, established the office
of Superintendent.
George E. McKay, Superintendent of Markets. Salary, $2,500.
Appointed annually.
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.
[Stat. 1849, Chap. 150 ; 1872, Chap. 197 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 25.]
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, Ch'n, i Augustine H. Reed,
John Taylor, | Edward N. Capen,
Salem D. Charles.
Franklin D. Rideout, 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 •
tery," 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; Kev. Ord., Chap. 27.]
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.
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Francis A. Walker. Term ends in 1893.
Paul H. Kendricken. Term ends in 1891.
Thomas L. Livermore, Chairman. Term ends in 1895.
[Office, 53 State street.]
131 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
PUBLIC PARKS.
Arnold Arboretum 168.8 acres.
Franklin Park . .520 "
The Parkway (Back Bay Fens arid 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
Park in East Boston.
The Arnold Arboretum contained originally 122.6 acres, belonging to
Harvard University. This, together with nearly 45 acres of other land,
was taken by the Park Commissioners for a public park, 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 daily 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,11 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. 291.]
The Board of Police Was established by Chapter 823 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.
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.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 135
EXECUTIVE STAFF.
Benjamin P. Eldredge, Superintendent of Police. Salary, $3,. 000.
Joseph R. Buiikill, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $2,800.
Ira C. Foster, Inspector of Public Carriages. Salary, $1,600.
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
James M. Coulter, Chief Inspector. Salary, $2,500.
Thomas F. Gerraughty, Joseph Dugan, Patrick A. Mahony,
Charles L. Skei.ton, Joseph Knox, William B. Watts, Charles
Glidden, Andrew Houghton, William Burke, William H.
Cogan, Inspectors. Salary, $1,600 each.
[Office. 7 Pembetton square.]
POLICE STATIONS.
First Division, Hanover street. Lawrence Cain, Captain.
Second Division, Court Square. Henry C. Hemmenway, Captain.
Third Division, Joy street. William B. Watts, Captain.
Fourth Division, La Grange street. Edward F. Gaskin, Captain.
Fifth Division, East Dedham street. Henry Dawson, Captain.
Sixth Division, Broadway, South Boston. James H. Lambert,
Captain.
Seventh Division, Meridian street, East Boston. Richard F. Irish,
Captain.
Eighth Division, Corner Commercial and Battery streets. Byron F.
Bragdon, Captain and Harbor-Master.
Ninth Division, Mt. Pleasant avenue and Dudley street. Timothy
H. Hurley.
Tenth Division, Corner Roxbury and Tremont streets. George
A. Walker. Captain.
Eleventh Division, Corner Adams and Arcadia streets. Michael
Merrick, Captain.
Twelfth Division, Fourth street, near K street, South Boston.
Elijah H. Goodwin, Captain.
Thirteenth Division, Seaverns avenue, West Roxbury. William H.
Brown, Captain.
Fourteenth Division, Old Town Hall, Brighton. David W.
Herrick, Captain.
Fifteenth Division, Old City Hall, Charlestown. Martin L. White.
Sixteenth Division, Boylston street, corner of Hereford street.
Paul J. Vinal, Captain.
Salaries: Captains, $2,000 per annum; lieutenants, $1,600 per an-
num; sergeants, $1,400 per annum; patrolmen, first year's service,
136 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
$1,000; second year's service, $1,100; third and successive years1
service, $1,200 ; reserve men, $2.00 per day.
Police Signal Service. [Stat. 1887, Chap. 325.] Lieut. Henry O.
Goodwin, Director; Henry A. Chase, Electrician.
House of Detention. [Stat. 1887, Chap. 234.] Temporary loca-
tion : Basement of Court-House, Pemberton square. Emma Onthank,
Chief Matron. Salary, $1,000.
City Prison. [Pub. Stat., Chaps. 28, 27.] Basement of Court-
Eouse, Pemberton square. 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. Beer Island. Conveyed to the inhabitants of Boston, March 4,
1634-5.
2. Thompsons Island. Annexed to Boston by Act of March 15, 1834.
3. Great Brewster Isldnd. Purchased, in 1848, for $4,000.
4. Gallop's Island. Purchased, in 1860, for $6,600.
5. Apple Island. Purchased, in 1867, for $3,750.
6. Bainsford Island. Purchased, together with all the hospital
buildings and dwellings, in 1871, for $40,000.
7. Moon Island. Taken by right of eminent domain from the heirs
of James Huckins and others, in 1859, and constitutes the point of dis-
charge of the Main Drainage system.
8. Long Island. Purchased in 1885 from the heirs of Thomas J.
Dunbar and others, for $220,791, for the use of the public institu-
tions.
CONSTABLES.
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CONSTABLES.
(Corrected to May 1, 1892.)
[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,
William 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,
Thomas J. Donnellon,
John A. Duddy,
George C. Dyer,
John B. F. Emery,
Thomas Folger,
William A. Fort,
Elijah D. Foss,
Henry Fox,
John J. Franey,
Silas G. Gage,
William T. Gardner,
Thomas Hall,
Jonn F. Harrigan,
Charles P. Harrington,
John J. Henry,
William L. Hicks,
Edward W. Hudson,
James A. Hussey,
Frederic P. Ingalls,
Charles P. Johnson,
Thomas Jordan,
Stephen P. Kelley,
Edward A. Kennedy,
Henry P. Kennedy,
James M. Kilroy,
Nathaniel Leonard,
Calvin A. Littlefield,
Martin M. Lomasney,
James W. McCabe,
James F. McCarthy,
Adolphus G. McVey,
James F. Mitchell,
Richard J. Murray,
James E. Norton,
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,
Charles F. Sullivan,
Daniel P. Sullivan,
Albert Watts.
NOT CONNECTED WITH OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
William F. Adams,
Charles A. Bancroft,
John I. Barry,
Charles L. Beck,
Jacob T. Beers,
Joseph H. Blatt,
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James M. Carter,
Joseph Connetoti,
James W. Currier,
Hinds R. Darling,
George C. Davis,
Herbert C. Davis,
Luther Davis,
George G. Drew,
John A. Duggan,
Peter P. Fee,
Charles G. Goussebaire,
George W. Green,
John E. Hallett,
James G. Harrington,
Edward J. Holland,
Edwin L. Howard,
Lewis J. N. Hurie,
Edwin Jaquith,
Horace A. Jordan,
Patrick C. Kelly,
William H. Kenney,
Russell R. Knapp,
James F. Larkin,
George W. Lowther,
Charles T. McDonald,
George R. Mathews,
John Mundy,
James Needham,
Isaiah Paine, Jr.,
John G. Ray,
Nathaniel G. Robinson,
William D. Rockwood,
Joseph R. Rowe,
Burnham Royce,
Lawrence N. Shaw,
Jeremiah Sheehan,
William A. Sheehan,
Henry C. Shrieves,
Joseph P. Silsby, Jr.,
Walter Simmons,
Anson Stern,
Calvin Stowe,
Frank T. Ware,
Wright W. Williams.
truant officers (without bonds) .
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
George Murphy, Chief,
Henry M. Blackwell,
James Bragdon,
George M. Felch,
Frank Hasey,
Abraham M. Leavitt,
James P. Leeds,
Hannibal F. Ripley,
Amos Schaffer,
William B. Shea,
Warren J. Stokes,
Daniel J. Sweeney,
Jeremiah M. Swett,
Charles E. Turner,
Richard W. Walsh,
Charles S. Wooffindale,
Warren A. Wright.
with society p. c. T. c. (without bonds) .
Edwin R. Smyth.
Thomas Langlan,
James Hathaway,
with s. p. c. T. A. (without bonds).
i Lemuel B. Burrill.
PRINTING — PUBLIC GROUNDS. 139
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Orel., Chap. 28.]
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, Superintendent of Printing. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, City Hall.]
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
JRev. Ord., Chap. 29.]
The Public Buildings of the city and county comprise 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 by 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, 27 School street, Room 44.]
OLD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
[Stat. 1879, Chap. 222, §§ 1-2.]
Managers on the part of the city of Boston are the Mayor, ex officio,
John H. Lee, and David F. Barry.
Two managers are elected annually by the City Council, for the mu-
nicipal year.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 30; Chap. 43, §§ 66-68.]
The Superintendent has charge of the trees in the streets of the city,
and of all public grounds and squares, except the parks established
under Stat. 1875, Chap. 185. (See Park Department.) The office of
the Superintendent of [the Common and] Public Grounds was estab-
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lislied by ordinance on February 28, 1870. The first annual report of
the Superintendent was published in 1879.
William Doogue, Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, at Deer Park on the Common.]
PUBLIC GROUNDS AND SQUARES.
City 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 about
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 squai'e 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 Shawmut avenue and Tremont street, contain-
ing about 16,000 square feet.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS. 141
Park Square, at the corner of Columbus avenue, Eliot and Pleasant
streets, containing about 2,807 square feet.
Montgomery Square, at the junction of Tremont, Clarendon, and
Montgomery streets, containing about 550 square feet.
Pemberton 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.
Square, Harrison avenue, between Union park and Waltham streets.
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, between 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.
Commonwealth park.
East Boston. — Maverick Square, between Sumner and Maverick
streets, containing about 4,398 square feet.
Central Square, between Meridian and Border streets, containing
about 32,310 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 square 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 Park 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 Park, 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 Albert and Bickford streets, containing about
20,975 square feet. Three enclosures.
Fountain Square, on Walnut avenue, between Monroe and Townsend
streets, containing about 116,000 square feet.
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Cedar Square, on Cedar street, containing about 26,163 square feet.
Linwood Park, 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 about 114,360 square
feet, and occupied partly by the Roxbury stand-pipe.
Public Ground at the junction of Huntington avenue, Tremont and
Francis streets, containing about 1,662 square feet.
Public Ground, Warren, James, and Regent streets, containing 1,380
squai*e feet.
Playground, Fellows street, between Hunneman street and Fellows
place, contains 25,000 square feet.
Square, Albany street.
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 13,280 square feet.
Mt. Bowdoin Green, on top of Mt. Bowdoin, containing about 25,170
square feet.
Richardson Square, between Pond and Cottage streets, containing
about 75,982 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.
Public Ground, Adams street, near Pierce avenue.
Public Ground, Adams street, near Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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.
Winthrop Square, bounded by Winthrop, Adams, and Common
streets, containing about 38,450 square feet. The Soldiers1 Monument
is on this square.
Public Ground, between Essex and Lyndeboro streets, containing
about 930 square feet.
Public Ground, on Water street, Charles 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.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 143
Brighton. — Public Ground, bounded by Franklin and Pleasant
streets, containing about 1,900 square feet.
Jackson Square, between Chestnut Hill avenue, Union and Winship
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.
Franklin square, between Franklin and Fern streets, contains 1,900
square feet.
Rogers park, Foster street, contains 7 acres.
Roxbury Canal Lands, bounded by East Chester park, Albany and
Northampton streets, and a common passageway, contains 130,493
square feet, used for storage, greenhouses, hot-beds, etc.
STATUES AND MONUMENTS.
In addition to the Soldiers and Sailoi's' Monument on Monument
Hill, Common, and the Soldiers1 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 Hall ; Samuel Adams in Adams square,
John Winthrop in Scollay square, the Emancipation Group in Park
square, and the Ether Monument in the Public Garden. (The Leif
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. 31.]
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
144 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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 1821, and are
very numerous. The combined annual reports for the institutions
named begin in 1858.
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Edwin L. Pilsbury. Term ends in 1893. Salary, $3,500.
Thomas H. Devlin. Term ends in 1894. Salary $3,500.
Thomas L. Jenks, Chairman. Term ends in 1895. Salary, $4,000.
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, Superintendent. Salary, $2,500.
Lorenzo D. Perkins, Assistant Superintendent. Salary, $1,200.
Thomas F. Roche, Resident Physician. Salary, $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.
Chandler Eastman, Superintendent at Charlestown. Salary, $1,300.
A. B. Heath, M.D., Superintendent and Physician 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, Deputy Master. Salary, $1,200.
William J. Graham, Clerk. Salary, $800.
Rev. Jonas B. Clarke, Chaplain. Salary, $1,300.
Winfred B. Bancroft, Physician. Salary, $500.
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF POOR. 145
BOSTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL, SOUTH BOSTON, AND AUSTIN FAHM.
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, Chaplain. Salary, $200.
Edward B. Lane, Assistant Superintendent (in charge of the ward
at Austin Farm). Salary, $1,500.
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 32, § 16 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 33.]
The City Registrar keeps the records of births, deaths, and marriages,
and issues certificates of all intentions of marriage. Annual reports
have been published since 1850.
William H. Whitmore, City Registrar. Salary, $2,550.
[Office, Old Court-House.]
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
[Stat. 1874, Chap. 60 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 32.]
The first Board was appointed on May 18, 1874. The Board publishes
street lists, voting lists, and election returns.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Linus E. Pearson, Chairman. Term ends in 1893. Salary, $3,000.
Michael Carney. Term ends in 1894. Salary, $3,000.
Charles E. Clark, M.D. Term ends in 1895. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
DEPARTMENT FOR OVERSEEING OF THE POOR.
[Stat. 1864, Chap. 128; Rev. Ord., Chap. 26.]
The Overseers of the Poor in the Town of Boston, a corporation
established in 1772, were, 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.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Term ends in 1893.
James B. Ayer, M.D., Andrew P. Fisher,
Isaac T. Campbell, John Turner.
Term ends in 1894.
John Lamb, Richard C. Humphreys,
Thomas Downey, Jr., Annette P. Rogers.
Term ends in 1895.
Asa H. Caton, Thomas Sproules,
Michael C. Curry, William P. Fowler, Chairman.
Benjamin Pettee, Secretary. Salary, $3,000.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Treasurer. Salary, $1,000.
[Office, Charity Building, Chardon street.]
The Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month, at the office
in the Charity Building, Chardon street.
The Overseers of the Poor are also incorporated as a Board of
Trustees of John Boylston's and other charitable funds, left for the
assistance of persons of good character and advanced age " who have
been reduced by misfortune to indigence and want."
A Lodge for Wayfarers 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 Committee on State Aid.
DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 65, § 8 ; Stat. 1882, Chap. 42 ; Rev. Ord., Chap. 34.]
Michael D. Collins, Sealer. Salary, $3,000 per annum. Daniel P.
Sullivan, Benjamin Brintnall, Raphael Rosnosky, George J.
Reagan. Isaac F. Brown. Salaries, $1,(500, each, per annum.
[Office, Basement of Old Court-House, Court Square.]
SINKING-FUNDS — STREET DEPARTMENT. 147
The Sealer and Deputy Sealers are appointed also to seize illegal
charcoal measures, (rub. Stat., Chap. GO, § 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. 35.]
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 :
A. Davis Weld, Chairman, Joseph H. Gray. Term ends in 1893.
Henry R. Reed, Charles H. Allen. Term ends in 1894.
Nathaniel J. Rust, Samuel Johnson. Term ends in 1895.
