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MUIICIPAL  EEGISTEE 

FOR    1926. 


THE     CITY     SEAL 
As    it    appeared    prior    to    1827. 

The  City  Seal  was  adopted  by  ''An  Ordinance  to 
Establish  the  City  Seal,"  passed  January  2,  1823,  which 
provides  "That  the  design  hereto  annexed,  as  sketched 
by  John  R.  Penniman,  giving  a  view  of  the  City,  be  the 
device  of  the  City  Seal;  that  the  motto  be  as  follows, 
to  wit:  'Sicut  patribus  sit  Deus  nobis';  and  that  the 
inscription  be  as  follows:  —  'Bostonia  condita,  A.D. 
1630.  Civitatis  regimine  donata,  A.D.  1822.'"  The 
motto  is  taken  from  1  Kings,  viii.,  57:  ''God  be  with 
us  as  He  was  with  our  fathers." 

The  seal  as  it  first  appeared  is  shown  above. 

The  seal  as  it  was  afterwards  changed,  and  has  ever 
since  continued  to  be  used,  was  first  shown  on  page  221 
of  the  volume  of  laws  and  ordinances,  commonly  known 
as  the  "First  Revision,"  published  in  1827,  and  is 
estabhshed  as  the  City  Seal  at  the  present  time  by 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  Chapter  1,  Section  5, 
which  provides  that  "The  seal  of  the  City  shall  be 
circular  in  form;  shall  bear  a  view  of  the  City;  the 
motto  'SicuT  Patribus  Sit  Deus  Nobis,'  and  the 
inscription,  'Bostonia  Condita,  A.D.  1630.  Civitatis 
Regimine  Donata,  A.D.  1822,'  as  herewith  set  forth." 

The  seal  as  changed  in  1827  is  shown  on  the  opposite 
page. 


SEAL  OF  THE   CITY 

OF 

BOSTON. 


CITY  OF   BOSTON 
IN  CITY   COUNCIL 

February  2,  1925. 
ORDERED:    That    the    Statistics  Department    be   authorized, 

UNDER    the    direction    OF  THE  COMMITTEE   ON  RuLES,  TO  PREPARE  AND 
HAVE  PRINTED  THE  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER  FOR  1925,  AND  THAT   THE   ClERK 

OP    Committees    be    authorized    to  prepare  and  have  printed  a 

POCKET  EDITION  OP  THE  ORGANIZATION  OP  THE    CiTT    GOVERNMENT    AND 
HEADS  OP  departments;    the  EXPENSE    THUS    INCURRED    TO    BE    CHARGED 

to  the  appropriation  for  city  documents. 

Passed.     Approved  by  the  Mayor,  February  3,  1925. 

Attest: 

W.   J.   DOYLE, 

Assistant  City  Clerk. 


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in  2010  witii  funding  from 

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[Document  35  —  1925.] 

CITY    OF    BOSTON 

MUNICIPAL    REGISTEE 
FOE  1925 

CONTAINING       • 

A   REGISTER  OF  THE   CITY  GOVERNMENT, 

RULES   OF  THE   CITY  COUNCIL, 

AMENDED   CITY  CHARTER  OF  1909, 

WITH  CHANGES  SINCE, 

INCLUDING   THE 

IMPORTANT  AMENDMENTS  OF  1924, 
NOTES   ON  THE   CITY  DEPARTMENTS, 

WITH 

LISTS   OF   EXECUTIVE   AND   OTHER   PUBLIC   OFFICERS, 
THE   CITY  ORDINANCES  ENACTED   SINCE    1914, 

ALSO 

THE   NEW   WARD   BOUNDARIES, 

AND 

MEMBERSHIP  OF  FORMER  CITY  GOVERNMENTS,  Ere. 


COMPILED  AND  EDITED   BY   THE  STATISTICS 
DEPARTMENT. 


Of 
CITY   OF   BOSTON 

PRINTING  DEPARTMET^T 

1925 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Contents. 


Introduction 

The  City  Government,  1925.       . 

Officials  of  the  City  Council 

Committees  of  the  City  Council 

Rules  of  the  City  Council     .... 

Amended  City  Charter  of  1909  (with  changes  to  1923) 

Amendments  of  City  Charter  in  1924 

Officers  in  charge  of  executive  departments,  with  term,  salary,  etc., 

Notes  on  the  executive  departments,  lists  of  their  officials,  with 

term  of  each 

Various  City,  County  and  State  officers,  wdth  term,  etc 

Various  departments,  commissions,  courts,  etc.,  with  officials  and 

assistants 

Boston  Retirement  System  (with  changes  of  1924) 
City  Ordinances,  1914-1925         .        .        .        .  *'      . 

Regulation  of  Building  Heights 

Boundaries  of  the  22  wards  (new) 

Members  of  City  Government  by  years,  1909-1924 

Mayors  of  Boston,  1822  to  1924 

Chairmen  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  1855  to  1909 

Presidents  of  the  Common  Council,  1822  to  1909   . 

Presidents  of  the  City  Council,  1909  to  1924    . 

Orators  of  Boston,  annually  appointed,  1771  to  1924 

Boston  members  of  1925-26  State  Legislature 

Members  of  69th  Congress  from  Massachusetts,  with  Boston's 

Congressional  districts 

Foreign  Consuls  in  Boston 

Additions  and  Corrections 

Legislative  Acts  and  Resolves  of  1925  Pertaining  to  Boston 


Page 

7,8 

9 

10,  11 

12 

13-18 

19-33 

34-43 

44-46 

47-109 
112,113 

114-138 
138-140 
141-182 
182-184 
186-199 
202-205 
206 

207,  208 

208,  209 
210 

210,  211 
212 

213 

214 

215 

215-217 


INTRODUCTION. 


INTEODUCTION. 


The  City  Government  annually  issued  a  volume  from 

1821  to  1829  containing  a  register  of  the  City  Council 
and  a  list  of  the  officers.  In  1829  the  City  Charter,  in 
1830  the  Acts  relating  to  Boston  and  the  ordinances, 
and  in  1832  an  index,  were  added.     The  volume  for 

1822  contained  fifteen  pages,  and  for  1840  eighty-eight, 
including  three  pages  of  index.  The  volumes  up  to  and 
including  1840  bear  the  title:  The  Rules  and  Orders 
of  the  Common  Council. 

Beginning  in  1841  a  much  improved  volume — The 
Municipal  Register  —  was  substituted,  containing  the 
Rules  and  Orders  of  the  Common  Council,  joint  rules, 
ordinances  of  the  (?^ity,  statutes  of  the  Commonwealth 
relating  to  the  City,  a  list  of  the  public  schools,  the  City 
Government  of  1841,  the  committees  and  departments 
(consisting  at  that  time  of  the  treasury,  law,  police, 
health,  public  land  and  buildings,  lamps  and  bridges, 
fire,  and  public  charitable  institutions),  and  a  fist  of  the 
ward  officers.  From  1842  to  1864  it  also  contained  a 
list  of  the  members  of  preceding  City  Governments,  a 
necrological  record  of  those  members,  the  latest  ordi- 
nances and  the  special  statutes  relating  to  the  City; 
in  1851  a  list  of  the  annual  orators  was  added,  and  in 
1853  a  map  of  the  City  and  the  Rules  of  the  Board  of 
Aldermen.  In  1876  statistics  of  registration  and  voting 
were  included,  since  1879  in  tabulated  form. 

From  1889  to  1896,  inclusive.  The  Municipal 
Register  also  contained  a  compilation  of  the  Charter 
with  the  revision  of  1854  and  the  amendments  of  1885 
and   thereafter.     The   Amended   Charter   of    1909    (15 


8  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

pages)  was  added  in  1910,  and  the  various  changes  in 
same  since  that  year  have  been  stated  in  footnotes. 

In  1924  the  important  amendments  to  the  Charter 
enacted  in  that  year  (10  pages)  were  included. 

The  1925  volume  contams,  as  the  latest  addition, 
descriptions  of  the  ward  boundaries  as  fixed  for  the  22 
new  wards  (formerly  26)  in  December,  1924. 

Beginning  in  1924,  The  Boston  Year  Book,  the  most 
comprehensive  municipal  publication  yet  undertaken, 
was  issued.  It  treats  extensively  of  municipal  activi- 
ties as  well  as  community  conditions  and  interests, 
containing  illustrations  and  diagrams.  This  publica- 
tion, covering  a  different  and  much  broader  field  than 
The  Municipal  Register,  is  not  intended  to  absorb 
that  annual  document,  now  84  years  old  and  having  a 
reputation  to  live  up  to,  but  the  statistical  tables  (52 
pages)  heretofore  contained  in  the  latter  will  be  con- 
tinued in  the  Year  Book,  thus  permitting  for  The 
Municipal  Register  a  desirable  reduction  in  size  and 
an  earlier  issuance. 


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CITY   GOVERNMENT. 
GOVERNMENT 

OF   THE 

CITY    OF    BOSTON, 
1925. 


JAMES   M.  CURLEY,  Mayor. 

Residence, 
350  Jamaicaway,  Jamaica  Plain. 


BOSTON   CITY  COUNCIL,  1925. 

[Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486;  Stat.  1912,  Chap.  574;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  630,  730; 
Spec.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  269;  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  196;  Stat.  1924, 
Chaps.  328  and  479.] 

James  T.  Moriarty,*  President. 

TERM   ENDS   IN   FEBRUARY,   1927. 

Daniel  W.  Lane,         .        .       .  291  Beacon  St. 

James  T.  Moriarty,  280  Dorchester  St.,  South  Boston. 
James  T.  Purcell,         90  Moraine  St.,  Jamaica  Plain. 

TERM  ENDS   IN  FEBRUARY,   1926. 

David  J.  Brickley,  .  .  642  Washington  St.,  City. 
William  C.  S.  Healey,  193  Webster  St.,  East  Boston. 
James  A.  Watson,       .       .   38  Thornton  St.,  Roxbury. 

TERM  ENDS   IN   FEBRUARY,    1925. 

John  A.  Donoghue,  .  47  Prince  St.,  Jamaica  Plain. 
George  F.  Gilbody,  43  Rosemont  Road,  Dorchester. 
William  J.  Walsh,      .        .     43  Hopedale  St.,  AUston. 

Salary,  $1,500  each. 

*  Elected  on  February  2,  1925. 
Note. —  By  Chap.  479,  Acts  of  1924,  the  terms  of  all  members  of  the 
City  Council  expire  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1926.     On  the  same 
date  a  new  City  Council  of  22  members  (one  from  each  ward)  will  take 
office. 


10  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


[Stat.  1854,  Chap.  448,    §30;    Stat.  1885,  Chap.  266,    §2;    Stat.    1901, 

Chap.  332;   Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  11;   C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  8; 

Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  11.] 

Clerk,  ex  officio. 
James  Donovan,  71  Emerald  Street. 

Assistant  Clerk,  ex  officio. 
Wilfred  J.  Doyle,  81  Wellington  Hill  Street,  Dorchester. 

Regular  meetings  in  Council  Chamber,  City  Hall,  fourth  floor, 
Mondays  at  2  P.  M. 


OFFICIALS   OF   THE   CITY   COUNCIL. 

CITY   MESSENGER. 
Office,  City  Hall,  Room  55,  fourth  floor. 

Edward  J.  Leary. 

The  City  Messenger  attends  all  meetings  of  the  City  Council  and 
committees  thereof,  and  has  the  care  and  distribution  of  all  documents 
printed  for  the  use  of  the  City  Council,  also  the  regular  department  reports. 
He  has  charge  of  the  City  flagstaffs,  the  display  of  flags  in  the  public 
grounds,  and  the  roping  off  of  streets  and  squares  on  public  occasions. 

CLERK   OF   COMMITTEES. 
Office,  City  Hall,  Room  56,  fom-th  floor. 

John  E.  Baldwin. 

The  Clerk  of  Committees  acts  as  the  clerk  of  all  committees  of  the  City 
Council,  keeps  the  records  of  their  meetings,  and  has  charge  of  the  City 
Hall  Reference  Library. 


CITY  COUNCIL.  11 

SECRETARY   OF   THE   CITY    COUNCIL. 

William  J.  J.  O'Neil. 

The  Secretary  of  the  City  Council  is  also  Assistant  Clerk  of  Committees, 
and  performs  the  duties  of  the  Clerk  in  the  latter 's  absence  or  in  case  of 
vacancy  of  his  position. 

ASSISTANT   CITY    MESSENGER. 
City  Hall,  Room  55, 

Fredeeick  J.  Glenn. 

The  Assistant  City  Messenger  performs  the  duties  of  the  City  Messenger 
in  the  latter's  absence  or  in  case  of  vacancy  of  his  pcsition. 

OFFICIAL  REPORTER  OF  PROCEEDINGS. 

Edwaed  W.  Harnden. 


12  MUNICIPAL   REGISTER. 


COMMITTEES  OF  THE   CITY  COUNCIL,* 
19  3  5. 


STANDING   COMMITTEES. 
Apfropkiations. —  All  the  members,  Councillor  PurceU,  Chairman. 
Executive  Committee. —  All  the  members,  Coimcillor  Watson,  Chairman. 
Finance. —  All  the  members.  Councillor  Lane,  Chairman. 
Ordinances. —  AU  the  members.  Councillor  Healey,  Chairman. 

Branch     Libraries. —  Coun.     Donoghue,     Healey,     Gilbody,     Purcell, 

Walsh. 

Claims. —  Coun.  Walsh,  Brickley,  Lane,  Watson,  Gilbody. 

County    Accounts. —  Coun.    Watson,     Brickley,    Donoghue,     Purcell, 
Walsh. 

Fire  Hazard. —  Coun.  Gilbody,  Brickley,  Walsh,  Lane,  Healey. 

Inspection  of  Prisons. —  Coun.  Brickley,  Walsh,  Watson,  Lane,  Gilbody, 

Legislative   Matters. —  Coun.    Donoghue,    Watson,    Healey,    Purcell, 
Walsh. 

Parkman  Fund. —  Coun.  Lane,  Watson,  Brickley,  Walsh,  Purcell. 

Printing. —  Coun.  Donoghue,  Brickley,  Watson,  Healey,  Purcell. 

Public  Lands. —  Coun.  Brickley,  Watson,  Gilbody,  Healey,  Walsh. 

Soldiers'  Relief. —  Coun.  Brickley,  Gilbody,  Watson,  Walsh,  Lane. 


SPECIAL   COMMITTEES. 
Rules. —  Coun.  Donoghue,  Purcell,  Gilbody. 
Jitneys. —  Coun.  Brickley,  Lane,  Watson,  Walsh,  Gilbody. 
Unclaimed  Baggage. —  Coun.  Moriarty,  Donoghue. 

*  Appointed  by  President  of  City  Council  and  announced  at  meeting  on 
February  16,  1925.  Of  the  13  committees  following  the  first  four,  the 
member  first  named  is  Chairman. 


RULES  OF   THE   CITY   COUNCIL.  13 


RULES  OF  THE   CITY   COUNCIL.* 


Day  of  Meeting. 
Rule   1.     Unless  otherwise  ordered  from  time  to  time  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  city  council  shall  be  held  on  every  Monday  at  two  o'clock 
p.  m.     Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  president  at  his  discretion, 
and  by  the  city  clerk  for  the  purpose  only  of  drawing  jurors. 

President. 

RtTLE  2.  The  president  of  the  council  shall  take  the  chair  at  the  hour 
to  which  the  council  shall  have  adjourned  and  shall  call  the  members  to 
order,  and,  a  quorum  being  present,  shall  proceed  with  the  regular  order 
of  business.  In  the  absence  of  the  president  the  senior  member  by  age 
present  shall  preside  as  temporary  president  or  until  a  presiding  officer 
is  chosen. 

Rule  3.  The  president  shall  preserve  decorum  and  order,  may  speak 
to  points  of  order  in  preference  to  other  members,  and  shall  decide  all 
questions  of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal.  Any  member  may  appeal 
from  the  decision  of  the  chair,  and,  when  properly  seconded,  no  other 
business,  except  a  motion  to  adjourn  or  to  lay  on  the  table,  shall  be  in 
order  until  the  question  on  appeal  has  been  decided.  The  question  shall 
be  put  as  follows: 

"Shall  the  decision  of  the  chair  stand  as  the  judgment  of  the  council f" 
The  vote  shall  be  by  a  roll  call,  and  it  shall  be  decided  in  the  affirmative 
unless  a  majority  of  the  votes  are  to  the  contrary. 

Rule  4.  The  president  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  the  longest  time  shall  be  put  first. 

Rule  5.  The  president  shall,  at  the  request  of  any  member,  make  a 
division  of  a  question  when  the  sense  will  admit. 

Rule  6.  The  president  shall,  without  debate,  decide  all  questions 
relating  to  priority  of  business  to  be  acted  upon. 

Rule  7.  The  president  shall  declare  all  votes;  but  if  any  member 
doubts  a  vote,  the  president  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  president  shall  appoint  all  committees,  fill  all  vacancies 
therein,  and  designate  the  rank  of  the  members  thereof. 

*  At  the  meeting  of  the  City  Council  on  February  2,  1925,  the  rules 
of  the  City  Council  of  1924  were  adopted  as  the  rules  of  the  City  Council 
of  192.5  until  such  time  as  the  Committee  on  Rules  report  permanent 
rules. 


14  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Rule  9.  When  the  president  of  the  council  or  the  president  fro  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  president 
shall  so  direct. 

Rule  11.  A  motion  to  strike  out  and  insert  shall  be  deemed  indivisible; 
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  council. 

2.  To  a  special  committee  of  the  council. 

Any  member  offering  a  motion,  order  or  resolution,  which  is  referred 
to  a  committee,  shall  be  given  a  hearing  on  the  same  by  the  committee 
before  a  report  is  made  thereon,  provided  he  so  requests  at  the  time  of 
offering  the  order  or  before  final  action  by  the  committee. 

Rule  14.  After  a  motion  has  been  put  by  the  president  it  shall  not  be 
withdrawn  except  by  unanimous  consent. 

Rule  15.  When  a  question  is  under  debate  the  following  motions 
only  shall  be  entertained,  and  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  in  which 
they  stand  arranged: 

1.  To  adjourn. 

2.  To  lay  on  the  table. 

3.  The  previous  question. 

4.  To  close  debate  at  a  specified  time. 

5.  To  postpone  to  a  day  certain. 

6.  To  commit. 

7.  To  amend. 

8.  To  postpone  indefinitely. 

Rule  16.  A  motion  to  adjoiurn  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,  the  motion  to  take  from  the  table, 
and  the  motion  for  the  previous  question,  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 


RULES  OF  THE  CITY   COUNCIL.  15 

Readings. 
Rule  17.  Every  ordinance,  order  and  resolution  shall,  unless  rejected, 
tiave  two  several  readings,  both  of  which  may  take  place  at  the  same 
session,  unless  objection  is  made;  provided,  however,  that  all  orders  for  the 
expenditure  of  money  presented  to,  or  reported  upon  by  a  committee  of, 
the  council,  shall  lie  over  for  one  week  before  final 'action  thereon.  When- 
ever the  second  reading  immediately  follows  the  first  reading,  the  document 
may  be  read  by  its  title  only;  provided,  that  all  orders  releasing  rights 
or  easements  in  or  restrictions  on  land,  all  orders  for  the  sale  of  land  other 
than  school  lands,  all  appropriations  for  the  purchase  of  land  other  than 
for  school  purposes,  and  all  loans  voted  by  the  city  council  shall  require 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  city  council,  and  shall  be 
passed  only  after  two  separate  readings  and  by  two  separate  votes,  the 
second  of  said  readings  and  votes  to  be  had  not  less  than  fourteen  days 
after  the  first. 

Reconsideration. 

Rule  18.  When  a  vote  has  been  passed,  any  member  may  move  a 
reconsideration  thereof  at  the  same  meeting,  or  he  may  give  notice  to  the 
clerk,  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  adjournment  of  any  meeting  except 
the  final  meeting,  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  regular  meeting.  No  member  shall  speak  for  more 
than  ten  minutes  on  a  motion  to  reconsider. 

Rule  19.  When  a  motion  to  reconsider  has  been  decided,  that  deci- 
sion shall  not  be  reconsidered,  and  no  question  shall  be  twice  reconsidered 
unless  it  has  been  amended  after  the  reconsideration;  nor  shall  any  recon- 
sideration be  had  upon  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. 

A  motion  to  reconsider  may  be  laid  on  the  table  or  postponed  indefi- 
nitely, and  the  effect  of  such  action  in  either  case  shall  be  to  defeat  the 
motion  to  reconsider. 

Conduct  op  Members. 
Rule  20.  Every  member  when  about  to  speak  shall  rise,  address  the 
chair,  and  wait  imtil  he  is  recognized,  and  in  speaking  shall  refrain  from 
mentioning  any  other  member  by  name,  shall  confine  himself  to  the 
question  and  avoid  personalities.  Any  member  who,  in  debate  or  other- 
wise, indulges  in  personalities  or  makes  charges  reflecting  upon  the  char- 
acter of  another  member  shall  make  an  apology  in  open  session  at  the 
meeting  when  the  offence  is  committed  or  at  the  next  succeeding  regular 


16  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

meeting,  and,  failing  to  do  so,  shall  be  named  by  the  president,  or  held  in 
contempt  and  suspended  from  further  participation  in  debate  until  said 
apology  is  made. 

Rule  21.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  once  on  a  question  when 
another  member  who  has  not  spoken  claims  the  floor,  and  no  member 
speaking  shall,  without  his  consent,  be  interrupted  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  con- 
cerned, 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  council 
for  special  reason  shall  excuse  him.  Application  to  be  so  excused  on  any 
question  must  be  made  before  the  council  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  24.     The   following   standing   committees   of   the   council,   and 
all  other  committees,  unless  specially  directed  by  the  council,  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  president: 

1.  A  committee,  to  be  known  as  the  Executive  Committee,  to  consist  of 
all  the  members  of  the  council. 

2.  A  committee  on  Appropriations,  to  consist  of  all  the  members  of 
the  council,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  such  appropriation  orders  as  may 
be  submitted  to  the  council  from  time  to  time. 

3.  A  committee  on  Branch  Libraries,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
council. 

4.  A  committee  on  Claims,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the  council, 
to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  claims  against  the  city  arising  from  the  act 
or  neglect  of  any  of  its  departments.  They  shall  report  annually  a  list 
of  the  claims  awarded  or  approved  by  them,  and  the  amount  of  money 
awarded  or  paid  in  settlement  thereof. 

5.  A  committee  on  County  Accounts,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
councU. 

6.  A  committee  on  Finance,  to  consist  of  all  the  members  of  the  council, 
to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  applications  for  expenditure  which  involve 
a  loan. 

7.  A  committee  on  Fire  Hazard,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
council. 

8.  A  committee  on  Inspection  of  Prisons,  to  consist  of  five  members  of 
the  council. 

9.  A  committee  on  Legislative  Matters,  to  consist  of  five  members  of 
the  council,  who  shall,  imless  otherwise  ordered,  appear  before  the  com- 
mittees of  the  General  Court  and  represent  the  interests  of  the  city;  pro- 
vided, said  committee  shall  not  appear  unless  authorized  by  vote  of  the 


RULES  OF  THE   CITY   COUNCIL.  17 

city  council,  and  shall  not,  unless  directed  so  to  do  by  the  city  council 
oppose  any  legislation  petitioned  for  by  the  preceding  city  council. 

10.  A  committee  on  Ordinances,  to  consist  of  all  the  members  of  the 
council,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  ordinances  or  orders  concerning 
ordinances. 

11.  A  committee  on  Parkman  Fund,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
council,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  matters  concerning  the  Parkman 
property  or  the  expenditure  of  the  income  from  the  Parkman  Fund. 

12.  A  committee  on  Printing,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the  council, 
who  shall  have  the  charge  of  all  printing,  advertising  or  pubUshing 
ordered  by  the  city  council,  as  one  of  its  contingent  or  incidental  expenses, 
and  the  supply  of  all  stationery  or  binding  for  the  same  purpose.  The  com- 
mittee shall  fix  the  number  of  copies  to  be  printed  of  any  document  printed 
as  above,  the  minimum,  however,  to  be  four  hundred;  and  they  shall 
have  the  right  to  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  care,  custody,  and 
distribution  of  aU  documents,  books,  pamphlets  and  maps  by  the  city 
messenger. 

13.  A  committee  on  Public  Lands,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
council,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  matters  relating  to  public  lands. 

14.  A  committee  on  Soldiers'  Relief,  to  consist  of  five  members  of  the 
council,  who  shall  determine  the  amount  of  aid  to  be  allowed  to  soldiers 
and  sailors  and  their  families  and  submit  a  schedule  of  the  same  to  the 
city  council  monthly. 

Order  of  Business. 

Rule  25.  At  every  regular  meeting  of  the  councU  the  order  of  business 
shall  be  as  foUows: 

1.  Commimications  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor. 

2.  Presentation  of  petitions,  memorials  and  remonstrances. 

3.  Reports  of  city  oflBcers,  etc. 

4.  Unfinished  business  of  preceding  meetings. 

5.  Reports  of  committees. 

6.  Motions,  orders  and  resolutions. 

Spectators. 

Rule  26.  No  person,  except  a  member  of  the  council,  shall  be  permit- 
ted to  occupy  the  seat  of  any  member  while  the  council  is  in  session. 

Rule  27.  No  person,  excepting  heads  of  departments,  officials  con- 
nected with  the  city  council  and  reporters,  shall  be  allowed  in  the  ante- 
room or  upon  the  floor  of  the  council  chamber  while  the  council  is  in 
session.  Spectators  wUl  be  allowed  in  the  gallery  of  the  council  chamber 
when  the  council  is  in  session,  and  no  one  will  be  admitted  to  said  gallery 
after  the  seats  are  occupied.     The  city  messenger  shall  enforce  this  rule. 

Burial  Grounds. 
Rule  28.     No  permission  for  the  use  of  land  for  the  purpose  of  burial 
shall  be  granted  imtil  a  public  hearing  shall  have  been  given  by  the  city 
council,  after  due  notice  has  been  served  upon  abutters,  on  the  applica- 
tion for  such  permission. 


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Smoking  in  the  Council  Chamber. 

Rule  29.  No  smoking  shall  be  allowed  in  the  council  chamber  when 
the  coimcil  is  in  session. 

Meetings. 

Rule  30.  No  meeting  of  any  committee  shall,  without  the  consent 
of  all  the  members  thereof,  be  called  upon  less  notice  than  twenty-four 
hours  from  the  time  the  clerk  shall  have  mailed  the  notices  or  despatched 
them  by  special  messenger.  No  committee,  unless  authorized  by  an  order 
of  the  city  council,  shall  incur  any  expense.  No  committee  meeting  shall 
be  called  later  than  one  hour  immediately  preceding  the  time  set  for  any 
regular  meeting  of  the  city  council,  nor  shall  any  committee  remain  in 
session  later  than  the  hour  named  for  any  such  regular  meeting. 

Form  of  Votes. 
Rule  31.     In  all  votes  the  form  of  expression  shall  be  "Ordered" 
for  everything  by  way  of  command,  and  the  form  shall  be  "Resolved" 
for  everything  expressing  opinions,  principles,  facts,  or  purposes. 

Transfers. 
Rule  32.     Every  application  for  an  appropriation  to  be  provided  for 
by  transfer  shall  be  referred  to  the  executive  committee  unless  otherwise 
ordered,  and  no  such  appropriation  shall  be  made  until  the  said  committee 
have  reported  thereon. 

Consideration  of  Petitions. 
Rule  33.  No  petition,  remonstrance,  resolution  or  other  communica- 
tion submitted  by  any  improvement  association,  civic  society,  club  or 
other  unincorporated  organization,  or  its  officers,  shall  be  considered  by 
the  city  council  or  printed  in  its  proceedings  unless  such  organization 
shall  have  filed  with  the  city  clerk  a  statement,  sworn  to  by  one  of  its 
officers,  speeif3ang  the  number  of  members  in  good  standing,  the  time  and 
place  of  meeting  and  a  list  of  the  officers  for  the  current  year. 

Amendment  and  Suspension. 
Rule  34.     The  foregoing  rules  shall  not  be  altered,  amended,  sus- 
pended or  repealed  at  any  time,  except  by  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  of  the  city  council  present  and  voting  thereon. 


AMENDED   CITY  CHARTER,  19 


AMENDED    CITY    CHARTER   OF    1909. 

[With  footnotes  as  to  Amendments  in  1910,  1912,  1914,  1918,  1919,  1921 

and  1922.1 


The  Mayor  and  City  Council. 

Section  1.  The  terms  of  office  of  the  mayor  and  the  members  of  both 
branches  of  the  present  city  council  of  the  city  of  Boston  and  of  the 
street  commissioner  whose  term  would  expire  on  the  first  Monday  of 
January,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  are  hereby  extended  to  ten  o'clock 
A.M.  on  the  first  Monday  of  February,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and 
at  that  time  the  said  city  council  and  both  branches  thereof  and  the 
positions  of  city  messenger,  clerk  of  the  common  council,  clerk  of  com- 
mittees, assistant  clerk  of  committees,  and  their  subordinates  shall  be 
abolished.  The  officials  whose  terms  of  office  are  hereby  extended  shall, 
for  the  extended  term,  receive  a  compensation  equal  to  one-twelfth  of  the 
annual  salaries  now  paid  to  them  respectively.  The  mayor  and  city 
council  elected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  their 
successors,  shall  thereafter  have  all  the  powers  and  privileges  conferred, 
and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and  obligations  imposed  by  law  upon 
the  city  council  or  the  board  of  aldermen,  acting  as  such  or  as  county 
commissioners  or  in  any  capacity,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 
Wherever  in  this  act  the  phrase  "mayor  and  city  council"  appears,  it 
shall  be  understood  as  meaning  the  mayor  and  city  council  acting  on  and 
after  the  first  Monday  of  February,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  under  the 
provisions  of  this  and  the  three  following  sections.  The  city  council  may, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  from  time  to  time  establish  such 
offices,  other  than  that  of  city  clerk,  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
conduct  of  its  affairs  and  at  such  salaries  as  it  may  determine,  and  abolish 
such  offices  or  alter  such  salaries;  and  without  such  approval  may  fill 
the  offices  thus  established  and  remove  the  incumbents  at  pleasure. 

Sect.  2.  The  mayor  from  time  to  time  may  make  to  the  city  council 
in  the  form  of  an  ordinance  or  loan  order  filed  with  the  city  clerk  such 
recommendations  other  than  for  school  purposes  as  he  may  deem  to  be  for 
the  welfare  of  the  city.  The  city  council  shall  consider  each  ordinance  or 
loan  order  presented  by  the  mayor  and  shall  either  adopt  or  reject  the 
same  within  sixty  days  after  the  date  when  it  is  filed  as  aforesaid.  If  the 
said  ordinance  or  loan  order  is  not  rejected  within  said  sixty  days  it  shall 

Note. —  The  Amended  City  Charter  is  contained  in  Chap.  486,  Acts  of 
1909,  consisting  of  63  sections.  Sees.  35  to  44,  inclusive,  are  omitted, 
as  these  concern  the  alternative  amendments  which  became  inoperative 
on  the  adoption  of  Plan  2  by  the  voters  in  the  State  election,  November  2, 
1909. 


20  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

be  in  force  as  if  adopted  by  the  city  council  unless  previously  withdrawn 
by  the  ma5^or.  Nothing  herein  shall  prevent  the  mayor  from  again 
presenting  an  ordinance  or  loan  order  which  has  been  rejected  or  with- 
drawn. The  city  council  may  originate  an  ordinance  or  loan  order  and 
may  reduce  or  reject  any  item  in  any  loan  and,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  mayor,  may  amend  an  ordinance.  All  sales  of  land  other  than 
school  lands,  all  appropriations  for  the  purchase  of  land  other  than  for 
school  purposes,  and  all  loans  voted  by  the  city  coimcil  shall  require  a 
vote  of  two  thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  city  council;  and  shall  be 
passed  only  after  two  separate  readings  and  by  two  separate  votes,  the 
second  of  said  readings  and  votes  to  be  had  not  less  than  fourteen  days 
after  the  first.  No  amendment  increasing  the  amount  of  land  to  be  sold 
or  the  amount  to  be  paid  for  the  purchase  of  land,  or  the  amount  of  loans, 
or  altering  the  disposition  of  purchase  money  or  of  the  proceeds  of  loans 
shall  be  made  at  the  time  of  the  second  reading  and  vote. 

Sect.  3.  All  appropriations,  other  than  for  school  purposes,  to  be 
met  from  taxes,  revenue,  or  any  source  other  than  loans  shall  originate 
with  the  mayor,  who  within  thirty  days  after  the  beginning  of  the 
fiscal  year  shall  submit  to  the  city  council  the  annual  budget  of  the  current 
expenses  of  the  city  and  county,  and  may  submit  thereafter  supplemen- 
tary budgets  imtil  such  time  as  the  tax  rate  for  the  year  shall  have  been 
fixed.  The  city  council  may  reduce  or  reject  any  item,  but  without  the 
approval  of  the  mayor  shall  not  increase  any  item  in,  nor  the  total  of  a 
budget,  nor  add  any  item  thereto,  nor  shall  it  originate  a  budget.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  and  county  officials,  when  requested  by  the 
mayor,  to  submit  forthwith  in  such  detail  as  he  may  require  estimates 
for  the  next  fiscal  year  of  the  expenditures  of  the  department  or  office 
under  their  charge,  which  estimates  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  city  council. 

The  city  auditor  may,  with  the  approval  in  each  instance  of  the  mayor, 
at  any  time  make  transfers  from  the  appropriation  for  current  expenses 
of  one  division  of  a  department  to  the  appropriation  for  current  expenses 
of  any  other  division  of  the  same  department,  and  from  the  reserve  fund 
to  any  appropriation  for  the  cm-rent  expenses  of  a  department;  and  may 
also,  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  at  any  time  between  December  first 
and  February  first,  make  transfers  from  any  appropriation  to  any  other 
appropriation:  provided,  however,  that  no  money  raised  by  loan  shall  be 
transferred  to  any  appropriation  from  income  or  taxes.  He  may  also 
with  such  approval  apply  any  of  the  income  and  taxes  not  disposed  of 
in  closing  the  accounts  for  the  financial  year  in  such  manner  as  he  may 
determine. 

Sect.  4.  Every  appropriation,  ordinance,  order,  resolution  and  vote 
of  the  city  council,  except  votes  relating  to  its  own  internal  affairs,  shall  be 
presented  to  the  mayor,  who  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made  a  written 
record  of  the  time  and  place  of  presentation,  and  it  shall  be  in  force  if 
he  approves  the  same  within  fifteen  days  after  it  shall  have  been  presented 
to  him,  or  if  the  same  is  not  returned  by  him  with  his  objections  thereto 


AMENDED   CITY   CHARTER.  21 

in  writing  within  said  period  of  fifteen  days.  If  within  said  period  said 
appropriation,  ordinance,  order,  resolution,  or  vote  is  returned  by  the 
mayor  to  the  city  council  by  filing  the  same  with  the  city  clerk  with  his 
objections  thereto  the  same  shall  be  void.  If  the  same  involves  the  expen- 
diture of  money,  the  mayor  may  approve  some  of  the  items  in  whole  or 
in  part  and  disapprove  other  of  the  items  in  whole  or  in  part;  and  such 
items  or  parts  of  items  as  he  approves  shall  be  in  force,  and  such  items  or 
parts  of  items  as  he  disapproves  shall  be  void. 

Sect.  5.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  act,  the  organization, 
powers,  and  duties  of  the  executive  departments  of  the  city  shall  remain 
as  constituted  at  the  time  when  this  section  takes  effect;  but  the  mayor 
and  city  council  at  any  time  may  by  ordinance  reorganize,  consolidate, 
or  abolish  departments  in  whole  or  in  part;  transfer  the  duties,  powers, 
and  appropriations  of  one  department  to  another  in  whole  or  in  part; 
and  establish  new  departments;  and  may  increase,  reduce,  establish  or 
abolish  salaries  of  heads  of  departments,  or  members  of  boards.  Nothing 
in  this  act  shall  authorize  the  abolition  or  the  taking  away  of  any  of 
the  powers  or  duties  as  established  by  law  of  the  assessing  department, 
building  department,  board  of  appeal,  children's  institutions  department, 
election  department,  fire  department,  Franklin  Foundation,  hospital 
department,  library  department,  overseers  of  the  poor,  schoolhouse 
department,  school  committee,  or  any  department  in  charge  of  an  official 
or  officials  appointed  by  the  governor,  nor  the  abolition  of  the  health 
department. 

Sect.  6.  No  contract  for  lighting  the  public  streets,  parks,  or  alleys, 
or  for  the  collection,  removal,  or  disposal  of  refuse,  extending  over  a 
period  of  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  thereof,  shall  be  valid  without 
the  approval  of  the  mayor  and  the  city  council  after  a  public  hearing 
held  by  the  city  council,  of  which  at  least  seven  days'  notice  shall  have 
been  given  in  the  City  Record. 

Sect.  7.  The  city  council  at  any  time  may  request  from  the  mayor 
specific  information  on  any  municipal  matter  within  its  jurisdiction, 
and  may  request  his  presence  to  answer  written  questions  relating  thereto 
at  a  meeting  to  be  held  not  earlier  than  one  week  from  the  date  of  the 
receipt  of  said  questions,  in  which  case  the  mayor  shall  personally,  or 
through  a  head  of  a  department  or  a  member  of  a  board,  attend  such 
meeting  and  publicly  answer  all  such  questions.  The  person  so  attend- 
ing shall  not  be  obliged  to  answer  questions  relating  to  any  other  matter. 
The  mayor  at  any  time  may  attend  and  address  the  city  council  in  person 
or  through  the  head  of  a  department,  or  a  member  of  a  board,  upon  such 
subject  as  he  may  desire. 

Sect.  8.  Neither  the  city  council,  nor  any  member  or  committee, 
officer,  or  employee  thereof  shall,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
act,  directly  or  indirectly  on  behalf  of  the  city  or  of  the  county  of  Suf- 
folk take  part  in  the  emplo5Tnent  of  labor,  the  making  of  contracts, 
the  purchase  of  materials,  supplies  or  real  estate;    nor  in  the  construe- 


22  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

tion,  alteration,  or  repair  of  any  public  works,  buildings,  or  other  prop- 
erty; nor  in  the  care,  custody,  and  management  of  the  same;  nor  in  the 
conduct  of  the  executive  or  administrative  business  of  the  city  or  coimty ; 
nor  in  the  appointment  or  removal  of  any  municipal  or  county  employee; 
nor  in  the  expenditure  of  public  money  except  such  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  contingent  and  incidental  expenses  of  the  city  council.  The  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shaU  not  affect  the  powers  or  duties  of  the  city  coun- 
cil as  the  successor  of  the  present  board  of  aldermen  relative  to  state 
or  mihtary  aid  and  soldiers'  reUef . 

It  shall  be  imlawful  for  the  mayor  or  for  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil or  for  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  city  or  of  the  county  of  Suffolk 
or  for  a  member  of  the  finance  commission  directly  or  indirectly  to  make 
a  contract  with  the  city  or  with  the  county  of  Suffolk,  or  to  receive  any 
commission,  discount,  bonus,  gift,  contribution  or  reward  from  or  any 
share  in  the  profits  of  any  person  or  corporation  making  or  performing 
such  contract,  unless  such  mayor,  member  of  the  city  council,  officer, 
or  employee  or  member  of  the  finance  commission  immediately  upon 
learning  of  the  existence  of  such  contract  or  that  such  contract  is  pro- 
posed, shall  notify  in  writing  the  mayor,  city  council,  and  finance  com- 
mission of  such  contract  and  of  the  nature  of  his  interest  in  such  contract 
and  shall  abstain  from  doing  any  official  act  on  behaK  of  the  city  in  reference 
thereto.  In  case  of  such  interest  on  the  part  of  an  officer  whose  duty  it 
is  to  make  such  contract  on  behalf  of  the  city,  the  contract  may  be  made 
by  any  other  officer  of  the  city  duly  authorized  thereto  by  the  mayor, 
or  if  the  mayor  has  such  interest  by  the  city  clerk:  provided,  however, 
that  when  a  contractor  with  the  city  or  county  is  a  corporation  or  voluntary 
association,  the  ownership  of  less  than  five  per  cent  of  the  stock  or  shares 
actually  issued  shall  not  be  considered  as  being  an  interest  in  the  contract 
within  the  meaning  of  this  act,  and  such  ownership  shall  not  affect  the 
validity  of  the  contract,  unless  the  owner  of  such  stock  or  shares  is  also 
an  officer  or  agent  of  the  corporation  or  association,  or  solicits  or  takes 
part  in  the  making  of  the  contract. 

A  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  section  shaU  render  the  contract 
in  respect  to  which  such  violation  occurs  voidable  at  the  option  of  the 
city  or  county.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both.  Chapter  five  hundred 
and  twenty-two  of  the  acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight  is 
hereby  repealed. 

The  ExECTj'nvE  Department. 
Sect.  9.  All  heads  of  departments  and  members  of  mimicipal  boards, 
including  the  board  of  street  commissioners,  as  their  present  terms  of 
office  expire  (but  excluding  the  school  committee  and  those  officials  by 
law  appointed  by  the  governor),  shaU  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  with- 
out confirmation  by  the  city  council.     They  shall  be  recognized  experts 


AMENDED   CITY   CHARTER.  23 

in  such  work  as  may  devolve  upon  the  incumbents  of  said  oflBces,  or 
persons  specially  fitted  by  education,  training  or  experience  to  perform 
the  same,  and  (except  the  election  commissioners,  who  shall  remain  sub- 
ject to  the  provisions  of  existing  laws)  shall  be  appointed  without  regard 
to  party  aflBliation  or  to  residence  at  the  time  of  appointment  except  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Sect.  10.*  In  making  such  appointments  the  mayor  shall  sign  a 
certificate  in  the  following  form: 

CERTIFICATE  OF  APPOINTMENT. 
I  appoint  (Name  of  Appointee)  to  the  position  of  (Name  of  Office)  and  I  certify  that 
in  my  opinion  he  is  a  recognized  expert  in  the  work  which  will  devolve  upon  him,  and 
that  I  make  the  appointment  solely  in  the  interest  of  the  city.  Mayor. 

Or  in  the  following  form,  as  the  case  may  be: 

CERTIFICATE  OF  APPOINTMENT. 
I  appoint  (Name  of  Appointee)  to  the  position  of  (Name  of  Office)  and  I  certify  that 
in  my  opinion  he  is  a  person  specially  fitted  by  education,  training,  or  experience  to  perform 
the  duties  of  said  office,  and  that  I  make  the  appointment  solely  in  the  interest  of  the  city. 

Mayor. 

The  certificate  shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  thereupon 
forward  a  certified  copy  to  the  civil  service  commission.  The  commis- 
sion shall  immediately  make  a  careful  inquiry  into  the  qualifications 
of  the  nominee  under  such  rules  as  they  may,  with  the  consent  of  the 
governor  and  council,  establish,  and,  if  they  conclude  that  he  is  a  com- 
petent person  with  the  requisite  qualifications,  they  shall  file  with  the 
city  clerk  a  certificate  signed  by  at  least  a  majority  of  the  commission 
that  they  have  made  a  careful  inquiry  into  the  qualifications  of  the 
appointee,  and  that  in  their  opinion  he  is  a  recognized  expert,  or  that 
he  is  qualified  by  education,  training  or  experience  for  said  office,  as 
the  case  may  be,  and  that  they  approve  the  appointment.  Upon  the 
filing  of  this  certificate  the  appointment  shall  become  operative,  subject 
however  to  all  provisions  of  law  or  ordinance  in  regard  to  acceptance 
of  office,  oath  of  office,  and  the  fihng  of  bonds.  If  the  commission  does 
not  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt  of  such  notice  file  said  certificate 
with  the  city  clerk  the  appointment  shall  be  void. 

Sect.  11.  The  civil  service  commission  is  authorized  to  incur  in 
carrying  out  the  foregoing  provisions  such  reasonable  expense  as  may  be 
approved  by  the  governor  and  council;  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the 
commonwealth,  which  upon  demand  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the  city  of 
Boston. 

Sect.  12.  A  vacancy  in  any  office  to  which  the  provisions  of  section 
nine  of  this  act  apply,  shall  be  filled  by  the  mayor  under  the  provisions 

*  Sect.  10,  amended  by  Chap.  550,  Acts  of  1912,  now  provides  that  if 
an  appointee  is  accused  of  a  crime,  misdemeanor  or  act  of  dishonesty,  he 
has  a  right  to  a  hearing,  where  full  opportunity  shall  be  given  to  explain 
or  refute  the  charge. 


24  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

of  said  section  and  pending  a  permanent  appointment  he  shall  designate 
some  other  head  of  a  department  or  member  of  a  board  to  discharge 
the  duties  of  the  office  temporarily. 

Sect.  13.  Members  of  boards  shall  be  appointed  for  the  terms  estab- 
lished by  law  or  by  ordinance.  Heads  of  departments  shall  be  appointed 
for  terms  of  four  years  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  May  of  the  year 
in  which  they  are  appointed  and  shaU  continue  thereafter  to  hold  office 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  mayor. 

Sect.  14.  The  mayor  may  remove  any  head  of  a  department  or 
member  of  a  board  (other  than  the  election  commissioners,  who  shall 
remain  subject  to  the  provisions  of  existing  laws)  by  fiUng  a  written 
statement  with  the  city  clerk  setting  forth  in  detail  the  specific  reasons 
for  such  removal,  a  copy  of  which  shall  be  delivered  or  mailed  to  the 
person  thus  removed,  who  may  make  a  reply  in  writing,  which,  if  he 
desires,  may  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk;  but  such  reply  shall  not  affect 
the  action  taken  unless  the  mayor  so  determines.  The  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  the  school  committee  or  to  any  official  by  law 
appointed  by  the  governor. 

Sect.  15.  The  positions  of  assistants  and  secretary  authorized  by 
section  twenty  of  chapter  four  hundred  and  forty-nine  of  the  acts  of  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-five  except  those  in  the  election  depart- 
ment are  hereby  abolished,  and  except  as  aforesaid  the  said  section  ia 
hereby  repealed. 

The  civil  service  laws  shall  not  apply  to  the  appointment  of  the  mayor's 
secretaries,  nor  of  the  stenographers,  clerks,  telephone  operators  and 
messengers  connected  with  his  office,  and  the  mayor  may  remove  such 
appointees  without  a  hearing  and  without  making  a  statement  of  the 
cause  for  their  removal. 

Sect.  16.  No  official  of  said  city,  except  in  case  of  extreme  emer- 
gency involving  the  health  or  safety  of  the  people  or  their  property,  shall 
expend  intentionally  in  any  fiscal  year  any  sum  in  excess  of  the  appro- 
priations duly  made  in  accordance  with  law,  nor  involve  the  city  in  any 
contract  for  the  future  payment  of  money  in  excess  of  such  appropria- 
tion, except  as  provided  in  section  six  of  this  act.  Any  official  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shaU  be  punished  by  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand 
dollars,  or  both. 

The  Finance  Commission. 

Sect.  17.  Within  sixty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act  the  governor 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council  shall  appoint  a  finance  com- 
mission to  consist  of  five  persons,  inhabitants  of  and  quaUfied  voters  in 
the  city  of  Boston,  who  shall  have  been  such  for  at  least  three  years 
prior  to  the  date  of  their  appointment,  one  for  the  term  of  five  years, 
one  for  four  years,  one  for  three  years,  one  for  two  years,  and  one  for 
one  year,  and  thereafter  as  the  terms  of  office  expire  in  each  year  one 
member  for  a  term  of  five  years.    Vacancies  in  the  commission  shall  be 


AMENDED  CITY   CHARTER.  25 

filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by  the  governor  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  council.  The  members  of  said  commission  may  be  removed  by 
the  governor  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council  for  such  cause 
as  he  shall  deem  sufficient.  The  chairman  shall  be  designated  by  the 
governor.  His  annual  salary  shall  be  five  thousand  dollars,  which  shall 
be  paid  in  monthly  installments  by  the  city  of  Boston.  The  other  members 
shall  serve  without  pay. 

Sect.  18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  finance  commission  from  time 
to  time  to  investigate  any  and  all  matters  relating  to  appropriations, 
loans,  expenditures,  accounts,  and  methods  of  administration  affecting 
the  citj^  of  Boston  or  the  county  of  Suffolk,  or  any  department  thereof, 
that  may  appear  to  the  commission  to  require  investigation,  and 
to  report  thereon  from  time  to  time  to  the  mayor,  the  city  council,  the 
governor,  or  the  general  court.  The  commission  shall  make  an 
annual  report  in  January  of  each  year  to  the  general  court. 

Sect.  19.  Whenever  any  pay  roll,  bill,  or  other  claim  against  the 
city  is  presented  to  the  mayor,  city  auditor,  or  the  city  treasurer,  he  shall, 
if  the  same  seems  to  him  to  be  of  doubtful  validity,  excessive  in  amount, 
or  otherwise  contrary  to  the  city's  interest,  refer  it  to  the  finance  com- 
mission, which  shall  immediately  investigate  the  facts  and  report  thereon ; 
and  pending  said  report  payment  shall  be  withheld. 

Sect.  20.*  The  said  commission  ia  authorized  to  employ  such  experts, 
counsel,  and  other  assistants,  and  to  incur  such  other  expenses  as  it  may 
deem  necessary,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  said  city  upon  requisi- 
tion by  the  commission,  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  in  any  year  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  or  such  additional  sums  as  may  be 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  by  the  city  council,  and  approved  by  the 
mayor.  A  sum  sufficient  to  cover  the  salary  of  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mission and  the  further  sum  of  at  least  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to 
meet  the  expenses  as  aforesaid  shall  be  appropriated  each  year  by  said 
city.  The  commission  shall  have  the  same  right  to  incur  expenses  in 
anticipation  of  its  appropriation  as  if  it  were  a  regular  department  of 
said  city. 

Sect.  21.  For  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  said  commission  to  perform 
the  duties  and  carry  out  the  objects  herein  contemplated,  and  to  enable 
the  mayor,  the  city  council,  the  governor  or  the  general  coiu^t  to  receive 
the  reports  and  findings  of  said  commission  as  a  basis  for  such  laws, 
ordinances,  or  administrative  orders  as  may  be  deemed  meet,  the  com- 
mission shall  have  all  the  powers  and  duties  enumerated  in  chapter  five 
hundred  and  sixty-two  of  the  acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight 
and  therein  conferred  upon  the  commission  designated  in  said  act;  but 
counsel  for  any  witness  at  any  public  hearing  may  ask  him  any  pertinent 
question  and  may  offer  pertinent  evidence  through  other  witnesses  subject 
to  cross-examination  by  the  commission  and  its  counsel. 

*  Sect.  20,  amended  by  Chap.  81,  Acts  of  1921,  now  allows  for  Finance 
Commission's  annual  expenses  $35,000  instead  of  $25,000. 


26  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

The  City  Clerk. 
Sect.  22.  The  present  city  clerk  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  for  which 
he  has  been  elected,  and  thereafter  until  his  successor  is  chosen  and  quali- 
fied. In  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  every  third  year 
thereafter,  a  city  clerk  shall  be  elected  by  a  majority  of  the  members  of 
the  city  council,  to  hold  office  imtil  the  first  Monday  in  February  in  the 
third  year  following  his  election,  and  thereafter  until  his  successor  has  been 
duly  chosen  and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  by  due  process  of  law. 
The  city  clerk  shall  act  as  clerk  of  the  city  council  established  by  this  act. 

The  City  Auditor. 

Sect.  23.  All  accounts  rendered  to  or  kept  in  the  departments  of  the 
city  of  Boston  or  county  of  Suffolk  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspection 
and  revision  of  the  city  auditor,  and  shall  be  rendered  and  kept  in  such 
form  as  he  shall  prescribe.  The  auditor  may  require  any  person  pre- 
senting for  settlement  an  account  or  claim  against  the  city  or  coimty 
to  make  oath  before  him  in  such  form  as  he  may  prescribe  as  to  the  accuracy 
of  such  account  or  claim.  The  wilful  making  of  a  false  oath  shall  be 
perjury  and  punishable  as  such.  The  auditor  may  disallow  and  refuse 
to  pay,  in  whole  or  in  part,  any  claim  on  the  grotmd  that  it  is  fraudulent 
or  imlawful  and  in  that  case  he  shall  file  a  written  statement  of  his  reasons 
for  the  refusal. 

Sect.  24.  Whenever,  in  response  to  an  advertisement  by  any  officer  or 
board  of  the  city  or  county,  a  bid  for  a  contract  to  do  work  or  furnish 
materials  is  sent  or  delivered  to  said  officer  or  board,  a  duplicate  of  the 
same  shall  be  fm-nished  by  the  bidder  to  the  auditor,  to  be  kept  by  him 
and  not  opened  until  after  the  original  bids  are  opened.  After  the  original 
bids  are  opened,  the  auditor  shall  open  and  examine  the  bids  submitted 
to  him,  and  shall  compare  the  same  with  the  original  bids.  In  case  any 
of  the  bids  submitted  to  the  auditor  difl^er  from  the  corresponding  original 
bids,  those  submitted  to  the  auditor  shall  be  treated  as  the  original  bids. 
The  contract  shall  not  be  awarded  until  after  both  sets  of  bids  are  opened . 

Sect.  25.  The  auditor  shall  furnish  monthly  to  each  head  of  depart- 
ment a  statement  of  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  appropriation  for  that 
department,  and  he  shall  furnish  to  the  mayor  and  city  council  a  state- 
ment of  the  unexpended  balances  of  all  the  departments.  He  shall 
furnish  quarterly  to  the  city  council  an  itemized  statement  showing 
the  amoimt  of  money  expended  by  the  mayor  and  the  city  council  for 
contingent  expenses. 

MiSCELLANEOtrS   PROVISIONS. 

Sect.  26.*  All  loans  issued  by  the  city  after  the  passage  of  this  act 
shall  be  made  payable  in  annual  instalments  in  the  manner  authorized 
by  section  thirteen  of  chapter  twenty-seven  of  the  Revised  Laws    as 

*  Sect.  26  amended  by  Chap.  437,  Acts  of  1910,  which  exempts  all  loans 
issued  for  rapid  transit  construction  from  the  prohibition  as  to  sinking 
funds. 


AMENDED  CITY  CHARTER.  27 

amended  by  section  one  of  chapter  three  hundred  and  forty-one  of  the 
acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight.  No  sinking  fund  shall  be 
established  for  said  loan.  All  bonds  shall  be  offered  for  sale  in  such 
a  manner  that  the  effect  of  the  premiums,  if  any,  shall  be  to  reduce 
the  total  amount  of  bonds  issued.  No  city  or  county  money  shall  be 
deposited  in  any  bank  or  trust  company  of  which  any  member  of  the  board 
of  sinking  fund  commissioners  of  said  city  is  an  officer,  director,  or  agent. 

Sect.  27.*  Every  officer  and  board  in  charge  of  a  department  of  the 
city  of  Boston  or  county  of  Suffolk  shall  on  or  before  the  fifth  day  of 
May  in  each  year  prepare  and  furnish  to  the  city  auditor  a  list  of  the 
officials  and  employees  imder  said  officer  or  board  and  paid  by  the  city 
or  county  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  April  preceding.  Such  lists  shall  give 
the  names,  residence  by  street  and  ward,  designation,  compensation, 
and  date  of  election  or  appointment  of  each  of  said  officials  and  employees 
and  the  date  when  each  first  entered  the  employ  of  the  city  or  coimty. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  auditor  to  verify  said  lists  by  the  pay  rolls; 
and  when  verified  the  said  fists  shall  be  printed  by  the  superintendent 
of  printing  as  a  city  document. 

Sect.  28.  The  jurisdiction  now  exercised  by  the  board  of  aldermen 
concerning  the  naming  of  streets,  the  planting  and  removal  of  trees  in 
the  public  ways,  the  issue  of  permits  or  licenses  for  coasting,  the  storage 
of  gasoline,  oil,  and  other  inflammable  substances  or  explosive  com- 
poimds  and  the  use  of  the  public  waj^s  for  any  permanent  or  temporary 
obstruction  or  projection  in,  under,  or  over  the  same,  including  the  location 
of  conduits,  poles,  and  posts  for  telephone,  telegraph,  street  railway,  or 
illuminating  purposes,  is  hereby  vested  in  the  board  of  street  commis- 
sioners, to  be  exercised  by  said  board  with  the  approval  in  writing  of  the 
mayor;  and  the  mayor  and  city  council  shall  have  authority  to  fix  by 
ordinance  the  terms  by  way  of  cash  payment,  rent,  or  otherwise,  upon 
which  permits  or  licenses  for  the  storage  of  gasoline  or  oil,  or  other  inflam- 
mable substances  or  explosive  compounds,  and  the  construction  or  use 
of  coal  holes,  vaults,  bay  windows,  and  marquises,  in,  under,  or  over  the 
public  ways  shall  be  issued. 

Sect.  29.  Within  ninety  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act  and  there- 
after there  shall  be  published  at  least  once  a  week  and  distributed  and 
sold  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor  and  on  terms  to  be  fixed  by  the 
city  council  and  approved  by  the  mayor  a  paper  to  be  known  as  the  City 
Record.  All  advertising,  whether  required  by  law  or  not,  with  reference 
to  the  purchase  or  taking  of  land,  contracts  for  work,  materials,  or  supplies, 
the  sale  of  bonds,  or  the  sale  of  property  for  non-payment  of  taxes  shall 
appear  exclusively  in  said  paper;  a  list  of  all  contracts  of  one  thousand 
dollars  or  more,  as  awarded,  with  the  names  of  bidders,  and  the  amount  of 

*  Sect.  27  amended  by  Chap.  168,  Spec.  Acts  of  1919,  changing  the 
date  from  April  30  to  June  1  for  the  annual  listing  of  officials  and  employees, 
also  by  Chap.  133,  Acts  of  1922,  directing  the  City  auditor  to  keep  a  copy 
of  said  list  open  for  public  inspection,  and  that  it  be  printed  as  a  public 
document  in  1923  and  every  two  years  thereafter. 


28  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

the  bids;  appointments  by  the  mayor;  and  changes  in  the  number  and 
compensation  of  employees  in  each  department,  shall  be  published  in  the 
City  Record.  The  proceedings  of  the  city  council  and  school  committee 
together  with  all  communications  from  the  mayor,  shall  be  published  in 
the  City  Record. 

Sect.  30.  Every  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department  in  said 
city,  when  authorized  to  erect  a  new  building  or  to  make  structural 
changes  in  an  existing  building,  shall  make  contracts  therefor,  not  exceed- 
ing five,  each  contract  to  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor;  and 
when  about  to  do  any  work  or  to  make  any  purchase,  the  estimated 
cost  of  which  alone,  or  in  conjimction  with  other  similar  work  or  pur- 
chase which  might  properly  be  included  in  the  same  contract,  amounts 
to  or  exceeds  one  thousand  dollars,  shall,  unless  the  mayor  gives  written 
authority  to  do  otherwise,  invite  proposals  therefor  by  advertisement  in 
the  City  Record.  Such  advertisement  shall  state  the  time  and  place  for 
opening  the  proposals  in  answer  to  said  advertisement,  and  shall  reserve 
the  right  to  the  officer  or  board  to  reject  any  or  all  proposals.  No  authority 
to  dispense  with  advertising  shall  be  given  by  the  mayor  unless  the  said 
officer  or  board  furnishes  him  with  a  signed  statement  which  shall  be 
published  in  the  City  Record  giving  in  detail  the  reasons  for  not  inviting 
bids  by  advertisement. 

Sect.  31.  At  the  request  of  any  department,  and  with  the  approval 
of  the  mayor  the  board  of  street  commissioners,  in  the  name  of  the  city, 
may  take  in  fee  for  any  municipal  purpose  any  land  within  the  limits  of 
the  city,  not  already  appropriated  to  public  use.  Whenever  the  price 
proposed  to  be  paid  for  a  lot  of  land  for  any  municipal  purpose  is  more 
than  twenty-five  per  cent  higher  than  its  average  assessed  valuation  dur- 
ing the  previous  three  years,  said  land  shall  not  be  taken  by  purchase 
but  shall  be  taken  by  right  of  eminent  domain  and  paid  for  in  the  manner 
provided  for  the  taking  of  and  the  payment  of  damages  for  land  for  high- 
ways in  said  city.  No  land  shall  be  taken  until  an  appropriation  by  loan 
or  otherwise  for  the  general  purpose  for  which  land  is  needed  shall  have 
been  made  by  the  mayor  and  city  council  by  a  two  thirds  vote  of  all  its 
members;  or  in  case  of  land  for  school  purposes  by  the  school  committee 
and  schoolhouse  department  in  accordance  with  law;  nor  shall  a  price 
be  paid  in  excess  of  the  appropriation,  unless  a  larger  sum  is  awarded 
by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.  All  proceedings  in  the  taking  of 
land  shall  be  under  the  advice  of  the  law  department,  and  a  record  thereof 
shall  be  kept  by  said  department. 

Sect.  32.*  The  first  municipal  election  under  this  act  shall  take 
place  on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  second  Monday  in  January  in  the 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and  thereafter   the   regular  municipal 

*  Sect.  32  amended  by  Chap.  730,  §  1,  Acts  of  1914,  fixing  date  of  annual 
municipal  election  on  the  sixth  Tuesday  after  the  state  election.  Sect.  32 
again  amended  (by  Chap.  288,  Acts  of  1921)  fixing  date  of  municipal 
election  on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  second  Monday  in  December. 


AMENDED  CITY  CHARTER.  29 

elections  in  each  year  in  said  city  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  after 
the  second  Monday  in  January. 

Sect.  33.  The  fiscal  year  in  said  city  shall  begin  on  February  first 
and  shall  end  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  January  next  following;  and  the 
municipal  year  shall  hereafter  begin  on  the  first  Monday  in  February  and 
shall  continue  until  the  first  Monday  of  the  February  next  following. 
The  present  terms  of  oflSce  of  members  of  the  school  committee  are  hereby 
extended  to  the  first  Monday  of  February  in  the  years  in  which  their 
terms  respectively  expire,  and  hereafter  the  terms  of  office  of  members 
of  the  school  committee  shall  begin  with  the  first  Monday  of  February 
following  their  election.  The  members  of  the  school  committee  hereafter 
shall  meet  and  organize  annually  on  the  first  Monday  of  February. 

Sect.  34.  In  Boston  beginning  with  the  current  year  political  committees 
shall  be  elected  at  the  state  primaries  instead  of  at  the  municipal  primaries. 


The  Mayor. 

Sect.  45.*  The  mayor  of  the  city  of  Boston  shall  be  elected  at  large 
to  hold  office  for  the  term  of  four  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  February 
following  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen  and  qualified, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sect.  46.  (Repealed  by  Chap.  94,  Special  Acts  of  1918.  This  section 
provided  for  the  recall  of  the  Mayor.) 

Sect.  47.  If  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  mayor  within  two  months 
prior  to  a  regular  municipal  election  other  than  an  election  for  mayor, 
or  within  four  months  after  any  regular  municipal  election,  the  city  council 
shall  forthwith  order  a  special  election  for  a  mayor  to  serve  for  the  unex- 
pired term,  subject  if  the  vacancy  occurs  in  the  first  or  second  year  of  the 
mayor's  term  to  recall  under  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section.  If 
such  vacancy  occurs  at  any  other  time  there  shall  be  an  election  for  mayor 
at  the  municipal  election  held  in  January!  next  following,  for  the  term 
of  four  years,  subject  to  recall  as  aforesaid.  In  the  case  of  the  decease, 
inability,  absence  or  resignation  of  the  mayor,  and  whenever  there  is  a 
vacancy  in  the  office  from  any  cause,  the  president  of  the  city  council 
while  said  cause  continues  or  until  a  mayor  is  elected  shall  perform  the 
duties  of  mayor.  If  he  is  also  absent  or  unable  from  any  cause  to  perform 
such  duties  they  shall  be  performed  until  the  mayor  or  president  of  the 
city  council  returns  or  is  able  to  attend  to  said  duties  by  such  member  of 
the  city  council  as  that  body  may  elect,  and  until  such  election  by  the  city 
clerk.  The  person  upon  whom  such  duties  shall  devolve  shall  be  called 
"acting  mayor"  and  he  shall  possess  the  powers  of  mayor  only  in  matters 

*  *  *  Sections  35  to  44,  inclusive,  are  omitted  because  now  in- 
operative. 

*  Sect.  45  amended  by  Chap.  94,  Special  Acts  of  1918,  providing  that 
the  mayor  shall  not  be  eligible  for  election  for  the  succeeding  term. 

t  January  changed  to  December  by  Chap.  730,  Acts  of  1914,  §§2  and  3, 


30  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

not  admitting  of  delay,  but  shall  have  no  power  to  make  permanent 
appointments  except  on  the  decease  of  the  mayor. 

The  City  Council. 

Sect.  48.  There  shall  be  elected  at  large  in  said  city  a  city  coimcil 
consisting  of  nine  members.  At  the  first  election  under  this  act  there  shall 
be  elected  nine  members  of  said  city  council.  No  voter  shall  vote  for  more 
than  nine.  The  three  candidates  receiving  the  largest  number  of  votes 
at  said  election  shall  hold  office  for  three  years,  the  three  receiving  the  next 
largest  number  of  votes  shall  hold  office  for  two  years,  the  three  receiving 
the  next  largest  number  of  votes  shall  hold  office  for  one  year.  In  case 
two  or  more  persons  elected  should  receive  an  equal  number  of  votes  those 
who  are  the  seniors  by  age  shall  for  the  division  into  classes  hereby  required 
be  classified  as  if  they  had  received  the  larger  number  of  votes  in  the  order 
of  ages.  Thereafter  at  each  annual  municipal  election  there  shall  be  chosen 
at  large  three  members  of  the  city  council  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  three 
years.  No  voter  shall  vote  for  more  than  three.  All  said  terms  shall  begin 
with  the  fiirst  Monday  of  February  following  the  election. 

Sect.  49.  Each  member  of  the  city  council  shall  be  paid  an  annual 
salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars;  and  no  other  sum  shall  be  paid  from  the 
city  treasury  for  or  on  account  of  any  personal  expenses  directly  or 
indirectly  incurred  by  or  in  behalf  of  any  member  of  said  councU. 

Sect.  50.  The  city  council  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election  and 
qualifications  of  its  members;  shall  elect  from  its  members  by  vote  of  a 
majority  of  all  the  members  a  president  who  when  present  shall  preside 
at  the  meetings  thereof;  shall  from  time  to  time  establish  rules  for  its 
proceedings,  and  shall,  when  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  any  member, 
elect  by  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  a  registered  voter  of  said 
city  to  fill  the  vacancy  for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year.  The 
vacancy  for  the  remainder  of  the  unexpired  term  shall  be  filled  at  the  next 
annual  municipal  election,  unless  the  vacancy  occurs  within  two  months 
prior  to  such  municipal  election,  in  which  event  the  city  councU  shall 
forthwith  order  a  special  election  to  fill  the  vacancy  for  the  unexpired 
term.  The  member  eldest  in  years  shall  preside  until  the  president  is 
chosen,  and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  president,  until  a  presiding 
officer  is  chosen. 

Sect.  51.  All  elections  by  the  city  council  under  any  provision  of  law 
shall  be  made  by  a  viva  voce  vote,  each  member  who  is  present  answering 
to  his  name  when  it  is  called  by  the  clerk  or  other  proper  officer,  and  stating 
the  name  of  the  person  for  whom  he  votes,  or  declining  to  vote  as  the  case 
may  be;  and  the  clerk  or  other  proper  officer  shall  record  every  such  vote. 
No  such  election  shall  be  valid  unless  it  is  made  as  aforesaid. 

Sect.  52.  No  primary  election  or  caucus  for  municipal  offices  shall  be 
held  hereafter  in  the  city  of  Boston,  and  all  laws  relating  to  primary  elec- 
tions and  caucuses  for  such  offices  in  said  city  are  hereby  repealed. 


AMENDED  CITY   CHARTER. 


31 


Sect.  53*  Any  male  qualified  registered  voter  in  said  city  may  be 
nominated  for  any  municipal  elective  office  in  said  city,  and  his  name  as 
such  candidate  shall  be  printed  on  the  ofiicial  ballot  to  be  used  at  the 
municipal  election:  provided,  that  at  or  before  five  o'clock  p.m.  of  the 
twenty-fifth*  day  prior  to  such  election  nomination  papers  prepared  and 
issued  by  the  election  commissioners,  signed  in  person  by  at  least  five 
thousand  registered  voters  in  said  city  qualified  to  vote  for  such  candi- 
date at  said  election,  shall  be  filed  with  said  election  commissioners,  and 
the  signatures  on  the  same  to  the  number  required  to  make  a  nomination 
are  subsequently  certified  by  the  election  commissioners  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Said  nomination  papers  shall  be  in  substantially  the  following 
form: 

COMMONWEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS. 
CITY   OF   BOSTON 
NOMINATION   PAPER. 
The  undersigned,  registered  voters  of  the  City  of  Boston  qualified  to  vote  for  a  candidate 
for  the  office  named  below,  in  accordance  with  law,  make  the  following  nomination  of 
candidates  to  be  voted  for  at  the  election  to  be  held  in  the  City  of  Boston  on  December 
19     . 


NAME  OF  CANDIDATE. 
(Give  first  or  middle  name  in  full.) 


OFFICE  FOR  WHICH 
NOMINATED. 


RESIDENCE. 
Street  and  number,  if  any. 


SIGNATURES  AND  RESIDENCES  OF  NOMINATORS. 
We  certify  that  we  have  not  subscribed  to  more  nominations  of  candidates  for  this 
office  than  there  are  persons  to  be  elected  thereto.  In  case  of  the  death,  withdrawal, 
or  incapacity  of  any  of  the  above  nominees,  after  written  acceptance  filed  with  the  board 
of  election  commissioners,  we  authorize  (names  of  a  committee  of  not  less  than  five  persons) 
or  a  majority  thereof  as  our  representatives  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  manner  prescribed 
by  law. 


SIGNATURES 

OF  NOMINATORS. 

To  be  made  in  person. 

RESIDENCE  MAY  1, 
or,  as  the  case  may  be,  April  1. 

WARD. 

PREC. 

PRESENT 
RESIDENCE. 

ACCEPTANCE  OF   NOMINATION. 
We  accept  the  above  nominations. 

(Signature  of  Nominees.) 

*  Sect.  53  amended  by  Chap.  730,  §  4,  Acts  of  1914  (accepted  by  the 
voters,  November  3,  1914),  so  as  to  require  but  3,000  certified  signatures 
for  nomination  of  mayor  and  2,000  for  nomination  of  city  council  or  school 
committee  member.  Also,  the  twenty-fifth  day  "prior  to  such  election" 
changed  to  the  twenty-first  day. 

Note. —  The  last  clause  of  Sect.  53,  containing  the  jurat,  annulled  in 
1918  by  Chap.  37,  Special  Acts. 


32  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Sect.  54.*  If  a  candidate  nominated  as  aforesaid  dies  before  the  day 
of  election,  or  withdraws  his  name  from  nomination,  or  is  found  to  be 
ineligible,  the  vacancy  may  be  filled  by  a  committee  of  not  less  than  five 
persons,  or  a  majority  thereof,  if  such  committee  be  named,  and  so  author- 
ized in  the  nomination  papers.  Nomination  papers  shall  not  include 
candidates  for  more  than  one  office  except  that  not  more  than  three  or 
nine,  as  the  case  may  be,  candidates  for  city  council  may  be  included 
in  one  nomination  paper,  and  not  more  than  two  candidates  for  school 
committee  may  be  included  in  one  nomination  paper.  Every  voter  may 
sign  as  many  nomination  papers  for  each  office  to  be  filled  as  there  are 
persons  to  be  elected  thereto  and  no  more.  Nomination  papers  in  each 
year  shall  be  issued  by  the  board  of  election  commissioners  on  and  after 
but  not  before  the  day  next  following  the  state  election. 

Sect.  55.**  Women  who  are  qualified  to  vote  for  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  may  be  nominated  as  and  sign  nomination  papers  for 
candidates  for  that  office  in  the  manner  and  under  the  same  provisions  of 
law  as  men. 