Alfred T. Turner, Treasurer.- (Pub. Stat., Chap. 29, § 10.)
Salary, $700 per annum.
James H. Dodge, Secretary. Salary, $700 per annum.
DEPARTMENT FOR LAYING OUT STREETS.
[Stat. 1870, Chap. 337 ; 1879, Chap. 198 ; 1880, Chap. 67 ; 18S8, Chap. 397 ; 1890, Chap.
323; Pub. Stat., Chap. 49, §§ 84-86; Rev. Ord., Chap. 37.]
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.
Isaac S. Burrell. Term ends in 1893,
John H. Duane. Term ends in 1894.
John P. Dore, Chairman. Term ends in 1895.
Salary, $3,000, each, per annum.
John W. Morrison, Clerk.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 36 ; Chap. 43.]
By ordinance approved March 9, 1891, in amendment of Chapter
18 of the Revised Ordinances of 1890, the Departments of Sewers,
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Sanitary Police, and Bridges, and the office of Commissioner of
Cambridge Bridges, were consolidated and placed under the admin-
istrative control of the Superintendent of Streets. The Deputy Super-
intendents in charge of Divisions are appointed by the Superintendent,
with the approval of the Mayor.
CENTRAL OFFICB.
Henry H. Carter, Superintendent of Streets. Salary, $7,500.
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
structure of the bridges. The latter are done under the supervision of
the City Engineer.
John A. McLaughlin, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 14 Beacon street.]
BRIDGES WHOLLY SUPPORTED BY THE CITY.
Agassiz, in Back Bay Fens.
Ashland street, in Ward 28, over Old Colony Railroad, Providence
Division.
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.
1 Boylston, over outlet to Back Bay Fens.
Boylston street, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
*Broadway, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender, Cornelius J.
Callahan.
Broadway, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Brookline avenue, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
Byron street, over Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
1 Charlesgate West, Back Bay Fens, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
JIn charge of the Park Commissioners.
* Over navigable waters.
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""Charles river, over Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown.
Draw-tender, Henry A. Bolan.
""Chelsea (South), over South channel of Mystic River. Draw-lender,
Miles Koen. (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, over Fort Point channel to A street, South Boston.
Draw-tender, John C. Poole.
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-lender, Francis
O'Brien.
1 Ellicott Arch, Franklin Park.
*Federal street, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender, Daniel J.
Holland.
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, Daniel S. Lawrence. (Stat. 1874, Chap. 139.)
""Meridian street, from East Boston to Chelsea. Draw-tender, John F.
Ormond.
*Mount Washington avenue, over Fort Point channel. Draw-tender,
Jacob Norris.
•Neptune, over Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad.
1 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.
1 In charge of the Park Commissioners.
* In charge of the Superintendent of Public Grounds.
* Over navigable waters.
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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 Brighton to Cambridge.
Draw-tender, William Norton.
Central avenue, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Milton.
*Chelsea (North), over North channel of Mystic river. Draw-tender,
Michael H. Enwright.
*Essex street, over Charles river, from Brighton to Cambridge. Draw-
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.
Milton, from Dorchester to Milton.
*Neponset, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Quincy. Draw-
tender, John D. Pierce.
*North Beacon street, from Brighton to Watertown. Draw-tender,
Michael J. Donahoe.
*North Harvard street, from Brighton to Cambridge. Draw-tender,
William Norton. (See Cambridge-street bridge.)
Spring street, from West Roxbury to Dedham.
*Western avenue, from Brighton to Cambridge. Draw-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 WHICH BOSTON PAYS A PART OF THE MAINTENANCE.
Albany street, over Boston & 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 Charlestown to Cambridge.
Draw-tender, Nathaniel E. Story.
* ' West Boston bridge, over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge.
Draw-tender, M. F. Corkery.
* Over navigable waters.
1 West Boston, Canal or Craigie's, and Prison Point bridges are under the care of com-
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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. Wightmau, City Engineer, were
accepted, and the bridge has been completed by a Commission, created
by 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
$525,000, is divided equally between the Cities of Boston and Cam-
bridge.
PAVING DIVISION.
Under direction of the Mayor, as Surveyor of Highways, 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 Hall.]
SANITARY DIVISION.
The Superintendent of Streets has charge of the removal of house
dirt, offal, and ashes, and other noxious and refuse substances from
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 charge of their building and repairs, 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.]
missioners, one of whom is appointed annually by the City of Cambridge 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
by 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 1872.
* Over navigable waters.
152 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MAIN DRAINAGE.
By an order of the Boai'd of Aldermen, approved Feb. 25, 1875, the
Mayor was authorized to appoint a scientific commission of three
members to examine the system of sewerage in this city, and to
suggest any impi-ovements 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
expense of constructing a large intercepting sewer from Charles river
across the city, in a southerly direction, to Moon Island. A further
sum of $1,500,000 was appropriated for this object in May, 1882, and
$200,000 in June, 1885. On the first of January, 1884, construction was
sufficiently advanced to permit the works being put in operation.
STREET-CLEANING DIVISION.
Philip H. Jackson, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000.
[Office, 12 Beacon street.]
RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION.
[Stat. 1891, chap. 365; Ees. 1891, chaps. 107, 110; Order of City Council, Feb. 28,
1891.]
A commission to promote 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 consisted of the Mayor and City Engineer of the city of
Boston, ex officiis ; three persons appointed 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 part of the State were determined
by the Governor and Council ; the expenses of the Commission were paid
one-half by the Commonwealth and one-half by the city of Boston. The
Commission made a report to the Legislature, April 5, 1892, and a sup-
BOARD OF SURVEY — SURVEYING. 153
plementary and final report May 16. The books and papers of the
Commission were turned over to the State and City, June 2, 1892.
KAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION.
Ex officiis.— Nathan Matthews, Jr., Chairman-, William Jackson.
On the part of the Slate. — 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, Clerk.
[Office, 53 State street.]
BOARD OF SURVEY.
[Stat. 1891, Chap. 323.]
In accordance 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 office for three years from the first day of
May, 1891, or until the work which they are authorized to do is sooner
completed.
BOARD OP SURVEY.
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. 38.]
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 office 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.]
154 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Old., Chap. 39.]
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. 80; Rev. Ord., Chap. 41.]
The first water-document published by the city of Boston appeared
in 1825. The public introduction of water from Lake Cochituate took
place on October 25, 1848. The history of the Boston Water Works up
to January 1, 1868, has been written by Nathaniel J. Bradlee ; from
1868 to 1876, by Desmond FitzGerald ; of the " Additional Supply from
Sudbury River," by A. Fteley. In addition to the annual repoits on the
Cochituate supply, from 1850, and of the Mystic supply, from 1866,
there are numerous special reports. By an act passed in 1875 (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, 1876.
BOSTON WATER BOARD.
John F. Leighton. Term ends in 1893.
Thomas F. Doherty. Term ends in 1894.
Robert Gkant, Chairman. Term ends in 1895.
Salary, $3,000, each, per annum.
[Office, City Hall.]
The City Engineer is, ex officio, Engineer of the Water Department,
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 Division of the Cochituate Water
Works (William J. Welch; salary, $3,000; office, 221 Federal street,
WATER-INCOME MINOR OFFICERS. 155
Boston) has charge of the Cochituate water-system in the city, the
pumping-stations at Chestnut Hill, East Boston, and West lioxbury, and
the Parker Hill, East Boston, and South Boston l-eservoirs.
The Superintendent of the Western Division of the Cochituate Water
Works (Desmond FitzGerald ; salary, $3,500 ; 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
sewerage works at Winchester.
WATER-INCOME DEPARTMENT.
[Rev. Ord., Chap. 40.]
The Water-income Department, dealing with the revenues from water
and with water-takers, is under the charge of the Water Registrar. The
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 Hall.]
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 May 15, 1892.)
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.] George L.
Daniell, Clarence Edwards, Arthur G. Lyon, Alexander A. McGahey,
Jr., Herbert E. Mayo, Charles H. Shepley, Ernest T. Stratton.
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., Charles H. Shepley, James Morrison,
John Flynn, Thomas Flynn, Arthur N. Kearn, J. D. Monahan,
Ernest T. Stratton.
Coal, Weighers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 80-84; c. 65, §§ 27, 28.] Morton
Alden, James A. Anderson, Revere E. Atwood, William G. Bail,
156 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Frank T. Barron, Nellie M. Baker, G. A. Batchelder, John L.
Batclielder, Jr., Bella Blanchard, Henry E. Bowden, John E. Bray-
man, John H. Brine, Edwin C. Brown, Jeremiah J. Callahan,
William A. Campbell, George W. Card, John H. Card, Robert D.
Carter, William C. Cherrington, Frederick E. Cleaves, George J.
Conners, Edward F. Coyle, Orville R. Cooper, Charles Taft Chapin,
Charles E. Chapin, Algernon F. Crosby, Ida A. Crosby, F. W.
Dickinson, Charles E. Dodge, Daniel J. Donovan, John H. Duffill,
Albert A. Durham, Clarence Edwards, John C. Felker, Jr., Daniel
F. Flynn, John Flynn, L. F. Farnum, George F. Fiske, Albert
Eaton, George B. Grant, H. J. Griggey, Charles L. Hadley,
Charles A. Hamann, Edward Hamlin, George P. Hamlin, Thaddeus
Harrington, Stephen Henton, Sidney C. Higgins, George H. Hills,
Jacob F. Holmes, Samuel Hosea, Jr., Charles H. Huddleston,
Frank B. Ingalls, Elisha F. James, Henry Johnson, Henry R. Jordan,
Frank Joyce, Arthur N. Kearn, John Kelly, Edward A. Kinney,
William A. Lee, Clarence J. Libby, Harold McCausland, Alexander
A. McGahey, Jr., William H. McKay, H. Frank McKenna, James
McNamara, Joseph F. Mills, J. D. Monahan, Frederick Monroe,
John Morrish, .James Morrison, Charles H. Moseley, Thomas J.
Nyen, William F. O'Regan, Howland Otis, Edward E. Piper, James
T. Pond, William E. Ravell, John Richardson, Elliot Ritchie,
Edward Robbins, Joseph W. Robbins, James Russell, Charles H.
Shepley, Henry W. Smith, William C. Smith, Jr., John Steele,
Austin E. Steere, James P. Stewart, Clinton C. Stickney, Ernest T.
Stratton, George W. F. Thomson, Jesse W. Tooker, Howard Wade,
Charles S. Wellington, J. Clarence Whitney, Emory W. Wiley,
Henry C. Wilson, James F. Wilson, Andrew J. Wheeler, Herbert
Whitcomb, Benjamin D. Wood, Moses E. Young.
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.— [P. S., c. 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 Wheyland, in
West Roxbury ; William T. McChesney, in South Boston ; William
Cotter, in the Back Bay district; Sylvester E. Partridge, in Roxbury.
Grain, Measurers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 21-28; c. 65, §§ 27, 28; Rev.
Reg., c. 2, § 5.] Horace W. Aitken, Franklin B. Coffin, Jr.,
William Bentley, Michael Collins, Cornelius Cowhig, F. W. Dickin-
son, Alton F. Dow, Daniel F. Enos, Michael Finn, John Finn, Frank
MINOR OFFICERS. 157
Folger, George Gomiey, Daniel Hurley, Edward A. Kinney, Thomas
J. Kelly, A. A. McGahey, Jr., Andrew I. Masher, Daniel Reardon,
Henry B. Sellon, Charles II. Shepley, Alfred J. Sidwell, Walter
E. Smith, John Steele, Richard Verling, Joseph W. Wardner.
Hay and Straiv, 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, Edward A.
Kinney, Elmer E. Hanson, William Lincoln, Jairus L. Litchfield,
Richard J. Moore, Andrew I. Mosher, Leslie A. Pike, Henry B.
Sellon, Edward G. Stanley, Charles F. Thompson, Andrew N.
Wyeth, Jr.
Hay-Scales, Superintendents of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 32-34; Rev. Ord.,
c. 42, §§ 13, 14.] Charles J. Kidney, North scales ; Edwin T. Frost,
South Boston; Andrew W. Newman, Roxbury ; Benjamin F. Paine,
Brighton; George A. Newhall, West Roxbury; Charles A. Parker,
West Roxbury ; Levi Chadbourne, South scales ; William J. Mathers,
East Boston.
Hoops and Staves, Cullers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§41-45.]
Lime, Inspector of. — [P.S., e. 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. 4, § 25; Rev. Reg., c. 2, § 6.] James H. Cleaves, N.
Porter Cleaves, Robert F. Means.
Undertakers. — See Health Department.
Upper Leather, Measurers of — [P.S., c. 62.] John J. Powers, Sewall
B. Farnsworth.
Vessels and Ballast, Weighers and Inspectors of. — [P.S., c. 69, §§ 13-22 ;
Rev. Ord., c. 20.] John Kenney, Chief. John J. Caddigan, James
Collins, Edward Hughes, Assista?its.
Wood and Bark, Measurers of. — [P.S., c. 60, §§ 72-78; Rev. Ord.,
c. 42, § 15.] Morton Alden, Revere E. Atwood, G. A. Batchelder,
Henry E. Bowden, John H. Brine, William A. Campbell, Algernon
F. Crosby, Ida A. Crosby, John M. Davis, Daniel M. Dugan, George
B. Grant, Sidney C. Higgins, Samuel Hosea, Jr., George A. jSTewhall,
Albert T. Orrall, Howland Otis, Edward E. Piper, Edward Riley,
Howard Wade, Andrew J. Wheeler, J. Clarence Whitney, John W.
Wiggin.
158 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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
Aldermen appi'oved on March 18 and 25, 1890.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Under Stat. 1881, Chap. 299, and Stat. 1889, Chap. 413, the Mayor
apjsoints, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, between the
first and twentieth days of September, annually, a Warden, a Deputy
Warden, a Clerk, a Deputy Clerk, four Inspectors, and four Deputy
Inspectors, for each precinct, 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. 29.]
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, Harvard 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 Primary School-house, Anderson st.
Ward 10. — School Committee Building, Mason st.
Ward 11. — Prince School-house, Exeter st.
Ward 12. — Public Market Building, cor. Pine and Washington sts.
Ward 13. — Spelman Hall, Broadway.
Ward 14. — Gray's Hall, Broadway.
Ward 15. — Court-room, Dorchester and West Fourth sts., South
Boston.
Ward 16. — Old Franklin School-house, Washington st.
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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. — Dudley-street Opera House, Dudley st.
Ward 22. — Primary School-house, Phillips st.
Ward 23. —Curtis Hall, South st., West Roxbury.
Ward 24. — Dorchester Hall, Field's Corner, Dorchester.
Ward 25. — Court-room, Washington st., Brighton.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
18 92.
Term expires January, 1893.
Charles T. Gallagher,
Caroline E. Hastings,
Benjamin B. Whittemore,
Fred G. Pettigrove,
George E. Mecuen,
Elizabeth C. Keller,
Charles E. Daniels.