Sect.  56.  The  names  of  candidates  appearing  on  nomination  papers 
shall  when  filed  be  a  matter  of  public  record;  but  the  nomination  papers 
shall  not  be  open  to  public  inspection  until  after  certification.  After 
such  nomination  papers  have  been  filed,  the  election  commissioners  shall 
certify  thereon  the  number  of  signatures  which  are  the  names  of  regis- 
tered voters  in  the  city  qualified  to  sign  the  same.  They  need  not  certify 
a  greater  number  of  names  than  are  required  to  make  a  nomination, 
with  one-fifth  f  of  such  number  added  thereto.  All  such  papers  found 
not  to  contain  a  number  of  names  so  certified  equivalent  to  the  number 
required  to  make  a  nomination  shall  be  inva,lid.  The  election  commis- 
sioners shall  complete  such  certification  on  or  before  five  o'clock  p.m. 
on  the  sixteenth  f  day  preceding  the  city  election.  Such  certification 
shall  not  preclude  any  voter  from  filing  objections  as  to  the  validity  of 
the  nomination.  All  withdrawals  and  objections  to  such  nominations 
shall  be  filed  with  the  election  commissioners  on  or  before  five  o'clock 
P.M.  on  the  fourteenth  §  day  preceding  the  city  election.  All  substitutions 
to  fill  vacancies  caused  by  withdrawal  or  ineligibility  shall  be  filed  with 
the  election  commissioners  on  or  before  five  o'clock  p.m.  on  the  twelfth 
day  preceding  the  city  election. 

Sect.  57.  The  name  of  each  person  who  is  nominated  in  compliance 
with  law,  together  with  his  residence  and  the  title  and  term  of  the  office 

*  Sect.  54  amended  by  Chap.  730,  §  5,  Acts  of  1914,  so  as  to  limit  the 
number  of  nomination  papers  issued  to  any  candidate  for  mayor  to  300, 
and  to  any  candidate  for  city  council  or  school  committee  to  200. 

t  Changed  to  one-tenth  by  Chap.  730. 

t  Changed  to  fifteenth.  §  Changed  to  thirteenth. 

Sect.  54  again  amended  (by  Chap.  340,  Acts  of  1921)  so  as  to  fix  the 
time  for  issuing  municipal  nomination  papers  on  and  after  the  Wednesday 
following  the  first  Monday  m  November. 

**  Sect.  55,  amended  by  Chap.  65,  Acts  of  1921,  leaving  women  voters 
as  unrestricted  as  men  voters. 


AMENDED   CITY   CHARTER.  33 

for  which  he  is  a  candidate  shall  be  printed  on  the  official  ballots  at  the 
municipal  election,  and  the  names  of  no  other  candidates  shall  be  printed 
thereon.  The  names  of  candidates  for  the  same  office  shall  be  printed 
upon  the  official  ballot  in  the  order  in  which  they  may  be  drawn  by  the 
board  of  election  commissioners,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  such 
drawing  and  to  give  each  candidate  an  opportunity  to  be  present  thereat 
personally  or  by  one  representative. 

Sect.  58.  No  ballots  used  at  any  annual  or  special  municipal  elec- 
tion shall  have  printed  thereon  any  party  or  pohtical  designation  or  mark, 
and  there  shall  not  be  appended  to  the  name  of  any  candidate  any  such 
party  or  pohtical  designation  or  mark,  or  anything  showing  how  he  was 
nominated  or  indicating  his  views  or  opinions. 

Sect.  59.  On  ballots  to  be  used  at  annual  or  special  municipal  elec- 
tions blank  spaces  shall  be  left  at  the  end  of  each  list  of  candidates  for 
the  different  offices,  equal  to  the  number  to  be  elected  thereto,  in  which 
the  voter  may  insert  the  name  of  any  person  not  printed  on  the  ballot 
for  whom  he  desires  to  vote  for  such  office. 

Sect.  60.  All  laws  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
governing  nomination  papers  and  nominations  for,  and  elections  of  munici- 
pal officers  in  the  city  of  Boston,  shall  so  far  as  they  may  be  applicable, 
govern  the  nomination  papers,  nominations  and  elections  provided  for 
in  this  act.  The  board  of  election  commissioners  shall  be  subject  to 
the  same  penalties  and  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties,  where 
not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  in  relation  to  nomination 
papers,  preparing  and  printing  ballots,  preparing  for  and  conducting 
elections  and  counting,  tabulating  and  determining  the  votes  cast  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  as  they  have  now  in  relation  to  municipal  elec- 
tions in  said  city. 

Sect.  61.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  to  any  special  munici- 
pal election  held  after  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  nine  in  the  city  of 
Boston,  except  that  nomination  papers  for  offices  to  be  fiUed  at  such 
elections  shall  be  issued  by  the  election  commissioners  on  and  after  the 
day  following  the  calling  of  said  special  election.  Every  special  municipal 
election  shall  be  held  on  a  Tuesday  not  less  than  sixty  days  nor  more 
than  ninety  days  after  the  date  of  the  order  calUng  such  special  election. 

Sect.  62.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  so  far  as  inconsistent  with  this 
act  are  hereby  repealed;  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  so  far  as 
inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  annulled;  and  all  acts  and  parts  of 
acts  affecting  the  city  of  Boston  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  are  continued  in  force:  'provided,  however,  that  the  provisions 
of  chapter  four  hundred  and  forty  of  the  acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred 
and  nine  shall  not  apply  to  any  election  held  hereunder  prior  to  the  first 
day  of  April  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  ten. 

[Approved  June  11,  1909.] 

Note. —  Section  63  (the  final  section)  omitted,  as  it  merely  states  when 
the  different  sections  went  into  effect. 


34  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


AMENDMENTS  OF  CITY  CHAETER  IN  1924. 


[Acts  of  1924,  Chapter  479.] 
Providing  for  biennial  elections  in  the  city  of  boston  and  for 
borough  or  ward  representation  in  the  city  council  thereof 
and  making  certain  other  changes  in  and  additions  to  the  charter 
op  said  city. 

Section  1.  The  terms  of  office  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Boston, 
of  members  of  the  city  council  and  school  committee  of  said  city  which 
would  expire  imder  existing  law  on  the  first  Monday  of  February,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  twenty-six,  and  of  members  of  the  city  council  and 
school  committee  of  said  city  which  would  expire  under  existing  law  on 
the  first  Monday  of  February,  nineteen  himdred  and  twenty-seven,  shall 
terminate  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  on  the  first  Monday  of  January, 
nineteen  himdred  and  twenty-six.  There  shall  be  no  municipal  election 
in  said  city  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-four,  and  the  terms 
of  office  of  members  of  the  city  council  and  school  committee  of  said  city 
which  would  expire  under  existing  law  on  the  first  Monday  of  February, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five,  are  hereby  extended  to  ten  o'clock 
in  the  forenoon  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty-six.  The  salary  of  any  official  whose  term  of  office  is  terminated 
as  aforesaid  shall  cease  at  the  time  of  such  termination  and  the  salary 
of  any  official  whose  term  of  office  is  extended  as  aforesaid  shall  continue 
at  the  same  rate  as  theretofore  so  long  as  he  continues  to  serve  during 
the  period  of  such  extension. 

Section  2.  Section  three  of  chapter  four  himdred  and  eighty-six 
of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  nine  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out,  in  the  twenty-fifth  Hue,  the  words  "December  first"  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  words:  —  November  fifteenth, —  and  by  striking  out, 
in  the  twenty-sixth  line,  the  word  "February"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word : —  January, —  so  that  the  second  paragraph  wiU  read 
as  foUows: —  The  city  auditor  may,  with  the  approval  in  each  instance 
of  the  mayor,  at  any  time  make  transfers  from  the  appropriation  for 
current  expenses  of  one  division  of  a  department  to  the  appropriation 
for  current  expenses  of  any  other  division  of  the  same  department,  and 
from  the  reserve  fund  to  any  appropriation  for  the  current  expenses  of 
a  department;  and  may  also,  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  at  any 
time  between  November  fifteenth  and  January  first,  make  transfers  from 
any  appropriation  to  any  other  appropriation:  provided  however,  that  no 
money  raised  by  loan  shall  be  transferred  to  any  appropriation  from  in- 
come or  taxes.  He  may  also  with  such  approval  apply  any  of  the  income 
and  taxes  not  disposed  of  in  closing  the  accounts  for  the  financial  year 
in  such  manner  as  he  may  determine. 


CITY   CHARTER   AMENDMENTS   IN   1924.  35 

Section  3.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  is  hereby  fur- 
ther amended  by  inserting  after  section  four -the  following  new  section:— 
Section  4  A .  The  mayor  may  designate  one  clerical  assistant  for  whose 
acts  he  shall  be  responsible  to  sign  his  name  in  approval  of  all  vouchers 
of  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  each. 

Section  4.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six,  as  amended  in 
section  thirty-two  by  section  one  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and  thirty 
of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  by  section  one  of  chapter 
two  hundred  and  eighty-eight  of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty- 
one,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  said  section  thirty-two 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: —  Section  32.  Beginning  in 
the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five,  the  municipal  election  in 
said  city  shall  take  place  biennially  in  every  odd  numbered  year  on  the 
Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  November. 

Section  5.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  is  hereby  fur- 
ther amended  by  striking  out  section  thirty-three  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following : —  Section  33.  The  fiscal  year  in  said  city  shall 
begin  on  January  first  and  shall  end  on  December  thirty-first  next  follow- 
ing; and  the  municipal  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  Monday  in  January 
and  shall  continue  until  the  first  Monday  of  the  January  next  following. 
At  the  biennial  municipal  election  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty-five,  the  five  members  of  the  school  committee  shall  be  elected. 
The  two  candidates  receiving  the  largest  number  of  votes  at  said  election 
shall  hold  office  for  four  years,  and  the  three  receiving  the  next  largest 
number  of  votes  at  said  election,  for  two  years.  At  every  biennial  munici- 
pal election  thereafter,  all  members  of  the  school  committee  to  be  elected 
shall  be  chosen  for  terms  of  four  years  each.  The  terms  of  all  members 
of  the  school  committee  shall  begin  with  the  first  Monday  of  January 
following  their  election  and  continue  until  their  successors  are  chosen  and 
qualified.  The  members  of  the  school  committee  shall  meet  and  organize 
on  the  first  Monday  of  January  following  their  election. 

Section  6.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six,  as  amended  in 
section  forty-five  by  section  one  of  chapter  ninety-four  of  the  Special 
Acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  is  hereby  further  amended  by 
striking  out  said  section  forty-five  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following: — Section  4^.  Beginning  with  the  biennial  municipal  election 
in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five,  the  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Boston  shall  be  elected  at  large  to  hold  office  for  the  term  of  four  years 
from  the  first  Monday  in  January  following  his  election  and  until  his 
successor  is  chosen  and  qualified  and  shall  not  be  eligible  for  election  for 
the  succeeding  term. 

Section  7.  Section  forty-seven  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and 
eighty-six,  as  amended  by  section  three  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and 
thirty  of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  the  first  two  sentences  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following: —  If  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  mayor,  with- 
in two  months  prior  to  a  regular  municipal  election  other  than  an  election 


36  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

for  mayor,  or  within  sixteen  months  after  any  regular  municipal  election 
the  city  council  shall  forthwith  order  a  special  election  of  mayor  to  serve 
for  the  unexpired  term,  and  if  such  vacancy  occurs  at  any  other  time  there 
shall  be  an  election  for  mayor  at  the  next  regular  municipal  election  for 
the  term  of  four  years;  provided,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  not 
apply  if  such  vacancy  occurs  between  the  date  of  an  election  at  which  a 
new  mayor  is  elected  and  the  date  he  takes  office, — •  so  as  to  read  as  fol- 
lows:—  Section  ^7.  If  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  mayor  within 
two  months  prior  to  a  regular  municipal  election  other  than  an  election 
for  mayor,  or  within  sixteen  months  after  any  regular  municipal  election, 
the  city  council  shall  forthwith  order  a  special  election  of  mayor  to  serve 
for  the  unexpired  term,  and  if  such  vacancy  occurs  at  any  other  time 
there  shall  be  an  election  for  mayor  at  the  next  regular  municipal  election 
for  the  term  of  four  years;  provided,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  shall 
not  apply  if  such  vacancy  occurs  between  the  date  of  an  election  at  which 
a  new  mayor  is  elected  and  the  date  he  takes  office.  In  the  case  of  the 
decease,  inability,  absence  or  resignation  of  the  mayor,  and  whenever 
there  is  a  vacancy  in  the  office  from  any  cause,  the  president  of  the 
city  council  while  said  cause  continues  or  imtil  a  mayor  is  elected  shall 
perform  the  duties  of  mayor.  If  he  is  also  absent  or  unable  from  any 
cause  to  perform  such  duties  they  shall  be  performed  until  the  mayor  or 
president  of  the  city  council  returns  or  is  able  to  attend  to  said  duties 
by  such  member  of  the  city  council  as  that  body  may  elect,  and  until 
such  election  by  the  city  clerk.  The  person  upon  whom  such  duties 
shall  devolve  shall  be  called  "acting  mayor"  and  he  shall  possess  the 
powers  of  mayor  only  in  matters  not  admitting  of  delay,  but  shall  have 
no  power  to  make  permanent  appointments  except  on  the  decease  of  the 
mayor. 

Section  8.  At  the  biennial  state  election  in  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty-four,  the  registered  voters  of  the  city  of  Boston  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  upon  the  following  plans  of  city  council,  which  shall  be  printed 
upon  the  official  ballot  in  the  following  form.  Each  voter  shall  make  a 
cross  in  the  space  at  the  right  of  the  plan  which  he  desires  to  have  adopted. 
No  ballot  shall  be  counted  upon  which  the  voter  has  made  a  cross  in  each 
such  space. 

Plan  No.  1.  A  city  council  of  fifteen  members  to  consist  of  three 
members  to  be  elected  for  two-year  terms  by  and  from  the  voters  of  each 
of  five  boroughs  (each  comprising  certain  specified  wards),  at 
a  salary  of  fifteen  hmidred  dollars  each,  nominated  as  here- 
tofore, except  that  the  names  of  five  hundred  voters  only  shall 
be  required  to  nominate  each  member. 


Plan  No.  2.  A  city  coimcil  to  consist  of  one  member  to  be  elected 
for  a  two-year  term  by  and  from  the  voters  of  each  ward  at  a  salary  of 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  each,  nominated  as  heretofore,  except 
that  the  names  of  one  hundred  voters  only  shall  be  required 
to  nominate  each  member. 


CITY   CHARTER   AMENDMENTS   IN   1924.  37 

Section  9.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  preceding  section  are  in  favor  of  the  first  plan,  then  sections 
ten  to  twelve,  inclusive,  shall  take  effect  subject  to  section  twenty-one,  and 
sections  fourteen  to  sixteen,  inclusive,  shall  be  inoperative. 

Section  10.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  is  hereby 
further  amended  by  striking  out  section  forty-eight  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following : — ■  Section  4S-  For  the  purpose  of  electing  city 
councillors,  the  city  of  Boston  is  hereby  divided  into  the  five  following 
boroughs,  each  comprising  the  territory  within  the  wards  as  constituted 
on  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-four,  which  are  hereinafter 
assigned  to  it : 

First  borough,  Wards  one,  two,  three,  four,  five,  nine  and  ten. 

Second  borough.  Wards  six,  seven,  eight,  twenty-five  and  twenty-six. 

Third  borough,  Wards  eleven,  twelve,  thirteen,  fourteen  and  seventeen. 

Fourth  borough,  Wards  eighteen,  nineteen,  twenty,  twenty-one  and 
twenty-four. 

Fifth  borough.  Wards  fifteen,  sixteen,  twenty-two  and  twenty-three. 

Beginning  with  the  biennial  municipal  election  in  the  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  twenty-five,  there  shall  be  elected  at  each  regular  municipal 
election  by  and  from  the  registered  voters  of  each  borough  three  councillors 
to  serve  for  two  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  January  following  their 
election  and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified. 

Section  11.  Section  fifty  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  after  the  word  "member"  in  the 
seventh  line  down  to  and  including  the  word  "term"  in  the  fourteenth 
line,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following : — •  during  the  first  eighteen 
months  of  his  term,  order  a  special  election  in  his  borough  to  fill  such 
vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term, —  so  as  to  read  as  follows: — •  Section  50. 
The  city  council  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election  and  qualifications  of 
its  members;  shall  elect  from  its  members  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  all 
the  members  a  president  who  when  present  shall  preside  at  the  meetings 
thereof;  shall  from  time  to  time  establish  rules  for  its  proceedings,  and 
shall,  when  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  any  member  during  the  first 
eighteen  months  of  his  term,  order  a  special  election  in  his  borough  to  fill 
such  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term.  The  member  eldest  in  years  shaU 
preside  until  the  president  is  chosen,  and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  ■ 
president,  until  a  presiding  officer  is  chosen. 

Section  12.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six,  as  amended 
in  section  fifty-three  by  section  four  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and  thirty 
of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  by  chapter  thirty-seven 
of  the  Special  Acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  said  section  fifty-three  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following : —  Section  53.  Any  registered  voter  who  is  qualified 
to  vote  for  a  candidate  for  any  municipal  elective  office  in  such  city  may 
be  a  candidate  for  nomination  thereto,  and  his  name  as  such  candidate 
shall  be  printed  on  the  official  baUot  to  be  used  at  the  municipal  election; 


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MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


provided,  that  at  or  before  five  o'clock  p.m.  of  the  twenty-first  day  prior  to 
such  election  nomination  papers  prepared  and  issued  by  the  election 
commissioners,  signed  in  person  for  the  nomination  for  mayor  by  at  least 
three  thousand  registered  voters  in  said  city  qualified  to  vote  for  such 
candidate  at  said  election,  signed  in  person  for  the  nomination  for  school 
committee  by  at  least  two  thousand  registered  voters  in  said  city  qualified 
to  vote  for  such  candidate  at  said  election  and  signed  in  person  for  the 
nomination  for  city  councillor  by  at  least  five  hundred  registered  voters 
in  the  borough,  for  which  said  nomination  is  sought,  qualified  to  vote  for 
such  candidate  at  said  election  shall  be  filed  with  said  election  commissioners 
and  the  signatures  on  the  same  to  the  number  required  to  make  the  nomina- 
tion subsequently  certified  by  the  election  commissioners  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Said  nomination  papers  shall  be  in  substantially  the  following 
form: 

COMMONWEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS. 

CITY   OF   BOSTON. 

NOMINATION   PAPER. 

The  undersigned,  registered  voters  of  the  City  of  Boston,  qualified  to 
vote  for  a  candidate  for  the  oflBce  named  below,  in  accordance  with  law, 
make  the  following  nomination  of  a  candidate  to  be  voted  for  at  the  election 
to  be  held  in  the  City  of  Boston  on  November  19 


Name  of  Candidate. 
(Give  first  or  middle  name  in  full.) 


Office  for  which 
nominated. 


Residence. 
Street  and  number  if  any. 


SIGNATURES   AND   RESIDENCE    OF  NOMINATORS. 

We  certify  that  we  have  not  subscribed  to  more  nominations  of  candi- 
dates for  this  ofiice  than  there  are  persons  to  be  elected  thereto.  In  case 
of  the  death,  withdrawal  or  incapacity  of  the  above  nominee,  after  written 
acceptance  filed  with  the  board  of  election  commissioners,  we  authorize 
(names  of  a  committee  of  not  less  than  five  persons)  or  a  majority  thereof 
as  our  representatives  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law. 


Signatures  op 
Nominators 
(To  be  made  in  Person.) 


Residence, 
April  1. 


Borough. 


Ward. 


Precinct. 


Present 
Residence 


CITY   CHARTER   AMENDMENTS   IN   1924.  39 

ACCEPTANCE    OF   NOMINATION. 

I  accept  the  above  nomination. 

Signature  of  Nominee. 

I  (the  candidate  named  in  this  paper,  an  officer  of  his  political  committee 
or  the  person  who  circulated  this  paper,  as  the  case  may  be)  do  hereby 
make  oath  that  the  persons  whose  names  appear  on  this  paper  as  nomi- 
nators signed  the  same  in  person. 


(Voter's  Residence.) 

commonwealth  of  massachusetts. 
Suffolk,  ss.  Boston,  19     . 

Then  personally  appeared  who,  I  am  satisfied,  is  (the 

candidate  named  in  this  paper,  an  officer  of  his  political  committee,  or 
the  person  who  circulated  this  paper,  as  the  case  may  be)  and  made  oath 
that  the  foregoing  statement  by  him  subscribed  is  true,  and  that  his  voting 
residence  is 

Before  me. 


Notary  Public  or  Justice  of  the  Peace. 


The  affidavit  above  set  forth  shall  be  sworn  to  before  any  officer 
qualified  to  administer  oaths. 

Section  13.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  under  the  provisions  of 
section  eight  are  in  favor  of  the  second  or  alternative  plan,  then  sections 
fourteen  to  sixteen,  inclusive,  shall  take  effect  subject  to  section  twenty-one 
and  sections  ten  to  twelve,  inclusive,  shall  be  inoperative. 

Section  14.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  section  forty-eight  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following :  —  Section  48-  Begiiming  with  the  biennial  municipal  elec- 
tion in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five,  there  shall  be  elected 
at  each  regular  municipal  election  by  and  from  the  registered  voters  of 
each  ward  one  councillor  to  serve  for  two  years  from  the  first  Monday  in 
January  following  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified. 

Section  15.  Section  fifty  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  after  the  word  "member"  in  the 
seventh  Une  down  to  and  including  the  word  "term"  in  the  fourteenth 
line  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following :  — •  during  the  first  eighteen 
months  of  his  term,  order  a  special  election  in  his  ward  to  fill  such  vacancy 
for  the  unexpired  term, —  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  —  Section  50.  The  city 
council  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election  and  qualifications  of  its  members ; 
shall  elect  from  its  members  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  a 
president  who  when  present  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  thereof;    shall 


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MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


from  time  to  time  establish  rules  for  its  proceedings,  and  shall,  when  a 
vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  any  member  during  the  first  eighteen  months 
of  his  term,  order  a  special  election  in  his  ward  to  fill  such  vacancy  for  the 
unexpired  term.  The  member  eldest  in  years  shall  preside  until  the 
president  is  chosen,  and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  president,  until  a 
presiding  officer  is  chosen. 

Section  16.  Said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six,  as  amended  in 
section  fifty-three  by  section  four  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and  thirty  of 
the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  by  chapter  thirty-seven  of 
the  Special  Acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  said  section  fifty-three  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following:  —  Section  53.  Any  registered  voter  who  is  qualified 
to  vote  for  a  candidate  for  any  municipal  elective  office  in  such  city  may 
be  a  candidate  for  nomination  thereto,  and  his  name  as  such  candidate 
shaU  be  printed  on  the  official  ballot  to  be  used  at  the  municipal  election; 
provided,  that  at  or  before  five  o'clock  p.m.  of  the  twenty-first  day  prior 
to  such  election  nomination  papers  prepared  and  issued  by  the  election 
commissioners,  signed  in  person  for  the  nomination  for  mayor  by  at  least 
three  thousand  registered  voters  in  said  city  qualified  to  vote  for  such 
candidate  at  said  election,  signed  in  person  for  the  nomination  for  school 
committee  by  at  least  two  thousand  registered  voters  in  said  city  qualified 
to  vote  for  such  candidate  at  said  election  and  signed  in  person  for  the 
nomination  for  city  councillor  by  at  least  one  hundred  registered  voters 
in  the  ward,  for  which  said  nomination  is  sought,  qualified  to  vote  for  such 
candidate  at  said  election  shall  be  ffied  with  said  election  commissioners 
and  the  signatures  on  the  same  to  the  number  required  to  make  the  nomi- 
nation subsequently  certified  by  the  election  commissioners  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Said  nomination  papers  shall  be  in  substantially  the  following 
form: 

COMMONWEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS 
CITY   OF   BOSTON 
NOMINATION   PAPER. 

The  undersigned,  registered  voters  of  the  City  of  Boston,  qualified  to 
vote  for  a  candidate  for  the  office  named  below,  in  accordance  with  law, 
make  the  following  nomination  of  a  candidate  to  be  voted  for  at  the 
election  to  be  held  in  the  City  of  Boston  on  November  19     . 


Name  of  Candidate. 
(Give  first  or  middle  name  in  full.) 


Office  for  which 
nominated. 


Residence. 

Street  and  Number 

if  any. 


CITY  CHARTER  AMENDMENTS   IN   1924. 


41 


SIGNATURES    AND   RESIDENCES   OF   NOMINATORS. 

We  certify  that  we  have  not  subscribed  to  more  nominations  of  candidates 
for  this  office  than  there  are  persons  to  be  elected  thereto.  In  case  of  the 
death,  withdrawal  or  incapacity  of  the  above  nominee,  after  written 
acceptance  filed  with  the  board  of  election  commissioners,  we  authorize 
(names  of  a  committee  of  not  less  than  five  persons)  or  a  majority  thereof 
as  our  representatives  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law. 


SIGNATURES    OP    NOM- 
INATORS. 

To  be  made  in  person. 


Residence 
April  1. 


Ward. 


Precinct. 


Present  Residence. 


ACCEPTANCE    OP   NOMINATION. 

I  accept  the  above  nomination. 


Signature  of  Nominee. 
I  (the  candidate  named  in  this  paper,  an  officer  of  his  political  committee 
or  the  person  who  circulated  this  paper,  as  the  case  may  be)  do  hereby 
make  oath  that  the  persons  whose  names  appear  on  this  paper  as  nomi- 
nators signed  the  same  in  person. 


(Voter's  Residence.) 

commonwealth  of  massachusetts. 
.Suffolk,  ss.  Boston,  19     . 

Then  personally   appeared  who,    I   am   satisfied,    is    (the 

candidate  named  in  this  paper,  an  officer  of  his  political  committee,  or  the 
person  who  circulated  this  paper,  as  the  case  may  be)  and  made  oath  that 
the  foregoing  statement  by  him  subscribed  is  true,  and  that  his  voting 
residence  is 

Before  me, 


Notary  Public  or  Justice  oj  the  Peace. 


The  affidavit  above  set  forth  shall  be  sworn  to  before  any  officer  qualified 
to  administer  oaths. 

Section  17.  Section  fifty-four  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
six,  as  amended  by  section  five  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and  thirty  of  the 
acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  by  chapter  three  hundred  and 
forty  of  the  acts  of  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-one,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out,  in  the  tenth  and  eleventh  lines,  the  words  "in 


42  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

each  year,"  by  striking  out,  in  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  lines,  the  words 
"Wednesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  November,"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words : —  fifth  Wednesday  preceding  the  regular  municipal 
election, —  by  striking  out,  in  the  twenty-fourth  and  twenty-fifth  Lines, 
the  words  "for  the  city  council  or,"  and  by  inserting  after  the  word  "com- 
mittee" in  the  twenty-fifth  line  the  following: —  and  to  any  candidate  for 
the  city  council  there  shall  be  issued  not  more  than  ten  such  nomination 
papers  for  a  ward  or  not  more  than  sixty  such  nomination  papers  for  a 
borough, —  so  as  to  read  as  follows : —  Section  54-  If  a  candidate  nomi- 
nated as  aforesaid  dies  before  the  day  of  election,  or  withdraws  his  name 
from  nomination,  or  is  found  to  be  ineligible,  the  vacancy  may  be  filled  by 
a  committee  of  not  less  than  five  persons,  or  a  majority  thereof,  if  such 
committee  be  named,  and  so  authorized  in  the  nomination  papers.  Nomi- 
nation papers  shall  not  include  candidates  for  more  than  one  office.  Every 
voter  may  sign  as  many  nomination  papers  for  each  office  to  be  filled  as 
there  are  persons  to  be  elected  thereto  and  no  more.  Nomination  papers 
shall  be  issued  by  the  board  of  election  commissioners  on  and  after  but  not 
before  the  fifth  Wednesday  preceding  the  regular  municipal  election. 
Such  papers  shall  be  issued  only  to  candidates  who  shall  file  with  the 
election  commissioners  requests  therefor  in  writing,  containing  their  names 
with  the  first  or  middle  name  in  full,  the  offices  for  which  they  are  candi- 
dates, and  their  residences,  with  street  and  number,  if  any.  Forth- 
with the  election  commissioners  shall  print  or  insert  on  such  nomination 
papers  the  names  of  the  candidates,  the  oflBces  for  which  they  are  nomi- 
nated and  their  residences,  with  street  and  number,  if  any.  Not  more  than 
three  hundred  such  nomination  papers  shall  be  issued  to  any  candidate 
for  mayor,  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  such  nomination  papers  shall 
be  issued  to  any  candidate  for  the  school  committee  and  to  any  candidate 
for  the  city  council  there  shall  be  issued  not  more  than  ten  such  nomination 
papers  for  a  ward  or  not  more  than  sixty  such  nomination  papers  for  a 
borough.  No  nomination  papers  except  those  issued  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  received  or  be  valid. 

Section  18.  Section  fifty-eight  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and 
eighty-six  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out,  in  the  first  line,  the  word 
"annual"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word: —  biennial,  —  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : —  Section  58.  No  ballot  used  at  any  biennial  or  special 
municipal  election  shall  have  printed  thereon  any  party  or  political  designa- 
tion or  mark,  and  there  shall  not  be  appended  to  the  name  of  any  candidate 
any  such  party  or  political  designation  or  mark,  or  anything  showing  how 
he  was  nominated  or  indicating  his  views  or  opinions. 

Section  19.  Section  fifty-nine  of  said  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
six  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out,  in  the  first  Une,  the  word  "annual" 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word : —  biennial, —  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : —  Section  59.  On  ballots  to  be  used  at  biennial  or  special  municipal 
elections  blank  spaces  shall  be  left  at  the  end  of  each  list  of  candidates  for 
the  different  offices,  equal  to  the  number  to  be  elected  thereto,  in  which  the 


CITY   CHARTER  AMENDMENTS   IN   1924.  43 

voter  may  insert  the  name  of  any  person  not  printed  on  the  ballot  for  whom 
he  desires  to  vote  for  such  ofl&ce. 

Section  20.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts,  so  far  as  inconsistent  with  this 
act,  are  hereby  repealed;  and  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,  so  far 
as  inconsistent  with  this  act,  are  hereby  annulled.  All  acts  and  parts  of 
acts  affecting  the  city  of  Boston,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  are  hereby  continued  in  force. 

Section  21.  The  provisions  of  section  five  relative  to  the  fiscal  year 
shall  take  effect  on  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-six.  The 
provisions  of  section  one  abolishing  the  municipal  election  in  said  city  in 
the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-four  and  extending  the  terms  of 
office  of  members  of  the  city  council  and  school  committee  of  said  city 
which  would  expire  under  existing  law  on  the  first  Monday  of  February, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five,  shall  take  effect  after  the  Tuesday 
following  the  first  Monday  in  November,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty- 
four.  The  provisions  of  this  act  relative  to  changes  in  the  date  of  the 
regular  municipal  election  in  said  city  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty-five,  in  the  terms  of  office  for  which  elective  municipal  officers  are 
to  be  elected  and  in  the  manner  of  nominating  and  electing  members  of  the 
city  council  shall,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  take  effect  in  season 
to  be  availed  of  at  the  regular  municipal  election  of  said  city  in  the  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-five.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
act,  all  other  provisions  thereof  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  Monday  of 
January,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-six. 

[Approved  by  Governor  June  4,  1924- 


44 


xMUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


Officers 

IN    CHAEGE    OF    THE 

EXECUTIVE   DEPARTMENTS. 


The  following  table  shows  the  manner  in  which  the  administrative  heads  of  the 
Executive  departments  are  appointed  or  elected,  the  time  of  appointment  or  election, 
the  term  of  office  as  prescribed  by  statute,  ordinance,  or  both,  and  the  salary  received 
by  each.  Heads  of  departments  and  members  of  municipal  boards  appointed  by  the 
Mayor  are  subject  to  approval  by  the  Massachusetts  Civil  Service  Commission.  (See 
Acts  of  1909,  Chap.  486,  Sects.  9-13.) 


Officers. 


How 
Createid. 


Appointed  or  Elected. 


By  Whom. 


When. 


Term. 


Begins. 


Length. 


Salary. 


Assessors  (Three) , 
Auditor 


Boston  Sanatorium 
Trustees  (Seven) . . . . 


Budget  Commissioner, 
Building  Commissioner, 
City  Clerk 


City   Planning    Board 
(Five) 


Collector 

Corporation  Counsel. . . 


Statute. 
Ord.... 


Statute . 

u. 

Ord. . . . 
Statute . 
Ord.... 


Mayor . 


City 
Council, 


Mayor . . 


Annually, 
one 


Quadren- 
nially. . . 


Annually, 
one  or  two, 

Quadren- 
nially  


Quadren- 
nially. . . 


Triennially, 


Annually, 
one 


Quadren- 
nially. .  . 

Quadren- 
nially— 


April  1 . 
May   1 . 

"  1 . 
«  1. 
«     1. 


1st  Mon. 
in  Feb . 


May  1. 
"  1. 
"     1. 


3  yrs. 

4  " 

5  « 
4  " 

4  " 

3  " 

5  « 

4  " 
4  " 


*$4,500 
7,000 

None 
6,000 
6,000 

6,000 
None 
6,000 
9,000 


*  Chairman,  $6,000. 


CHIEF  OFFICERS  OF  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENTS.      45 


Appointed 

OK  Elected. 

Term. 

How 
Created. 

Salary. 

Officers. 

By  Whom. 

When. 

Begins. 

Length. 

Election  Commissioners 
(Four) 

Statute . . . 

Mayor .  . . 

Annually, 
one 

April  1 .  . 

4  yrs. 

*  $4,000 

Fire  Commissioner .... 

a 

ti 

Quadren-    . 
nially 

May   1 .  . 

4     " 

7,500 

Health  Commissioner . . 

Ord 

ii 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

"     1 

4     " 

7,500 

Hospital  Trustees 
(Five) 

Statute . . . 

11 

Annually, 
one 

May   1 . . 

5     " 

None 

Institutions    Commis- 
sioner   

Ord 

u 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

«     -1 

4     « 

7,500 

(( 

a 

Annually, 
one 

«     1 

5     « 

None 

Markets,   Superintend- 
ent of 

a 

u 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

"     1 

4     " 

4,000 

Overseers  of  the  Pub- 
lic Welfare  (Twelve), 

Statute . . . 

Ii 

Annually, 
four 

"     1 

3     " 

None 

Park     Commissioners 
(Three) 

a 

u 

Annually, 
one 

"     1 

3     " 

t 

Printing,    Superintend- 
ent of 

Ord 

u 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

"     1 

4     " 

6,000 

Pubhc    Buildings,    Su- 
perintendent of 

a 

Ii 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

it     -1 

4     « 

4,500 

Public     Works     Com- 
missioner of 

u 

ii 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

a      1 

4     " 

9,000 

Registrar,  City 

Statute . . . 

a 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

«      1 

4     " 

4,000 

Schoolhouse    Commis- 
sioners (Three) 

u 

a 

Annually, 
one 

June   1 . . 

3     « 

t4,000 

*  Chairman,  $4,500.       t  Chairman,  $7,000;  others  none.         %  Chairman,  $5,000. 


46 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


How 

Appointed  or  Elected. 

Term. 

Salary. 

Created. 

By  Whom. 

When. 

Begins. 

Length. 

Sinking    Funds    Com- 
missioners (Six) 

Statute . . . 

Mayor . . . 

Annually, 
two 

May   1 .  . 

3  yrs. 

None 

Soldiers'   Relief   Com- 
missioner   

a 

u 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

"      1.. 

4     " 

$6,000 

Statistics  Trustees 
(Five) 

Ord 

a 

Annually, 
one 

"      1.. 

5     " 

■55- 

Street    Commissioners 
(Three) 

Statute. . . 

u 

Annually, 
one 

1st  Mon. 
in  Feb . . 

3     " 

t4,000 

Supplies,  Superintend- 
ent of 

Ord 

11 

Quadren- 
nially   

May  1 . . 

4     " 

6,000 

Transit  Commissioners 
(Three) 

ti 

u 

Annually. . . 

"     1. 

1     " 

t 

Treasurer 

Statute . . . 

u 

Quadren- 
nially. .  .  . 

«     1.. 

4     " 

6,000 

Vessels,  Weighers  of . . . 

f( 

ti 

Annually, 
two 

"     1.. 

1     " 

Fees 

Weights  and  Measures, 
Sealer  of 

u 

u 

Quadren- 
nially .... 

«     1.. 

4     " 

3,500 

*  Chairman,  $3,500;  others  none. 
t  Chairman,  $7,500; 


t  Chairman,  $4,500. 
others  $5,000. 


DEPARTMENT  OF   MAYOR.  47 

EXECUTIVE   DEPARTMENTS. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  MAYOR. 
Oflace,  27  City  Hall,  second  floor. 
Stat.  1885,  Chap.  266;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  449;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  2; 
Stat.  1904,  Chap.  450;  Stat.  1905,  Chap.  341;  Stat.  1906,  Chap.  259; 
Stat.  1907,  Chaps.  274,  463;  C.  C.  Title  II.,  Chap.  3;  Stat.  1908, 
Chaps.  292,  494;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  373; 
Stat.  1911,  Chap.  413;  Stat.  1912,  Chap.  550;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps. 
280,  367,  788;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  274  and  730;  Rev.  Ord.  1914, 
Chap.  2;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chaps.  184,  348;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  94; 
Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  75;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  6,  312,  613;  Stat.  1921, 
Chaps.  169,  407,  497;  Stat.  1922,  Chaps.  35,  399,  521;  Stat.  1924, 
Chaps.  453  and  479.] 

JAMES  M.  CURLEY,  Mayor. 
Salary,  $10,000. 
Arthur  B.  Corbett,  Secretary. 
Michael  J.  Ward,  Secretary. 
Frank  B.  Howland,  Secretary. 
Joseph  J.  Mikolajewski,  Secretary. 
Joseph  P.  Hanlon,  Secretary. 
Henry  F.  Brennan,  Secretary. 
Joseph  Smith,  Publicity  Secretary. 
John  M.  Casey,  Chief,  Licensing  Division. 

THE   CITY  RECORD. 
Office,  25  City  Hall,  second  floor. 
Standish  Willcox,  Editor. 
Joshua  H.  Jones,  Jr.,  Associate  Editor. 

MUNICIPAL   EMPLOYMENT   BUREAU. 

Office,  1  and  2  City  HaU. 
Luke  E.  Shields,  Director. 


ASSESSING  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  301  City  Hall  Annex,  third  floor. 
[Stat.  1854,  Chap.  448,  §37;  Stat.  1884,  Chap.  123;  Stat.  1903,  Chap. 
279;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  5;  Ord.  1900,  Chap.  5;  Ord.  1901,  Chap.  8; 
C.  C.  Title  IV,,  Chap.  12;  Ord.  1910,  Chap.  1;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  89; 
Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  155,  484;  Stat.  1914,  Chap.  198;  Rev.  Ord.  1914, 
Chap.  5;  Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  91;  Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chaps.  87, 
173,  294;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  93;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  93,  96,  183, 
552;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps.  283,  399;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  6;  Stat.  1924, 
Chap.  410.] 


48  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

OFFICIALS. 

Edwaed  T.  KJBLLY,  Chamnan. 
Joseph  G.  O'Mallet,  Secretary. 

ASSESSORS. 

Neal  J.  Holland.  Term  ends  April  1,  1928. 
Edward  T.  Kelly.  Term  ends  April  1,  1927. 
Joseph  G.  O'Malley.     Term  ends  April  1,  1926. 

deputy   ASSESSORS. 

Feed  E.  Bolton.  William  H.  Cuddy. 

James  H.  Phelan.  John  M.  Hayes. 

Christopher  I.  Fitzgerald. 

Terms  of  all  expire  April  1,  1928. 


Daniel  F.  Ryan,  Chief  Clerk. 

One  Assessor  is  appointed  each  year  by  the  Mayor  for  a  term  of  three 
years  from  April  1,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  three  members  being 
designated  by  the  Mayor.  Deputy  Assessors,  not  exceeding  five,  are  Uke- 
wise  appointed  for  the  term  of  three  years. 

The  Assessors  pubhshed  annual  tax  lists  from  1822  to  1866.  Since 
1866  the  records  of  the  department  are  almost  entirely  in  manuscript. 
Annual  reports  have  been  made  since  1890. 

assistant  assessors. 
[Stat.  1885,  Chap.  266,  §  2;  Stat.  1894,  Chap.  276;  Stat.  1901,  Chap.  400; 
Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  5,  §  1;  Ord.  1901,  Chap.  6;  C.  C,  Title  IV., 
Chap.  12,  §2;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  484;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  93; 
Stat  .1920,  Chap.  96;  Ord.  1920,  Chap.  1;  Ord.  1923,  Chap.  7;  Ord. 
1925,  Chap.  3;  Stat.  1925,  Chap.  39.] 

The  Assistant  Assessors  are  appointed  from  the  Civil  Service  hst  by  the 
Board  of  Assessors  for  an  indeterminate  period,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Mayor,  one  for  each  assessment  district  or  two  when  required. 
The  redivision  of  the  City  into  22  wards  (see  Chap.  410,  Acts  of  1924)  by 
a  special  legislative  commission  in  December,  1924,  made  new  assessment 
districts  necessary.  By  the  original  Act  the  change  was  not  ordered  to 
go  into  effect  in  1925,  but  an  amendment  was  made  later  whereby  the  new 
districts  apply  to  the  1925  assessments. 

The  47  assessment  districts,  with  First  Assistant  Assessors  assigned  to 
same  for  year  1925,  are  as  follows: 

Dist.  1.  That  part  of  Ward  1  (East  Boston,  North)  extending  from 
junction  of  the  shore  line  and  the  division  line  between  the  property  now 
or  late  of  Alonzo  Crosby  heirs  and  the  property  now  or  late  of  Richard  F. 
Green  (said  division  line  being  the  same  as  that  established  by  the  Ordi- 


ASSESSING  DEPARTMENT.  49 

nances  of  1895)  to  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Chelsea;  thence 
by  said  line  and  the  boundary  lines  between  Boston  and  Revere  and  Boston 
and  Winthrop  to  the  southerly  side  of  Winthrop  bridge;  thence  by  the 
latter  to  its  junction  with  the  shore  line  of  the  City  and  by  said  line  to 
its  junction  with  the  line  of  Brooks  Street  extended;  thence  through  latter 
and  Brooks  Street  to  the  location  of  Boston,  Revere  Beach  and  Lynn  R.  R. 
and  to  Prescott  St.  or  the  line  thereof  extended;  thence  through  Prescott, 
Princeton,  Meridian,  Lexington  and  Border  Sts.  to  the  division  hne  be- 
tween the  property  now  or  late  of  Alonzo  Crosby  heirs  and  the  property 
now  or  late  of  Richard  F.  Green  and  by  said  hne  to  the  beginning.    Michael 

J.   TOTJMEY. 

DisT.  2.  That  part  of  Ward  1  (East  Boston,  South,  inclu.  the  Islands) 
extending  from  junction  of  City  shore  line  and  the  division  line  between 
the  property  now  or  late  of  Alonzo  Crosby  heirs  and  the  property  now  or 
late  of  Richard  F.  Green  (said  division  line  being  the  same  as  that  estab- 
hshed  by  the  Ordinances  of  1895)  to  Border  St.;  thence  through  Border, 
Lexington,  Meridian,  Princeton  and  Prescott  Sts.  (also  Prescott  St. 
extended)  to  the  location  of  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  R.  R.  and 
through  same  to  Brooks  St.  or  the  line  thereof  extended;  thence  through 
latter  to  the  shore  Hne  and  by  said  line  to  the  beginning.  All  portions 
of  the  City  lying  on  the  outside  of  the  line  beyond  which  building  or 
wharfing  out  is  or  may  hereafter  be  legally  forbidden  or  where  such  line 
does  not  exist,  then  all  portions  lying  on  the  outside  of  extreme  low  water 
mark  and  including  all  islands  in  Boston  harbor  within  city  limits  are 
included  in  District  2  except  Castle  Island.     Lucian  J.  Priest. 

DiST.  3.  That  part  of  Ward  2  (Charlestown,  West)  extending  from 
Prison  Point  bridge  and  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Cambridge 
to  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Somerville;  thence  by  said  line 
to  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Everett  and  by  latter  to  the 
extension  of  the  easterly  hne  of  a  wharf  now  or  formerly  known  as  Brooks 
wharf  (said  line  being  the  same  as  that  established  between  Wards  Three 
and  Four  by  the  Ordinances  of  1895) ;  thence  by  said  line  through  Medford, 
Everett,  Bunker  Hill  and  Trenton  Sts.;  thence  through  Cross,  High, 
Cordis  and  Warren  Sts.  across  Thompson  Square  to  Austin  St.  and  through 
latter  and  Prison  Point  bridge  to  the  beginning.     John  Mabno. 

DiST.  4.  That  part  of  Ward  2  (Charlestown,  East)  extending  from 
junction  of  Prison  Point  bridge  and  the  boundary  line  between  Boston 
and  Cambridge  through  said  bridge  and  Austin  St.,  across  Thompson 
Square  to  Warren  St.;  thence  through  Warren,  Cordis,  High,  Cross  and 
Trenton  Sts.  to  Bunker  Hill  St.;  thence  through  latter,  Everett  and  Med- 
ford Sts.  to  the  easterly  line  of  a  wharf  now  or  formerly  known  as  Brooks 
wharf  (said  hne  being  the  same  as  that  established  between  Wards  Three 
and  Four  by  the  Ordinances  of  1895);  thence  by  said  hne  and  same  ex- 
tended to  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Everett  in  the  Mystic 
river;  thence  by  latter  and  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Chelsea 
to  the  easterly  side  of  Chelsea  bridge;  thence  by  same  to  its  junction 


50  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

with  the  shore  hne  of  the  City  and  by  said  hne  to  its  junction  with  the 
boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Cambridge;  thence  by  said  boundary 
line  to  the  beginning.     John  F.  Fitzpatbick  . 

DiST.  5.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (North  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Cambridge  St.  (extended)  and  Charles  River;  thence  by  the  latter  to 
Charles  River  Dam;  thence  through  Leverett,  Brighton,  Lowell,  Minot 
and  Nashua  Sts.  to  Causeway  St.  crossing  John  F.  Lindsay  Square  to 
Staniford  St.;  thence  through  Staniford,  Green,  Chambers  and  Cambridge 
Sts.  to  Bowdoin  St.;  thence  through  latter  and  Derne  St.,  crossing  Han- 
cock St.  to  Myrtle  and  through  same,  then  Irving  and  Cambridge  Sts. 
to  the  beginning.     Thomas  H.  Bond. 

DiST.  6.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (North  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Cambridge  and  Chambers  Sts.  through  Chambers,  Green,  Staniford, 
Causeway,  Nashua,  Minot,  Lowell,  Brighton  and  Leverett  Sts.  to  Charles 
River;  thence  to  Warren  Bridge  and  through  Beverly  and  Causeway  Sts., 
Keany  Sq.  and  Commercial,  Hanover  and  Blackstone  Sts.,  crossing 
Haymarket  Sq.  to  Merrimac  St.;  thence  through  latter,  Chardon  St.; 
Bowdoin  Sq.  and  Cambridge  St.  to  the  beginning.     Jacob  Rosenberg. 

DiST.  7.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (North  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Beacon  and  Bowdoin  Sts.;  thence  through  Bowdoin  and  Cambridge 
Sts.;  crossing  Bowdoin  Square  to  Chardon  St.;  thence  through  Chardon 
and  Merrimac  Sts.  to  Haymarket  Square  and  crossing  same  to  Blackstone 
St. ;  thence  through  Blackstone,  Hanover,  Washington,  School  and  Beacon 
Sts.  to  the  beginning.     Matthew  Binney. 

DisT.  8.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (North  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Beverly  St.  (extended)  and  Charles  River;  thence  by  the  latter  and 
Harbor  Commissioners'  Kne  to  Congress  St.;  thence  through  latter, 
Atlantic  Ave.  and  South  Market  St.  to  Merchants'  Row;  thence  by  south- 
erly and  westerly  sides  of  Faneuil  Hall  Square  to  Dock  Square  and  Wash- 
ington St.;  thence  through  Washington,  Hanover  and  Commercial  Sts., 
Keany  Sq.,  Causeway  and  Beverly  Sts.  to  the  beginning.  Harbt  C. 
Byrne. 

DiST.  9.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (Boston  Proper)  extending  from  junc- 
tion of  Washington  and  MUk  Sts.,  thence  northerly  through  Washington 
St.  and  Adams,  Dock  and  Faneuil  Hall  Squares  (westerly  side)  to  South 
Market  St.;  thence  through  South  Market  St.,  Atlantic  Ave.  and  Central 
St.  to  McKinley  Square  and  Milk  St.  to  the  beginning.  Edwin  R. 
Spinney. 

DiST.  10.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (Boston  Proper)  extending  from  junc- 
tion of  Congress  and  Milk  Sts.;  thence  through  MUk  St.,  McKinley 
Square,  Central  St.,  Atlantic  Ave.,  Congress  and  Milk  Sts.  to  the  begin- 
ning.    Michael  J.  Brophy. 

DisT.  11.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (Boston  Proper)  extending  from  junc- 
tion of  Franklin  and  Devonshire  Sts.;  thence  through  Franklin  and  Con- 
gress Sts.,  Dorchester  Ave.,  Summer  St.,  Atlantic  Ave.,  Beach,  Kingston 


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and  Bedford  Sts.  to  Church  Green;  thence  crossing  latter  and  Summer  St. 
to  Devonshire,  thence  to  FrankHn  St.  and  the  beginning.  Fred  W. 
Burleigh. 

DiST.  12.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (Boston  Proper)  extending  from  junc- 
tion of  Washington  and  Milk  Sts.;  thence  through  Milk,  Congress,  Frank- 
lin, Devonshire  and  Summer  Sts.,  Church  Green,  Bedford,  Kingston, 
Essex  and  Washington  Sts.  to  the  beginning.     Warren  F.  Freeman. 

DiST.  13.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (Boston  Proper)  extending  from  junc- 
tion of  Park  and  Beacon  Sts. ;  thence  through  Beacon,  School,  Washington 
and  Essex  Sts.  to  Harrison  Ave.;  thence  by  the  latter,  Kneeland,  Wash- 
ington, Eliot,  Tremont  and  Park  Sts.  to  the  beginning.  Alexander  P. 
Brown. 

DiST.  14.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (South  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Tremont  and  Ehot  Sts.;  thence  through  Ehot  and  Kneeland  Sts.; 
Harrison  Ave.,  Essex,  Kingston  and  Beach  Sts.,  Atlantic  Ave.,  Summer 
St.,  Dorchester  Ave.  and  Broadway  to  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford Railroad  and  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad;  thence  by  said  railroads  to 
Shawmut  Ave.  and  through  same,  Tremont  and  Eliot  Sts.  to  the  beginning. 
Henry  J.  Ireland. 

DiST.  15.  That  part  of  Ward  3  (South  End)  extending  from  junction 
of  Shawmut  Ave.  and  the  location  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  and  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R.,  through  said  avenue  to  Dover  St.; 
thence  through  Dover,  Tremont  and  Upton  Sts.  to  Shawmut  Ave. ;  thence 
through  latter  also  Pelham  and  Washington  Sts.  to  Union  Park;  thence 
through  same,  Albany  and  Lehigh  Sts.  also  Broadway  to  its  junction 
with  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R. 

Also,  that  part  of  Ward  3  extending  from  junction  of  Washington  and 
Union  Park  Sts.  through  latter  to  Albany  St.;  thence  through  Albany 
and  Lehigh  Sts.  to  Broadway;  thence  through  same  and  Broadway  Bridge 
to  its  junction  with  the  shore  line  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Ft.  Point 
Channel;  thence  by  said  shore  line  and  the  easterly  side  of  South  Bay  to 
the  point  where  said  line  makes  an  obtuse  angle  nearly  opposite  Randolph 
St.;  thence  by  an  extension  of  said  line  continuing  its  course  previous  to 
making  said  angle  across  the  easterly  side  of  South  Bay  in  a  direct  line 
till  it  joins  the  location  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R. ; 
thence  through  location  of  Midland  Division  thereof  to  its  junction  with 
Southampton  St.;  thence  through  latter,  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Harrison 
Ave.,  East  Springfield  and  Washington  Sts.  to  the  beginning.  A.  S. 
Parker  Weeks. 

DisT.  16.  That  part  of  Ward  4  (Back  Bay,  East)  extending  from 
junction  of  Dalton  St.  (extended)  and  Boylston  St.  through  latter  and 
Berkeley  St.  to  Columbus  Ave.;  thence  through  same  also  Clarendon, 
Tremont  and  Pembroke  Sts.  to  Warren  Ave.;  thence  through  same  and 
Columbus  Ave.  to  West  Rutland  Square,  crossing  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.  to  Durham  St.;  thence  through  Durham,  St. 


52  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Botolph  and  Cumberland  Sts.  to  Huntington  Ave. ;  thence  through  latter, 
West  Newton,  Belvidere  and  Dalton  Sts.  also  Dalton  St.  (extended)  to 
the  beginning.     Edward  L.  Hopkins. 

DiST.  17.  That  part  of  Ward  4  (Back  Bay,  South)  extending  from 
junction  of  Pembroke  and  Tremont  Sts.  through  latter,  West  Springfield 
and  WelHngton  Sts.  to  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R., 
Providence  division;  thence  by  said  railroad  to  Ward  St.  and  through 
same,  Huntington  Ave.,  Francis  St.  and  Brookline  Ave.  southerly  to 
Muddy  River  and  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Brookline. 
thence  by  said  line  to  its  junction  with  the  northeasterly  side  of  St.  Mary's 
St.  (extended) ;  thence  by  Muddy  River  and  crossing  Brookline  Ave.  near 
the  end  of  Boylston  St.  through  Back  Bay  Fens  to  Boylston  St.  near 
Charlesgate  East  also  Charlesgate  West  to  Boylston  St.;  thence  through 
latter,  Dalton,  Belvidere  and  West  Newton  Sts.  to  Huntington  Ave.; 
thence  through  same,  Cumberland,  St.  Botolph  and  Durham  Sts.,  crossing 
the  railroad  and  West  Rutland  Square  to  Columbus  Ave. ;  thence  through 
latter,  Warren  Ave.  and  Pembroke  St.  to  Tremont  St.  and  the  beginning. 
Charles  A.  Murphy. 

DisT.  18.  That  part  of  Ward  5  (West  End  to  South  End)  extending 
from  junction  of  Charles  and  Cambridge  Sts.  through  latter  also  Irving 
and  Myrtle  Sts.,  crossing  Hancock  to  Derne  St.;  thence  through  Derne, 
Bowdoin,  Beacon  and  Park  Sts.  to  Tremont  St.;  thence  through  latter  to 
Shawmut  Ave.;  and  through  same,  Dover,  Tremont  and  Clarendon  Sts. 
to  Columbus  Ave.;  thence  through  latter,  Berkeley,  Boylston,  Charles, 
Beacon,  Joy,  Mt.  Vernon  and  Charles  again  to  Cambridge  St.  and  the 
beginning.     Augustus  D.  McLennan. 

DisT.  19.  That  part  of  Ward  5  (Back  Bay  and  West  End)  extending 
from  junction  of  Boylston  St.  and  Massachusetts  Ave.  to  Common- 
wealth Ave.;  thence  through  latter  and  Exeter  St.  to  Charles  River  and 
ward  hne;  thence  by  said  line  to  Cambridge  St.  (extended)  and  through 
same  to  Charles  St.;  thence  through  Charles,  Mt.  Vernon,  Joy,  Beacon 
and  Charles  again  to  Boylston  St.;  thence  through  latter  to  Massachu- 
setts Ave.  and  the  beginning.     James  L  Moore. 

DiST.  20.  That  part  of  Ward  5  (Back  Bay,  West)  extending  from 
junction  of  Granby  St.  and  Muddy  River;  through  said  street  to  Common- 
wealth Ave.;  thence  through  latter  and  Blandford  St.  to  the  Boston  and 
Albany  R.  R.;  thence  along  said  railroad,  Brookline  Ave.,  Kilmarnock 
St.  and  Kilmarnock  Street  (extended)  crossing  the  Fens  to  Muddy  River; 
thence  through  same,  also  Boylston  Road,  Boylston  St.,  Massachusetts 
Ave.,  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Exeter  St.  and  Exeter  St.  (extended);  thence 
through  said  location  to  Charles  River  and  by  the  middle  hne  of  Charles 
River  to  the  beginning.     Arthur  L.  Curry. 

DiST.  21.  That  part  of  Ward  6  (South  Boston,  North)  extending  from 
Broadway  and  Fort  Point  Channel  through  latter  to  Dorchester  Ave.; 
thence  through  same  and  West  First,  F,  West  Second  and  Dorchester  Sts. 


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to  East  Broadway;  thence  through  latter  and  East  Broadway  (extended) 
to  the  Harbor  Commissioner's  line;  thence  by  same  to  and  around  the 
City  Point  Head-house  to  East  Seventh  St.  (extended);  thence  through 
East  Seventh,  L,  East  Sixth,  H,  and  East  Fourth  Sts.  to  West  Fourth  St. ; 
thence  through  same,  F,  West  Eighth,  and  D  Sts.  to  Old  Colony  Ave.; 
thence  through  latter  to  Dorchester  Ave.  and  its  junction  with  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R. ;  thence  southerly  by  said  railroad 
(Midland  Division)  to  the  South  Bay  eastern  shore  line  and  to  the  bound- 
ary Mne  of  Ward  8  also  by  the  same  line  to  Broadway  Bridge  and  the 
beginning.     Thomas  O.  McEnaney. 

DiST.  22.  That  part  of  Ward  6  (South  Boston,  North)  extending  from 
junction  of  Dorchester  Ave.,  the  ward  line  between  Wards  5  and  9,  and 
the  southerly  side  of  Fort  Point  Channel;  thence  by  said  ward  line  to  the 
Harbor  Commissioner's  Hne  and  the  ward  line  to  East  Broadway  (ex- 
tended); thence  by  the  latter  and  East  Broadway  to  Dorchester  St.  and 
through  same.  West  Second  and  F  Sts.  northeasterly  to  West  First  St.; 
thence  through  the  same  and  Dorchester  Ave.  to  the  beginning.  Arthur 
W.  Smith. 

DisT.  23.  The  whole  of  Ward  7  (South  Boston,  South).  Maurice  J. 
Power. 

DisT.  24.  The  whole  of  Ward  8  (Roxbury,  North).  William  F. 
Morrissey. 

DisT.  25.  The  whole  of  Ward  9  (Roxbury,  Centre).  Frederick  J. 
Smith. 

DiST.  26.     The  whole  of  Ward  10  (Roxbury,  West).     James  P.  Fox. 

DisT.  27.  The  whole  of  Ward  11  (Roxbury,  South  —  Jamaica  Plain, 
South).     Edmund  G.  White. 

DiST.  28.  That  part  of  Ward  12  (Roxbury,  East)  extending  from 
junction  of  Washington  and  Dudley  Sts.  through  latter,  Greenville, 
Winthrop,  Fairland  and  Moreland  Sts.  to  Blue  Hill  Ave.;  thence  through 
same,  Savin  and  Munroe  Sts.  crossing  Walnut  Ave.  to  Elmore  St.;  thence 
through  Elmore,  Kensington,  Kingsbury,  Bainbridge  and  Dale  Sts.  to 
Regent  St.;  thence  through  latter.  Circuit  and  Washington  Sts.  to  junc 
tion  with  Dudley  St.,  the  beginning.     William  A.  Creney. 

DiST.  29.  That  part  of  Ward  12  (Roxbury,  East)  extending  from 
junction  of  Blue  Hill  Ave.  and  Savin  St.  through  said  avenue,  Canterbury 
and  Morton  Sts.  to  Morton  Road;  thence  through  same  and  Forest  Hills 
St.  to  its  first  junction  with  the  boundary  hne  of  Franldin  Park  (extended) 
running  nearly  east  and  west  about  midway  between  Williams  St.  and 
Glen  Road;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  of  Franklin  Park  by  several 
courses  in  a  general  northeasterly  direction  and  crossing  Glen  Road  to  its 
junction  with  Sigourney  St.;  thence  through  latter.  Walnut  Ave.,  Munroe, 
Warren  and  Savin  Sts.  to  junction  with  Blue  Hill  Ave.,  the  beginning. 
Arthur  C.  Quincy. 

DisT.  30.     The  whole  of  Ward  13  (Dorchester,  North) .     John  H.  Hout. 


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DiST.  31.  That  part  of  Ward  14  (Dorchester,  West)  extending  from 
junction  of  Blue  Hill  Ave.  and  Fayston  St.  through  latter,  Mascoma  and 
Quincy  Sts.  to  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New 
Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Wales  Place,  Rock 
Terrace  and  Olney  St.  to  Geneva  Ave.;  thence  through  latter,  and  Bow- 
doin  St.,  across  Washington  to  Harvard  St.;  thence  through  same  to  its 
junction  with  the  location  of  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New  Haven 
and  Hartford  R.  R.  and  through  latter  to  Talbot  Ave.  thence  through 
same  to  Blue  Hill  Ave.  and  Fayston  St.,  the  beginning.  Joseph  P. 
Dempbey. 

DisT.  32.  That  part  of  Ward  14  (Dorchester,  West)  extending  from 
junction  of  Blue  Hill  Ave.  and  Canterbury  St.  through  said  avenue  and 
Talbot  Ave.  to  location  of  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Elizabeth  St.  (extended)  and 
Ehzabeth  St.  also  Norfolk  and  Evelyn  Sts.  to  Blue  Hill  Ave.;  thence 
through  latter.  Walk  Hill  and  Canterbury  Sts.  to  Blue  Hill  Ave.  and  the 
beginning.     G.  Feed  Pierce. 

DisT.  33.  The  whole  of  Ward  15  (Dorchester,  North  Central).  Daniel 
A.  Downey. 

DisT.  34.  That  part  of  Ward  16  (Dorchester  -  Neponset)  extending 
from  junction  of  Freeport  St.  and  the  location  of  Plymouth  Division,  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.  along  said  location  and  the  hne  of 
Shawmut  Branch  of  same  Railroad  to  Park  St.;  thence  through  latter, 
Upland  Ave.,  Centervale  Park,  Bourneside  St.  and  Melville  Ave.  to 
Penhallow  St.;  thence  through  same,  Mather,  Nixon,  Center,  Wainwright 
and  Lithgow  Sts.  to  Talbot  Ave. ;  thence  through  said  avenue,  Dorchester 
Ave.,  Edwin,  Florida,  Mallet,  Adams  and  Ashmont  Sts.  to  Neponset  Ave.; 
thence  through  same  and  Neponset  Ave.  (extended)  to  middle  hne  of 
Neponset  River  and  the  Harbor  line  to  a  point  in  Dorchester  Bay  opposite 
Greenwich  St.  (extended);  thence  through  latter  to  location  of  Midland 
Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.  and  through  same 
to  the  beginning.     John  J.  Dailey. 

DiST.  35.  That  part  of  Ward  16  (Dorchester- Neponset)  extending 
from  junction  of  Dorchester  Ave.  and  Edwin  St.  through  latter,  Florida, 
Mallet,  Adams  and  Ashmont  Sts.  to  Neponset  Ave.;  thence  through  same 
and  Neponset  Ave.  (extended)  to  the  boundary  line  between  Quincy  and 
Boston  in  Neponset  River;  thence  by  said  line  to  its  junction  with  Granite 
Bridge  and  through  latter  to  its  junction  with  the  location  of  Plymouth 
Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through 
same  to  its  junction  with  Melhsh  Road  (extended)  also  through  MeUish 
Road  and  Adams  St.  to  its  junction  with  the  southern  line  of  Dorchester 
Park  (extended),  said  line  running  north,  northwesterly  and  southeast; 
thence  by  latter  in  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  established, 
running  in  a  general  westerly  direction  to  its  junction  with  Dorchester 
Ave.  and  through  said  avenue  and  Edwin  St.  to  the  beginning.  Charles 
H.  Warren. 


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DiST.  36.  The  whole  of  Ward  17  (Dorchester,  Centre).  John  J. 
O'Connor. 

DiST.  37.  That  part  of  Ward  18  (Hyde  Park-  Mattapan)  extending 
from  junction  of  Eagle  Mill  Place  (extended)  with  the  Boston  and  Milton 
boundary  line  in  the  Neponset  River  along  said  boundary  line  to  its  junc- 
tion with  West  St.  (extended);  thence  through  latter,  River,  and  Woods 
St.  to  Wood  Ave.;  thence  through  same,  Harvard  and  Walk  Hill  Sts.  to 
Blue  Hill  Ave.;  thence  through  latter,  Evelyn,  Norfolk  and  Elizabeth 
Sts.  to  location  of  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and  EEart- 
ford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Morton,  Groveland  St.  (extended), 
Groveland  and  River  Sts.  to  Eagle  Mill  Place  and  the  beginning.  Fbbd- 
ERicK  A.  Robinson. 

DiST.  38.  That  part  of  Ward  18  (Hyde  Park  -  Mattapan)  extending 
from  junction  of  Washington  and  Poplar  Sts.,  through  latter  and  Canter- 
bury St.  to  location  of  Providence  Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Blakemore  St.,  Hyde  Park  and 
Neponset  Aves.  also  Canterbury  St.  to  Walk  Hill  St.;  thence  through 
latter,  Harvard  St.,  Wood  Ave.,  Wood  St.,  River  and  West  Sts.  to  the 
former  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Hyde  Park;  thence  along 
said  hne,  through  Turtle  Pond  Road,  Washington  and  Poplar  Sts.  to  the 
beginning.     Alonzo  F.  Andrews. 

DiST.  39.  That  part  of  Ward  18  (Hyde  ParK- Mattapan)  extending 
from  junction  of  former  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Hyde  Park 
and  Turtle  Pond  Road  in  the  Stony  Brook  Reservation  along  said  bound- 
ary hne  to  West  St.;  thence  through  latter  and  West  Street  (extended) 
to  its  junction  with  the  center  line  of  Neponset  River;  thence  through  same 
to  its  junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Milton  and 
along  said  line  to  its  junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and 
Dedham;  thence  along  latter  to  its  junction  with  the  former  boundary 
line  between  Boston  and  Hyde  Park  and  by  said  line  to  the  beginning. 
Ward  A.  Marsh. 

DiST.  40.  That  part  of  Ward  19  (Jamaica  Plain  -  Roslindale,  East) 
extending  from  junction  of  Centre  and  Perkins  Sts.  through  latter  and 
Chestnut  St.  to  boundary  hne  between  Boston  and  Brookline;  thence 
along  said  line  and  through  AUandale,  Centre  and  Walter  Sts.  to  the 
southwesterly  boundary  hne  of  Arnold  Arboretum;  thence  by  latter  on 
several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  established,  and  by  said  line  ex- 
tended to  its  junction  with  the  location  of  West  Roxbury  Branch,  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same  and  Lee 
Hill  Road  (extended)  also  Lee  Hill  Road,  Washington  St.,  and  Wliipple 
Ave.  to  Stony  Brook;  thence  along  latter,  through  Florence  St.,  South- 
bourne  Road,  Bourne,  Walk  Hill,  Canterbury  and  Morton  Sts.  to  Forest 
Hills  Ave.  in  Forest  Hills  Cemetery;  thence  through  same  and  Union 
Terrace  to  its  junction  with  the  northwesterly  boundary  hne  of  said 
cemetery  and  by  the  latter  on  several  courses  as  same  is  legally  estab- 
lished to  Weld  Hill  St.;  thence  through  .same,  Hyde  ParK  Ave  .  Washing- 


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ton  St.,  Asticou  Road  and  St.  Ann  St.  across  South  St.  to  the  Arborway; 
thence  through  latter,  Custer  and  South  Sts.,  CaroUna  Ave.  and  WilKams 
St.  to  its  junction  with  the  location  of  Providence  Division,  New  York, 
New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Atherton,  Lamar- 
tine  and  Mozart  Sts.,  Chestnut  Ave.,  Forbes  and  Centre  Sts.  to  the  be- 
ginning.    William  N.  Goodwin. 

DiST.  41.  That  part  of  Ward  19  (Jamaica  Plain  -  RosHndale,  East) 
extending  from  junction  of  Walk  Hill  and  Bourne  Sts.  through  latter 
Southbourne  Road  and  Florence  St.  to  Stony  Brook;  thence  through 
same,  Whipple  Ave.,  Washington,  Poplar  and  Canterbury  Sts.  to  the 
location  of  Providence  Division,  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford 
R.  R.;  thence  through  latter,  Blakemore  St.,  Hyde  Park  Ave.,  Neponset 
Ave.  and  Walk  HiU  St.  to  the  beginning.     John  J.  Butler. 

DiST.  42.  That  part  of  Ward  20  (West  Roxbury  -  RosHndale,  West) 
extending  from  junction  of  Lee  Hill  Road  and  Washington  St.  through 
latter,  Grove  and  Center  Sts.  to  the  location  of  West  Roxbury  Branch, 
New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R. ;  thence  through  said  location 
and  Lee  Hill  Road  to  the  beginning.     Edward  E.  McGrath. 

DiST.  43.  That  part  of  Ward  20  (West  Roxbury  -  Roslindale,  West) 
extending  from  junction  of  AUandale  St.  and  Brookline  boundary  line 
through  Allandale,  Center  and  Walter  Sts.  to  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Arnold  Arboretum;  thence  by  same  to  location  of  West  Roxbury  Branch, 
New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.  and  through  latter  south- 
westerly to  Lagrange  St.;  thence  through  same  to  the  boundary  line 
between  Boston  and  Newton  and  along  said  line  to  the  boundary  line 
between  Boston  and  Brookline,  continuing  thereon  to  the  beginning. 
Francis  J.  Ryan. 

DiST.  44.  That  part  of  Ward  20  (West  Roxbury  -  Roshndale,  West) 
extending  from  junction  of  Washington  St.  and  Turtle  Pond  Road  in  the 
Stony  Brook  Reservation  through  said  park  road  to  its  junction  with  the 
former  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Hyde  Park;  thence  along  same 
to  its  junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Dedham  and 
along  the  latter  and  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Needham  to 
the  Charles  River  and  its  junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston 
and  Newton;  thence  along  said  line  to  Lagrange  St.  and  through  same 
southeasterly  to  the  location  of  West  Roxbury  Branch,  New  York,  New 
Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R.;  thence  through  latter  to  Center  St.  and 
southerly  through  same,  then  along  Grove  St.  to  Washington  and  through 
latter  northerly  to  the  beginning.     Timothy  W.  Murphy. 

DiST.  45.  That  part  of  Ward  21  (Brighton,  South)  extending  from 
junction  of  Granby  St.  and  Commonwealth  Ave.  through  latter  and 
Blandford  St.  also  Blandford  St.  (extended)  to  location  of  Boston  and 
Albany  R.  R.;  thence  through  same,  Brookhne  Ave.,  Kilmarnock  St.  and 
Kilmarnock  St.  (extended)  to  its  junction  with  the  middle  line  of  Muddy 
River  in  Back  Bay  Fens;  thence  by  the  latter  hne  and  the  Riverway  to  its 


AUDITING  DEPARTMENT.  57 

junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Brookline  in  the 
northeasterly  Hne  of  St.  Mary's  St.  (extended);  thence  by  said  line  to 
Commonwealth  Ave.  and  along  its  southerly  side,  continuing  in  various 
courses  as  said  boundary  hne  is  legally  established  to  its  junction  with 
Warren  St.;  thence  through  Warren,  Cambridge,  Dustin  and  North 
Beacon  Sts.  to  the  latter's  junction  with  Cambridge  St.  in  Union  Square; 
thence  through  Cambridge  St.  to  its  junction  with  the  location  of  the 
Boston  and  Albany  R.  R.;  thence  through  said  location  to  its  junction 
with  the  middle  line  of  Smelt  Brook;  thence  by  the  same  line  extended  to 
its  junction  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Cambridge  in  the 
Charles  River;  thence  by  said  line  to  its  junction  with  Granby  St.;  and 
through  latter  to  Commonwealth  Ave.  and  the  beginning.  Henry  T. 
Hartmere. 

DisT.  46.  That  part  of  Ward  21  (Brighton  -  South)  extending  from 
junction  of  Cambridge  and  Warren  Sts.  through  latter  to  the  boundary 
line  bewteen  Boston  and  Brookline;  thence  along  said  line  to  its  junction 
with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Newton  and  along  same, 
also  Commonwealth  Ave.  to  South  Street;  thence  through  latter,  Chestnut 
Hill  Ave.,  William  Jackson  Ave.,  Academy  Hill  Road,  and  again  Chestnut 
HiU  Ave.  to  Union  St.;  thence  through  same,  Nantasket  Ave.,  Washington, 
Cambridge  and  Warren  Sts.  to  the  beginning.     Patrick  F.  Carle y. 

DisT.   47.     The  whole  of  Ward  22   (Brighton,   North).     Francis  J. 

TURCOTTE. 


AUDITING  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  20  City  HaU,  first  floor. 
[Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  6;  Ord.  1901,  Chap.  10;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486, 
§§3,  23,  24,  25;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  413;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  367,  788; 
Rev,  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  6;  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  Ill;  Spec.  Stat. 
1919,  Chap.  168;  Ord.  1921,  Chap.  1;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  133;  Stat. 
1924,  Chap.  479.] 

Rupert  S.  Carven,  City  Auditor.     Term  ends  1926. 
Henry  E.  Kjeenan,  Assistant  City  Auditor. 

The  office  of  Auditor  was  established  by  ordinance  on  August  2,  1824. 
Regular  annual  reports  of  receipts  and  expenditures  have  been  published 
by  the  Auditor  since  1825.  These  reports  now  contain  in  addition  various 
financial  tables  relating  to  appropriations,  debt,  etc.,  and  a  full  account  of 
the  trust  funds,  also  lists  of  City  property,  by  departments.  Less  com- 
plete reports  were  pubUshed  by  finance  committees  from  1811  to  1824, 
inclusive.  Since  June  1,  1867,  the  Auditor  has  published  monthly  exhibits 
of  all  City  and  County  expenditures. 

The  City  Auditor  is  also  Auditor  of  the  County  of  Suffolk  and  Secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Sinking  Funds.  (Rev.  Ord.  1914, 
Chap.  6.) 


58  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

BOSTON   SANATORIUM. 
[Formerly  Consumptives'  Hospital  Dept.] 
Main  Hospital,  249  River  street,  Mattapan. 
Out-Patient  Department,  48  Rutland  street,  South  End. 
Trustees'  Office,  1001  City  HaU  Annex,  tenth  floor. 

[Stat.  1906,  Chap.  189;  Ord.  1906,  Chap.  4;  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  248;  Stat. 
1908,  Chap.  225;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  167;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  14; 
Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  190;   Ord.  1921,  Chap.  8.] 

OFFICIALS. 

John  F.  O'Brien,  M.  D.,  Chairman. 
James  J.  Minot,  M.  D.,  Secretary. 

trustees.* 
James  J.  Minot,  M.  D.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
Mary  A.  Cotter.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
Miss  ls.4JBEL  F.  Hyams.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
John  F.  O'Brien,  M.  D.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Abraham  Pearlstein.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Thomas  M.  Green.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
John  S.  Masters.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Trustees  of  this  department,  which  was  established  in  1906,  pur- 
chased that  year  the  Conness  estate  of  55  acres  fronting  on  River  street 
Mattapan,  where  various  buildings  have  since  been  erected.  There  are 
now  three  Ward  buildings  accommodating  234,  four  Cottage  Wards, 
accommodating  127,  and  the  Children's  Ward,  accommodating  65,  also 
the  Domestic-Administration  building.  At  the  Out-Patient  Department 
or  dispensary,  48  Rutland  street,  a  cUnic  is  held  every  Monday,  Wednes- 
day, Friday  and  Saturday  morning  and  every  Monday  evening.  Patients 
are  examined  and  treated  by  physicians  at  the  dispensary,  and  visited  by 
nurses  n  their  homes. 

Admission  to  the  hospital  is  confined  to  persons  who  are  bona  fide  resi- 
dents of  Boston  at  the  time  of  apphcation. 

hospital  officers. 
Arthur  J.  White,  M.  D.,  Superintendent. 
Frank  H.  Hunt,  M.  D.,  Resident  Medical  Officer. 
Edwin  A.  Locke,  M.  D.,  Chief  of  Staff. 
Timothy  J.  Murphy,  M.  D.,  First  Assistant. 

Cleaveland  Floyd,  M.  D.,  Second  Assistant  (Director  of  Chnic,  Out- 
Patient  Department). 

*  The  Trustees  serve  without  compensation. 


BUILDING   DEPARTMENT.  59 

BUDGET  DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  307  City  Hall  Annex,  third  floor. 

[Ord.  1917,  Chap.  3;  Ord.  1921,  Chap.  4.] 

Charles  J.  Fox,  Budget  Commissioner.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
William  D.  Kenney,  Secretary. 

The  adoption  in  1916  of  a  segregated  budget  recommended  by  the 
Budget  Commission  of  1915  was  followed  by  the  establishing  of  an  inde- 
pendent department  in  1917,  to  have  the  supervision  of  all  details  of 
method  pertaining  to  the  preparation  of  the  annual  appropriation 
schedules  of  the  departments.  These  are  submitted  at  the  beginning  of 
the  financial  year  to  the  Mayor,  who,  after  30  days'  consideration,  submits 
them  to  the  City  Council  with  his  recommendations.  The  commissioner 
also  prepares  the  form  of  departmental  monthly  reports  of  expenditures 
of  ail  appropriations  by  items. 


BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  901  City  Hall  Annex,  ninth  floor. 
[Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  8,  and  Chap.  45,  §§  28-39;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap. 
13  and  Chap.  36  (Part  II);  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  550  {i.  e.  Boston  Build- 
ing Law);  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  221;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  313;  Stat.  1910, 
Chaps.  284,  631;  Stat.  1911,  Chaps.  76,  129,  342;  Stat.  1912,  Chaps. 
369,  370,  713;  Ord.  1912,  Chaps.  3,  9;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  50,  680, 
704,  714,  729;  Ord.  1913,  Chap.  4;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  8  and 
Chap.  41,  §  1;  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  4;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  205,  248, 
595,  782,  791;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chaps.  8,  41;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chaps. 
254,  352;  Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  118  and  Spec.  Stat.  Chaps.  248, 
277;  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  221;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chaps.  104,  179 
a.  e.  Building  Law  amended  and  codified);  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chaps. 
32,  155,  156,  163;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  91,  266,  440;  Ord.  1920,  Chap. 
10;  Ord.  1921,  Chaps.  1,  5;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps,  60,  280,  476;  Stat.  1922, 
Chaps.  126,  174;  Stat.  1923,  Chaps.  108,  278,  462;  Stat.  1924,  Chaps. 
332,  335,  412  and  488;   Stat.  1925,  Chap.  219.] 

•,  Building  Commissioner.     Term  ends  in  1926. 


Charles  S.  Damrell,  Clerk  of  Dept.  and  Executive  Sec'y. 

Edward  W.  Roemer,  Supervisor  of  Construction. 

John  J.  Dunigan,  Supervisor  of  Construction  {Zoning  Div.). 

Edwin  H.  Oliver,  Chief  of  Egress  Division. 

Wilfred  H.  Smith,  Chief,  Plan  Division  A. 

Joseph  E.  Cahill,  Chief,  Plan  Division  B. 

Timothy  J.  Farbell,  Supervisor  of  Elevators. 


60  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

William  A.  Wheater,  Supervisor  of  Plumbing. 
James  W.  Flynn,  Supervisor  of  Gasfitiing. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Building  Commissioner  to  issue  permits  for  and 
inspect  the  erection  and  alteration  of  buildings  in  the  City,  and  the  set- 
ting of  boilers,  engines  and  furnaces;  to  issue  licenses  to  persons  taking 
charge  of  constructing,  altering,  removing  or  tearing  down  buildings;  to 
keep  a  register  of  the  names  of  all  persons  carrying  on  the  business  of 
plumbing  and  gasfitting,  and  of  aU  persons  working  at  the  business  of  gas- 
fitting,  and  to  issue  Hcenses  to  master  and  journeymen  gasfitters;  to  issue 
permits  for  and  inspect  the  plumbing  and  gasfitting  in  buildings;  to  inspect 
elevators  in  buildings  and  report  upon  elevator  accidents;  to  inspect  at 
least  monthly  all  theaters  and  moving-picture  houses,  and  semi-annually 
all  haUs  or  places  for  pubUc  assembly;  to  inspect  existing  tenement  houses; 
to  report  on  all  fires  in,  and  accidents  in  or  to,  buildings,  and  to  approve 
plans  of  new  buildings  and  alterations. 

The  Board  of  Appeal  (i.  e.,  appeal  from  the  decisions  of  the  Building 
Commissioner)  although  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  is  nominated  by  the 
leading  real  estate  and  builders'  organizations  (see  Index). 

BUILDING   LIMITS. 

Stat.  1907,  Chap.  550,  §  9;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  41,  §  1;  Stat.  1914, 
Chap.  782,  §  1;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  352;  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chap. 
221;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  179.] 

Board  of  Examiners. 

[Ord.  1912,  Chap.  9;  Ord.  1920,  Chap.  10;    Ord.  1925,  Chap.  5.] 
Ofiice,  907  City  Hall  Annex,  ninth  floor. 

OFFICIALS. 

John  F.  Hickey,  Chairman. 

Mary  C.  Down,  Permanent  Secretary. 

THE   BOARD. 

John  F.  Hickey.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
William  H.  Besarick.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Thomas  K.  Reynolds.    Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Board  of  Examiners  was  established  in  1912  as  an  adjunct  of  the 
Building  Department,  to  consist  of  three  members,  appointed  by  the 
Mayor.  The  duties  of  these  examiners  are  to  determine  the  quahfica- 
tions  of  persons  taking  charge  or  control  of  the  construction,  alteration, 
removal  or  tearing  down  of  buildings;  to  register  and  classify  those  who 
are  competent  according  to  fitness  and  certify  such  to  the  Building  Com- 


CITY  PLANNIISG   DEPARTMENT.  61 

missioner.     Each  examiner  is  to  receive  ten  dollars  for  every  day  or  part 
thereof  of  actual  service,  but  not  more  than  $1,000  in  any  one  year. 

The  fees  to  be  paid  to  the  Board  are:  for  new  license,  $5.00,  and  each 
annual  renewal,  $2.00;  special  license,  $1.00. 


CITY  CLERK   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  31  City  Hall,  second  floor. 
Stat.  1854,  Chap.  448,  §  30;  Stat.  1885,  Chap.  266,  §  2;  Rev.  Ord.  1898, 
Chap.  11;  R.  L.,  Chap.  26,  §§  15,  16;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  8;  Stat. 
1909,  Chap.  486,  §  22;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  11;  Ord.  1917,  Chap.  6; 
Ord.  1920,  Chap.  11.] 

James  Donovan,  Ciiy  Clerk.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
Wilfred  J.  Doyle,  Assistant  City  Clerk. 

The  City  Clerk  is  elected  by  the  City  Council  for  the  term  of  three 
years.  He  has  the  care  and  custody  of  the  records  of  the  City  Council 
and  of  all  city  records,  documents,  maps,  plans  and  papers,  except  those 
otherwise  provided  for.  He  also  records  chattel  mortgages,  assignments 
of  wages,  hens  upon  vessels,  issues  hcenses  and  badges  to  minors  when  so 
directed  by  the  City  Council,  and  performs  other  duties  imposed  by  statute. 

The  City  Clerk  and  Assistant  City  Clerk  are,  ex  officio,  Clerk  and  Assistant 
Clerk,  respectively,  of  the  City  Council. 

The  Assistant  City  Clerk  is  appointed  by  the  City  Clerk,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Mayor.  By  Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  41,  §18,  the  certificate  or 
attestation  of  the  Assistant  City  Clerk  has  equal  effect  with  that  of  the 
City  Clerk. 

CITY   PLANNING   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  30  City  Hall,  second  floor. 

[Stat.  1913,  Chap.  494;  Ord.  1913,  Chap.  6;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  12; 
Ord.  1915,  Chap.  2;  Ord.  1923,  Chap.  5;  Stat.  1924,  Chap.  488;  Stat. 
1925,  Chap.  333.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Frederic  H.  Fay,  Chairman. 

Miss  Elisabeth  M.  Herlihy,  Secretary. 

THE   BOARD. 

Ernest  A.  Johnson.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
Frederic  H.  Fay.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
W.  Stanley  Parker.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
John  J.  Walsh.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Mary  A.  Barr.     Term  ends  in  1926. 


62  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Every  city  and  town  in  the  State  having  a  population  of  more  than 
10,000  is  authorized  and  directed  to  create  a  board  to  be  known  as  the 
Planning  Board,  whose  duty  shall  be  to  make  careful  studies  of  the  re- 
sources, possibilities  and  needs  of  the  city  or  town,  and  to  make  plans  for 
the  development  of  the  municipality  with  special  reference  to  the  proper 
housing  of  the  people.  In  January,  1914,  an  ordinance  was  passed  estab- 
lishing "The  City  Planning  Board,"  consisting  of  five  members,  one  of 
whom  shall  be  a  woman,  all  to  serve  without  compensation  for  a  term  of 
five  years. 


COLLECTING   DEPARTMENT. 

OflBce,  201  City  Hall  Annex,  second  floor. 

[Stat.  1875,  Chap.  176;  Stat.  1885,  Chap.  266;  Stat.  1888,  Chap.  390; 
Stat.  1890,  Chap.  418;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  14;  Ord.  1908,  Chap. 
1;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  10;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486;  Stat.  1913, 
Chap.  672;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  13;  Ord.  1914,  2d  Series,  Chap.  2; 
Spec.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  291;  Ord.  1921,  Chap.  1;  Stat.  1922,  Chap. 
390;  Ord.  1925,  Chap.  1.] 

William  M  .  McMokbow,  City  Collector.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
John  J.  McCabthy,  Cashier,  also  Acting  Collector  in  the  absence  of  the 
Collector. 

The  Collector  collects  and  receives  all  taxes  and  other  assessments, 
betterments,  rates,  dues  and  moneys  payable  on  any  account  to  the 
City  of  Boston  or  the  County  of  Suffolk.  He  has  the  custody  of  all  leases 
from,  and  of  all  tax  deeds  of  land  held  by,  the  City.  Annual  reports 
have  been  published  since  1876. 


ELECTION  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  111  City  Hall  Annex,  first  floor. 
[Stat.  1906,  Chap.  311;  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  560,  §78;  Rev.  Ord.  1898, 
Chap.  15;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  16;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486,  §§  53-61; 
Stat.  1910,  Chap.  520;  Stat.  1911,  Chaps.  304,  469,  517,  550,  735; 
Stat.  1912,  Chaps.  275,  471,  483,  641;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  286,  835; 
Stat.  1914,  Chap.  730;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  15;  Gen.  Stat.  1915, 
Chaps.  48,  91;  Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chaps.  16,  43,  81,  87,  179;  Gen. 
Stat.  1917,  Chap.  :9;  Gen.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  74;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps. 
129,  142;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps.  65,  93, 114,  209,  288,  340,  387;  Ord.  1921, 
Chap.  7;  Stat.  1924,  Chaps.  410,  453,  479;  Stat.  1925,  Chaps.  39, 
136.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Melancthon  W.  Burlen,  Chairman. 
Thomas  E.  Goggin,  Secretary. 


FIRE   DEPARTMENT.  63 


COMMISSIONERS. 

Frank  Seiberlich.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
James  F.  Eagan.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Melancthon  W.  Burlen.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Thomas  E.  Goggin.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

deputy  election  commissioners. 
Christina  D.  Page. 
Carrie  F.  Sheehan. 

One  Election  Commissioner  is  appointed  by  the  Mayor  each  year,  term 
beginning  April  1.  The  two  leading  political  parties  must  be  equally 
represented  on  the  Board  and  the  Chairman  is  designated  annually  by  the 
Mayor. 

The  Board  of  Registrars  of  Voters  was  appointed  in  May,  1874,  and 
was  succeeded  July  1,  1895,  by  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners. 

This  department  exercises  all  the  powers  and  duties  formerly  conferred 
upon  the  Board  of  Registrars  of  Voters  (including  the  preparation  of  the 
jury  list),  except  the  power  and  duty  of  giving  notice  of  elections  and 
fixing  the  days  and  hours  for  holding  the  same. 

The  Board  also  exercises  all  the  powers  and  duties  formerly  conferred 
upon  the  City  Clerk  and  other  officers  by  chapter  504  of  the  Acts  of  1894. 
The  voting  precincts  in  the  22  new  wards  now  number  339  instead  of  254. 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT, 
Office,  City  Building,  Bristol  street. 
{Stat.  1850,  Chap.  262;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  449,  §§  9-11;  Rev.  Ord. 
1898,  Chap.  17;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  308;  Stat.  1912,  Chap.  574;  Ord. 
1912,  Chaps.  4,  6;  Ord.  1913,  Chap.  1;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  800;  Stat. 
1914,  Chaps.  519,  795;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  16;  Ord.  1917,  Chap.  4; 
Ord.  1919,  Chap.  2;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  60,  68;  Stat.  1921,  Chap.  196; 
Stat.  1923,  Chap.  309.] 

Theodore  A.  Glynn,  Fire  Commissioner. 
Daniel  F.  Sennott,  Chief  of  Department. 
Henry  A.  Fox,  Assistant  Chief. 
Walter  M.  McLean,  First  Deputy  Chief. 
Edward  J.  Shallow,  Second  Deputy  Chief. 
Albert  J.  Caulfield,  Third  Deputy  Chief. 
Joseph  A.  Dolan,  Fourth  Deputy  Chief. 
Frank  A.  Sweeney,  Fifth  Deputy  Chief. 


64  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Henry  J.  Power,  Sixth  Deputy  Chief. 

Eugene  M.  Byington,  Superintendent,  High  Pressure  Fire  Service. 

George  L.  Fickett,  Superintendent,  Fire  Alarm  Branch. 

Walter  J.  Burke,  Superintendent,  Wire  Division. 

Edward  E.  Williamson,  Supervisor,  Motor  Apparatus. 

James  P.  Malonet,  Chief  Clerk. 

The  Boston  Fire  Department  was  organized  in  1837.  It  is  in  charge 
of  a  Commissioner,  whose  staff  consists  of  38  officers:  the  Chief,  one 
assistant  chief,  6  deputy  chiefs,  and  30  district  chiefs  (15  for  day  service, 
15  for  night)  in  charge  of  the  15  fire  districts.  In  the  88  companies  of 
the  fire-fighting  force  are  75  captains,  108  lieutenants,  53  engineers,  53 
assistant  engineers,  also  10  engineers  in  emergency  motor  squad,  and 
1,092  hosemen  and  laddermen.  Total  officers,  engineers  and  privates, 
1,429. 

There  are  62  fire  stations,  a  fire  alarm  branch  with  48  employees, 
operating  1,328  signal  boxes,  and  a  repair  shop  with  109  employees. 
Annual  reports  have  been  published  since  1838. 

Yearly  salaries  of  district  chiefs,  $3,500;  captains,  $2,500;  lieutenants, 
$2,300;  engineers,  $2,000;  ass't  engineers,  $1,900;  first  year  privates, 
$1,600,  with  annual  increase  of  $100  imtil  the  maximum  of  $2,000  is 
reached. 

In  1919  the  Wire  Department  became  the  Wire  Division  of  the  Fire  Dept. 
It  was  established  in  1894  for  the  purpose  of  supervising  and  inspecting 
all  electrical  wires,  cables  and  conductors  and  substituting  undergroimd 
for  overhead  transmission. 

On  Februarj'-  1,  1924,  the  two-platoon  system  went  into  effect  and  177 
privates  were  added  to  the  fire-fighting  force.  The  33  additional  officers 
required  were  secured  by  promotion. 

chief,  assistant  chief  and  deputy  chiefs. 
Chief,  Daniel  F.  Sennott.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  26-35,  Mason 

St. 

Assistant  Chief,  Henry  A.  Fox.     Headquarters,  Ladder  4,  Dudley  St. 
First  Division.     In  charge  of  Deputy  Chiefs  Edward  J.  Shallow  and 

Henry   J.    Power.     Headquarters,    Ladder   House   8,   Fort   Hill   sq. 

Districts  1  to  5  incl. 
Second  Division.     In  charge  of  Deputy  Chiefs  Albert  J.  Caulpield  and 

Frank  A.  Sweeney.     Headquarters,  Engine  22,   Warren  ave.     Dis- 
tricts 6,  7,  8,  11. 
Third  Division.     In  charge  of  Deputy  Chiefs  Walter  M.  McLean  and 

Joseph   A.    Dolan.     Headquarters,   Ladder   House   23,    Grove   HaU. 

Districts  9,  10,  12,  13,  14,  15. 
Bureau  of  Supplies  anb  Repairs.    In  charge  of  Dist.  Chief  William  H. 

McCorkle. 


FIRE   DEPARTMENT.  65 

FIRST   DIVISION  —  DISTRICTS,  DISTRICT   CHIEFS   AND  APPARATUS. 

District  1  (East  Boston).  Michael  F.  Silva  and  Thomas  E.  Conroy, 
Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Ladder  House  2,  Paris  st.  Apparatus  — 
Engines,  kos.  5,  9,  11,  31  (fireboat),  40,  47  (fireboat);  Ladders,  2,  21; 
Chemical,  7. 

Dist.  2  (Charlestown).  Philip  A.  Tague  and  Hamilton  A.  McClat, 
Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House  50,  Winthrop  st.  Appara- 
tus—Engines, Nos.  27,  32,  36,  50;  Ladders,  9,  22. 

Dist.  3  (Boston  Proper  and  South  Boston).  Cornelius  J.  O'Brien  and 
James  Mahoney,  Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Ladder  House  IS, 
Pittsburgh  st.  Apparatus  —  Engines,  Nos.  25,  38,  39,  44  (fireboat); 
Ladders,  8,  18;  Water  Tower,  3.     Rescue,  1. 

Dist.  4  (North  End).  Avery  B.  Howard  and  John  F.  Watson,  Dist. 
Chiefs.     Headquarters,     Engine    House    4    Bulfinch    st.     Apparatus 

—  Engines,  Nos.  4,  6,  8;  Ladders,  1,  24;  Water  Tower,  1. 

Dist.  5  (Boston  Proper).  Chas.  A.  Donohoe  and  Victor  H.  Richer, 
Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House  26-35,  Mason  st.  Appara- 
tus—Engines, Nos.  7,  10,  26,  35;  Ladder,  17. 

SECOND  DIVISION  —  DISTRICTS,  DISTRICT  CHIEFS  AND  APPARATUS. 
Dist.  6   (South  Boston).     H.   M.  Hebard  and  Michael  J.  Teehan, 

Dist.  Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  1,  Dorchester  st.     Appara- 
tus —  Engines,  Nos.  1,  2,  15,  43;  Ladders,  5,  19,  20. 
Dist.  7  (Back  Bay  and  South  End).     Thos.  H.  Downey  and  John  J. 

EIelley,  Dist.  Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  22,  Warren  ave. 

Apparatus  —  Engines,  Nos.  3,  22,  33;  Ladders,  3, 13,  15;  Water  Tower,  2. 
Dist.  8  (Roxbury).     Frank  J.  Sheeran  and  Dennis  Driscoll,  Dist. 

Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Ladder  House  12,  Tremont  st.     Apparatus  — 

Engines,  Nos.  13,  14,  37;  Ladders,  12,  26. 
Dist.  11  (Brighton).     James  F.  McMahon  and  Thomas  H.  Andreoli, 

Dist.  Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  41,  Harvard  ave.  Apparatus 

—  Engines,  Nos.  29,  34,  41,  51;  Ladders,  11,  14. 

THIRD    DIVISION  —  DISTRICTS,   DISTRICT   CHIEFS  AND  APPARATUS. 

Dist.  9  (Dorchester  North  and  Roxbury  East).  Joseph  H.  Kenney 
and  Patrick  J.  V.  Kelley,  Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House 
12,  Dudley  st.     Apparatus  —  Engines,  Nos.  12,  21,  23,  24;  Ladder,  4. 

Dist.  10  (Dorchester  Centre).  Francis  J.  Jordan  and  Chas.  H.  Long, 
Dist.  Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  18,  Harvard  st.    Apparatus 

—  Engines,  Nos.  17,  18,  52;  Ladders,  7,  29. 

Dist.  12  (Jamaica  Plain).  John  N.  Lally  and  Thos.  J.  Muldoon, 
Dist.  Chiefs.     Headquarters,  Engine  House  28,  Centre  st.     Apparatus 

—  Engines,  Nos.  28,  42;  Ladders,  10,  23,  30. 


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MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


DisT.  13  (Roslindale  and  West  Roxbury).  Michael  J.  Kennedy  and 
Wm.  F.  Quigley,  Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House  45, 
corner  Washington  and  Poplar  sts.,  Roslindale.  Apparatus  —  Engines, 
Nos.  30,  45,  53;  Ladders,  16,  25. 

DisT.  14  (Ashmont,  Neponset  and  Lower  Mills).  Allan  J.  Macdonald 
and  James  F.  Ryan,  Dist.  Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House  46, 
Peabody  sq.     Apparatus  —  Engines,  Nos.  16,  20,  46;  Ladders,  6,  27. 

Dist.  15  (Hyde  Park).  John  P  Mttrray  and  Henby  Krake,  Dist. 
Chiefs.  Headquarters,  Engine  House  48;  corner  Harvard  ave.  and 
Winthrop  st.,  Hyde  Park.  Apparatus  —  Engines,  Nos.  19,  48,  49; 
Ladder,  28. 

FIRE-ENGINES. 


Number,  Etc. 


Location. 


Chief  Officer. 


1  (Auf»  combination) . 

2  (Auto  combination) . 


3  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

4  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

5  (Auto  combination) 


6  (Auto  combination) . 

7  (Auto  combination) . 


8  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

9  (Auto  combination) 


10  (Auto  combination) . 

11  (Auto  combination) . 

12  (Auto  combination) . 

13  (Auto  combination) . 

14  (Auto  combination) . 


15  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

16  (Auto  combination) 


17  (Auto  combination) . 

18  (Auto  combination) . 

19  (Auto  combination) . 

20  (Auto  combination) . 


21  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

22  (Auto  combination) 


Dorchester  st.,  cor.  Fourth, 

South  Boston. 
Fourth  St.,  cor.  O,  S.  Boston, 

Harrison  ave.,   cor.  Bristol 

St. 

Bulfinch  street 


Marion  street,  E.  Boston. . . 

Leverett  street 

East  street 

Salem  street 

Paris  street.  East  Boston . .  . 

Mt.  Vernon  st.,  cor.  River. . 

Cor.    Saratoga   and    Byron 

streets,  East  Boston. 
Dudley  street,  Roxbury.  . .  . 

Cabot  street,  Roxbury.  . 

Centre  street,  Roxbury.  . 


Cor.    Broadway   and    Dor- 
chester avenue. 
River  street,  Dorchester. . . . 

Meeting  House  Hill,  Dor. . . 

Harvard  street,  Dorchester. 

Norfolk  street,  Dorchester.. 

Walnut  street,  Dorchester.  . 

Columbia  road,  Dorchester, 

Warren  avenue , 


Wm.  F.  Field,  Capt. 

E.  Conners,  Capt. 
G.  A.  Carney,  Capt. 
L.  C.  I.  Stickel,  Capt. 
M.  N.  Sibley,  Capt. 
Michael  D.  Sullivan,  Capt. 

F.  J.  Sullivan,  Capt. 
Napeen  Boutilier,  Capt. 
T.  J.  Flynn,  Capt. 

D.  J.  O'Brien,  Capt. 
J.  W.  Dwyer,  Capt. 
Wm.  B.  Jennings,  Capt. 
Dennis  J.  Bailey,  Capt. 
C.  C.  Springer,  Capt. 

E.  F.  Richardson,  Capt. 
John  F.  Murphy,  Capt. 
Martin  F.  Mulligan,  Capt. 
Wm.  Levis,  Capt. 

J.  J.  Gavin,  Capt. 

F.  I.  Adams,  Capt. 
F.  G.  Avery,  Capt. 
Charles  A.  Wolfe,  Capt. 


Note. —  The  "Auto  combination"  is  a  gasolene  pumping  engine,  and 
hose  reel  combined  in  one  automobile.  Five  engines  include  a  chemical 
tank,  making  a  triple  combination. 


FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 


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FIRE  ENGINES. —  Concluded. 


NuMBEB,  Etc. 


Location. 


Chief  Officer. 


23  (Auto  combination) . 

24  (Auto  combination) . 


25  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

26  (Auto  combination) 


27  (Auto  combination) . 

28  (Auto  combination) . 

29  (Auto  combination) . 

30  (Auto  combination). 

31  (Fireboat) 

32  (Auto  combination) . 


33  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

34  (Auto  combination) 


35  (Auto  combination) 

36  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

37  (Auto  combination) 


38*  and  39  (With  tractor  and 

motor  hose-chemical.) 
40  (Auto  combination) 


41  (Auto  combination) . 


42  (With  tractor  and  motor 

hose-chemical.) 

43  (Auto  combination) 


44  (Fireboat) 

45  (Auto  combination) . 

46  (Auto  combination) . 

47  Fireboat 

48  (Auto  combination) . 

49  (Auto  combination) . 

50  (Auto  combination) . 

51  (Auto  combination) . 

52  (Auto  combination) . 

53  (Auto  combination) . 


Northampton  street 

Cor.  Warren  and  Quincy  sts. 

Fort  Hill  square 

Mason  street 

Elm  street,  Charlestown 

Centre  st.,  Jamaica  Plain.  . 

Chestnut  Hill  ave.,  Brighton, 

Centre  st.,  West  Roxbury.  . 

521  Commercial  st 

Bunker  Hill  st.,  Charlestown, 

Boylston  and  Hereford  sts., 

Western  avenue,  Brighton.  . 

Mason  street 

Monument  st.,  Charlestown, 

Longwood    and    Brookline 

avenues. 
Congress  st..  South  Boston.. 

Sumner  st.,  East  Boston. . . 

Harvard  avenue,  Brighton.. 

Egleston  square 

Andrew  sq.,  South  Boston, 

Northern  ave 

Poplar  street,  Roslindale.  .  . 

Dorchester  ave  ,  Ashmont.  . 

East  Boston 


Harvard  ave.  and  Winthrop 

street,  Hyde  Park. 
Milton  and  Hamilton  streets, 

Readville. 
Winthrop  st.,  Charlestown, 

Oak  square,  Brighton 


Callendar  and  Lyons  sts., 

Dorchester. 
Walk  Hill  and  Wenham  sts., 

Forest  Hills. 


John  M.  Donovan,  Capt. 
Chas.  A.  Thompson,  Capt. 
T.  E.  Flanagan,  Capt. 
Edward  J.  Locke,  Capt. 
John  J.  Laughlin,  Capt. 
G.  H.  Hutchins,  Capt. 
E.  F.  Doody,  Capt. 
Samuel  A.  Dwight,  Capt. 
Walter  S.  Eaton,  Capt. 
J.  H.  Stout,  Capt. 
J.  P.  Hanton,  Capt. 
J.  H.  Ferreira,  Capt. 
(See  above  with  Eng.  26.) 
G.  E.  Darragh,  Capt. 

D.  F.  Crowley,  Capt. 

E.  B.  Chittick,  Capt. 
T.  J.  Lannary,  Capt. 
J.  W.  Shea,  Capt. 

M.  F.  Minehan,  Capt. 
John  McCarthy,  Capt. 
John  Williams,  Capt. 

E.  O.  Haines,  Capt. 
Wm.  Hart,  Capt. 
J.  P.  Walsh,  Capt. 
C.  A.  Fernald,  Capt. 

F.  Donohue,  Capt. 
T.  E.  Roach,  Capt. 
J.  E.  Redman,  Capt. 
L.  D.  Merrill,  Capt. 
A.  J.  Burns,  Capt. 


*  No.  38  a  steam-propelled  steamer. 


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MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


LADDER  TRUCKS. 


Number,  Etc. 

Location. 

Chief  Officer 

1   (Aerial,  with  tractor) .... 

Friend  st.,  Warren  square. 

P.  J.  Laffey,  Capt. 

2  (Aerial,  vnth  tractor) .... 

Paris  street.  East  Boston. . . 

P.  J.  Ryan,  Capt 

3  (With  tractor) 

F.  F.  Leary,  Capt. 

4  (Motor  aerial  truck) 

St. 

Dudley   st.,    cor.   Winslow, 

Rox. 
Fourtn  St.,  near  Dorchester 

St. 

River  St.,  cor.  Temple,  Dor., 

C.  T.  Farren,  Capt. 

5  (Motor  aerial  truck) 

J.  J.  Lunny,  Capt. 

6  (With  tractor) 

McDarrah  Flaherty,  Lieut. 

Daniel  W.  O'Leary,  Lieut 
J.  M.  Cook,  Capt. 

J.  F.  McDonough,  Capt. 

9  (Aerial,  with  tractor) .... 

331  Main  st.,  Cuarlestown . . 

M.  J.  Galvin,  Capt. 

10  (Motor  truck) 

659  Centre  st.,  Jamaica  PL, 
Chestnut  Hill  ave.,  Brighton, 

W.  E.  McKeever,  Lieut. 

11   (Motor  truck) 

T.  P.  Lohan,  Lieut. 

12  (Motor  aerial  truck) 

1046  Tremont  St.,  Rox 

J.  H.  Leary,  Capt. 

Warren  avenue 

Wm.  J.  Shopard,  Capt. 

14  (Motor  aerial  truck) 

Harvard  ave.,  Allston 

F.  R.  Brophy,  Capt. 

15  (Motor  aerial  truck) 

Boylston  St.,  cor.  Hereford. . 

G.  F.  Doyle,  Capt. 

16  (Motor  truck) 

Poplar  St.,  Roslindale 

F.  W.  Battis,  Capt. 

17  (Aerial,  with  tractor) 

157  Harrison  ave 

T.  F.  Donovan,  Capt. 

Pittsburgh  st 

M.  J.  Prendergast,  Capt. 

19  (Motor  truck) 

E.  Fourth  St.,  near  K,  S.  B., 

E.  T.  Cunniff,  Lieut. 

20  (With  tractor) 

Andrew  sq.,  S.  Boston 

M.  F.  Conley,  Capt. 

21   (Motor  truck) 

Saratoga    and    Byron    sts.. 

P.  F.  McLeavey,  lieut. 

22  (With  tractor) 

E.  B. 
44  Monument  st.,  Charles- 

Chas.  Ingersoll,  Capt. 

23  (Motor  truck) 

town. 
Grove  Hall,  Dor 

D.  M.  Shaughnessy,  Capt. 

24  (Motor  truck) 

25  (With  tractor) 

Centre  st.,   near   Bellevue, 
West  Roxbury. 

W.  F.  Heldt,  Capt. 

26  (With  tractor) 

P.  H.  Kenney,  Lieut. 

27  (Motor  truck) 

avenues. 
Walnut  street.  Dor 

J.  F.  O'Connell,  Capt. 

28  (Motor  truck) 

Harvard  ave.  and  Winthrop 

St.,  H.  P. 
Callender  and   Lyons   sts.. 

Dor. 
Egleston  square,  Rox 

29  (Motor  truck  with  chem- 

ical.) 

30  (Motor  truck  with  chem- 

ical.) 

T.  F.  McGowan,  Lieut. 
W.  A.  J.  Drinan,  Capt. 

HEALTH   DEPARTMENT. 


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CHEMICAL  ENGINES  (separate),  water  towers,  etc. 


Number,  Etc. 


Location. 


Chief  Officer. 


CHEMICAL. 

7  (Motor,  with  hose) .  .  . 

WATER    TOWERS,    ETC 

1  (With  tractor) 

2  (With  tractor) 

3  (With  tractor) 

4  Motor  Rescue  Car 


Sarato!;a  st.,  cor.  Prescott, 
E.  B. 


Bulfinch  street.  . 
Bristol  street .... 
Pittsburgh  street 
Fort  Hill  square. 


J.  J.  Blakeley,  Lieut. 

T.  J.  Kenealey,  Lieut. 
J.  H.  Williams,  Lieut. 
D.  J.  Coughlin,  Lieut. 
D.  J.  Hurley,  Capt. 


TOTAL  EQUIPMENT  IN  USE  AND  IN  RESERVE. 

In  Use:  Auto  combination  gasoline  engines,  46;  triple  combination 
gasoline  engines,  5;  tractor-drawn  steamers,  3;  1  steam-auto  engine; 
3  marine  pumpers  or  fireboats;  total  engines,  £8;  combination  chemical 
and  hose  cars,  40;  auto  ladder  trucks,  30  (14  aerial);  auto  water  towers,  3; 
officers'  cars,  34;  auto  delivery  trucks,  12;  one  rescue  company  auto  with 
pulmotors,  etc.;  one  auto  wrecker;  total  automobiles,  176,  of  which  130 
are  apparatus;  salt  wagons,  14;  hose  and  other  pungs,  65.  Leading  hose, 
149,309  feet,  and  suction  hose,  2,505  feet. 

In  Reserve:  Auto  gasoline  engines,  5;  tractor-drawn  steamers,  12;  one 
self-propelled  steam  engine  (No.  35);  auto  chemical  and  hose  cars,  6; 
auto  ladder  trucks,  10  (4  aerial);  one  auto  water  tower;  7  officers'  cars. 

BOSTON   firemen's  RELIEF   FUND. 

By  Chapter  308,  Acts  of  1909,  amended  by  Chapter  134,  Acts  of  1911, 
the  Fire  Commissioner  and  12  members  of  the  Fire  Dept.,  to  be  elected 
annually  by  all  the  members,  are  constituted  a  corporate  body  for  the 
purpose  of  holding  and  administering  the  Firemen's  ReUef  Fund.  This 
incorporation  supersedes  that  of  1880.  On  February  1,  1923,  the  fund 
amounted  to  $254,000. 


HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 
Main  oflSice,  1108,  City  Hall  Annex,  eleventh  floor. 
Stat.  1854,  Chap.  448,  §  40;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  449,  §  19;  Rev.  Ord. 
1898,  Chap.  18;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  19;  Stat.  1902,  Chaps.  206, 
213;  Stat.  1906,  Chap.  225;  Stat.  1907,  Chaps.  386,  445,  480;  Stat. 
1908,  Chaps.  329,  411;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  380;  Stat.  1910,  Chaps. 
269,  640;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  287;  Stat.  1912,  Chaps.  448,  486;  Stat. 


70  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

1913,  Chap.  586;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  627,  628;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chaps. 
17,  40;  Ord.  1914,  2d  Series,  Chap.  1;  Ord.  1915,  Chap.  1;  Spec.  Stat. 
1915,  Chap.  346;  Ord.  1915,  Chaps.  3  and  4;  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chap. 
163;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  100;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps.  94,  111;  Stat,  1922, 
Chap.  61.j 

OFFICIALS. 

Fkancis  X.  Mahoney,  M.D.,  Health  Commissioner. 

Terms  ends  in  1926. 
Stephen  L.  Maloney,  Secretary  and  Chief  Clerk. 

DEPUTY   COMMISSIONERS. 

M.  Victor  Safford,  M.D.,  Medical  DiAsion. 

Frederick  J.  Bailey,  M.D.,  in  charge  of  Communicable  Diseases. 

Karl  R.  Bailey,  M.D.,  Laboratory  Division. 

P.  H.  Mullowney,  M.D.V.,  Division  of  Food  Inspection. 

Thomas  J.  Donnellon,  Division  of  Sanitary  Inspection. 

Frederick  S.  Davis,  Division  of  Vital  Statistics,  Records  and  Accounts. 

CHIEF   division   ASSISTANTS. 

Alexander  Burr,  M.D.V.,  Veterinarian  in  charge  of  Abattoir  Inspection. 
Robert  E.  Dyer,  D.V.S.,  Veterinarian  in  charge  of  Dairy  Inspection. 
James  O.  Jordan,  Inspector  of  Milk. 

The  first  Board  of  Health  in  Boston  was  estabhshed  in  1799,  under 
the  special  statute  of  February  13,  1799.  It  was  abolished  by  the  first 
City  Chart-er,  and  from  1822  to  1873  its  functions  were  exercised  through 
the  City  Council.  The  last  Board  of  Health  was  estabhshed  by  an  ordi- 
nance of  December  2,  1872.  It  published  annual  reports,  beginning 
with  1873.  By  Chap.  1,  Ord.  1914,  2d  Series,  the  department  was  placed 
in  charge  of  one  executive,  the  Health  Commissioner,  who  appoints 
the  deputy  commissioners.  Chap.  1,  Ord.  1915,  provided  that  the  quaj- 
antine  service  should  pass  from  the  control  of  the  Health  Dept.  when  the 
property  was  leased  to  the  United  States  (in  effect  June  1,  1915). 


HOSPITAL   DEPARTMENT. 

Office  at  the  Boston  City  Hospital,  818  Harrison  avenue. 

[Stat.  1880,  Chap.  174;  Stat.  1893,  Chap.  91;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  18; 

C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  20;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  34;  Stat.  1922, 

Chap.  521,  §§  18,  19;  Stat.  1924,  Chap.  70.] 

officials. 
Joseph  P.  Manning,  President. 
Thomas  A.  Forsyth,  Secretary. 


HOSPITAL   DEPARTMENT.  71 

TRUSTEES.  * 

Carl  Dreyfus.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
Thomas  A.  Forsyth.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
George  G.  Sears,  M.D.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Henry  S.  Rowen,  M.D.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Joseph  P.  Manning.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Boston  City  Hospital  was  opened  on  June  1,  1864.  Besides  the 
Main  Hospital,  the  Trustees  have  charge  of  the  South  Department  for 
infectious  diseases,  the  Convalescent  Home  at  2150  Dorchester  avenue, 
Dorchester,  the  Haymarket  Square  ReUef  Station,  the  East  Boston  Relief 
Station,  and  the  West  Department,  West  Roxbury  (at  present  leased  to 
U.  S.  Government). 

The  Trustees  are  incorporated  and  authorized  to  receive  and  hold  real 
and  personal  estate  bequeathed  or  devised  to  said  corporation  to  an  amount 
not  exceeding  $1,000,000. 

hospital  officers. 

John  J.  Dowling,  M.D. — Superintendent  and  Medical  Director.  Resi- 
dence and  office  at  the  Hospital. 

Edmund  W.  Wilson,  M.D. —  Assistant  Superintendent. 

James  W.  Manary,  M.D. —  First  Executive  Assistant  and  Director  of  Out- 
Patient  Departments. 

Francis  S.  Brodrick,  M.D. —  Second  Executive  Assistant. 

M.  Winthrop  O'Connell,  M.D. —  Third  Executive  Assistant. 

Donald  S.  McKinnon,  M.D. —  Fourth  Executive  Assistant. 

Robert  M.  Coleman,  M.D. —  Night  Executive  Assistant. 

Michael  McGarty,  M.D. —  Resident  Surgeon. 

Daniel  C.  Goldfarb,  M.D. —  Resident  Ancesthetist. 

F.  B.  Mallory,  M.B.— Pathologist. 

Francis  W.  Peabody,  M.D. —  Director  of  Thorndike  Laboratory. 

Paul  F.  Butler. —  Rcentgenologist-in-Chief. 

medical  and  surgical  staff. 

Consulting  Physicians  and  Surgeons. —  Edwaxd  H.  Bradford,"  M.D., 
Vincent  Y.  Bowditch,  M.D.,  Abner  Post,  M.D.,  Hayward  W.  Gushing, 
M.D.,  Francis  S.  Watson,  M.D.,  George  H.  Monks,  M.D.,  Morton  Prince, 
M.D.,  Elliott  P.  Joslin,  M.D.,  Henry  Jackson,  M.D.,  George _G.  Sears, 
M.D.,  John  Bapst  Blake,  M.D. 

Consulting  Pathologist. — ■  William  T.  Councilman,  M.D. 

Consultant  in  Tropical  Diseases. —  Richard  P.  Strong,  M.D. 

Consultant  in  Ophthalmology. —  Allen  Greenwood,  M.D. 

Consulting  Aural  Surgeon. —  Rockwell  A.  Coffin,  M.D. 

Curator  of  the  Hospital  Museum: —  Townsend  W,  Thorndike,  M.D. 

Senior  Physician. — ■  Francis  H.  Williams,  M.D. 

*  The  Trustees  serve  without  compensation. 


72  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Visiting  P/?,ystao?is.— William  H.  Robey,  M.D.,  Ralph  C.  Larrabee, 
M.D.,  Franklin  W.  White,  M.D.,  Edwin  A.  Locke,  M.D.,  Edward  N. 
Libby,  M.D.,  Francis  W.  Peabody,  M.D.,  Francis  W.  Palfrey,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Physicians.—  Cadis  Phipps,  M.D.,  Harold  W.  Dana, 
M.D.,  Thomas  J.  O'Brien,  M.D.,  Albert  A.  Hornor,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Physicians.— Wi]\isLm  R.  Ohler,  M.D.,  Edmund  F. 
Walsh,  M.D.,  Bm-ton  E.  Hamilton,  M.D.,  Harry  A.  Nissen,  M.D.,  Joseph 
M.  Lynch,  M.D.,  Joseph  E.  Hallisey,  M.D.,  John  A.  Foley,  M.D.,  George 
C.  Shattuck,  M.D.,  Louis  J.  UUian,  M.D.,  Dwight  O'Hara,  M.D.,  Henry 
Jackson,  Jr.,  M.D.,  Frank  S.  Cruickshank,  M.D.,  Daniel  J.  Hogan,  M.D., 
Louis  F.  Curran,  M.D.,  Joseph  T.  Wearn,  M.D. 

Senior  Surgeon. — •  George  W.  Gay,  M.D. 

Surgeons-in-Chief. —  Fanl  Thorndike,  M.D.,  Fred  B.  Lund,  M.D., 
Howard  A.  Lothrop,  M.D.,  Frederic  J.  Cotton,  M.D.,  Joshua  C.  Hub- 
bard, M.D.,  David  D.  Scannell,  M.D. 

Visiting  Surgeons. —  Horace  Binney,  M.D.,  Arthur  R.  Kimpton,  M.D., 
Robert  C.  Cochrane,  M.D.,  Halsey  B.  Loder,  M.D.,  Irving  J.  Walker, 
M.D 

Assistant  Visiting  Surgeo7is. —  Otto  J.  Hermann, 'M.D.,  Somers  Eraser, 
M.D.,  Francis  F.  Henderson,  M.  D.,  Herbert  H.  Howard,  M.D.,  James  J. 
Hepburn,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Surgeons. —  Donald  Munro,  M.D.,  Edward  Harding, 
M.D.,  Joseph  H.  Shortell,  M.D.,  Augustus  Riley,  M.D.,  Wm.  R.  Morrison, 
M.D. 

Assista7its  to  Visiting  Surgeons. —  Thomas  K.  Richards,  M.D.,  Thomas 
W.  Wickham,  M.D.,  George  W.  Papen,  M.D.,  Charles  C.  Lund,  M.D., 
Joseph  H.  Burnett,  M.D.,  E.  Everett  O'Neil,  M.D.,  Wm.  F.  Cotting, 
M.D.,  John  J.  Lucy,  M.D.,  Howard  A.  Bouv6,  M.D.,  Gerald  L.  Doherty, 
M.D. 

Senior  Surgeon  for  Gynaecology  and  Obstetrics. —  Charles  M.  Green,  M.D. 

Surgeon-in-Chiej  jor  Gynaecology  and  Obstetrics. —  Nathaniel  R.  Mason, 
M.D. 

Visiting  Surgeon  for  Gyncecology  and  Obstetrics. —  Robert  M.  Green,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Surgeons  for  Gynaecology  and  Obstetrics.—  John  T. 
Williams,  M.D.,  Frederick  L.  Good,  M.D.,  Joseph  P.  Cohen,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Surgeons  for  Gyncecology  and  Obstetrics. —  Harold  V. 
Hyde,  M.D.,  Frederick  J.  Lynch,  M.D.,  Reginald  D.  Margeson,  M.D. 

Ophthalmic  Surgeon-in-Chief. —  (Position  vacant.) 

Assistant  Visiting  Ophthalmic  Surgeons. —  Jeremiah  J.  Corbett,  M.D., 
L.  Colby  Rood,  M.D.,  Leon  W.  Jessaman,  M.D. 

Asst.  Visitmg  Ophthalmic  Surgeons. —  Joseph  J.  Skirball,  M.D.,  Harry 
Schwartzman,  M.D. 

Surgeon-in-Chief  for  Diseases  of  Ear  and  Throat. —  Harry  P.  Cahill,  M.D 
Visiting  Surgeon  for  Diseases  of  Ear  and  Throat. — ^  Louis  M.  Freedman 
M.D. 


HOSPITAL   DEPARTMENT.  73 

Visiting  Surgeon  for  Oral  and  Plastic  Surgery. —  Varaztad  H.  Kazanjian, 
M.D. 

Assisting  Visiting  Surgeons  for  Diseases  of  Ear  and  Throat. —  William 
T.  Haley,  M.D.,  Edward  J.  Monahan,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Surgeons  for  Diseases  of  Ear  and  Throat. —  Philip  E.  A. 
Sheridan,  M.D.,  William  F.  Regan,  M.D.,  Edmund  J.  Butler,  M.D, 
Philip  R.  Dwver,  M.D.,  Chester  R.  Mills,  M.D.,  Francis  G.  Miniter. 
M.D. 

Oral  Surgeon-in-Chief.—  Stephen  P.  Mallett,  D.M.D. 

Visiting  Oral  Surgeons. —  William  H.  Canavan,  D.M.D.,  Thomas 
Hennessey,  D.M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Oral  Surgeons. —  Douglass  M.  Baker,  D.M.D.,  Geo. 
F.  Winchester,  D.M.D. 

Visiting  Ancesthetists . —  Frank  L.  Richardson,  M.D.,  Nathaniel  N. 
Morse,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Anesthetist. — 'Lincoln  F.  Sise,  M.D. 

Visiting  Physician  for  Neurology. —  Arthur  W.  Fairbanks,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Physicians  for  Neurology. —  Abraham  Myerson, 
M.D.,  Miner  H.  A.  Evans,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Physician  for  Neurology. —  Percy  L.  Dodge,  M.D. 

Physician-in-Chief  for  Physical  Therapeutics. —  Frank  B.  Granger,  M.D. 

Visiting  Physician  for  Physical  Therapeutics. — ■  Robert  Bonney,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Physician  for  Physical  Therapeutics. —  Joseph  Resnik, 
M.D. 

Physician-in-Chief  for  Diseases  of  the  Skin. — ■  Townsend  W.  Thorndike, 
M.D. 

Visiting  Physician  for  Diseases  of  the  Skin. —  William  P.  Boardman, 
M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Physician  for  Diseases  of  the  Skin. — •  M.  C.  von  Groll, 
M.D.,  Walter  T.  Garfield,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Physicians  for  Diseases  of  the  Skin. —  John  G.  Downing, 
M.D.,  Bernard  Appel;  M.D. 

Paihologist-in-Chief.      Frank  B.  Mallory,  M.D. 

Physician  for  Contagious  Diseases. —  Dr.  Edwin  H.  Place,  M.D. 

Roentgenologist-in-Chief. —  Paul  F.  Butler,  M.D. 

Visiting  Roentgenologist. —  Max  Ritvo,  M.D. 

Asst.  Visiting  Roentgenologist. —  Isaac  Gerber,  M.D 

Physician-in-Chief  for  Immunology.—  George  P.  Sanborn,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Physicians  for  Immunology. —  Edmund  F.  Walsh, 
M.D.,  LeRoy  A.  Luce,  M.D. 

Pediatrician-in-Chief. —  Martin  J.  English,  M.D. 

Visiting  Pediatrician. —  Thomas  E.  Buckman,  M.D. 

Assistant  Visiting  Pediatrician. —  Augustine  W.  McGarry,  M.D. 

Junior  Visiting  Pediatricians. —  Eli  Friedman,  M.D.,  Edward  S.  O'Keefe, 
M.D.,  John  J.  Dunphy,  M.D. 

SOUTH   DEPARTMENT. 

Medical  Director. —  John  J.  DowHng,  M.D. 
Physician-in-Chief. —  Edwin  H.  Place,  M.D. 

Assistant  Physicians. —  Lee  E.  Sutton,  M.D..  Maurice  Prizer,  M.D., 
Fred  Heimlich,  M.D. 


74  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

HATMARKET   SQUARE    RELIEF   STATION, 

Resident  Surgeons. —  John  G.  Breslin,  M.D.,  Bernard  F.  Devine,  M.D. 

EAST  BOSTON   RELIEF  STATION. 

Resident  Surgeons. —  Arthur  G.  Holland,  M.D.,  Edward  T.   Downey, 
M.D. 

PHYSICIANS   TO   THE    CONVALESCENT   HOME. 

John  P.  Treanor,  M.D.  Henry  F.  R.  Watts,  M.D. 

Bradford  Kent,  M.D. 


INSTITUTIONS   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  804-809  City  Hall  Annex. 

[Special  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  222;  Ord.  1920,  Chap.  7;  Stat.  1921,  Chap.  173; 
Stat.  1922,  Chap.  231;  Ord.  1924,  Chaps.  9,  10.] 

David  J.  Johnson,  M.D.,  Commissioner.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

Margaret  Foley,  Deputy  Commissioner. 

John  J.  Ryan,  Swpt.  of  Long  Island  Almshouse  and  Hospital. 

By  Chap.  9,  Ordinances  of  1924,  the  Penal  Division  of  this  department 
was  separated  therefrom  and  established  as  the  Penal  Institutions  De- 
partment, to  be  in  charge  of  one  commissioner.  This  official  has  the 
control  and  active  management  of  the  House  of  Correction  and  Deer 
Island. 

The  above-mentioned  ordinance  supersedes  Chap*.  7,  Ord.  of  1920  only 
so  far  as  concerns  the  fourth  or  Penal  Division  of  the  Institutions  Dept. 
The  Infirmary  and  Child  Welfare  management  remain  in  charge  of  the 
Institutions  Commissioner. 

The  Boston  Almshouse  and  Hospital  (now  known  as  the  Infirmary) 
was  estabhshed  on  Long  Island  in  1887  and  today  its  extensive  plant  con- 
sists of  9  large  and  6  small  buildings  valued  at  $1,018,200.  In  1924  the 
number  of  inmates  cared  for  was  2,170  or  1,568  men  and  612  women.  The 
two  schools  formerly  in  charge  of  the  Children's  Inst.  Trustees  having 
been  discontinued,  the  Parental  School  in  1914  and  the  Suffolk  School  for 
Boys  in  1920,  the  child  welfare  activities  are  now  confined  to  a  placing- 
out  system  whereby  neglected  and  dependent  children  committed  bj^  the 
courts  are  boarded  or  indentured  in  country  famUies  in  Massachusetts. 
DiscipUnary  day  schools  are  maintained  by  the  School  Committee  to  take 
care  of  such  juvenile  offenders  as  were  formerlj'  committed  to  the  said 
training  schools. 

The  institution  steamboat,  "George  A.  Hibbard,"  is  maintained  for 
Long  Island  transportation  service. 


LIBRARY   DEPARTMENT.  75 

LAW   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  11  Beacon  Street. 

[Ord.  1904,  Chap.  23;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  20.] 

E.  Mabk  Sullivan,  Corporation  Counsel.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

Joseph  P.  Lyons,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Joseph  A.  Campbell,  Assista7it  Corporation  Counsel. 

Andrew  J.  Casey,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Daniel  J.  Kane,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Samuel  Silverman,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

H.  Murray  Pakulski,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

P.  Nicholas  Petrocelli,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Leo  Schwartz,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Hale  Power,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Daniel  J.  Gillen,  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel. 

Walter  J.  O'Malley,  City  Conveyancer. 

Lucius  F.  Hicks,  City  Conveyancer. 

Edward  McGrath,  Claim  Agent. 

The  office  of  "Attorney  and  Solicitor"  was  established  in  1827;  the 
office  of  Corporation  Counsel  and  that  of  City  Solicitor  in  1881.  The 
office  of  City  Solicitor  was  abolished  and  the  department  placed  under  the 
sole  charge  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  in  1904. 


LIBRARY   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  Central  Library  Building,  Copley  square. 

[Stat.  1878,  Chap.  114;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  24;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap. 23; 
Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  21;  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  116.[ 

officials. 
Louis  E.  Kirstein,  President. 
Michael  J.  Murray,  Vice-President. 
Charles  F.  D.  Belden,  Director. 
Frank  H.  Chase,  Reference  Librarian. 

TRUSTEES.* 

William  A.  Gaston.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
Louis  E.  Kirstein.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
Guy  W.  Currier.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Arthur  T.  Connolly.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Michael  J.  Murray.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

*  The  Trustees  serve  without  compensation, 


76  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

The  Trustees  of  the  PubHc  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston,five  in  number, 
are  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  one  each  year,  for  a  term  of  five  yeais.  They 
were  incorporated  in  1878,  and  authorized  to  receive  and  hold  real  and 
personal  estate  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  $1,000,000.  This  amount 
was  changed  to  $10,000,000  in  1919.  The  first  Trustees  were  appointed 
under  an  ordinance  of  October  14,  1852.  The  old  Library  BuUding  on 
Boylston  street  was  opened  to  the  public  in  September,  1858,  and  closed 
finally  in  January,  1895.  The  Central  Library  Building  on  Copley  square, 
costing  $2,756,384,  was  first  opened  on  March  11,  1895.  The  Library 
is  maintained  by  an  annual  appropriation  included  in  the  regular  budget 
of  the  City  Government.  Of  this  appropriation  ($828,567  in  1924) 
about  $100,000  was  used  for  the  purchase  of  books  and  periodicals.  The 
46  Library  trust  funds  in  the  custody  of  the  City  Treasurer  amounted  to 
$715,278  on  February  1,  1925. 

The  annual  reports,  the  first  of  which  appeared  in  1852,  have  been 
continued  without  interruption. 

LIBRARY  SYSTEM. 

The  Library  system  consists  of  the  Central  Library  in  Copley  souare; 
seventeen  major  branch  libraries  with  independent  collections  of  books 
and  fourteen  minor  branches.  There  were,  on  February  1,  1925,  in  the 
Central  Library  (including  mechanical  departments),  branch  libraries  and 
reading  rooms,  about  600  employees. 

Besides  the  daily  delivery  of  books  called  for  at  the  various  branches, 
199  public  and  parochial  schools,  42  institutions  and  58  fire-company 
houses  are  regularly  supplied. 

For  reading  and  reference  the  Library  is  open  to  all  without  formality. 
On  February  1,  1925,  there  were  123,994  cardholders  having  the  right  to 
draw  books  for  home  use.  The  total  number  of  volumes  was  1,333,264, 
and  of  newspapers  and  periodicals  something  over  3,000.  Books  issued 
in  1924,  for  home  use  and  for  use  through  schools  and  institutions,  num- 
bered 3,132,194. 

CENTRAL    LIBRARY,    COPLEY    SQUARE. 

Lending  and  reference,  986,401  volumes. 

Periodical  reading-rooms,  1,495  periodicals. 

Newspaper  reading-room,  276  current  newspapers. 

Patent  Library,  17,551  volumes. 

Bates  Hall  for  reading  and  reference.  About  10,000  volumes  are 
on  open  shelves. 

Other  Activities.  The  Fine  Arts  Department  has  facilities  for  copying 
and  photographing,  a  collection  of  photographs  of  architecture,  sculpture 
and  painting,  numbering  69,475  (including  process  pictures),  besides 
illustrated  books,  portfolios,  etc.,  and  1 1,085  lantern  slides.  Special  assist- 
ance is  offered  to  classes,  travel  clubs,  etc.  Free  lectures,  mostly  on  art 
topics,  are  given  during  the  winter  season.  The  room  for  younger  readers 
has  about  10,000  volumes  on  open  shelves  for  reading  and  circulation.     A 


LIBRARY    DEPARTMENT.  77 

Teachers'  Reference  Room  is  maintained,  and  reference  books  are  reserved 
for  use  in  connection  with  University  Extension  courses.  Story  telling 
for  children  is  regularly  conducted  under  expert  direction  at  the  Central 
Library  and  principal  branches.  On  the  ground  floor  of  the  Central 
Library  near  the  main  entrance  are  three  rooms,  wherein  is  provided  a 
community  and  general  information  service.  In  one  room  is  maintained 
a  classified  collection  of  some  3,000  current  Federal  documents,  including 
congressional,  departmental  and  miscellaneous  publications.  Current 
Massachusetts  documents  are  also  to  be  found  in  this  room.  Another 
room  contains  on  open  shelves  a  classified  collection  of  general  literature 
for  circulation,  consisting  of  about  2,500  volumes.  The  Library  is  open 
from  9  A.M.  to  10  P.M.;  Sundays  from  12  M.  to  10  P.M.;  closed  at  9 
P.M.  from  June  15  to  September  15. 

BRANCH   LIBRARIES. 

The  17  major  branch  libraries  are  open  on  week  days  from  9  A.  M.  to 
9  P.  M.,  with  some  variation  of  hom-s  in  summer.  Most  of  them  are  open 
on  Sundays,  from  2  to  9  P.  M.,  November  to  April. 

Brighton  Branch,  18,320  volumes.  Reading-room,  54  periodicals. 
Holton  Library  Building,  Academy  HiU  road. 

Charlkstown  Branch,  14,356  volumes.  Reading-room,  57  periodi- 
cals.    Monument  square,  corner  Monument  avenue. 

CoDMAN  Square  Branch,  9,119  volumes.  Reading-room.  52  periodi- 
cals.    Washington,  corner  Norfolk  street. 

Dorchester  Branch,  14,251  volumes.  Reading-room,  56  periodicals. 
Arcadia,  corner  Adams  street. 

East  Boston  Branch,  21,074  volumes.  Reading-room,  61  periodicals. 
276-282  Meridian  street. 

Hyde  Park  Branch,  33,447  volumes.  Reading-room,  56  periodicals. 
Harvard  avenue,  corner  Winthrop  street. 

Jamaica  Plain  Branch,  17,589  volumes.  Reading-room,  50  periodi- 
cals.    Sedgwick,  corner  South  street. 

Mt.  Bowdoin  Branch,  8,670  volumes,  42  periodicals.  Washington, 
corner  Eldon  street. 

North  End  Branch,  10,449  volumes.  Reading-room,  43  periodicals. 
3A  North  Bennet  street. 

RosLiNDALE  BRANCH,  10,752  volumes;  46  periodicals.  Washington, 
near  Ashland  street. 

Fellowes  Athen^um  Branch,  36,370  volumes.  Reading-room,  74 
periodicals.     46  Millmont  street. 

South  Boston  Branch,  18,739  volumes.  Reading-room,  63  periodicals. 
372  West  Broadway. 

South  End  Branch,  13,955  volumes.  Reading-room,  49  periodicals. 
West  Brookline  street,  corner  Shawmut  avenue. 


78  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Upham's  Coeneb  Bbanch,  13,003  volumes.  Reading-room,  53  peri- 
odicals.    Columbia  road,  corner  Bird  street. 

Waiirkn  Stkket  Bkajsch,  9,454  volumes;  48  periodicals.  392  Warren 
street. 

Wkst  End  Branch,  20,102  volumes.  Reading-room,  64  periodicals. 
Cambridge  street,  corner  Lynde  street. 

Wp;st  Roxbury  Branch,  13,982  volumes.  Reading-room,  .54  periodi- 
cals.    Centre,  near  Mt.  Vernon  street. 

The  14  minor  branches,  mostly  located  in  the  outlying  districts,  are 
open  on  week  days  from  2  to  9  P.  M.  Most  of  them  are  open  on  Sundays 
for  the  same  hours  from  November  to  April.  They  contain  from  2,200 
to  7,200  volumes  and  23  to  38  periodicals. 


MARKET   DEPARTMENT. 

OflBce  in  Rotunda  of  Faneuil  Hall  Market. 

[Rev.  Ord.  1898  (now  Rev.  Ord.  1914),  Chap.  1,  §  4,  tenth  to  twelfth;  Rev. 
Ord.  1914,  Chap.  22  and  Chap.  40,  §§  29-34;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  449, 
§  26;  Ord.  1923,  Chap.  G.] 

Patrick  H.  Gbaham,  Superintendent  of  Markets.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
Peteb  .J.  Connolly,  Clerk  and  Deputy  Superintendent. 

Fanf:uil  Hall  Market,  proposed  by  Mayor  Quincy  and  completed  during 
hia  administration  in  1826,  was  under  the  charge  of  a  Clerk  of  the  Market 
until  an  ordinance  of  September  9,  1852,  established  the  office  of  Super- 
intendent. Faneuil  Hall  Market  includes  the  lower  floor,  porches  and 
cellar  of  the  buildings  called  respectively  Faneuil  Hall  and  Quincy  Market. 
The  Superintendent  may  assign  stands  within  their  limits;  and  it  is  his 
duty,  from  time  to  time,  to  lease  the  stalls  in  the  market  at  rents  not  less 
than  those  established  by  the  City  Council.  The  market  police  are 
appointed  by  the  Police  Commissioner  and  under  his  control. 

As  a  municipal  enterprise  the  Quincy  Market  has  been  steadily  profitable, 
yielding  a  total  net  income  in  rentals,  etc.,  of  about  $4,500,000  in  the  past  70 
years.  Faneuil  Hall  Market  yields  $15,000  to  $16,000  net  yearly  income, 
or  about  one-sixth  that  of  Quincy  Market. 


OVERSEERS   OF  THE   PUBLIC   WELFARE. 

(Formerly  Overseers  op  the  Poor.] 

Office,  Charity  Building,  43  Hawkins  street. 

[Stat.  1864,  Chap.  128;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  27;  C.C,  Title  IV.,  Chap. 

27;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  538;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  763;  Rev.  Ord.  1914, 

Chap.  23;  Stat.  1921,  Chap.  146.] 


PARK  DEPARTMENT.  79 

OFFICIALS. 

Simon  E.  Hecht,  Chairman. 
Walter  V.  McCarthy,  Secretary. 
Franklin  P.  Daly,  Treasurer. 

OVERSEERS.* 

Terms  end  in  1928. 
James  H.  Stone.  Mrs.  Margaret  J.  Gookin. 

Mrs.  Jeremiah  J.  Hurley.  Frank  Leveroni. 

Terms  end  in  1927. 
George  A.  Rockwell.  Joseph  F.  Feeney. 

Morris  Bronstein.  Sophie  M.  Friedman. 

Terms  end  in  1926. 

Franklin  P.  Daly.  Simon  E.  Hecht. 

Margaret  E.  Leahy.  Charles  F.  Hale. 

The  Overseers  of  the  Poor  in  the  Town  of  Boston,  a  corporation  estab- 
lished in  1772  by  act  of  the  Legislature,  were  succeeded  in  1864  by  the 
corporation  called  "Overseers  of  the  Poor  in  the  City  of  Boston,"  consist- 
ing of  twelve  residents  of  Boston,  four  of  whom  are  appointed  annually 
to  serve  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  May.  The  Board 
has  issued  annual  reports  since  1865. 

The  Overseers  of  the  Poor  are  also  incorporated  as  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  John  Boylston's  and  other  charitable  funds. 

In  charge  of  the  Overseers  are  the  Wayfarers'  Lodge  on  Hawkins  street, 
opened  in  1878,  which  gives  free  lodging  to  homeless  men  who  are  out  of 
employment,  but  exacts  work  in  its  woodyard  for  meals  furnished;  and 
the  Temporary  Home  onChardon  street  for  destitute  women  and  children, 
opened  in  1870.  The  total  amount  of  the  17  permanent  charity  funds  in 
the  custody  of  the  Overseers  on  Feb.  1,  1925,  was  $1,015,063,  the  annual 
income  from  which  (about  $37,000)  is  distributed  to  pensioners  according 
to  the  intentions  of  the  donors  of  the  funds. 


PARK   DEPARTMENT. 

Offices,  33  Beacon  Street. 

(Stat.  1875,  Chap.  185;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  28;  C.C,  Title  IV.,  Chap. 
24;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  435,  540;  Ord.  1912,  Chap.  10;  Ord.  1913, 
Chap.  5;  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  3;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  24;  Ord.  1920, 
Chap.  13;  Ord.  1922,  Chaps.  5,  7;  Stat.  1923,  Chap.  309;  Ord.  1923, 
Chaps.  8,  12.] 

*  The  Overseers  serve  without  compensation. 


80  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

COMMISSIONERS. 

James  B.  Shea.    Term  ends  in  1928. 
Myron  P.  Lewis.*     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Charles  A.  Coolidge.*    Term  ends  in  1926. 

OFFICIALS. 

James  B.  Shea,  Chairman. 

William  P.  Long,  Deputy  Commissioner. 

Daniel  J.  Byrne,  Secretary  and  Chief  Clerk. 

Charles  A.  Hogan,  Superintendent  of  Parks. 

James  L.  Walsh,  Physical  Director. 

John  J.  Murphy,  Engineer. 
The  first  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  was  appointed  on  July  8,  1875. 
The  Board  consisted  of  three  members  who  served  without  compensation. 
As  thus  constituted,  the  department  continued  up  to  1913,  when,  by  the 
provisions  of  Chapter  10,  Ordinances  of  1912,  it  was  merged  with  the 
Public  Grounds,  Bath  and  Music  Departments,  under  the  name  of  Park 
and  Recreation  Department.  In  1920  the  Cemetery  Department  was 
merged  with  the  ParK  Department,  the  latter  title  being  substituted  for 
Park  and  Recreation  Dept. 

Parks,  Etc.,  with  Location,  Area  and  Year  Acquired. 

MAIN  PARK  system.  Acres. 

Arborway,  Prince  St.  to  Franklin  Park,  1892 36.00 

X  Arnold  Arboretum  and  Bussey  Park,  South,  Centre  and  Walter 

sts.,  1882,  1895 223.00 

Back  Bay  Fens,  Beacon  st.  to  Brookhne  ave.,  1877        .       .       .  116.99 

Common,  Tremont  to  Charles  and  Beacon  to  Boylston  st.,  1634.  t  48.40 

Commonwealth  ave.,  ArUngton  st.  to  Newton  Une,  1894-1905  .  112,70 
Franklin  Park  (1883-84)  and  Zoological  Garden  (1912),  Seaverto 

Morton  St.  and  Blue  Hill  ave.  to  Forest  Hills  St.  .  .  .  527.00 
Olmsted  Park,  Huntington  ave.  to  Prince  St.,  1890        .        .       .180.00 

**  Avenue  Louis  Pasteur,  Longwood  ave.  to  the  Fenway,  1922,  3.19 
Public  Garden,  Charles  to  Arhngton  and  Beacon  to  Boylston 

St.,  1823 24.25 

Riverway,  Brookhne  ave.  to  Huntington  ave.,  1890  .  .  .  40.00 
§  West  Roxbury  Parkway,  from  Centre  and  Walter  sts.,  near 

Arboretum,  to  Washington  st.,  Bellevue  hill,  1894          .        .  77.87 

Total  Acres,  Main  Park  System 1,389.40 

*  Two  commissioners  serve  without  compensation. 

**  Acquired  by  Ordinance,  Chap.  7  of  1922. 

t  This  area  of  the  Common  is  exclusive  of  the  old  cemetery  on  Boylston 
st.  side,  containing  1.40  acres. 

X  Of  this  park,  only  the  roads  and  walks  are  maintained  by  the  City. 

§  The  construction  and  care  of  that  part  of  the  parkway  extending  from 
Weld  St.  to  Washington  st.  was  transferred  to  the  Metropolitan  Park 
Commission  by  Chap.  270,  Acts  of  1915. 


PARK  DEPARTMENT. 


MARINE   PARK  SYSTEM. 


Acres. 


Castle  Island  (formerly),  now  joined  to  mainland  and  a  part  of 

Marine  Park  (land  25.70;  flats  78.30),  1890    ....     104.00 
Columbia  road    /  Franklin  Park  to  Marine  Park,  City  Point,  ) 

Dorchester  way  I      1892,1899 )        '^^•" 

Marine  Park  and  Aquarium,  Farragut  road.  City  Point  (land 

52.50;  flats  4.90),  1883.     (Aquarium,  1912.)  .       .       .       57.40 

Strandway  and  Columbus  Park,  Columbia  road  railroad  bridge 

to  City  Point  (land  133.80;  flats  131.50),  1890-1901     .       .     265.30 


Total  Acres,  Mariae  Park  System 457.90 

MISCELLANEOUS   PARKS. 

*  Irving  W.  Adams  Park,  Junction  of  Washington  and  South  sts., 

RosKndale,  1919 0.78 

Berners  Sq.,  Longwood  ave.,  Bellevue  and  Plymouth  sts.,  Rox- 

bury,  1901 1.31 

Charlesbank,  Charles  st.,  from  Cambridge  st.  to  Leverett,  1883  .  10 .  00 
Charlestown  Heights,  Bunker  HiU  and  Medford  sts.  (6.10),  Dewey 

Beach  (4.30),  1891 10.40 

Chestnut  Hill  Park,  Beacon  st.  and  Commonwealth  ave.,  Brighton, 

1898-1902 55.40 

Copp's    HiU    terraces.    Commercial   and   Charter   sts.,    North 

End,  1893 0.60 

*  Wilham  B.  Corbett  Park,  between  Washington  and  Claybourne 

sts.,  Dorchester,  1917 0.94 

Dorchester  Park,  Dorchester  ave.  and  Richmond  St.,  1891  .  .  30.40 
FrankUn  Field,  Blue  Hill  and  Talbot  aves.,  Dorchester  (park 

area),  1892.  (See  under  Playgrounds  for  larger  area)  .  .  17.00 
Freeport  St.  (MaUoch's)  Wharf  and  grounds,  Dorchester  (land 

1.15;  flats,  2.54),  1912 3.69 

North  End  Beach,   Commercial  and  Charter  sts.    (land  3.70; 

flats  3),  1893 6.70 

*  Stanley  A.  Ringer  Park,  AUston  st.  and  Griggs  place,  1916  .  12. 12 
Rogers  Park,  Lake  and  Foster  sts.,  Brighton,  1899  .  .  .  6.90 
Savin  HiU  Park,  Grampian  way,  Dorchester,  1909  .  .  8.26 
Park,  East  Cottage,  Pleasant  and  Pond  sts.,  Dorchester,  1921  .  0.22 
Trinity  Triangle,  Huntington  and  St.  James  aves.,  1885  .  .  0.12 
World  War  Memorial  Park,  (formerly  Wood  Island),  East  Boston, 

on  eastern  waterfront  (land  55.60;  flats  155.40),  1882,  1891    .    211 .00 

Total  Acres,  MisceUaneous  Parks 375 .  84 

*  Named  for  soldier  kUled  in  World  War. 