John J. Kennedy.
Term expires January, 1894.
Emily A. Fifield,
Choate Burnham,
James S. Murphy,
William A. Dunn,
Charles M. Green,
Russell D. Elliott,
James A. McDonald.
Henry D. Huggan.
Term expires January, 1895.
Samuel B. Capen,
Edwin H. Darling,
Simon Davis,
Richard C. Humphreys,
Ernest C. Marshall,
Laliah B. Pingree,
Solomon Schindler,
Thomas F. Strange.
OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Charles T. Gallagher, President.
Phineas Bates, Secretary. Salary, $2,280.
William J. Porter, Auditing Clerk. Salary, $2,280.
Alvah H. Peters, Messenger. Salary, $200.
160 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Eight members of the School Committee are elected annually at the
city election, by the voters 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.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Accounts. — Benjamin B. Whittemore, Chairman; Messrs. Dunn,
Capen, Darling, and Burnham.
Annual Report. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman,', Messrs. Darling and
Strange.
Drawing. — James A. McDonald, Chairman; Messrs. Gallagher,
Green, Miss Pingree, and Mr. Kennedy.
Elections. — William A. Dunn, Chairman; Messrs. Whittemore and
Pettigrove.
Evening Schools. — James S. Murphy, Chairman; Messrs. Gallagher,
Schindler, Davis, and Marshall.
Examinations. — Elizabeth C. Keller, Chairman ; Mrs. Fifield, Messrs.
Pettigrove, Mecuen, and Strange.
Horace Mann School. — Caroline E. Hastings, Chairman ; Mrs.
Fifield and Mr. Huggan.
Hygiene. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman; Mrs. Keller, Messrs. McDon-
ald, Marshall, and Kennedy.
Kindergartens. — Laliah B. Pingree, Chairman; Mrs. Fifield, Mrs.
Keller, Messrs. Dunn and Huggan.
Legislative Matters. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman ; Messrs.
Pettigrove and Strange.
Manual Training Schools. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Mrs.
Fifield, Miss Pingree, Messrs. Murphy and Marshall.
Music. — Solomon Schindler, Chairman; Messrs. Whittemore, Hum-
phreys, Mecuen, and Huggan.
Nominations. — Richard C. Humphreys, Chairman; Miss Hastings,
Messrs. Mecuen, Burnham, and McDonald.
Physical Training. — Caroline E. Hastings, Chairman ; Mrs. Keller,
Messrs. Mecuen, Marshall, and Kennedy.
COMMITTEES — SUPERINTENDENT. 161
Rules and Regulations. — Emily A. Fifield, Chairman ; Messrs.
Capen, Murphy, Darling, and Davis.
Salaries. — Charles J). Daniels, Chairman; Messrs. Mecuen, Burn-
ham, Darling, and Iluggan.
School-houses. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Messrs. Humphreys,
Pettigrove, Burnham, and Schindler.
Sewing. — 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. — Charles M. Green, Chairman ; Messrs. Schindler, Mc-
Donald, Mrs. Keller, and Mr. Davis.
Truant-officers. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman ; Messrs. Galla-
gher, Whittemore, Daniels, and McDonald.
NORMAL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND DIVISION COMMITTEES.
Normal School. — Fred G. Pettigrove, Chairman ; Mrs. Fifield, Mr.
Kennedy, Miss Pingree, and Mr. Strange.
High Schools. — Charles M. Green, Chairman; Messi-s. Davis, Dunn,
Gallagher, and Whittemore.
First Division. — Henry D. Huggan, Chairman; Messrs. Daniels,
Marshall, McDonald, and Pettigrove.
Second Division. — Charles E. Daniels, Chairman; Messrs. Elliott,
Marshall, McDonald, and Pettigrove.
Third Division. — Russell D. Elliott, Chairman; Messrs. Darling,
Dunn, Kennedy, and Miss Pingree.
Fourth Division. — Charles M. Green, Chairman; Messrs. Davis,
Dunn, Miss Pingree, and Mr. Schindler.
Fifth Division. — Solomon Schindler, Chairman ; Mr. Green, Miss
Hastings, Messrs. Mecuen and Murphy.
Sixth Division. — Choate Burnham, Chairman; Messrs. Darling,
Gallagher, Huggan, and Whittemore.
Seventh Division. — Richard C. Humphreys, Chairman; Miss Hast-
ings, Messrs. Mecuen, Murphy, and Strange.
Eighth Division. — Samuel B. Capen, Chairman; Mr. Davis,
Mrs. Fifield, Mrs. Keller, and Mr. Kennedy.
Ninth Division. — Emily A. Fifield, Chairman ; Mr. Humphreys,
Mrs. Keller, Messrs. Strange and Whittemore.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Edwin P. Seaver, Waban, Mass. Office hours, Mondays to Fridays,
1 to 2 P.M.
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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, 20 Wyoming street, Roxbury. Office hour,
Monday, 4.30 P.M.
Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins, 118 Charles street. Office hour, Wednesday,
4.40 P.M.
Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors on the Friday fol-
lowing each regular meeting of the School Committee, at 2.30 P.M.
Office hour at School Committee Building, Mason street.
DIVISIONS OF SCHOOLS.
Normal School and Rice Training School.
Latin School, Girls1 Latin School, English, Girls', Roxbury, Dor-
chester, Charlestown, West Roxbury, Brighton, and East Boston High
Schools.
First Division. — Adams, Chapman, Emerson, Lyman.
Second Division. — Bunker Hill, Frothingham, Harvard, Prescott,
Warren.
Third Division. — Bowdoin, Eliot, Hancock, Phillips, Wells.
Fourth Division. — Brimmer, Prince, Quincy, Winthrop.
Fifth Division. — Dwight, Everett, Franklin, Hyde, Sherwin.
Sixth Division. — Bigelow, Gaston, John A. Andrew, Lawrence, Lin-
coln, Norcross, Shurtleff, Thomas N. Hart.
Seventh Division. — Cornins, Dearborn, Dillavvay, Dudley, George
Putnam, Hugh O'Brien, Lewis, Martin.
Eighth Division. — Agassiz, Allston, Bennett, Bowditch, Charles
Sumner, Lowell, Mt. Vernon.
Ninth Division. — Edward Everett, Gibson, Harris, Henry L. Pierce,
Mather, Minot, Stoughton, Tileston.
HOLIDAYS — TRUANT-OFFICERS. 1 ())>
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 ; the Seventeenth of June ;
and to the Primary Schools from the last Tuesday in June, and to the
Normal, High, and Grammar Schools from their respective graduating
exercises, to the first Wednesday 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, 1892," copies of which may
be obtained of the School Committee.
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-
ham, Harvard, Prescott, and Warren Districts.
James P. Leeds, 6 Staniford place, 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 J. 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, 2 Laurel street, Dorchester. 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.
161
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Warren J. Stokes, corner Centre and Corey streets, West Roxbury,
Agassiz, Bowditch, Charles Sumner, and Mt. Vernon Districts.
Hannibal F. Ripley, 13 Harvard avenue, Allston. Bennett and Allston
Districts.
Amos Schaffer, 805 Washington street. John A. Andrew, Bigelow, and
Shurtleff Districts.
Truant-office, 12 Beacon street. Office hour from 1 to 2 P.M.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS.
January 31, 1891.
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COUNTY OFFICERS. 105
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 1891, for five years.
Assistant Clerk. — Clarence II. Cooper. Salary, $2,500.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
(Appointed by the Governor and Council, paid by the County.)
Edward J. Jones, Boston. Term
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. . "
John H. Sherburne, Boston. "
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CIVIL BUSINESS.
Clerk. — Joseph A. Willard, First Session, Court-House, Pemberton
square. Salary, $6,500. Elected by the people, in 1891, for live
years.
First Assistant Clerk. — Edward A. Willard, Second Session, Court-
House, Pemberton square. Salary, $2,600.
Second Assistant Clerk. — Henry C. Meserve, Fourth Session, Court-
House, Pemberton 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, 30 Pem-
berton square. Salary, $2,500.
Fifth Assistant Clerk. — Henry E. Bellew.
Stenographers. — J. M. W. Yerrington, James P. Bacon, W. K. Armis-
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 1891, for five years. Court-House, Pemberton square.
[Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, § 3; Stat. 1888, Chap. 257.]
ires May,
1893
' June,
1893
' June,
1893
July,
1893
' January,
1894
' February,
1894
' March,
1894
' April,
1895
' January,
1897
166 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
(Paid by the Commonwealth.)
District Attorney. — Oliver Stevens. Salary, $5,000. Elected by the
people, in 1889, for three years from the first Wednesday of January,
1890. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, § 2.]
First Assistant Distinct Attorney. — Fred. E. Hurd. Salary, $2,800.
Second Assistant. — Michael J. Sughrue. Salary, $2,500. Appointed
by the District Attorney.
Clerk to District Attorney. — John H. Casey. Salary, $1,800. Ap-
pointed by the District Attorney.
[Office, Court House, Pemberton square.]
SHERIFF.
Sheriff and Jailer. — John B. O'Biien. 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.
Geo. C. Davis,
Deputy Sheriffs for Court Duty.
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 PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
[Court Room, Court square. Office, 32 Tremont street.]
Judge. — John W. McKim. Salary, $5,000.
Register. — Elijah George. Salary, $3,000.
Assista?it Register. — -John H. Paine. Salary, $2,800.
Clerk. — James L. Crombie. Salary, $1,200.
The Judge of Probate is appointed by the Governor. The Register
was elected by the people, in 1888, for five years. [Pub. Stat., Chap.
10, § 4.]
They are paid by the Commonwealth.
COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY.
Commissioners of Insolvency. — Frank P. Magee, Henry Austin, Alfred
L. Baury. Elected by the people, in 1889, for three years.
MUNICIPAL COURTS. 167
REGISTRY OK DEEDS.
[Office, Court square]
Register of Deeds. — Thomas F. Temple. Elected by the people, in 1888,
for three years. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 10, §9.]
Assistant Register. — 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, Tremont, Winter, and
Summer streets, to the water. (See Proceedings of the Board of Aldei*-
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 Governor. [Pub. Stat., Chap.
28.]
County Treasurer. — Alfred T. Turner.
County Auditor — James H. Dodge.
County Commissioners. — The Mayor and Aldermen of Boston.
MUNICIPAL COURTS IN 1892.
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. Hardy, 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 Assistant. — Henry E. Bellew. Salary, $2,000.
Third Assistant. — Oscar F. Timlin. Salary, $1,500.
168 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
For Criminal Business. — Every day in the week (Sundays and
legal holidays excepted), at 9 A.M., for 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. — William H. Libby. Salary, $1,800.
Assistant Clerk. — William W. Davis. Salary, $1,600.
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, Roxbury street.)
Justice. — Solomon A. Bolster. Salary, $2,500.
Special Justices. — George R. Wheelock and Walter S. Frost.
Clerk. — Giles H. Rich. Salary, $1,200. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant. — Maurice J. O'Connell. 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, every Tuesday, at 10 o'clock A.M.
MUNICIPAL COURT, SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 13, 14, and 15. Court-House, Dorchester street, at the corner
of West Fourth street.)
Justice. — Robert 1. 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, Boston, and Town of Winthrop. Court-House, at
Public Library building, Meridian street, East Boston.)
Justice. — William H. H. Emmons. Salary, $2,200.
Special Justices. — James L. Walsh and Albert E. Clary.
Clerk. — Willard S. Allen. Salary, $1,400. Appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
MUNICIPAL COURTS. 109
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
A.M.
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 the transaction of criminal business every week-
day, except holidays, commencing at 9 A.M.
For the return and entry of civil 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.
Clerk. — 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, CHARLESTOWN DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Wards 3, 4, 5. Court-House, Old City Hall, City square.)
Justice. — Henry W. Bragg. Salary, $2,200.
Special Justices. — Joseph H. Cotton and Simon Davis.
Clerk. — William J. Hatton. Salaiy, $1,300. Appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
Assistant Clerk. — Charles Sullivan.
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.
170
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MUNICIPAL COURT, DORCHESTER DISTRICT.
(Jurisdiction, Ward 24. Court-House, Field's Corner.)
Justice. — Joseph R. Churchill. 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 criminal business each day, at
9 o'clock A.M.
For civil business, on Saturday, at 9.30 A.M.
PROBATION OFFICERS.
Municipal Court.
Boston . . .
Brighton . .
Charlestown .
Dorchester . .
East Boston .
Roxbury . .
South Boston .
West Roxbury .
[Stat. 1891, Chap.
Names of Officers.
Edward H. Savage .
Henry P. Kennedy .
Nathaniel Leonard .
Alvin I. Phillips . .
Calvin A. Littlefield .
William A. Blossom .
George N. Parker
Daniel M. Hammond,
356.]
P.O. Address.
14 Beacon st., Boston.
Brighton.
Charlestown.
Freeman st., Dorchester.
34 Princeton st., East Boston.
26 Cedar st., Roxbury.
437 Fourth st., South Boston.
Court Room, Jamaica Plain.
COUNTY AND CITY COURTS.
The Justices' Court 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 1866
this court was succeeded by the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
JUSTICES OF THE POLICE COURT, AND OK 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.
COURT-HOUSE COMMISSION. 171
John Gray Rogers, 1831 to 1866.
James dishing 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, 1866 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.
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
carhitect of the new building. The Commissioners receive a salai'y of
$2,000, each, per annum.
172
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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.
Andrew Ritchie, Jun.
William Tudor, Jun.
Alexander Townsend.
James Savage.
Benjamin Pollard.
Hon. Edward St. Loe Liver-
rnore.
Benjamin Whitwell.
Lemuel Shaw.
George Sullivan.
Edward T. Channing.
Francis C. Gray.
Franklin Dexter.
Theodore Lyman, Jun.
Charles G. Loring.
John C. Gray.
Charles Pelham Curtis.
Francis Bassett.
Charles Sprague.
Josiah Quincy, Mayor of the
City.
William Powell Mason.
Bradford Sumner.
James T. Austin.
Hon. Alexander H. Everett.
1783 Dr. John Warren.
1808
1784 Benjamin Hichborn.
1809
1785 John Gardiner.
1810
1786 Jonathan L. Austin.
1811
1787 Thomas Dawes, Jun.
1812
1788 Harrison Gray Otis.
1813
1789 Samuel Stillman, D.D.
1790 Edward Gray.
1814
1791 Thomas Crafts, Jun., A.M.
1815
1792 Joseph Blake, Jun.
1816
1793 John Quincy Adams.
1817
1794 John Phillips.
1818
1795 George Blake.
1819
1796 John Lathrop, Jun., A.M.
1820
1797 John Callender.
1821
1798 Josiah Quincy.
1822
1799 John Lowell, Jun.
1823
1800 Joseph Hall.
1824
1801 Charles Paine.
1825
1802 Rev. William Emerson.
1826
1803 William Sullivan, A.M.
1804 Dr. Thomas Danforth.
1827
1805 Warren Dutton.
1828
1806 Francis Dana Channing.
1829
1807 Peter Thacher.
1830
ORATORS OF BOSTON.