82 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


PlAYGROtnSTDS,   WITH  LOCATION,   AreA   AND   YeAB  ACQUIRED 

(Alphabetically.  ) 
Almont  St.,  Mattapan,  1924 


William  J.  Barry,  Chelsea  st.  and  Mystic  River,  Cha'st'wn,  1897, 

a  J  Bennett,  Charles  St.  place,  Charlestown,  1920     . 

Billings  Field,  La  Grange  and  BeUevue  sts.,  W.  Roxbury,  1896 

Bolton  and  West  Third  sts.,  South  Boston,  1925     . 

CarroU  Pond,  Carroll  st.,  W.  Roxbury,  1921  . 

t  William  E.  Carter,  Columbus  ave.  at  Camden  st.,  1899 

Ceylon  and  Intervale  sts.,  Dorchester,  1923.     . 

*  Charlesbank,  Charles  St.,  1883 

Charlestown,  Main  and  Alford  sts.  (land  14;  fiats  4),  1891 

*  Charlestown  Heights,  Bunker  Hill  and  Medford  sts.,  1891 

*  Chestnut  Hill,  Brighton,  1898 

*  Columbus  Park,  Strandway  (15  acres  improved)      '    . 

*  Common,  Charles  st.  side 

Condor  and  Glendon  sts..  East  Boston,  1924   . 
t  John  J.  Connolly,  MarceUa  and  Highland  sts.,  Roxbury,  1903 
t  James  L.  Cronin,  Brent  st.,  near  Talbot  ave.,  Dorchester,  1899 
t  Vincent  Cutillo,  Morton  and  Stillman  sts.,  North  End,  1917 

*  Dorchester  Park,  Dorchester  ave.  and  Richmond  st.,  1891  . 
t  John  A.  Doherty,  Dorchester  and  Geneva  aves.,  1897 

t  Frederick  D.  Emmons,  Rutherford  ave.,  Charlestown,  1912 
William  Eustis,  Norfolk  ave.  and  Proctor  st.,  Roxbury,  1909  . 
FactoryHill,  Town  St.,  Hyde  Park,  1912  .... 
t  Fallon  Field,  South  and  Robert  sts.,  RosHndale,  1899    . 

*  Fens,  Back  Bay,  1877 

Franklin  Field,  Blue  HUl  and  Talbot  aves.,  Dorchester,  1892 

*  FrankHn  Park,  1883-84 

t  WiUiam  H.  Garvey,  Neponset  ave.,  opposite  Chickatawbut  st 

Dorchester,  1896 

Christopher  Gibson,  Dorchester  and  Geneva  aves.,  1897. 

Paul  Gore  St.,  Jamaica  Plain,  1913 

t  James  F.  Healy,  Washington  st.  and  Firth  road,  Ros.,  1902 

Heath,  Cranford  and  Floyd  sts.,  Roxbury,  1924 

Mary  Hemenway,  Adams  and  Gustine  sts.,  Dorchester,  1919 

t  John  F.  HoUand,  Mozart  and  Bolster  sts.,  Roxbury,  1917 

Christopher  J.  Lee,  First  st.  at  M  st..  South  Boston,  1897 

t  McConnell  Park  (formerly  Savin  Hill),  Springdale  and  Denny 

sts.  (land,  9.78;  flats,  50.55) 

t  Arthur  F.  McLean,  Saratoga  and  Bennington  sts.,  E.  B.,  1917, 
Mission  Hill,  Tiemont  and  Smith  sts.,  Roxbury,  1913  and  1915 
t  John  W.  Murphy,  Carolina  ave.,  Jamaica  Plain,  1912    . 

*  North  End  Beach,  Commercial  st.,  1893        .... 

*  Olmsted  Park,  Jamaicaway,  1890 


Acres. 

17.81 
5.27 
0.11 

10.80 
0.65 
0.47 
5.00 
4.03 
3.50 

17.73 
1.00 
4.00 

79.00 
3.50 
3.39 
5.10 
2.20 
0.48 
1.00 
1.90 
1.10 
7.60 
5.20 
3.87 
5.00 

60.00 

36.00 

16.68 
3.90 
0.74 
9.60 
7.51 
4.41 
1.07 
5.20 

60.33 
0.43 
4.24 
4.17 
3.00 
3.00 


*  Playgrounds  located  in  parks,  and  included  in  areas  of  parks. 

t  Named  for  soldier  killed  in  World  War. 

A  Acquired  by  gift.  J  Children's  playground. 


PARK   DEPARTMENT. 


83 


John  H.  L.  Noyes,  Saratoga  and  Boardman    sts.,    East    Boston 

(land  5.24;  flats  3.07),  1909 

t  Paris  St.,  East  Boston,  1912 

Francis  Parkman,  Wachusett  st..  Forest  Hills,  1924 

Portsmouth  st.,  Brighton,  1912 

t  Prince  st..  North  Bennet  and  Prince  sts.,  North  End,  1897  . 
Readville,  Bullard,  Milton  and  Regent  sts.,  Hyde  Park,  1924 
t  *  Stanley  A.  Ringer,  Allston  st.  and  Griggs  place,  Brighton,  1916 
A  Ripley,  Ripley  road,  near  Harvard  st.,  Dorchester,  1913    . 

*  Rogers  Park,  Lake  and  Foster  sts.,  Brighton,  1899 
Ronan  (formerly  Mt.  Ida),  Bowdoin  and  Percival  sts..  Dor.,  1912 
t  Lester  J.  Rotch,  Albany  and  Randolph  sts.,  South  End,  1903 
Shawmut  ave.  and  Cherry  st..  South  End,  1922 
Smith's  Pond,  Brainard  St.,  Hyde  Park,  1914  .... 
t  William  F.  Smith,  Western  ave.  and  N.  Harvard  st.,  Bri.,  1894, 
t  J  J.  M.  and  J.  J.  SulUvan,  Fellows  and  Hunneman  sts.,  Rox.,  1897, 
1 1  Matthew  J.  Sweeney,  West  Fifth  st..  South  Boston,  1909  . 

Tenean  Beach,  Neponset,  1915 

t  Tyler  St.,  South  End,  1912 

t  George  H.  Walker,  Norfolk  st.,  opp.  Evelyn,  Mattapan,  1912 

j  West  Third  St.,  corner  B  St.,  South  Boston,  1909     . 

t  John  Winthrop,  Dacia  and  Danube  sts.,  Dorchester,  1911    . 

*  World  War  Memorial  Park,  East  Boston,  1891    . 

Total  area  of  the  63  Playgrounds  (Acres) 
Area  of  13  Playgroimds  in  Parks  (Acres) 

Area  of  the  50  Separate  Playgrounds  (Acres) 


Acres. 

8.31 
1.27 

2.06 
4.29 
0.40 
5.01 
2.00 
0.86 
4.00 

11.65 
2.80 
0.40 

14.51 

14.00 
0.85 
0.41 
8.70 
0.26 
6.20 
0.28 
1.57 

10.00 

510.82 
156.00 

354.82 


The  first  separate  playground  acquired  by  the  City  was  the  Charlestown 
Playground,  purchased  in  1891  for  $172,923.  With  that  included,  63  play- 
grounds (50  separate  and  13  located  in  parks)  have  been  established,  most 
of  them  equipped  with  first-class  shelter  and  sanitary  buildings  containing 
lockers,  also  drinking  foimtains,  shower  baths,  etc. 

The  total  outlay  for  land  and  construction  of  the  playgrounds  (not 
including  those  in  parks)  is  $5,236,257. 

Pttblic  Grounds,  Squares,  Etc.,  with  Locations  and  Areas. 


CITY  PROPER. 


Square  Feet. 

3,800 


Berwick  Park,  between  Columbus  ave.  and  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Blackstone  Square,  Washington  st.,  between  West  Brookhne  and 

West  Newton  sts - 105,100 

City  Hall  Grounds,  School  st 7,700 

Columbus  Square,  Columbus  and  Warren  aves 2,250 

Concord  Square,  between  Tremont  st.  and  Columbus  ave.    .        .  5,000 

*  Playgrounds  located  in  parks,  and  included  in  areas  of  parks. 

t  Named  for  soldier  killed  in  World  War. 

A  Acquired  by  gift.  t  Children's  playground. 


g4  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Square  Feet. 

Copley  Square,  between  Huntington  ave.,  Boylston  and  Dart- 
mouth sts ,  28,399 

Fort  HiU  Square,  OUver  and  High  sts.      .        .        •        •       •        •  29,480 
Franklin  Square,  Washington  st.,  between  East  Brookline  and 

East  Newton  sts 105,205 

Abraham  Lincoln    Square   (formerly   Park  Square),    Columbus 

ave.,  Eliot  st.  pnd  Broadway 2,867 

Massachusetts  Ave.  Malls,  four  sections,  between  Albany  st.  and 

Columbus  ave 106,500 

Rutland  Square,  between  Tremont  st.  and  Columbus  ave.   .        .  7,400 

St.  Stephen  Square,  comer  St.  Stephen  and  Batavia  sts.         .        .  100 

Union  Park,  between  Tremont  st.  and  Shawmut  ave.   .        .        ■  16,000 

Waltham  Square,  Harrison  ave.,  opposite  Union  Park  st.       .        .  3,000 

Worcester  Square,  between  Washington  st.  and  Harrison  ave.     .  16,000 

ROXBtTRY. 

Bromley  Park,  Albert  to  Bickford  sts 20,975 

Cedar  Square,  Cedar  st.,  between  Juniper  and  Thornton  sts.       .  26,163 

Elm  Hill  Ave.,  between  Seaver  and  Schuyler  sts.  (Tree  Area)      .  2,650 

Ehn  HUl  Park,  off  550  Warren  st 6,920 

*  Francis  G.  Hanlon  Square,  junction  of  Huntington  ave.,  Tre- 

mont and  Francis  sts 1,QQ2 

General  Heath  Square,  Old  Heath,  New  Heath  and  Parker  sts.  2,419 

Highland  Park,  Fort  ave.  and  Beech  Glen  st 158,421 

Horatio  Harris  Park,  Walnut  ave.,  from  Munroe  to  Townsend  st.  116,000 

Alvah  Kittredge  Park,  Highland  st.  and  Highland  ave.         .        .  5,600 

Linwood  Park,  Centre  and  Linwood  sts 3,625 

Longwood  Park,  Park  and  Austin  sts 21,000 

Madison  Park,  SterUng,  Marble,  Warwick  and  W  estminster  sts.,  122,191 

Orchard  Park,  Chadwdck,  Orchard  Park  and  Yeoman  st.       .        .  104,492 

Public  Ground,  corner  Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Seaver  st.       .        .       .  2,500 

Warren  Square,  Waxren,  St.  James  and  Regent  sts.       .        .        .  1,380 

Walnut  Park,  between  Washington  st.  and  Walnut  ave.       .        •  5,736 

Washington  Park,  Dale  and  Bainbridge  sts 396,125 

*  Herbert  J.  Wolf  Square,  Crawford,  Abbotsford  and  Harold  sts.  966 

BRIGHTON. 

Brighton  Square,  Chestnut  HiU  ave.  and  Academy  Hill  rd.         .  25,035 

*  Edward  M.  Cunningham  Square,   Cambridge,  Murdock  and 

Sparhawksts '^'^49 

Fern  Square,  between  Franklin  and  Fern  sts 1>900 

Jackson  Square,  Chestnut  Hill  ave..  Union  and  Winship  sts.       -  4,300 

Oak  Square,  Washington  and  Faneuil  sts 9»796 

PubUc  Ground,  Cambridge,  Lincoln  and  Mansfield  sts.         .       .  13,948 

Public  Ground,  Cambridge  and  Henshaw  sts 1,434 

*  Named  for  soldier  killed  in  World  War. 


PARK  DEPARTMENT. 


85 


CHARLESTOWN. 

Square  Feet. 

City  Square,  junction  of  Main  and  Park  sts 8,739 

Easex  Square,  Essex  and  Lyndeboro'  sts 930 

Hayes  Square,  Bunker  Hill  and  Vine  sts. 4,484 

Sullivan  Square,  Main,  Cambridge,  Sever  and  Gardner  sts.          .  56,428 

Winthrop  Square,  Winthrop,  Common  and  Adams  sts.         .        .  38,450 


DORCHESTER. 

*  Andrew  Henry  Square,  Adams  and  Granite  sts 
Algonquin  Square,  Algonquin  and  Bradlee  sts 
Centervale  Park,  Upland  ave.  and  Bourneside  st 

*  John  F,  Donovan  Park,  Meeting  House  Hill 
Drohan  Square,  Edison  Green    .... 
Eaton  Square,  Adams  and  Bowdoin  sts.    . 

*  Francis  G.  Kane  Square,  Bowdoin,  Winter  and  Hancock  sts. 
Mt,  Bowdoin  Green,  summit  of  Mt.  Bowdoin 
Peabody  Square,  Ashmont  st.  and  Dorchester  ave. 

*  Fred  C.  W.  Olson  Square,  junction  of  Adams  and  Codman  sts 
Public  Ground,  Florida  st..  King  to  Ashmont  (7  sections) 

*  Gordon  E.  Denton  Square,  Magnolia  st 

Public  Ground,  between  Victory  Road  and  Park  st. 
Richardson  Square,  between  Pond  and  Cottage  sts. 
Spaulding  Square,  junction  of  Freeport  st.  and  Neponset  ave 
Tremlett  Square,  Tremlett  st.,  between  Hooper  and  Waldeck  sts 
Wellesley  Park,  Wellesley  Park  st 


2,068 
1,728 
9,740 

56,200 

10,241 

13,280 
1,600 

25,170 

1,963 

700 

24,193 

3,605 

450,846 

47,835 
6,263 
7,107 

28,971 


EAST  BOSTON. 

Belmont  Square,  Webster,  Sumner,  Lamson  and  Seaver  sts. 
Central  Square,  Meridian  and  Border  sts. 
Maverick  Square,  Sumner  and  Maverick  sts.  . 
Prescott  Square,  Trenton,  Eagle  and  Prescott  sts. 
Putnam  Square,  Putnam,  White  and  Trenton  sts. 


30,000 
40,310 
4,396 
12,284 
11,628 


HYDE   PARK. 

Camp  Meigs,  Readville 124,500 

*  Horace  Campbell  Woodworth  Square,  Beacon  st.  and  Metro- 

politan ave 220 

*  Lieut.  Parker  B.  Jones  Square,  Milton  ave.  and  Highland  st.   .  220 

Williams  Square,  WiUiams  ave.  and  Prospect  st 700 

Greenwood  Square,  junction  of  Greenwood  st.  and  Central  ave.  220 

Webster  Square,  junction  of  Webster  st.  and  Central  ave.     .  220 

Wolcott  Square,  Hyde  Park  ave.,  Milton  and  Prescott  sts.   .       .  220 

*  Named  for  soldier  killed  in  World  War. 


86  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


SOUTH   BOSTON. 

Square  Feet. 

Independence  Square,  Broadway,  Second,  M  and  N  sts.       .       .  279,218 

Lincoln  Square,  Emerson,  Fourth  and  M  sts 9,510 

Public  Ground,  East  Ninth  st 6,671 

Thomas  Park,  Telegraph  Hill 190,000 

"WEST  ROXBURT. 

*  Gustav  Emmet  Square,  S.  Conway,  S.  Fairview  and  Robert  sts.  750 

*  Cornelius  J.  Mahoney  Square,  Centre  and  Perkins  sts.       .        .  3,200 

Oakview  Terrace,  off  Centre  st. 5,287 

Soldiers'  Monument  Lot,  South  and  Centre  sts.,  Jamaica  Plain  .  5,870 

Total  area  of  Pubhc  Grounds,  etc.,  3,037,036  square  feet,  or  69.72  acres. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Parks  and  Parkways:  Acres. 

Main  Park  System 1,389.40 

Marine  Park  System 457.90 

Miscellaneous  Parks .       •        •     375 .  84 

Playgrounds  (separate) 354.82 

Public  Grounds,  Squares,  etc 69.72 

Grand  total  (Acres) 2,647.68 

Bridges  Located  in  Parks  and  Parkways. 

public  garden. 
Foot-bridge,  over  pond. 

the  FENS. 

Agassiz,  carrying  Agassiz  road  over  the  Fens  water. 

BoYLSTON,  over  outlet  of  the  Fens. 

Charlesgate,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  and  Ipswich  street. 

Commonwealth  avenue,  over  outlet  of  the  Fens. 

Fens,  over  outlet  of  Muddy  river. 

commonwealth  avenue. 
Cottage  Farm,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 

RIVERWAY. 

Audubon,  over  Newton  circuit  of  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 

t  Bellevue,  over  Muddy  river  from  Bellevue  street. 

Bridle  Path,  carrying  the  ride  over  Muddy  river,  near  Audubon  road. 

t  Brookline  avenue,  over  Muddy  river. 

t  Berners  street  FOOT-BRIDGE,  over  Muddy  river. 

t  Huntington  avenue,  over  outlet  of  Leverett  pond. 

t  Longwood,  carrying  Longwood  avenue  over  Muddy  river. 

*  Named  for  soldier  killed  in  "World  War. 

t  The  Park  Dept.  maintains  such  parts  of  these  bridges  as  are  within  City 
limits. 


PARK   DEPARTMENT. 


87 


OLMSTED   PARK. 

Fooi^BRiDGES  at  Leverett  pond  and  over  outlets  of  Willow  pond  and 
Ward's  pond. 

FRANKLIN  PARK. 

Ellicott  arch,  carrying  Circuit  drive  over  walk  at  Ellicottdale. 

Forest  Hills,  carrying  entrance  to  Franklin  Park  over  traffic  road. 

Overlook  arch,  over  entrance  to  Overlook  Shelter. 

ScARBORo',  carrying  Circuit  drive  over  Scarboro'  pond. 

ScARBORo'  POND  FOOT-BRIDGE,  carrying  the  walk  over  Scarboro'  pond. 

COLUMBIA  ROAD. 

Columbia  road,  over  Old  Colony  avenue  and  Plymouth  division  of  New 

York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad. 
Columbia  road,  over  Shoreham  street. 

World  War  Memorial  Park. 
Neptune,  carrying  Neptune  rd.  over  Boston,  Revere  B.  &  Lynn  R.  R. 
Foot-bridge,  from  Prescott  st.  over  Boston,  Revere  B.  &  Lynn  R.  R. 


Statues  Belonging 

TO  City,  Located  in 

Parks  and  Public  Grounds. 

Name. 

Location. 

Year 
Erected. 

Artist. 

Samuel  Adams 

Adams  Square 

1880 

Anne  Whitney. 

Robert  Bums 

Back  Bay  Fens 

1919 

Henry  H.  Kitson. 

Colonel  Thomas  Cass .... 

Public  Garden 

1899 

Richard  E.  Brooks. 

Leif  Ericsson 

Commonwealth  Ave .  . 

Edward  Everett  Sq., 
Dorchester 

1886 
1867 

Anne  Whitney. 

Edward  Everett 

William  W.  Story. 

Admiral  David  G.  Farra- 
gut. 

Marine  Park,  S.  Bos- 
ton. 

1893 

Henry  H.  Kitson. 

Benjamin  Franklin 

City  Hall  Grounds. . . . 

1856 

Richard  S.  Greenough. 

William  Lloyd  Garrison .  . 

Commonwealth  Ave .  . 

1886 

Olin  L.  Warner. 

General  John  Glover 

Commonwealth  Ave .  . 

1875 

Martin  Milmore. 

Edward  Everett  Hale 

Public  Garden 

1913 

Bela  L.  Pratt. 

Alexander  Hamilton 

Commonwealth  Ave .  . 

1865 

William  Rimmer. 

Wendell  Phillips 

Public  Garden 

1915 

Daniel  C.  French. 

88  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

STATUES  BELONGINQ  TO  CITY,   LOCATED    IN  PARKS  AND  PtTBLIC   GROUNDS. —   Concluded. 


Name. 

Location. 

Year 
Erected. 

Artist. 

Josiah  Quincy 

City  Hall  Grounds 

Public  Garden 

Warren  Sq.,  Roxbury, 

Public  Garden 

First  Church  Grounds, 

1879 
1878 
1904 
1869 
1880 

Thomas  Ball. 

Charles  Sumner 

Thomas  Ball. 

General  Joseph  Warren . . 
George  Washington  * .  .  . . 
John  Winthrop 

Paul  W.  Bartlett. 
Thomas  Ball. 
Richard  S.  Greenough. 

Monuments  and  Memorials  Belonging  to  City,  Located  on  Public  Grounds. 


Name  or  Designation. 


Location. 


Year 
Erected. 


Artist  or  Architect. 


Blackstone 
Tablet. . . 


Memorial 


Crispus  Attucks  and  Other 
Patriots  of  1770 


WUliam  EUery  Channing, 

Patrick   A.    Collins   Me- 
morial   


Boston  Common . 

Boston  Common . 
Public  Garden .  .  . 


Declaration  of  Independ- 
ance  Tablet 


Commonwealth  Ave . 


Boston  Common . 


Dorchester  Heights  (Rev- 
olutionary)   , 


Ether  Memorial. 


Curtis    Guild    Memorial 
Entrance 


Telegraph  HiU, 

South  Boston. , 

Public  Garden , 

Boston  Common.  .  .  , 


Abraham     Lincoln     and 
Emancipation 


John  Boyle  O'ReiUy. 


Abraham  Lincoln  Sq. 
Back  Bay  Park 


Francis     Parkman     Me- 
morial   , 


George  F.  Parkm?n  Me- 
morial Bandstand. 


Olmsted  Park,  J.  P. 
Boston  Common .  . . 


1914 

1888 
1903 

1908 

1925 

1902 

1867 

1917 

1879 
1896 

1906 

1912 


R.  Clipston  Sturgis. 

Robert  Kraus. 
Herbert  Adams. 


Henry  H.  Kitson. 
T.  Alice  Kitson. 


John  F.  Paramino. 

Peabody  &  Stearns.  «> 
John  Q.  A.  Ward. 

Cram  &  Ferguson. 

Thomas  Ball. 
Daniel  C.  French. 

Daniel  C.  French. 

Robinson  &  Shepard. 


Equestrian  statue. 


MONXTMENTS   AND 


PARK   DEPARTMENT.  89 

MEMORIALS  BELONGING  TO  THE  CITY. —  Concluded. 


Name  or  Designation. 


Location. 


Year 
Erected. 


Artist  or  Architect. 


Colonel  Robert  Gould 
Shaw  and  54th  Mass. 
Reg. 

Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 
Monument 

Soldiers'  Monument, 
Charlestown 

Soldiers'  Monument, 
Dorchester 

Soldiers'  Monument, 
Jamaica  Plain 

George  Robert  White  Me- 
morial   


>  Boston  Common .  .  . 

Boston  Common.  .  .  . 
Winthrop  Square .... 
Meeting  House  HiU . . 
Centre  and  South  sts.. 
Public  Garden 


1897 

1877 
1872 
1867 
1871 
1924 


Augustus  Saint  Gaudens. 
McKim,  Mead  &  White. 


Martin  Milmore. 
Martin  Milmore. 
B.  F.  D wight. 
W.  W.  Lummis. 
Daniel  C.  French. 


Fountains  Belonging  to  City,  Located  on  Public  Grounds. 
Brewer  Fountain,  Boston  Common;  Coppenhagen  Memorial  Fountain, 
Edward  Everett  Square;  Johnson  Memorial  Fountain  and  Gateway, 
entrance  to  Back  Bay  Park,  Westland  Avenue;  "Maid  of  the  Mist" 
and  three  other  fountains,  PubUc  Garden;  one  fountain  each  on 
Blackstone,  Franklin,  Central,  Independence  and  Sullivan  Squares, 
Meeting  House  Hill,  Thomas  Park,  Madison  Park,  Union  Park  and 
Massachusetts  Avenue;  Lyman  Fountain,  Eaton  Square;  Taft 
Memorial  Fountain,  Chestnut  Hill  Park. 

Since  the  City's  park  development  began,  in  1877,  the  total  expenditure, 
to  the  close  of  1924,  for  parks,  parkways  and  playgrounds  (exclusive  of 
the  annual  maintenance  appropriation)  is  $25,937,481  or  $10,192,754  for 
the  land  and  $15,744,727  for  construction. 

The  Arnold  Arboretum  (the  "tree  museum"  of  Harvard  University), 
containing  originally  122.6  acres,  was  added  with  other  lands,  in  1882, 
to  the  City's  park  system,  under  a  special  contract  with  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, and  in  1895  another  tract  of  75  acres  (Peter's  HiU),  also  belonging 
to  the  University,  was  included,  the  name  Bussey  Park  being  added  to 
the  title.  All  the  land  in  these  tracts  not  required  for  driveways  and  walks, 
a  quarry  reservation  and  traflSc  road  is  used,  under  the  trusts  created  by 
the  wiUs  of  Benjamin  Bussey  and  James  Arnold,  for  Harvard's  extensive 
collection  of  specimens  of  such  trees  and  shrubs  as  will  live  in  this  climate. 


90  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

The  City  maintains  the  roads  and  walks,  also  attends  to  policing  the 
grounds.  The  Arboretum  is  open  to  visitors  daily  from  7  A.  M.  until 
sunset. 

The  Franklin  Park  Zoological  Garden  on  the  northern  side  of  the  park, 
begun  in  1911,  now  occupies  about  eighty  acres.  Up  to  February  1,  1925, 
the  amount  expended  for  construction,  etc.,  was  $387,946.  In  the  summer 
of  1912,  the  group  of  bear  dens,  the  aquatic  flying  cage,  etc.,  were  finished 
and  put  on  exhibition,  in  1913  the  bird  house  with  other  attractions,  in 
1914  the  elephant  house  and  in  1920  the  lion  house,  were  added.  One  of 
the  latest  improvements  is  the  "Greeting"  or  main  entrance  and  concourse 
leading  from  Blue  Hill  avenue,  with  massive  stone  gateway,  ornamental 
fence,  etc.,  completing  the  original  artistic  design. 

The  Marine  Park  Aquarium,  costing  $144,530,  was  opened  to  the  public 
on  November  28,  1912.  The  entire  outlay  for  both  was  appropriated 
from  the  George  F.  Parkman  Fund  income. 

GEORGE   F.   PAEKMAK    FUND. 

By  the  will  of  the  late  George  F.  Parkman,  various  real  estate  properties 
worth  between  $5,000,000  and  $6,000,000  were  left  to  the  City,  the  income 
therefrom  to  be  expended  for  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the 
Common  and  such  parks  as  were  in  existence  January  12,  1887,  and  no 
part  of  it  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  of  additional  land  for  park  purposes. 
The  bequest  was  accepted  by  the  City  Council,  March  9,  1909,  since  which 
date  most  of  the  realty  has  been  sold  and  the  proceeds  invested  in  bonds. 
On  February  1,  1925,  the  principal  of  the  fund  in  the  custody  of  the  City 
Treasurer,  amounted  to  $5,237,682.  In  the  fiscal  year  1924-25,  the 
income  from  the  fund  was  $216,167. 

PUBLIC  BATHS  AND  GYMNASIA. 

MAIN   BATH   HOUSES,    OPEN   ALL  THE   TEAR. 

Cabot  Street. —  203  Cabot  street,  Roxbury.  Brick  building,  con- 
taining 45  shower  baths,  a  swimming  pool,  75  by  25  feet,  and  a  gjonnasium. 
Opened  to  the  public  in  September,  1905.     Total  cost  of  building,  $108,690. 

Charlestown. —  Corner  Bunker  Hill  and  Lexington  streets.  Brick 
building  (old  City  building  remodeled),  containing  28  shower  baths  and 
a  gymnasium.  Opened  to  the  public  in  March,  1913.  Total  cost,  $49,000, 
approximately. 

Dover  Street. —  249  Dover  street.  Brick  building,  containing  30 
shower  baths  for  men  and  11  for  women,  also  tub  baths.  No  gymnasium. 
It  includes  a  laundry  where  all  the  towels  and  part  of  the  bathing  suits 
used  in  the  department  are  laundered.  Opened  to  the  public  in  October, 
1898.     Total  cost  (including  $14,154  for  land),  $88,267. 

North  Bennet  Street. —  North  End.  Brick  building,  containing 
65  shower  baths,  400  lockers  and  a  gymnasium.  Opened  to  the  public 
in  April,  1909.     Total  cost  (including  $36,800  for  land),  $136,186. 


PARK  DEPARTMENT.  91 

BATHS    AND    GYMNASIA   EST    OTHER    CITY   BXItliDrNGS,    OPEN    ALL   THE    YEAH. 

Chaelesbank. — •  Charles  street,  West  End,  two  houses  (i.  e.,  for  men 
and  women),  12  shower  baths  in  each;  outdoor  gymnasium. 

Copley  School. —  Bartlett  street,  Charlestown,  12  showers  for  men,  10 
showers  for  women. 

East  Boston  Gymnasium.* —  116  Paris  street,  74  shower  baths. 

Municipal  Building. —  Corner  Columbia  road  and  Bird  street, 
Dorchester,  26  shower  baths  and  a  swimming  pool. 

Municipal  Building. — •  South  street,  near  Sedgwick  street,  Jamaica 
Plain,  19  shower  baths  and  a  swimming  pool,  75  by  24  feet. 

Municipal  BmLDiNG. — ■  Broadway,  South  Boston,  65  shower  baths, 
i,  e.,  40  for  men's  section,  23  for  women's,  and  two  extension  showers  for 
boys. 

Municipal  Building. — •  Tyler  street,  South  End,  40  shower  baths. 

Municipal  Building. —  Vine  and  Dudley  streets,  Roxbury,  28  shower 
baths  for  men's  section,  28  for  women's  and  6  in  gjrmnasium. 

Municipal  Building. — •  Shawmut  avenue  and  W.  Brookhne  street, 
South  End,  115  shower  baths. 

Municipal  Botlding. —  Washington  street,  near  Ashland,  Roslindale, 
18  shower  baths. 

Municipal  Building. — •  River  street,  Hyde  Park,  25  shower  baths. 

beach  baths. 

Columbus  Pabk. —  South  Boston,  single  house,  for  men,  women  and 
children. 

Dewey. —  Medford  street,  Charlestown,  single  house,  for  men,  women 
and  children. 

Freeport  Street. — •  Dorchester,  one  house,  for  men  and  women. 

K  Street. — •  South  Boston,  for  women. 

L  Street. t —  South  Boston,  for  men  and  boys. 

Marine  Park. —  Dressing  closets,  lockers  and  showers,  for  men  and 
women. 

North  End  Park. — •  Commercial  street,  two  houses,  for  men  and 
women.  A  laundry  connected  with  these  bath  houses  launders  part  of 
the  bathing  suits  used  in  the  department  during  the  summer  bathing 
season. 

Savin  Hill. —  Dorchester,  single  house,  for  men,  women  and  children. 

Tenean. — ■  Neponset,  single  house,  for  men,  women  and  children. 

World  War  Memorial  Park. —  East  Boston,  two  houses,  for  men  and 
women,  and  one  house  for  boys. 

*  On  the  site  of  the  new  East  Boston  Gymnasium  was  located  the  first 
indoor  mum'cipal  gymnasium  in  the  United  States,  so  far  as  known.  It 
was  opened  to  the  public  in  1897. 

t  The  L  street  seaside  bath,  opened  in  1866,  was  the  first  municipal  bath 
established  in  the  United  States,  so  far  as  known. 


92  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Cemetery  Division. 

When  in  November,  1920,  the  Cemetery  Department  was  consolidated 
with  the  Park  Department,  the  five  trustees  of  the  former  were  superseded 
by  the  Park  Commissioners,  who  reorganized  it  as  the  Cemetery  Division 
of  the  Park  Department,  thereupon  taking  charge  of  Mount  Hope 
Cemetery  and  all  the  burying  grounds  owned  by  the  City.  Mount  Hope 
Cemetery  (the  largest  of  aU)  was  bought  by  the  City  in  1857  for  $35,000 
and  additional  land  has  been  purchased  since.  It  is  bounded  by  Walk  Hill, 
Harvard,  Canterbury  and  Paine  streets,  Ward  18.  The  Board  of  Cemetery 
Trustees  was  first  appointed  imder  the  ordinances  of  December  21,  1857, 
and  annual  reports  have  been  published  since  1859. 

AU  the  cemeteries  formerly  under  control  of  the  said  Board  but  now  in 
charge  of  the  Park  Department,  are  as  follows,  with  area: 

Bennington  street,  East  Boston,  157,500  square  feet. 
Bunker  HiU,  Charlestown,  48,202  square  feet. 
Central,  Boston  Common,  60,693  square  feet. 
Copp's  Hill,  Charter  and  HuU  streets,  89,015  square  feet. 
Dorchester  North,  Upham's  Corner,  142,587  square  feet. 
Dorchester  South,  Dorchester  avenue,  95,462  square  feet. 
Eliot,  Washington  and  Eustis  streets,  34,830  square  feet. 
Evergreen,  Commonwealth  avenue,  Brighton,  604,520  square  feet. 
Fatrview,  Hyde  Park,  50  acres. 

Granary,  Tremont  street,  opposite  Bromfield  street,  82,063  square  feet. 
Hawes,  Emerson  street,  near  L  street,  11,232  square  feet. 
King's  Chapel,  Tremont  street,  near  School  street,  19,344  square  feet. 
Market  Street,  Market  street,  Brighton,  1,872  square  feet. 
Mount  Hope,  Walk  HiU  street,  117  acres  and  36,536  square  feet. 
Phipps  street,  Charlestown,  76,740  square  feet. 
Rainsford  Island,  43,560  square  feet. 

South  End,  Washington  and  East  Concord  streets,  64,570  square  feet. 
Walter  Street,  Walter  street,  Roslindale,  35,100  square  feet. 
Warren,  Kearsarge  avenue,  Roxbury,  54,500  square  feet. 
Westerly,  Centre  street,  West  Roxbury,  39,450  square  feet. 
Total  area  of  the  20  cemeteries,  206  acres. 


PRINTING  DEPARTMENT. 

Office  and  Printing  Plant,  286  Congress  street. 

[Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  31;  Ord.  1911,  Chap.  2;  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  6;  Rev. 
Ord.  1914,  Chap.  26;  Ord.  1920,  Chap.  9;  Ord.  1925,  Chap.  6.] 

William  J.   Casey,   Superintendent  of  Printing.    Term  ends  in   1926. 

The  Superintendent  of  Printing  has  charge  of  all  the  printing  and  binding 
for  the  City  departments.  County  courts  and  offices,  also  prints  the  official 


PUBLIC  BUILDINGS   DEPARTMENT. 


93 


weekly  publication,  the  City  Record.    He  supplies  them  with  postage 
stamps  and  attends  to  their  requisitions  for  stationery. 

The  Municipal  printing  plant  was  established  in  March,  1897.  The 
annual  appropriation  for  printing  and  binding  certain  City  Documents 
ordered  by  the  City  Council,  amounting  in  recent  years  to  about  $42,000 
has  regularly  been  paid  to  the  department,  the  latter  contracting  with 
outside  parties  for  aU  binding. 


PUBLIC  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  802  City  Hall  Annex,  eighth  floor. 

[Stat.   1895,  Chap.  449,   §  22;  Rev.  Ord.   1898,  Chap.  32;  Stat.   1913, 

Chap.  263;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  27;  Ord.  1921,  Chap.  1.] 

John  P.  Engleet,  Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings. 
Frederick  C.  Ward,  Chief  Clerk. 

The  ofiice  of  the  Superintendent  of  Pubhc  Buildings  was  established 
by  ordinance  on  July  1,  1850,  and  annual  reports  have  been  published 
by  the  Superintendent  since  1851.  He  has  the  supervision  of  the  care, 
repair  and  furnishing  of  aU  buildings  belonging  to  or  hired  by  the  City. 

CITY  BUILDINGS  IN  CHARGE  OF  THIS  DEPARTMENT. 


Building  and  Location. 


Occupied  by,  etc. 


Ambulance  Station,   National  st..   So. 
Boston. 

Charity  Building,  43  Hawkins  st.,  with 
Temporary  Home,  Chardon  st. 


Municipal  Building,  City  sq.,  Charles- 
town. 


City  Building,  Norfolk  and  Washing- 
ton sts.,  Dor. 

City  Building,  Richmond  and  Washing- 
ton sts..  Dor. 

City  Hall,  School  st 


City  HaU  Annex,  Court  st. 


East  Boston  Court  House  and  PoHce 
Station,  Meridian  and  Paris  sts. 


On  leased  land. 


Overseers  of  the  Public  Welfare; 
part  occupied  by  Family  Wel- 
fare Soc. 

Charlestown  Br.  Municipal 
Court  and  PoHce  Sta.,  15th 
Div. 

Public  Library  Br.  and  Wd.  17 
wardroom. 

Pubhc  Library  Branch. 


Mayor's  ofiice,  City  Council 
chamber  and  City  depart- 
ments or  divisions  of  same. 

16  City  Departments,  etc. 

Dist.  Court  and  Pohce  Sta.,  7th 
Div. 


94  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

City  Buildings  in  Charqb  of  this  Department.— Confo'nued. 


BtriLDiNa  AND  Location. 


Faneuil  Hall,  Faneuil  Hall  square 

Faneuil  Hall  Market  House,  N.  and  S. 
Market  sts. 

Jamaica  Plain  Library,  South  and  Sedg- 
wick sts. 

Municipal     Building,    Jamaica     Plain, 
South  St. 

Municipal  Building,  Dorchester,  Colum- 
bia rd. 

Municipal   Building,    River  st.,    Hyde 
Park. 

Municipal  Building,  Roslindale,  Wash- 
ington St.,  opposite  South. 

Municipal    Building,    So,    Boston,    E. 
Broadway. 

Municipal  Building,  Ward  5  (now  Wd. 
3),  Oak  and  Tyler  sts. 

Municipal  Building,  Ward  6  (now  Wd. 
9),  Shawmut  ave.  and  W.  Brookline  st. 

Municipal  Building,  Ward  12  (now  Wd. 
8),  Vine  and  Dudley  sts. 

Old  Chemical  Engine  House,  Eustis  st., 
Roxbury. 

Old  Ladder  House  No.  5,  Fourth  st.. 
So.  Boston. 

Old  Police  Sta.  6,  West  Broadway,  So. 
Boston. 

Old  PoUce  Sta.  7,  Meridian  street,  E. 
Boston. 

Old  Prov.  State  House, Washington  and 
State  sts. 

Old  Franklin  Schoolhouse,  1151  Wash- 
ington St. 

Old   Cross   St.  Schoolhouse,  Cross  st., 
Charlestown. 


Occupied  by,  etc. 


Market  stalls,  etc.,  under  halL 

Quincy  Hall  and  Produce  Exch. 
2nd  floor. 

Pubhc  Library  Branch. 


Curtis  Hall,  baths  and  gym- 
nasium. 

Pub.  Library  Br.,  wardroom, 
baths  and  gymnasium. 

Auditorium,  wardroom,  gym- 
nasium and  baths. 

Auditorium,  Pub.  Library  Br,, 
wardroom,  gymnasium  and 
bathe. 

Municipal  Court,  Pub.  Library 
Br.,  auditorium  and  baths. 

Pub.  Library  Br.,  baths,  gym- 
nasium and  wardroom. 

Auditorium,  Pub.  Library  Br., 
gymnasium  and  baths. 

Pub.  Library  Br.,  baths,  gym- 
nasium and  wardroom. 

Leased. 


Upper  part.  Post  32,  G.  A.  R. 

Unoccupied. 

Leased  to  L.  S.  W.  V. 

Leased  to  Bostonian  Soc. 


Leased    to     Posts    15    and    7 
G.  A.  R. 

Leased    to    Col.  F,   B.   Bogan 
Camp,  No.  14,  L.  S.  W.  V. 


PUBLIC  BUILDINGS   DEPARTMENT.  95 

City  Buildings  in  Charge  op  this  Department. —  Concluded. 


Building  and  Location. 


Occupied  by,  etc. 


Old  Winthrop  Schoolhouse,  Bunker  Hill 
St.,  Charlestown 


Smith  Schoolhouse,  Joy  st , 

Wayfarers'  Lodge,  30  Hawkins  st. 


Reconstructed,  with  gymnasium 
baths  and  wardroom. 

Leased  to  Post  134,  G.  A.  R. 

Overseers  of  Public  Welfare. 


County  Buildings. 


Building  and  Location. 


Occupied  by,  etc. 


Court  House,  Pemberton  sq 

Jail,  Charles  st.  (three  buildings). 
Mortuary,  Northern  Dist.,  18  N.  Grove 

St. 

Municipal  Court,   Brighton,   Washing- 
ton st. 

Roxbury  Court  House,  Roxbury  st 


Municipal    Court,    Dor.,    Adams    and 
Arcadia  sts. 

Municipal  Court,  W.  Rox.,  Morton  st.. 
Forest  Hills. 


County  offices  and  court  rooms. 


Municipal  Court,  South'n  Dist. 

Part  occupied   by   Police  Sta., 
11th  Div. 

Municipal  Court,  W.  Rox.  and 
Hyde  Park. 


WARDROOMS   IN   CITY   BUILDINGS,  ETC. 


District. 

New 
Wds. 

Building. 

Location. 

East  Boston 

1 

Old  Armory  Building 

Maverick  st. 

Charlestown 

2 

Charlestown  Gymnasium 
Building. 

Bunker  Hill  and  Lex- 
ington sts. 

Boston  Proper.  . . 

3 

New  Municipal  Building. 

Oak  and  Tyler  sts. 

South  Boston 

6 

Municipal  Building 

Broadway. 

Roxbury 

8 

New  Municipal  Building. . 

Vine  and  Dudley  sts. 

96  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Wardrooms  in  City  Buiujings,  Etc. —  Concluded. 


DiSTEICT. 


New 
Wds. 


Building. 


Location. 


Dorchester 

13 

Municipal  Building 

Columbia  road  and 
Bird  St. 

17 

City  Building 

Washington  and  Nor- 
folk sts. 

Jamaica  Plain. . . . 

11 
19 

MintonHall* 

Forest  Hills  sq. 

RosUndale 

Municipal  Building 

Washington  st.  oppo- 
site South. 

Hyde  Park 

18 

Municipal  Building 

River  st.,  and  Cen- 
tral ave. 

Brighton 

22 

Old  Town  HaU 

Washington  st. 

The  two  buildings  used  as  armories  are  Engine  House  No.  4,  Bulfinch 
St.,  belonging  to  the  City,  and  No.  130  Columbus  ave.,  the  latter  occupied 
by  four  companies  of  Cadets,  annual  rent  paid,  $4,800.  At  11  Beacon 
St.,  10th  floor,  hired  for  Law  Department  at  g,nnual  rent  of  $10,500,  and 
at  274  Boylston  st.,  three  rooms  for  Medical  Examiner  of  Northern  Dis- 
trict at  $1,800  per  year. 

In  charge  of  this  department  also  are  the  following  City  scales:  North 
scales,  Haymarket  sq.;  South  scales.  City  stables  yard,  Albany  st.;  Rox- 
bury  scales,  Eustis  and  Mall  sts.;  Jamaica  Plain  scales,  Centre  st.  and 
Starr  lane. 


PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

General  offices,  504-506  City  Hall  Annex,  fifth  floor. 

[Ord.  1910,  Chap.  9;  Stat.  1910,  Chaps.  553  and  571;  Stat.  1911,  Chap. 
312;  Ord.  1911,  Chaps.  1  and  10;  Stat.  1912,  Chap.  348;  Rev.  Ord, 
1914,  Chap.  28;  Stat.  1914,  Chap.  324;  Ord.  1916,  Chap.  3;  Ord.  1917, 
Chap.  2;  Ord.  1921,  Chap.  3.] 

Joseph  A.  Rourke,  Commissioner:.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
Bernard  C.  Kellet,  Secretary  and  Chief  Clerk. 

The  Department  of  Public  Works  was  established  in  1911,  consisting  of 
the  Street,  Water  and  Engineering  Departments  combined  under  a  single 
executive  head  (viz.,  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works),  the  latter  author- 


*  Hired  for 


per  year. 


PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT.  97 

ized  to  create  the  necessary  divisions  of  the  department  according  to  his 
judgment.  The  following  four  divisions  have  been  created,  viz..  Bridge 
and  Ferry,  Highway,  Sewer  and  Sanitary,  Water,  each  in  charge  of  a 
Division  Engineer. 

The  Comnaissioner  of  Pubhc  Works,  who  must  be  a  civil  engineer  of 
recognized  standing  in  his  profession,  has  control  over  the  construction 
of  all  streets  and  sewers;  the  care  and  management  of  all  bridges  used  as 
highways;  of  the  ferries  owned  and  operated  by  the  City,  and  of  the  street 
lamps  maintained  by  the  City;  the  cleaning,  repairing  and  sprmkling  of 
streets  and  the  removal  of  house  offal  and  refuse;  the  maintenance  and 
operation  of  all  fixtures  and  apphances  held  by  the  City  for  purposes  of 
water  supply;  and  over  the  granting  of  permits  to  open,  occupy,  obstruct 
and  use  portions  of  streets. 

By  authority  of  Chapter  571,  Acts  of  1910,  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works  charges  for  permits  issued,  as  per  the  following  revised  schedule  in 
effect  from  April  1,  1920: 

1.  Openings  in  streets  or  sidewalks,  50  cents  each.  Limited  to  100  linear  feet  on  one 
permit. 

2.  Emergency  permits,  Class  A  (for  the  above  purpose),  50  cents  each. 

3.  Advertising  by  man  wearing  hat  and  coat  lettered  (annual  permit),  S5  (or  $1  per 
month) . 

4.  Cleaning  snow  from  roofs  (occupation  of  sidewalk  and  street  while  so  doing),  annual 
permit,  $1  each. 

5.  Driving  cattle  through  the  streets  (annual  permit  to  driver).  So. 

6.  Erecting  and  repairing  awnings  (annual  permit) ,  $1  each. 

7.  Moving  buildings  in  streets,  $5  per  day;    minimxmi  charge,  $10. 

8.  Erecting,  altering  or  repairing  buildings  (occupation  of  street  or  sidewalk),  5  cents 
per  square  foot  per  month  in  the  City  Proper,  bounded  onthesoutli  by  and  including  Berke- 
ley and  Dover  streets;  3  cents  per  square  foot  per  month  in  that  part  of  the  City  south 
of  limits  above  stated  to  and  including  Massachusetts  ave.;  and  2  cents  per  square  foot 
per  month  in  all  other  localities. 

9.  Painting  or  minor  repairs,  $1  each. 

10.  Feeding  horses  on  streets  (annual  permit),  $1  each. 

11.  Placing  and  removing  signs  flat  on  buildings,  $1  each. 

12.  Projecting  signs  or  lamps  from  buildings,  $1  each. 

13.  Raising  or  lowering  safes,  machinery,  etc.,  SI  each. 

14.  Emergency  permits,  Class  B,  $1  each. 

15.  Special  permits  for  periods  and  rates  other  than  those  in  the  preceding  classes 
iiccording  to  the  discretion  of  the  Commissioner. 

Bridge  and  Ferry  division. 
OflBce,  602  City  Hall  Annex,  sixth  floor. 
John  E.  Cartt,  Division  Engineer. 
L.  B.  Reillt,  Engineer  of  Construction. 
R.  D.  Gardner,  Designing  Engineer. 
Thomas  H.  Sexton,  Supervisor  of  Bridges. 
John  F.  Sulltvan,  General  Foreman  of  Ferries. 


98  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

The  Division  Engineer  has  charge  of  the  design,  construction  and  main- 
tenance of  the  highway  bridges  within  the  Umits  of  the  City,  the  care  and 
management  of  the  municipal  ferries,  the  abohshment  of  grade  crossings, 

also  the  special  engineering  work  for  other  City  departments.  All  draw- 
tenders  are  appointed  by  and  subject  to  the  control  of  the  Commissioner 
of  Public  Works. 

SUMMARY   OF   HIGHWAY   BRmGES,    ETC. 

I.     Number  maiataiaed  wholly  by  Boston 65 

II.     Number  of  which  Boston  maintains  the  part  within  its  Umits    .  6 
III.     Number  of  those  whose  cost  of  maintenance  is  partly  paid 

by  Boston 48 

IV.    Number  maintained  by  railroad  corporations : 

1.  Boston  &  Albany 4 

2.  Boston  &  Maine  and  Boston  &  Albany   ....  1 

3.  Boston  &  Maine,  Eastern  Division 1 

4.  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn 1 

5.  New  York,  N.  H.  &  H.,  Midland  Div 13 

6.  New  York,  N.  H.  &  H.,  Old  Colony  Div.       ...  4 

7.  New  York,  N.  H.  &  H.,  Providence  Div.        ...  16 
V.     Number  maintained  by  Metropolitan  District  Commission,  6 

VI.     Number  maintained  by  U.  S.  Government        ....  1 

Total  number 166 

MtnsriciPAL  Ferries. 
ci^.^      I  Boston  Proper. — ■  Head-house,  end  of  Eastern  ave. 
(.  East  Boston. —  Head-house,  end  of  Lewis  st. 

f  Boston  Proper. —  Head-house,  end  of  Battery  st. 
I  East  Boston. —  Head-house,  end  of  Border  st. 

The  following  steam  ferryboats  are  in  commission: 

Name.                           When  Built.         Type.               Length.  Gross 

Tonnage. 

Hugh  O'Brien • 1883  Side-wheel.   175  ft.  3  in.  645 

Governor  Russell 1898  Propeller.      164  "   3  "  713 

General  Sumner 1900           "             164  «    3  "  450 

John  H.  Sullivan 1912           "             172  «   3  "  527 

Lieut.  Flaherty 1921           «             174  "  727 

Ralph  J.  Palumbo 1921           "             174  "  755 

Noddle  Island (rebuilt)   1921           "             174  «    5  in.  564 

Note. —  For  bridges  in  parks  see  Park  Department. 


PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 


99 


HIGHWAY  DIVISION. 
Main  Office,  501  City  Hall  Annex,  fifth  floor. 
James  H.  Sullivan,  Division  Engineer. 
Joshua  Atwood,  Chief  Engineer,  Paving  Service. 
Benjamin  F.  Bates,  Assistant  Engineer,  Paving  Service. 

The  Division  Engineer  has  charge  of  the  construction  and  maintenance 
of  all  pubhc  streets,  the  issuing  of  permits  to  open,  occupy  and  obstruct 
portions  of  streets,  the  care  and  upkeep  of  the  electric  and  gas  lamps  in  the 
pubUc  streets,  alleys,  parks  and  pubhc  grounds,  and  the  placing  of  glass 
street  dgns  and  numbers  therein,  the  numbering  of  buUdings  and  the 
placing  of  all  street  signs. 


MILES  OF  ACCEPTED  STREETS,  FEBRUARY 

1,  1925,  BY  DISTRICTS. 

District. 

Sheet 
Asphalt. 

AsPH.iLT 

Concrete. 

Granite 
Block. 

Macadam. 

All 
Other. 

Totals. 

City  Proper 

Charlestown 

E.  Boston 

S.  Boston 

Roxbury 

21.17 
.     0.41 
2.17 
2.51 
9.68 
6.30 
5.61 
3.77 

10.90 
0.03 
0.90 
2.06 
6.73 
13.91 
10.42 
8.35 
1.44 

37.42 
12.13 

6.51 
17.76 
14.74 

3.72 
10.72 

0.92 

0.07 

17.28 
10.56 
22.51 
20.45 
54.20 
73.31 
99.57 
30.74 
19.01 

9.78 

0.32 
0.54 
3.30 
5.95 
6.37 

10.38 
6.00 

14.73 

96.55 
23.45 
32.63 
46.08 
91.30 

W.  Roxbury 

Dorchester 

Brighton 

103.61 
136.70 

49.78 

Hyde  Park 

35.25 

Total  Miles.. 

51.62 

54.74 

103 . 99 

347.63 

57.37 

615.35 

Per  Cent 

8.39 

8.90 

16.90 

56.49 

9.32 

100.00 

Changes  in  last 
5  Yrs.  (Miles). 

+  10.22 

+31.09 

—0.70 

—32.27 

+  3.30 

+11.64 

Note. —  Total  area  of  the  615.35  miles  of  accepted  streets,  11,637,188 
square  yards,  or  2,404.4  acres,  which  area  is  8.58  per  cent  of  City's  entire 
land  area.  In  addition  to  the  above  total,  there  are  accepted  footways 
with  total  length  of  1.35  miles.  The  total  number  of  accepted  public 
streets  and  alleys  is  2,514.  Besides  these,  there  are  about  3,020  private 
streets  and  alleys. 


100  MUNICIPAL    REGISTER. 

STREET  LAMPS  IN  USE  FEBRUARY  1.  1925. 


Electeic. 

Gas. 

TOTAU 

Magnetite  arc 

5,737 

3,4471 
1,374  1 
33  1 
25 
11 
23J 

5,737 

40  c.  p 

60  c.  p 

Tungsten  incandescent  <     200  c'  p 

700  c.  p 

1,100c.  p.... 

Single  mantle 

4,913 

9,727^ 
140  J 

Open-flame  (fire  alarm) 

9,867 

Totals 

10,650 

9,867 

20,517 

SEWER  AND  SANITARY  DIVISION. 

Main  Office,  510  City  Hall  Annex. 

Edward  F.  Mitrphy,  Division  Engineer. 
Thomas  F.  Bowes,  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Sewer  Service. 
John  M.  Shea,  Construction  Engineer,  Sewer  Service. 
William  V.  P.  Hoar,  Office  Engineer,  Sewer  Service. 

Daniel  H.  Gili;espie,  Supeivisor  of  Sanitary,  Street  Cleaning  and  Oiling 
Service. 

The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  in  1918  merged  the  Sewer  Service, 
Sanitary  Service  and  Street  Cleaning  and  OUing  Service,  designating  these 
three  former  branches  of  the  Highway  Division  as  the  Sewer  and  Sanitary 
Division. 

The  Division  Engineer  has  charge  of  aU  sewer  work;  of  the  cleaning 
and  oiling  of  streets,  also  the  removal  of  house  offal  and  refuse  in  the 
various  districts  of  the  Citj'. 

The  total  length  of  common  and  intercepting  sewers  on  February  1,  1925, 
was  1,012.22  miles;  total  nvmaber  of  catch-basins  in  charge  of  Sewer  Service 
16,843. 

Assessments  upon  the  estates  benefited  by  new  sewers  are  not  levied  by 
the  Public  Works  Department  but  by  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners 
(see  Street  Laying-Out  Department),  who  also  award  damages  to  real  estate 
owners  having  approved  claims  for  such.  The  assessment  upon  an  estate 
for  a  new  sewer  is  limited  to  $4.00  per  linear  foot  and  it  is  a  lien  upon  the 
property  untU  paid,  the  law  allowing  payment  in  annual  instalments  of  10 
per  cent  of  total  assessment  with  interest. 

In  1889  as  provided  by  Chap.  439  of  the  Acts,  the  Metropolitan  Sewer- 
age Commission  of  three  members  undertook  the  construction  of  the 


PUBLIC   WORKS   DEPARTMENT.  101 

North  Metropolitan  and  South  MetropoUtan  systems  of  trunk  and  inter- 
cepting sewers,  the  former  to  discharge  into  the  sea  at  Deer  Island  and  the 
latter  at  Moon  Island.  The  City  of  Boston  had  already  constructed,  at 
a  cost  of  $4,250,000,  pumping  works  and  a  trunk  sewer  from  Huntington 
avenue  and  Gainsborough  street  to  Moon  Island.  The  South  system  was 
completed  and  put  into  operation  in  1892,  the  State  paying  the  City  for 
pumping  and  discharging  the  sewage  received  from  the  territory  west  of 
Huntington  avenue.  The  North  Metropohtan  system,  with  four  pump- 
ing plants  and  41  miles  of  sewers,  went  into  operation  in  1896,  costing 
$5,116,696.  A  third  system,  the  Neponset  Valley,  with  a  total  length 
of  11.3  mUes,  was  completed  in  1898.  In  1906  the  High-level  sewer  was 
completed  and  into  its  17  miles  of  tunnel,  extending  from  Roxbury  to 
Quincy,  thence  to  outlets  off  Nut  Island,  nearly  all  the  sewage  of  the  South 
District  was  diverted.  On  January  1,  1925,  there  were  68.51  miles  of 
Metropolitan  sewer  in  the  North  District,  of  which  10.4  miles  were  in 
Boston,  and  51 .85  miles  in  the  South  District,  23 .98  miles  being  in  Boston. 
Tributary  to  the  two  Metropohtan  systems  there  were  1,581  miles  of 
local  sewers  in  the  28  cities  and  towns  belonging. 

REMOVAL  OF   STORE   REFUSE. 

The  removal  of  refuse  from  shops,  stores  and  warehouses,  involving 
much  ex-tra  labor,  is  attended  to  by  the  Sanitary  Service  and  charged  for 
at  15  cents  a  barrel  or  bundle  (not  larger  than  a  flour  barrel).  No  removals 
are  made  except  on  dehvery  of  tickets  obtainable  at  504  City  Hall  Annex. 

WATER  DIVISION. 
Main  Office,  606  City  Hall  Annex. 

Christopher  J.  Carven,  Division  Engineer. 

James  A.  McMurby,  Engineer  in  Charge,  Income  and  Meter  Branch. 

George  H.  Finneran,  Superintendent,  Distribution  Branch. 

Under  the  control  of  the  Division  Engineer  are  the  care  and  mainte- 
nance of  all  pipes  and  other  fixtures  and  appHances  for  the  purposes  of  the 
City's  water  supply,  also  the  assessing  of  water  rates  and  issuing  of  the 
bills  therefor. 

The  total  length  of  supply  and  distributing  water  mains  on  February  1, 
1925,  was  901.01  miles;  number  of  services  actually  in  use,  90,430,  of 
which  94  per  cent  were  metered;  number  of  public  fire  hydrants,  10,144; 
number  of  public  drinking  fountains,  151,  of  which  83  are  fitted  with 
hygienic  bubble  fixtures  and  68  are  for  animals  only. 

The  first  water  document  published  by  the  City  of  Boston  appeared 
in  1825.  In  addition  to  the  annual  reports  on  the  Cochituate  supply, 
from  1850,  and  of  the  Mystic  supply,  from  1866,  there  are  numerous  special 
reports.  By  chapter  449,  Acts  of  1895,  the  Boston  Water  Board,  the 
Water  Income  Department  and  the  Water  Registrar  were  abolished  and 


102  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

the  Water  Department  created,  a  single  commissioner  being  entrusted 
with  all  the  powers  previously  exercised  by  the  Boston  Water  Board  and 
the  Boston  Water  Registrar. 

A  State  commission,  the  Metropohtan  Water  Board,  took  possession, 
in  1898,  of  all  that  part  of  the  Boston  water  system  lying  westward  of 
Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  also  the  pumping  station  there,  with  adjacent 
lands.  The  sum  paid  to  the  City  was  $12,531,000.  Payments  to  the 
State  by  the  City  for  its  supply  of  water  have  been  regularly  made  since 
1898.  Total  quantity  of  water  in  the  ten  storage  reservoirs  of  the  Metro- 
politan system  on  January  1,  1925,  60,384,300,000  gallons,  of  which  76.6 
per  cent  was  in  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  in  Clinton,  32  miles  west  of  Boston, 
an  artificial  lake  4,135  acres  in  surface  area  and  added  to  the  system  in 
1905.  There  are  also  twelve  distribution  reservoirs  with  capacity  of 
2,400,680,000  gallons,  five  pumping-stations  being  connected  with  these, 
in  which  stations  34,439,629,000  gallons  of  water  were  pumped  during 
the  year  1924.  In  the  existing  Metropolitan  Water  District  are  nine 
cities,  besides  Boston,  and  nine  towns.  Boston  takes  about  75  per  cent  of 
the  entire  water  supply  of  the  District. 

The  daily  average  amount  of  water  used  in  Boston  in  1924  was  87,680,900 
gallons,  or  102.8  gallons  per  capita. 

HIGH    PKESSURE    FIRE    SERVICE. 

Bj^  the  provisions  of  Chapter  312,  Acts  of  1911,  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  was  authorized  to  install  an  efficient  system  of  high  pressure 
fire  service  for  the  business  center  of  the  City.  The  work  completed, 
including  the  old  salt-water  fireboat  hne  installed  in  1898,  comprises 
16  miles  of  pipe  with  430  hydrants.  Total  expenditure  for  installation  of 
system  to  Feb.  1,  1925,  was  $2,086,619.  Total  mileage  of  system  to  be 
about  17.00.     Two  pumping  stations  are  now  in  use. 


REGISTRY   DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  103  City  Hall  Annex,  first  floor. 

[Stat.  1892,  Chap.  314;    Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  34;    C.  C,  Title  IV., 

Chap.  28;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  29;  Ord.  1924,  Chap.  1;  Ord.  1924, 
Chap.  1.] 

Edward  W.  McGlenen,  City  Registrar.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
Jeremiah  J.  Leary,  Assistant  Registtar. 
Margaret  M.  Foley,  Assistant  Registrar. 

The  City  Registrar  keeps  the  records  of  births,  deaths  and  marriages, 
and  issues  certificates  of  all  intentions  of  marriage.  Annual  reports  have 
been  pubUshed  since  1849,  except  in  1860  and  1861. 

By  Ordinance,  approved  July  12,  1892,  the  Department  of  Ancient 
Records  and  the  office  of  Record  Commissioners   (estabUshed  July  6, 


SCHOOLHOUSE   DEPARTMENT.  103 

1875)  were  abolished,  and  the  duties  of  the  Record  Commissioners,  includ- 
ing the  publication  of  documents  relating  to  the  early  history  of  Boston, 
were  transferred  to  the  City  Registrar. 


RETIREMENT  BOARD. 
Office,  22  City  Hall. 
[Stat.  1922,  Chap.  521;   Stat.  1923,  Chap.  381;   Stat.  1924,  Chaps.  249, 
250,  251;  Stat.  1925,  Chaps.  18,  90,  152.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Wilfred  J.  Doyle,  Chairman. 
J.  George  Herlihy,  Secretary. 
William  F.  Reagan,  Executive  Officer. 

THE  BOARD. 

Wilfred  J.  Doyle.     Term  ends  Sept.  1,  1928. 

John  J.  Curley  {ex  officio). 

J.  George  Herlihy.  Term  ends  Sept.  1,  1929. 
The  Boston  Retirement  System  was  established  on  Feb.  1,  1923,  as 
provided  by  Chap.  521  enacted  in  June,  1922,  and  accepted  by  Mayor  and 
City  Council  in  August,  1922.  It  is  administered  by  a  board  of  three  mem- 
bers, or  the  City  Treasurer,  ex  officio,  one  person  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
and  the  third  member  chosen  by  the  other  two.  The  compensation  of  the 
members  is  $10  each  for  every  meeting  attended,  but  not  over  $500  in  any 
one  year.  After  the  original  appointments,  the  term  of  each  appointive 
member  is  four  years.  For  particulars  concerning  the  system,  see  page  138 
of  this  Municipal  Register. 

SCHOOLHOUSE  DEPARTMENT, 

Office,  1007  City  Hall  Annex,  tenth  floor. 

[Stat.  1901,  Chap.  473;  Stat.  1904,  Chap.  376;  C.  C,  Title  V.,  Chap.  33, 
§  14;  Stat.  1905,  Chap.  392;  Stat.  1906,  Chap.  259;  Stat.  1907, 
Chap.  450;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  524;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  446;  Stat.  1911, 
Chap.  540;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  337,  363;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  331,  738; 
Spec.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  267;  Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  132;  Spec.  Stat. 
1919,  Chaps.  199,  206;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  524;  Stat.  1921,  Chap.  169; 
Stat.  1924,  Chap.  380.] 

OFFICLA.LS. 

John  II.  Mahony,  Chairman. 
Clarence  H.  Elackall,  Secretary. 
J.  George  Herlihy,  Chief  Clerk. 

commissioners. 
John  H.  Mahony.     Term  ends  in  1928. 

• — • — .     Term  ends  in  1 927. 

Clarence  H.  Blackall.     Term  ends  in  1926. 
This  department  is  in  charge  of  a  board  of   three  commissioners,  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor.     One  commissioner  is  appointed  in  each  year  for  a 
term  of  three  years,  beginning  with  June  1.     The  salaries  of  the  commis" 


104  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

sioners  and  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  department  are  met  by  appro- 
priations of  the  School  Committee. 

The  authority  and  duties  of  the  Board  are  those  formerly  conferred  and 
imposed  upon  the  City  Council  and  the  School  Committee  in  relation  to 
selecting  lands  for  school  purposes,  providing  temporary  school  accommo- 
dations, making,  altering  and  approving  designs  and  plans  for  school  pur- 
poses; erecting,  completing,  altering,  repairing,  furnishing,  and  preparing 
yards  for  school  buildings,  and  making  contracts  and  selecting  architects. 

Annual  reports  to  the  Mayor  have  been  made  since  1901,  an  interesting 
feature  of  which  is  the  "Descriptive  Schedule  of  Permanent  School  Build- 
ings," a  large  tabular  insert  showing,  under  14  headings,  building  statistics 
of  270  or  more  schooLhouses. 


SINKING  FUNDS  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  20  City  Hall. 
[R.  L.,  Chap.  27,  §  14;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  35;  C.  C,  Title  IV., 
Chap.  9,  §  5;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486,  §  26;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  437; 
Stat.  1911,  Chap.  165;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  31;  Stat.  1914,  Chap. 
324;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  184;  Ord.  1916,  Chap.  7;  Ord.  1925, 
Chap.  2.1 

OfPICIAIiS. 

Edmtjnd  L.  Dolan,  Chairman. 
Rupert  S.  Carven,  Secretary. 
John  J.  Curley,  Treasurer. 

COMMISSIONERS.* 

Matthew  Cummings,  Frederick  J.  Crosby.     Terms  end  in  1928. 
William  H.  Slocum,  Randolph  C.  Grew.     Terms  end  in  1927. 
Edmund  L.  Dolan,  Samuel  Kalesky.     Terms  end  in  1926. 

The  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Sinking  Funds  for  the  payment  or 
redemption  of  the  City  debt  consists  of  six  members,  two  of  whom  are 
appointed  annually  by  the  Mayor  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1. 
The  Board  has  published  annual  reports  since  1871.  The  amended  City 
Charter,  Section  26,  prohibits  the  further  establishing  of  sinking  funds, 
but  an  exception  was  afterwards  made  by  the  Legislature  regarding  loans 
for  Rapid  Transit  purposes.  It  also  prohibits  the  depositing  of  City  or 
County  money  in  any  bank  of  which  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Sinking 
Funds  Commissioners  is  an  officer,  director  or  agent. 


SOLDIERS'  RELIEF   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  65  City  Hall,  fifth  floor. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  115;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  36;  C.  C,  Title IV.,  Chap.  29; 
Stat.  1904,  Chap. -381;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  468;  Stat.  1914,  Chap.  587; 
Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  116;  Gen.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  179;  Gen.  Stat. 
1918,  Chaps.  108,  183;  Ord.  1920,  Chap.  8;  Ord.  1922,-  Chap.  8; 
Ord.  1925,  Chap.  4.] 

*  The  Commissioners  serve  without  compensation. 


STATISTICS  DEPARTMENT.  105 


-,  Soldiers'  Relief  Commissioner.     Term  ends  in  1929. 


Frederick  W.  Watkeys,  M.D.,  Deputy  Commissioner. 
Timothy  W.  Kelly,  Deputy  Commissioner. 

The  Soldiers'  Relief  Department  was  created  as  a  department  of  the 
City  of  Boston  by  Chapter  441  of  the  Acts  of  1897,  and  is  under  the  charge 
of  a  commissioner  appointed  by  the  Mayor.  He  exercises  all  powers  and 
duties  for  the  distribution  of  State  and  City  aid  to  soldiers  in  the  City  of 
Boston,  such  as  were  formerly  vested  in  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Alder- 
men.   

STATISTICS   DEPARTMENT. 
Oflflce,  73  City  Hall,  seventh  floor. 
[Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  37;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  33;  Ord.  1922,  Chaps.  6 
and  9;  Ord.  1923,  Chap.  11.] 

OFFICIALS. 

James  P.  Balfe,  Chairman. 
Edward  F.  O'Dowd,  Secretary. 

TRUSTEES.* 

Frederic  W.  Rttgg.    Term  ends  in  1930. 
Robert  Dysart.    Term  ends  in  1929. 
Francis  Peabody.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
James  P.  Balfe.    Term  ends  in  1926. 


This  department  is  in  charge  of  a  board  of  five  members,  whose  duty 
it  is  to  collect,  compile  and  publish  such  statistics  relating  to  the  City 
of  Boston  and  such  statistics  of  other  cities,  for  purposes  of  comparison, 
as  they  may  deem  of  pubhc  importance,  also  to  furnish  statistical  informa- 
tion to  the  City  departments  and  to  the  public  on  request. 

The  Municipal  Register  has  been  compiled  and  edited  annually  by 
the  department  since  1898.  The  new  and  more  comprehensive  work, 
Boston  Yearbook,  was  issued  for  the  first  time  in  1924.  For  the  past 
fourteen  years  the  annual  City  Council  manual,  "Organization  of  the 
City  Government,"  has  contained  a  large  collection  of  the  latest  statistics 
contributed  by  the  department.  The  same  collection  has  also  been 
separately  issued  in  a  more  elaborate  form  with  title  "Boston  Statistics" 
and  distributed  widely. 

City  Record. 
[Stat.  1909,  Chap.  486,  §§  29,  30;  Ord.  1922,  Chap.  9.] 
In  accordance  with  the  amended  City  Charter  of  1909,  the  ofl&cial  weekly 
pubhcation  of  the  City,  with  the  title,  Boston  City  Record,  was  re-estab- 
lished in  that  year,  the  size  of  the  page,  typography,  etc.,  being  similar  to 
the  form  adopted  by  the  Statistics  Department,  under  whose  manage- 

■  *  The  Trustees  other  than  the  chairman  serve  without  compensation. 


106  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

ment  the  first  City  Record  was  issued  during  the  years  1898,  1899  and 
to  May  8,  1900,  at  which  time  it  was  discontinued. 

The  paper  is  now  issued  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  who  appoints 
the  editor  (see  p.  35)  while  the  business  details  are  in  charge  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Statistics  Dept.,  who  is  Business  Agent. 


STREET  LAYING-OUT  DEPARTMENT. 

Main  OflBce,  401  City  Hall  Aimex,  fourth  floor. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chaps.  82,  83;  Stat.  1870,  Chap.  337;  Stat.  1895,  Chap. 
449,  §  23;  Stat.  1897,  Chap.  426;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  39;  Stat. 
1899,  Chap.  450;  Stat.  1906,  Chaps.  258,  393;  Stat.  1907,  Chaps. 
403,  584;  Stat.  1908,  Chaps.  447,  519;  C.  C.  Chap.  51;  Stat.  1909, 
Chaps.  209,  486,  §§  28,  31;  Stat.  1911,  Chaps.  169,  415,  453,  591; 
Stat.  1912,  Chaps.  338,  339,  371,  558,  661;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  263, 
432,  536,  554,  577,  680,  799;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  119,  128,  569,  641; 
Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  34;  Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  176  and  Spec. 
Stat.,  Chap.  91;  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chaps.  318,  329;  Spec.  Stat.  1918, 
Chap.  155;  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  224;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  74.  312, 
465;  Stat.  1921,  Chans.  191,  407;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  316;  Stat.  1923, 
Chap.  489;  Ord.  1924,  Chap.  7;  Stat.  1925,  Chaps.  323,  325,  333.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Thomas  J.  Hurley,  Chairman. 
Joseph  F.  Sullivan,  Secretary. 

BOARD   OF   STREET   COMMISSIONERS. 

John  J.  O'Callaghan.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
Thomas  J.  Hurley.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Charles  T.  Harding.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION. 

William  J.  Sullivan,  Chief  Engineer. 
Arthur  N.  Colman,  Assistant  Chief  Engineer. 

ASSESSMENT   DIVISION. 

Charles  F.  Bogan,  Chief. 

permit  division. 
44  City  Hall. 

James  Celeste,  Acting  Chief. 

A  member  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners  is  appointed  each 
year  by  the  Mayor  to  serve  for  three  years  from  the  first  Monday  in 
January.  The  Board  has  power  to  lay  out,  relocate,  alter  or  discontinue 
highways  in  the  City,  to  order  specific  repairs,  also,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Mayor,  the  construction  of  sewers  and  to  take  for  the  City  any  lands, 
water  courses  and  ways  deemed  necessary  for  such  construction.  It 
levies  the  betterment  assessments  on  estates  benefited  by  the  construction 
of  new  sewers  and  new  or  improved  highways,  also  awards  damages  for 
takings  of  land,  and  grants  to  landowners  permission  to  open  private 
streets.    In  1895  the  duties  of  the  Board  of  Survey  were  transferred  to  the 


SUPPLY  DEPARTMENT.  107 

Street  Commissioners;  in  1907  they  were  charged  with  the  licensing  of 
street  stands  for  the  sale  of  merchandise,  in  1908  with  the  regulation  of 
street  traffic,  and  in  1913  with  the  authority  to  grant  or  withhold  permits 
for  the  erection  of  automobile  garages.  The  fees  for  these  permits  are  : 
For  erecting  a  public  garage,  $100  ;  for  a  business  garage  for  trucks,  $100  ; 
repair  shop,  isolated,  $5.00  ;  unit  group,  $1.00  each  unit ;  private  garage 
for  one  or  two  cars,  $1.00,  and  if  in  excess  of  two  cars,  $1.00  more  for 
each  such  excess.     There  is  no  annual  garage  fee. 

By  the  Amended  City  Charter  of  1909  the  jurisdiction  previously 
exercised  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  is  vested  in  the  Street  Commissioners, 
with  the  written  approval  of  the  Mayor,  as  to  the  naming  of  streets,  as 
to  trees  in  the  streets,  as  to  permits  or  Licenses  for  special  use  of  same, 
including  the  construction  of  coal  holes,  vaults,  bay  windows  and  mar- 
quees, in,  under,  or  over  the  streets,  also  for  the  location  of  conduits,  poles 
and  posts  and  the  storage  of  inflammables  and  explosives.  They  collect 
the  annual  license  of  $1.00  for  selling  and  keeping  gasoline. 

As  authorized  by  Chapter  680,  Acts  of  1913,  the  Street  Commissioners 
issued  on  AprU  9,  1914,  their  "Rules  and  Regulations  Relating  to  Projec- 
tions on  or  over  Public  Highways.''  These  rules  were  amended  in  1915, 
as  authorized  by  Chapter  176,  General  Acts  of  that  year,  the  changes 
taking  effect  July  20.  The  penalty  for  disregard  of  said  rules  is  a  fine  not 
exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  day  of  negUgence  after  five  days*  notice. 

Fees  for  permits  and  each  annual  renewal  thereof  are  fixed  as  follows: 

lUmninated  signs • $1  00 

Two-foot  projecting  signs  (not  illuminated) 60 

Other  projecting  signs  (not  illuminated) 25 

Lettering  on  awnings 50 

Lamps,  unlettered 25 

Marquees,  or  awnings 1  00 

Lettering  or  signs  on  marquees 1  00 

Hoisting  devices 1  00 

Clocks 1  00 

Lettering  in  sidewalks 1  00 

Other  structures 1  00 

Temporary  signs  on  buildings  for  purposes  of  public  interest No  fee 

Awnings  above  the  first  story,  not  used  for  advertising No  fee 

Traffic  Rules. 
As  provided  by  Chapter  447,  Acts  of  1908,  the  Street  Commissioners 
were  authorized  to  make  traffic  rules.  The  latest  revision  of  same  to 
May  1,  1925,  shows  75  one-way  streets,  the  list  of  which  appears  in  "Boston 
Statistics,  1925."  The  rules  are  enforced  by  the  Police  Commissioner, 
having  in  charge  a  traffic  squad  of  180  men. 


SUPPLY   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  808  City  Hall  Annex,  eighth  floor. 
[Ord.  1908,  Chap.  6;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  35;  Ord.  1919,  Chap.  6.] 

Mark  L.  Hersey,  Superintendent. 
Charles  E.  Thornton,  Chief  Clerk. 


108  MUNICIPAL   REGISTER. 

The  Superintendent  of  Supplies  furnishes  all  the  material,  apparatus 
and  other  supplies  required  for  the  special  use  of  the  Public  Works  Depart- 
ment, and  such  material  for  other  departments  of  the  City  as  may  be 
asked  for  by  requisition  signed  by  the  head  of  such  department,  except 
furniture  arid  stationery. 

TRANSIT  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  1  Beacon  street,  sixth  floor. 
[Spec.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  185;  Ord.  1918,  Chap.  3;  Ord.  1922,  Chap.  1; 
Stat.  1923,  Chaps.  399,  405,  480:   Stat.  1924,  Chaps.  120,  403,  444; 
Stat.  1925,  Chaps.  52,  193,  341.] 

commissioners. 

Thomas  F.  Sullivan. 

Louis  K.  Rourke. 

Francis  E.  Slattery. 

Terms  of  all  end  in  1926. 

officials. 
Thomas  F.  Sullivan,  Chairman. 
Edward  F.  Condon,  Secretary. 
Ernest  R.  Springer,  Chief  Engineer. 

This  department  was  established  to  exercise  the  powers  and  perform 
the  duties  formerly  in  charge  of  the  Boston  Transit  Commission,  whose 
official  existence  terminated  July  1,  1918. 


TREASURY   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  City  HaU,  Rooms  21  and  22,  first  floor. 
[Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  40;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  210;  Ord.  1908,  Chap.  4; 
C.  C.  Title  IV.,  Chap.  9;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  413;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps. 
367,  672,  788;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  36;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  140;  Ord. 
1920,  Chap.  12;  Ord.  1921,  Chaps.  1  and  2;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  521; 
Ord.  1925,  Chap.  2.] 

John  J.  Curley,  City  Treasurer.     Term  ends  in  1925. 
Edward  F.  McAdams,  Cashier  and  Acting  Treasurer  in  the  absence  of  the 
Treasurer. 

The  City  Treasurer  has  the  care  and  custody  of  the  current  funds  of 
the  City,  of  all  moneys,  properties  and  securities  placed  in  his  charge 
by  any  statute  or  ordinance,  or  by  any  gift,  devise,  bequest,  or  deposit, 
and  pays  all  bills  and  demands  against  the  City. 

The  City  Treasurer  is  also  County  Treasurer  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Sinking  Funds  Dept.    He  publishes  reports  yearly,  also  monthly  statements. 


WEIGHTS  AND   MEASURES  DEPARTMENT.  109 

VESSELS  AND  BALLAST  DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  173  Sumner  street,  East  Boston. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  102,  §§  6-13;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  41;  Rev.  Ord. 

1914,  Chap.  39.] 

Cornelius  J.  Donovan,  Chief  Weigher.    Appointed  annually. 

This  department  is  under  the  charge  of  the  Weighers  of  Vessels  and 
Ballast,  two  in  number,  one  of  whom  is  designated  by  the  Mayor  as  chief. 
They  receive  the  fees,  after  payment  of  expenses,  as  compensation  for 
their  services. 


WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES  DEPARTMENT. 
Office,  106  City  Hall  Annex,  first  floor. 
[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  98,  §§  34-55;  Stat.  1882,  Chap.  42;  Rev.  Ord.  1898, 
Chap.  43;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  382;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  209;  Stat.  1913, 
Chap.  503;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  346, 379, 452;  Rev.  Ord.  1914,  Chap.  37; 
Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  253;  Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  120;  Gen.  Stat. 
1919,  Chaps.  91,  128;  Ord.  1919,  Chap.  1;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  259, 369; 
Ord.  1923,  Chap.  4.] 

James  A.  Sweeney,  Sealer. 

Walter  L.  Finigan,  Chief  Clerk. 

Deputy  Sealers. —  Charles  E.   Walsh,  Louis  Hertgen,  Benjamin  P» 

Hutchinson,   Thomas  A.   Kelley,   Fred  A.   Thissell,   John   A. 

Gargan,  John  J.  Martin,  William  D.  Fay,  Martin  J.  Travers, 

Edward  J.   McManus,   Francis  A.   Trayers  and   Lawrence   J. 

Lewis.     Philip  F.  Leonard,  Mechanician. 

This  department  is  in  charge  of  the  Sealer. 

The  standards  in  use  are  supplied  by  the  Commonwealth  and  are  deter- 
mined by  the  United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  office  was  authorized  by  the  statute  of  February  26,  1800.  Annual 
reports  have  been  published  since  1868.  By  Chapter  382,  Acts  of  1909,  all 
principal  and  assistant  sealers  are  included  within  the  classified  civil  service. 


Nonexecutive  Departments, 

Etc. 


(Outside  Mayor's  Control. 


112 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


VARIOUS   CITY,   COUNTY  AND   STATE 
OFFICERS. 


The  following  table  shows  the  manner  in  which  public  officers,  other 
than  the  regular  City  department  heads,  are  appointed  or  elected  as  pre- 
scribed by  statute,  ordinance,  or  regulation,  the  time  of  appointment  or 
election,  the  term  of  office,  and  the  salarj-,  if  any,  of  each  officer.  Appoint- 
ments by  the  Mayor  marked  with  a  *  are  subject  to  approval  bj'^  the  State 
Civil  Service  Commission;  those  marked  with  a  t  are  confirmed  by  the 
City  Council: 


Officers. 

How- 
Created. 

Appointed  ok 
Elected. 

Term. 

Salary. 

By  Whom. 

When. 

Begins. 

Length. 

Art  Commission*  (five) .  . . 

Statute. 

Mayor .... 

Annually 
one. 

May  1 .  . 

5  yrs.. 

None. 

Board  of  Appeal*  (five) . . . 

u 

n 

« 

Aug.  1 .  . 

5     "   . 

B 

Boston    and    Cambridge 
Bridges  Commiss'n  (two) . 

ti 

11 

None. 

County  Officers|g^gppjj7 
Court  Officers.  J      '^^'^■ 

Finance  Commission  (five). 

u 

Governor  a 

Annually 
one. 

5     "   . 

c 

Franklin  Foundation 

u 

Supreme 
Court. 

E 

None. 

(twelve  Managers). 

Licensing  Board  (three) . . . 

u 

Governor  a 

Biennially 
one. 

6     "   . 

$3,500  D 

Loan    Assoc'n,    Working- 
men's,  one  Director. 

li 

Mayor .... 

Annually. . 

3d  Thu. 
in  Apr. 

lyr... 

None. 

A  With  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Exec.  Council. 
B  Salary  $10  per  day,  not  to  exceed  $1,000  per  yr. 
c  Chairman,  $5,000;  other  members  none. 
D  Chairman,  $500  additional. 
E  As  vacancies  occur. 


VARIOUS    OFFICERS. 


113 


How 
Created. 

Appointed  ob 
Elected. 

Term. 

Salabt. 

By  Whom. 

When. 

Begins. 

Length. 

Loan    Comp'y?     Chattel, 
one  Director. 

Statute 

Mayor 

Annually. . 

lyr... 

None. 

Loan  Comp'y,  Collateral, 
one  Director. 

(I 

(1 

u 

3d  Wed. 
in  Dec. 

1  "  .. 

a 

Old  South  Assoc'n  (three 
Managers). 

If 

City  Coun- 
cil. 

u 

When 
elected. 

1  "  .. 

a 

Medical  Examiners  (two).. 

u 

Governor  * 

7  yrs. . 
5     «    . 

$5,000 

u 

u 

1st  Mon. 
in  June 

8,000 

School  Committee  (five) .  . 

li 

Elected.... 

City  elec- 
tion  

1st  Mon. 
in  Jan'y 

4     "    . 

None. 

Undertakers 

Health 
Dept. 

Mayor .... 

Annually 

May  1 .  . 
"     1.. 

1  yr.  . 

1   « 

a 

Officers  Paid  by  Fees:t 
Constables 

Fees. 

Fence- viewers  t 

u 

« 

(( 

"     1.. 

1  " 

u 

Inspectors    of  hay    and 
straw,  hme,  petroleum, 
etc. 

ti 

a 

« 

"     1.. 

1  " 

u 

Gaugers  of  Uquid  meas- 
ures. 

u 

a 

u 

"     1.. 

1  " 

u 

Measurers  of  grain,  up- 
per leather,  wood  and 
bark. 

u 

a 

(I 

"     1.. 

]  " 

u 

Superintendents  of  hay 
scales. 

u 

u 

u 

"     1.. 

1  " 

u 

Weighers  of  boilers  and 
heavy  machinery,  coal. 

n 

u 

u 

"     1.. 

1  " 

u 

*  With  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Executive  Council. 

t  Confirmed  by  City  Council. 

+  Two  inspectors  in  the  Building  Dept.  act  as  Fence- viewers. 


114  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


VARIOUS   CITY,    COUNTY   AND   STATE 
OFFICERS,   DEPARTMENTS,   COMMIS- 
SIONS,  COURTS,   ETC. 


ART  DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  1001  City  Hall  Annex. 

[Stat.  1898,  Chap.  410;  Rev.  Ord.  1898,  Chap.  4;  C.  C.  Title  IV.,  Chap.  11; 

Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  87.] 

OFFICIALS. 

John  Harleston  Parker,  Chairman. 
Henrt  Forbes  Bigelow,  Secretary. 

COMMISSIONERS.  * 

George  H.  Edgell,  named  by  the  Boston  Society  of  Architects.  Term 
ends  in  1930. 

Charles  D.  Maginnis,  named  by  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology.    Term  ends  in  1929. 

Philip  S.  Sears,  named  by  Trustees  of  Museum  of  Fine  Arts.  Term 
ends  in  1928. 

Henry  Forbes  Bigelow,  named  by  the  Boston  Art  Club.  Term  ends  in 
1927. 

John  Harleston  Parker,  named  by  the  Trustees  of  the  PubUc  Library. 
Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Art  Department,  estabUshed  in  1898,  is  in  charge  of  five  commis- 
sioners, who  are  appointed  by  the  Mayor.  Each  of  the  following-named 
bodies,  namely,  the  Trustees  of  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  the  Trustees  of 
the  Boston  Public  Library,  the  Trustees  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology,  the  Boston  Art  Club,  and  the  Boston  Society  of  Architects, 
submits  a  Ust  of  three  persons  to  the  Mayor;  and  the  Mayor  appoints 
one  person  as  Art  Commissioner  from  each  of  the  lists  so  submitted. 
Whenever  the  term  of  a  member  of  the  Board  expires,  the  Mayor  appoints 
his  successor  from  a  list  selected  by  the  body  which  made  the  original 
selection,  as  aforesaid.  The  Board  may  appoint  a  secretary  outside  of  its 
own  membership,  who  serves  without  compensation. 

No  work  of  art  can  become  the  property  of  the  City  without  the 
approval  of  the  Art  Department,  which  may  also  be  requested  by  the 

*  The  Commissioners  serve  without  compensation. 


BOARD  OF  APPEAL.  115 

Mayor  or  the  City  Council  to  pass  upon  the  design  of  any  municipal 
building,  bridge,  approach,  lamp,  ornamental  gate  or  fence,  or  other 
structure  to  be  erected  upon  land  belonging  to  the  City.  Moreover,  aU 
contracts  or  orders  for  the  execution  of  any  painting,  monument,  statue, 
bust,  bas-reUef,  or  other  sculpture  for  the  City  shall  be  made  by  said  Board, 
acting  by  a  majority  of  its  members,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor. 
By  Chap.  87,  Special  Acts  of  1919,  all  works  of  art  owned  by  the  City 
were  placed  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the  Art  Commissioners. 


BOARD   OF  APPEAL. 

Office,  804  City  Hall  Annex,  eighth  floor. 

[Stat.  1907,  Chap.  550,  §§  6,  7;  C.  C,  Title  IV.,  Chap.  13,  §  6;  Stat.  1910, 
Chap.  631;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  440;  Stat.  1924,  Chap.  488;  Stat. 
1925,  Chap.  219.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Walter  S.  Gerry,  Chairman. 
Hubert  G.  Ripley,  Secretary. 

THE   BOARD. 

George  S.  Parker.     Term  ends  in  1930. 
James  H.  Fitzpatrick.     Term  ends  in  1929. 
Hubert  G.  Ripley.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
James  A.  McElaney.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
Walter  S.  Gerry.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Board  consists  of  five  members,  one  appointed  each  year  by  the 
Mayor  from  two  candidates  nominated  in  successive  years  by  the  follow- 
ing organizations  respectively:  Real  Estate  Exchange  and  Auction  Board, 
Massachusetts  Real  Estate  Exchange,  Boston  Society  of  Architects, 
Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  Master  Builders'  Association,  Con- 
tractors' and  Builders'  Association,  and  Building  Trades  Council  of  the 
Boston  Central  Labor  Union;  also  one  member  of  the  Mayor's  own  selec- 
tion. The  term  of  office  is  five  years.  Each  member  is  paid  $10  per 
day  for  actual  service,  but  not  more  than  SI, 000  in  any  one  year. 

Any  applicant  for  a  permit  from  the  Building  Commissioner  whose 
application  has  been  refused  may  appeal  therefrom  within  ninety  days, 
and  a  person  who  has  been  ordered  by  the  Commissioner  to  incur  any 
expense  may,  within  ten  days  after  receiving  such  order,  appeal  to  the 
Board  of  Appeal  by  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  Commissioner.  All 
cases  of  appeal  are  settled  by  this  Board,  after  a  hearing.  Permits  to 
restore  damage  by  fire  can  only  be  issued  with  the  approval  of  the  Board. 

Appeal  may  also  be  made  to  this  Board  from  certain  requirements  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Wires. 


116  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

BOSTON  AND   CAMBRIDGE  BRIDGES  COMMISSION. 

Office,  506  City  HaU  Annex,  fifth  floor. 

[Stat.  1870,   Chaps.  300,  302;  Stat.  1898,  Chap.  467,   §  14;  Ord.  1906, 
Chap.  1;  C.  C,  Chap.  35,  §§  2,  4,  and  5;  Stat.  1912,  Chap.  92.] 

Joseph  A.  Rourke,  Commissioner  for  Boston. 
Francis  J.  Smith,  Commissioner  for  Cambridge. 
John  J.  O'Neil,  Secretary. 

This  Commission  was  established  in  1870,  to  have  charge  of  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  West  Boston,  Canal  or  Craigie's,  and  the  Prison  Point  bridges. 
In  1892  the  Harvard  bridge  was  placed  in  their  charge.  The  powers  of 
the  Commission  were  greatly  enlarged  in  1898  when  aU  bridges  and  draws 
between  the  two  cities  were  placed  in  their  charge.  The  expense  of 
maintenance  is  borne  equally  by  the  City  of  Boston  and  the  City  of  Cam- 
bridge. The  two  Commissioners  are  appointed  by  the  Mayors  of  Boston 
and  Cambridge  respectively.  The  Commissioner  for  Boston,  who  serves 
without  pay,  is  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

BRIDGES  IN   CHARGE   OF  THE   COMMISSIONERS.*^ 

Anderson  Bridge,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

Brookline  street,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

Cambridge,  from  Boston  to  Cambridge. 

Cambridge  street-River  street,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

Harvard,  from  Boston  to  Cambridge. 

Prison  Poi^t,  from  CharlestowTi  to  Cambridge. 

Western  avenue,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 


BOSTON  FINANCE  COMMISSION. 

Office,  11  Beacon  Street. 

[Stat.   1909,   Chap.   486,    §§   17-21;  Stat.   1921,   Chap.   81;  Stat.    1924, 

Chap.  369;  Stat.  1925,  Chap.  333.] 

OFFICIALS. 

Charles  L.  Carr,  Chairman. 

Guy  C.  Emerson,  Consulting  Engineer. 

John  C.  L.  Dowling,  Counsel  and  Acting  Secretary. 

COMMISSIONERS. 

Charles  L.  Carr.     Term  ends  in  1930. 

.     Term  ends  in  1929. 

Joseph  A.  Sheehan.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
CoTJRTENAT  GuiLD.     Term  ends  in  1927. 
John  F.  Moors.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

*  AU  of  the  bridges  named  in  this  Hst  are  over  navigable  waters. 


COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK.  117 

The  Finance  Commission  is  constituted  under  the  Amended  Charter  of 
1909.  It  consists  of  five  commissioners  appointed  by  the  Governor  and 
confirmed  by  the  Executive  Council,  the  term  of  each  being  five  years. 
The  chairman  of  the  Commission  is  named  by  the  Governor.  The  members 
of  the  Commission,  other  than  the  chairman,  serve  -wdthout  pay. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Commission  to  investigate,  at  its  discretion,  all 
matters  relating  to  appropriations,  loans,  expenditures,  accounts  and 
methods  of  administration  affecting  the  City  of  Boston  or  the  Coxmty 
of  Suffolk,  or  any  of  their  departments,  and  to  report  upon  its  investi- 
gations from  time  to  time  to  the  Mayor,  the  City  Council,  the  Governor 
or  the  General  Court. 

The  Commission  is  required  to  make  an  annual  report,  in  January,  to 
the  General  Court.  It  is  also  the  duty  of  the  Commission  to  report  to 
the  Mayor,  the  City  Auditor  or  the  City  Treasurer  as  to  the  validity  or 
proper  amount  of  any  doubtful  pay-roll,  bill  or  claim  referred  to  it  by  them. 


COUNTY   OF   SUFFOLK. 
County  Commissioners  for  the  County  of  Suffolk. — •  The  City  Council  of 
Boston. 

County  Auditor. —  Rupert  S.  Carven. 

County  Treasurer. —  John  J.  Curley. 

DISTRICT   ATTORNEY. 

Room  218,  Court  House. 
[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  12,  sec.  12,  etc.;  Stat.  1910,  Chaps.  373,  439;  Stat. 
1912,  Chap.  576;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  602;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  269; 
Stat.  1920,  Chap.  451;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  277;  Stat.  1923,  Chaps.  398, 
485.] 

District  Attorney. —  Thomas  C.  O'Brien.     Elected  by  the  people  in  1922 

for  term  of  four  years  ending  January,  1927. 
Assistant. —  Maurice  Caro.  »  " 

Assistant. —  Frank  S.  Deland. 
Assistant. —  George  Alpert. 
Assistant. —  Robert  E.  McGuire. 
Assistant. —  Joseph  J.  Leonard. 
Assistant. —  Vincent  Garro. 

LAND   COURT. 

Room  408,  Court  House. 
Judge. —  Charles  Thornton  Davis.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Associate  Judge. —  Joseph  J.  Corbett.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Note. — 'The  District  Attorney  appomts   six    permanent    assistants. 
All  are  paid  by  the  State. 


118  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Associate  Judge. —  Clarence  C.  Smith.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Recorder. —  Charles   A.    Southworth.     Appointed   by   the   Governor   for 
term  of  five  years  ending  in  1928. 

INDEX  COMMISSIONERS. 

Commissioners. —  Samuel  T.  Harris,  term  ends  in  1926.  Ralph  W.  E. 
Hopper,  term  ends  in  1927.     Ira  C.  Hersey,  term  ends  in  1928. 

Clerk.—  William  J.  Kurth. 

Appointed  in  March,  one  each  year,  by  a  majority  of  the  Justices  of 
the  Superior  Court  for  the  County  of  Suffolk  for  a  term  of  three  years, 
beginning  April  1,  and  serve  without  pay. 

REGISTER  OF  DEEDS. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  36;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  493;  Stat.  1904,  Chap.  452;  Stat. 

1910,  Chap.  373;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  737;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  269; 

Stat.  1920,  Chap.  495.] 
Register  of  Deeds. —  W.  T.  A.  Fitzgerald.     Elected  by  the  people  in  1922. 

Term  ends  in  January,  1929.      The  Register  is  ex  officio  Assistant 

Recorder  of  the  Land  Court. 
First  Assistant  Register. —  John  J.  Attridge.     Appointed  by  the  Register 
Second  Assistant  Register. —  John  W.  Johnson.     Appointed  by  the  Register. 

SHERIFF  AND  DEPUTY  SHERIFFS. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  37;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  373;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  269; 
Stat.  1922,  Chap.  525.] 

Sheriff. —  John  A.  Keliher.  Elected  by  the  people,  November  2,  1920. 
Term  ends  in  January,  1927.  As  Jailer  he  receives  additional  com- 
pensation. 

Deputy  Sheriffs  for  Service  of  Writs. —  Daniel  A.  Whelton,  Henry  G. 
Gallagher,  Richard  F.  Sweeney,  Edmund  P.  Kelly,  John  J.  Casey, 
James  P.  KeUher,  Thomas  J.  Wilson.     Paid  by  fees. 

Deputy  Sheriffs  for  Court  Duty. — ■  William  J.  Leonard,  Chief  Deputy  Sheriff. 
Peter  McCann,  Wilham  A.  McDevitt,  Richard  J.  Murray,  Oscar  L. 
Strout,  Willard  W.  Hibbard,  Andrew  J.  Crotty,  Frank  C.  Pierce,  Jere- 
miah J.  McCarthy,  John  A.  Finley,  John  F.  Glynn,  Thomas  F.  Lally. 

All  debts  and  expenses  of  the  Coimty  of  Suffolk  are  borne  by  the  City  of 
Boston,  unless  otherwise  specified. 

COURT  OFFICERS  AND  ASSISTANTS. 

Offices  in  Court  House,  Pemberton  square,  except  as  otherwise  specified. 
SUPREME   JUDICIAL   COURT. 

Clerk  for  the  Commonwealth. —  Walter  F.  Frederick.     Appointed  by  the 

Court. 
Clerk  for  the  County  of  Suffolk. —  John  F.  Cronin.     Elected  by  the  people 

in  1922.     Term  ends  in  January,  1929. 


COURT  OFFICERS,  ETC.  119 

Assistant  Clerks. —  John  H.  Flynn,  Joseph  Riley. 

Reporter  of  Decisions. —  Ethelbert  V.  Grabill.     Appointed  by  Governor. 

SUPERIOR   COURT   FOR   CIVIL  BUSINESS. 

CTer/c— Francis  A.  Campbell.     Elected  by  the  people  in  1922.     Term 

ends  in  January,  1929. 
Assistant  Clerk  in  Equity. —  Henry  E.  Bellew. 
Assistant  Clerks. —  Edmund  S.  Phinney,  George  E.  Kimball,  Allen  H. 

Bearse,  George  A.  Scheele,  Flourence  J.  Mahoney,  Charles  J.  Hart, 

Francis  P.  Ewing,  James  F.  McDermott,  Frank  H.  Hallett,  John  L. 

Maccubbin,   Michael  E.   Leen,  Albert  E.   Macdonald,   D.   Pulsifer 

Colville. 


SUPERIOR   COURT  FOR   CRIMINAL  BUSINESS. 

CZerA;.— John  P.  Manning.     Elected  by  the  people  in  1922.     Term  ends 

in  January,  1929. 
Assistant  Clerks. —  John  R.  Campbell,  Julian  Seriack,  John  P.  Manning, 

Jr.,  and  Walter  A.  Murray. 

COURT  OF  PROBATE  AND  INSOLVENCY. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  217;  Stat.  1904,  Chap.  455;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  374; 
Stat.  1912,  Chap.  585;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  791;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap. 
269;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps.  486,  487;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  532.] 

Judge. —  Arthur  W.  Dolan. 

Judge. —  William  M.  Prest. 

Register. —  Arthur  W.  SulUvan. 

First  Assistant  Register. —  John  R.  Nichols. 

Second  Assistant  Register. —  Clara  L.  Power. 

The  Judges  of  Probate  are  appointed  by  the  Governor.     They  and  the 
three  other  officials  of  this  Court  are  paid  by  the  State. 

MUNICIPAL   COURT   OP  BOSTON. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  218;  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  179;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  191;  Stat. 
1909,  Chaps.  386,  434;  Stat.  1911,  Chaps.  231,  469,  §  5;  Stat.  1912, 
Chaps.  648,  649,  660,  672;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  289,  430,  612,  716,  748; 
Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  35,  409;  Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  166;  Gen.  Stat.  1916, 
Chaps.  69,  71,  109,  195,  261,  263;  Gen.  Stat.  1917,  Chaps.  262,  330; 
Gen.  Stat.  1918,  Chap.  25a;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  553,  614;  Stat.  1921, 
Chap.  284;  Stat.  1922,  Chaps.  309,  399,  532.] 

Chief  Justice. —  Wilfred  Bolster. 


120  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Associute  Justices. —  John  H.  Burke,  James  P.  Parmenter,  William  Sulli- 
van, Michael  J.  Murray,  John  Duff,  Michael  J.  Creed,  Thomas  H. 
Dowd,  Joseph  T.  Zottoli. 

All  judges  appointed  by  the  Governor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the 
Executive  Coimcil. 

Special  Justices. —  John  A.  Bennett,  Abraham  K.  Cohen,  John  G.  Brackett, 
Joseph  A.  Sheehan. 

Terms  of  the  Court. 
For  Civil  Business. —  Every  Saturday  at  9  A.  M.,  for  trial  of  civil 
causes  not  exceeding  $2,000. 

Ckrk. —  William  F.  Donovan.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Assistant   Clerks. —  Warren   C.    Travis,    Clesson   S.    Curtice,    Volney   D. 
Caldwell,  Michael  F.  Hart,  Arthur  W.  Ashenden,  James  F.  Tobin, 
Louis  B.  Torrey,  Frederick  J.  Dillon. 

For  Criminal  Business. —  Every  day  in  the  week  (Sundays  and  legal 
holidays  excepted)  at  9  A.  M.,  for  the  trial  of  criminal  causes. 

Clerk. —  Edward  J.  Lord.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Assistant  Clerks. —  Harvey  B.  Hudson,  Charles  T.  Willock,  James  G. 
Milward,  Francis  S.  A.  Hanley,  George  A.  Savage,  Paul  W.  Carey, 
James  F.  Hardy,  Edward  A.  Chalmers.  Appointed  by  the  Clerk  of 
the  Court  with  the  approval  of  the  Justices. 

municipal  court,   BRIGHTON   DISTRICT. 

Cambridge  street,  comer  of  Henshaw  street. 

Justice. —  Thomas  H.  Connelly. 

Special  Justices. —  Robert  W.  Frost  and  Harry  C.  Fabyan. 

Clerk. — ■  Daniel  F.  Cunningham.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 

MUNICIPAL  COURT,    CHARLESTOWN   DISTRICT. 

New  Municipal  Building,  City  square. 

Justice. —  Charles  S.  SuUivan. 

Special  Justices. — •  Willis  W.  Stover  and  Joseph  E.  Donovan. 

Clerk. —  Mark  E.  Smith.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Assistant  Clerk. —  James  J.  MuUen,  Jr. 

Second  Assistant  Clerk. —  Thomas  F.  Fitzpatrick. 

MUNICIPAL  COURT,   DORCHESTER   DISTRICT. 

Adams  street,  corner  of  Arcadia  street. 
Justice. —  Joseph  R.  ChurchiU. 

Special  Justices. —  Michael  H.  Sullivan  and  William  F.  Merritt. 
Clerk. —  Alpheus  Sanford.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Assistant  Clerk. —  Frederick  E.  Simmons. 


COURT  OFFICERS,  ETC.  121 

BAST   BOSTON   DISTRICT   COURT. 

Court  House,  corner  of  Meridian  and  Paris  streets,  East  Boston. 

Justice. —  Joseph  H.  Barnes. 

Special  Justices. —  Charles  J.  Brown  and  Patrick  J.  Lane. 

Clerk. —  John  S.  C.  Nicholls.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Assistant  Clerk. —  Samuel  Maylor,  Jr. 

Second  Assistant  Clerk. —  Grace  M.  DaUon. 

MTJNICIPAI,   COURT,    ROXBURT  DISTRICT. 

Court  House,  Roxbury  street. 
Justice. —  Albert  F.  Hayden. 

Special  Justices. —  Joseph  N.  Palmer  and  Tim.othy  J.  Ahern. 
Clerk. —  Maurice  J.  O'Connell.     Appointed  by  the  Governor 
First  Assistant  Clerk. —  Fred  E.  Cruff. 
Second  Assistant  Clerk. —  Henry  F.  Ryder. 
Third  Assistant  Clerk. —  Charles  A.  Moore. 

MUNICIPAL   COURT,    SOUTH   BOSTON   DISTRICT. 

New  Municipal  Building,  East  Broadway. 

Justice. —  Edward  L.  Logan. 

Special  Justices. —  Josiah  S.  Dean,  William  J.  Day. 
Clerk. —  Adrian  B.  Smith.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Assistant  Clerk. —  Harry  W.  Park. 

MUNICIPAL   COURT,    WEST   ROXBURY   DISTRICT,    INCL.    HTDE    PARK. 

Court  House  (new),  Morton  street,  Forest  Hills. 
Justice. —  John  Perrins. 

Special  Justices. —  J.  Albert  Brackett,  Bert  E.  Holland. 
Clerk. —  George  B.  Stebbins.     Appointed  by  the  Governor. 
Assistant  Clerk. —  Sidney  T.  Knott. 
Second  Assistant  Clerk. —  Caroline  M.  Adams. 

BOSTON   JUVENILE   COURT. 

Room  127,  Court  House. 

[Chap.  334,  Acts  of  1903;  Chap.  489,  Acts  of  1906;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap. 
255;  Stat.  1922,  Chap.  399.] 

Justice. —  Frederick  P.  Cabot. 

Special  Justices. —  Frank  Leveroni,  Philip  Rubenstein. 

Clerk.—  Charles  W.  M.  Williams. 

Chapter  489  of  the  Acts  of  1906,  establishing  a  court  to  be  known  as 
the  Boston  Juvenile  Court  for  the  "Care,  Custody  and  DiscipUne  of  Juvenile 


122  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Offenders,"  provides  for  the  transfer  to  said  court  of  the  jurisdictions, 
authority  and  powers  hitherto  vested  in  the  Municipal  Court  of  Boston, 
under  Chapter  334  of  the  Acts  of  1903.  The  act  took  effect  September  1, 
1906. 

The  Justice,  Special  Justices  and  Clerk  of  this  Court  are  appointed  by 
the  Governor.  The  Justice  of  the  court  is  empowered  to  appoint  two 
probation  officers,  and  so  many  assistant  probation  officers  as  he  may  deem 
necessary. 

Probation  Officers. 

[Stat.  1891,  Chap.  356;  Stat.  1892,  Chaps.  242,  276;  Stat.  1897,  Chap.  266; 
Stat.  1910,  Chap.  332;  Stat.  1913,  Chap.  612;  Stat.  1914,  Chap.  491; 
Gen.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  135.] 

These  officers  are  appointed  by  the  judges  of  the  respective  criminal 
courts  to  ascertain  all  facts  relating  to  the  offenders  brought  before  the 
courts.  In  the  performance  of  their  official  duties  they  have  all  the  powers 
of  police  officers. 

BOSTON  MUNICIPAL  COURT. 

Chief  Probation  Officer. —  Albert  J.  Sargent. 

Medical  Director. —  C.  Edouard  Sandoz,  M.  D. 

Assistant  Medical  Director. —  Margaret  C.  Desmond,  M.  D. 

Assistant  Probation  Officeis. —  Francis  A.  Dudley,  Albert  J.  Fovv'le,  Francis 
A.  McCarthy,  Frank  E.  Hawkes,  James  H.  Knight,  Eugene  J.  Calla- 
nan,  Edward  F.  Coughlin,  Frank  L.  Warren,  William  J.  Joyce, 
Edward  J.  Bromberg,  John  P.  Bogan,  Jr.,  George  J.  McDonnell, 
Thomas  G.  Davis,  Thomas  F.  Teehan,  Oswald  J.  McCourt.  Also 
the  following  women:  Mary  L.  Brinn,  Ehzabeth  A.  Lee,  Margaret  H. 
Markham,  Alfretta  P.  McCiure,  Theresa  C.  Dowhng,  Ethel  Wood, 
Annie  M.  Kennedy,  Alice  D.  Keating,  Eleanor  F.  Holland,  Bessie  G. 
Kaufman. 

Juvenile  Court. —  John  B.  O'Hare,  Walter  C.  Bell,  Edward  J.  O'Mara, 
May  A.  Burke. 

BRANCH  MUNICIPAL   COURTS   AND  EAST  BOSTON   DISTRICT   COURT. 

Brighton. —  Edward  J.  Drummond.  Charlestown. —  James  D.  Coady, 
Mrs.  EUena  M.  Foley,  William  E.  Carney.  Dorchester. —  Reginald  H. 
Mair.  East  Boston. — Dennis  J.  Kelleher,  Fredeiick  L.  O'Brien.  Roxbury. — 
Joseph  H.  Keen,  Ulysses  G.  Varney,  Edward  A.  Fallon  (for  children), 
Matthew  M.  Leary,  John  L.  Letzing,  Thomas  Grieve,  Mrs.  Celia  S. 
Lappen,  Mrs.  Marian  A.  Boyd.  South  Boston. —  Clayton  H.  Parmelee, 
Ellen  McGurty,  James  F.  Gleason.  West  Roxbury. —  Frank  B.  Skelton, 
Thomas  H.  Staples  (for  children). 


MEDICAL  EXAMINERS.  123 

SUPERIOR  COURT. 

Chief  Probation  Officer. —  Henry  C.  McKenna. 

James  F.  Wise,  John  J.  Barter,  Joseph  A.  McManus,  Arthur  R.  Towle, 
WilHam  A.  Maloney,  Edward  A.  Griflfin,  James  E.  Donovan,  Harry 
Keenan,  AHce  M.  Power,  Ellen  L.  Cunniff,  Mary  A.  Robinson,  Marion 
S.  Elanders,  Mary  F.  McManus. 


PENAL  INSTITUTIONS   DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  805  City  Hall  Annex. 

[Ord.  1924,  Chap.  9.] 

Philip  A.  Chapman,  Commissioner. 

By  Chap.  9,  Ordinances  of  1924,  the  control  and  management  of  the 
House  of  Correction  and  Deer  Island  was  transferred  from  the  Institutions 
Commissioner  to  a  new  official,  viz.,  the  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner. 
This  executive  and  administrative  head  of  the  newly  established  Penal 
Institutions  Department  was  empowered  to  organize  it  according  as 
deemed  necessary  for  its  proper  conduct. 

CHIEF   PENAL   OFFICER. 

James  L.  Malloy,  Master  of  House  of  Correction,  Deer  Island. 

This  institution  dates  from  1902  and  now  includes  a  group  of  buildings 
valued  at  $1,467,600.  The  peisons  confined  there  in  1924  numbered 
3,613,  all  men  (except  a  few  boys)  who  were  kept  busy  at  farming  or  in 
making  shoes,  clothing,  etc.  Number  discharged  in  year,  2,917;  maximum 
daily  population,  662,  in  month  of  November. 


MEDICAL  EXAMINERS  FOR  SUFFOLK   COUNTY. 

[Gen.  Laws,  Chap.  38;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  424;  Stat.  1909,  Chap.  273;  Stat. 
1911,  Chaps.  252,  274;  Stat.  1912,  Chaps.  466,  631;  Gen.  Stat.  1916, 
Chap.  114;  Gen.  Stat.  1919,  Chap.  216;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  188.] 

The  County  is  divided  into  two  medical  districts.  Northern  and  South- 
em,  by  a  Une  beginning  at  the  junction  of  the  Brookline  line  with  Hunt- 
ington avenue;  thence  through  Huntington  avenue  and  Fencourt;  thence 
through  middle  of  Fens,  through  Boylston,  Berkeley  and  Providence 
streets.  Park  square,  Boylston  and  Essex  streets,  Atlantic  avenue  and 
Summer  street  to  Fort  Point  Channel;  thence  through  said  channel 
Dover  street,  Dorchester  avenue,  Dorchester  street,  East  Fourth  and  G 
streets  to  the  harbor. 

Medical  Examiners. —  Northern  District,  George  B.  Magrath,  M.  D.,  274 
Boylston  street.  Term  ends  in  1929.  Southern  District,  Timothy 
Leary,  M.  D.,  44  Burroughs  street,  Jamaica  Plain.  Term  ends  m 
1931. 


124  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Associate  Medical  Examiners. — -WiUiam  H.  Walters,    M.   D.,    109   Mt. 
Vernon  street,  for  Southern  District.     Term  ends  in  1931.     WiUiam 
J.  Brickley,  M.  D.,  496  Commonwealth  avenue,  for  Northern  Dis- 
trict.    Term  ends  in  1927. 
All  are  appointed  by  the  Governor  for  a  term  of  seven  years. 
Location   of   Northern   District   Mortuary,    18   North   Grove   street; 
Southern  District,  on  City  Hospital  grounds. 


FRANKLIN  FOUNDATION. 
[Stat.  1905,  Chap.  488;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  569;  C.  C,  Chap.  48,  §  5.] 

MEMBERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION    AND   MANAGERS   OF   THE 
FRANKLIN   FUND. 

Nathan  Matthews,  President. 
John  A.  Sullivan,  Vice  President. 
Rev.  C.  E.  Park,  Secretary. 
James  J.  Storrow,  Treasurer. 

managers.* 

James  M.  Curlet,  Mayor  of  Boston,  ex  officio. 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Park  (Congregational  minister)  ex  officio. 

Rev.  William  H.  Dewart  (Episcopalian  minister),  ex  officio. 

Rev.  Donald  C.  MacGuire  (Presbyterian  minister),  ex  officio. 

Nathan  Matthews,  John  A.  Sullivan,  David  A.  Ellis,  Louis  K. 
RouRKE,  James  J.  Storrow,  Charles  R.  Gow,  Everett  Morss, 
J.  Frank  O'Hare.     Appointed  by  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court. 

Franklin  Union,  corner  Appleton  and  Berkeley  streets. 
Walter  B.  Russell,  Director. 

The  Franklin  Foundation  is  incorporated  under  Chapter  569  of  the 
Acts  of  1908,  a  board  of  twelve  citizens  being  named  therein  as  Managers 
of  the  Franklin  Fund  and  having  the  standing  ot  a  City  department  with 
the  object  of  maintaining  the  FrankUn  Union  as  an  independent  industrial 
school  for  adults. 

The  Franklin  Fund  is  the  proceeds  of  a  bequest  of  one  thousand  poimds 
to  "the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Boston  in  Massachusetts"  made  by 
Benjamin  Franklin,  in  a  codicil  to  his  will  dated  June  23,  1789.  The 
codicil  provided  that  the  fund  "if  accepted  by  the  inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Boston"  be  managed  "under  the  direction  of  the  Selectmen, 
united  with  the  Minister  of  the  oldest  Episcopalian,  Congregational,  and 
Presbyterian  Churches  in  that  Town,"  who  were  to  make  loans  on  certain 
conditions  to  "young  married  artificers  under  the  age  of  twenty-five 
years." 

Dr.  Franklin,  who  died  April  17,  1790,  calculated  that,  in  one  hundred 
years,  the  thousand  pounds  would  grow  to  £131,000,  "of  which,"  he  says, 
"I  would  have  the  managers  then  lay  out  at  their  discretion  £100,000 

*  The  Managers  serve  without  compensation. 


FRANKLIN  FOUNDATION.  125 

in  Public  Works  which  may  be  judged  of  most  general  utility  to  the 
Inhabitants.  The  remaining  £31,000,  I  would  have  continued  to  be  let 
out  on  interest  for  another  hundred  years.  At  the  end  of  this  second 
term,  if  no  unfortunate  accident  has  prevented  the  operation,  the  sum 
will  be  £4,061,000,  of  which  I  leave  £1,061,000  to  the  Town  of  Boston, 
and  £3,000,000  to  the  disposition  of  the  Government  of  the  State,  not 
presuming  to  carry  my  views  farther."  The  Town  accepted  the  donation 
at  a  Town  Meeting  held  June  1,  1790. 

A  futile  suit  brought  by  the  Franklin  heirs  in  1891  prevented  the  division 
of  the  fund  at  the  expiration  of  one  hundred  years;  but  on  January  17, 
1894,  by  direction  of  the  three  ministers  and  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
the  City,  which  board  claimed  to  be  the  successors  of  the  "Selectmen," 
$329,300.48  (iff  of  the  fund)  was  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer,  for  "the 
purchase  of  land  and  the  erection  thereon  of  the  Franklin  Trades  School 
and  for  the  equipment  of  the  same."  Owing  to  a  series  of  complications 
the  money  remained  in  the  custody  of  the  Treasurer.  Mayor  CoUins, 
in  1902,  caused  a  petition  of  the  City  to  be  filed  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
prajTug  for  instructions  as  to  the  authority  of  the  persons  then  acting  as 
Managers  of  the  fund.  The  Court  rendered  an  opinion  November  25, 
1903  (184  Mass.  373,  page  43),  to  the  effect  that  the  three  ministers  were 
Managers  of  the  fimd  under  Franklin's  wiU,  but  that  the  Aldermen  did 
not  succeed  the  "Selectmen"  as  Managers  and  had  no  powers  with  refer- 
ence to  it.  The  Court,  under  its  general  power  to  care  for  public  chari- 
table funds,  appointed,  on  March  16,  1904,  a  Board  of  Managers  to  take 
the  place  of  the  "Selectmen,"  and  provided  in  the  decree  of  the  Court, 
that  the  Mayor  of  Boston  should  be  one,  ex  officio. 

On  December  2,  1905,  the  City  Treasurer  received  from  Mr.  Andrew 
Carnegie  $408,396.48,  said  sum  being  equal  to  the  amount  of  the  Franklin 
Fund  in  August,  1904,  which  Mr.  Carnegie  agreed  to  duplicate.  Only  the 
annual  income  from  this  fund  is  used. 

On  January  31,  1907,  the  amount  of  the  "accumulated"  fund  available 
for  expenditure  by  the  Managers  was  $438,741.89,  and  in  that  year  the 
Frankhn  Union  Building  was  erected  at  the  corner  of  Appleton  and  Berk- 
eley streets.  It  was  opened  for  the  use  of  the  Franklin  Trades  School, 
or  Franklin  Union  as  it  is  now  called,  in  September,  1908.  This  is  main- 
tained partly  by  tuition  fees,  rents,  etc.,  $118,353  total  in  year  1924, 
including  the  income  from  the  above  mentioned  Franklin  Fund  {%.  e.,  the 
Andrew  Carnegie  Donation),  which  fund  amounted  to  $462,396  on  January 
31,  1925.  The  building  contains  24  classrooms  and  6  draughting  rooms, 
where  1,833  adult  students  received  instruction  at  evening  sessions  during 
the  year  1924,  the  fees  ranging  from  $4  to  $15.  There  is  also  a  technical 
and  scientific  library,  and  a  large  hall  with  a  seating  capacity  of  1,000. 
The  building  with  equipment  cost  $402,718.  The  site,  containing  about 
16,000  square  feet,  was  purchased  in  1906  for  $100,000,  a  20-year  loan 
being  issued  to  cover  same. 

The  Franklin  Accumulating  Fund,  which  will  become  available  in  1991, 
amounted  on  January  31,  1925,  to  $373,232. 


126  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

LICENSING  BOARD. 
OflBce,  1  Beacon  Street,  Eighth  Floor. 
[Stat.  1906,  Chaps.  291,  395;  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  214;  Stat.  1909,  Chaps. 
387,  423;  C.  C.  Chap.  55;  Stat.  1910,  Chaps.  383  and  476;  Stat.  1911, 
Chap.  83;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  451,  715;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  313; 
Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chap.  145;  Gen.  Stat.  1918,  Chaps.  64,  259;  Gen. 
Stat.  1919,  Chaps.  10,  99;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps.  47,  191,  216;  Stat.  1922, 
Chaps.  285,  392,  427,  485.] 

OFFICIALS. 

David  T.  Montague,  Chairman. 
Louis  Epple,  Secretary. 

THE   BOARD. 

Mart  E.  Driscoll.     Term  ends  m  1930. 
Arthur  J.  Selfridge.     Term  ends  in  1928. 
David  T.  Montague.     Term  ends  in  1926. 

The  Licensing  Board  for  the  City  of  Boston,  established  in  1906,  con- 
sists of  three  members,  appointed  by  the  Governor,  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Council.  The  members  must  be  citizens  of  Boston  who 
have  resided  in  the  City  for  at  least  two  years  preceding  the  date  of  their 
appointment.  The  two  principal  pohtical  parties  must  be  represented 
and  the  term  of  the  members  is  fixed  at  six  years;  after  the  first  appoint- 
ments, one  member  retiring  every  two  years.  The  Board  was  created  to 
exercise  all  the  powers  and  perform  all  the  duties  conferred  upon  the  Board 
of  Police  of  the  City  of  Boston  relative  to  intoxicating  Hquors,  also  as  to 
innholders  and  common  victuallers.  In  1909  they  took  charge  of  licensing 
the  sale  of  ice  cream,  fruit,  soda  water  and  confectionery  on  Sunday. 

Licenses  for  the  selling,  renting  or  leasing  of  firearms  are  now  issued  by 
this  board  instead  of  by  the  City  Clerk.  The  annual  fee  estabUshed  for 
such  licenses  is  $5.00.  It  also  has  charge  of  the  Ucensing  of  picnic  groves, 
skating  rinks,  intelligence  offices,  billiard  tables  and  bowUng  alleys,, 
formerly  attended  to  by  the  Police  Dept. 


CONSTABLES. 
Term  Mat  1,  1925,  to  Mat  1,  1926. 
Appointed  annually  by  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City 
Coimcil,  for  one  year  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  May,  and  paid  by  fees 
fixed  by  law. 

(Alphabetical  Lists.) 

Constables. —  [General  Laws,  Chap.  262,  Sec.  8.]  The  following  give 
bond  in  $3,000  and  are  therefore  authorized  to  serve  civil  process: 
Charles  E.  Ahem,  Chester  A.  Bailey,  Carleton  N.  Baker,  David  Belson, 
Joseph  W.  Bennett,  Carl  B.  Berg,  Morris  Berkman,  George  W.  Bloom- 
berg, George  A.  Borofsld,  John  H.  Brady,  Thomas  A.  BranneUy,  Thomas 
F.  Brett,  Charles  B.  Broad,  George  W.  Brooker,  Warren  A.  Brown. 


CONSTABLES  127 

John  J.  Buckley,  Louis  Budd,  John  J.  Cadigan,  Sherman  H.  Calder- 
wood,  Thomas  Cannizzaro,  Atlante  Campagna,  James  Arthur  Canton, 
Daniel  B.  Carmody,  Thomas  C.  Carr,  William  E.  Castaldo,  Matthew 
W.  Chait,  Morris  Chalfin,  Albert  G.  Chfford,  William  K.  Coburn, 
Ttomas  F.  Coffey,  Jr.,  William  F.  Cogan,  Hyman  Collier,  William  A. 
CoUupy,  William  S.  Cooper,  Samuel  H.  Cox,  Charles  Cunio,  James  B. 
Gushing,'  Joseph  P.  Cutter,  William  Davis,  Barney  DeLuca,  Paul  Y. 
DiCicco,  Saverio  DiDonato,  Patrick  M.  Donahoe,  Thomas  J.  Don- 
nellon,  George  G.  Drew,  Michael  S.  Drew,  Arthur  W.  Duffy,  Louis  Ebb, 
Frank  R.  Farrell,  Thomas  Fee,  Edward  J.  Feeley,  Levi  P.  Fernald, 
Richard  F.  Field,  Kallman  Fishtine,  John  H.  French,  Harris  Friedberg, 
Paul  R.  Gast,  George  L.  Gilbert,  James  W.  Gilmore,  Louis  Goldberg, 
Samuel  Goldkrand,  Samuel  Goldmeer,  Henry  A.  Goldsmith,  Edmund 
C.  Grady,  Sears  H.  Grant,  Salvatore  Grassa,  George  W.  Green,  Harry 
Greenbaum,  William  C.  Gregory,  Joseph  Guttentag,  Charles  F.  Hale, 
St.  Claire  E.  Hale,  John  F.  Halligan,  Joseph  Hana,  Charles  F.  Hanson, 
John  D.  Hayes,  Joseph  H.  Hughes,  Walter  Isidor,  Charles  H.  Jackson, 
Benjamin  Kaplan,  David  Keller,  Joseph  F.  Kelly,  William  H.  Kenney, 
Ihomas  J.  Kilhan,  Clarence  H.  Knowlton,  Bronis  Kontrim,  Abraham 
Krinsky,  William  J.  Lally,  Antonio  Laureana,  Leopold  Lepore,  Saul  B. 
Levitan,  John  J.  Levy,  Julius  London,  Joseph  G.  Luke,  Robert  E. 
Lynch,  Salvatore  Maffei,  Bernard  H.  Magee,  Samuel  Mandelstam, 
Henry  W.  McGuire,  Murdock  McLellan,  Joseph  A.  McMorrow,  Edson 
T.  Miner,  Patrick  J.  Monahan,  Emery  D.  Morgan,  Andrew  W.  Murphy, 
James  H.  Neville,  Michael  W.  Ober,  Florence  F.  O'Donoghue,  Joseph 
J.  O'Mara,  William  I.  Paine,  Corrado  Palladino,  Hector  Palladino, 
Mark  E.  Pearlmutter,  Philip  S.  Phillips,  Benjamin  F.  Powell,  William 
J.  Pritchard,  Robert  Reid,  Davis  Reinherz,  St.  Claire  H.  Richardson, 
Wilham  B.  Santosuosso,  Herbert  D.  Sawyer,  Barnet  Serkin,  Samuel 
Shain,  Frank  Shaw,  John  P.  Shepard,  Joseph  P.  Silsby,  Abraham  S. 
Singer,  Henry  J.  D.  Small,  William  J.  Sullivan,  Benjamin  J.  Tackeff, 
Walter  R.  Tarbett,  Francis  J.  Tobin,  Joseph  M.  Torr,  Fred  G.  Trask, 
James  S.  Tremblay,  Jeremiah  A.  Twomey,  Roman  J.  Vasil,  John  J. 
Walsh,  Harry  A.  Webber,  John  F.  Welch,  Martin  Welch,  Richard  W. 
Whipple,  Frank  Yennaco,  Maurice  Zeeman. 

Constables  Connected  with  Official  Positions,  and  to  Serve  With- 
out Bonds. —  Philip  J.  Brennan,  William  W.  K.  Campbell,  Robert  T. 
Carey,  John  M.  Casey  (of  the  Mayor's  office),  John  fB.  Cassidy,  Martin 
F.  Cavanagh,  Lloyd  H.  Chase,  John  F.  Coffey,  M.  R.  Eastman,  Thomas 
Farrell,  Joseph  E.  Ferreira,  Joseph  Fucillo,  John  C.  Fitzgerald,  Joseph 
F.  Goode,  Joseph  W.  Hobbs,  William  A.  Kelley,  Lawrence  J.  Kelly, 
Edward  J.  Leary,  Edward  J.  McBarron,  Edward  A.  McGrath,  John  S. 
McGrath,  John  McLoughlin,  Alfred  Ray  Mitchell,  Vincenzo  Musto, 
James  E.  Norton,  Timothy  F.  Regan,  Charles  H.  Reinhart,  Edward  M. 
Richardson,  Henry  Santosuosso,  Frank  B.  Skelton,  Thomas  H.  Staples, 
John  J.  Sullivan,  John  P.  Sullivan,  Rudolph  F.  Watson. 


128  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Constables   Connected   with   Animal   Rescue    League. —  Archibald 
McDonald,  Henry  C.  Merwin,  Julian  Codman,  Frank  J.  Sullivan. 


OLD   SOUTH  ASSOCIATION   IN  BOSTON. 
[Stat.  1877,  Chap.  222,  §§  1,  2.] 
The  Mayor,  ex  officio,  Councilors  Daniel  W.  Lane  and  James  T. 
MoRiAKTY,  Managers  on  the  part  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

The  association  is  managed  by  a  Board  of  Managers,  consisting  of  fifteen, 
of  whom  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Boston  is  one,  ex  officio,  two  are  elected 
annually  by  the  City  Council  for  the  municipal  year,  and  the  others  are 
chosen  as  provided  by  statute. 


CHATTEL  LOAN   COMPANY. 
[Stat.  1907,  Chap.  415;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  236.] 
The  board  of  directors  of  the  Chattel  Loan  Company  must  include  one 
member  who  is  appointed  by  the  Governor  and  one  by  the  Mayor. 
Samuel  Bloom,  Director.     Appointed  by  the  Mayor. 


COLLATERAL  LOAN   COMPANY. 

[Stat.  1859,  Chap.  173,  §  6;  Stat.  1865,  Chap.  14;  Stat.  1876,  Chap.  11.] 
The  Collateral  Loan  Company  is  managed  by  seven  directors  selected 
annually,  five  chosen  by  the  corporators  at  the  annual  meeting  in  Decem- 
ber, one  appointed  by  the  Governor  and  one  by  the  Mayor. 

I*ETER  A.  Donovan,  Director.    Appointed  by  the  Mayor. 


WORKINGMEN'S  LOAN  ASSOCIATION. 

[Stat.  1888,  Chap.  108,  §  4]. 
The  Workingmen's  Loan  Association  is  managed  by  sixteen  directors 
selected  annually,  fourteen  chosen  by  corporators  at  the  annual  meeting 
on  the  third  Thursday  in  April,  one  appointed  by  the  Governor  and  one 
appointed  by  the  Mayor. 

Frederick  M.  J.  Sheenan,  Director.    Appointed  by  the  Mayor. 


POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Office,  37  Pemberton  square. 
[Stat.  1878,  Chap.  244;  Stat.  1885,  Chap.  323;  Stat.  1895,  Chap.  449, 
§  26;  Stat.  1903,  Chap.  279;  Stat.  1906,  Chap.  291;  Stat.  1907,  Chaps. 
387,  513,  560;  Stat.  1908,  Chaps.  480,  519;  C.  C,  Part  III.,  Chaps. 
53  and  54;  Stat.  1909,  Chaps.  221,  311,  538;  Stat.  1911,  Chap.  287; 
Stat.  1913,  Chaps.  236^  263,  286,  692,  835,  §§  69-75;  Stat.  1914,  Chap. 


POLICE    DEPARTMENT.  129 

611;  Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chap.  91;  Gen.  Stat.  1916,  Chap.  87;  Gen  Stat. 
1917,  Chap.  29,  and  Spec.  Stat.  1917,  Chaps.  145,  307;  Gen.  Stat.  1919, 
Chap.  259;  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chaps.  23,  93,  188;  Stat.  1920,  Chaps. 
6,  7,  8,  13,  68,  211;  Stat.  1921,  Chap.  114;  Stat.  1922,  Chaps.  485 
and  521,  §  31;  Stat.  1923,  Chaps.  242,  289;  Stat.  1924,  Chap.  410.] 

Herbert   A.   Wilson,   Police   Commissioner.^     Salary,   S8,000. 
John  H.  Merrick,  Secretary.     Salary,  $5,000. 
Captain  Joseph  Hakriman,  Chief  Clerk. 

executive  staff. 
Michael  H.  Crowley,  Superintendent  of  Police. 
Thomas  C.  Evans,  Deputy  Superintendent. 
Forrest  F.  Hall,  Deputy  Superintendent. 
Thomas  F.  Goode,  Deputy  Superintendent. 
Captain  George  C.  Garland,  Special  Service. 
Captain  Charles  W.  Searles,  Property  Clerk. 
Captain  George  W.  Patterson,  Special  Service. 
Captain  John  F.  Ahearn,  Inspector  of  Claims. 
Captain  John  W.  Pyne,  Superintendent's  Clerk. 
Captain  Louis  E.  Lutz,  Drill  Master. 

Lieutenant  Michael  C.  Bresnehan,  Inspector  of  Carriages. 
Sergeant  Thomas  S.  J.  Kavanagh,  Assistant  Drill  Master. 
Frank  A.  Richardson,  Director  of  Signal  Service. 

bureau  of  criminal  investigation. 

John  R.  McGarr,  Chief  Inspector. 

AiNSLEY  C.  Armstrong,  Captain. 

GusTAF  Gustafson,  Captain. 

William  J.  Rooney,  Lieutenant-Inspector.  ^ 

James  F.  Concannon,  Edward  T.  Conway,  William  F.  Crawford, 
James  A.  Dennessy,  Timothy  F.  Donovan,  John  A.  Dorsby,  George 
J.  Farrell,  Frederick  M.  Finn,  Stephen  J.  Flaherty,  Thomas  F. 
Gleavy,  Francis  P.  Haggerty,  Daniel  W.  Hart,  John  W.  Kilday, 
Joseph  F.  Loughlin,  John  F.  McCarthy,  Michael  J.  Morrissey, 
Thomas  F.  Mulvey,  William  H.  Pelton,  Henry  M.  Pierce,  Thomas 
A.  Sheehan,  John  F.  Mitchell,  Patrick  J.  O'Neil,  James  R.  Claflin, 
Michael  J.  Burke,  James  H.  Egan,  Thomas  M.  Towle,  Joseph  L.  A. 
Cavagnaro,  Lieutenant-Inspectors. 

police  department. 

The  Board  of  PoUce  for  the  City  of  Boston,  estabhshed  in  1885,  was 
superseded  in  1906  by  a  single  executive,  the  Police  Commissioner. 

The  City  is  divided  into  nineteen  Police  Districts,  in  each  of  which  is  a 
station-house,  the  headquarters  of  a  captain  and  force  of  men.  There  are 
also  two  traffic  divisions;  a  northern  and  a  southern.     The  Commissioner 

*  Term  ends  in  1927. 


130  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

appoints  a  Harbor  Master  and  assistants  from  the  police  force,  and  they 
receive  pay  in  accordance  with  their  rank  in  the  force.  The  poHce  steamer 
"Guardian,"  the  steam  launch  "Watchman"  and  the  gasolene  boats 
"E.  U.  Curtis"  and  "Argus,"  are  employed  in  this  service. 

By  Chapter  114,  Acts  of  1921,  the  annual  listing  now  includes  all  women 
20  years  of  age  and  over,  in  addition  to  the  men. 

On  December  1,  1924,  the  police  force  numbered  1,966  (two  more  than 
in  1923),  including  28  captains,  32  lieut. -inspectors,  39  lieutenants,  147 
sergeants,  1,710  patrolmen  and  5  patrolwomen,  of  which  1,498  were  dis- 
tributed in  19  divisions,  and  175  detailed  for  traffic  control.  There  were 
17  men  in  the  signal  service,  whose  director  has  charge  of  508  signal  boxes. 

Salaries:  Captains,  $3,500  per  annum;  Ueut.-inspectors  and  lieutenants, 
$2,500;  sergeants,  $2,300;  patrolmen,  $1,600  1st  year  and  $100  increase 
each  year  until  $2,000  (maximum)  is  reached.  Uniform  and  equipment 
are  free. 

POLICE   STATIONS. 

FmsT  Division,  Hanover  street.     Arthur  B.  McConnell,  Captain. 

Second  Division,  229  Milk  street.     Perley  S.  SkiUings,  Captain. 

Thied  Division,  Joy  street.    James  McDevitt,  Captain. 

Fourth  Division,  La  Grange  street.     Herbert  W.  Goodwin,  Captain. 

Fifth  Division,  East  Dedham  street.    John  E.  Driscoll,  Captain. 

Sixth  Division,  corner  D  and  Athens  streets,  South  Boston.    Daniel  G. 

Murphy,  Captain. 
Seventh  Division,  corner  Emmons  and  Paris  streets,  East  Boston.    James 

F.  Hickey,  Captain. 
Eighth  Division  (including  the  islands  in  the  harbor  and  the  harbor 

service),  SSI  Commercial  street.     Ross  A.  Perry,  Captain  and  Harbor 

Master.     Lieutenant   Frederic   J.   Swendeman,   Sergeants  Ibri   W.    H. 

Curtis,  WiUiam  'H.   Rymes,   Lawrence  H.   Dunn,  Hugh  F.   Marston, 

Charles  Carlson,  and  Timothy  F.  Kellard,  Assistant  Harbor  Masters. 
Ninth  Division,  Mt.  Pleasant  avenue  and  Dudley  street.     Richard  Fitz- 
gerald, Captain. 
Tenth  Division,  Tremont  and  Roxbury  streets.    Jeremiah  F.  GaUivan, 

Captain. 
Eleventh  Division,   corner  Adams  and  Arcadia  streets.     Matthew  J. 

Dailey,  Captain. 
Twelfth  Division,  East  Fourth  street,  near  K  street,  South  Boston.     John 

J.  Rooney,  Captain. 
Thirteenth   Division,   Seaverns   avenue,   Jamaica   Plain.     Bradley   C. 

Mason,  Captain.     Sub-station,  Frankhn  Park,  Pierpont  road. 
Fourteenth    Division,    Washington   street,   junction    Cambridge    street, 

Brighton.     John  M.  Anderson,  Captain. 
Fifteenth  Division,  New  Municipal  Building,  City  square,  Charlestown. 

Michael  J.  Goff,  Captain. 
Sixteenth  Division,   Boylston  street,   near  Hereford  street.    Perley   C. 

Kneeland,  Captain. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE.  131 

Seventeenth  Division,  Centre  street,  corner  Hastings  street,  West  Roxbury. 

James  P.  Smith,  Captain. 
Eighteenth  Division,  1249  Hyde  Park  avenue,  Hyde  Park.     Robert  E. 

Grant,  Captain. 
Nineteenth  Division,  870  Morton  street,  Dorchester.     James  J.  Walkinsi 

Captain. 
Twentieth  Division  (Traffic),  229  Milk  street.     Bernard  J.  Hoppe, 

Captain. 
Twenty-fiest    Division    (Traffic),    Boston   Arena  Building,   262  St. 

Botolph  street.     James  Laffey,  Captain. 
House  of  Detention.     [Stat.   1887,  Chap.  234.]     First  floor  of  Court 

House,  Somerset  street.     Mary  E.  Smith,  Chief  Matron.     Salary,  $1,750. 
City  Prison.     First  floor  of  Court  House,  Somerset  street.     Lieutenant 

Edward  H.  Mullen,  Keeper  of  the  Lock-up.     Salary,  S2,525.     Sergeants 

Charles  F.  Bannister,  Denis  J.  Casey,  Assistant  Keepers. 


DEPARTMENT  OF   THE   SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 

Administration  Building,  15  Beacon  street. 

[Stat.  1875,  Chap.  241;  Stat.  1898,  Chap.  400;  Stat.  1900,  Chap.  235; 
Stat  1901,  Chap.  448;  Stat.  1903,  Chap.  170;  Stat.  1905,  Chap.  349; 
C.  C,  Chaps.  33  and  48;  Stat.  1906,  Chaps.  205,  231,  259,  318,  505; 
Stat.  1907,  Chaps.  295,  357,  450;  Stat.  1908,  Chap.  589;  Stat.  1909, 
Chaps.  120,  388,  446,  537,  540;  Stat.  1910,  Chap.  617;  Stat.  1911, 
Chaps.  540,  708;  Stat.  1912,  Chaps.  195,  569,  711;  Stat.  1913,  Chaps. 
337,  363,  389,  615,  779;  Stat.  1914,  Chaps.  128,  331,  489,  730,  738; 
Gen.  Stat.  1915,  Chaps.  78,  81,  90,  and  Spec.  Stat.  Chaps.  189,  SOO,  304, 
372;  Spec.  Stat.  1916,  Chaps.  86,  88,  213,  267,  289  and  Gen.  Stat.  Chap. 
102;  Gen.  Stat.  1917,  Chaps.  84,  169  and  Spec.  Stat.  Chap.  146;  Spec. 
Stat.  1918,  Chap.  132;  Spec.  Stat.  1919,  Chaps.  132,  199,  206;  Stat. 
1920,  Chaps.  140,  524;  Stat.  1921,  Chaps.  169,  351;  Stat.  1922,  Chaps. 
273,  286;  Stat.  1923,  Chaps.  284,  381,  460,  488;  Stat.  1924,  Chaps.  380, 
479;  Stat.  1925,  Chaps.  309,  327.] 

school  committee.* 
Edward  M.  Sullivan.     Term  ends  February,  1927. 
David  D.  Scannell,  M.  D.     Term  ends  February,  1927. 
Frederick  L.  Bogan,  M.  D.     Term  ends  February,  1926. 
William  G.  O'Hare.     Term  ends  February,  1926. 
Frances  G.  Curtis.     Term  ends  February,  1925. 

*  By  Chap.  479,  Stat.  1924  (amending  the  City  Charter)  the  terms  of 
the  five  School  Committee  expire  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  1926, 
on  which  day  a  newly  elected  board  of  five  members  will  take  office. 


132  MUNICIPAL    REGISTER. 

OFFICIALS. 

Feedehicx  L.  Bogak,  M.  D.,  Chairman. 
WiLT.TAM  G.  O'Hare,  Treasurer. 
Et.t.fx  ;M.  Cronix,  Secretary. 
Jeeemiah  -E.  Bteke,*  Superintendent. 
At.kxaxder  M.  Sthlutaa',  Business  Agent. 
M.AKK  B.  ^SlrxTEY,  Schoolhouse  Custodian. 

BOARD   OP  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Superintendent  B  ukkjj,  Chairman  ex-officio. 

assistant  s'cperixtendents. 
Augustine  L.  Rafter.  John  C.  Beodhead. 

Mart  C.  Melltn.  Aethttr  L.  Gould. 

WiLUAii  B.  Snow.  Michael  J.  Down'et. 

The  School  Conunittee  consists  of  five  members.  No  person  shall  be 
eligible  for  election  to  the  Committee  who  is  not  an  inhabitant  of  the  City 
and  has  not  been  a  resident  thereof  for  at  least  three  years  continuously 
prior  to  the  election.  The  members  serve  without  compensation  and 
their  terms  of  office  begin  on  the  first  Monday  of  January  following  their 
election.  At  each  biennial  municipal  election  as  many  persons  as  may 
be  necessary  to  fill  the  places  of  the  member  or  members  of  the  Committee 
whose  term  or  terms  are  about  to  expire  are  elected  for  the  term  of  four 
years,  "^'acancies  are  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  at  the  next  municipal 
election. 

The  School  Committee  meets  regularly  on  the  first  and  third  Mondays 
of  each  month,  except  during  July  and  August  and  first  week  in  September. 

OFFICE    HOURS   OF   SCHOOL   COMMITTEE. 

Feedeeick  L.  Bogan,  M.  D.  Office  hour  at  Administration  Building, 
1.5  Beacon  St.,  by  appointment. 

Frances  G.  Cuetis.  Office  hour  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 
St.,  :Monda3-s,  .3.30  to  4.30  P.  M. 

William  G.  O'Hare.  Office  hour  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 
St.,  Thursdays,  4.30  to  5-30  P.  M. 

David  D.  Scan-nell,  ^1.  D.  Office  hour  at  320  Commonwealth  Ave.,  or 
Administration  Building,  15  Beacon  St.,  by  appointment. 

Edward  M.  Sullivan.  Office  hour  at  Administration  Building,  15  Bea- 
con St.,  Fridays,  4  to  5  P.  M.] 

OFFICE    HOUES   OF   SUPEEINTENDENT   OF   SCHOOLS. 

Jeeemeah  E.  Bueke.  Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 
St.,  Tuesdays,  Wednesdays,  Thursdays  and  Fridays,  3  to  5  P.  M.;  also 
on  1st  and  3rd  Saturday  of  each  month  from  11.30  A.  M.  to  1  P.  M.  in 
weeks  when  the  schools  are  in  session. 

*  Superintendent  Burke  elected  in  1924  for  term  ending  1930. 


DEPARTMENT   OF   SCHOOL   COMMITTEE.  133 

OFFICE    HOTXRS   OF  ASSISTANT   STJPERrNTEXDENTS. 

A-UGtrsTiNE  L.  Rafter.    Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays,  4  to  5  P.  M. 
Mart  C.  Melltn.     Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Mondays  and  Wednesdays,  4  to  5  P.  M. 
John  C.  Brodhead.     Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays,  4  to  5  P.  INI. 
Arthur  L.  Gotild.     Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Mondays  and  Wednesdays,  4  to  5  P.  M. 
William  B.  Snow.     Office  hours  at  Administration  Building,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays,  4  to  5  P.  M. 
Michael  J.  Downey.     Office  hours  at  Administration  BuUding,  15  Beacon 

St.,  Mondays  and  Wednesdays,  4  to  5  P.  M. 

NORMAL,    latin   AND   DAY  HIGH   SCHOOLS    (16). 

Teachers  College  (formerly  Normal  School). 

Boys'  Latin  (or  Pubhc  Latin)  and  Girls'  Latin. 

East  Boston  High,  Charlestown  High,  English  High  (boj-^).  Mechanic 
Arts  High  (boy^),  South  Boston  High,  Girls'  High,  High  School  of 
Practical  Arts  (girls),  Brighton  High,  High  School  of  Commerce  (boys), 
Roxbury  High  (girls),  Jamaica  Plain  High,  Dorchester  High  and  Hj'de 
Park  High  Schools. 

DAY   INTERMEDIATE    SCHOOL   DISTRICTS    (5). 

RoxBURY. —  Lewis,  Theodore  Roosevelt. 

Dorchester. —  Ohver  Wendell  Holmes,  Frank  V.  Thompson. 

RosLiNDALE. — •  Washington  Irving. 

ELEMENTARY   SCHOOL   DISTRICTS    (69). 

East    Boston. —  Chapman.f    Emerson,*    Blackinton-John    Cheverus.t 

Samuel  Adams,t  Theodore  Lyman,!  Ulysses  S.  Grant.* 
Charlestown. — Harvard-Frothingham,t  Prescott,i  Warren-Bunker  Hill. f 
North  and  West  Ends. — -Bowdoin,!  Ehot,*  Hancock,*  Washington,! 