173
1831 Rev. Prof. John G. Palfrey.
1863
1832 Josiah Quincy, Jr.
1864
1833 Edward G. Prescott.
1865
1834 Richard S. Fay.
1866
1835 George S. Ilillard.
1867
1836 Henry W. Kinsman.
1868
1837 Jonathan Chapman.
1869
1838 Rev. Hubbard Winslow.
1870
1839 Ivers James Austin.
1871
1810 Thomas Power.
1841 George Ticknor Curtis.
1872
1842 Hon. Horace Mann.
1873
1843 Charles Francis Adams.
1874
1844 Peleg W. Chandler.
1875
1845 Charles Sumner.
1846 Fletcher Webster.
1876
1847 Hon. Thomas G. Cary.
1877
1818 Joel Giles.
1878
1849 William W. Greenough.
1879
1850 Edwin P. Whipple.
1880
1851 Hon. Charles Theodore
1881
Russell.
1852 Rev. Thomas Starr King.
1882
1853 Timothy Bigelow.
1854 Rev. A. L. Stone.
1883
1855 Rev. A. A. Miner.
1884
1856 Edward Griffin Parker.
1885
1857 Rev. William Rounseville
1886
Alger.
1887
1858 John S. Holmes.
1888
1859 George Sumner.
1889
1860 Hon. Edward Everett.
1890
1861 Hon. Theophilus Parsons.
1891
1862 Hon. George Ticknor Curtis.
1892
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Hon. Thomas Russell.
Rev. Jacob M. Manning.
Rev. S. K. Lothrop, D.D.
Rev. George II. Hepworth.
Samuel Eliot, LL.D.
Hon. Ellis W. Morton.
William Everett.
Genei*al Horace Binney
Sargent.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Rev. John F. W. Ware.
Hon. Richard Froth ingham.
Rev. James Freeman
Clarke.
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop.
Hon. William Wirt Warren.
Joseph Healy.
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Robert Dickson Smith.
Hon. George Washington
WaiTen.
His Excellency John Davis
Long.
H. Bernard Carpenter.
Harvey N. Shepard.
Thomas J. Gargan.
Geo. Fred. Williams.
John E. Fitzgerald.
William E. L. Dillaway.
Gen. John L. Swift.
Albert E. Pillsbury.
Josiah Quincy.
John R. Murphy.
Note. — 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 1857 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.
174
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MAYORS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON,
FROM 1822 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Name.
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 . .
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr
Joseph M. Wightman .
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 ....
Place and Date of Birth.
Boston Nov. 26, 1770
" Feb. 4, 1772
'« Oct. 8, 1765
" ...... Dec. 30, 1786
" ...... Feb. 19, 1792
Dorchester .... Apr. 29, 1784
Boston Mar. 5, 1798
" Jan. 23, 1807
Roxbury June 8, 1793
Brookline .... Dec. 11, 1798
Boston ...... Jan. 17, 1802
Groton Aug. 25, 1797
Roxbury Apr. 12, 1795
Conway, N.H. . . July 20, 1800
Newton Aug. 30, 1818
Boston Feb. 27, 1817
" Oct. 19, 1812
" • Feb. 27, 1817
" Nov. 2, 1811
" June 29, 1810
Killingly, Conn. . Oct. 3, 1820
Stoughton, Mass. . 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
Died.
May 29, 1823
July 1, 1864
Oct. 28, 1848
June 3, 1866
July 17, 1849
March 26, 1850
Jan. 29, 1862
May 25, 1848
April 25, 1847
Nov. 22,1845
Nov. 2, 1882
July 4, 1872
Feb. 14, 1856
Aug. 20, 1879
Term of
Service.
Jan. 25, 1855
Sept. 5, 1882
Oct. 17, 1874
Feb. 18, 1891
May 21, 1887
1822 . . 1
1823-28 . 6
1829-31 . 3
1832-33 . 2
1834-35 . 2
1836 . . 1
1837-39 . 3
1840-42 . 3
1843-44 . 2
1845 . . 1
1846-48 . 3
1849-51 . 3
1852-53. 2
1854-55 . 2
1856-57 . 2
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
MAYORS.
17
mayors of the city of boston. — Concluded.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Died.
Term of
Service.
Thomas N. Hart
Abbot, Maine . . Nov. 23, 1835
North Reading . . Jan. 20, 1829
1884 . . 1
1885-88 . 4
1889-90 . 2
1891. . .
The election of Mayor for 1845 was more warmly contested than in
any former year. There were not less than 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
accepted by the City Council ; and on the twenty -second of November
he died, being the only Mayor 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 Mayor
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
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 through 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 charges of
alleged fraudulent practices in one of the wards of the city, a recount
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
of all the ballots cast at said election was demanded and made ; and it
appearing therefrom that Henry L. Pierce had seventy-nine plurality,
he was declared duly elected Mayor for the year 1873.
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. Pierce 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.
* William Washburn
*Pelham Bonney
*Joseph Milner Wightman . .
*Silas Peirce .
*Otis Clapp
*Silas Peirce
*Thomas Phillips Rich ....
*Thomas Coffin Amory, Jr. . .
*Otis Norcross
*George Washington Messinger
*Charles Wesley Slack ....
*George Washington Messinger
Benjamin James
Newton Talbot
*Charles Edward Jenkins . . .
Place and Date of Birth.
Lyme, N.H., Oct. 7, 1808 . . .
Pembroke, Mass., Feb. 21, 1802
Boston, Oct. 19, 1812
Scituate, Feb. 15, 1793 ....
Westhampton, Mass.,Mch. 3, 1806
(See above)
Lynn, March 31, 1803 ....
Boston, Aug. 16,1812
Boston, Nov. 2, 1811
Boston, Feb. 5, 1813
Boston, Feb, 21, 1825 .....
(See above)
Scituate, Aug. 22, 1814 ....
Stoughton, March 10, 1815 . ,
Scituate, July 29, 1817 ....
Died.
Oct. 30, 1890
Apr. 29,1861
Jan. 25, 1885
Aug. 27, 1879
Sept. 18, 1886
Dec. 11,1875
Oct. 20, 1889,
Sept. 5, 1882.
Apr. 27, 1870,
Apr. 11,1885,
Aug. 1,1882.
Term of
Service.
1855
1856-7
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865-6
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
ALDERMEN.
177
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. — Concluded.
Name.
Samuel Little
Leonard Richardson Cutter
*John Taylor Clark . . .
Solomon Bliss Stebbins
Ilugh O'Brien
Solomon Bliss Stebbins
Hugh O'Brien
Charles Varney Whitten
Charles Hastings Allen .
Patrick John Donovan .
Charles Hastings Allen
Homer Rogers
William Power Wilson .
Herbert Schaw Carruth
Place and Date of Birth.
Hingham, August 15, 1827 . . .
Jaffrey, N.H., July 1, 1825 . . .
Sanbornton, N.H., Sept. 19, 1825.
Warren, Jan. 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, Oct. 11, 1840
Baltimore, Md.,Nov. 15, 1852 . .
Dorchester, Feb. 15, 1855 . . . .
Died.
Oct. 29,1880
Term of
Service.
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 Alderman until 1855.
* Deceased.
Nathaniel P. Russell, Daniel Baxter, Joseph H. Dorr, reelected : and
Thomas C. Wales and Redford Webster, elected 1825, declined.
Geoi-ge 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.
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. Meriam died while in office.
In 1858 Rufus B. Bradford resigned, and was afterwards appointed
Measurer of Grain.
178 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
In 1859 Timothy A. Sumner resigned, 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.
In 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 declai*ed 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 twelve 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 Boai-d 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.
At the municipal election Dec. 13, 1881, the returns of the precinct
officers showed William Frost to be elected Alderman by a plurality of
154 votes over Charles V. Whitten. On petition, in due legal form, a
committee of the Board of 1881 made a recount of the ballots cast for
Mayor and Aldermen, and reported that Mr. Whitten 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
ALDEKMEN. 179
Such examination was made by a now committee, which reported,
January 17, that William Frost had 19,861, and Charles V. Whittenhad
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,1 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.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL IN ORDER OP SERVICE, WITH
PLACES AND DATES OF BIRTH.
*William Prescott
*John Welles
*Francis Johonnot Oliver . . .
*John Richardson Adan ....
*Eliphalet Williams ......
*Benjaniin Toppan Pickman .
*John Prescott Bigelow ....
*Josiah Quincy, Jr
* Philip Marett
•Edward Blake
*Peleg Whitman Chandler . .
*George Stillman Hilliard . . .
*Benjamin Seaver
*Francis Brinley
Henry Joseph Gardner ....
Alexander Hamilton Rice . .
Joseph Story
Oliver Stevens
*Samuel Wallace Waldron, Jr.
*Josiah Putnam Bradley . . .
*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 Bracket!
*Benjamiu Pope
William Henry Whitmore . .
Harvey Newton Shepard . . .
Andrew Jackson Bailey . . .
Charles Edward Pratt ....
*James Joseph Fiynn
Godfrey Morse
John Henry Lee
Edward John Jenkins ....
David Franklin Barry ....
Horace Gwynne Allen ....
David Franklin Barry ....
Place and Date of Birth.
Pepperell, Aug. 19, 1762 . . . .
Boston, Oct. 14, 1764
Boston, 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, June 14, 1818 ....
Newton, Aug. 30, 1818
Marblehead, Nov. 11, 1822 . . .
Andover, Mass., June 22, 1825 .
Portsmouth. N.H., Oct. 24, 1828,
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, June 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, Ireland, Jan. 13, 1829,
Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1836 ....
Boston, 1850
Charlestown, 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)
Died.
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,
Aug. 24, 1882.
Feb. 2, 1887.
Oct. 5, 1882.
Term of
Service.
Sept. 24, 1879
Mch. 26, 1884,
1822
1823
1824-25
1826-28
1829
1830-31
1832
1834-36
1837-40
1841-43
1844-45
1846-47*
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
1S814-82
18835
1884
1885-86
1887-88
1889-90
1S91
i To July 1.
2 From July 1.
s To Oct. 27.
* From Oct. 27.
* Deceased.
e To June 11.
0 From June 14.
COMMON COUNCIL. 181
William Bowes Brad ford. Ward 3, elected 1822, did not qualify him-
self, declining to be sworn, there being then no provision for affirmation,
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 H. Thayer, Ward 9, elected for 1828; also, Holmes
Hinkley, Ward 11, for 1845, declined prior to the organization.
Samuel Thaxter, Ward G, 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.
Daniel J. 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.
Chai-les J. McCarthy, Ward 7, resigned 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 AVard 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. Sweenej^, Porter street, Wai'd 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 Ward 4, resigned October 27, 1881, and was
chosen City Solicitor.
182 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Nahum M. Morrison, of Ward 23, resigned March 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.
William L. Harding, of Ward 3, died in office, March 4, 1882.
James J. Flynn, of Ward 13, resigned in June, 1883, and was chosen
Superintendent of Streets.
Cornelius F. Doherty, of Ward 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 Divi-
sion 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 March 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, 1880, vacated the seat of a member from
Ward 6, 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 AVard
3, who were returned as having been elected at an adjourned meeting,
December 11, 1834, on the ground of irregular proceeding, to render
the whole number of votes certain 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 in*egularities, at the
annual election, December 8.
The third case, 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 Ward 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)1 were counted at the
1 This fact was admitted, though not stated in the report of the Committee.
COMMON COUNCIL. 183
annual election, December 12, thereby preventing the choice of two
other candidates, who, by excluding the said four votes, were by the
decision of the Council declared elected, leaving one vacancy.
The fifth, February 27, 1851, vacated the seats of two members from
Ward 3 on the 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, February 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
wan-ants 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, 1863, in accordance with 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. Before 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 inoi~e votes were returned than there
were persons who voted in that ward at the municipal election, —
occasioned by mistake, probablj', in the counting of the ballots, — the
variation being so great as to affect the election of the whole delegation.
At the subsequent trial the same members were again returned to the
Common Council.
The tenth, January 24, 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
number of hours as were required by the original warrant. At a
subsequent election the same member was returned to the Common
Council. (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.
184 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
The twelfth, January 6, 1870, vacated the seat of a member re-
turned from Ward 13, for the same reason as recited above.
The thirteenth, January 5, 1871, vacated the seat of a member
returned from Ward 15, for the same reason.
The fourteenth, January 18, 1872, vacated the seat of a member
returned 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 by 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 officers 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
again 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 were 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 Ward 13 are, that some
of the ballots undoubtedly deposited by the voters of Precinct 3 of this
ward were either mislaid or stolen at the polling place and that the
Committee of the Board of Aldermen of 1880, who examined the bal-
COMMON COUNCIL. 185
lots for Common Council in that ward, erroneously reported that the
sitting member had been duly elected. (See City Doc. 54 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. 6, 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 "Reports of Controverted Elections in the Common Council of
the City of Boston, from 1827 to 1889." Boston : 1889, pp. xvii and
277.
The longest continuous service in the City Council is that of David F.
Barry, member of the Common Council since 1880, now (1892) presi-
dent of that body. Eliphalet Williams (president of the Common
Council, 1829) served fifteen years, but not consecutively. James J.
Flynn served twelve years in the Common Council (president, 1883)
and ttn*ee years in the Board of Aldermen. Thomas Wetmore served
eleven years, not consecutive, in the Board of Aldermen.
186
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
AREA OF BOSTON.
[From the Surveying Department.]
Acres.
City Proper ........... 1,829
South Boston 1,002
East Boston 836
Roxbury 2,700
Dorchester 5,614
West Roxbury 8,078
Brighton 2,277
Charlestown 586
Breed's Island 785
Total Acres ......... 23,707
Square Miles . . . 37.04
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
(Not included in the above.)
Name.
Area.
Ownership.
Remarks.
Governor's Island . .
72 acres.
United States.
Fort Winthrop.
Castle Island
21.6 "
tt a
Fort Independence.
Long Island Head . .
33
a n
Lt.-house and Batteries.
Lovell's Island ....
71.1 "
tt ft
Gov't Buoy Station.
George's Island . . .
39.7 "
t< a
Fort Warren.
Rainsford Island . . .
17.4 "
City of Boston.
Almshouse.
Gallop's Island ....
25.1 "
tt !<
Quarantine Station.
Long Island .....
182.5 "
ft It
Almshouse.
Deer Island
182.3 "
it it
House of Industry and
Reformation.
Apple Island
8.9 "
ti tt
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.
Outer Brewster . . .
17.5 "
Benjamin Dean.
Calf Island
Little Calf Island . . .
17.1 "
1.1 "
1 J. S. Weeks.
Green Island .....
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James Young.
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CITY AND COUNTY DEBT (FUNDED), JAN. 31, 1892.
[From the Auditing Department.]
Gross Debt.
Sinking Funds.
Net Debt.
Cochituate Water Debt .
Mystic Water Debt . . . .
$35,886,223 37
13,423,773 98
482,000 00
3,212,000 00
$18,324,176 70
6,471,545 34
550,208 70
137,805 83
$17,562,046 67
9,952,228 64
*
3,074,194 17
$56,003,997 35
$25,483,736 57
$30,588,469 48
*Less excess of Mystic Water Sinking Fund
68,208 70
$30,520,260 78
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
Actual expenditures of the City of Boston and County of Suffolk, exclusive
of debt and temporary loans redeemed:
Yeak.
Interest on
Debt and
Temporary
Loans.
State Tax.
Other City
Expendi-
tures.
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
2,572,057 28
742,932 00
10,805,276 07
14,120,265 35
345,976 34
2,461,600 59
619,110 00
10,434,694 47
13,515,405 06
328,646 92
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
2,220,171 43
619,110 00
10,252,967 39
13,092,248 82
305,871 68
1881-82
2,188,564 72
619,110 00
10,422,476 44
13,230,151 16
338,261 12
2,184,580 49
825,480 00
11,879,562 33
14,889,622 82
362,908 06
2,227,045 73
578,055 00
12,852,436 08
15,657,536 81
368,352 40
2,238,518 17
770,740 00
12,456,798 17
15,466,056 34
393,785 77
2,242,102 19
578,055 00
11,480,449 18
14,300,606 37
852,613 93
2,237,479 04
555,870 00
11,542,638 27
14,335,987 31
999,056 20
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
2,353,785 54
738,020 00
13,508,467 28
16,600,272 82
1,263,160 36
1890-91
2,447,882 87
645,767 50
14,585,464 60
17,679,114 97
1,133,121 18
1891-92 (9 mos.) .
1,784,671 04
553,515 00
13,856,842 03
16,195,028 07
777,493 32
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POPULATION, POLLS, AND VOTERS.
Population.
Total Population
by Wakds.
Census of 1800*.
Ratable Polls.
Legal Voters.
Cent-us of 1885.
Census of 1885.
Census of 1885.
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8,000
15,659
19,633
3,487
149
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4,532
2,527
960
3,487
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8,449
7,311
15,760
17,297
3,345
435
1,104
4,884
1,982
1,363
3,345
2
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5,877
6,451
12,328
13,094
3,011
82
481
3,574
2,126
885
3,011
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
6,290
12,827
12,412
3,274
669
645
4,588
2,392
882
3,274
5
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8,653
8,603
17,256
18,447
3,024
197
1,882
5,103
1,470
1,554
3,024
G
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
8
9.
4,858
6,381
11,239
12,660
2,854
155
352
3,361
2,200
654
2,854
9
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4,962
4,784
9,746
8,205
3,306
147
742
4,195
2,817
489
3,306
IO
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
13
13.
11,231
11,316
22,547
22,375
4,056
229
2,065
6,350
1,965
2,091
4,056
13
14.
1J.184
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
16.
7,939
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
15,638
3,634
177
723
4,534
2,784
850
3,634
17
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
23,018
4,267
221
1,329
5,817
2,575
1,692
4,267
19
SO.
10,110
10,884
20,994
24,335
4,886
193
867
5,946
3,160
1,726
4,886
30
31.
6,600
9,027
15,627
22,930
3,646
122
324
4,092
2,884
762
3,646
31
33.
7,638
8,200
15,838
20,011
3,254
165
787
4,206
1,442
1,812
3,254
32
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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
255
976
6,116
3,773
1,112
4,885
24
35
4,179
4,337
8,516
12,032
2,082
67
354
2,503
1,392
690
2,082
25
Tot'l
186,182
204,211
390,393
448,477
89,83e
5,297
21,715
116,848
60.99E
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.
192
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES,
1874-75,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
Old
Ward.
Assessed
Polls,
May 1, 1874.
Total
Voting Lint,
Dec. 15, 1874.
Assessed
Polls,
May 1, 1875.
Registered
for State
Election.
Vote for
Governor,
Nov. 2, 1875.
Old
Wakd.
1 . .
7,409
5,140
7,323
3,049
2,131
1
2 . .
5,444
2,922
5,519
2,122
1,709
2
3 . .
4,208
2,714
3,982
1,594
1,188
3
4 . .
3,081
2,029
2,212
1,164
875
4
5 . .
1,382
1,183
2,112
817
712
5
6 . . .
3,338
2,699
3,385
1,925
1,344
6
7 . . .
7,537
2,912
7,569
1,748
1,349
7
8 . . .
3,507
2,155
3,527
1,120
825
8
» . . .
4,139
3,216
4,384
1,913
1,373
9
lO . . .
4,016
2,895
4,017
1,899
1,364
io
11 . . .
4,450
3,738
4,669
2,471
1,726
11
12 . . .
7,212
4,627
7,078
3,013
1,984
12
13 . . .
2,588
1,535
2,519
1,003
709
13
14 . . .
3,828
2,904
3,907
2,076
1,474
14
15 . . .
5,437
2,773
5,606
2,010
1,354
15
16 . . .
4,062
3,261
4,333
2,693
1,466
16
17 . . .
2,863
2,187
2,859
1,980
1,354
17
19 . . .
1,535
1,151
1,661
975
526
19
ao . . .
2,736
2,204
2,710
1,700
1,271
20
21 . . .
2,939
2,561
2,991
2,000
1,416
21
22 . . .
2,973
2J439
2,995
1,863
1,230
22
Total .
84,684
67,045
85,358
39,135
27,380
Total
Note. — There was no Ward 18 in 1874-75. It was established on November 16, 1875.
TOLLS AND VOTES.
193
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES,
1875-70,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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1,068
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2,134
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2,135
1,313
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1,376
891
3,516
1,942
1,780
1,942
1,201
2
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1,927
1,258
2,736
2,025
1,871
2,022
1,176
3
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1,003
2,767
1,883
1,708
1,884
951
4
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1,287
3,037
2,020
1,820
2,024
1,215
5
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1,492
1,073
3,625
2,116
1,971
2,112
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6
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944
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1,639
1,791
1,343
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922
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1,136
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1,923
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1,414
1,025
2,368
1,652
1,490
1,669
1,103
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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
16 . .
1,103
736
3,362
1,633
1,563
1,634
1,081
16
17. .
1,743
1,214
3,219
2,097
1,935
2,111
1,414
17
18 . .
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
21 . .
1,908
1,448
2,951
2,095
1,905
2,098
1,304
21
22 . .
1,839
1,091
2,687
1,205
1,136
1,208
808
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23 . .
2,070
1,472
3,080
2,294
2,031
2,323
1,293
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24. .
2,340
1,413
3,643
2,590
2,255
2,596
1,276
24
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1,633
1,231
1,113
1,232
767
25
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.
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2,349
1,998
3,547
2,270
1,975
2,268
1,502
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3,689
1,747
1,296
2,174
1,889
3,620
2,089
1,834
2,096
1,431
3
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2,919
1,842
1,441
2,195
1,912
2,888
2,072
1,867
2,061
1,395
3
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2,813
1,565
1,175
1,943
1,636
2,866
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
1,301
5
6
4,165
1,801
1,442
2,222
2,000
4,066
2,003
1,824
2,009
1,582
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3,602
1,636
1,327
2,153
1,948
3,821
2,015
1,819
2,029
1,576
7
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3,374
1,558
1,265
1,968
1,730
3,480
1,898
1,684
1,898
1,449
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3,048
1,718
1,325
2,060
1,790
3,046
1,887
1,653
1,900
1,378
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2,512
1,542
1,252
1,800
1,579
2,752
1,738
1,572
1,752
1,335
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3,535
2,107
1,636
2,354
2,038
3,905
2,424
2,160
2,446
1,809
11
12
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
16
17
3,444
1,913
1,517
2,214
1,956
3,530
2,250
2,009
2,278
1,609
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3,085
2,070
1,633
2,320
2,050
3,101
2,306
2,065
2,307
1,686
18
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4,356
1,822
1,397
2,328
2,028
4,636
2,512
2,232
2,554
1,755
19
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3,932
1,995
1,628
2,516
2,261
4,153
2,661
2,474
2,677
1,958
30
21
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
2,160
1,516
2,415
2,059
3,310
2,360
2,076
2,362
1,623
23
34
3,696
2,489
1,668
2,924
2,590
3,873
2,972
2,537
2,987
1,889
34
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1,139
796
1,317
1,132
1,795
1,273
1,100
1,277
851
25
Total
86,007
44,605
34,213
54,422
47,988
87,979
53,853
47,890
54,113
38,141
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2,162
1,798
2,209
1,413
3,846
2,388
2,145
2,387
1,627
1
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3,687
2,014
1,727
2,035
1,352
3,941
2,296
2,013
2,310
1,505
2
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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
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3,595
1,871
1,640
1,889
1,427
3,981
2,005
1,831
2,013
1,518
7
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
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3,337
1,644
1,448
1,687
1,225
3,765
1,937
1,786
1,946
1,381
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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
13
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
15
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
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3,552
2,110
1,803
2,125
1,544
3,812
2,468
2,294
2,483
1,792
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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
21
23
3,049
1,443
1,194
1,455
1,034
3,167
1,676
1,520
1,698
1,198
22
33
3,417
2,298
1,895
2,333
1,554
3,534
2,523
2,307
2,530
1,739
23
34
4,067
2,844
2,393
2,861
1,904
4,230
3,203
2,904
3,211
2,279
24
25
1,796
1,265
1,046
1,274
874
1,885
1,274
1,078
1,349
1,005
25
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.
196
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2,365
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4,091
1,902
1,169
2,104
1,457
4,136
2,255
1,952
2,297
1,690
2
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3,133
1,849
1,215
1,956
1,445
3,208
2,183
1,881
2,181
1,558
3
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3,161
1,759
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1,875
1,303
3,238
1,903
1,588
1,913
1,250
4
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3,320
1,SS6
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
7
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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
1,502
924
1,692
1,236
3,310
1,681
1,463
1,707
1,247
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1,493
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1,599
1,225
3,825
1,617
1,368
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
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1,750
1,279
3,959
1,886
1,666
1,901
3,437
12
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
1,705
3,967
2,220
1,915
2,251
1,700
17
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3,l601
2,146
1,164
2,274
1,772
3,670
2,304
1,926
2,339
1,738
18
19
5,346
2,403
1,375
2,717
1,988
5,492
2,625
2,241
2,664
1,897
19
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4,884
2,589
1,590
2,933
2,300
4,935
2,946
2,565
2,971
2,258
20
21
3,750
2,389
1,400
2,505
1,911
3,929
2,530
2,159
2,572
1,953
21
33
3,521
1,389
794
1,582
1,204
3,711
1,747
1,514
1,774
1,271
23
33
3,555
2,271
1,189
2,378
1,749
3,740
2,482
2,052
2,507
1,806
33
34
4,509
2,944
1,406
3,051
2,276
• 4,696
3,151
2,667
3,194
2,311
34
25
1,991
1,169
685
1,307
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.
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2,647
2,390
2,665
2,155
4,523
2,790
2,490
2,776
2,096
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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
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3,374
2,382
2,227
2,433
1,973
3,444
2,499
2,255
2,524
1,973
3
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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
3,590
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
2,196
1,821
6
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3,874
2,016
1,855
2,043
1,734
3,691
1,904
1,712
1,902
1,506
7
8
4,369
2,282
2,035
2,300
1,834
4,587
2,358
2,085
2,381
1,883
8
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
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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
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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
2,501
2,281
2,510
2,106
5,138
2,483
2,214
2,495
1,984
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4,098
2,568
2,336
2,602
2,123
4,253
2,660
2,359
2,682
2,079
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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
20
5,340
3,344
3,077
3,400
2,867
5,512
3,403
2,060
3,410
2,713
30
21
4,229
3,010
2,757
3,025
2,541
4,371
3,134
2,777
3,129
2,448
31
32
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
34
5,036
3,552
3,232
3,578
2,994
5,225
3,721
3,321
3,694
2,916
34
35
2,196
1,608
1,431
1,623
1,301
2,362
1,716
1,504
1,721
1,282
35
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 18S4, 1,119, of whom 1,026 voted.
Total Boston vote for Governor, 1884, 58,748.
198
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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
3
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
6
7
3,605
1,519
1,202
1,563
1,209
3,548
1,433
1,210
1,478
1,216
7
8
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
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3,944
1,678
1,279
1,749
1,334
3,809
1,643
1,376
1,720
1,365
13
l:i
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
L5
4,394
2,173
1,572
2,269
1,765
4,412
2,148
1,757
2,217
1,822
15
Hi
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
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5,657
3,192
2,414
3,285
2,497
5,830
3,124
2,604
3,199
2,510
20
31
4,497
2,898
2,029
2,956
2,212
4,713
2,942
2,417
2,948
2,307
31
23
4,472
1,865
1,326
1,987
1,542
4,458
1,928
1,571
2,003
1,537
33
as
4,473
2,761
1,949
2,891
2,291
4.828
2,914
2,356
3,042
2,438
33
it
5,492
3,519
2,537
3,584
2,716
5,830
3,578
2,892
3,603
2,849
34
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2,438
1,635
1,238
1,695
1,403
2,465
1,724
1,406
1,756
1,457
35
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112,242
56,981
41,683
58,837
44,682
112,667
55,728
45,467
57,653
45,667
1 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.
199
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As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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2,770
2,239
2,843
2,394
4,989
3,200
2,845
3,289
2,844
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4,365
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
6
7
3,405
1,572
1,334
1,640
1,328
3,769
1,773
1,535
1,814
1,574
7
8
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
9
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3,496
1,337
1,082
1,378
1,126
3,461
1,652
1,462
1,689
1,390
IO
11
5,998
3,011
2,378
3,060
2,534
6,383
3,949
3,563
4,028
3,336
11
12
3,817
1,880
1,627
1,909
1,609
4,050
2,145
1,905
2,212
1,898
12
13
6,376
2,744
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
17
4,541
2,296
1,943
2,399
2,020
4,721
2,875
2,642
2,938
2,534
17
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
22
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
Tot' I
115,996
60,213
49,423
62,000
51,820
123,213
72,115
65,169
73,666
63,548
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Total Boston vote for Governor, in 1888, 64,923.
Women registered in 1887, 837, of whom 725 voted.
Women registered in 1880, 20,252, of whom 19,490 voted.
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ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 1889,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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5,131
3,086
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1,359
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2,330
3,208
1,701
859
2,560
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4,517
2,505
1,287
588
37
1,912
2,590
795
1,264
2,059
2
3 .
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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3,693
2,390
1,032
811
49
1,892
2,464
1,043
912
1,955
. 5
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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
7
8 .
4,411
2,137
1,221
470
30
1,721
2,218
677
1,182
1,859
. 8
9 .
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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11 .
6,599
3,784
1,115
1,623
89
2,827
3,856
2,373
486
2,859
. 11
13 .