Wells.t  WendeU  PhiUips.i: 
City  Proper. — -Abraham  Lincoln,*  Horace  Mann,  Prince,!  Quincy.J 
South  End. —  Dwight,  Everett,!  Frankhn,J  Rice.f 
South   Boston. —  Bigelow,*   Frederic  W.  Lincohi,|    Gaston,*   John   A. 

Andrew,!    Lawrence,    Norcross,*    Oliver    Hazard    Perry,!    Shurtleff,* 

Thomas  N.  Hart.! 
Roxbury. —  Dearborn,!    Dillaway,!  Dudley,!    Hugh   O'Brien,!    Hyde,i 

Jefferson-Comins,!  Julia  Ward  Howe,  Martin,  Sherwin,!  WiUiam  Lloyd 

Garrison. 
Jamaica  Plun. —  Agassiz,!  Bowditch,  Lowell,!  Francis  Parkman. 
RosLiNDALE. —  Charles  Sumner,  Longfellow. 

*  Intermediate  School.  !  Includes  intermediate  classes. 

t  Departmental  Organization. 


134  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Dorchester. —  Christopher  Gibson,t  Edmund  P.  Tileston,t  Edward 
Everett,t  Gilbert  Stuart,t  Henry  L.  Pierce,*  John  Marshall,  John 
Winthrop,*  Mary  Hemenway,*  Mather ,t  Minot,t  Phillips  Brooks,t 
Robert  Treat  Paine,  Roger  Wolcott,  William  E.  Endicott,  William  E. 
Russell.  J 

Brighton. —  Bennett,t  Thomas  Gardner,!  Washington  AUston.* 

Hyde  Park. —  Elihu  Greenwood,!  Henry  Grew.f 

West  Roxburt. —  Robert  Gould  Shaw.* 

INDUSTRIAL   AND   SPECIAL   SCHOOLS, 

Industrial  Schools. — •  Boston  Trade  School  (day)  with  evening  classes 
also;  Trade  School  for  Girls  (day)  known  as  the  "Evening  Trade  School" 
in  the  evening;  Continuation  Schools  (day)  for  employed  boys  and  girls. 

Clerical  School. —  For  special  training  in  Stenography,  Bookkeeping, 
Tjrpewriting,  English,  office  practice  and  penmanship. 

Disciplinary  Day  School. —  For  truants  and  other  school  offenders. 

School  for  the  Deaf. —  Horace  Mann  School. 

Day  Schools  for  Immigrants. —  For  instruction  in  English  language. 

Special  Departments. 
Educational  Investigation  and  Measurement.    Arthur  W.  KaUom, 

Assistant  Director. 
Evening  Schools.     Joseph  F.  Gould,  Director. 
Examinations.     Joel  Hatheway,  Chief  Examiner. 
Extended  Use  of  Public  Schools  {i.  e.,  School  Centers).    James  T. 

Mulroy,  Director. 
Household  Science  and  Arts.     Josephine  Morris,  Director. 
Kindergartens.     Caroline  D.  Abom,  Director. 
Licensed  Minors.     Timothy  F.  Regan,  Supervisor. 
Manual  Arts.     C.  Edward  Newell,  Director. 
Medical  Inspection.     Joseph  A.  Cogan,  M.  D.,  Acting  Director. 
Modern  Foreign  Languages.     Marie  A.  Solano,  Director. 
Music.     John  A.  O'Shea,  Director. 
Penmanship.     Bertha  A.  Connor,  Director. 
Physical  Training.     Nathaniel  J.  Young,  Director. 
Practice  and  Training  of  Teachers.     Katherine  L.  King,  Director. 
Salesmanship.     Louis  J.  Fish,  Commercial  Co-ordinator. 
Special  Schools  and  Classes.     Ada  M.  Fitts,  Director. 
Vocational  Guidance.     Susan  J.  Ginn,  Director. 

*  Intermediate  school.  t  Includes  intermediate  classes. 

X  Departmental  Organization. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 


135 


SALARIES   OF  TEACHERS   PER  YEAR  ENDING   AUGUST  31,  1925. 


Dat  Schools. 


Rank. 


First 

Yearly 

Year. 

Increase. 

$4,281 

$144 

2,988 

144 

2,124 

144 

2,364 

96 

4,284 

144 

2,844 

144 

1,980 

144 

2,148 

96 

1,980 

144 

1,668 

96 

1,224 

96 

3,708 

144 

2,124 

144 

2,052 

96 

2,196 

96 

1,200 

96 

984 

96 

M  aximum 
Salary. 


Teachers  College 

Teachers  College 

Teachers  College 

Teachers  College 

High  and  Latin 

High  and  Latin 

High  and  Latin 

Hign  and  Latin 

High  and  Latin 

High  and  Latin 

High  and  Latin 

Intermediate  and  Elementary 
Intermediate  and  Elementary 
Intermediate  and  Elementary 
Intermediate  and  Elementary 
intermediate  and  Elementary 
Intermediate  and  Elementary 


Head  Master. 

Master. 
Junior  Master. 
First  Assistant. 
Head  Master. 

Master. 

Junior  Master. 

First  Assistant. 

Instructor. 

Assistant. 

Junior  Assistant. 

Master. 

Sub-Master. 

Master's  Ass't. 

First  Assistant. 

Assistant. 
Clerical  Ass't. 


$5,004 
3,996 
3,120 
3,516 
5,004 
3,852 
3,276 
3,300 
2,988 
2,532 
1,416 
4,281 
3,276 
2,532 
2,388 
2,000 
1,272 


Administkative  Offices. 

Administration  Building,  15  Beacon  St.     Headquarters  of  all  officials. 

At  Continuation  School,  Common  St.,  educational  and  employment 
certificates  are  issued  daily  (except  Saturdays),  from  8.30  A.  M.  to  3  P  M., 
and  on  Saturdays  from  9  A.  M.  to  1  P.  M.,  but  during  July  and  August 
to  12  noon.  Physical  examination  of  applicants  for  employment  certifi- 
cates daily  from  9  to  10.30  A.  M. 

Minors'  licenses  (i.  e.,  minors  under  16  years  of  age)  to  act  as  newsboys, 
etc.,  issued  daily,  except  Saturdays,  from  4  to  5  P.  M.,  and  on  Saturdays 
from  9  A.  M.  to  1  P.  M.,  but  during  July  and  August  to  12  noon.  Licenses 
are  not  issued  during  school  hours. 


ATTENDANCE    OFFICERS. 

[Stat.  1913,  Chap.  779,  §  §  12,  13.] 
These  officers  are  appointed  by  the  School  Committee,  and  under  their 
direction  enforce  the  laws  relating  to  absentees  from  school.  They  are 
also  constables,  serving  without  bonds,  and  the  salary  of  the  position  is 
$2,004  for  first  year,  with  annual  increase  of  $108;  fixed  maximum,  $2,544. 
There  are  29  officers  besides  the  acting  chief  and  they  may  be  seen 
from  9  to  9.30  A.  M.,  on  the  days  that  the  schools  are  in  session  at  the 
principal  schooUiouse  in  the  district  served. 

MEDICAL  INSPECTORS   AND   NURSES. 

Regular  medical  inspection  of  the  schools  was  maintained  from  1894  to 
1915,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Health  Department.  Beginning 
September  1,  1915,  the  School  Committee  took  charge  of  this  service, 
appointing  41  physicians,  since  increased  to  56,  besides  the  director,  with 
annual  salary  of  $996. 

Chapter  357,  Acts  of  1907,  provided  for  the  appointment  by  the  School 
Committee  of  one  supervising  female  nurse  and  as  many  district  female 


136  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

nurses  as  are  deemed  necessary.  For  the  74  elementary  and  intermediate 
school  districts  there  are  52  nurses  in  the  service  besides  the  supervising 
nurse.  Salaries  (from  Sept.  1,  1924),  supervising  nurse,  $2,076  first  year, 
with  annual  increase  of  $120,  maximum  at  $2,436;  nurses,  $1,296  first 
year,  with  annual  increase  of  $96,  maximvun  at  $1,776;  the  appropriation 
allowed  for  school  physicians  and  nurses,  at  9  cents  per  $1,000  of  valuation, 
amounted  to  $154,860  in  1924-25. 

PHYSICAL   EDUCATION. 

In  1907  the  School  Committee  were  authorized  to  provide  for  the  physical 
education  and  recreation  of  pupils,  including  proper  apparatus  and  facilities 
in  the  buildings,  yards  and  playgrounds  under  their  control. 

The  sum  available  for  this  branch  of  education  is  11  cents  on  each  $1,000 
of  the  City's  assessed  valuation,  the  appropriation  for  1924-25  being 
$188,280. 

There  are  now  a  director  and  29  instructors  of  physical  training,  6 
instructors  in  military  drill,  also  170  playground  teachers,  the  latter 
having  charge  of  games,  gymnastics,  etc.,  in  the  41  schoolyard  play- 
grounds and  52  park  playgrounds  in  use. 

INDUSTRIAL   SCHOOLS   PARTLY  MAINTAINED   BY   STATE. 

By  Chapter  471,  Acts  of  1911,  and  Chapter  106,  Acts  of  1912,  the  State 
especially  encourages  the  establishing  of  Independent  Industrial  Schools, 
allowing  financial  aid  for  their  maintenance  proportionate  to  the  amount 
raised  by  local  taxation  and  expended  for  all  pubHc  schools.  Under  this 
arrangement  the  School  Committee  is  reimbursed  by  the  State  to  the 
extent  of  one  half  the  net  maintenance  cost  of  such  industrial  schools 
established  in  Boston  thus  far  with  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education.  By  Chapter  805,  Acts  of  1913,  Continuation  Schools,  for 
employed  children  between  fourteen  and  sixteen  years  of  age,  were  included 
under  the  same  plan  of  State  aid.  The  schools  thus  maintained  are  the 
Boston  Trade  School  (for  Boys),  day  and  evening  classes.  Trade  School 
for  Girls,  day  and  extension  classes.  Compulsory  Continuation  School, 
High  School  of  Practical  Arts,  also  co-operative  courses  in  the  Charlestown, 
Dorchester  and  Hyde  Park  High  and  practical  arts  courses  in  the  evening 
elementary  schools. 

MANUAL  TRAINING   ROOMS   ANT)    PREVOCATIONAL   SHOPS. 

There  are  six  manual  training  roomt>  located  in  high  schools,  one  in 
each  of  the  following-named  districts:  Brighton,  Charlestown,  Dorchester, 
East  Boston,  Hyde  Park  and  Jamaica  Plain.  In  elementary  and  inter- 
mediate schools  there  are  122  prevocational  shops  where  classes  in  electrical 
work,  bookbinding,  woodworking,  modeling,  machine  shop  practice, 
sheet  metal  work,  etc.,  are  taught. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE.  137 

HOUSEHOLD   SCIENCE    AND    ARTS. 

There  are  six  high  schools  offering  courses  in  household  science  and 
arts,  Brighton,  Charlestown,  Dorchester,  Hyde  Park,  also  Girls'  High 
and  High  School  of  Practical  Arts,  and  sixty-seven  rooms  in  elementary 
and  intermediate  schools  equipped  for  instruction  in  cookery,  also  fifty- 
six  sewing  rooms. 

A  director,  two  assistant  directors,  81  teachers  of  cookery  and  155 
teachers  of  sewing  are  assigned  to  the  Department  of  Household  Science 
and  Arts. 

EVENING   HIGH,    ELEMENTARY   AND   INDUSTRIAL   SCHOOLS. 

There  are  nine  evening  high  schools,  Central,  for  men  and  boys  only 
(English  High  Schoolhouse),  Girls',  Brighton,  Charlestown,  Dorchester, 
East  Boston,  Roxbury,  South  Boston  and  Hyde  Park.  These  schools, 
whose  sessions  are  on  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Thursday  evenings,  from 
7.30  to  9.30,  are  held  in  the  several  high  schoolhouses  of  the  districts  named. 
AU  but  the  Central  High  are  commercial  schools. 

There  are  twenty-four  elementary  evening  schools,  including  eight 
branch  schools  of  same  in  session  on  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Thursday 
evenings. 

Evening  industrial  classes  are  conducted  in  the  Boston  Trade  School 
and  three  branch  schools  held  in  the  Brighton,  East  Boston  and  Hyde 
Park  High  schoolhouses. 

CONTINUATION    SCHOOL    (dAY). 

Classes  for  Boys'  Division,  with  32  instructors,  are  held  in  the  Brimmer 
School  on  Common  St.  and  at  25  Warrenton  St.;  for  Girls'  Division,  with 
25  instructors,  at  25  La  Grange  St. 

All  children  14  to  16  years  of  age  employed  under  an  employment  cer- 
tificate are  compelled  by  law  to  attend  the  school  four  hours  per  week. 

DAY   SCHOOLS   FOR   IMMIGRANTS. 

There  are  thirty  schools  for  immigrants  where  instruction  in  the  Eng- 
lish language  is  provided,  classes  being  conducted  daily  (except  Saturday) 
for  two  hours  in  the  forenoon  and  the  same  in  the  afternoon. 

SUMMER   REVIEW   SCHOOLS. 

These  supplementary  schools,  one  high  and  ten  elementary,  for  pupils 
who  have  been  retarded  in  their  studies,  were  started  in  1914.  The  term 
is  forty  days,  and  the  number  of  pupils  in  1924  was  5,761 .  Of  the  elemen- 
tary school  pupils  81  per  cent  won  promotion  in  1924. 

USE    OF   SCHOOLHOUSES   FOR   SOCIAL   AND   CIVIC   PURPOSES. 

In  1912  the  Scl^ool  Committee  were  authorized  by  statute  to  allow  the 
use  of  buildings  under  their  control  by  associations  and  individuals  (other 
than  school  pupils)  for  social,  recreative  and  civic  purposes  at  times  when 


138  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

the  schools  were  not  in  session.  Under  this  arrangement  there  are  now 
eleven  School  Centers,  each  having  a  manager  and  largely  attended  on 
three  evenings  and  one  or  two  afternoons  a  week.  More  than  50  school 
buildings  are  also  used  by  Non-School  Center  groups. 

The  School  Committee  may  annually  appropriate  for  this  purpose  a 
sum  equal  to  three  cents  on  each  $1,000  of  the  City's  assessed  valuation, 
which  in  1924-25  amounted  to  $49,536,  plus  the  income  from  rents  of 
school  halls,  etc.,  or  $10,377.  Besides  the  renting  of  school  halls  for  club 
meetings,  entertainments,  etc.,  the  basements  of  150  schoolhouses  are 
used  by  the  Election  Department  as  polhng  places,  lighting  and  janitor 
service  being  paid  for. 

PENSION   AND   RETIREMENT  FUND   FOR  TEACHERS. 

The  School  Committee,  by  a  majority  vote  of  all  its  members,  may  retire 
with  a  pension  any  member  of  the  teaching  or  supervising  staff  of  the 
public  day  schools  who  has  reached  the  age  of  sixty-five  years,  also  such 
other  members  as  are  incapacitated  for  further  efficient  service.  If  the 
teacher  retired  has  been  employed  in  the  public  day  schools  for  a  period 
of  thirty  years  or  more,  ten  years  of  which  has  been  in  Boston,  the  pension 
paid  amounts  to  one-third  of  the  annual  salary  received  at  time  of  retire- 
ment, but  in  no  case  is  it  less  than  $312  nor  more  than  $600  annually.  If 
the  period  of  service  is  less  than  thirty  years,  the  pension  is  proportionally 
less.  The  School  Committee  are  authorized  to  provide  for  these  pensions 
by  appropriating  annually  an  amount  equal  to  seven  cents  on  each  $1,000 
of  the  City's  assessed  valuation.  The  Permanent  School  Pension  Fund 
amounted  to  $568,140  on  February  1,  1925,  and  329  retired  teachers  were 
receiving  pensions  therefrom. 

The  Boston  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund  Association,  started  in  1900, 
is  paying  $120  per  year  to  309  annuitants  and  smaller  sums  to  six  others, 
the  total  amount  of  its  fund  on  February  1,  1925,  being  $853,495.  At  that 
date  3,594  teachers  were  each  contributing  $18  per  year  to  this  fund. 


BOSTON  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM. 

By  Chap.  521,  Acts  of  1922,  retirement  of  certain  City  and  County 
employees  was  provided  for,  with  pensions  based  on  annuity  and  contri- 
butory payments.  Every  employee  in  service  on  Feb.  1,  1923,  imless 
already  covered  by  some  other  pension  law,  shall,  on  the  expiration  of  60 
days  from  said  date,  be  regarded  as  a  member  of  this  retirement  system  if 
no  written  notice  declining  such  membership  has  meanwhile  been  received. 
An  employee  already  covered  by  some  other  pension  law  cannot  join  this 
system  except  by  waiving  and  renouncing  aU  benefits  enjoyed  under  such 
other  law.  All  persons  who  become  employees  after  Feb.  1,  1923,  shall  be 
members  of  this  system  and  cannot  receive  any  allowance  other  than 
under  its  provisions. 

Three  separate  fimds  are  estabhshed  by  this  retirement  system,  viz. 
(1)  the  Annuity  Savings  Fund,  to  which  shall  be  paid  regular  four-per  cent 
deductions  from  the  salaries  of  employees  belonging;  (2)    the  Pension 


BOSTON   RETIREMENT  SYSTEM.  139 

Accumulation  Fund,  consisting  of  annual  contributions  by  the  City, 
determined  by  actuarial  computations  on  the  basis  of  mortality  and  serv- 
ice tables  approved  by  the  Retirement  Board;  (3)  the  Retirement 
Reserve  Fund,  to  which,  upon  a  member's  retirement,  shall  be  trans- 
ferred the  following  amounts :  (a)  from  the  Annuity  Savings  the  accumu- 
lated deductions  from  the  member's  salary,  (b)  from  the  Pension  Accu- 
mulation a  sum  equal  to  the  said  total  deductions,  (c)  also  from  the  Pen- 
sion Ace.  in  case  of  the  accidental  death  or  the  retirement  of  a  new  entrant 
a  sum  sufficient  to  provide  the  pension  payable  on  such  account  not 
covered  by  paragraph  (6).  To  all  members  leaving  the  service,  not  by 
retirement,  shall  be  returned  from  the  Annuity  Savings  Fund  the  accu- 
mulated payments  of  such  to  said  fxmd. 

A  member  of  this  retirement  system  who  shall  have  attained  age,  60, 
shall  upon  his  own  apphcation  be  retired  for  superannuation  within  30 
days  after  the  filing  of  such  application,  or  he  may,  and  if  a  member  of 
the  police  force  he  shaU,  upon  the  application  of  the  head  of  his  depart- 
ment be  retired  for  superannuation  by  the  Retirement  Board.  A  member 
of  this  system  who  shall  have  attained  age,  70,  shall  be  retired  for  super- 
annuation within  30  days,  except  members  of  the  judiciary,  etc. 

Upon  retirement  for  superannuation  a  member  of  the  retirement  system 
shall  receive  a  retirement  allowance  consisting  of:  (a)  an  annuity  which 
shall  be  the  actuarial  equivalent  of  his  accumulated  payments  to  the 
Annuity  Fund  at  the  time  of  his  retirement,  (6)  a  pension  equal  to  said 
annuity,  (c)  if  a  member  was  an  employee  at  the  time  the  system  wa? 
established  and  became  a  member  within  one  year  thereafter,  an  addi- 
tional pension  having  an  actuarial  value  equivalent  to  twice  the  con- 
tributions which  he  would  have  made  during  his  prior  service  had  the 
system  then  been  in  operation,  together  with  regular  interest  thereon. 
The  total  pension  of  any  member  shall  not  exceed  one  half  of  the  average 
annual  compensation  received  by  him  during  the  five  years  immediately 
preceding  his  retirement. 

Retirement  for  ordinary  disability  shall  be  made  by  the  Retirement 
Board  upon  the  apphcation  of  the  head  of  the  department  in  which  the 
member  is  employed  or  of  the  member  or  a  person  acting  in  his  behalf, 
stating  that  said  member  is  physically  or  mentally  incapacitated  for  the 
performance  of  duty  and  ought  to  be  retired;  provided,  that  said  member 
has  not  attained  age,  60,  and  has  had  15  or  more  years  of  service  next 
preceding  his  apphcation  and  that  the  Medical  Board,  after  examination^ 
shall  report  that  said  member  is  physically  or  mentally  incapacitated 
for  the  performance  of  duty  and  that  he  should  be  retired.  Upon  retire- 
ment for  ordinary  disability  a  member  shall  receive  a  retirement  allow- 
ance consisting  of;  (a)  an  annuity  which  shall  be  the  actuarial  equivalent 
of  his  accumulated  payments  to  the  Annuity  Fund  at  the  time  of  his 
retirement,  (6)  a  pension  equal  to  said  annuity  but  not  to  exceed  90  per 
cent  of  the  pension  that  would  have  been  provided  at  age,  60,  (c)  an 
additional  pension  of  such  an  amount  as  would  together  with  the  pension 
under  (b)  make  up  a  total  pension  of  90  per  cent  of  the  pension  that  would 


140  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

have  been  provided  had  he  remained  without  further  change  of  compensa- 
tion in  the  service  until  he  reached  age,  60,  and  retired. 

Retirement  for  accidental  disability,  that  is  because  of  an  accident 
occurring  during  performance  of  duty  and  not  the  result  of  contributory 
negligence,  is  provided  for  by  an  extra  pension  allowance,  the  whole  to  be 
equal  to  three-fourths  of  the  annual  salary  received  at  time  of  accident. 
Death  benefits  are  also  granted  to  the  dependents  of  members  fatally 
injured  in  the  service.  The  Retirement  Board  constituted  by  this  law 
numbers  three  persons,  viz.,  the  City  Treasurer  (the  permanent  member), 
one  person  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  the  third  chosen  by  the  other  two, 
the  term  of  the  last  two  being  four  years.  The  Medical  Board,  needed  to 
decide  all  questions  relating  to  members'  disability,  consists  of  three 
physicians,  viz.,  a  surgeon,  a  medical  practitioner  and  a  neurologist,  to 
be  appointed  by  the  Boston  City  Hospital  Trustees  on  nominations  made 
by  the  senior  medical  staff  of  said  hospital. 

Pensions  and  annuities  are  payable  in  equal  monthly  instalments. 
The  foregoing  statement  presents  the  outstanding  features  of  the  Boston 
Retirement  Act,  which  consists  of  34  sections,  was  enacted  in  June,  1922, 
accepted  by  City  Council  on  Aug.  7  by  vote  of  6  to  3,  and  approved  by 
Mayor  on  Aug.  22.  The  Mayor's  appointee  for  the  Retirement  Board 
is  Wilfred  J.  Dotle,  the  present  chairman. 

On  petition  of  the  Mayor,  the  minimum  pension  for  members  of  the 
system  was  fixed  ft  $480  per  year  by  Chap.  426,  Acts  of  1923,  to  apply  in 
cases  where  the  length  of  service  has  been  at  least  15  years.  This  Act 
was  accepted  by  the  City  Council  on  May  28,  1923. 

AMENDMENTS   OF   RETIREMENT  ACT  IN   1924. 

By  Chap.  251,  Acts  of  1924,  the  following  amendments  of  Chap.  521, 
Acts  of  1922  were  enacted: 

To  sec.  6  of  said  Chap.  521  was  added  this  new  sentence: — The  sums 
payable  by  the  Commonwealth  to  the  City  of  Boston  on  account  of  teach- 
ers retired  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shaU  be  paid  into  the  Pension 
Accumulation  Fund  and  used  to  reduce  the  amount  which  would  other- 
wise be  required  for  the  normal  contributions  from  the  City  of  Boston  for 
the  years  in  which  such  payraents  are  made. 

To  sec.  9  of  said  Chap.  521  was  added  after  the  following  clause,  "A 
member  of  this  retirement  system  who  shall  have  attained  age  seventy 
shaU  be  retired  for  superannuation  within  thirty  days,  except  members  of 
the  judiciary,"  the  following  Avords: — heads  of  departments  and  members 
of  boards  in  charge  of  departments.  Such  officials,  therefore,  are  not  now 
obhged  to  retire  at  age  seventy. 

Chap.  249,  Acts  of  1924,  amends  Chap.  289,  Special  Acts  of  1916  con- 
cerning the  sums  payable  by  the  Commonwealth  to  the  City  of  Boston  as 
reimbursement  for  pensions  paid  by  the  latter  to  retired  school  teachers. 

Chap.  250,  Acts  of  1924,  amends  sec.  16  of  Chap.  32,  General  Laws  and 
sec.  33  of  Chap.  521,  Acts  of  1922,  relating  to  requirements  precedent  to 
the  reimbursement  by  the  Commonwealth  on  account  of  pensions  paid  to 
school  teachers. 


CITY  ORDINANCES.  141 


ORDINANCES  ENACTED   BY  THE 
CITY  COUNCIL. 


Revised  Ordinances  of  1914. 


13th  Revision  (Latest). 

In  pursuance  of  a  vote  of  the  City  Council  on  August  24,  1914,  the  work 
of  revising  and  consoUdating  the  City  Ordinances  was  undertaken  by  the 
Corporation  Counsel  and  his  associates  of  the  Law  Department,  assisted 
by  the  Assistant  City  Clerk.  On  November  16,  1914,  a  draft  of  the 
completed  revision  up  to  date  was  submitted  to  the  Committee  on  Ordi- 
nances, who  arranged  to  have  printed  an  appendix  thereto  showing  the 
amendments  and  eUminations  in  the  Ordinances  of  1898  (12th  Revision) 
and  subsequent  ordinances,  also  where  the  same  have  been  repealed  or 
rendered  obsolete  by  statute. 

On  December  21,  1914,  the  City  Council,  by  unanimous  vote,  enacted 
the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  •¥  consisting  of  41  chapters  with  titles  as 
follows: 

Chapter  1,  General  Provisions  —  Ch.  2,  the  Mayor  —  Ch.  3,  Officers 
and  Boards  —  Ch.  4,  Art  Department  —  Ch.  5,  Assessing  Dept. —  Ch. 
6,  Auditing  Dept. —  Ch,  7,  Boston  Infirmary  Dept. —  Ch.  8,  Building 
Dept.,  with  sub-titles,  viz, :  Board  of  Appeal  and  Board  of  Examiners  — 
Ch.  9,  Cemetery  Dept. —  Ch.  10,  Childrens'  Institutions  Dept. —  Ch.  11, 
City  Clerk  Dept.—  Ch.  12,  City  Planning  Dept.—  Ch.  13,  Collecting  Dept. 
—  Ch.  14,  Consumptives'  Hospital  Dept. —  Ch.  15,  Election  Dept. —  Ch. 
16,  Fire  Dept.—  Ch.  17,  Health  Dept.—  Ch.  18,  Hospital  Dept.—  Ch.  19, 
Institutions  Registration  Dept. —  Ch.  20,  Law  Dept. —  Ch.  21,  Library 
Dept. —  Ch.  22,  Market  Dept. —  Ch.  23,  Overseeing  of  the  Poor  Dept, — 
Ch.  24,  Park  and  Recreation  Dept. —  Ch.  25,  Penal  Institutions  Dept. — 
Ch,  26,  Printing  Dept.—  Ch.  27,  Public  Buildings  Dept.—  Ch.  28,  Public 
Works  Dept.—  Ch.  29,  Registry  Dept.—  Ch.  30,  Schoolhouse  Dept,—  Ch. 
31,  Sinking  Funds  Dept.—  Ch.  32,  Soldiers'  Relief  Dept.—  Ch.  33,  Statistics 
Dept,—  Ch,  34,  Street  Laying-Out  Dept,—  Ch,  35,  Supply  Dept,—  Ch, 
36,  Treasury  Dept,—  Ch,  37,  Weights  and  Measm-es  Dept,—  Ch,  38, 
Wire  Dept. —  Ch.  39,  Regulations  Affecting  Certain  Trades  —  Ch.  40, 
Prohibitions  and  Penalties  —  Ch.  41,  Miscellaneous  Provisions. 

The  13th  is  the  latest  revision. 

*  Copies  may  be  obtained  at  office  of  City  Messenger,  55  City  Hall,  50 
cents  each. 


142  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1915-16. 


CHAPTER   1. 

Concerning  the  Quarantine  Service. 
All  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of  health,  relative  to  the  main- 
tenance of  the  quarantioe  service  for  the  port  of  Boston,  shall  be  abolished 
upon  the  date  of  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  City  of  Boston  to  the 
United  States  of  America  of  all  property  used  in  the  said  service.* 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  SO,  1916. 


CHAPTER  2. 

Concerning  the  City  Planning  Department. 

Chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended 
in  section  four  by  striking  out  the  word  "three"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  "five,"  so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as 
follows : 

Section  4.  The  board  shall  serve  without  pay,  and  may  expend,  for  the 
salary  of  its  secretary  and  for  such  other  expenses  as  may  be  necessary 
in  the  performance  of  its  duties,  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars 
per  annum.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  April  10, 1915. 


CHAPTER  3. 

Concerning  Hawkers  and  Peddlers. 

Chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  nineteen  of  said  chapter  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  hawk  or  peddle  any  fruits  or  vegetables 
or  any  of  the  articles  enumerated  in  chapter  345  of  the  Acts  of  1906 
and  acts  in  amendment  thereof  or  in  addition  thereto,  until  he  has  been 
assigned  a  number  by  the  health  commissioner,  and  untU  he  has  recorded 
with  said  commissioner  his  name  and  residence  and,  if  he  hawks  or  peddles 
articles  which  are  sold  by  weight  or  measure,  a  certificate  from  the  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures  that  all  weights,  measures  and  balances  to  be 
used  by  him  have  been  properly  inspected  and  sealed.  The  presence  of 
unsealed  weights  or  measures  on  the  team,  cart  or  person  of  such  hawker 
or  peddler  shall  terminate  permission  to  hawk  or  peddle  under  such 
registration. 

*  Leass  approved  by  the  City  Council  May  24,  1915,  taking  effect 
June  1,  1915. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF  1915-16.  143 

No  person  shall  hawk  or  peddle  any  fruits  or  vegetables  until  he  has 
obtained  a  license  therefor  from  the  health  commissioner,  unless  he  is 
engaged  in  the  pursuit  of  agriculture  or  unless  such  articles  are  the  product 
of  his  own  labor  or  of  the  labor  of  his  family. 

The  health  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant  licenses  to  hawk 
or  peddle  fruits  and  vegetables  to  persons  who  have  complied  with  the 
foregoing  requirements,  such  licenses  to  be  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
the  date  of  issue,  and  to  charge  therefor  a  license  fee  of  five  dollars  per 
annum.  , 

The  foregoing  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  minors  licensed  by  the  mayor 
and  city  council,  unless  such  minors  hawk  or  peddle  fruits  or  vegetables. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  SO,  1916. 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  Hawb^irs  and  Peddlers. 
Chapter  40  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  21  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following: 

Section  21.  No  hawker  or  peddler  shall  carry  or  convey  articles 
eniunerated  in  chapter  345  of  the  Acts  of  1906  and  acts  in  amendment 
thereof  or  in  addition  thereto,  in  a  manner  tending  to  injure  or  disturb  the 
pubUc  health  or  comfort,  or  except  in  vehicles  or  receptacles  which  are 
neat  and  clean  and  do  not  leak,  and  which  have  printed  on  them  in  letters 
and  figures  at  least  two  inches  in  height  the  name  of  the  person  selUng  and 
the  number  given  him  by  the  health  commissioner,  and  which  are  approved 
monthly  by  the  health  commissioner. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  November  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  Salaries  of  First  Assistant  Assessors. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  assessors  by  striking  out 
the  words  "The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  ten  dollars  per  day  for  street 
work,  not  to  exceed  forty  days,  and  six  hundred  dollars  for  office  work, 
including  investigation  of  supplementary  assessments  in  accordance  with 
chapter  400,  Acts  of  1901,"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 
"The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  six  hundred  dollars  for  street  work  and 
preparation  therefor,  and  six  hundred  dollars  for  services  on   dooming 
board  and  for  work  on  abatements  and  investigations." 
This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1916. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  Febrvnry  6,  1916. 


144  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1916-17. 


CHAPTER   1. 

Concerning  the  Use  of  Streets. 

Section  36  of  chapter  40  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following  words:  "but  nothing  in  this 
section  shall  be  construed  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  right  or  oppor- 
tunity of  any  person  to  exercise  the  right  of  peaceful  persuasion  guaranteed 
by  Statutes  1913,  chapter  690,  or  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  intend- 
ment of  any  statute  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,"  so  that  said 
section  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  36.  No  person  shall,  in  a  street,  unreasonably  obstruct  the 
free  passage  of  foot-traveUers,  or  wilfully  and  unreasonably  saunter  or 
loiter  for  more  than  seven  minutes  after  being  directed  by  a  police  officer 
to  move  on,  but  nothing  in  this  section  shaU  be  construed  to  curtail, 
abridge,  or  limit  the  right  or  opportunity  of  any  person  to  exercise  the 
right  of  peaceful  persuasion  guaranteed  by  Statutes  1913,  chapter  690, 
or  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  intendment  of  any  statute  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  March  9, 1916. 


CHAPTER  2. 

Concerninq''Agent  Under  Workmen's  Compensation  Act. 
The  salary  and  expenses  of  the  person  designated  to  act  as  the  agent 
for  the  payment  of  workmen's  compensation  under  chapter  244  of  the 
General  Acts  of  1915  shall  be  chargeable  to  the  appropriation  for  the 
Reserve  Fund.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  March  21,  1916. 


CHAPTER  3. 

Concerning  Certain  Items  of  City  Income. 

Section  six  of  chapter  six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  in  the  last  three  lines  of  said  section  the  words 
"and  shall  add  such  amount  to  the  several  appropriations  for  the  divisions 
furnishing  such  materials,  tools,  or  machinery,"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "and  shall  credit  such  amount  to  the  general  revenue  of 
the  city,  unless  such  materials,  tools  or  machinery  have  been  fmmished 
by  the  water  service,  in  which  case  the  amount  charged  shall  be  credited 
to  the  water  income." 

Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  lines  33,  34  and  35  of  said  section  the 
words  "all  moneys  so  received  to  be  used  in  paying  the  expenses  incurred 
by  the  department  in  such  removal." 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF  1916-17.  145 

Section  nine  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  of  said  section  the  last  paragraph, 
which  reads  as  follows:  "All  amounts  paid  to  the  city  under  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  credited  to,  and  used  as  a  part  of,  the  appropriation 
for  the  public  works  department." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  28,  1916. 


CHAPTER  4. 

To  Prevent  Unnecessary  Noise  in  the  Vicinity  of  Hospitals. 

Section  1.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  shall,  at  the  request 
of  the  hospital  authorities,  place  and  maintain  a  sign  or  signs  displaying 
the  words,  "Warning!  Hospital  —  Make  No  Noise"  at  such  points 
as  he  may  determine  on  public  streets  and  places  in  the  vicinity  of  hospitals 
accommodating  more  than  fifty  patients.  No  foot  traveler,  driver  of 
a  vehicle,  motorman  of  a  street  car  or  operator  of  a  motor  vehicle  shall 
make  any  unnecessary  noise  in  the  vicinity  of  such  hospitals  so  as  to 
unreasonably  disturb  patients  therein. 

Sect.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sect.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  Jime, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  April  22,  1916. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  City  Planning  Department. 

Chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chap- 
ter two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  section  four 
by  striking  out  the  words  "  five  thousand"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
words  "seven  thousand  five  hundred,"  so  that  said  section,  as  amended, 
shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  4-  The  board  shall  serve  without  pay,  and  may  expend  for  the 
salary  of  its  secretary  and  for  such  other  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in 
the  performance  of  its  duties,  a  sum  not  exceeding  seven  thousand  five 
hxmdred  dollars  per  annum.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  August  S,  1916. 


CHAPTER  6. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Chief  Officer  at  the  County  Jail. 
Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  six,  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  chief  officer  con- 
nected with  the  county  jaU,  by  striking  out  the  words  "eighteen  hundred 
dollars,"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "two  thousand  dollars." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  August  11,  1916. 


146  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


CHAPTER   7. 
Concerning  the  Use  of  the  Sinking  Funds. 

Section  1.  Section  two  of  chapter  thirty-one  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  said  section  and  substituting 
therefor  the  following  new  section: 

Sect.  2.  Whenever  the  amount  of  any  sinking  fund  exceeds  the  entire 
amount  of  the  debt  for  the  payment  of  which  it  was  established,  the  com- 
missioners shall  use  the  surplus  for  the  purchase  and  cancellation  of  any  out- 
standing bonds  of  the  city ;  and  whenever  the  amount  of  any  sinking  fund 
is  greater  than  is  required  with  its  accumulations  to  meet  its  debt  at  matu- 
rity the  surplus  of  such  amount  may  be  used  by  the  commissioners  to  obtain 
and  cancel  any  part  of  such  debt.  The  proceeds  of  all  sales  of  land  and 
buildings,  other  than  school  lands,  shall  be  applied  by  the  commissioners  to 
the  reduction  and  cancellation  of  any  part  of  any  outstanding  debt  of  the 
city.  {Approved  by  Mayor,  November  10,  1916. 


CHAPTER  8. 
Establishing  the  Municipal  Standard  and  City  Flag. 

Section  1.  The  municipal  standard  of  the  city  of  Boston,  which  ia 
hereby  established,  shall  be  made  of  silk  of  the  colors  designated,  namely; 
Continental  blue  and  buff,  and  shall  be  five  feet  in  length  and  three  and 
one  half  feet  in  width,  or  in  proportion  thereto.  Provided,  that  a  city  flag 
of  like  design  and  colors  may  be  made  of  bunting  for  outdoor  display,  the 
size  of  such  bunting  flag  to  depend  upon  the  place  of  display.  The  body 
of  the  standard  shall  be  blue,  as  specified,  with  the  official  city  seal  embroid- 
ered in  the  center;  and  two  rings  of  white  shall  encircle  the  seal.  The 
reverse  of  the  municipal  standard  shall  bear  a  representation  of  the  Tri- 
mountain.  The  city  flag  shall  have  no  reverse  except  the  seal  showing 
through  the  bunting,  the  seal  to  be  painted  on  or  woven  in  the  fabric.  The 
municipal  standard  shall  have  a  fringe  of  Continental  buff;  the  city  flag 
to  be  without  fringe. 

Sect.  2.  The  colors  herein  specified  shall  be  the  official  colors  for  the 
city  of  Boston,  namely :  Continental  blue  and  Continental  buff. 

Sect.  3.  The  city  flag  shall  be  displayed  on  City  Hall  and  may  be  dis- 
played on  Boston  Common  on  occasions  when  the  national  flag  is  ordered 
displayed. 

Sect.  4.  The  municipal  standard  of  silk  may  be  carried  or  displayed  in 
parades,  at  reviews,  and  on  other  official  occasions  when  the  mayor  is 
present  and  when  directed  by  him.  Boston  organizations  may  have  copies 
of  the  municipal  standard  on  approval  by  the  mayor. 

Sect.  5.  Neither  the  municipal  standard  nor  the  city  flag  nor  any  repro- 
duction shall  be  used  for  any  commercial  purpose,  and  no  advertising 
device  shall  be  placed  upon  it  or  used  in  connection  with  it;  and  the 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1917-18.  147 

municipal  flag  or  standard  shall  not  be  used  for  any  purpose  not  author- 
ized by  this  ordinance,  except  with  the  permission  of  the  Mayor. 

Sect.  6.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  section  five  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offence,  and  not  only  the  person  actually  doing  the  prohibited  thing,  but 
also  his  employer  and  every  other  person  concerned  in  so  doing  shall  be 
punished  by  such  fine. 

Sect.  7.  The  city  messenger  shall  be  custodian  of  the  municipal  standard 
and  of  the  city  flags  that  are  the  property  of  the  city. 

Sect.  8.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  January  30,  1917. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1917-18. 


CHAPTER  I. 

Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following: 

Section  7.  The  oflBcers  of  the  County  of  Suffolk  shall  be  paid  the  sala- 
ries and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be  paid  annual  sala- 
ries as  follows: 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  fifteen  hundred  doUars. 

The  steward,  the  first  inside  officer,  and  the  clerk,  each  fourteen  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

The  second  and  third  inside  officers,  each  thirteen  himdred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

The  other  regularly  employed  officers,  each  thirteen  hundred  dollars. 

The  watchmen  and  other  necessary  assistants,  each  twelve  hundred 
dollars.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  June  12,  1917. 


CHAPTER  2. 
Concerning  the  Removal  of  Refuse. 
Section  1.     Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordi- 
nances of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916, 
is  hereby  further  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  "watered"  in  the 
tenth  line  of  said  section,  the  following  words:  "shall  remove  and  dispose 


148  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

of,  at  the  expense  of  the  public  works  department,  all  refuse  from  buildings 
occupied  by  the  city  except  those  under  the  control  of  the  school  com- 
mittee." 
Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  February  1,  1918. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  July  24,  1917. 


CHAPTER  3. 
Establishing  the  Budget  Department. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  budget  department  under  the  charge  of 
a  budget  commissioner  who  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  pre- 
pare in  segregated  form  the  annual  and  all  supplementary  budgets  to  be 
submitted  by  the  Mayor  to  the  City  Council.  The  commissioner  shall 
further  prepare  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  the  form  of  estimate 
sheets  to  be  used  by  each  officer,  board,  comjnission  and  department,  and 
each  division  of  a  department  for  which  the  city  appropriates  money,  and 
shall  also  prepare  the  form  of  monthly  report  of  such  officer,  board,  com- 
mission and  department  and  each  division  thereof,  showing  expenditures 
to  date  of  all  appropriations  by  item,  and  shall  report  to  the  Mayor  on 
all  subsequent  revisions  of  the  items  in  the  budget. 

Sect.  2.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  at  the  end 
of  the  clause  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  assessors,  the  following  words  — The 
budget  commissioner,  five  thousand  doUars. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  July  24,  1917. 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  the  Hours  op  Labor  of  Firemen. 

Section  1.  Chapter  sixteen  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  one  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  Section  1.  The  fire  department 
shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  fire  commissioner,  who  shall  exercise  the 
powers  and  perform  the  duties  provided  by  statute;  and  shall  appoint  a 
chief  of  department,  deputy  chiefs,  district  chiefs,  engineers,  and  other 
firemen,  whose  hours  of  labor  for  the  city  shall  not  exceed  two  days  out  of 
three,  and  who  shall  be  allowed  for  meals  during  the  two  days  on  duty 
three  periods  of  one  hour  each. 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  February, 
1918.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  August  22,  1917. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  Trade  of  Bootblacking. 
No  female  minor  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over  shall  engage  in  the  trade  of 
bootblacking,  and  no  person  shall  employ  any  such  female  minor  in  such 
trade.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  December  24, 1917. 


CITY   ORDINANCES  OF    1918-19.  149 

CHAPTER  6. 

Concerning  the  Salary  op  the  City  Clerk  and  of  the  Assistant 

City  Clerk. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordmances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  five,  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  city 
clerk  and  of  the  assistant  city  clerk,  by  striking  out  the  words  "five 
thousand"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "six  thousand,"  and 
by  striking  out  the  words  "thirty-eight  hundred"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "forty-five  hundred." 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  January,  1918.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  December  31, 1917. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1918-19. 


CHAPTER  1. 
Concerning  Junk  and  Second  Hand  Articles. 
Section  1.     Section  ninety  of  chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  after  the  word  "person,"  in  the 
eighth  line,  the  words  "or  junk  collector." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  17,  1918. 


CHAPTER  2. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  ordinances  of  1916  and  chapter  one  of  the 
ordinances  of  1917,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole 
of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shall  be  paid  the  salaries 
and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be  paid  salaries,  as 
follows: 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  steward,  the  first  inside  officer  and  the  clerk,  each  fourteen  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  per  annum. 

The  second  and  third  inside  officers,  each  thirteen  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  annum. 

The  other  regularly  employed  officers,  each  thirteen  hundred  dollars 
per  annum. 


150  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

The  assistant  clerk,  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
The  watchmen  and  other  necessary  assistants,  each  twelve  hundred 
dollars  per  annum. 

The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  thirty  dollars  per  week. 
The  watchmen-engineers,  each  twenty-eight  dollars  per  week. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  May  29,  1918. 


CHAPTER  3. 
Establishing  the  Tkansit  Department. 
Section  1.  The  transit  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a  board 
of  three  commissioners  appointed  by  the  mayor,  for  the  term  of  one  year 
each.  The  chairman  shall  be  designated  by  the  mayor  and  shall  receive 
a  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  a  year.  The  other  members  shall  serve 
without  pay.  The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  engineers,  subordinates 
and  employees,  define  their  powers  and  duties,  and  fix  the  amount  of  their 
compensation. 

Sect.  2.  The  board  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties 
formerly  exercised  and  performed  by  the  Boston  Transit  Commission,  as 
defined  by  chapter  185  of  the  special  acts  of  the  year  1918. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  July  2,  1918. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1919-20. 


CHAPTER   1. 

Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Deputy  Sealers  of  Weights  and 

Measures. 

Section  1.     Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1919  is  hereby 

amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  the  deputy 

sealers  of  weights   and   measures,   by  striking  out  the  words  "sixteen 

hundred"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "seventeen  hundred." 

Sect.  2.    This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  May  30,  1919. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  June  10,  1919. 


CHAPTER  2. 

Consolidating  the  Wire  Department  With  the  Fire  Department. 
Section  1.  The  wire  department  is  hereby  consoUdated  with  and  made 
a  part  of  the  fire  department,  and  the  subordinates  and  employees  of  the 
wire  department  are  hereby  transferred  to  the  wire  division  of  the  fire 
department  hereinafter  created.  The  fire  commissioner  shall  exercise  the 
powers  and  perform  the  duties  conferred  and  imposed  by  law  upon  the  wire 
commissioner.  The  powers,  duties  and  appropriations  of  the  wire  depart- 
ment are  hereby  transferred  to  the  fire  department. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1919-20.  151 

Sect.  2.  The  fire  commissioner  shall  establish  in  the  fire  department  a 
division  to  be  known  as  the  wire  division,  and  the  wire  division  shall  be  in 
charge  of  a  deputy  appointed  by  the  fire  commissioner,  who  under  the 
direction  of  the  fire  commissioner  shall  carry  out  the  provisions  and  require- 
ments of  law  relating  to  wires  and  electrical  appUances  and  the  inspection 
of  wires  in  the  city  of  Boston.  The  salary  of  the  deputy  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  fire  commissioner,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

Sect.  3.  The  hours  of  labor  prescribed  for,  and  the  periods  for  meals 
allowed  to,  firemen  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  sixteen  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  four  of  the  Ordinances  of  1917, 
shall  not  apply  to  the  deputy,  subordinates  and  employees  of  the  wire 
division  of  the  fire  department  herein  created. 

Sect.  4.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  fire 
commissioner  by  striking  out  the  words  "five  thousand"  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  "seventy-five  hundred." 

Sect.  5.  Chapter  thirty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  June  10,  1919. 


CHAPTER  3. 

Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of  Jitneys. 

Repealed  in  1921, 

Chap.  6,  Ord.  1921-22  being  substituted. 


CHAPTER  4. 

Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulations  op  Jitneys. 

Repealed  in  1921, 

Chap.  6,  Ord.  1921-22  being  substituted. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended 
by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  and  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances 
of  1917,  and  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1918,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following: 

Section  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shaU  be  paid  the  salaries 
and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  oflBcers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be  paid  salaries,  as 
follows:  The  chief  officer,  twenty-three  hundred  and  ten  dollars  per 
annum.    The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  sixteen  hundred  and  fifty 


152  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

dollars  per  annum.  The  first  inside  oflBcer  and  the  clerk,  each  fifteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety-five  dollars  per  annum.  The  steward,  fifteen  hundred 
and  seventy  dollars  per  annum.  The  second,  third  and  fourth  inside  officers, 
each  fourteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  other  regularly  employed 
oflficers,  each  fourteen  hundred  doUars  per  annum.  The  assistant  clerk, 
twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annimi.  The  watchman  and  other  necessary 
assistants,  each  thirteen  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  per  annum.  The 
watchman-engineer  in  charge,  thirty-seven  dollars  per  week.  The  watch- 
men-engineers operating,  thirty-three  doUars  per  week. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  8,  1919. 


CHAPTER  6. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Superintendent  of  Supplies. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  five  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  superintendent  of 
supplies  by  striking  out  the  word  "three"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  word  "six."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  January  31,  1920. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1920-21. 


CHAPTER  1. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  First  Assistant  Assessors. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  is  hereby  further 
amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  assessors  by  striking  out 
the  words  "the  first  assistant  assessors,  each  six  hundred  dollars  for  street 
work  and  preparation  therefor,  and  six  hundred  dollars  for  services  on 
dooming  board  and  for  work  on  abatements  and  investigation,"  and  insert- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  following:  "The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  seven 
himdred  and  fifty  dollars  for  street  work  and  preparation  therefor,  and 
seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  services  on  dooming  board  and  for  work 
on  abatements  and  investigations." 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1920. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  14,  1920. 


CHAPTER  2. 

Concerning  the  Salaries  op  the  Deputy  Sealers  of  Weights  and 

Measures. 
Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  five  by  striking  out  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries 
of  the  sealers  of  weights  and  measures  and  substituting  the  following 
clause:  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  three  thousand  dollars,  and 
the  twelve  deputy  sealers  of  weights  and  measures  each  such  salary  not 


CITY  ORDINANCES   OF   1920-21.  153 

exceeding  nineteen  hundred  dollars  and  not  less  than  sixteen  hundred 
dollars  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  with  the 
approval  of  the  mayor. 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  April  2,  1920. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  14,  1920, 


CHAPTER  3. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  and  chapter  one  of 
the  Ordinances  of  1917,  and  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1918,  and 
chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  is  hereby  further  amended  by 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following : 

Section  6.  The  ofl5cers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shall  be  paid  the  salaries 
and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be  paid  salaries  as 
follows : 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  physi- 
cian appointed  by  the  sheriff,  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The 
chief  clerk,  seventeen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  assistant  clerk, 
fourteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  first  inside  officer,  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  stev/ard,  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per 
annum.  The  second,  third  and  fourth  inside  officers,  each  sixteen  hundred 
dollars  per  annum.  The  five  regularly  employed  oflBcers,  each  sixteen 
hundred  doUars  per  annum.  All  other  ofiBcers  and  necessary  assistants, 
each  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  watchman-engineer  in  charge, 
forty  dollars  per  week.  The  watchmen-engineers  operating,  thirty-six 
dollars  per  week.  The  matron,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  The  first 
assistant  matron,  nine  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  five  assistant 
matrons,  each  seven  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  Two  chaplains,  each 
six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  per  annum.  One  chaplain,  two  hundred 
and  sixty-four  dollars  per  annum.     [Approved  by  Mayor,  April  14,  1920. 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of  Jitneys. 

Repealed  in  1921, 
Chap.  6,  Ord.  1921-22  being  substituted. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 
Chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  relative  to  the  salaries  of 
officers  at  the  County  Jail,  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  following  words:    "This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1920." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  May  6,  1920. 


154  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

CHAPTER  6. 
Concerning  Sweeping  of  Sidewalks. 
Chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  forty  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section  the  following  words: 

Nor  shall  any  person  between  the  hours  of  eight  o'clock  a.  m.  and  seven 
o'clock  p.  m.,  in  that  portion  of  the  City  Proper  lying  north  and  east  of 
Kneeland,  Eliot,  Charles,  Beacon,  Bowdoin,  Green  and  Leverett  streets, 
sweep  any  sidewalk  unless  such  sidewalk  is  in  such  condition  that  dust  will 
not  be  raised  by  such  sweeping.         [Approved  by  Mayor,  June  16,  1920. 


CHAPTER  7. 

Establishing  the  Institutions  Department. 

Section  1.  The  penal  institutions  department,  the  Boston  infirmary 
department,  the  children's  institutions  department  and  the  institutions 
registration  department  are  hereby  abohshed.  All  the  rights,  powers, 
duties  and  obligations  of  the  said  departments  and  of  any  officer,  board  or 
member  thereof,  are  hereby  transferred  to  and  shall  hereafter  be  exercised 
and  performed  by  the  institutions  department  established  by  this  ordinance 
which  shall  be  the  lawful  successor  of  the  said  departments.  All  em- 
ployees of  the  said  departments  shall  as  temporary  appointees  of  the 
institutions  department  continue  to  perform  their  usual  duties  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  heretofore  until  removed,  appointed  to 
positions  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  trans- 
ferred to  other  departments. 

Sect.  2.  The  institutions  department  shall  be  under  the  supervision 
and  control  of  a  commissioner  to  be  known  as  the  commissioner  of  insti- 
tutions who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions governing  appointments  in  chapter  486  of  the  Acts  of  1909  and 
acts  in  amendment  thereof,  and  who  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of 
$7,500. 

Sect.  3.  The  commissioner  shall  be  the  executive  and  administrative 
head  of  the  department  and  may  organize  said  department  in  such  divi- 
sions as  he  may  find  necessary  for  its  proper  conduct. 

Sect.  4.  The  mayor,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Special  Acts  1919, 
chapter  222,  section  2,  may  appoint,  and  fix  the  compensation  of,  not 
more  than  two  deputy  commissioners,  who  shall  act  directly  under  the 
commissioner  of  institutions  and  perform  such  duties  as  the  said  com- 
missioner shall  direct. 

Sect.  5.  So  much  of  this  ordinance  as  relates  to  the  appointment  of 
the  commissioner  of  institutions  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage;  all 
other  provisions  shall  take  effect  when  such  appointment  becomes  opera- 
tive. All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  August  25,  1920. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF  1920-21.  155 

CHAPTER  8. 
Concerning  the   Salary   op  the   Soldiers'   Relief  Commissioner. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  nineteen 
hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salary  of  the  soldiers'  relief  commissioner  by  striking  out 
the  words  "thirty-five  hundred"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words 
"five  thousand." 

Sect.  2.  The  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  be  received  by  John  E. 
Oilman,  the  present  soldiers'  rehef  commissioner,  shall  be  so  allowed 
from  August  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  August  25,  1920. 


CHAPTER  9. 
Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Superintendent  of  Printing. 
Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  is  hereby  amended 
in  section  five,  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  superintendent 
of  printing,  by  striking  out  the  words  "four  thousand  doUars"  and  insert- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  words  "five  thousand  dollars." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  September  8,  1920, 


CHAPTER  10. 
Concerning  Fees  for  Builders'  Licenses. 

Section  1.  Section  8  of  chapter  8  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  said  section  and  substituting  the  follow- 
ing: 

Section  8.  The  board  shall  issue  a  license  to  each  person  so  certified  by 
the  board  to  the  btulding  commissioner.  All  licenses  hereafter  issued,  or 
issued  less  than  one  year  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
expire  in  one  year  from  the  date  of  issuance;  and  aU  licenses  issued  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  shaU  expire  on  the 
date  in  the  year  1921,  corresponding  to  the  date  in  the  year  of  issuance. 
The  board  may  renew  a  license  upon  any  expiration  thereof,  for  the 
further  period  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  renewal,  with  or  without  re- 
examination, as  the  board  may  determine.  The  fees  to  be  paid  to  the 
board  for  such  licenses  and  renewals  shall  be  as  follows: 

New  license,  five  (5)  dollars;  and  each  yearly  renewal  thereof  two  (2) 
dollars. 

The  first  renewal  of  a  license  heretofore  granted,  five  (5)  doUars;  and 
each  yearly  renewal  thereof  two  (2)  dollars. 

Special  license,  one  (1)  dollar. 

The  fees  received  by  the  board  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  collector  at 
least  once  a  week.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  September  22,  1920, 


156  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

CHAPTER  11. 

Concerning  Itinerant  Vendors'  Licenses. 

Section  1.  Every  itinerant  vendor,  whether  principal  or  agent,  author- 
ized by  state  license  to  do  business  in  this  commonwealth,  before  making 
any  sales  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  in  the  city  of  Boston,  shall 
make  application  for  a  local  Ucense  to  the  city  clerk  stating  the  names, 
residences  and  places  of  business  of  the  owners  or  parties  in  whose  interest 
said  business  is  conducted,  and  shall  at  the  same  time  file  with  the  city 
clerk  a  true  statement,  under  oath,  of  the  average  quantity  and  value  of 
the  stock  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  kept  or  intended  to  be  kept  or 
exposed  by  him  for  sale.  The  city  clerk  shaU  submit  said  statement  to 
the  assessors  who  shall  forthwith  make  an  examination  and  valuation  of 
such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  and  transmit  a  certificate  thereof  to  the 
city  clerk. 

Sect.  2.  Upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  equivalent  to  the  taxes  assessable 
under  the  last  preceding  tax  levy  upon  an  amoimt  of  property  equal  to  the 
valuation  certified  by  the  board  of  assessors  as  provided  for  in  section  one 
of  this  ordinance,  the  city  clerk  shall  issue  to  the  itinerant  vendor  a  license 
authorizing  the  sale  of  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  within  the  city 
of  Boston.  Such  license  shall  remain  in  force  so  long  as  the  licensee  shall 
continuously  keep  and  expose  for  sale  in  the  city  of  Boston  such  stock  of 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  but  not  later  than  the  first  day  of  May 
following  its  date  of  issuance.  Every  itinerant  vendor  Ucensed  under  this 
ordinance  shall  also  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Boston  in  the  sum  of 
$500,  with  two  suflScient  sureties,  conditioned  for  faithful  observance  of 
this  ordinance. 

Sect.  3.  Every  itinerant  vendor  who  is  granted  a  hcense  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  exhibit  the  same  at  all  times,  while  in  force, 
in  some  conspicuous  part  of  the  place  of  business  for  which  it  is  issued. 

Sect.  4.  The  term  "itinerant  vendor"  for  the  purposes  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  the  same  as  defined  in  sections  one  and  two  of  chapter  65  of 
the  Revised  Laws  of  Massachusetts  as  amended  by  chapter  120  of  the  Gen- 
eral Acts  of  1916  and  chapter  237  of  the  General  Acts  of  1917,  and  shall 
include  any  person,  either  principal  or  agent,  who  engages  in  a  temporary 
or  transient  business  in  this  city,  and  who,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on 
such  business,  hires,  leases  or  occupies  a  building  or  structure  for  the 
exhibition  and  sale  of  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise.  The  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance,  however,  shall  not  apply  to  sales  by  commercial 
travelers,  or  by  selling  agents  to  dealers  in  the  usual  course  of  business, 
nor  to  sales  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  by  any  person,  either  principal 
or  agent,  who  engages  in  temporary  or  transient  business  within  the  city 
and  who  has  paid  taxes  upon  his  stock  in  trade  during  the  current  year, 
nor  to  hawkers  and  peddlers  as  defined  by  the  laws  of  this  commonwealth 
and  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Boston. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1920-21.  157 

Sect.  5.  Any  person,  association  or  corporation  who  shall  engage  in 
the  business  of  an  itinerant  vendor,  as  herein  defined,  without  having 
secured  a  license  for  that  purpose  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  or  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  file  the  statement  described  in  section  one  of  this  ordi- 
nance, or  makes  a  false  or  fraudulent  representation  in  said  statement,  or 
who,  having  secured  such  license,  shall  thereafter  fail  to  pay  the  sum 
required  herein,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  day  during 
which  such  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  are  kept  or  exposed  for  sale. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  September  22,  1920. 


CHAPTER  12. 

CONCEENING   THE   INVESTMENT   OP   TkUST   FuNDS. 

Chapter  thirty-six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  section  four  in  said  chapter,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following: 

Section  4-  The  treasurer,  unless  the  donors  have  otherwise  directed, 
shall  receive  aU  properties  given,  devised  or  bequeathed  to,  or  deposited 
with,  the  city  for  any  specific  purpose,  and  shall  use  the  same,  or  the  income 
thereof,  as  designated  in  the  gift,  devise,  bequest  or  deposit.  If  the  income 
only  is  to  be  used,  he  shall  hold  the  properties  as  permanent  funds.  He 
shall  invest  and  keep  invested  the  said  permanent  funds  in  bonds,  notes  or 
scrip  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  commonwealth  or  of  any  city  or  town 
within  the  commonwealth,  or  in  mortgage  notes  secured  in  each  case  by  a 
first  mortgage  on  real  estate  used  for  human  habitation  and  not  in  excess 
of  fifty  per  cent  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  such  real  estate.  For  the 
purpose  of  investment  and  reinvestment  he  shall  have  power  from  time  to 
time  in  his  discretion  to  sell  or  exchange  any  of  the  securities  of  which  any 
of  the  said  permanent  funds  consist,  but  all  purchases,  exchanges  and 
sales  shall  be  with  the  written  approval  of  the  mayor. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  27, 1920. 


CHAPTER  13. 

Consolidating   the    Cemetery    Department    with    the    Park    and 
Recreation  Department  and  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Latter 
Department  to  the  Park  Department. 
Section  1.     The  name  of  the  park  and  recreation  department  is  hereby 
changed  to  the  park  department  and  the  title  of  the  commissioners  of  the 
park  and  recreation  department  is  hereby  changed  to  that  of  park  com- 
missioners. 

Sect.  2.     The  cemetery  department  is  hereby  consohdated  with  the 
park  department  and  placed  under  the  charge  of  the  park  commissioners. 


158  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Sect.  3.  The  park  commissioners  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  perform 
the  duties  now  provided  by  statute  or  ordinance  to  be  exercised  and  per- 
formed by  the  trustees  of  the  cemetery  department  and  by  the  park  and 
recreation  commissioners. 

Sect.  4.  The  park  commissioners  shall  create  a  division  to  be  known 
as  the  cemetery  division  of  the  park  department. 

Sect.  5.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  three  by  striking  out  in  the  ninth  Une  thereof  the  words 
"the  cemetery  department  secretary,  five  thousand  dollars"  and  by 
striking  out  in  the  twelfth  line  thereof  the  words  "and  recreation,"  so  that 
said  clause  shall  read  "the  park  department  secretary,  three  thousand 
dollars."  Said  chapter  three  is  further  amended  in  section  five  by  striking 
out  the  words  "The  park  and  recreation  commissioners,  the  chairman  five 
thousand  dollars  and  the  deputy  commissioner  not  more  than  forty-two 
hundred  dollars"  and  by  inserting  in  place  thereof  a  new  clause,  as  follows; 
"The  park  commissioners,  the  chairman  seven  thousand  dollars,  and 
deputy  commissioner  not  more  than  forty-two  himdred  dollars." 

Sect.  6.  Chapter  two  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  one  by  striking  out  in  the  second  paragraph  thereof  the 
words  "one  park  and  recreation  commissioner,"  and  by  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "one  park  commissioner"  and  by  striking  out  in  the 
seventh  paragraph  thereof  the  words  "one  cemetery  trustee." 

Sect.  7.  Chapter  twenty-four  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  title  thereof  and  inserting  in  its  place 
the  following:  '  'Park  department"  and  by  striking  out  in  the  first  line  of 
section  one  the  words  "and  recreation."  Section  one  is  further  amended 
by  striking  out  in  the  seventh  Une  thereof  of  the  word  "five"  and  inserting 
in  its  place  the  word  "seven."  Section  two  of  said  chapter  twenty-four  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "and"  in  the  fifth  line  thereof 
and  inserting  in  its  place  a  comma,  and  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section 
the  words  "and  the  trustees  of  the  cemetery  department." 

Sect.  8.  Chapter  nine  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  title  thereof  and  inserting  in  its  place  the 
following:  '  'Cemetery  division  of  the  park  department"  and  by  striking  out 
section  one  and  inserting  in  its  place  the  following  new  section: 

"Section  1.  The  cemetery  division  of  the  park  department  shall  be 
under  the  charge  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  who  shall  exercise 
the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  provided  by  statute  for  the  cemetery 
department." 

Sect.  9.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  November  10,  1920. 


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Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year,  1921-22. 


CHAPTER  1. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  Auditor, 
Collector,  Treasurer,  and  Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  in  the  clause  estabUshing  the  salary  of  the  building 
commissioner  the  word  "five"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word 
"six";  by  striking  out  in  the  clause  estabHshing  the  salary  of  the  auditor 
the  word  "six"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  "seven";  by 
striking  out  in  the  clause  estabHshing  the  salary  of  the  collector  the  word 
"five"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  "six";  by  striking  out  in  the 
clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  treasurer  the  word  "five"  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  word  "six";  and  by  striking  out  in  the  clause  establish- 
ing the  salary  of  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings  the  word  "thirty- 
six"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  "forty-five." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  21,  1921. 


CHAPTER  2. 


Concerning  the  Bonding  of  Subordinates  in  the  Treasury 
Department. 

Section  one  of  chapter  thirty-six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  "each"  in  the  ninth  hno,  the 
words  "and  from  all  other  permanent  employees  not  less  than  five  thousand 
dollars,"  so  that  said  section  one,  when  so  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  treasury  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the 
city  treasurer,  who  shall  require  from  his  subordinates,  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  their  respective  duties  and  for  the  safe  custody  of  the 
money  and  other  property  intrusted  to  them,  bonds  to  himself  as  obligee, 
with  sureties  satisfactory  to  the  mayor,  with  penal  sums  as  follows,  namely, 
from  the  cashier,  not  less  than  twenty  thousand  dollars;  from  the  tellers 
and  paymasters,  not  less  than  ten  thousand  dollars  each;  and  from  all 
other  permanent  employees  not  less  than  five  thousand  dollars;  shall 
receive,  receipt  for,  and  have  the  care  and  custody  of,  the  current  funds  of 
the  city  from  the  time  the  same  shall  come  into  his  possession,  and  also  of 
all  money,  property,  and  securities  which  may  come  into  his  possession  by 
virtue  of  any  statute  or  ordinance,  or  as  a  gift,  devise,  bequest,  or  deposit; 
may  deposit  any  portion  of  such  current  funds  in  such  national  bank  or 
banks  estabhshed  in  Boston,  or  such  trust  company  or  companies  organized 
under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts  and  doing  a  banking  business  in  Boston, 
and  on  such  conditions  and  rates  of  interest,  as  he  shall  deem  best,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  provided,  however,  that  the  amount  of  such 


160  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

deposit  in  any  bank  or  trust  company  shall  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of  its 
paid  up  capital;  shall,  with  the  mayor  and  city  auditor,  sign  all  bonds  and 
certificates  of  indebtedness  issued  by  the  city,  shall  preserve  all  bids  for 
loans  and  papers  relating  thereto;  and  shall,  if  elected,  serve  as  treasurer 
of  the  board  of  sinking  funds  commissioners. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  SI,  1921. 


CHAPTER  3. 
Concerning  the  Removal  of  Refuse. 

Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914, 
as  amended  by  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916  and  chapter  two 
of  the  Ordinances  of  1917,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  in 
the  twenty-eighth  and  twenty-ninth  lines  the  words  "grass,  garden  refuse, 
leaves,"  so  that  the  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  foUows: 

Section  1.  The  department  of  pubUc  works  shall  be  imder  the  charge 
of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  who  shall  be  a  civil  engineer  of  recog- 
nized standing  in  his  profession;  shall  construct  all  streets  and  sewers; 
shall  have  discretionary  power  as  to  the  grades,  materials  and  other 
particulars  of  construction  of  streets,  sidewalks  and  sewers;  shall  have 
charge  of  and  keep  clean  and  in  good  condition  and  repair  the  streets, 
all  sewer  systems  under  the  control  of  the  city  and  the  catch-basins  in  the 
streets  connected  with  the  sewers;  shall  keep  the  streets  properly  watered; 
shall  remove  and  dispose  of,  at  the  expense  of  the  public  works  depart- 
ment, all  refuse  from  buildings  occupied  by  the  city  except  those  under  the 
control  of  the  school  committee;  shall  remove  and  dispose  of  the  following 
classes  of  refuse  from  dwelling  houses  and  from  housekeeping  apartments 
or  tenements,  when  it  is  placed  in  yards  or  areas  so  as  to  be  easUy  removed, 
free  of  charge  to  the  producers  of  such  refuse  and  to  the  owners  and  occu- 
pants of  such  dwelling  houses,  apartments  and  tenements,  viz.,  swill  and 
kitchen  garbage,  dust  and  sweepings,  ashes  from  fires  used  wholly  or  prin- 
cipally for  heating  or  cooking,  waste  paper,  cardboard,  string,  packing 
materials,  sticks,  rags,  waste  leather  and  rubber,  boxes,  barrels,  broken 
furniture  and  other  similar  light  or  combustible  refuse;  tins,  bottles,  jars, 
broken  glass,  broken  crockery,  bones,  shells,  waste  or  broken  metals  and 
all  other  similar  heavy  or  incombustible  refuse.  But  the  department  shall 
not  be  required  to  take  any  such  refuse  from  hotels,  apartment  hotels, 
restaurants,  shops,  stores,  or  from  any  other  building  whatever  except 
those  first  hereinbefore  enmnerated  and  except  buildings  occupied  by  the 
city.  The  department  shall  not  so  take  the  refuse  of  manufacturing  or 
mercantile  business,  or  dead  animals,  manure,  plaster,  building  materials, 
earth  or  stones  except  from  premises  occupied  by  the  city,  but  the  depart- 
ment may  take  and  dispose  of  any  refuse  upon  payment  by  the  producer 
thereof  to  the  city  of  such  compensation  as  the  commissioner  shall  from 
time  to  time  prescribe.  The  commissioner  shall,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
each  month,  send  to  the  city  auditor  detailed  bills  of  all  material,  tools  and 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF  1921-22.  161 

machinery  furnished  by  either  of  the  divisions  of  the  department  to  any 
other  division  or  for  any  special  work. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  27,  1921. 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Budget  Commissioner. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1917,  is  hereby  amended 
in  the  clause  estabUshing  the  salary  of  the  budget  commissioner  by  striking 
out  the  words  "five  thousand"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words 
"six  thousand."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  May  4,  1921. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  Control  op  Building  Operations. 
Chapter  8  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  10 
of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out 
section  5,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  5.  All  work  of  construction,  alteration,  removal  or  tearing 
down  of  buildings  or  structures  in  the  city  of  Boston  shall,  hereafter,  be 
under  the  charge,  control  and  personal  supervision  of  a  licensed  mechanic, 
qualified  by  education,  training  or  experience  for  the  performance  of  that 
duty  in  a  manner  which  shall  preserve  public  safety  and  conform  to  the  laws, 
ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  relating  to  the  construction,  alteration, 
removal  or  tearing  down  of  buildings  and  structures  in  the  city  of  Boston. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  5,  1921. 


CHAPTER  6. 

Concerning   the   Licensing   and   Regulation   op   Jitneys. 

Section  1.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  engage  in  the  business 
of  operating  a  motor  vehicle  or  motor  vehicles,  except  trackless  trolley 
vehicles,  so  called,  upon  any  public  street  or  way  in  the  city  of  Boston 
for  the  carriage  of  passengers  for  hire  in  such  manner  as  to  afford  a  means  of 
transportation  similar  to  that  afforded  by  a  street  railway,  without  first 
obtaining  from  the  city  council  a  license  to  engage  in  such  business,  and 
unless  such  hcense  is  in  force  according  to  the  provisions  of  and  subject 
to  this  ordinance.  Such  license  shall  remain  in  force  vmtil  revoked  by 
order  of  the  city  council.  The  fee  for  such  Ucense  shaU  be  five  dollars. 
Wherever  the  word  "Hcensee"  is  used  in  this  ordinance  it  shall  mean  the 
person,  firm,  or  corporation  licensed  vmder  this  section. 

Sect.  2.  No  licensee  shall  so  operate  any  such  motor  vehicle  except 
between  such  termini  and  over  such  route  and  with  such  stopping  places 
as  shall  be  specified  by  the  city  council  in  the  license  granted  imder  the 


162  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

provisions  of  section  one,  and,  except  in  case  of  emergency,  the  licensee 
shall  not  deviate  from  the  specijfications  of  said  license  without  the  approval 
of  the  city  council. 

Sect.  3.  No  licensee  shall  charge,  demand,  collect  or  receive  a  greater, 
or  less,  or  different  compensation  for  the  transportation  of  passengers  or 
for  any  service  in  connection  therewith,  than  the  rates,  fares  and  charges 
applicable  to  such  transportation  as  specified  in  the  license  granted  by  the 
city  council. 