3,826
1,855
1,084
386
29
1,499
1,949
469
1,137
1,606
. 12
13 .
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
. 14
15 .
4,738
2,668
1,265
802
50
2,117
2,736
1,080
1,171
2,251
. 15
16 .
5,528
2,189
1,151
543
44
1,738
2,218
756
999
1,755
. 16
17 .
4,756
2,519
942
999
66
2,007
2,636
1,315
767
2,082
. 17
18 .
4,097
2,472
647
1,181
78
1,906
2,518
1,615
385
2,000
. 18
19 .
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
1,278
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
9yo
1,193
2,183
. 22
23 .
6,151
4,079
1,412
1,525
171
3,108
4,172
2,270
1,141
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'g
56,877
Gr'nd
Total
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Women registered 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.
201
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION, AND VOTES, 18JK),
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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5,311
2,952
1,055
1,142
75
2,278
3,144
1,175
1,374
56
2,605
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2. . .
4,694
2,380
1,432
45S
5£
1,950
2,578
1,519
59S
28
2,145
... 3
3 . . .
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
5. . .
3,817
2,384
1,208
724
51
1,983
2,411
1,143
713
56
1,912
... 5
6. . .
4,910
1,844
1,310
188
10
1,508
1,921
1,274
270
11
1,555
... 6
7. . .
3,572
1,372
941
146
17
1,104
1,417
902
185
18
1,105
... 7
8 . . .
4,416
1,919
1,236
346
30
1,612
1,994
1,176
339
23
1,538
... 8
9. . .
3,763
1,786
606
701
54
1,451
1,815
628
575
72
1,275
... 9
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3,120
1,283
497
535
30
1,062
1,325
441
466
62
969
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11 . . .
6,663
3,811
1,493
1,620
79
" 3,192
3,931
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
3,993
2,094
1,247
66
3,407
... 14
15 . . .
4,783
2,545
1,384
578
59
2,021
2,652
1,454
695
42
2,191
... 15
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
3,220
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
3,129
. . .20
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
643
60
2,322
. . 22
23. . .
6,553
3,949
1,762
1,325
67
3,154
4,088
1,782
1,159
205
3,146
... 23
24. . .
7,655
4,680
1,873
1,947
127
3,947
4,842
1,682
2,046
223
3,951
. . .24
25. . .
3,598
2,200
1,021
783
43
1,847
2,302
1,027
764
102
1,893
... 25
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.
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202
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTRATION AND VOTES, 1891,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
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3,403
1,381
1,502
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2,938
3,463
1,315
1,329
29
2,673
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5,041
2,724
1,601
534
29
2,164
2,796
439
1,554
25
2,018
3
3 .
3,744
2,598
1,426
738
47
2,211
2,627
614
1,357
25
2,006
3
4 .
3,891
2,383
1,088
847
53
1,988
2,432
770
1,083
26
1,879
4
5 .
4,125
2,577
1,350
771
39
2,160
2,608
658
1,239
27
1,924
5
6 .
4,182
1,875
1,358
183
18
1,559
1,915
163
1,317
7
1,487
6
7 .
3,791
1,481
1,007
183
33
1,223
1,502
140
911
8
1,059
7
8 .
4,541
1,985
1,263
372
34
1,669
2,011
275
1,202
13
1,490
8
9 .
3,908
1,848
708
771
48
1,527
1,863
595
606
35
1,236
9
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3,387
1,348
502
627
31
1,160
1,389
533
394
18
945
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11 .
7,231
4,172
1,586
1,817
87
3,490
4,219
1,299
1,261
48
2,608
11
13 .
3,900
1,639
1,102
257
20
1,379
1,657
195
1.080
17
1,292
13
13 .
7,054
2,869
2,130
290
26
2,446
2,912
205
2,169
9
2,383
13
14 .
7,634
4,229
2,312
1,262
55
3,629
4,300
1,061
2,135
33
3,229
14
15 .
4,973
2,728
1,625
650
42
2,317
2,755
552
1,468
15
2,035
15
16 .
5,574
2,087
1,247
435
40
1,722
2,118
382
1,136
20
1,538
16
17 .
4,893
2,606
1,286
953
55
2,294
2,731
827
1,262
68
2,157
17
18 •
4,185
2,428
938
1,121
74
2,133
2,498
1,054
840
33
1,927
18
19 .
7,195
3,205
1,789
753
54
2,596
3,288
700
1,777
18
2,495
19
20 .
7,326
4,376
2,429
1,286
80
3,795
4,489
1,084
2,437
58
3,579
SO
21 .
6,571
4,260
1,698
1,878
93
3,669
4,312
1,674
1,489
57
3,220
31
32 .
5,756
3,035
1,735
715
46
2,496
3,090
629
1,731
15
2,375
33
33 .
7,085
4,320
1,859
1,714
142
3,715
4,463
1,467
1,810
66
3,343
33
34 .
8,601
5,356
2,073
2,418
106
4,597
5,440
2,163
1,914
76
4,153
34
35 .
3,891
2,448
1,146
925
38
2,109
2,495
738
1,197
32
1,967
35
Total
134,045
71,980
36,639
23,002
1,345
60,986
73,373
19,532
34,708
778
55,018
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
203
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
1870.
1877.
1878.
1879.
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1,156
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671
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922
254
25
608
1,280
1,016
388
27
956
389
6
2
3 . .
60S
518
1,051
861
730
632
33
711
596
41
20
3
4. .
438
513
1,056
580
490
634
13
471
600
23
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5. .
693
520
1
953
827
716
582
5
712
606
14
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1,505
101
10
352
1,648
1,298
263
18
1,133
262
9
41
6
7. .
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
0. .
390
728
38
1,273
516
395
973
10
458
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14
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388
698
17
1,079
500
435
870
29
445
754
20
5
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11. .
434
1,064
11
1,569
468
407
1,370
24
527
1,188
10
3
11
13 . .
926
292
438
1,521
1,260
373
21
1,036
326
16
11
12
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
16. .
695
373
12
804
925
962
544
27
883
435
20
21
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17. .
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
20
21. .
351
942
11
1,619
409
395
1,258
10
487
1,057
7
10
21
22. .
475
332
1
558
782
686
240
32
702
306
9
17
22
23. .
556
728
8
1,322
737
615
1,002
6
601
884
10
58
23
24. .
446
821
8
2,034
556
561
1,326
1
650
1,246
3
5
24
25 . .
438
314
15
576
556
450
389
12
458
411
4
25
Total
16,562
13,782
266
25,090
22,892
19,676
18,003
440
18,697
16,083
399
355
Total
204
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
1880.
1881.
1882.*
1883.*
1884.*
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571
1,055
979
481
559
1,080
1,525
630
738
1,358
1
975
529
509
948
1,143
547
786
1,312
1,382
634
2
752
735
707
737
911
647
885
1,088
1,177
796
S
4 .... .
538
808
760
538
594
656
1,072
710
783
957
4
775
644
698
808
858
663
971
962
1,083
868
5
1,292
333
314
1,260
1,328
261
250
1,604
1,623
198
6
T . . . .
1,224
294
299
1,063
1,235
261
315
1,419
1,264
242
7
8
992
494
471
875
1,069
392
546
1,288
1,435
448
8
425
922
856
379
391
856
1,141
509
606
982
9
473
907
927
297
382
835
1,163
428
482
978
io
11 .... .
472
1,433
1,655
323
350
1,641
2,263
446
544
2,036
11
12
1,128
375
401
878
1,031
406
547
1,382
1,336
441
12
1,645
299
373
1,526
1,653
274
330
2,428
. 2,282
263
13
926
1,112
1,154
859
1,044
1,034
1,389
1,299
1,510
1,247
14
15
804
833
794
782
885
703
1,031
1,079
1,232
853
15
1,132
663
657
889
1,051
545
800
1,306
1,305
679
16
754
1,038
992
713
735
965
1,308
815
816
1,263
IT
405
1,434
1,411
361
354
1,384
1,817
389
406
1,632
18
19
1,380
673
580
1,408
1,353
544
979
1,496
1,519
818
19
1,301
1,019
964
1,336
1,308
950
1,424
1,443
1,494
1,219
20
21
463
1,396
1.293
618
613
1,340
1,992
549
623
1,825
21
791
406
401
800
932
339
592
1,125
1,230
499
22
684
1,055
1,063
686
6S0
1,126
1,532
784
995
1,363
23
699
1,580
1,611
665
699
1,612
2,186
808
886
2,030
24
25
511
494
560
494
555
514
650
651
743
539
25
Total ....
21,112
20,531
20,429
19,724
21,713
19,575
27,494
25,950
27,494
24,168
Total
* As reported by the Registrars of Voters.
VOTE FOR MAYOR.
205
VOTE FOR MAYO If,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1885.
188G.
1887.
1888.
1889.
Q
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1,219
747
1,252
190
803
1,591
1,853
991
1,701
859
1
2 .
1,373
510
1,401
499
85
1,481
628
783
1,593
795
1,264
2
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
6 .
1,286
203
1,104
142
131
1,257
188
325
1,514
320
1,344
6
7 .
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 .
5S7
705
491
803
50
433
1,008
1,166
521
1,046
427
9
io .
595
610
395
673
44
349
777
1,013
377
840
291
IO
11 .
798
1,238
577
1,471
51
422
2,112
2,721
615
2,373
486
11
12 .
1,069
265
927
320
118
1,238
371
518
1,380
469
1,137
12
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
633
964
621
237
1,158
777
1,051
1,494
1,080
1,171
15
16 .
1,113
405
1,002
356
128
1,128
539
806
1,394
756
999
16
17 .
82 1
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
19 .
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
1,735
1,960
1,741
1,550
20
21 .
805
1,407
713
1,505
89
719
2,035
2,496
861
2,305
757
21
22 .
1,142
400
1,077
337
123
1,347
586
808
1,546
990
1,193
22
23 .
1,287
1,004
1,053
1,241
144
1,212
1,757
2,383
1,253
2,270
1,141
23
24 .
1,169
1,547
888
1,746
215
996
2,346
2,888
1,169
2,791
1,151
24
25 .
848
555
710
633
114
914
877
941
924
1,042
742
25
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 and 1891, see pages 201, 202.
206
MUNICIPAL KEGISTEK.
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
1876.
1880.
1884.*
1888.*
Ward.
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1. .
863
1,064
832
1,286
1,038
1,263
113
76
1,101
1,706
38
1
2. .
1,227
553
1,326
675
1,503
642
115
27
1,641
714
10
2
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
7. .
1,307
328
1,475
344
1,193
281
230
8
1,197
324
14
7
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
74:i
1,022
28
9
lO. .
606
885
641
1,126
844
718
76
51
612
817
33
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11 . .
734
1,207
635
1,839
1,414
1,340
82
75
1,377
2,139
47
11
12. .
1,211
490
1,361
476
1,248
466
C06
25
1,406
475
16
12
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
17. .
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
20
31. .
573
1,311
662
1,728
1,155
1,413
99
110
1,339
2,064
53
21
22. .
728
407
926
689
1,195
456
220
28
1,720
684
6
22
23. .
991
1,039
903
1,394
1.491
1,024
97
65
1,930
1,726
100
23
24. .
9C0
1,354
952
1,951
1,496
1,525
148
152
1,755
2,417
73
21
25. .
628
481
475
600
852
577
51
24
1,017
881
20
25
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.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
207
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
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903
5
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1,438
12
878
1,457
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65
2,511
626
1,035
23
1
2
1,552
396
4
1,579
718
8
1,423
727
112
25
2,287
1,157
436
4
2
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
O
7
1,420
197
2
1,561
294
0
1,165
303
263
7
1,738
987
214
1
7
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
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672
687
9
656
1,075
6
669
949
76
33
1,727
460
705
26
IO
11
787
1,481
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
12
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
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l,0b7
830
18
1,073
1,255
8
926
1,250
163
47
2,386
725
917
23
17
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
so
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
22
1,221
284
9
1,355
561
2
1,125
530
220
23
1,898
940
384
2
22
23
1,003
1,039
10
1,037
1,507
12
1,169
1,377
95
56
2,697
837
1,091
21
23
24
1,142
1,506
19
1,119
2,090
23
1,115
1,955
132
108
3,310
871
1,637
29
24
25
707
487
2
770
661
0
798
645
51
19
1,3 15
633
601
4
25
Total
30,374 17,105
255
32,291
25,958
194
29,057
24,981
3,733
977
58,748
23,002
18,270
411
Total
208
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
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703
1,098
22
803
1,403
24
1,187
1,564
64
2,816
900
1,359
71
1
3
1,240
419
6
1,558
555
5
1,650
699
13
2,362
1,287
588
37
2
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
7
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
io
523
607
12
351
681
43
620
804
39
1,463
412
619
30
IO
11
962
1,261
15
460
1,808
95
1,292
2,252
51
3,596
1,115
1,623
89
11
12
1,090
274
12
1,271
329
16
1,416
477
19
1,912
1,084
386
29
12
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
IO
1,107
359
20
1,248
412
42
1,497
656
36
2,190
1,151
543
44
IO
17
869
822
24
892
990
47
1,285
1,292
64
2,641
942
999
66
17
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
30
1,646
934
24
1,524
1,123
47
2,218
1,470
47
3,739
1,724
1,278
67
30
21
927
1,472
18
690
1,781
69
1,298
2,082
66
3,458
1,098
1,723
110
31
23
1,180
384
7
1,238
494
15
1,720
667
16
2,403
1,350
625
24
33
23
1,164
1,098
94
1,072
1,317
171
1,904
1,733
109
3,746
1,412
1,525
171
33
24
1,236
1,618
38
924
1,967
86
1,672
2,435
87
4,207
1,407
2,056
121
34
25
766
628
12
790
804
23
1,020
867
21
1,908
82f
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 and 1891, see pages 201, 202.
WOMEN VOTING.
209
WOMEN REGISTERED AND VOTING FOR SCHOOL
COMMITTEE,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1871*.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
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a
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59
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58
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56
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52
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u
'I
60
ei
a
o
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47
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u
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ti
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54
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54
54
182
172
1
2 .
19
19
17
17
17
15
16
14
13
12
24
23
61
58
2
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
O .
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
O .
45
41
49
43
48
37
30
22
30
25
73
71
90
83
O
lO .
37
32
29
29
23
22
16
14
19
17
43
39
56
51
io
11 .
92
85
67
57
65
51
44
37
53
46
100
87
123
110
11
12 .
8
8
11
11
11
11
12
10
10
10
13
13
36
32
12
13 .
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
20 .
40
38
25
22
20
14
16
14
36
36
58
52
81
72
20
21 .
142
136
109
100
97
86
68
63
82
73
119
108
197
186
21
22 .
10
10
10
8
9
4
7
5
5
5
6
5
68
62
22
23 .
89
86
83
73
75
66
61
48
69
63
89
71
92
90
23
24 .
87
84
69
61
64
60
56'
49
70
68
110
98
122
106
24
25 .
8
989
8
934
4
772
4
688
10
748
8
640
5
567
4
498
7
701
6
650
12
11
60
57
25
Total
1,119
1,026
2,238
2,062
Total
This column has not been officially verified.
210
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
WOMEN REGISTERED AND VOTING FOR SCHOOL
COMMITTEE,
As Reported by the Registrars of Voters.
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
« • .
7. .
8. .
9. .
lO. .
11 . .
IS. .
13. .
14. .
15. .
16. .
17. .
18 . .
19. .
30. .
81. .
22. .
23. .
24. .
25. .
Total
1886. 1887. 1888
"So
76
20
30
42
45
177
4
6
45
30
85
14
6
30
24
38
44
83
1
46
114
13
1,193
89 67
46 37
878
«
1,123
623
973
849
670
851
275
391
591
1889.
1,464
1,
427
752
860
711
1,207
1,500
516
1,056
1,721
372
•20,252
1,076
60
945
826
653
821
268
380
565
279
824
442
680
1,420
985
407
729
815
689
1,159
1,42
491
1,009
1,634
359
19,490
694
221
422
450
364
44
32
108
366
160
562
135
101
811
405
187
431
550
374
699
1,148
255
665
1,129
276
1890.
653
195
407
431
355
37
28
104
351
142
565
121
80
782
387
169
400
519
363
1,
258
627
1,057
258
10,589 10,051
58
130
331
335
242
24
25
72
254
89
425
75
48
632
301
112
320
404
252
521
904
252
500
834
256
7,925
557
12:5
307
315
224
21
20
65
243
84
394
71
43
595
286
109
307
375
236
491
850
236
461
783
243
1891.
7,439
«
451
105
230
I
270
I
163
H
14:
1
571
210
i
326
58!
30
497
265
68
243
270
187
402
634
141
383
707
193
427
97
218
258
153
17
12
49
191
75
282
40
30
435
242
56
217
247
164
371
568
125
358
625
171
5,428
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
lO
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Total
ELECTIONS OF MAYOR.
211
ELECTIONS OF MAYOR.
Candidates and Votes Cast, 1822 to 1875, inclusive.
[For Statistics of Elections of Mayor, 1876-1891, see page 203 et seq.]
1827. —December 10.
Josiah Quincy .... 2,189
Amos Binney .... 340
Scattering 99
Total 2,628
1822. — April 8.'
Josiah Quincy ....
1,736
Harrison Gray Otis . .
1,384
Thomas L. Winthrop . .
361
George Blake ....
156
63
Total
3,700
1822.— April 16.
John Phillips .... 2,456
Scattering 194
Total
1823. — April 14.
Josiah Quincy . . . .
George Blake . . . .
Scattering;
Total
1825.
Josiah Quincy
Scattering .
2,650
2,505
2,180
81
April 11.
Total
1825. —December 12.
Josiah Quincy ....
Scattering
Total
4,766
1,836
55
1,891
1,202
193
1,395
1826. —December 11.
Josiah Quincy .... 3,163
George Blake .... 1,750
Harrison Gray Otis . . 79
"Scattering; 57
Total ...... 5,049
1828. — December 8.1
Josiah Quincy .... 1,958
Thomas C. Amory . . . 1,284
Andrew Dunlap . . . 357
Harrison Gray Otis . . 286
Charles P. Sumner . . 78
Scattering 119
Total 4,082
1828. — December 15.1
Josiah Quincy .... 2,561
Thomas C. Amory . . . 1,400
Charles Wells .... 970
Harrison Gray Otis . . 242
Scattering 80
Total 5,253
1828. — December 22.
Harrison Gray Otis . . 2,978
Caleb Eddy 1,283
Josiah Quincy .... 67
Scattering 218
Total 4,546
1829. —December 14.
Harrison Gray Otis . . 1,844
Scattering 122
Total 1,966
1 No choice.
212
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1830. — December 13.
Harrison Gray Otis . . 2,828
Theodore Lyman, Jr. . . 672
Scattering ..... 97
Total 3,597
1831. — December 12.1
Theodore Lyman, Jr. . . 1,851
Charles Wells .... 1,838
William Sullivan . . . 1,135
'< Scattering: 28
Total
1831. — December 22.
Charles Wells . .
Theodore Lyman, Jr.
John C. Gray . .
James Savage . .
Scattering . . .
Total
1832. —December 10.
Charles Wells . ..
Samuel A. Wells .
Theodore Lyman, Jr.
Caleb Eddy . . .
Scattering- . . . ■
Total
1833. — December 9.
Theodore Lyman, Jr.
William Sullivan .
George Odiorne . .
Scattering; . . .
Total
1834. —December 8.
Theodore Lyman, Jr.
Samuel L. Lewis .
Benjamin Dole . .
Scattering . . .
Total
4,852
3,316
2,389
151
25
47
5,928
2,918
469
181
74
58
3,700
3,734
2,009
439
59
6,241
4,261
45
32
66
4,404
1835. — December 14.
Samuel T. Armstrong . 3,039
John W. James .... 1,185
William Foster .... 126
Scattering 143
Total 4,493
1836. — December 12.
Samuel A. Eliot . . . 3,238
John W. James .... 1,667
Henry Williams ... 667
Joseph P. Bradlee ... 84
Scattering 27
Total . . . . . . 5,683
1837. — December 11.
Samuel A. Eliot .
Amasa Walker .
Theodore Lyman,
Caleb Eddy . .
Thomas C. Amory
Scattering . .
Jr
Total
3,476
1,127
1,158
83
62
347
6,253
1838. — December 10.
Samuel A. Eliot . . . 3,766
Caleb Eddy . . . •. . 2,341
Theodore Lyman, Jr. . . 117
Scattering 62
Total
6,286
1839. — December 9.
Jonathan Chapman . . 4,352
Bradford Sumner . . . 3,047
Scattering 70
Total 7,469
1840. — December 1 4.
Jonathan Chapman . . 5,224
Charles G. Greene . . . 2,606
Scattering 23
Total 7,853
ELECTIONS
OF MAYOR.
213
1841. — December 13.
1844. - December 30. >
Jonathan Chapman
4,698
Thomas A. Davis .
4,031
Nathaniel Greene . .
3,545
Thomas Wetmore .
3,456
Charles Leighton . .
573
Charles G. Greene . .
2,419
Francis Jackson . .
148
James M. Whiton . .
74
Scattering ....
70
9,034
Scattering . . .
Total
93
Total
. 10,073
1842. — December 12.
Martin Brimmer . . . 5,084
Bradford Sumner . . . 2,340
1845. — Januan
Thomas A. Davis . .
Samuel A. Eliot . .
Charles G. Greene . .
James M. Whiton . .
Scattering ....
r 13.1
3,993
3,712
2,056
43
8,219
20
9,824
1843. —December 11.
Martin Brimmer . .
4,874
1845. —January 20.1
George Savage . . .
2,237
Thomas A. Davis . .
4,289
J. M. Whiton . . .
124
Peter T. Homer . .
1,855
59
WiHiara T. Eustis . .
1,503
Wrilliam Pai'ker . .
1,499
Total .....
7,294
James M. Whiton . .
30
r 9.i
4,457
Scattering ....
69
1844. — Decembe
Josiah Quincy, Jr.
Thomas A. Davis . .
A. W. Thaxter, Jr. .
James M. Whiton . .
Scattering ....
4,017
2,115
179
50
1845. — January
Thomas A. Davis . .
Peter T. Homer . .
30.i
4.436
1,513
Total .....
. 10,818
37
9,837
1844. — December
23.i
Thomas A. Davis . .
3,907
1845. — Februar
y 12.1
Thomas Wetmore . .
3,767
Thomas A. Davis . .
4,343
Charles G. Greene . .
2,282
William Parker . . .
3,341
James M. Whiton . .
46
Peter T. Homer . .
1,430
Scattering ....
43
Total
16
Total
, 10,045
9,130
iNocl
loice.
214
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1845. — February 21.
Thomas A. Davis
William Parker .
Scattering . .
4,865
4,366
322
Total 9,553
1845. — December 8.
Josiah Quincy, Jr. . . .
William S. Damrell . .
John T. Heard ....
Scattering
5,333
1,647
1,354
97
Total 8,431
1846. — December 14.
Josiah Quincy, Jr.
Charles B. Goodrich .
Ninian C. Betton . .
Scattering: ....
3,846
1,319
735
52
Total 5,952
1847. — December 13.
Josiah Quincy, Jr. .
Charles B. Goodrich
William Parker . .
Ninian C. Betton .
Scattering1 . . .
Total
4,756
1,657
1,547
866
70
8,896
1848. — December 11.
John P. Bigelow . . . 5,150
John W. James . . . 1,143
Bradford Sumner . . . 929
J. V. C. Smith .... 417
Edward Brooks .... 132
Scattering 29
Total 7,800
1849. — December 10.
John P. Bigelow . . . 4,543
Joseph Hall 705
Bi*adford Sumner . . . 349
Scattering 34
Total 5,631
1850. —December 9.
John P. Bigelow . . . 5,473
Charles Amory .... 1,169
Charles B. Goodrich . . 1,094
Benjamin B. Massey . . 822
Scattering 68
Total 8,626
1851. —December 8.1
John H. Wilkins . . . 4,423
J. V. C. Smith .... 2,672
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr. . 2,150
George F. Williams . . 475*
Scattering 81
Total 9,801
1851. — December IT.1
Benjamin Seaver .
J. V. C. Smith . .
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr.
George F. Williams
Henry B. Rogers .
Scattering . . .
Total ....
185 1 . — December 24.
Benjamin Seaver . .
J. V. C. Smith . . .
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr.
Henry B. Rogers . .
Scattering; ....
Total
3,970
2,680
1,290
244
158
50
8,392
3,990
2,736
1,024
188
38
7,976
xNo choice.
ELECTIONS OF MAYOR.
215
1852. — December 13.
Benjamin Seaver . . . 6,018
J. V. C. Smith .... 5,02 L
Joseph Smith .... 890
Scattering 34
Total 11,972
1853. — December 12.1
Benjamin Seaver . . . 5,651
Jacob Sleeper .... 2,097
J. V. C. Smith .... 4,690
Frederick H. Allen . . 596
Scattering 66
Total
13,100
1853. — December 26.1
John P. Bigelow . . . 4,489
J. V. C. Smith .... 6,077
Jacob Sleeper .... 775
Aaron Hobart .... 748
Scattering .... 79
Total 12,168
1854. — January 9.
Jerome V. C. Smith
John H. Wilkins .
James Whiting . .
Aaron Hobart . .
Scattering: . . .
6,840
3,171
1,730
282
65
Total 12,088
1854. — December 11.
Jerome V. C. Smith . . 6,429
George B. Upton . . . 4,405
Isaac Adams 703
Scattering 42
Total 11,579
1855. — December 10.
Alexander II. Rice . . .
7,401
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff .
5,390
J. V. C. Smith . . . .
39
20
Total 12,850
1856. — December 8.
Alexander H. Rice
Jonathan Preston . .
Scattering ....
8,714
2,025
30
Total 10,769
1857. — December 14.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., 8,110
Charles B. Hall .... 4,193
Scattering- 20
Total ....
12,323
1858. — December 13
Frederic W. Lincoln,
Jr.,
6,298
Moses Kimball . .
4,449
Jul ins A. Palmer .
. .
1,007
J. V. C. Smith . .
. .
183
24
Total 11,961
1859. —December 12.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., 5,932
Joseph M. Wightman . 4,208
Julius A. Palmer . . . 628
Scattering;2 .... 653
Total 11,421
1860. — December 10.
Joseph M. Wightman . 8,834
Moses Kimball .... 5,674
Scattering- Ill
Total 14,619
1 No choice.
2 Mostly mis-spelled names of the leading candidates.
216
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1861. — December 9.
Joseph M. Wightrnan . 6,765
Edward S. Tobey . . . 5,795
Scattering 5
Total 12,565
1862. — December 8.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,352
Joseph M. Wightman . 5,287
Scattering 22
Total 11,661
1863. —December 14.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,206
Thomas P. Rich . . . 2,142
Samuel R. Spinney . . 613
Scattering 10
Total 8,971
1864. — December 12.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.,
Thomas C. Armory, Jr.,
Scattering
Total
1865. — December 11.
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.,
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff .
Scattering1 ....
Total
6,877
2,732
21
8,630
4,520
3,690
1,292
9,502
1866. — December 10.
Otis Norcross .... 5,662
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff . 4,755
Scattering 33
Total 10,450 Total
1867. — December 9.
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff . 8,383
Otis Norcross
Scattering .
7,867
18
Total 16,268
1868. — December 14.
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff . 10,005
Moses Kimball
Isaac N. May
Scattering .
9,156
143
22
Total 19,326
1869. -
- December 13.
Nathaniel B.
Shurtleff
13,054
George P. Baldwin
4,790
George H. Johnston .
338
Nathaniel E.
Chase .
206
Scattering
50
Total 18,448
1870. — December 12.
William Gaston . . .
10,836
George O. Carpenter .
7,836
Alonzo A. Knights
58
Henry D. Gushing . .
30
Scattering ....
39
Total
18,799
1871. —December 11.
William Gaston
Newton Talbot
Scattering . .
9,838
6,231
9
16,078
1 Mostly mis-spelled names of the leading candidates.
ELECTIONS OF MAYOR.
217
1872. — December 10.
Henry L. Tierce . . . 8,877
William Gaston .... 8,798
Scattering 41
Total 17,716
1873. — December 9.
Samuel C. Cobb . . . 19,187
Henry D. dishing ... 572
Scattering 22
Total 19,781
1871. —December 15.
Samuel C. Cobb . . . 17,874
Francis B. Hayes . . . 83o
Scattering: 24
Total
is, 7:;;i
1875. — December 14.
Samuel C. Cobb . .
Halsey J. Boardman .
Scattering ....
14,932
12,178
14
Total 27,124
CONTENTS.