Sect.  4.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  or  become  operative  until  the 
licensee  shall  have  filed  with  the  city  clerk  either  a  bond  of  a  surety  com- 
pany approved  by  the  city  treasurer,  conditioned  to  pay  any  final  judgment 
against  the  principal  named  therein  for  any  injury  to  person  or  property, 
or  damage  for  causing  the  death  of  any  person,  by  reason  of  any  negligence 
or  unlawful  act  on  the  part  of  the  principal  named  in  said  bond,  his  or  its 
agents,  employees  or  drivers,  in  the  use  or  operation  of  any  such  vehicle, 
or  an  automobile  liability  insurance  policy  of  the  commercial  type,  accom- 
panied by  a  bond  with  surety  approved  by  the  city  treasurer,  conditioned 
to  make  pajonent  as  required  by  such  policy  even  though  the  insurance  com- 
pany receives  no  notice  or  information  of  the  accident  causing  the  damage 
or  injury  from  the  assured,  his  employees,  agents  or  servants.  The  bond, 
or  the  insurance  policy  and  the  bond  accompanying  such  policy,  shall  be 
in  a  sufficient  sum  to  cover  each  and  every  vehicle  operated  by  the  licensee 
in  accordance  with  the  following  schedule: 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  five  persons  or  less  —  $5,000. 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  six  or  more  persons  —  $5,000 
and  $500  additional  for  each  passenger  seat  in  excess  of  five. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  bond,  or  an  insurance  policy  and  bond,  of 
$25,000  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  to  cover  all  the  vehicles  operated  by  any 
one  licensee. 

Sect.  5.  No  person  shall  drive,  operate,  or  be  in  charge  of  any  such 
motor  vehicle  in  any  public  street,  way,  or  place,  without  first  obtaining, 
in  addition  to  the  chauffeur's  license  issued  by  the  Massachusetts  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  a  special  annual  license  from  the  street  commissioners, 
and  unless  both  of  said  licenses  are  in  force.  The  special  license  granted 
by  the  street  commissioners  shall  be  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as 
the  street  commissioners  may  deem  proper  to  impose  and  shall  be  granted 
only  to  a  person  licensed  under  section  one  of  this  ordinance  or  to  an 
employee  of  a  person,  firm  or  corporation  so  licensed. 

Sect.  6.  No  licensee  shall  operate  by  himself  or  by  his  agents  or 
employees  any  such  motor  vehicle  unless  it  has  been  inspected  and  licensed 
annually  by  the  street  commissioners.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be 
five  dollars  for  each  vehicle. 

Sect.  7.     Every  licensee  shall  file  with  the  street  commissioners: 

(a.)  A  schedule  of  operation  in  conformity  with  section  twelve  hereof, 
showing  the  effective  date  thereof,  the  time  of  arrival  and  departiu"e  from 
and  at  all  termini,  and  the  time  of  departure  from  important  intermediate 
points. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1921-22.  163 

(b.)  A  schedule  or  tariff  showing  the  passenger  fares  to  be  charged  under 
the  license  granted  by  the  city  coiuacil  between  the  several  points  or  locali- 
ties and  the  principal  intermediate  points  to  be  served. 

(c.)  The  seating  capacity,  according  to  its  trade  rating,  of  each  motor 
vehicle  which  it  is  proposed  to  operate. 

If  the  motor  vehicle  has  been  adapted  for  use  as  a  bus  either  by  convert- 
ing a  freight-carrying  truck  into  a  passenger-carrying  vehicle,  or  by  recon- 
structing, modifying  or  adding  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements  of  a 
passenger-carrying  motor  vehicle,  a  statement  of  the  seating  capacity  shall 
be  added. 

Sect.  8.  No  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  used  or  operated  without  a 
printed  sign  thereon  stating  the  termini  of  the  route,  the  fare  to  be  charged, 
and  the  license  nmnber,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached  to  the 
motor  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  persons  on  the  street,  or  without  a 
printed  sign  thereon  showing  the  schedule  of  service  filed  and  in  effect  at 
the  time,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached  to  the  said  motor 
vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  passengers  boarding  such  motor  vehicle. 

Sect.  9.  The  license  issued  for  such  motor  vehicle  shall  designate  the 
number  of  passengers,  exclusive  of  the  operator,  the  licensee  is  authorized 
to  carry  in  said  vehicle,  and  no  person  driving  or  in  charge  of  said  vehicle 
shall  take  on  or  suffer  or  permit  any  more  persons  to  ride  or  to  be  carried 
thereon  at  any  one  time  than  the  number  designated  in  the  license,  or 
permit  any  person  to  stand  inside  or  to  stand  or  sit  upon  any  running 
board,  steps,  fender,  dash  or  hood  thereof,  or  permit  any  person  to  ride 
on  such  motor  vehicle  outside  the  body  thereof;  provided,  however,  that  in 
addition  to  the  number  of  passengers  which  said  motor  vehicle  by  the 
terms  of  its  license  is  permitted  to  carry,  children  under  seven  years  of 
age  may  be  carried  therein,  in  arms,  or  seated  on  the  laps  of  adult  persons 
accompanying  them,  but  no  passenger  with  a  child  in  arms  Or  seated  on  the 
lap  shaU  be  permitted  on  any  front  seat  of  the  vehicle. 

Sect.  10.  The  licensee  shall  not  reconstruct,  materially  alter,  modify, 
or  add  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  after 
the  license  thereof  is  issued  without  first  applying  for  and  receiving  the 
consent  of  the  street  commissioners. 

Sect.  11.  No  license  for  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  transferable  or 
applicable  to  any  other  motor  vehicle  than  that  specified  therein,  provided, 
however,  that  the  street  commissioners  may  revise  said  license  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  so  that  under  said  license  as  revised 
another  motor  vehicle  may  be  substituted  for  one  previously  covered. 

Sect.  12.  The  schedule  of  operation  filed  by  the  licensee  with  his 
application  for  said  license  shall  provide  for  the  regular  operation  of  a 
motor  vehicle  between  the  termini  and  over  the  route  designated  in  the 
license.  The  licensee  shall  regularly  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in  substantial 
accordance  with  the  schedule  of  operation  filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time, 
except  in  cases  of  accidents,  breakdowns,  or  other  controlling  emergency, 
shall  operate  such  motor  vehicle  to  the  terminus  of  the  route  before  turning 
around,  and  shall  not  operate  nor  permit  to  be  operated  any  such  motor 


164  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

vehicle  off  or  away  from  the  route  stated  and  fixed  in  the  license  for  the 
operation  of  such  motor  vehicle  except  in  case  of  controlling  emergency. 
Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  operation,  in  addition 
to  the  service  described  in  the  schedule  on  file  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  of 
special  or  extra  trips  over  said  route  and  between  said  termini  during 
certain  hours  or  on  special  occasions. 

Sect.  13.  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle  so  licensed  shall 
refuse  to  carry  any  person  offering  himself  or  herself  at  any  regular  stopping 
place  for  carriage,  unless  the  seats  of  such  vehicle  are  fully  occupied,  or 
imless  such  person  is  in  an  intoxicated  condition,  or  conducting  himself  in 
a  boisterous  or  disorderly  manner,  or  is  using  profane  language. 

Sect.  14.  No  motor  vehicle  so  Ucensed  shall  be  operated  from  one 
half  hour  after  sunset  till  one  half  hour  before  sunrise,  with  the  top  and 
curtains  of  said  vehicle  up,  or  while  said  vehicle  is  otherwise  enclosed, 
unless  there  be  sufficient  light  provided  to  adequately  light  the  whole  of 
the  interior  of  said  vehicle;  and  all  motor  vehicles  so  licensed  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  more  than  seven  passengers  shall  come  to  a  full  stop  immediately 
before  crossing  the  tracks  of  any  railroad  at  grade. 

Sect.  15.  Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  equipped  with  a  suitable 
horn  or  other  similar  warning  device,  with  a  standard  speedometer,  and  with 
a  liquid  fire  extinguisher  of  a  design  or  type  approved  by  the  street  com- 
missioners, and  such  horn,  speedometer  and  fire  extinguisher  shall  be  kept 
in  satisfactory  operating  condition  at  all  times.  Every  such  motor  vehicle 
shall,  when  leaving  either  terminus,  be  equipped  with  at  least  one  extra 
serviceable  tire,  and  shall  at  all  times  carry  and  maintain  in  good  working 
order  a  set  of  skid  chains,  which  shall  be  applied  to  the  rear  wheels  when 
such  vehicle  is  operated  in  any  street  or  pubUc  place  where  there  is  snow 
or  ice,  or  during  other  weather  conditions  when  the  application  of  such 
chains  is  necessary  to  prevent  skidding. 

Sect.  16.  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle  so  licensed  shall 
collect  fares,  make  change  or  take  on  or  discharge  passengers  while  such 
vehicle  is  in  motion;  nor  shall  he  have  a  lighted  cigarette,  cigar  or  pipe  in 
his  possession  while  any  passenger  is  being  carried  therein,  nor  drink  any 
intoxicating  beverage  or  use  morphine,  cocaine,  opium  or  other  harmful 
drug  of  any  kind,  or  be  imder  the  influence  thereof  while  engaged  in 
operating  such  vehicle. 

Sect.  17.  Every  licensee  shall  immediately  report  fully,  in  writing, 
to  the  city  clerk,  the  time,  place,  and  cause  of  any  fatal  accident  or  any 
injury  to  a  passenger  or  other  person,  and  of  any  accident  resulting  in 
substantial  damage  to  property,  in  which  he  or  any  motor  vehicle  or  opera- 
tor under  his  control  is  involved. 

Sect.  18.  The  street  commissioners  may  suspend  or  revoke  any  license 
granted  for  such  motor  vehicle,  and  any  license  issued  by  them  to  any 
person  to  drive  or  operate  such  vehicles,  for  violation  of  any  law  of  the 
commonwealth  in  relation  to  the  operation  of  motor  vehicles,  or  for  violation 
of  any  ordinance  or  street  traffic  regulations,  or  for  violation  of  any  of  the 
rules,  restrictions,  requirements  or  regulations  herein  prescribed,  or  for 


CITY   ORDINANCES  OF   1921-22.  165 

any  other  cause  deemed  by  said  street  commissioners,  in  the  exercise  of 
reasonable  discretion,  to  be  suflSeient. 

Sect.  19.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  provision 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sect.  20.  Chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  chapter  four  of  the 
Ordinances  of  1919,  and  chapter  fom-  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  are  hereby 
repealed.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  October  20,  1921. 


CHAPTER  7. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  op  the  Election  Commissioners. 
Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  five  by  striking  out  the  clause  relating  to  the  salaries  of  the  election 
commissioners  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  "The  election 
commissioners,  the  chairman,  forty-five  hundred  dollars,  the  secretary, 
four  thousand  doUars,  and  the  two  other  commissioners,  each  thirty-five 
hundred  dollars."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  December  13,  1921. 


CHAPTER  8. 
Changing  the  Name  of  the  Boston  Consumptives'  Hospital  to  the 
Boston  Sanatorium. 
The  name  of  the  Boston  Consumptives'  Hospital  is  hereby  changed  to 
the  Boston  Sanatorium,  and  the  Revised  Ordinances  are  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  the  words  "Consumptives'  Hospital"  wherever  they  may 
appear,  and  substituting  therefor  the  words  "Boston  Sanatorium." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  January  18,  1922. 


CHAPTER  9. 
Concerning  Contracts  Made  bt  the  City. 

Section  1.     No  contract  shall  be  made  by  the  city  except  with, — 

(a)     individual  citizens  of  the  United  States; 

(6)  corporations  or  other  legal  associations  wherein  the  controlling 
interest  to  the  extent  of  at  least  over  one-half  thereof  is  owned  by  a  citizen 
or  citizens  of  the  United  States, 

Sect.  2.  No  person  other  than  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
employed  on  any  public  work  being  done  by, — 

(o)     the  City  of  Boston; 

(&)     any  contractor  with  the  City  of  Boston; 

(c)     any  subcontractor  with  such  contractor; 
except  that  persons  not  such  citizens  may  be  employed  in  the  manner  and 
under  the  conditions  set  forth  in  the  following  section. 

Sect.  3.  Whenever  no  citizens  of  the  United  States  competent  to 
perform  the  work  in  question  can  be  had  at  the  prevailing  and  customary 


166  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

rate  of  wages,  the  head  of  the  department  having  charge  of  the  work  in 
question,  with  the  written  approval  of  the  mayor,  may  issue  a  written 
authorization  for  the  emplo3Tnent  of  such  number  of  persons  other  than 
citizens  for  such  time  as  may  be  necessary  to  do  the  work,  provided  that  no 
such  authorization  shall  be  issued  except  after  compUance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  following  section. 

Sect.  4.  Before  issuing  the  written  authorization  provided  for  in  the 
preceding  section,  the  head  of  the  department  having  charge  of  the  work 
or  contract  shall  give  one  or  more  public  hearings  and  shall  satisfy  himself 
and  certify  in  writing  that  the  facts  exist  which  warrant  the  issuance  of 
such  authorization.  Where  the  employment  is  to  be  by  a  contractor  or 
subcontractor  he  shall  require  a  written  statement  from  such  contractor 
or  subcontractor  to  such  facts  sworn  to  before  a  justice  of  the  peace. 

Sect.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  heads  of  departments  to  cause 
suitable  inspection  to  be  made  of  all  work  for  which  they  are  severally 
responsible  to  ensure  compliance  with  the  provision  of  this  ordinance,  and 
also  to  call  all  breaches  thereof  to  the  attention  of  the  proper  authorities 
for  prosecution. 

Sect.  6.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  violating  any  section  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for 
each  offence  and  a  separate  offence  shall  be  regarded  as  committed  for 
every  day  during  which  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  continue  such 
violation. 

Sect.  7.  All  contracts  hereafter  made  by  the  city  shall  contain  suitable 
provisions  requiring  contractors  and  subcontractors  to  comply  with  the 
terms  of  this  ordinance  and  providing  that  no  recovery  shall  be  had  on 
such  contracts  or  subcontracts  either  against  the  city  or  any  other  p)erson 
if  a  breach  of  this  ordinance  has  been  estabUshed. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  January  26,  1922. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1922-23. 


CHAPTER   1. 
Concerning  the  Transit  Department. 
Chapter  three  of  the  ordinances  of  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  section  one  and  substituting  therefor  the 
following  new  section: 

Section  1.  The  transit  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a 
board  of  three  commissioners,  appointed  by  the  mayor,  for  the  term  of  one 
year  each,  one  of  whom  he  shall  designate  as  chairman.  The  chairman 
shaU  receive  a  salary  of  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  a  year;  the 
other  members  shall  receive  each  a  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  a  year. 
The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  engineers,  subordinates  and  employees, 
define  their  powers  and  duties,  and  fix  the  amovmt  of  their  compensation. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  14,  192S. 


CITY   ORDINANCES   OF   1922-23.  167 

CHAPTER  2. 
Relative  to  the  Deputy  Commissioner  op  Public  Works. 

Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914, 
as  amended  by  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  chapter  two  of  the 
Ordinances  of  1917,  and  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby 
further  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following: 

The  commissioner  may,  from  time  to  time,  by  a  writing  approved  by  the 
mayor  and  deposited  with  the  city  auditor,  designate,  for  such  period  as 
may  be  specified  therein,  one  of  his  division  engineers  to  be  deputy  com- 
missioner. The  deputy  commissioner  shall  have  authority,  by  virtue  of 
such  designation,  to  approve  and  sign  biUs,  drafts,  pay  roUs,  and  requisi- 
tions, and  to  perform  such  other  routine  duties  as  the  commissioner  may 
require,  but  shall  not  have  authority  to  make  any  permanent  appointments 
nor  to  make  contracts,  except  in  the  absence  of  the  commissioner,  and  then 
only  under  a  separate  authorization  under  section  twenty-two  of  chapter 
three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  28,  1922. 


CHAPTER  3. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Superintendent  of  Markets. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  superintendent  of 
markets  by  striking  out  the  words  "three  thousand"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "four  thousand." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  28,  1922. 


CHAPTER  4. 

Establishing  the  Boston  Conservation  Bureau. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  conservation  bureau  consisting  of  nine 
members  appointed  by  the  mayor,  three  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  for  a 
period  ending  May  1,  1923,  three  for  a  period  ending  May  1,  1924,  and 
three  for  a  period  ending  May  1,  1925.  The  chairman  shall  be  designated 
by  the  mayor.  Thereafter  beginning  with  the  year  1923,  three  members 
shall  be  appointed  annually  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of 
May  in  the  year  of  appointment.  Any  vacancy  that  shall  occur  shall  be 
filled  in  like  manner  for  the  balance  of  the  unexpired  term.  The  members 
shall  serve  without  compensation. 

Sect.  2.  The  bureau  shall  from  time  to  time  make  such  recommendation 
to  the  mayor  as  in  their  opinion  will  be  conducive  to  the  conservation  of 
human  life  and  the  promotion  of  public  health. 

Sect.  3.  The  bureau  may  appoint  such  additional  persons  as  in  its  judg- 
ment it  may  deem  necessary,  who  shall  be  designated  as  advisory  members, 
but  in  no  case  shall  the  said  advisory  members  consist  of  more  than  one 
hundred. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  September  19,  1922. 


168  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  Park  Frontages  in  the  City  of  Boston. 

Section  1.  No  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  upon  land  within 
a  distance  of  one  hundred  feet  from  any  park  or  parkway  in  the  city  of 
Boston,  excepting,  however,  Boston  Common  and  the  PubHc  Garden  and 
Commonwealth  avenue,  from  its  junction  with  Beacon  street  to  the  divid- 
ing line  between  the  city  of  Newton  and  the  city  of  Boston,  shall  be  used 
for  a  livery  or  pubhc  stable  or  public  garage,  or  for  any  mechanical,  mer- 
cantile or  manufacturing  purposes,  nor  exceed  five  stories  in  height  above 
the  basement  or  cellar  nor  exceed  seventy  feet  in  height  from  the  mean 
grade  of  the  edgestone  or  sidewalk  in  front  to  the  ceiling  of  the  extreme 
upper  story  (excepting  churches  or  chapels),  and  no  roof  shall  be  used  for 
laimdry  or  clothes-drying  purposes. 

Sect.  2.  No  building  or  structure  shall  hereafter  be  erected  or  altered 
within  a  distance  of  one  hundred  feet  from  park  or  parkway  in  the  city 
of  Boston,  without  permission  in  writing  having  first  been  obtained  from 
the  park  commissioners  of  the  city  of  Boston. 

Sect.  3.  On  lands  abutting  upon  parks  and  parkways  and  to  a  distance 
of  one  himdred  feet  therefrom,  from  the  Fens  to  Franklin  Park,  both 
inclusive,  no  wooden  house  arranged  for  more  than  one  family,  nor  wooden 
block  consisting  of  more  than  two  houses,  nor  wooden  house  or  block  stand- 
ing at  a  distance  less  than  five  feet  from  the  side  line  of  the  lot  upon  which 
the  same  is  placed,  and  no  wooden  house  costing  less  than  five  thousand 
dollars,  nor  brick  or  stone  house  costing  less  than  seven  thousand  dollars, 
nor  apartment  house  costing  less  than  four  thousand  doUars  per  suite  of 
apartments,  exclusive  in  each  case  of  the  cost  of  the  land,  shall  be  erected 
or  placed  upon  said  premises. 

Sect.  4.  On  land  abutting  upon  parks  and  parkways  and  to  a  distance 
of  one  hundred  feet  therefrom,  on  the  Dorchesterway  and  Strandway,  no 
wooden  house  of  more  than  three  stories,  nor  wooden  block  consisting  of 
more  than  two  stories,  nor  wooden  house  or  block  standing  at  a  distance 
less  than  five  feet  from  the  side  line  of  the  lot  upon  which  the  same  is  placed, 
and  no  wooden  house  costing  less  than  four  thousand  dollars,  nor  brick  or 
stone  house  costing  less  than  six  thousand  doUars,  nor  wooden  apartment 
house  of  two  stories  costing  less  than  five  thousand  dollars,  nor  wooden 
apartment  house  of  three  stories  costing  less  than  six  thousand  dollars,  nor 
apartment  house  of  brick  or  stone  costing  less  than  three  thousand  doUars 
per  suite  of  apartments,  exclusive  in  each  case  of  the  cost  of  the  land,  shall 
be  erected  or  placed  upon  said  premises. 

Sect.  5.  No  building  shall  be  erected  or  placed  upon  premises  within 
twenty  feet  from  the  exterior  line  of  parks  and  parkways,  from  and  includ- 
ing the  Fens  to  Perkins  street;  and  no  building  shall  be  erected  or  placed 
upon  said  premises  within  twenty-five  feet  from  the  exterior  fine  of  said 
parks  and  parkways  from  Perkins  street  to  and  including  Franldin  Park; 
-provided,  that  steps,  windows,  porticos  and  other  usual  projections  appurte- 
nant to  the  front  wall  of  a  building  are  to  be  allowed  in  this  reserved  space 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1922-23.  169 

of  twenty  and  twenty-five  feet  respectively,  subject  to  the  following  limita- 
tions, viz.:  First,  that  no  projections  of  any  kind  (other  than  doorsteps 
and  balustrades  connected  therewith,  and  also  cornices  and  roof  of  the 
building)  shall  extend  more  than  five  feet  from  the  rear  line  of  the  aforesaid 
space;  provided,  however,  that  outside  the  building  limits  piazzas  pro- 
jecting not  more  than  ten  feet  shall  be  permitted  within  the  reserve  space 
from  the  Fens  to  Frankhn  Park;  second,  that  no  projections  in  the  nature 
of  a  bay  window,  comer-bay,  circular  front,  or  octagon  front,  with  the 
foundation  waU  sustaining  the  same  (such  foundation  wall  being  a  projec- 
tion of  the  front  wall),  will  be  allowed  (excepting  oriel  windows  above  the 
first  story  on  a  street  corner),  unless  any  horizontal  sections  of  such  pro- 
jections would  fall  within  the  external  lines  of  trapezoids,  the  sum  of  whose 
bases  upon  the  rear  line  of  the  aforesaid  space  does  not  exceed  seven  tenths 
of  the  whole  front  of  the  building,  and  the  base  of  any  one  of  which  trape- 
zoids does  not  exceed  eighteen  feet,  and  whose  side  lines  make  an  angle  of 
forty-five  degrees  with  the  base;  and  each  house  in  a  block  shall  be  con- 
sidered a  separate  building  within  the  meaning  of  this  Umitation. 

Sect  6.  No  building  shall  be  erected  or  placed  upon  premises  within 
twenty  feet  from  the  exterior  line  of  parks  and  parkways,  on  the  Dorchester- 
way  and  Strandway;  provided,  that  steps,  windows,  porticos  and  other 
usual  projections  appurtenant  to  the  front  wall  of  a  building  are  to  be 
allowed  in  this  reserved  space  of  twenty  feet,  subject  to  the  following  hmi- 
tations,  viz.:  First,  that  no  projections  of  any  kind  (other  than  doorsteps 
and  balustrades  connected  therewith,  and  also  piazzas  projecting  not  more 
than  eight  feet)  shall  extend  more  than  five  feet  from  the  rear  line  of  the 
aforesaid  space;  second,  that  no  projections  in  the  nature  of  a  bay  window, 
comer  bay,  circular  front,  or  octagon  front,  with  the  foundation  wall  sus- 
taining the, same  (such  foundation  wall  being  a  projection  of  the  front  wall), 
will  be  allowed  (excepting  oriel  windows  above  the  first  story  on  a  street 
comer),  unless  any  horizontal  sections  of  such  projections  would  fall  within 
the  external  lines  of  trapezoids,  the  sum  of  whose  bases  upon  the  rear  line 
of  the  aforesaid  space  does  not  exceed  seven  tenths  of  the  whole  front  of  the 
building,  and  the  base  of  any  one  of  which  trapezoids  does  not  exceed 
eighteen  feet,  and  whose  side  lines  make  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees  with 
the  base;  and  each  house  in  a  block  shall  be  considered  a  separate  building 
within  the  meaning  of  this  Hmitation. 

Sect.  7.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  13,  1922. 


CHAPTER  6. 

Concerning  the  Secretary  of  the  Statistics  Department. 
Section  1.  Section  one  of  chapter  thirty-three  of  the  Revised  Ordi- 
nances of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  in 
the  second  Une  thereof  after  the  word  "trustees,"  the  following: — •  "one  of 
whom  shall  be  chosen  by  the  board  as  secretary,"  so  that  said  section  one, 
ais  amended,  shall  read  as  follows:   Section  1.     The  statistics  department 


170  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a  board  of  five  trustees,  one  of  whom  shaU  be 
chosen  by  the  board  as  secretary,  who  shall  collect,  compile,  and  publish 
such  statistics  relating  to  the  city  of  Boston,  and  such  statistics  of  other 
cities  for  purposes  of  comparison,  as  they  may  deem  of  public  importance. 
Sect.  2.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  of 
said  section  the  following: — •  "The  secretary  of  the  statistics  department, 
thirty-three  hundred  doUars. " 

[Approved  by  Acting  Mayor,  October  25,  1922. 


CHAPTER  7. 

Concerning  Avenue  Louis  Pasteur. 

Avenue  Louis  Pasteur,  from  Longwood  avenue  to  the  Fenway,  is  hereby 

placed  under  the  care,  control  and  custody  of  the  park  commissioners, 

and  aU  rules,  regulations  or  ordinances,  now  in  force  or  hereafter  adopted, 

relating  to  parks  or  parkways  shall  apply  to  said  avenue. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  November  2,  1922. 


CHAPTER  8. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Soldiers'  Relief  Commissioner. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter 
eight  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  the  clause 
estabUshing  the  salary  of  the  soldiers'  reUef  commissioner,  by  striking  out 
the  words  "five  thousand"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "six 
thousand."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  November  28,  1922. 


CHAPTER  9. 

Concerning  the  Price  op  the  "City  Record." 
Section  two  of  chapter  thirty-three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  nine- 
teen hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  the  sixth 
line  the  word  "five"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  "ten"  and 
by  striking  out  in  the  same  line  the  words  "one  doUar"  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  "two  doUars,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  foUows, — ■  Section  2.  The  board  shall  pubUsh  the  City 
Record  once  a  week,  and  shall  distribute  and  sell  it  under  the  direction 
of  the  mayor.  The  City  Record  shall  contain  all  matters  required  by 
statute  to  be  published  therein  and  such  other  matters  as  the  mayor  may 
direct.  The  price  for  single  copies  shall  be  ten  cents,  and  the  yearly 
subscription  price  shall  be  two  doUars,  payable  in  advance.  The  price 
to  be  paid  by  departments  for  advertising  therein  shaU  be  fixed  by  the 
city  auditor  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor.  The  sums  so  received  shaU 
be  used  to  defray  the  expenses  of  said  pubhcation. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  January  16,  1923. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF   1923-24.  171 

CHAPTER   10. 
Concerning  the  Shutting  Off  of  Water. 
Chapter  28  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  22  by  inserting  after  the  word  "necessary"  in  line  16  the  following: 
provided,  however,  that  if  it  is  represented  to  the  department  that  the 
life  of  any  tenant  would  be  endangered  by  shutting  off  the  water,  and  if 
a  physician  designated  by  the  city  so  reports,  the  water  shall  not  be  shut 
off  while  such  conditions  exist. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  January  18,  1923, 


CHAPTER   11. 
Concerning  the  Hours  op  Labor  of  Firemen. 

Section  1.  The  fire  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  arrange  the  officers  and  members  of  the  fire  department  into  two  bodies 
or  platoons,  which  shall  be  designated  as  a  day  force  and  a  night  force, 
and  the  day  force  and  night  force  shall  alternate  on  tours  of  duty  every 
third  day. 

Sect.  2.  The  hours  of  duty  of  the  day  force  shall  be  from  eight  o'clock 
ante  meridian  to  six  o'clock  post  meridian,  and  the  hours  of  duty  of  the 
night  force  shall  be  from  six  o'clock  post  meridian  to  eight  o'clock  ante 
meridian ;  provided,  that  on  every  third  day,  for  the  purpose  of  alternating 
the  day  force  with  the  night  force  and  vice  versa,  the  number  of  hours  of 
duty  herein  stated  may  be  exceeded,  but  one  force  shall  be  at  Uberty  at 
all  times,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section  3  of  this  ordinance. 

Sect.  3.  In  case  of  a  conflagration,  the  officer  or  board  having  charge 
of  the  fire-fighting  force  shall  have  full  authority  to  summon  and  keep 
on  duty  any  or  all  of  the  members  of  the  fire-fighting  force  while  the 
conflagration  continues. 

Sect.  4.  The  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  repeal,  affect  or 
change  any  rule,  order  or  ordinance  now  in  force  relating  to  the  fire  de- 
partment, or  the  officers  or  members  thereof,  except  as  herein  specified. 

Sect.  5.  All  ordinances  affecting  the  meal  hours  or  days  off  of  the 
members  of  the  fire  department  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sect.  6.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  February  1,  1924. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  February  16,  1923. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1923-24. 


CHAPTER  1. 
Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Election  Commissioners. 
Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chap- 
ter seven  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five  by 


172  MUNICIPAL    REGISTER. 

striking  out  the  clause  relating  to  the  salaries  of  the  election  commis- 
sioners and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  Election  commis- 
sioners, the  chairman,  forty-five  hundred  dollars,  and  the  three  other 
commissioners,  each  four  thousand  dollars. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  6,  1923. 


CHAPTER  2. 
Concerning  Park  Frontages  in  the  Citt  of  Boston. 

Section  1.  Section  one  of  chapter  five  of  the  ordinances  of  1922  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  1.  No  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  upon  land  within  a 
distance  of  one  hundred  feet  from  any  park  or  parkway  in  the  city  of 
Boston,  excepting,  however,  Boston  Common  and  the  PubUc  Garden  and 
Commonwealth  avenue  from  its  junction  with  Beacon  street  to  the  divid- 
ing line  between  the  city  of  Newton  and  the  city  of  Boston,  shall  be  used 
for  a  Uvery  or  public  stable  or  public  garage,  or  for  any  mechanical,  mer- 
cantile or  manufacturing  purposes,  nor  exceed  seven  stories  in  height 
above  the  basement  or  cellar;  nor  exceed  seventy  feet  in  height  from  the 
mean  grade  of  the  edgestone  or  sidewalk  in  front  to  the  ceiling  of  the 
extreme  upper  story  (excepting  churches  or  chapels),  excepting  buildings 
erected  on  that  part  of  Commonwealth  avenue  from  its  junction  with 
Bea<!on  street  to  Arlington  street,  the  extreme  height  of  which  buildings 
may  be  seventy  feet  exclusive  of  such  steeples,  towers,  domes,  cornices, 
parapets,  balustrades,  sculptured  ornaments,  chimneys  and  roofs  as  the 
board  of  park  commissioners  may  approve.  No  roof  of  any  building 
within  one  hundred  feet  of  any  park  or  parkway  shall  be  used  for  laimdry 
or  clothes-drying  purposes. 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  March  6,  1923. 


CHAPTER  3. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  of  the  County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  and  chapter  one  of 
the  Ordinances  of  1917,  and  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1918,  and 
chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  and  chapters  three  and  five  of  the 
Ordinances  of  1920,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole 
of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  6.  The  officers  of  the  County  of  Suffolk  shall  be  paid  the  salaries 
and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  maximum  salaries  of  the  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail 
shall  be  as  follows: 

The  chief  officer,  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 


CITY  ORDINANCES  OF  1923-24.  173 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  chief  clerk,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  assistant  clerk,  nineteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  first  inside  officer,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  steward,  nineteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  second,  third  and  fourth  inside  officers,  two  thousand  dollars  per 
annum. 

All  regularly  employed  officers  and  necessary  assistants,  each  nineteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  forty  dollars  per  week. 

The  watchman-engineers  operating,  each  thirty-six  dollars  per  week. 

The  matron,  eleven  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  first  assistant  matron,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Assistant  matrons,  each  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Two  chaplains,  each  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

One  chaplain,  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  aimum. 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1923. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  10,  192S. 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Sealers  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

SEcnoN  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  section  five  by  striking  out  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries 
of  the  sealers  of  weights  and  measures  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following  clause :  "  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  thirty-five  hundred 
dollars,  and  the  twelve  deputy  sealers  of  weights  and  measures  each 
such  salary,  not  exceeding  twenty-two  hundred  doUars  and  not  less  than 
sixteen  hundred  dollars,  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor. 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  April,  1923. 

[Approved  hy  Mayor,  April  18,  1923. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  City  Planning  Board. 
Section  1.  Section  one  of  chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  is  hereby 
further  amended  by  adding  after  the  word  "members"  in  the  second  line 
the  words  "who  shall  serve  without  pay,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.    The  city  planning  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of 
a  board  of  five  members  who  shall  serve  without  pay,  at  least  one  of  whom 


174  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

shall  be  a  woman,  who  shaU  be  appointed  in  the  manner  provided  by 
sections  nine  and  ten  of  chapter  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  of  the  Acts 
of  the  year  1909. 

Sect.  2.  Section  four  of  chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  and  section 
four  of  chapter  five  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  said  section  four  of  said  chapter. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  20,  1923. 


CHAPTER  6. 
Concerning  the  Closing  op  Fanetjil  Hall  Markets. 

Section  2  of  chapter  22  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby 
amended  in  clause  12,  line  14,  by  striking  out  the  numeral  nine  (9)  and 
substituting  in  place  thereof  numeral  six  (6),  so  that  the  said  section,  as 
amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

The  lessee  shall  have  the  demised  premises,  on  all  week  days  except 
legal  hoUdays,  opened  from  March  1  to  April  1,  at  6.30  o'clock  a.  m.; 
from  April  1  to  May  1,  at  6  o'clock  a.  m.;  from  May  1  to  September  20, 
at  5.30  o'clock  a.  m.;  from  September  20  to  October  1,  at  6  o'clock  a.  m.; 
from  October  1  to  December  1,  at  6.30  o'clock  a.  m.;  from  December  1 
to  March  1,  at  7  o'clock  a.  m.;  and  kept  open  until  5  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon, proyided,  however,  that  on  the  day  of  the  observance  of  Patriots' 
day.  Memorial  day,  Independence  day  and  Labor  day,  when  Monday  or 
Saturday,  and  on  the  day  of  the  celebration  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
he  shall  have  such  premises  opened  as  above,  and  kept  open  until  9  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  and  on  all  other  Saturdays  he  shall  have  them  opened  as 
above  and  kept  open  until  6  o'clock  in  the  evening;  or  have  them  opened 
and  closed  at  such  other  hours  as  the  City  Council  may  from  time  to 
time  order.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  May  1,  1923. 


CHAPTER  7. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  op  the  First  Assistant  Assessors. 

Section  1.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  and  chapter 
one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salaries  of  first  assistant  assessors,  by  striking  out  the 
said  clause  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  "The  first  assist- 
ant assessors,  each  eight  hundred  dollars  for  street  work  and  preparation 
therefor,  eight  hundred  dollars  for  services  on  dooming  board  and  for 
work  on  abatements  and  investigations." 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1923. 

The  foregoing  ordinance,  recommended  by  the  Mayor  for  adoption  by 
the  City  Council,  was  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  March  26,  1923,  and  not 


CITY  ORDINANCES   OF   1923-24.  175 

having  been  rejected  or  withdrawn  within  sixty  days  thereafter,  was  in 
force  on  May  26,  1923,  as  if  adopted  by  the  City  Council.] 


CHAPTER  8.* 

Concerning  Park  Frontages  in  the  City  of  Boston. 

Chapter  five  of  the  ordinances  of  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-two,  an 

ordinance  concerning  park  frontages  in  the  city  of  Boston,  as  amended 

by  chapter  two  of  the  ordinances  of  nineteen  hundred  twenty-three,  is 

hereby  further  amended : 

By  striking  out  section  one  and  substituting  therefor  the  following: 

Section  1.  No  building  or  structure  on  any  part  thereof  hereafter 
erected  or  altered  on  land  which  abuts  on  and  has  an  entrance  into  and 
is  within  a  distance  of  one  hundred  feet  from  the  following  parkways: 
The  Fens  (excepting  Charlesgate  East  and  Charlesgate  West  from  a  point 
one  hundred  feet  north  from  their  intersection  with  Commonwealth  avenue 
to  Charles  river);  Riverway,  including  Audubon  road,  from  Brookline 
avenue  to  Beacon  street;  Commonwealth  avenue,  from  Arlington  street 
to  Kenmore  street;  Jamaicaway;  Olmsted  Park;  Arborway;  Columbia 
road  on  the  southerly  side  from  Sumner  street  and  on  the  northerly  side 
from  Boston  street  to  Marine  Park,  South  Boston;  shall  be  used  for  a 
livery  or  public  stable  or  public  garage,  or  for  any  mechanical,  mercantile 
or  manufacturing  purposes,  nor,  excepting  churches  and  chapels,  shall 
the  extreme  height  of  said  buildings  or  structures  exceed  seventy  feet 
from  the  mean  grade  of  the  edgestone  or  sidewalk  on  the  front  facing  said 
parkway,  exclusive  of  such  steeples,  towers,  domes,  cornices,  parapets, 
balustrades,  sculptured  ornaments,  chimneys  and  roofs  as  the  board  of 
park  commissioners  shall  approve;  and  no  roof  on  any  of  the  aforemen- 
tioned buildings  shall  be  used  for  laundry  or  clothes-drying  purposes. 

By  striking  out  sections  three  and  four. 

By  striking  out  section  five  and  substituting  therefor  the  following: 

Sect.  5.  No  building  shall  be  erected  or  placed  upon  premises  within 
the  following  distances  from  the  following  parks  and  parkways;  Riverway, 
from  Fenway  to  Huntington  avenue,  twenty  feet;  Jamaicaway,  from 
Huntington  avenue  to  Perkins  street,  twenty  feet;  Jamaicaway,  from 
Perkins  street  to  Prince  street,  twenty-five  feet;  Arborway,  from  Prince 
street  to  Franklin  Park,  twenty-five  feet;  Olmsted  Park  along  the  north- 
westerly boundary  from  Chestnut  street  to  Francis  Parkman  Drive, 
twenty  feet;  Audubon  road  on  the  Riverway,  from  Brookline  avenue  to 
Boston  and  Albany  Railroad,  twenty  feet;  Audubon  road  on  the  River- 
way, from  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad  to  Beacon  street,  fifteen  feet; 
Commonwealth  avenue,  from  Arlington  street  to  Beacon  street,  twenty 
feet;  the  Fens,  twenty  feet  (excepting  Charlesgate  East  from  Boylston 
street  to  the  Charles  river,  and  Charlesgate  West  from  Boston  and  Albany 

*Amended  by  Chapter  12,  Ordinances  of  1923. 


176  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Railroad  to  the  Charles  river,  and  Boylston  street,  south  side,  from  Hem- 
enway  street  to  Fenway);  Charlesgate  East  from  Boylston  street  to 
Ipswich  street,  ten  feet;  and  Boylston  street,  south  side,  from  Hemenway 
street  to  Fenway,  fifteen  feet;  provided  that  steps,  windows,  porticos  and 
other  usual  projections  appurtenant  to  the  front  wall  of  a  building  shall 
be  allowed  where  there  is  a  reserved  space;  that  no  projections  in  the 
nature  of  a  bay  window,  corner  bay,  circular  front,  or  octogon  front,  with 
the  foundation  wall  sustaining  the  same  (such  foundation  wall  being  a 
projection  of  the  front  wall),  shall  be  allowed  (excepting  oriel  windows 
above  the  first  story  on  a  street  corner),  unless  any  horizontal  sections  of 
such  projections  would  fall  within  the  external  lines  of  trapezoids,  the 
sum  of  whose  bases  upon  the  rear  line  of  the  aforesaid  space  does  not 
exceed  seven  tenths  of  the  whole  front  of  the  building,  and  the  base  ot 
any  one  of  which  trapezoids  does  not  exceed  eighteen  feet,  and  whose  side 
lines  make  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees  with  the  base;  and  each  house 
in  a  block  shall  be  considered  a  separate  building  within  the  meaning  of 
this  section. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  November  20,  1923. 


CHAPTER  9. 

Concerning  the  Use  of  Streets. 
No  vehicle  used  principally  for  advertising  purposes  shall  be  permitted 
to  travel  in  any  of  the  public  streets  of  the  city  proper,  north  and  east  of 
Massachusetts  avenue,  except  by  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  November  28,  1923. 


CHAPTER  10. 

Concerning  the  Depositing  of  City  Funds. 

Section  one  of  chapter  thirty-six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 

amended  by  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby  further 

amended  by  striking  out  in  the  twenty-first  line  the  word  "fifty"  and 

inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  "sixty." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  December  4,  1923, 


CHAPTER  11. 

Concerning  the  Statistics  Department. 

Section  1.  Chapter  thirty-three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  section  one  of  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1922,  is  hereby 
further  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  following: 

"Section  1.  The  statistics  department  shall  be  imder  the  charge  of  a 
board  of  fiVe  trustees,  who  shall  collect,  compile  and  publish  such  statistics 


CITY   ORDINANCES  OF   1924-25.  177 

relating  to  the  city  of  Boston  and  such  statistics  of  other  cities  for  the 
purposes  of  comparison  as  they  may  deem  of  pubUc  importance.  The 
board  shall  collect,  compile  and  furnish  such  other  statistical  information 
as  may  be  required  from  time  to  time  by  the  mayor  or  by  the  City  Council. 
The  chairman  of  the  board  shall  be  designated  by  the  mayor." 

Sect.  2.     Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914 
is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  the  following  words : 

"The  statistics  trustees,  the  chairman,  thirty-five  hxmdred  dollars." 
Sect.  3.     Section  two  of  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1922  is  hereby 
repealed.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  January  S4,  1924- 


CHAPTER  12. 
Concerning  Pauk  Frontages. 
Chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1922,  as  amended  by  chapters  two 
and  eight  of  the  Ordinances  of  1923,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  section 
one  by  inserting  after  the  words  "Commonwealth  avenue,  from  Arlington 
street  to  Kenmore  street,"  the  words  "and  from  Washington  street  to 
the  Newton  line."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  January  24,  1924- 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1924-1925. 


CHAPTER  1. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  City  Registrar. 

Section  1.     Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 

of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  city 

registrar  by  striking  out  the  words  "four  thousand  dollars"  and  inserting 

in  place  thereof  the  words  "five  thousand  doUars." 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  February,  1924.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  March  6,  1924- 


CHAPTER  2. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County  Jail. 
Section  1.  Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  the  words 
"The  watchmen-engineer  in  charge,  forty  dollars  per  week.  The  watch- 
men-engineers operating,  each  thirty-six  dollars  per  week,"  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  words  "The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  forty-five 
dollars  per  week.  The  watchmen-engineers  operating,  each  thirty-nine 
dollars  per  week." 


178  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  April,  1924.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  April  22,  1924- 


CHAPTER  3. 

Concerning  Jitney  Licenses. 

Chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
section  one  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  1.  No  person,  fii-m  or  corporation  shall,  in  the  city  of  Boston, 
operate  any  motor  vehicle  upon  any  public  way,  for  the  carriage  of  pas- 
sengers for  hire,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  afford  a  means  of  transportation 
similar  to  that  afforded  by  a  railway  company,  by  indiscriminately  receiv- 
ing and  discharging  passengers  along  the  route  on  which  the  vehicle  is 
operated  or  may  be  running,  or  for  transporting  passengers  for  hire  as  a 
business  between  fixed  and  regular  termini,  without  first  obtainiag  a 
license  therefor  from  the  City  Cotmcil,  and  unless  such  license  is  in  force 
according  to  the  provisions  of  and  subject  to  this  ordinance.  Such  license 
shall  be  subject  to  revocation  at  any  time  by  order  of  the  City  Council, 
and  the  withdrawal  or  impairment  of  the  surety  on  the  bond  required  by 
section  four  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  revocation  without 
action  by  the  City  Council.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  five  dollars. 
Whenever  the  word  Ucensee  is  used  in  this  ordinance  it  shall  mean  the 
person,  firm  or  corporation  licensed  imder  this  section. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  June  23,  1924- 


CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  Use  op  Public  Grounds. 

Section  eighty  of  chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  "between  sunset  and  seven 
o'clock  in  the  morning"  in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  lines,  so  that  said 
section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  80.  No  person  shall  in  or  upon  the  Common,  Public  Garden 
or  other  pubHc  grounds  of  the  city,  walk,  stand  or  sit  upon  the  grass,  or 
upon  any  land  planted  or  prepared  for  planting,  or  upon  a  fountain, 
monument  or  statue,  or  a  bandstand,  waU,  fence,  or  other  structure,  or 
within  the  basin  of  a  pond  otherwise  than  upon  ice,  or  stand  or  lie  upon  a 
bench  or  sleep  thereon,  or,  not  being  a  woman  or  chQd,  occupy  a  bench 
designated  for  the  exclusive  use  of  women  and  children,  except  that  the 
mayor  may  from  time  to  time  by  proclamation  and  order  permit  walking, 
standing  and  Ijring  upon  the  grassed  land  of  the  Common  or  any  desig- 
nated part  thereof,  or  the  grassed  land  of  any  other  pubhc  grounds  or  any 
designated  part  thereof,  except  the  Public  Garden,  for  such  days  or  such 
parts  of  days  as  he  shall  specify;  and  he  may  in  like  manner  by  proclama- 
tion and  order  permit  sleeping  on  such  days  as  he  shall  specify,  on  any  of 
the  benches  and  any  of  the  grassed  lands  of  the  Common  or  other  pubMc 


CITY  ORDINANCES   OF  1924-25.  179 

grounds,  except  the  Public  Garden.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  or 
in  section  eighty-two  of  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  prohibit  the  doing  of 
any  act  in  the  reasonable  performance  of  his  work  or  employment  by  any 
person  acting  under  the  authority  or  direction  of  any  board  or  officer  in 
charge  of  any  of  the  places  described  in  this  section. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  July  15,  1924. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  Park  Frontages. 
Chapter  five  of  the  ordinances  of  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-two,  as 
amended  by  chapters  two,  eight  and  twelve,  of  the  ordinances  of  nineteen 
hundred  and  twenty-three,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  section  one  by 
striking  out  the  words  "Kenmore  Street"  in  the  tenth  line  of  said  section, 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "A  line  drawn  parallel  to  and 
one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  west  of  Charlesgate  West." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  August  7,  1924. 


CHAPTER  6. 
Concerning  Park  Frontages. 
Chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1922,  a?  amended  by  chapters  two, 
eight  and  twelve  of  the  Ordinances  of  1923,  and  chapter  five  of  the  Ordi- 
nances of  1924,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  section  one  by  inserting 
after  the  words  "Sumner  street"  in  the  twelfth  hne  of  said  section,  the 
words  "to  Dorchester  avenue,  and  from  Buttonwood  street  to  Marine 
Park."  [Approved  by  Mayor,  October  15,  1924. 


CHAPTER  7. 
Concerning  Salaries  of  Street  Commissioners. 
Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  is  hereby 
amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  the  street  commissioners 
by  striking  out  the  words  "forty-five  hundred"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "six  thousand";  and  by  striking  out  the  words  "four 
thousand"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof,  the  words  "five  thousand,"  so 
that  said  clause  will  read  as  follows: 

"The  street  commissioners,  the  chairman,  six  thousand  dollars,  and 
the  two  other  commissioners  each  five  thousand  dollars." 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  October  21,  1924. 


CHAPTER  8. 
Concerning  Park  Frontages. 
Chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1922,  as  amended  by  chapters  two, 
eight  and  twelve  of  the  Ordinances  of  1923,  and  chapters  five  and  six  of 


180  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

the  Ordinances  of  1924,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  section  one  by  add- 
ing at  the  end  thereof  the  following  words: 

Provided,  however,  that  as  to  the  lot  of  land  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Commonwealth  avenue  and  Massachusetts  avenue  the  prohibition  of  the 
use  of  building  for  mercantile  purposes  shall  apply  only  to  so  much  of  any 
building  erected  thereon  as  Hes  within  fifty  feet  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Commonwealth  avenue.  {Approved  by  Mayor,  January  16,  1925. 


CHAPTER   9. 
Concerning  the  Penal  Institutions  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Penal  Institutions  Department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  a  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner  who  shall  exercise  the  powers 
and  perform  the  duties  provided  by  statute  and  shall  have  the  charge  and 
control  of  Deer  Island  and  the  House  of  Correction  at  Deer  Island. 

Sect.  2.  The  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Mayor,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  governing  appointments  of 
chapter  486  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  nine  and  acts  in 
amendment  thereof,  and  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  five  thousand 
dollars. 

Sect.  3.  The  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner  shall  be  the  executive 
and  administrative  head  of  the  department  and  may  organize  said  depart- 
ment as  he  may  find  necessary  for  its  proper  conduct. 

Sect.  4.  All  employees  of  the  Institutions  Department,  including  the 
deputy  commissioners,  who  are  performing  work  at  Deer  Island  and  the 
House  of  Correction  at  Deer  Island,  shall  as  temporary  appointees  of  the 
Institutions  Department  continue  to  perform  their  usual  duties  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  heretofore  until  removal,  appointment 
or  transfer  to  other  departments. 

Sect.  5.  Prior  to  the  appointment  and  qualification  of  the  Penal 
Institutions  Commissioner  the  Institutions  Commissioner  shall  continue 
to  perform  the  duties  of  the  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner. 

Sect.  6.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  January  20,  1925. 


CHAPTER   10. 
Concerning  the  Institutions  Department. 

Section  1.  All  employees  of  the  Institutions  Department  now  en- 
gaged in  the  Boston  Infirmary,  Children's  Institutions  and  Institutions 
Registration  work,  shall  continue  to  perform  their  usual  duties  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  heretofore  until  removal,  appointment  to 
positions  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  transfer 
to  other  departments. 

Sect.  2.  The  Institutions  Commissioner  shall  continue  to  be  the 
executive  and  administrative  head  of  the  department  at  an  annual  salary 


CITY    ORDINANCES   OF   1925.  181 

of  seventy-five  hundred  dollars  and  may  reorganize  said  department  as 
he  may  find  necessary  for  its  proper  conduct. 

Sect.  3.  The  Institutions  Commissioner  shall,  after  the  appointment 
and  quahfication  of  the  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner,  have  no  further 
control  of  either  Deer  Island  or  the  House  of  Correction  at  Deer  Island. 

Sect.  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  January  20,  1925. 


Enacted  in  the  Municipal  Year  1925. 


CHAPTER   1. 

Concerning  the  Salary  op  the  City  Collector. 

Section  1.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby 
further  amended  in  the  clause  estabUshing  the  salary  of  the  city  collector 
by  striking  out  the  words  "six  thousand  dollars"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  "seventy-five  hundred  dollars." 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  February,  1925.  [Apwoved  by  Mayor,  February  10,  1925. 

CHAPTER  2. 

Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Sinking  Funds 

Commissioners. 

Section  1.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby 
further  amended  in  the  clause  estabUshing  the  salary  of  the  city  treasurer 
as  treasurer  of  the  sinking  funds  commissioners  by  striking  out  the  words 
"two  hundred  dollars"  and  inserting  in  place  therof  the  words  "seven 
hundred  doUars." 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  February,  1925.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  February  10,  1925. 

CHAPTER  3. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  op  the  First  Assistant  Assessors. 
Section  1.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  five  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  chapter  one 
of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  and  chapter  seven  of  the  Ordinances  of  1923,  is 
hereby  further  amended  in  the  clause  estabhshing  the  salaries  of  the  first 
assistant  assessors  by  striking  out  the  said  clause  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following:  "The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  eight  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  street  work  and  preparation  therefor,  and  eight  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  services  on  dooming  board  and  work  on  abatements 
and  investigations." 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1925. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  February  17,  1925. 


182  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

CHAPTER  4. 
Concerning  the  Soldiers'  Relief  Department. 
Section  one  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following  words:  The 
commissioner  may  appoint,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  two 
deputy  commissioners  who  shall  have  such  powers  and  perform  such 
duties  as  the  commissioner  may  determine. 

[Approved  by  Mayor,  April  9,  1926. 


CHAPTER  5. 
Concerning  the  Salaries  op  the  Board  op  Examiners. 

Section  1.  Chapter  eight  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  ten  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920  and  by  chapter  five  of  the 
Ordinances  of  1921,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  section 
three,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  3.  There  shall  be  in  the  building  department  a  board  of  ex- 
aminers, consisting  of  three  members,  who  shall  exercise  the  powers  and 
perform  the  duties  hereinafter  provided.  Each  member  shall  receive  ten 
dollars  for  every  day  or  part  thereof  of  actual  service;  the  compensation 
for  the  chairman  shall  not  exceed  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars  and 
for  each  of  the  other  members  one  thousand  dollars,  in  any  one  year. 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning  with  the  first  day 
of  February,  1925.  [Approved  by  Mayor,  June  23,  1925. 


Regulation  of  Building  Heights. 

[Stat.  1904,  Chap.  333;  Stat.  1905,  Chap.  383;  Stat.  1907,  Chap.  416; 
Stat.  1912,  Chap.  582;  Stat.  1914,  Chap.  786;  Spec.  Stat.  1915,  Chap. 
333;  Spec.Stat.  1919,  Chap.  156;  Stat.  1920,  Chap.  455;  Stat.  1922, 
Chap.  174.] 

In  1904  the  Legislature  provided  that  the  City  of  Boston  should  be 
divided  into  two  districts,  designated  as  Districts  A  and  B,  and  that  if 
not  repugnant  to  some  other  statute,  buildings  could  be  erected  in  Dis- 
trict A  to  a  height  of  125  feet,  but  that  except  as  to  certain  projections 
above  the  roof,  no  buildings  could  be  erected  in  District  B  to  a  height 
greater  than  80  feet.  A  commission  fixed  the  boundaries  of  these  dis- 
tricts and  they  were  intended  to  remain  in  effect  imtil  1919. 

In  1915  a  new  commission  was  appointed,  consisting  of  the  Chairman 
of  the  City  Planning  Board,  the  Fire  Commissioner  and  the  Building 
Commissioner,  who  filed  their  order  in  the  Registry  of  Deeds  on  Novem- 
ber 2,  1916,  to  remain  in  force  for  ten  years,  and  superseding  the  order 
of  1904  as  to  the  boundaries  of  Districts  A  and  B. 


REGULATION    OF    BUILDING    HEIGHTS.  183 

District  A.  The  boundaries  established  begin  at  the  intersection  of 
Wauwatosa  st.  and  Chelsea  creek  (Ward  1,  East  Boston),  thence  extend 
easterly  through  Wauwatosa  and  Boardman  sts.  to  Saratoga  st.,  thence 
southwesterly  and  westerly  through  Saratoga  and  Addison  sts.  to  the 
B.  &  M.  R.R.,  thence  along  said  railroad  to  Saratoga  st.,  thence  through 
Saratoga  st.  to  Neptune  rd.,  Eagle  sq..  Eagle,  Glendon  and  Condor  sts. 
to  Meridian  st.,  thence  southerly  through  Meridian,  Gove,  Orleans 
and  Marginal  sts.  to  Jeffries  st.  thence  northeasterly  to  Maverick  st. 
and  through  same  to  the  B.,  R.  B.  &  L.  R.R.,  thence  along  latter  to 
the  center  of  Porter  st.  extended,  thence  through  Porter,  Bremen  and 
Prescott  sts.  to  the  B.,  R.  B.  &  L.  R.R.,  thence  along  said  railroad  to 
the  northern  boundary  of  Wood  Island  (now  World  War  Memorial)  Park 
(Ward  1),  thence  easterly  along  same  to  the  harbor  line,  thence  along 
said  line  of  Boston  Harbor  and  Chelsea  creek  to  the  point  of  beginning. 
These  are  the  East  Boston  boundaries  of  District  A. 

The  boundaries  in  Charlestown  begin  at  the  Maiden  Bridge  (Ward  2), 
thence  extend  southerly  through  Alford  st.  to  Sullivan  sq.,  thence 
southeasterly  through  Bunker  Hill  and  Medford  sts.  to  Chelsea  st. 
thence  southerly  through  latter  to  Henley  st.,  thence  westerly  through 
same.  Harvard  sq.  and  Harvard  st.  to  Washington  st.,  thence  through 
latter  and  Rutherford  ave.  northwesterly  to  Sulhvan  sq.,  thence  through 
Cambridge  st.  to  the  City  line,  thence  along  said  line  and  the  Charles 
river  to  Charlestown  Bridge,  thence  along  the  harbor  line  and  the  Mystic 
river  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

In  the  City  proper  the  boundaries  begin  at  the  intersection  of  the  City 
line  with  the  Charles  river  dam  (Ward  3),  thence  extend  along  said  dam 
and  Leverett  st.  to  Green  st.,  thence  through  Green,  Staniford  and  Cam- 
bridge sts.  to  Bowdoin  st.,  thence  southerly  through  same,  Beacon,  Park 
and  Tremont  sts.  to  Boylston  st.,  thence  through  latter,  Massachusetts 
ave.  and  the  line  of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.  (Providence  Div.)  to 
Tremont  st.  at  Roxbury  Crossing,  thence  through  Columbus  ave.,  Rox- 
bury  St.,  Guild  row  and  Dudley  st.  to  Columbia  rd.  (Upham's  Corner), 
thence  through  same  to  Dorchester  ave.,  thence  southerly  to  Park  st. 
(Ward  16),  and  through  latter  and  Adams  st.  to  Neponset  ave.,  thence 
through  said  avenue  to  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.  (Milton  Branch), 
thence  along  said  railroad  and  through  Granite  ave.  to  the  Neponset 
river,  thence  easterly  and  northerly  along  the  shore  of  said  river  and  the 
harbor  lines  of  Dorchester  bay  and  Old  Harbor  to  the  intersection  of 
Old  Colony  ave.  and  Columbia  rd.,  thence  northerly  along  Old  Colony 
ave.  to  E  st.  (South  Boston),  thence  through  latter,  Broadway,  Dorches- 
ter and  East  Second  sts.  to  I  st.,  thence  northerly  through  I  to  East  First 
st.  and  easterly  through  latter  to  Farragut  rd.,  thence  northerly  through 
same  and  Farragut  rd.  extended  across  the  reserved  channel,  thence  along 
the  harbor  line  of  South  Boston  to  Northern  Avenue  Bridge,  thence  westerly 
along  said  bridge  to  the  harbor  line  of  Boston  Proper,  thence  northerly  and 
westerly  along  said  harbor  line  and  Charles  river  to  the  point  of  beginning. 


184  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Wherever  a  boundary  line  of  District  A  is  described  as  following  a  cer- 
tain street,  the  same  is  intended  to  include  all  property  on  that  side  of  the 
street  which  lies  within  the  described  area,  and  also  that  portion  of  all 
lots  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  abutting  on  the  street,  but  extending 
to  a  depth  of  not  more  than  150  feet. 

District  B  comprises  all  territory  in  the  City  outside  the  boundaries 
above  described.  In  this  district  buildings  may  in  general  be  erected  to 
a  height  of  not  more  than  80  feet,  but  on  streets  exceeding  64  feet  in  width 
the  height  may  be  equal  to  one  and  a  quarter  times  the  width  of  the  widest 
street  upon  which  the  building  stands,  said  height  to  be  measured  from  the 
mean  grade  of  the  curbs  of  all  streets  upon  which  the  building  is  situated 
and  not  to  exceed  in  any  event  100  feet  above  such  point  of  measurement. 
On  all  streets  or  portions  of  streets  upon  which  buildings  may  be  erected 
on  one  side  only,  the  buildings  may  be  erected  to  a  height  of  100  feet.  No 
building  may  be  erected  to  a  height  greater  than  80  feet  unless  its  width 
on  each  and  every  public  street  upon  which  it  stands  be  at  least  one-half 
its  height.  Certain  special  exceptions  to  the  general  regulations  affecting 
District  B  have  been  made  as  follows: 

No  building  can  be  erected  on  a  parkway,  boulevard  or  public  way 
on  which  a  building  line  has  been  established  by  the  Board  of  Park  Com- 
missioners or  by  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners  acting  under  any 
general  or  special  statute,  to  a  greater  height  than  that  allowed  by  the 
order  of  said  Boards. 

No  building  upon  any  land,  any  owner  of  which  has  received  and  retained 
compensation  in  damages  for  any  Umitation  of  height,  or  who  retains 
any  claim  for  such  damages,  can  be  erected  to  a  height  greater  than  that 
fixed  by  the  limitation  for  which  such  damages  were  received  or  claimed. 

No  limitation  of  the  height  of  buildings  applies  to  churches,  steeples, 
towers,  domes,  cupolas,  belfries  or  statuary  not  used  for  purposes  of 
habitation,  nor  to  chimneys,  gas  holders,  coal  or  grain  elevators,  open 
balustrades,  skylights,  ventilators,  flagstaffs,  railings,  weather  vanes,  soil 
pipes,  steam  exhausts,  signs,  roof-houses,  nor  to  sugar  refineries  in 
District  A. 

By  Chap.  156,  Special  Acts  of  1919,  section  four  of  Chap.  383,  Acts  of 
1905,  was  amended  so  as  to  allow  roof-houses,  skylights,  etc.,  above  the 
roof  line,  used  to  enclose  elevator  shafts,  an  additional  space  of  four  feet 
on  all  sides  (or  16  feet  square  in  all),  but  not  to  exceed  12  feet  in  height. 
All  such  roof  structures  of  first-class  buildings  may  be  constructed  of  angle 
iron  and  four-inch  blocks,  plastered  inside  and  outside,  or  covered  on 
both  sides  with  metal  or  angle  iron,  and  two-inch  sohd  metal  lath  and 
plaster  walls  may  be  used,  the  door  to  be  of  metal  frame  and  covered 
with  metal. 

The  limitation  as  to  size  of  roof-houses  was  revoked  by  Chap.  174,  Acts 
of  1922,  and  the  requirements  concerning  such  were  left  to  the  discretion 
of  the  Building  Commissioner. 

In  1923,  by  Chap.  462,  sec.  11,  a  maximum  building  height  of  15  feet 
(instead  of  125  feet  as  before)  was  permitted  for  buildings  in  District  A. 


BOUNDARIES 

OF   THE 

Twenty-Two  Wards 

AS  FIXED  IN  1924. 


186  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


Ward  Boundaries. 

[According  to  the  Redivision  of  1924.] 


Acting  under  the  authority  of  Chapter  410,  Acts  of  1924,  a  special 
commission  of  eleven  members  of  the  State  Legislature,  all  citizens  of 
Boston,  redivided  the  territory  of  the  City,  establishing  on  Dec.  30,  1924, 
the  boundaries  of  22  wards  as  below. 

Throughout  the  following  descriptions  the  term  "intersection"  of 
streets,  railroad  locations,  bridges,  or  the  like,  shall  mean  the  intersection 
of  middle  lines  unles§  otherwise  clearly  appearing;  the  phrase  "through" 
or  "to"  a  street,  bridge,  railroad  location,  or  the  like,  shall  mean  through 
or  to  middle  lines  imless  otherwise  clearly  appearing;  and  where  (if  at  all) 
lines  are  mentioned  as  meeting  or  intersecting  which  do  not  technically 
meet  or  intersect,  it  shall  be  intended  that  such  lines  shall  be  extended  for 
the  purposes  of  these  descriptions  until  they  do  so  meet  or  intersect. 

Where  the  phrase  "side"  or  "side-line"  is  used  with  reference  to  a 
bridge,  street,  railroad  location  or  the  like,  it  shall  be  intended  to  include 
any  adjacent  piers,  stages  or  other  auxiliary  structures,  yards,  or  the  like, 
causing  jogs  or  irregularities  in  such  lines. 

The  words  "shore  Une"  or  "shore  hne  of  Boston,"  or  the  like,  shall, 
unless  otherwise  clearly  appearing,  mean  the  line  beyond  which  building 
or  wharfing-oiit  may  for  the  time  being  be  legally  forbidden  when  such 
line  has  been  or  shaU  hereafter  be  established,  and  otherwise  extreme  low 
water  mark;  or  if  on  a  stream  from  which  the  sea  does  not  ebb  then  the 
thread  of  the  stream  or  any  boundary  line  in  such  stream  between  Boston 
and  other  municipality. 

AH  portions  of  the  City  of  Boston  lying  outside  the  shore  line  as  herein- 
above defined,  and  including  all  the  islands  in  Boston  Harbor  within  the 
hmits  of  the  City  of  Boston,  are  included  in  Ward  One  unless  expressly 
included  in  the  description  of  some  other  ward. 

When  streets  or  ways  adopted  as  boundaries  are  private  ways  the  loca- 
tion intended  shall  be  taken  to  be  the  actual  location  on  the  last  day  of 
the  year  1924. 

WARD  ONE. 
(east  boston.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  shore  line  of  Boston  in  Chelsea 
creek  with  the  westerly  side  of  Meridian  Street  Bridge;  thence  by  said 
westerly  side  of  Meridian  Street  Bridge  to  its  intersection  with  the  bound- 
ary hne  in  Chelsea  creek,  between  Boston  and  Chelsea;  thence  by  said 
boundary  hne  between  Boston  and  Chelsea,  and  by  the  boundary  hne 
between  Boston  and  Revere  in  said  Chelsea  creek  and  in  Belle  Isle  inlet, 


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WARD   BOUNDARIES.  187 

and  by  the  boundary  line  in  Belle  Isle  inlet  between  Boston  and  Winthrop 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  side  of  Saratoga  Street  Bridge; 
thence  by  the  southerly  side  of  Saratoga  Street  Bridge  to  its  intersection 
with  the  shore  line  on  the  easterly  and  southerly  sides  of  that  part  of  East 
Boston  called  Breed's  Island  and  thence  continuing  by  said  shore  line  on 
Boston  Harbor,  Charles  river  and  Mystic  river  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  TWO. 

(CHARLESTOWN.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  shore  line  on  the  northwesterly  side 
of  Charles  river  with  the  northeasterly  side  of  Washington  street  North; 
thence  by  said  side  of  Washington  street  North  to  its  intersection  with 
the  middle  line  of  Charles  river;  thence  by  said  middle  line  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  middle  line  of  Miller's  river;  thence  by  said  middle  line 
of  Miller's  river  to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston 
and  Cambridge  at  the  point  where  said  boundary  line  turns  an  acute 
angle;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  and  by  the  boundary  line  between 
Boston  and  Somerville  to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  line  in  Mystic 
river  between  Boston  and  Everett ;  thence  by  the  last  mentioned  boundary 
line  (making  an  irregular  jog  which  includes  the  site  of  the  old  Charlestown 
Almshouse  and  so  returning  to  the  middle  line  of  Mystic  river),  and  by  the 
boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Chelsea  to  its  intersection  with  the 
southeasterly  side  of  Chelsea  Bridge;  thence  by  the  southeasterly  side  of 
Chelsea  Bridge  to  its  intersection  with  the  shore  line;  thence  by  said  shore 
line  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   THREE. 

(boston  proper.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Irving  street  and  Cambridge  street; 
thence  through  Cambridge  street  and  Cambridge  Bridge  to  its  intersection 
with  the  boundary  line  in  Charles  river  between  Boston  and  Cambridge; 
thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  the  point  where  it  turns  an  acute  angle  at 
the  middle  of  Miller's  river;  thence  by  the  middle  line  of  Miller's  river  to 
the  middle  line  of  Charles  river;  thence  by  the  middle  line  of  Charles  river 
to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  side  of  Washington  street  North ; 
thence  by  said  northeasterly  side  of  Washington  street  North  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  shore  line  of  Boston  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Charles 
river;  thence  by  said  shore  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly 
side  of  Northern  Avenue  Bridge;  thence  by  said  side  of  said  bridge  to  its 
intersection  with  the  shore  line  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Fort  Point 
channel;  thence  by  said  shore  line  to  its  intersection  with  Broadway 
Bridge;  thence  through  said  bridge  and  through  Broadway  to  Lehigh 
street;  thence  through  Lehigh  street  to  Albany  street;  thence  through 
Albany  street  to  Union  Park  street;  thence  through  Union  Park  street  to 
Washington  street;  thence  through  Washington  street  to  Pelham  street; 
thence  through  Pelham  street  to  Shawmut  avenue;  thence  through  Shaw- 


188  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER, 

mut  avenue  to  Upton  street;  thence  through  Upton  street  to  Tremont 
street;  thence  through  Tremont  street  to  Dover  street;  thence  through 
Dover  street  to  Shawnaut  avenue;  thence  through  Shawmut  avenue  to 
Tremont  street;  thence  through  Tremont  street  to  Park  street;  thence 
through  Park  street  to  Beacon  street;  thence  through  Beacon  street  to 
Bowdoin  street;  thence  through  Bowdoin  street  to  Derne  street;  thence 
through  Derne  street  and  through  Myrtle  street  to  Irving  street;  thence 
through  Irving  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  FOUR. 

(back   bay   south,    and   FENWAY.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Boylston  street  and  Berkeley  street; 
thence  through  Berkeley  street  to  Columbus  avenue;  thence  through 
Columbus  avenue  to  Clarendon  street;  thence  through  Clarendon  street 
to  Tremont  street;  thence  through  Tremont  street  to  West  Springfield 
street;  thence  through  West  Springfield  street  and  through  Wellington 
street  to  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division  of  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  Ward  street; 
thence  through  Ward  street  to  Huntington  avenue;  thence  through  Hunt- 
ington avenue  to  Francis  street ;  thence  through  Francis  street  to  Brooldine 
avenue;  thence  through  Brookline  avenue  southerly  to  the  middle  line  of 
Muddy  river  in  the  Riverway,  said  middle  line  being  the  boundary  line 
between  Boston  and  Brookline;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  St.  Mary's  street  extended; 
thence  by  the  middle  line  of  Muddy  river  across  Brookline  avenue  near 
the  end  of  Boylston  street,  through  the  Back  Bay  Fens,  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  Boylston  street  near  Charlesgate  East  and  Charlesgate  West; 
thence  through  Boylston  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  FIVE. 
(back  bay.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Cambridge  street  and  Irving  street; 
thence  through  Irving  street  to  Myrtle  street;  thence  through  Myrtle 
street  and  through  Derne  street  to  Bowdoin  street;  thence  through  Bow- 
doin street  to  Beacon  street ;  thence  through  Beacon  street  to  Park  street ; 
thence  through  Park  street  to  Tremont  street;  thence  through  Tremont 
street  to  Shawmut  avenue;  thence  thiough  Shawmut  avenue  to  Dover 
street;  thence  through  Dover  street  to  Tremont  street;  thence  through 
Tremont  street  to  Clarendon  street;  thence  through  Clarendon  street  to 
Columbus  avenue;  thence  through  Columbus  avenue  to  Berkeley  street; 
thence  through  Berkeley  street  to  Boylston  street;  thence  through  Boylston 
street  to  the  middle  line  of  Muddy  river  in  the  Back  Bay  Fens  near  Charles- 
gate East  and  Charlesgate  West;  thence  by  said  line,  through  the  Back 
Bay  Fens,  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Kilmarnock  street 
extended;  thence  by  said  middle  line  extended  and  through  Kilmarnock 
street  to  Brookline  avenue;  thence  through  Brookline  avenue  to  the 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  189 

location  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location, 
following  its  northerly  branch,  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of 
Blandford  street  extended;  thence  by  said  extended  middle  line  and  through 
Blandford  street  to  Commonwealth  avenue;  thence  through  Common- 
wealth avenue  to  Granby  street;  thence  through  Granby  street  and  the 
middle  line  thereof  extended  to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  Une  in 
Charles  river  between  Boston  and  Cambridge;  thence  by  said  boundary 
line  to  its  intersection  with  Cambridge  Bridge;  thence  through  said  bridge 
and  through  Cambridge  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  SIX. 
(south  boston  north.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Broadway  Bridge  and  the  shore  linf 
on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Fort  Point  channel;  thence  by  said  shore  lin 
on  said  channel  and  on  Boston  Harbor,  and  including  Castle  Island,  to 
its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Farragut  road  extended;  thence  by 
said  extended  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  East  Seventh 
street  extended;  thence  by  said  extended  line  (crossing  the  Strand  way 
diagonally)  and  through  East  Seventh  street  to  L  street;  thence  through 
L  street  to  East  Sixth  street;  thence  through  East  Sixth  street  to  H  street; 
thence  through  H  street  to  East  Fourth  street ;  thence  through  East  Fourth 
street  and  through  West  Fourth  street  to  F  street;  thence  through  F  street 
to  West  Eighth  street;  thence  through  West  Eighth  street  to  D  street; 
thence  through  D  street  to  Old  Colony  avenue;  thence  through  Old  Colony 
avenue  to  Dorchester  avenue;  thence  through  Dorchester  avenue  to  the 
location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  the  shore  line  on  the  easterly 
side  of  South  Bay;  thence  by  said  shore  line  on  South  Bay  and  on  Fort 
Point  channel  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  SEVEN. 
(south  boston  south.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  F  street  and  West  Fourth  street;  thence 
through  West  Fourth  street  and  through  East  Fourth  street  to  H  street; 
thence  through  H  street  to  East  Sixth  street;  thence  through  East  Sixth 
street  to  L  street;  thence  through  L  street  to  East  Seventh  street;  thence 
through  East  Seventh  street  and  the  middle  line  thereof  extended  (cross- 
ing the  Strandway  diagonally)  to  the  middle  line  of  Farragut  road  ex- 
tended; thence  by  said  extended  line  of  Farragut  road  to  the  shore  line 
on  Boston  Harbor;  thence  by  said  shore  line  on  Boston  Harbor,  and  on 
"Old  Harbor"  so  called,  to  a  point  near  the  southeasterly  limits  of  Col- 
umbus Park  where  said  shore  line,  running  nearly  north  and  south,  turns  a 
slightly  obtuse  angle  and  runs  nearly  easterly;  thence  by  a  straight  line 
in  a  nearly  southwesterly  direction  to  the  intersection  of  Columbia  road 
with  the  location  of  the  Plymouth  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  Columbia  road  to  Dorchester  avenue; 


190  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

thence  through  Dorchester  avenue  to  Edison  Green  (northerly  fork) ; 
thence  through  said  northerly  fork  of  Edison  Green  to  Pond  street;  thence 
through  Pond  street  to  the  middle  line  of  Pleasant  street  extended  into 
Town  Meeting  square;  thence  through  said  square  in  said  extended  line 
to  the  middle  line  of  East  Cottage  street  extended  into  said  square;  thence 
by  said  extended  middle  line  and  through  East  Cottage  street  to  Chase 
street;  thence  through  Chase  street  to  WiUis  street;  thence  through  Willis 
street  to  Sumner  street;  thence  through  Sumner  street  to  Stoughton  street; 
thence  through  Stoughton  street,  through  Columbia  square  and  through 
Dudley  street,  to  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  Dor- 
chester avenue;  thence  through  Dorchester  avenue  to  Old  Colony  avenue; 
thence  through  Old  Colony  avenue  to  D  street;  thence  through  D  street 
to  West  Eighth  street;  thence  through  West  Eighth  street  to  F  street; 
thence  through  F  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  EIGHT. 