PAGE
A
AccountP, County, Committee on . . . 97
Acting Mayor 33
Administration of affairs 8
Aid, Committee on State 97
payment of 146
Aldermanic Districts 15
Aldermen, election of 16
vacancy 18
powers and duties 21
to be surveyois of high-
ways 21, 26, 49
salary 21
time of meetings 92
Committee on 103
rules 71
names and residences 91
committees of 97
contested elections 175
Chairman 20,176
clerk of board 20
Almshouses . 144
A mendm ent of City Charter 48
Ancient Records Department 110
Committee on 98
Annexations, dates of 6
Appointments, confirmation of 48
Appropriations 24
Committee on 98
Area of city 186
Arboretum, Arnold 134
Architect Department 110
Committee on 98
Armories, Committee on 97
Art commission 110
Assessing Department Ill
Committee on 98
Assessment districts 112
A ssessors, appointment of 24
Auditing Department 115
Committee on 98
County 116
Austin Farm, Lunatic Hospital at . . 145
B
Badges, special committee of Com-
mon Council on . . .". 105
Baggage, Unclaimed, Committee on. 97
Ballast, Inspection of vessels and .... 157
Committee on 101
Bark, etc., Measurers of 157
Bath-houses 125
Beef, Weighers of 155
Births, registry of 145
Bituminous coal, Committee on .... 102
Board of Health 124
Board of Police, act establishing. ... 54
Board of Survey 153
Boilers, etc. , Weighers of 155
Bonds, Committee on 97
Boston, sketch of its history. 6
area 186
debt 187
population, from 1638. ... 189
PAGE
Boston Water Board 1 54
Boylston Fund, trustees 146
Bridge Division 148
Committee on 97
Bridges 148
to East Boston, Committee
on 102
Brighton, date of annexation, etc. ... 6
municipal court 169
Building- limits 128
Buildings, Department for Inspec-
tion of 43, 128
Committee on 99
Buildings, Public 139
Committee on 100
Superintendent of 139
County, Committee on.... 97
Bundled Hay, Inspectors of 157
By-Laws 23
C
Cambridge, new bridge to 151
Carriage "licenses, Inspector of 135
Celebration, 17th June, Committee. . 104
4th July, Committee ... 102
Labor day, Committee, 103
Memorial Day, Committee 103
Cemeteries under Health Department, 125
Cemetery, Mount Hope 133
Committee on 100
Census of population 190
Chancery, Masters in 165
Charcoal baskets, seizers of 146
Charlesbank 134
extension of sea-wall, stat-
ute 66
Charlestown, date of annexation, etc., 6
municipal court 169
City Architect HO
City Auditor 116
City Charter .... 7
accepted 6
amendments....... 48
City Clerk Department 20, 116
Committee 98
City Collector 117
City Council, election of 15, 17
organization 19
powers of 22
members ineligible to other
offices 27
Committees 98
Joint Rules and Orders ... 83
present members 91
City Courts, Justices of 170
City Debt, amount of 187
City Engineer 117
City Hall Extension, Committee on, 102
City Hall Library , 117
City Hospital, Trustees 45, 127
staff 127
Committee 99
City Messenger Department 117
Committee on 98
220
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
City Officers, appointment of 29, 48, 106
terras of service 61, 106
removal of 48
City Physician 124
City Prison, officers 136
City Registrar . 145
City Seal 70
City Solicitor 130
City Surveyor 153
City Treasurer 154
Claims, Committee on 98
Clerk, City 20, 116
Clerk of Committees Department. . . 117
Committee on 98
Coal Weighers 155
Bituminous, Committee on, 102
Cochituate Water-Works 154
Collecting Department 117
Committee on 98
Committees, Clerk of 117
joint standing 98
joint special 102
of Board of Aldermen ... . 97
of Common Council 105
Common, etc., not to he sold or leased, 25
and public grounds
Common Council, election of 139
vacancies 18
sittings to he puhlic 22
President of 22, 75, 180
Clerkof 22,95
organization 22
quorum of 22
powers 22
members.. 92
Rules and Orders of 75
time of meetings 75
Committees of. 76, 105
how appointed 75
contested elections 181
Conference Committees 87
Confirmation of Mayor's appoint-
ments 72
Consolidation of Departments, Com-
mittee 102
Constables 137
Contingent Expenses, Committee on, 99, 105
Contracts 62
Conveyancers, City 130
Corporators 7
Corporate powers 8, 22
Corporation Counsel 130
Correction, House of 144
County Accounts, Committee on... 97
Auditor 115
Treasurer 154
Buildings, Committee on... 97
Commissioners, powers of. . 21, 49
Officers 165
debt 187
Courts, Officers of 165
Court House, new, Committee on.. 97
Commissioners 171
Crossings, Railroad, grade, Commit-
tee on, Charlestown.... 104
O.C. R.R 103
East Boston 102
South Boston 104
Causeway and Travers sts. 103
Cullers of Hoops and Staves 157
D
Deaths, Registry of 145
Debt, City and County 187
limitation of 53,65
Deeds, Register of 167
PAGE
Departments, Committee on consoli-
dation of 102
Detention, House of 136
District Attorney 166
Dorchester, date of annexation, etc . . 6
municipal court 170
Drainage, Main 152
Drawbridges, closing of, Committee
on 102
Durginville, Committee on improve-
ment of 103
E
East Boston District Court «. 168
Ferries H8
purchase of 118
tolls 118
special committee on 104
bridge, Committee on .... 102
grade crossings, Commit-
tee on 102
Election, date of 8
Mayor 9, 13
School Committee 34
Aldermen 16
Councilraen 17
Elections, Committee on 105
Electric Wires, Inspection of 123
Committee 97
Engineering Department 117
Committee on 99
Engines, Committee on furnaces and, 97
Engines and officers 121
Estimates, Annual 50
Executive Departments 106
powers 49
Expenditures, actual, 1875-91 187
F
Faneuil Hall, Committee on 97
not to he sold or leased ... 25
market..., 132
Fence Viewers 156
Ferry Department 118
Committee on 99
Field Drivers 156
Finance, Committee on 99
Fire-alarm telegraph 123
Fire Department 118
Committee on 99
Districts 119
apparatus 120
Marshal 47,124
pensions to disabled mem-
bers 68
Fortifications, Harbor, Committee
on 103
Forum, South Bay, Committee on . . 104
Fountains 143
Fourth of July, Committee on cele-
bration of 102
Franklin Park 134
Funeral Undertakers 126
Furnaces, Committee on 97
G
General meetings 9,39
Government, City of Boston 8
present members 91
Governor, votes for 192
Grade crossings, Committee on,
Charlestown 104
O. C. R.R., Prov. Div 103
East Boston 102
South Boston 104
Causeway and Travel's sts., 103
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PAGE
Grain, Measurers of 156
Grounds, Department of Public 139
Committee on 100
Superintendent 140
n
Harbor Master 136
Islands 136, 186
fortifications, Committee
on 103
Harvard Bridge 151
Harvard Street, Committee on 103
Hay, Inspectors and weighers 157
Hay Scales, Superintendents 157
Health Department 124
Committee on ... . 99
Highways, Surveyors of 21, 49
Holidays, Schools 163
Homes for Paupers 144
Hoops and Staves, Cullers 157
Hospital Department 127
Committee on 99
Hospital, Lunatic 145
House of Correction 144
Detention 136
Reformation 143
Industry 143
Houses, number of 189
I
Improved Sewerage 152
Industry, House of. 143
Insane hospital 145
Insolvency, Commissioners 166
Inspection of Buildings 128
Inspection of Prisons, Committee on, 97
Inspectors of Elections 158
of Hay and Straw 157
of Vessels and Ballast 157
of Petroleum, etc 157
of Lime 157
of Charcoal-baskets 147
of Provisions 129
of Milk and Vinegar 129
of Wires 123
Institutions, Public 143
Commissioners of. 144
Committee on 100
Islands in City limits 136, 186
J
Jailer 166
Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corpora-
tion 57
Joint Rules and Orders 83
Committee on 103
Joint Standing Committees 83, 99
Joint Special Committees 86, 102
Judiciary Committee 76, 105
Justices, Police and Municipal Courts, 170
L
Labor Day, Committee 103
Lamp Department 329
Committee on 99
Lamps, Committee on 97
Land, area of 186, 189
Vacant 189
Lands, Public, Committee on 100
Law Department 130
Committee on 100
Laying out streets Department 147
Committee on 101
Leather, upper, Measurers of 157
PAGE
Legislative matters, Committee 99
Library Department 130
Committee on 99
Central and branches 131
new building 130
City 1 1. ill reference 117
Licenses, Committee on 97
Lime, 1 nspector of 157
Loans, how authorized 63, 64, 65
Lunatic Hospital 145
M
Main Drainage 152
Marble, etc., Surveyors of 157
Marcella-street Home 144
Marine Park . ... 134
Market Department 132
Committee on 100
Markets, Committee on 97
Marriages, etc., liegistry of 145
Marshal, Fire 124
Masters in Chancery 165
Mayor 91, 174
election of 13
salary 28
powers and duties 28
veto power 30
appointments by 29, 48
*' acting mayor" 33
votes for 193, 211
committee on address of . . 103
terms of service 174
Measurers of Wood, Bark, etc 157
of Grain 156
of Upper Leather 157
Measures, Department of Weights
and 146
Committee on 101
Medical Districts 167
Examiners 167
Meetings, days of, Aldermen 92
Common Council 75
of citizens 9, 39
Members of City Council 91
Messenger, City 117
Military affairs, Committee on 97
Milk and Vinegar, inspection of.... 129
Committee on... 100
Monuments 143
Morgue 125
Mount Hope Cemetery 133
Committee on loo
Municipal year 9
election 9
courts 167
Register, history of 5
Mystic Water Works 155
N
Nautical Training School, Committee
on 103
Neglected Children, Home for 144
New Court House, Commissioners. . 46, 171
Committee on . . . 97
O
Office, term of 61, 106
Officers of the City 61, 106
Old South Association, managers . . . 139
Orators of Boston 172
Orchard Park, Committee on 104
Order of business 73, 77
Ordinances 23, 30
Committee on 100
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
PAGE
Organization of City Government .. 19
School Committee 34
Overseers of the Poor 33, 146
P
Park Department 133
Committee on . 100
Commissioners 44,133
Parks, area 134
Paving Division 151
Committee on 97
Pensions, police 59
firemen 68
Petroleum Inspectors 158
Physician, City 124
Port 124
Police, Board of, act establishing. . 54
Police Department 134
Committee on 100
Board of 134
executive staff 135
stations 135
Mayor to assume control.. 29
reserve force, statute 58
pensions, statute 59
Polls and votes 191
Poor, Department for Overseeing.. . 145
Committee on 101
Population from 1635 190
Port Physician 124
Pound-keepers 106
Precinct officers 158
President, votes for 206
Presidents of Common Council 180
Printing Department 139
Printing, Committee on 100
Prison Point Bridge Commissioner. . 150
Prison, City, officers of 136
Prisons, Inspection of, Committee.. 97
Probate Court 166
Probation officers 170
Provisions, Inspection of. 129
Committee on 101
Public Buildings, Department of . . . . 43, 139
Committee on 100
Public grounds and squares ........ 139
Committee on 100
Public Institutions 143
Commissioners of 42,144
Committee on 1 00
Public Lands, Committee on 100
Public Library, Committee on 99
Trustees 43, 131
branches 132
new building 130
Q
Quarantine grounds 125
Quorum, Board of A ldermen ....... 21
Common Council 22
School Committee 34
R
Railroads, Committee on 97
grade crossing, O.C. R.R. 103
Oharlestown 104
grade, East Boston 102
grade, South Boston 104
grade, Causeway and
Travers sts 103
Rapid Transit Commission 153
Record Commissioners 110
Reformation, House of 143
Register of Deeds 167
Registrar, City 145
Registrar, Water 155
Registrars of Voters 36, 145
Registration and votes 192
Registry Department 145
Committee on 101
Registry of Births, etc 145
Relief of the Poor, Department for, 145
Committee on 101
Reserved Fund, expenditures from. . 8S
Roxbury, date of annexation, etc.... 6 .
municipal court 168
Rules and Orders, Joint 83
Committee on .. 103
of Board of Aldermen.... 71
Committee on . . 97
of Common Council 75
Committee on... 105
S
Salaries, Committee on 104
Salary, of Mayor 28
of Aldermen 21
Salary of city om cers 106
Sanitary Division 151
Committee on 97, 105
Scales, City 157
School Committee 34, 159
election 34
powers and duties 34
Mayor to approve certain
orders of 35
officers 159
standing committees 160
superintendent ltil
supervisors, etc 162
Vacations and holidays . . . 163
teachers and pupils 164
vacancies 34
truant officers 138, 163
School, Nautical Training, Commit-
tee on 103
Schools and School-houses, Com-
mittee 101
Seal, City of Boston 70
Sealers of Weights and Measures.. 146
Seventeenth of June, Committee on
celebration of 104
Sewerage, Improved 152
Sewer .Division 151
Committee on 97
Sewers aad Streets, Committee on. . 97
Sheriff and Deputies 166
Sidewalks, Committee on 104
Sinking-Funds Department 147
Signal service, police 136
Solicitor, City 130
South Boston Municipal Court 168
South Bay Forum, Committee on. . . 104
Squares and Grounds, Public 140
Standing Committees, Joint 83, 98
Chairman of 86
of Aldermen 73, 97
of Common Council ...... 76,105
State Aid, Committee on 97
payment of 146
Statues and monuments 143
to Grant, etc., special com-
mittee 104
to Warren, special Com-
mittee 105
Staves and Hoops, Cullers 157
Steam-Engines, Committee on 97
Stenographer, official 97
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PAGE
Stony Brook, special committee .... 104
Stores, number of 189
Street-Cleaning Division 152
Committee on 97
Street Commissioners 42, 147
Street Department 147
Committee on 101
Superintendent 148
Streets and Sewers, Committee on. . 97
Streets, Department of Laying out. . 147
Committee on 101
use of, Committee 104
Superior Court officers 195
Supervisors of schools 162
Supreme Court, clerks 165
Survey, Board of 153
Surveyors of Highways 21, 26, 49
of Marble, Freestone, etc... 157
Surveying Department 153
Committee on 101
T
Taxation, amount of 188
Taxes, assessment of 24
Board of Assessors of Ill
Teachers and pupils of public
schools 164
Tellers 105
Tolls on ferries 118
Training School, Nautical, Commit-
tee on 103
Transfer, from borrowed funds ... 65
Treasury Department 154
Committee on 101
TruantOfficers 138, 163
U
Unclaimed Baggage, Committee on 97
Undertakers 126
Upper Leather, Measurers of ...... 157
V
Vacations, Schools 163
Valuation of City 188
Veto power 30
on orders of Board of Al-
dermen 30
l'AOE
Veto power, continued.
on items of appropriation, 31
on orders of School Com-
mittee 35
Vessels and Ballast, Inspection of .. 167
Committee on. .. 101
Vinegar, Inspection of Milk and.... 129
Committee on 1UU
Voters, female 2u9
and population 191
qualification of 35
registration of 3C, 145
Committee on .... 101
Votes, for President 2u6
for Governor 192
for Mayor 198, 211
Voting precincts 158
W
Wagons, etc., Inspector of 135
Wardens 158
Ward-rooms 158
Wards, division of 15, 158
division into precincts 158
Warren Statue, Comuimittee on ... . 105
Water Board . 45, 154
Water-Supply Department 154
Committee on 102
Water-Income Department 155
Committee on 102
Water Registrar 155
Wayfarers' Lodge 146
Weighers of coal 155
of beef 155
of boilers, etc. 155
City scales 157
Weights and Measures, Department
of 146
Committee on 101
West Roxbury, date of annexation,
etc 6
municipal court 169
Wires, Electric, Committee 97
Inspection of 123
Women Voters 209
Woodlsland Park 134
Wood and Bark, Measurers Ie7
Wooden buildings 128
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