(SOtTTH   END   AND     ROXBURY   NORTH.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Washington  street  and  Union  Park 
street;  thence  through  Union  Park  street  to  Albany  street;  thence  through 
Albany  street  to  Lehigh  street;  thence  through  Lehigh  street  to  Broad- 
way; thence  through  Broadway  and  Broadway  Bridge  to  its  intersection 
with  the  shore  Une  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Fort  Point  channel;  thence 
by  said  shore  line  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Fort  Point  channel  and  on 
the  easterly  side  of  South  Bay  to  the  point  where  said  line  makes  an 
obtuse  angle  nearly  opposite  Randolph  street;  thence  by  an  extension  of 
said  line  continuing  its  course  previous  to  making  said  angle  across  the 
easterly  side  of  South  Bay,  in  a  direct  line  till  it  intersects  the  location  of 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said 
location,  following  the  Midland  Division  thereof,  to  its  intersection  with 
Dudley  street;  thence  through  Dudley  street  to  West  Cottage  street; 
thence  through  West  Cottage  street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue;  thence  through 
Blue  HiU  avenue  to  Moreland  street;  thence  through  Moreland  street  to 
Fairland  street;  thence  through  Fairland  street  to  Winthrop  street;  thence 
through  Winthrop  street  to  Greenville  street;  thence  through  Greenville 
street  to  Dudley  street;  thence  through  Dudley  street  to  Warren  street; 
thence  through  Warren  street  to  Washington  street;  thence  through 
Washington  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   NINE. 

(rOXBURY     CENTRE.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Pelham  street  and  Washington  street; 
thence  through  Washington  street  to  Warren  street;  thence  through  Warren 
street  to  Dudley  street;  thence  through  Dudley  street  to  Washington 
street;  thence  through  Washington  street  to  Circuit  .street;  thence  through 
Circuit  street  to  Regent  street;  thence  through  Regent  street  to  Dale 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  191 

street;  thence  through  Dale  street  to  Washington  street;  thence  through 
Washington  street  to  Oakland  street;  thence  through  Oakland  street  to 
Thornton  street;  thence  through  Thornton  street  to  Cedar  street;  thence 
through  Cedar  street  to  Lambert  avenue;  thence  through  Lambert  avenue 
to  Dorr  street;  thence  through  Dorr  street  to  Highland  street;  thence 
through  Highland  street  to  Lin  wood  street;  thence  through  Ijinwood 
street  to  Centre  street;  thence  through  Centre  street  to  Gardner  street; 
thence  through  Gardner  street  to  Roxbury  street;  thence  through  Rox- 
bury  street  to  Columbus  avenue;  thence  through  Columbus  avenue  to 
Tremont  street;  thence  through  Tremont  street  to  Parker  street;  thence 
through  Parker  street  to  Ward  street;  thence  through  Ward  street  to  its 
intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to 
its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Wellington  street  extended;  thence 
by  said  extended  line  and  through  Wellington  street,  across  Columbus 
avenue  and  through  West  Springfield  street,  to  Tremont  street;  thence 
through  Tremont  street  to  Upton  street;  thence  through  Upton  street  to 
Shawmut  avenue;  thence  through  Shawmut  avenue  to  Pelham  street; 
thence  through  Pelham  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   TEN. 

(ROXBtTRY     WEST.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and 
Brookhne,  and  Brookline  avenue;  thence  through  Brookhne  avenue  to 
Francis  street;  thence  through  Francis  street  to  Huntington  avenue; 
thence  through  Huntington  avenue  to  Ward  street;  thence  through  Ward 
street  to  Parker  street;  thence  through  Parker  street  to  Tremont  street; 
thence  through  Tremont  street  to  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division 
of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said 
location  to  Atherton  street;  thence  through  Atherton  street  and  through 
Mozart  street  to  Chestnut  avenue;  thence  through  Chestnut  avenue  to 
Forbes  street;  thence  through  Forbes  street  to  Centre  street;  thence  through 
Centre  street  to  Perkins  street;  thence  through  Perkins  street  to  Chestnut 
street;  thence  through  Chestnut  street  to  the  boundary  line  between 
Boston  and  Brookline;  thence  by  said  boundary  hne  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

WARD  ELEVEN. 
(roxbury  south  also  forest  hills.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division 
of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  and  Tremont  street; 
thence  through  Tremont  street  to  Columbus  avenue;  thence  through 
Columbus  avenue  to  Roxbury  street;  thence  through  Roxbury  street  to 
Gardner  street;  thence  through  Gardner  street  to  Centre  street;  thence 
through  Centre  street  to  Linwood  street;  thence  through  Linwood  street 
to  Highland  street;  thence  through  Highland  street  to  Dorr  street;  thence 
through  Dorr  street  to  Lambert  avenue;  thence  through  Lambert  avenue 


192  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

to  Cedar  street;  thence  through  Cedar  street  to  Thornton  street;  thence 
through  Thornton  street  to  Oakland  street;  thence  through  Oakland 
street  to  Washington  street;  thence  through  Washington  street  to  Dale 
street;  thence  through  Dale  street  to  Bainbridge  street;  thence  through 
Bainbridge  street  to  Kingsbury  street;  thence  through  Kingsbury  street 
to  Kensington  street;  thence  through  Kensington  street  to  Elmore  street; 
thence  through  Elmore  street  to  Walnut  avenue;  thence  through  Walnut 
avenue  to  Sigourney  street;  thence  through  Sigourney  street  to  its  inter- 
section with  a  northwesterly  running  boundary  line  of  Franklin  Park,  a 
little  southwest  of  Robeson  street;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  of  Frank- 
lin Park,  on  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  estabUshed  and  crossing 
Glen  road,  to  the  intersection  of  said  line  with  Forest  Hills  street;  thence 
through  Forest  Hills  street  to  Morton  road;  thence  through  Morton  road 
to  Morton  street;  thence  through  Morton  street  to  Forest  Hills  avenue  in 
Forest  Hills  Cemetery;  thence  through  Forest  Hills  avenue  to  Union  ter- 
race in  said  cemetery;  thence  through  Union  terrace  to  its  intersection 
with  the  northwesterly  boundary  line  of  Forest  HUls  Cemetery;  thence  by 
said  line  on  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  estabUshed  to  Weld  Hill 
street;  thence  through  Weld  Hill  street  to  Hyde  Park  avenue;  thence 
through  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Washington  street;  thence  through  Wash- 
ington street  to  Asticou  road;  thence  through  Asticou  road  to  St.  Ann 
street;  thence  through  St.  Ann  street  across  South  street  to  the  Arborway; 
thence  through  the  Arborway  to  Custer  street;  thence  through  Custer 
street  to  South  street;  thence  through  South  street  to  Carolina  avenue; 
thence  through  Carohna  avenue,  and  through  Williams  street  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  the  point 
of  beginning. 

WARD  TWELVE. 
(roxbttry  east.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Washington  street  and  Dudley  street; 
thence  through  Dudley  street  to  Greenville  street;  thence  through  Green- 
vUle  street  to  Winthrop  street;  thence  through  Winthrop  street  to  Fair- 
land  street;  thence  through  Fairland  street  to  Moreland  street;  thence 
through  Moreland  street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Blue  Hill 
avenue  to  Canterbury  street ;  thence  through  Canterbury  street  to  Morton 
street;  thence  through  Morton  street  to  Morton  road;  thence  through 
Morton  road  to  Forest  Hills  street;  thence  through  Forest  Hills  street  to 
its  first  intersection  with  a  boundary  line  of  Franklin  Park  extended  which 
runs  about  east  and  west  about  midway  between  Williams  street  and 
Glen  road;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  of  Frankhn  Park  by  several 
courses  as  the  same  is  legally  estabUshed,  in  a  general  northeasterly  direc- 
tion, and  crossing  Glen  road,  to  its  intersection  with  Sigourney  street; 
thence  through  Sigourney  street  to  Walnut  avenue;  thence  through  Walnut 
avenue  to  Elmore  street;  thence  through  Elmore  street  to  Kensington 
street;  thence  through  Kensington  street  to  Kingsbury  street;    thence 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  193 

through  Kingsbury  street  to  Bainbridge  street;  thence  through  Bainbridge 
street  to  Dale  street;  thence  through  Dale  street  to  Regent  street;  thence 
through  Regent  street  to  Circuit  street;  thence  through  Circuit  street  to 
Washington  street;  thence  through  Washington  street  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

WARD   THIRTEEN. 

(DORCHESTER     NORTH.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Fayston  street  and  Blue  Hill  avenue; 
through  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  West  Cottage  street;  thence  through  West 
Cottage  street  to  Dudley  street;  thence  through  Dudley  street,  across 
Columbia  road  and  through  Stoughton  street  to  Sumner  stieet;  thence 
through  Sumner  street  to  Willis  street;  thence  through  Willis  street  to 
Chase  street;  thence  through  Chase  street  to  East  Cottage  street;  thence 
through  East  Cottage  street  to  Pleasant  street;  thence  through  Pleasant 
street  and  its  middle  line  extended  into  Town  Meeting  square  to  Pond 
street;  thence  through  Pond  street  to  Edison  Green  (northerly  fork); 
thence  through  said  northerly  fork  of  Edison  Green  to  Dorchester  avenue; 
thence  through  Dorchester  avenue  to  Columbia  road;  thence  through 
Columbia  road  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Plymouth  Divi- 
sion of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  by  a 
direct  line  about  northeasterly  to  the  shore  line  of  Boston,  on  "Old  Har- 
bor" so  called,  at  a  point  where  said  line,  running  nearly  east  and  west, 
turns  a  sUghtly  obtuse  angle  near  the  southeasterly  limits  of  Columbus 
Park  and  runs  nearly  north  and  south;  thence  by  said  shore  line  on  said 
"Old  Harbor,"  on  Boston  Harbor  and  on  Dorchester  Bay,  to  a  point 
where  said  line,  running  nearly  north  and  south,  makes  a  sHghtly  obtuse 
angle  and  runs  nearly  east,  said  angle  being  that  nearest  to  the  intersec- 
tion of  Freeport  street  with  the  location  of  the  Plymouth  Division  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad ;  thence  from  said  angle  by  a 
direct  line  nearly  southwesterly  to  the  intersection  of  the  location  of  said 
Plymouth  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
and  Freeport  street;  thence  through  said  location  to  Bay  street ; thence 
through  Bay  street  to  Maryland  street;  thence  through  Maryland  street 
to  Savin  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Savin  Hill  avenue  to  Pleasant 
street;  thence  through  Pleasant  street  to  Hancock  street;  thence  through 
Hancock  street  to  Bird  street;  thence  through  Bird  street  to  Cedar  place; 
thence  through  Cedar  place  to  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  loca- 
tion to  Quincy  street;  thence  through  Quincy  street  to  Mascoma  street; 
thence  through  Mascoma  street  to  Fayston  street;  thence  through  Fayston 
street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   FOURTEEN. 

(DORCHESTER     WEST.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Blue  HiU  avenue  and  Fayston  street; 
thence  through  Fayston  street  to  Mascoma  street;  thence  through  Mascoma 


194  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

street  to  Quincy  street;  thence  through  Quincy  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  its  intersection  with 
Wales  place;  thence  through  Wales  place  to  Rock  terrace;  thence  through 
Rock  terrace  to  Olney  street;  thence  through  Olney  street  to  Genera 
avenue;  thence  through  Geneva  avenue  to  Bowdoin  street;  thence  through 
Bowdoin  street,  across  Washington  street  and  through  Harvard  street  to 
its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  its 
intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Ehzabeth  street  extended;  thence  by 
said  extended  line  and  through  Ehzabeth  street  to  Norfolk  street;  thence 
through  Norfolk  street  to  Evelyn  street;  thence  through  Evelyn  street  to 
Blue  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Walk  Hill  street; 
thence  through  Walk  Hill  street  to  Canterbury  street;  thence  through 
Canterbury  street  to  Blue  HiU  avenue;  thence  through  Blue  Hill  avenue 
to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   FIFTEEN. 

(dorchestek  north  central.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  and  Cedar  place;  thence 
through  Cedar  place  to  Bird  street ;  thence  through  Bird  street  to  Hancock 
street;  thence  through  Hancock  street  to  Pleasant  street;  thence  through 
Pleasant  street  to  Savin  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Savin  Hill  avenue 
to  Maryland  street;  thence  through  Maryland  street  to  Bay  street;  thence 
through  Bay  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Plymouth 
Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence 
through  said  location  (following  the  Shawmut  Branch  where  said  location 
forks  near  Harrison  square)  to  Geneva  avenue;  thence  through  Geneva 
avenue  to  Dakota  street;  thence  through  Dakota  street  to  Clay  bourne 
street;  thence  through  Claybourne  street  to  Bowdoin  street;  thence 
through  Bowdoin  street  to  Geneva  avenue;  thence  through  Geneva  avenue 
to  Olney  street;  thence  through  Olney  street  to  Rock  terrace;  thence 
through  Rock  terrace  to  Wales  place;  thence  through  Wales  place  to  its 
intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  the 
point  of  beginning. 

WARD   SIXTEEN. 

(DORCHESTER     SOUTH.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Talbot  avenue  and  Lithgow  street; 
thence  through  Lithgow  street  to  Wainwright  street;  thence  through 
Wainwright  street  to  Centre  street;  thence  through  Centre  street  to  Nixon 
street;  thence  through  Nixon  street  to  Mather  street;  thence  through 
Mather  street  to  Penhallow  street;  thence  through  Penhallow  street  to 
Melville  avenue;  thence  through  Melville  avenue  to  Bourneside  street; 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  195 

thence  through  Boumeside  street  to  Centervale  park;  thence  through 
Centervale  park  to  Upland  avenue;  thence  through  Upland  avenue  to 
Park  street;  thence  through  Park  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  loca- 
tion of  the  Shawmut  Branch  of  the  Plymouth  Division  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  and  through 
the  location  of  the  main  line  of  said  division  where  said  branch  joins  it 
near  Harrison  square,  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Freeport 
street;  thence  in  a  direct  line  nearly  northeasterly  to  a  slightly  obtuse 
angle  in  the  shore  Une  of  Boston  on  Dorchester  Bay,  being  the  nearest 
angle  in  said  line;  thence  by  said  shore  Une  on  Dorchester  Bay  and  in  the 
Neponset  river  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  side  of  the  loca- 
tion of  the  Plymouth  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad;  thence  by  said  northeasterly  side  of  said  location  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  boundary  line  in  the  Neponset  river  between  Boston  and 
Quincy;  thence  by  said  boundary  Une  in  the  Neponset  river  to  its  inter- 
section with  Granite  Bridge;  thence  through  said  bridge  to  its  intersection 
with  the  location  of  the  Milton  Branch  of  the  Plymouth  Division  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  loca- 
tion to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  Une  of  Mellish  road  extended; 
thence  by  said  extended  Une  and  through  MeUish  road  to  Adams  street; 
thence  through  Adams  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  bound- 
ary line  of  Dorchester  park  extended,  said  Une  running  nearly  northwest 
and  southeast;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  of  Dorchester  park  in  several 
courses  as  the  same  is  legaUy  established,  running  in  a  general  westerly 
direction  to  its  intersection  with  Dorchester  avenue;  thence  through  Dor- 
chester avenue  to  Talbot  avenue;  thence  through  Talbot  avenue  to  the 
point  of  beginning. 

WARD   SEVENTEEN. 

(DORCHESTER     CENTER.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division  of 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  RaUroad  and  Harvard  street; 
thence  through  Harvard  street  across  Washington  street  and  through 
Bowdoin  street  to  Claybourne  street;  thence  through  Claybourne  street 
to  Dakota  street;  thence  through  Dakota  street  to  Geneva  avenue;  thence 
through  Geneva  avenue  to  the  location  of  the  Shawmut  Branch  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  loca- 
tion to  Park  street;  thence  through  Park  street  to  Upland  avenue;  thence 
through  Upland  avenue  to  Centervale  park;  thence  through  Centervale 
park  to  Boumeside  street;  thence  through  Bourneside  street  to  MelvLUe 
avenue;  thence  through  Melville  avenue  to  Penhallow  street;  thence 
through  Penhallow  street  to  Mather  street;  thence  through  Mather  street 
to  Nixon  street;  thence  through  Nixon  street  to  Centre  street;  thence 
through  Centre  street  to  Wainwright  street;  thence  through  Wainwright 
street  to  Lithgow  street;  thence  through  Lithgow  street  to  Talbot  avenue; 
thence  through  Talbot  avenue  to  Dorchester  avenue;  thence  through  Dor- 


196  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Chester  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  boundary  Hne  of 
Dorchester  park  near  Bellows  place  and  St.  Gregory's  court;  thence  by 
said  line  on  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  established,  in  a  general 
easterly  direction  to  Adams  street;  thence  through  Adams  street  to  Mellish 
road;  thence  through  Mellish  road  and  by  the  middle  line  of  Mellish  road 
extended  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Milton  Branch  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  loca- 
tion to  its  intersection  with  Granite  Bridge;  thence  through  said  Granite 
Bridge  to  the  boundary  line  in  the  Neponset  river  between  Boston  and 
Quincy ;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  and  by  the  boundary  line  in  Neponset 
fiver  between  Boston  and  Milton  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of 
Eagle  Mill  place  extended;  thence  by  said  extended  line  and  through 
Eagle  Mill  place  to  River  street;  thence  through  River  street  to  Groveland 
street;  thence  through  Groveland  street  and  by  its  middle  line  extended 
through  Board  of  Survey  street  No.  511  to  Morton  street;  thence  through 
Morton  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Midland  Divi- 
sion of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through 
said  location  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  EIGHTEEN. 
(hyde  pabk  and  mattapan.) 
Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Washington  street  and  Poplar  street, 
thence  through  Poplar  street  to  Canterbury  street;  thence  through  Can- 
terbury street  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Providence  Divi- 
sion of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through 
said  location  to  Blakemore  street;  thence  through  Blakemore  street  to 
Hyde  Park  avenue;  thence  through  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Neponset 
avenue;  thence  through  Neponset  avenue  to  Canterbury  street;  thence 
through  Canterbury  street  to  Walk  Hill  street;  thence  through  Walk  Hill 
street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Eveh^n 
street,  thence  through  E\el}^n  street  to  Norfolk  street;  thence  through 
Norfolk  street  to  Elizabeth  street;  thence  through  Elizabeth  street  and 
the  middle  line  thereof  extended  to  the  location  of  the  Midland  Division 
of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said 
location  to  Morton  street;  thence  through  Morton  street  to  the  middle 
line  of  Groveland  street  extended  through  Board  of  Survey  street  No.  511; 
thence  by  said  extended  line  and  through  Groveland  street  to  River  street ; 
thence  through  River  street  to  Eagle  Mill  place;  thence  through  Eagle 
Mill  place,  and  its  middle  line  extended  to  the  boundary  Une  in  the  Nepon- 
set river  between  Boston  and  Milton;  thence  by  said  line  in  Neponset 
river  to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Ded- 
ham;  thence  by  said  boundar}^  Une  between  Boston  and  Dedham  to  its 
intersection  with  the  boundary  hne  formerly  existing  between  Boston  and 
Hyde  Park;  thence  by  said  former  boundary  line  to  its  intersection  with 
the  middle  line  of  Turtle  Pond  road  in  the  Stony  Brook  Reservation; 
thence  through  Turtle  Pond  road  to  Washington  street;  thence  through 
Washington  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  197 


WARD   NINETEEN. 

(JAMAICA    PLAIN    AND    ROSLINDALE     EAST.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Centre  street  and  Perkins  street ;  thence 
through  Perkins  street  to  Chestnut  street;  thence  through  Chestnut  street 
to  the  boundary  hne  between  Boston  and  BrookKne;  thence  by  said 
boundary  hne  to  Allandale  street;  thence  through  Allandale  street  to 
Centre  street;  thence  through  Centre  street  to  Walter  street;  thence 
through  Walter  street  to  the  southwesterly  boundary  line  of  the  Arnold 
Arboretum;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  on  several  courses  as  the  same 
is  legally  estabhshed,  and  by  said  line  extended,  to  its  intersection  with  the 
location  of  the  West  Roxbury  Branch  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  its  intersection  with 
the  middle  line  of  Lee  Hill  road  extended;  thence  by  said  extended  hne 
and  through  Lee  Hill  road  to  Washington  street;  thence  through  Washing- 
ton street  to  Poplar  street;  thence  through  Poplar  street  to  Canterbury 
street;  thence  through  Canterbury  street  to  the  location  of  the  Providence 
Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence 
through  said  location  to  Blakemore  street;  thence  through  Blakemore 
street  to  Hyde  Park  avenue;  thence  through  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Nepon- 
set  avenue;  thence  through  Neponset  avenue  to  Canterbury  street;  thence 
through  Canterbury  street  to  Morton  street;  thence  through  Morton  street 
to  Forest  Hills  avenue  in  Forest  Hills  Cemetery;  thence  through  Forest 
Hills  avenue  to  Union  terrace;  thence  through  Union  terrace  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  northwesterly  boundary  line  of  Forest  Hills  Cemetery; 
thence  by  said  line  on  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally  established  to 
Weld  Hill  street;  thence  through  Weld  Hill  street  to  Hyde  Park  avenue; 
thence  through  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Washington  street;  thence  through 
Washington  street  to  Asticou  road;  thence  through  Asticou  road  to  St. 
Ann  street;  thence  through  St.  Ann  street  across  South  street  to  the 
Arborway;  thence  through  the  Arborway  to  Custer  street;  thence  through 
Custer  street  to  South  street;  thence  through  South  street  to  Carolina 
avenue;  thence  through  Carolina  avenue  and  through  Williams  street  to 
its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Providence  Division  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to 
Atherton  street;  thence  through  Atherton  street,  across  Lamartine  street 
and  through  Mozart  street  to  Chestnut  avenue;  thence  through  Chestnut 
avenue  to  Forbes  street;  thence  through  Forbes  street  to  Centre  street; 
thence  through  Centre  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   TWENTY. 

(west   roxbury   AND   ROSLINDALE     WEST.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Allandale  street  and  the  boundary  Hne 
between  Boston  and  Brookline;  thence  through  Allandale  street  to  Centre 
street;  thence  through  Centre  street  to  Walter  street;  thence  through 
Walter  street  to  the  southwesterly  boundary  line  of  the  Arnold  Arboretum; 


198  MUNICIPAL   REGISTER. 

thence  bj'  said  boundary  line  on  several  courses  as  the  same  is  legally 
established,  and  by  said  line  extended,  to  its  intersection  with  the  location 
of  the  West  Roxbury  Branch  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle 
line  of  Lee  Hill  road  extended;  thence  by  said  extended  line  and  through 
Lee  Hill  road  to  Washington  street;  thence  through  Washington  street  to 
Turtle  Pond  road  in  the  Stony  Brook  Reservation;  thence  through  said 
Turtle  Pond  road  to  the  boundary  hne  formerly  existing  between  Boston 
and  Hyde  Park;  thence  by  said  former  boundary  line  and  its  extension  as 
the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Dedham,  and  so  following  said  last 
named  boundary  Hne,  and  the  boimdary  hne  between  Boston  and  Needham 
and  the  bovmdary  line  between  Boston  and  Newton  and  the  boundary  line 
between  Boston  and  Brookline,  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD   TWENTY-ONE. 

(BRIGHTON     SOUTH.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  North  Beacon  street  and  Cambridge 
street  at  Union  square;  thence  through  Cambridge  street  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  location  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad;  thence  through 
said  location  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  an  old  creek  called 
Smelt  brook,  which  formerly  formed  a  part  of  the  boundary  line  between 
Brighton  and  Brookline;  thence  by  said  middle  line  of  Smelt  brook,  and 
the  same  extended,  to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  line  in  Charles 
river  between  Boston  and  Cambridge;  thence  by  said  boundary  Hne  in 
Charles  river  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  line  of  Granby  street 
extended;  thence  by  said  extended  middle  line,  and  through  Granby  street 
to  Commonwealth  avenue;  thence  through  Commonwealth  avenue  to 
Blandford  street;  thence  through  Blandford  street,  and  its  middle  line 
extended,  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Boston  &  Albany 
Railroad;  thence  through  said  location  to  Brookline  avenue;  thence  through 
BrookHne  avenue  to  Kihnamock  street;  thence  through  Kilmarnock  street, 
and  by  its  middle  line  extended,  to  its  intersection  with  the  middle  Hne  of 
Muddy  river  in  the  Back  Bay  Fens;  thence  by  the  middle  line  of  said 
Muddy  river  in  the  Back  Bay  Fens  and  in  the  Riverway  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Brookline  in  the  north- 
easterly Hne  of  St.  Mary's  street  extended;  thence  by  said  boundary  line 
along  the  northeasterly  side  of  St.  Mary's  street,  along  the  southerly  side 
of  Commonwealth  avenue,  and  so  continuing  on  various  courses  as  said 
boundary  line  is  legally  established  to  a  point  south  of  Chestnut  Hill 
Reservoir  where  it  meets  the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Newton; 
thence  by  said  boundary  Hne  between  Boston  and  Newton,  around  the 
southwesterly  end  of  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  to  the  intersection  of  said 
line  with  Commonwealth  avenue;  thence  through  Commonwealth  avenue 
to  South  street;  thence  through  South  street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue; 
thence  through  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to  WilHam  Jackson  avenue;  thence 
through  WiUiam  Jackson  avenue  to  Academy  Hill  road;  thence  through 


WARD  BOUNDARIES.  199 

Academy  Hill  road  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Chestnut 
Hill  avenue  to  Union  street;  thence  through  Union  street  to  Nantasket 
avenue;  thence  through  Nantasket  avenue  to  Washington  street;  thence 
through  Washingron  street  to  Cambridge  street;  thence  through  Cam- 
bridge street  to  Dustin  street;  thence  through  Dustin  street  to  North 
Beacon  street;  thence  through  North  Beacon  street  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

WARD   TWENTY-TWO. 

(BRIGHTON     NORTH.) 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Cambridge  street  and  North  Beacon 
street  at  Union  square;  thence  through  North  Beacon  street  to  Dustin 
street;  thence  through  Dustin  street  to  Cambridge  street;  thence  through 
Cambridge  street  to  Washington  street;  thence  through  Washington 
street  to  Nantasket  avenue;  thence  through  Nantasket  avenue  to  Union 
street;  thence  through  Union  street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue;  thence  through 
Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to  Academy  Hill  road;  thence  through  Academy 
Hill  road  to  William  Jackson  avenue;  thence  through  William  Jackson 
avenue  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue;  thence  through  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to 
South  street;  thence  through  South  street  to  Commonwealth  avenue; 
thence  through  Commonwealth  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the  bound- 
ary line  between  Boston  and  Newton;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  its 
intersection  with  the  boundary  hne  in  Charles  river  between  Boston  and 
Watertown;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  in  Charles  river  and  by  the 
boundary  line  in  said  river  between  Boston  and  Cambridge  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  middle  line  extended  of  an  old  creek  called  Smelt  brook, 
which  formerly  formed  a  part  of  the  boundary  line  between  Brighton  and 
Brookline;  thence  by  said  extended  middle  line  and  the  middle  line  of 
Smelt  brook  to  its  intersection  with  the  location  of  the  Boston  &  Albany 
Railroad ;  thence  through  said  location  to  Cambridge  street ;  thence  through 
Cambridge  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 


MEMBERS  OF 
CITY  GOVERNMENT. 

1909-1924. 


MAYOJRS  4ND  CEETAIN  OTHEE  OFFICIALS  SINCE  1822. 


ORATORS  APPOINTED  BY  THE  CITY  SINCE  1771. 


MASSACHUSETTS  MEMBERS  OF  69™  CONGRESS 

AND 
BOSTON  MEMBERS  OF  LEGISLATURE.  1925-26. 


202 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


I909. 


James  M.  Curley, 
Daniel  A.  Whelton, 
Daniel  J.  Donnelly,' 
George  P.  Anderson, 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Frederick  J.  Brand, 
W.  Dudley  Cotton,  jr., 


Ward  1 . 
Edward  C.  R.  Bagley, 
Frank  A.  Goodwin, 
Joseph  A.  Hoey. 

Ward  Z. 
Joseph  H.  Pendergast, 
Dennis  A.  O'Neil, 
Michael  J.  Brophy. 

Ward  3. 
James  J.  Brennan, 
Joseph  A.  Dart, 
William  J.  Murray. 

Ward  4. 
Francis  M.  Ducey, 
Patrick  B.  Carr, 
James  I.  Green, 

Ward  6. 
John  J.  Buckley, 
William  E.  Carney, 
Edward  A.  Troy 

Ward  6. 
Stephen  Gardella, 
Francis  D.  O'Donnell, 
Alfred  Scigliano. 

Ward  7. 
John  L.  Donovan, 
John  T.  Kennedy, 
Dominick  F.  Spellman. 

Ward  8. 
James  J.  Ryan, 
James  A.  Bragan, 
Adolphus  M.  Burroughs. 

Ward  9. 
Isaac  Gordon, 
Robert  J.  Howell, 
Thomas  B.  McKeagney. 


Matob. 
GEORGE   A.    HIBBARD.i 

Aldermen. 
Fbbdebick  J.  Brand,  Chairman. 

James  P.  Timilty, 
J.  Frank  O'Hare, 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Charles  L.  Carr, 
Thomas  J.  Giblin, 
Matthew  Hale. 

John  T.  Priest,  City  Clerk. 

COUNCILMBN. 

George  C.  McCabb,  PresiderU. 
Ward  10. 
J.  Henderson  Allston, 
Channing  H.  Cox, 
William  S.  Kinney. 


Ward  11. 
Courtenay  Crocker, 
Theodore  Hoague, 
Charles  H.  Moore. 

Ward  12. 
Seth  Fenelon  Arnold, 
Alfred  G.  Davis, 
Francis  J.  H.  Jones. 

Ward  13. 
Leo  F.  McCullough,' 
Stephen  A.  Welch, 
Coleman  E.  Kelly. 

Ward  14. 
Cornelius  J.  Fitzgerald, 
Thomas  J.  Casey, 
Joseph  L.  Collins. 

Ward  16. 
John  O'Hara, 
William  T.  Conway, 
Joseph  A.  O'Bryan. 

Ward  16. 
John  D.  McGivern, 
Hugh  M.  Garrity, 
William  D.  McCarthy. 

Ward  17. 
Thomas  M.  Joyce, 
Francis  J.  Brennan, 
John  D.  Connors. 
Joseph  O'Kane.  Clerk. 


Ward  18. 
Daniel  F.  Cronin, 
Michael  F.  O'Brien, 
George  Kenney. 

Ward  19. 
Peter  A.  Hoban, 
William  J.  Kohler, 
John  J.  Donovan. 

Ward  SO. 
Charles  T.  Harding, 
Harry  R.  Gumming, 
William  Smith,  jr. 

Ward  21 . 
WUliam  N.  Hackett, 
John  Ballantyne, 
Walter  R.  Meins. 

Ward  SS. 
William  H.  Morgan, 
George  Penshom, 
Bernhard  G.  Krug. 

Ward  S3. 
George  W.  Carruth, 
George  W.  Smith, 
Ward  D.  Prescott. 

Ward  24. 
Frank  B.  Crane, 
James  A.  Hart, 
Clifford  C.  Best. 

Ward  26. 
Edward  C.  Webster, 
George  C.  McCabe. 
Charles  H.  Warren. 


1  Elected  for  two  years.  '  Died  June  23,  1909. 

'Resigned  June  3.  1909. 


CITY   GOVERNMENT. 


203 


Term  Ends  in  1913. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Matthew  Hale, 
Walter  I..  Collins. 


I910. 

Matob. 
JOHN    F.    FITZGERALD.* 
CiTT  Council. 
Walter  Ballanttne,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1912. 
James  M.  Curley, 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny. 


Term  Ends  in  1911. 
Frederick  J.  Brand, 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
Timothy  J.  Buckley. 


Term  Ends  in  1914. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
Timothy  J.  Buckley, 
Earnest  E.  Smith. 


Term  Ends  in  1915. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny, 
John  A.  Co\iltl>urat. 


Term  Ends  in  1916. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1917. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
George  W.  Coleman, 
William  H.  Woods. 


1911. 

Mayor. 
JOHN    F.    FITZGERALD. 

CiTT    COJNCIL. 

Walter  L.  Collins,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1913. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Matthew  Hale, 
Walter  L.  Collins. 

1912. 

Mayor. 
JOHN    F.    FITZGERALD. 

City  Council. 
John  J.  Attridge,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1914. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
Timothy  J.  Buckley, 
Earnest  E.  Smith. 


Term  Ends  in  1912. 
James  M.  Curley, 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny. 


Term  Ends  in  1913. 
John  J.  Attridge. 
Matthew  Hale, 
Walter  L.  Collins. 


1913. 

Mayor. 
JOHN    F.    FITZGERALD. 

City  Council. 
Thomas  J.  Kenny,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1915. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny, 
John  A.  Coulthurst, 

1914. 

JAMES  M.  CURLEY,  Mayor.* 

City  Council. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1916. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1914. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
Timothy  J.  Buckley, 
Earnest  E.  Smith. 


Term  Ends  in  1915. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny, 
John  A.  Coulthurst. 


Note. —  The  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  were  abolished  by  the  amended 
City  Charter  of  1909  and  the  City  Council  was  established,  consisting  of  ninemembers. 
See  Section  1  of  the  Charter,  page  19  of  this  Municipal  Rboibtbr. 

*  Elected  for  four  years,  subject  to  recall  at  end  of  two  years. 


204 


MUNICIPAL    REGISTER. 


Term  Ends  in  191S. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
John  A.  Coulthurst, 
Henry  E.  Hagan. 


I91S. 

JAMES  M.  CURLEY,  Matob. 
City  Council. 
Geoboe  W.  Coleman,  President. 

Term  Ends  in  1917. 
George  W.  Coleman, 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 


William  H.  Woods.* 


Term  Ends  in  1916. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  A.  Watson. 


*  Councilor  Woods  died   May  3,  1915.  and  the  City  Council   elected  James  J.  Storrow, 
May  24.  to  serve  in  his  place  for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year. 


1916. 


Term  Ends  in  1919. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  J.  Storrow. 


JAMES    M.   CURLEY,  Mayoe. 
City  Council. 
Henry  E.  H.vgan,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1918. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
John  A.  Coulthurst,* 
Henry  E.  Hagan. 


Term  Ends  in  1917. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
George  W.  Coleman, 
Thomas  J.  Kenny. 


♦Councilor  Coulthurst  died  June  30,  1916,  and  the  City  Council  elected  Geoffrey  B. 
Lehy,  October  17,  to  serve  in  his  place  for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year. 


Term  Ends  in  1920. 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford, 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
James  A.  Watson. 


1917. 

JAMES   M.   CURLEY,  Mayor. 

City  Council. 

James  J.  Storrow,  President. 


Term  Ends  in  1919. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  J.  Storrow. 


Term  Ends  in  1918. 
Walter  Ballantyne, 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Alfred  E.  Wellington. 


Term  Ends  in  1921. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty. 


1918. 

ANDREW  J.  PETERS,  Mayor. 

City  Council. 
Walter  L.  Collins,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1920. 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford. 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1919. 
John  J.  Attridge, 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
James  J.  Storrow. 


Term  Ends  in  1922. 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
John  A.  Donoghue, 
Edward  F.  McLaughlin. 


1919. 

ANDREW  J.  PETERS,  Mayor, 

City  Council. 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1921. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty. 


Term  Ends  in  1920. 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford, 
Daniel  J.  McDonald, 
James  A.  Watson. 


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205 


Term  Ends  in  1923. 
David  J.  Brickley, 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford, 
James  A.  Watson. 


1920. 

ANDREW   J.   PETERS,  Mayor. 

CiTT    COTTNCIL. 

James  T.  Moriartt,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1922. 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
John  A. Donoghue, 
Edward  F.  McLaughlin. 


Term  Ends  in  1921. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
J.ames  T.  Moriarty. 


Term  Ends  in  1924. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty. 


1921. 

ANDREW  J.   PETERS,   Mayor. 

City  Council. 
James  A.  Watson,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1923. 
David  J.  Brickley, 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1922. 
Walter  L.  Collins, 
John  A.  Donoghue, 
Edward  F.  McLaughlin. 


Term  Ends  in  1925. 
John  A.  Donoghue, 
George  F.  Gilbody, 
William  J.  Walsh. 


1922. 

JAMES   M.  CURLEY,  Mayor. 

City  Council. 
David  J.  Brickley,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1924. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty. 


Term  Ends  in  1923. 
David  J.  Brickley, 
Francis  J.  W.  Ford, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1926. 
David  J.  Brickley, 
William  C.  S.  Healey, 
Jarnes  A.  Watson. 


1923. 

JAMES  M.  CURLEY,  Mayor. 

City  Council. 
Daniel  W.  Lane,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1925. 
John  A.  Donoghue, 
George  F.  Gilbody, 
William  J.  Walsh. 


Term  Ends  in  1924. 
Henry  E.  Hagan, 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty. 


Term  Ends  in  1927. 
Daniel  W.  Lane, 
James  T.  Moriarty, 
James  T.  PurceU. 


1924. 

JAMES   M.   CURLEY,  Mayor. 

City  Council. 
John  A.  Donoghue,  President. 
Term  Ends  in  1926. 
David  J.  Brickley, 
William  C.  S.  Healey, 
James  A.  Watson. 


Term  Ends  in  1925. 
John  A.  Donoghue, 
George  F.  Gilbody, 
WiUiam  J.  Walsh. 


206 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


Mayors  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

From  1822  to  the  Present  Time. 


Namb. 

Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 

Died. 

Years  of 
Service. 

*  John  Phillips 

Boston 

.Nov.  26,  1770 

May  29,  1823 

1822 1 

Boston 

.Feb.     4,  1772 

July     1,  1864 

1823-28.. 6 

*  Harrison  Gray  Otis 

Boston 

.Oct.     8,  1765 

Oct.   28,  1848 

1829-31.. 3 

*  Charles  Wells 

Boston 

Boston 

.Dec.  30,  1786 
.Feb.   19,1792 

June    3,  1866 
July   17,  1849 

1832-33.. 2 

*  Theodore  Lyman,  jr 

1834-35.. 2 

*  Samuel  T.  Armstrong. . . 

Dorchester 

.April  29,  1784 

Mar.  26,  1850 

1836 1 

♦Samuel  A.  Eliot 

Boston 

.Mar.    5,  1798 

Jan.   29.  1862 

1837-39.. 3 

*  Jonathan  Chapman 

Boston 

.Jan.   23,  1807 

May  25.  1848 

1840-42.. 3 

*  Martin  Brimmer 

Roxbury 

.June    8,1793 

April  25,  1847 

1843-44,. 2 

*  Thomas  A.  Davis 

Brookline 

.Dec.  11,  1798 

Nov.  22,  1845 

1845 1 

*  Josiah  Quincy,  jr 

Boston 

.Jan.    17,  1802 

Nov.    2,  1882 

1846-48.. 3 

*  John  P.  Bigelow 

Groton 

.Aug.  25,  1797 

July     4.  1872 

1849-51.. 3 

*  Benjamin  Seaver 

Roxbury 

.April  12.  1795 

Feb.  14,  1856 

1852-53., 2 

*  Jerome  V.  C.  Smith 

Conway,  N.  H. 

.July  20.  1800 

Aug.  20.  1879 

1854-55.. 2 

*  Alexander  H.  Rice 

Newton 

.Aug.  30,  1818 

July  22,  1895 

1856-57.. 2 

*  Frederic  W.  Lincoln,  jr. . 

Boston 

.Feb.  27,  1817 

Sept.  13,  1898 

1858-60.. 3 

•  Joseph  M.  Wightman. . . 

Boston 

.Oct.    19,  1812 

Jan.   25,  1885 

186 1-62.. 2 

*  Frederic  W.  Lincoln,  jr. . 

(See  above) 

(See  above) . . . 

1863-66.. 4 

Boston 

Boston 

.Nov.    2,  1811 
.June  29,  1810 

Sept.    5.  1882 
Oct.    17.  1874 

1867 1 

•  Nathaniel  B.  ShurtleflF.. . 

1868-70. .3 

•  William  Gaston 

Killingly,  Conn 

....Oct.  3,  1820 

Jan.    19,  1894 

187 1-72.. 2 

Henry  L.  Pierce 

Stou^hton 

.Aug.  23.  1825 

Dec.  17,  1896 

1873,10  mo. 

Leonard  R.  Cutter 

(See  under  Chairmen  of  Alder- 

1873, 2  mo. 

*6amuelC.  Cobb 

men) 
Taunton 

.May  22,1826 

Feb.  18,  1891 

1874-76.. 3 

*  Frederick  0.  Prince 

Boston 

.Jan.    18,  1818 

June    6,  1899 

1877 1 

•  Henry  L.  Pierce 

(See  above) 

(See  above) . . . 

1878 1 

(See  above) .... 

(See  above) . . . 

1879-81.. 3 

*  Samuel  A.  Green 

Groton 

.Mar.  16,  1830 

Dec.   5,    1918 

1882 1 

*  Albert  Palmer 

Candia,  N.  H.. 
Abbot,  Me 

.Jan.   17,  1831 
.Nov.  23,  1835 

May  21,1887 
Mar.  13,  1902 

1883 1 

*  Augustus  P.  Martin .... 

1884 1 

*  Hugh  O'Brien 

Ireland 

.July  13,  1827 

Aug.     1,  1895 

1885-88.. 4 

Thomas  N.  Hart 

North  Reading. 

.Jan.   20,1829 

1889-90.. 2 

Boston 

Roxbury 

.Mar.  28,  1854 
.Mar.  26,  1861 

1891-94.. 4 

*  Edwin  U.  Curtis 

Mar.  28,  1922 

1895 1 

*  t  Josiah  Quincy 

Quincy 

.Oct.   15,1859 

Sept.    8,  1919 

1896-99.. 4 

t  Thomas  N.  Hart 

(See  above) 

1900-01.. 2 

*  t  Patrick  A.  Collins 

Fermoy,  Ireland 

,  Mar.  12, 1844 

Sept.  14,  1905 

1902-05,  3i 

§  Daniel  A.  Whelton 

Boston 

Boston 

Boston 

.Jan.  21,  1872 
.Feb.  11,  1863 
.Oct.  27,  1864 

1905.3imo. 

t  John  F.  Fitzgerald 

1906-07.. 2 

*  t  George  A.  Hibbard 

May  29,  1910 

1908-09., 2 

^  John  F.  Fitzgerald 

(See  above) .... 

1910-13.. 4 

\  James  M.  Curley 

Boston 

Jamaica  Plain. . 

.Nov.  20,  1874 
.April    3,1872 

19 14-17.. 4 

^  Andrew  J.  Peters 

1918-21.. 4 

^  James   M.  Curley 

1922-25.. 4 

*  Deceased.  f  Elected  for  two  years. 

§  Acting  Mayor. 


1  Twice  elected  for  two  years. 
IT  Elected  for  four  years. 


CHAIRMEN   OF   THE   BOARD   OF  ALDERMEN. 


207 


Note. —  From  January  6,  1845,  to  February  27,  1845,  or  from  the  close  of  Mayor 
Brimmer's  term  of  oflBce  till  the  election  of  his  successor,  Thomas  A.  Davis,  the  Chairman 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  William  Parker,  performed  the  duties  of  Mayor. 

In  the  interim  between  the  death  of  Mayor  Davis,  on  November  22,  1845,  and  the 
election  on  December  11, 1845,  of  his  successor,  Josiah  Quincy,  jr.,  Benson  Leavitt,  Chair- 
mm  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  acted  as  Mayor. 

There  were  three  ballotings  for  the  election  of  Mayor  for  1854,  between  December  12, 
1853,  and  January  9,  1854.  In  the  meantime  the  duties  of  Mayor  were  performed  by 
Benjamin  L.  Allen,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 

In  1873  Miyor  Pierce  resigned  his  ofSce  on  November  29,  on  his  election  to  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States.  During  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year  Leonard  R.  Cutter, 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  served  ex  officio  as  Acting  Mayor. 

Miyor  Collins  died  on  September  14,  1905.  Daniel  A.  Whelton,  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen,  was  .\cting  Mayor  for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year,  viz., 
September  15,  1905,  to  January  1,  1906. 

Chairmen  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 


Name, 

Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 

Died. 

Years  of 
Service. 

*  William  Washburn 

Lyme,  N.  H..  . 

.Oct.     7.1808 

Oct.  30,1890 

1855 

*  Pelham  Bonney 

Pembroke 

.Feb.  21,1802 

April  29,  1861 

1856-57 

*  Joseph  Milner  Wightman 

Boston 

.Oct.   19,  1812 

Jan.  25,  1885 

1858 

*  Silas  Peirce 

Scituate 

.Feb.  15,  1793 

Aug.  27,  1879 

1859 

*  Otia  Clapp 

.Mar.    3,1806 

Sept.  18,  1886 

1860 

*  Silas  Peirce 

(See  above) .... 

1861 

*  Thomas  Phillips  Rich . . . 

Lynn 

.Mar.  31,  1803 

Dec.  11,  1875 

1862 

*  Thomas  Coffin  Amory,  jr. 

Boston 

.Aug.  16,  1812 

Oct.   10,  1899 

1863 

*  Otia  Norcross 

Boston 

.Nov.    2,1811 

Sept.    5,  1882 

1864 

*  George  W.  Messinger.  . . 

Boston 

.Feb.     5,  1813 

April  27,  1870 

1865-66 

*  Charles  Wesley  Slack.  .  . 

Boston 

.Feb.  21,1825 

Aprill  1,1885 

1867 

*  George  W.  Messinger .  . . 

(See  above) .... 

(See  above) . . . 
AprU  13,  1901 

1868 

*  Benjamin  James 

Scituate 

.Aug.  22, 1814 

1869 

*  Newton  Talbot 

Stoughton 

.Mar.  10,  1815 

Feb.     3,  1904 

1870 

*  Charles  Edward  Jenkins, 

Scituate 

.July  29,  1817 

Aug.    1,  1882 

1871 

*  Samuel  Little   

.Aug.  15,  1827 
..July  1,1825 

Dec.  21,  1906 

1872 

*  Leonard  R.  Cutter 

JafFrey,  N.  H... 

July  13,  1894 

1873 

*  John  Taylor  Clark 

Sanbornton,N.H.,Sep.  19,  1825 

Oct.  29,1880 

1874-77 

*  Solomon  Bliss  Stebbins. . 

Warren 

.Jan.    18,  1830 

June    8,  1910 

1878 

*Hugh  O'Brien 

Ireland 

.July  13,  1827 

Aug.    1,1895 

1879-81 

*  Solomon  Bliss  Stebbins. . 

(See  above) .... 

(See  above) . . . 
(See  above) . . . 

1882 

"•Hugh  O'Brien 

1883 

*  Charles  Varney  Whitten, 

Vassalboro,  Me. 

,  May  10,  1829 

Mar.  18,  1891 

1884-85 

*  Charles  Hastings  Allen . . 

Boston 

.June  14,1828 

Mar.  31,  1907 

1886 

*  Patrick  John  Donovan .  . 

Charlestown . . . 

.April   9,  1848 

Sept.  18,  1912 

1887 

*  Charles  Hastings  Allen . . 

(See  above) .... 

(See  above) . . . 

1888 

*  Homer  Rogers 

Sudbury 

.Oct.   11,1840 

Nov.  10,  1907 

1889 

William  Power  Wilson. . . 

Baltimore,  Md . 
Dorchester.  .  .  . 

-Nov.  15,  1852 
.  Feb.  15,  1855 

1890 

*  Herbert  Schaw  Carruth. . 

Dec.  27,  1917 

1891 

John  Henry  Lee 

Boston 

.April  26,  1846 

Sept.  12,  1923 

1892-93 

North  Attleboro 
(See  above) .... 

'..Julys,  1856 

1894-95 

1896 

*  Deceased. 
Note. —  The  Mayor  was  ex  officio  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  .Aldermen  from  the  incor- 
poration of  the  City  imtil  1855;  the  Board  elected  a  permanent  Chairman  from  1855. 


208  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

CHAIRMEN   OP  THE  BOARD   OF  ALDERMEN.- —  Concluded. 


Namb. 


Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 


Died. 


Years  of 
Service. 


t  Perlie  Appleton  Dyar . . . 
t  Joseph  Aloysius  Conry .  . 

*  David  Franklin  Barry. . . 

*  Michael  Joseph  O'Brien . 

James  Henry  Doyle 

Daniel  A.  Whelton 

J  Charles  Martin  Draper. . 

t  Edward  L.  Cauley 

William  Berwin 

»  Louis  M.  Clark 

*  Frederick  J.  Brand 


Lynn Mar.  26, 1857 

Brookline Sept.  12,  1868 

Boston Feb.  29,  1852 

Ireland Feb.  11,  1855 

Boston June  17,  1867 

Boston Jan.  21,  1872 

Dedham Nov.    1,1869 

Charlestown Aug.    8,  1870 

New  Orleans,  La.,Dec.  16,  1858 

Dorchester Dec.  14,  1858 

Plainville,  Conn.,  Feb.  3,1861 


July  23,  1911 
April   5,  1903 


Mar.  15,  1914 
Mar.  16,  1912 


1897-98 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901-04 

1905 

1906 

1906 

1907 

1908 

1909 


Presidents  of  the  Common  Council. 

Namb. 

Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 

Died. 

Years  of 
Service. 

•  William  Prescott 

Pepperell 

.Aug.  19,  1762 

Dec.     8,  1844 

1822 

*  John  Welles     

Boston 

Boston 

.Oct.    14.1764 
..Oct.    10,1777 

Sept.  26,  1855 
Aug.  21,  1858 

1823 

*  Francis  Johonnot  Oliver, 

1824-25 

•  John  Richardson  Adan . . 

Boston 

..July     8,1793 

July     4,  1849 

1826-28 

•  Eliphalet  Williams 

Taunton 

..Mar.    7,1778 

June  12,  1855 

1829 

*  Benj.  Toppan  Pickman. . 

Salem 

..Sept.  17,  1790 

Mar.  22,  1835 

1830-31 

*  John  Prescott  Bigelow... 

Groton 

.  .Aug.  25,  1797 

July     4,  1872 

1832-33 

•  Josiah  Quincy,  jr 

Boston 

..Jan.    17,  1802 

Nov.    2,  1882 

1834-36 

•  Philip  Marett 

Boston 

.Sept.  25,  1792 

Mar.  22,  1869 

1837-40 

*  Edward  Blake 

Boston Sept.  28,  1805 

N.Gloucester,  Me.,  Apr.l2,  '16 

Sept.    4,  1873 
May  28,  1889 

1841-43 

•  Peleg  Whitman  Chandler 

1844-45 

•  George  Stillman  Hillard, 

Machias,  Me.. 

..Sept.  22,  1808 

Jan.   21,  1879 

1846-47' 

•  Benjamin  Seaver 

Roxb\iry 

..April  12,  1795 

Feb.   14,  1856 

18472-49 

Boston 

Dorchester 

.Nov.  10,  1800 
..June  14,  1818 

June  14, 1889 
July   19,  1892 

1850-51 

•  Henry  Joseph  Gardner. . 

1852-53 

•  Alex.  Hamilton  Rice .... 

Newton 

.Aug.  30,  1818 

July  22,  1895 

1854 

•  Joseph  Story 

Marblehead . . . 

Andover 

Portsmouth,  N 

..Nov.  11,1822 
.June  22,  1825 
H.,  Oct.  24,  '28 

June  22,  1905 
Aug.  23,  1905 
Aug.  24,  1882 

1855 

1856-67 

*  Samuel  W.  Waldron,  jr. . 

1858 

*  Josiah  Putnam  Bradlee . . 

Boston 

..June  10,  1817 

Feb.     2,  1887 

1859-60 

*  Joseph  Hildreth  Bradley, 

Haverhill 

.Mar.    5,1822 

Oct.      5,  1882 

1861 

*  Joshua  Dorsey  Ball 

Baltimore,  Md 

.July   11,  1828 

Dec.  18,  1892 

1862 

*  George  Silsbee  Hale 

Keene,  N.  H.. 

.Sept.  24,  1825 

July  27,  1897 

1863-64 

*  Wm.  Bentley  Fowle,  jr. . 

Boston 

.July  27,1826 

Jan.  21,1902 

1865 

*  Deceased.  '  To  July  1.  '  From  July  1. 

t  PerUe  A.  Dyar  from  January  25,  1898,  to  April  1,  1898,  and  October  1,  1898,  to  end 
of  year.     Joseph  A.  Conry  from  April  1,  1898,  to  October  1,  1898. 

t  Charles  M.  Draper  from  February  28,  1906,  to  September  10,  1906.  Edward  L. 
Cauley  from  September  10,  1906,  to  end  of  year. 


PRESIDENTS   OF  THE  COMMON   COUNCIL.  209 

PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  COMMON  COUNCIL. —  Concluded. 


Name. 

Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 

Died. 

Years  of 
Service. 

(See  above) 
April    6,  1893 

1866 

*  Weston  Lewis 

Hingham 

.April  14,  1834 

1867 

*  Charles  Hastings  Allen. . . 

Boston 

.June  14,1828 

Mar.  31,  1907 

1868 

*  William  Giles  Harris 

Revere 

.May  15,1828 

Oct.   29,  1897 

1869 

*  Melville  Ezra  Ingalls 

Harrison,  Me.  . 

.Sept.    6,1842 

July   11,  1914 

1870 

Truro 

Amherst 

Hampton,  N.  H 

.June    8,  1820 

.Jan.   16,  1840 
,  Nov.  25,  1835 

Dec.  13,  1914 

Sept.  18, 1915 
April  27, 1903 

1871 

*  Marquis  Fayette  Dickin- 

1872 

*  Edward  Olcott  Shepard.. 

1873-74 

*  Halsey  Joseph  Boardman 

Norwich,  Vt.  .  . 

.May  19,  1834 

Jan.   15,  1900 

1875 

*  John  Q.  A.  Brackett 

Bradford,  N.  H. 

,  June    8,  1842 

April   6,  1918 

1876 

.Jan.   13,1829 

Sept.  24,  1879 
June  14,  1900 

1877  78 

*  William  H.  Whitmore. . . 

Dorchester .... 

.Sept.    6,1836 

1879 

Harvey  Newton  Shepard 

Boston 

.July     8,1850 

1880 

Andrew  Jackson  Bailey. . 

Charlestown .  .  . 

.July  18,1840 

1881  1 

*  Charles  Edward  Pratt . . . 

Vassalboro,  Me. 

,  Mar.  13,  1845 

Aug.  20,  1898 

1881 2-82 

*  James  Joseph  Flynn .... 

St.  John,  N.  B. 

1835 

Mar.  26,  1884 

1883  3 

Wachenheim,  Germany, 

May  17,  1846 

June  20,1911 

1883  * 

*  John  Henry  Lee 

Boston 

.April  26,  1846 

Sept.  12,  1923 

1884 

Edward  John  Jenkins .... 

London,  Eng. . . 
Boston 

.Dec.  20,  1854 
.Feb.  29,  1852 

1885-86 

♦David  Franklin  Barry.  .  . 

July  23,  1911 

1887-88 

*  Horace  Gwynne  Allen.. 

Jamaica  Plain . . 

.July  27,  1855 

Feb.  12,  1919 

1889-90 

(See  above) . . . 
April  25,  1899 

1891  93 

*  Christopher  Francis 

O'Brien 

.Feb.  17,  1869 

1894-95 

Joseph  Aloysius  Conry.. .  . 

Brookline 

.Sept.  12,  1868 

1896-97 

Timothy   Lawrence   Con- 

Boston 

Boston 

Boston 

Boston 

Boston 

Carmel,  N.  Y.. 

.Oct.     5,  1871 
.July  27,1874 
.Sept.  22,  1876 
.June  24,  1872 
.July     1,1882 
.July     5,1873 

1898 

Daniel  Joseph  Kiley 

1899-1901 

Arthur  Walter  Dolan 

1902-05 

William  John  Barrett 

1906-07 

Leo  F.  McCullough 

1908 

♦George  Cheney  McCabe 

Dec.  27,  1917 

1909 

*  Deceased.      '  To  October  27.     2  From  October  27.     ^  To  June  11.     «  From  June  14. 


210 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


Presidents  of  the  City  Council." 


Name. 


Place  and  Date  of  Birth. 


Died. 


Year  of 
Service. 


Walter  Ballantyne 

Walter  Leo  Collins 

John  Joseph  Attridge 

Thomas  Joseph  Kenny .  .  . 
Daniel  Joseph  McDonald, 

George  W.  Coleman 

Henry  E.  Hagan 

James  J.  Storrow 

Walter  Leo  Collins 

Francis  J.  W.  Ford 

James  T.  Moriarty 

James  A.  Watson 

David  J.  Brickley 

Daniel  W.  Lane 

John  A.  Donoghue    


Hawick,  Scotland,  Mar.  17, 1855 

Boston April   7,  1878 

Boston Feb.     8,1878 

Boston Nov.  18, 1863 

Chelsea Aug.  14, 1873 

Boston June  16, 1867 

St.  John.  N.  B.  .Feb.  26,  1865 

Boston Jan.  21,  1864 

(See  above) 

Boston Dec.  23, 1882 

Amesbury Sept.  22,  1876 

Boston June  24,  1870 

Boston March  14,  1889 

Boston Dec.  11, -1872 

Boston Aug.  12,  1885 


1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 


*  Single  chamber,  established  in  1910  (see  Chap.  486,  Acts  of  1909,  Sects.  48-51). 


Orators  of  Boston. 

APPOINTED    BY   THE   PUBLIC    AUTHORITIES. 

For  the  Anniversary  of  the  Boston  Massacre,  March  5,  1770. 


1771  James  Lovell. 

1772  Dr.  Joseph  Warren. 

1773  Dr.  Benjamin  Church. 

1774  John  Hancock. 

1775  Dr.  Joseph  Warren. 

1776  Rev.  Peter  Thacher. 

1777  Benjamin  Hichborn. 

For  the  Anniversary  of 

1783  Dr.  John  Warren. 

1784  Benjamin  Hichborn. 

1785  John  Gardiner. 

1786  Jonathan  L.  Austin. 

1787  Thomas  Dawes,  jr. 

1788  Harrison  Gray  Otis. 

1789  Rev.  Samuel  Stillman. 

1790  Edward  Gray. 

1791  Thomas  Crafts,  jr. 

1792  Joseph  Blake,  jr. 

1793  John  Quincy  Adams. 

1794  John  Philhps. 

1795  George  Blake. 


1778  Jonathan  Williams  Austin. 

1779  William  Tudor. 

1780  Jonathan  Mason,  jr. 

1781  Thomas  Dawes,  jr. 

1782  George  Richards  Minot. 

1783  Dr.  Thomas  Welsh. 


National  Independence,  July  4,  1776. 

1796  John  Lathrop,  jr. 

1797  John  Callender. 

1798  Josiah  Quincy. 

1799  John  Lowell,  jr. 

1800  Joseph  Hall. 

1801  Charles  Paine. 

1802  Rev.  WilUam  Emerson. 

1803  Wilham  SuUivan. 

1804  Dr.  Thomas  Danforth. 

1805  Warren  Dutton. 

1806  Francis  Dana  Channing. 

1807  Peter  O.  Thacher. 

1808  Andrew  Ritchie,  jr. 


ORATORS  OF   BOSTON. 


211 


1809  William  Tudor,  jr. 

1810  Alexander  Townsend. 

1811  James  Savage. 

1812  Benjamin  Pollard. 

1813  Edward  St.  Loe  Livermore. 

1814  Benjamin  Whitwell. 

1815  Lemuel  Shaw. 

1816  George  Sullivan. 

1817  Edward  T.  Channing. 

1818  Francis  C.  Gray. 

1819  Franklin  Dexter. 

1820  Theodore  Lyman,  jr. 

1821  Charles  G.  Loring. 

1822  John  C.  Gray. 

1823  Charles  Pelham  Curtis. 

1824  Francis  Bassett. 

1825  Charles  Sprague. 

1826  Josiah  Quincy,  Mayor. 

1827  William  Powell  Mason. 

1828  Bradford  Sumner. 

1829  James  T.  Austin. 

1830  Alexander  H.  Everett. 

1831  Rev.  John  G.  Palfrey. 

1832  Josiah  Quincy,  jr. 

1833  Edward  G.  Prescott. 

1834  Richard  S.  Fay. 

1835  George  S.  Hillard. 

1836  Henry  W.  Kinsman. 

1837  Jonathan  Chapman. 

1838  Rev.  Hubbard  Winslow. 

1839  Ivers  James  Austin. 

1840  Thomas  Power. 

1841  George  Ticknor  Curtis. 

1842  Horace  Mann. 

1843  Charles  Francis  Adams. 

1844  Peleg  W.  Chandler. 

1845  Charles  Sumner. 

1846  Fletcher  Webster. 

1847  Thomas  G.  Carey. 

1848  Joel  Giles. 

1849  William  W.  Greenough. 

1850  Edwin  P.  Whipple. 

1851  Charles  Theodore  Russell. 

1852  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King. 

1853  Timothy  Bigelow. 

1854  Rev.  A.  L.  Stone. 

1855  Rev.  A.  A.  Miner. 

1856  Edward  Griffin  Parker. 

1857  Rev.  William  R.  Alger. 

1858  John  S.  Holmes. 

1859  George  Sumner. 

1860  Edward  Everett. 

1861  Theophilus  Parsons. 

1862  George  Ticknor  Curtis. 

1863  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 

1864  Thomas  Russell. 

1865  Rev.  Jacob  M.  Manning. 

1866  Rev.  S.  K.  Lothrop. 


1867  Rev.  George  H.  Hepworth. 

1868  Samuel  Eliot. 

1869  Ellis  W.  Morton. 

1870  WiUiam  Everett. 

1871  Horace  Binney  Sargent. 

1872  Charles  Francis  Adams,  jr. 

1873  Rev.  John  F.  W.  Ware. 

1874  Richard  Frothingham. 

1875  Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke, 

1876  Robert  C.  Winthrop. 

1877  William  Wirt  Warren. 

1878  Joseph  Healey. 

1879  Henry  Cabot  Lodge. 

1880  Robert  Dickson  Smith. 

1881  George  Washington  Warren. 

1882  John  Davis  Long. 

1883  Rev.  H.  Bernard  Carpenter. 

1884  Harvey  N.  Shepard. 

1885  Thomas  J.  Gargan. 

1886  George  Fred  Williams. 

1887  John  E.  Fitzgerald. 

1888  Wilham  E.  L.  Dillaway. 

1889  John  L.  Swift. 

1890  Albert  E.  Pillsbury. 

1891  Josiah  Quincy. 

1892  John  R.  Murphy. 

1893  Henry  W.  Putnam. 

1894  Joseph  H.  O'Neil. 

1895  Rev.  Adolph  Augustus  Berle. 

1896  John  F.  Fitzgerald. 

1897  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale. 

1898  Rev.  Denis  O'Callaghan. 

1899  Nathan  Matthews,  jr. 

1900  Stephen  O'Meara. 

1901  Curtis  Guild,  jr. 

1902  Joseph  A.  Conry. 
1-903  Edwin  D.  Mead, 

1904  John  A.  Sullivan. 

1905  Le  Baron  B.  Colt. 

1906  Timothy  W.  Coakley. 

1907  Rev.  Edward  A.  Horton. 

1908  Arthur  D.  Hill. 

1909  Arthur  L.  Spring. 

1910  James  H.  Wolff. 

1911  Charles  William  Eliot. 

1912  Joseph  C.  Pelletier. 

1913  Grenville  S.  MacFarland. 

1914  Rev.  James  A.  Supple. 

1915  Louis  D.  Brandeis. 

1916  Joe  Mitchell  Chappie. 

1917  Daniel  J.  Gallagher. 

1918  Wilham  H.  P.  Faunce. 

1919  Charles  Ambrose  De  Courcy. 

1920  Jacob  L.  Wiseman. 

1921  Lemuel  H.  MurUn. 

1922  Jeremiah  E.  Burke. 

1923  Rev.  Charles  W.  Lyons. 

1924  Rev.  Dudley  H.  Ferrell. 


212 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


MEMBERS    OF    THE    STATE     LEGISLATURE 
OF  1925  AND  1926  FROM  BOSTON. 


SENATORS.     (10.) 

SUFFOLK   DISTRICT 


old  wards. 
1  *—  Ward  1      . 
2**— Wards  3,  4,  5 

3  —  Wards  9,  10,  11 

4  —  Wards  2,  6,  12 

5  —  Wards  7,  8 

6  —  Wards  13,  14,  15 

7  —  Wards  17,  18,  20 

8  —  Wards  16,  22,  23 

9  —  Wards  19,  21,  24 


t  Edward  J.  Cox,  R. 

t  William  J.  Francis,  D. 

t  John  W.  McCormack,  D. 

John  B.  Cashman,  D. 
t  Wellington  Wells,  R. 
t  James  J.  Mulvey,  D. 
t  William  I.  Hennessey,  D 

Caspar  G.  Bacon,  R. 

Frank  B.  Phinney,  R. 


NORFOLK   AND   SUFFOLK   DISTRICTS.! 
Wards  25,  26 Erland  F.  Fish,  R. 

REPRESENTATIVES.     (50.) 

't  Patrick  J.  Sullivan,  D. 


Ward 
1. 


Ward 
2. 


Ward 
3. 


Ward 
4. 


Ward 


Ward 
6. 


Ward 

7. 


,'t  Robert  Dinsmore,  D. 
1  Thomas  J.  Powers,  D. 

ffTiMOTHY  F.  Donovan,  D. 
I  William  H.  Hearn,  D. 

fLuKE  D.  Mullen,  D. 

\  William  P.  Prendbrgast,  D. 

ft  John  J.  McCarthy,  D. 
I    John  P.  Buckley,  D. 

ff  Bernard  Finkelstein,  D. 
•It  John  I.  Fitzgerald,  D. 
[    Felix  A.  Marcella,  D. 

t  James  W.  Hayes,  D. 
Thomas  F.  Donovan,  D. 
Edward  M.  Matz,  D. 

ft  William  J.  Conlon,  R. 
jt  Albert  A.  Sutherland,  R. 
i    George  P.  Anderson,  R. 


Ward 
12. 


1    Garrett  H.  Byrne,  D. 

Ward  jj  Edward  F.  Wallace,  D. 

13.  \    Daniel  J.  Curley,  D. 

Ward  ft  Michael  F.  Hourihan,  D. 

14.  1    Thomas  S.  Kennedy,  D. 

Ward  /    Joseph  M.  Ward,  D. 

15.  1    William  Madden,  I. 

Ward  jf  Elijah  Adlow,  R. 

16.  it  Carroll  L.  Meins,  R. 


Ward 
17. 


/    Peter  J.  Fitzgerald,  D. 
\    Joseph  J    Mulhern,  D. 


Ward  ft  James  M.  Hunnewell,  R. 

8.  \t  Henry  L.,  Shattuck,  R. 

Ward  ft  William  P.  Hickey,  D. 

9.  1    James  J.  Twohig,  D. 

Ward  ft  Maurice  E.  Foley,  D. 

10.  1    Eugene  P.  Durgin,  D. 


Ward     (t  Francis  X   Coyne,  D. 
18.       It  Richard  J.  Garvey,  D. 

Wards    ft  William  A.  Fish,  D. 
19  and  20. 1     Bernard  Ginsburg,  R. 
[    Bernard  P.  Casey,  D. 

■Wabfio    ft  William  D.  Lancaster,  R. 
91  pC;!  94  ^t  Thomas  H.  Bilodbau,  R. 
-1  ana -4. 1    j^^^^^^  ^    Mulhall,  D. 

Wards  ^t  George  A.  Oilman,  R. 
99  or,^  90  -It  George  Penshorn,  R. 
z^  and  Z6.  ^    Charles  L.  Carr,  R. 


Ward 
11. 


/t  Hugh  H.  Garrity   D. 
[f  Walter  B.  Grant,  D. 


Ward 
25. 


Ward 
26. 


t  Martin  Hays,  R. 
Leo  M.  Birmingham,  D. 


*  Includes  Chelsea,  Revere  and  Winthrop.  **  Includes  part  of  Cambridge, 

t  Signifies  re-election.  t  Includes  Brookline  and  Watertown. 

D,  signifies  Democrat.  I,  Independent.  R,  Republican. 

Note. — ■  Representative  William  D.  Lancaster  of  Ward  21  died  on  May  16,  1925. 
Representative  Charles  L.  Carr  ot  Ward  23  resigned. 


MEMBERS  OF  CONGRESS  AND   DISTRICTS. 


213 


MEMBERS   OF   THE    SIXTY-NINTH    CONGRESS 
FROM    MASSACHUSETTS. 


SENATORS. 
William  M.  BuTLEEjt  R 

FrEDEEICK  H.    GlLLETT,t  R 

REPRESENTATIVES 
District  1  —  Allen  T.  Treadwat,*  R. 
2  —  Henry  L.  Bowles,  R.     . 
,  3  —  Frank  H.  Foss,  R.  . 

4  —  George  R.  Stobbs,  R.     . 

5  —  Edith  Nourse  Rogers,  R.    . 

6  —  A.  Piatt  Andrew,*  R.     . 

7  —  William  P.  Connery,  Jr.,*  D 

8  —  Harry  J.  Thayer,  R. 
9 — ^  Charles  L.  Underbill,*  R. 

10  —  John  J.  Douglass,  D.     . 

11  —  George  Holden  Tinkham,*  R. 

12  —  James  A.  Gallivan,*  D. 

13  —  Robert  Luce,*  R.    . 

14  —  Louis  A.  Frothingham,*  R. 

15  —  Joseph  W.  Martin,  Jr.,  R.    . 

16  —  Charles  L.  Gifford,  R. 

Terms  end  March  4,  1927 


of  New  Bedford, 
of  Springfield. 

of  Stockbridge. 

of  Springfield. 

of  Fitchburg. 

of  Worcester. 

of  Lowell. 

of  Gloucester. 

of  Lynn. 

of  Wakefield. 

of  Somerville. 

of  Boston. 

of  Boston. 

of  Boston. 

of  Waltham. 

of  Easton. 

of  No.  Attleboro. 

of  Barnstable. 


CONGRESSIONAL   DISTRICTS. 

Following  the  apportionment  based  upon  the  United  States  Census 
of  1910,  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  was  divided  into  sixteen 
Congressional  Districts.     (See  Chap.  674,  Acts  of  1912.) 

By  Chapter  226,  Acts  of  1916,  the  five  Congressional  Districts,  in  which 
one  or  more  of  the  wards  of  Boston  are  situated,  were  redivided  as 
follows,  the  wards  being  those  existing  prior  to  the  redi vision  of  1924: 

District  10.—  Wards  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  and  6. 

District  11.— Wards  7,  8,  13,  14,  15,  16,  22  and  23. 

District  12.—  Wards  9,  10,  11,  12,  17,  18,  19,  20  and  21. 

District  13.^  Wards  25  and  26  (Brighton),  with  Brookline  and  twelve 
other  towns  in  Norfolk  County;  the  three  cities,  Newton,  Waltham  and 
Marlborough,  and  eight  towns  in  Middlesex  County,  and  one  in  Worcester 
County. 

District  14. —  Ward  24,  with  the  city  of  Quincy  and  thirteen  towns 
in  Norfolk  County;  the  city  of  Brockton  and  five  towns  in  Plymouth 
County. 

*  Signifies  re-election.  t  Term  ends  March  4,  1929. 

J  Term  ends  March  4,  1931. 
Note. —  D.  signifies  Democrat,  R.  Republican. 


214  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

FOREIGN   CONSULS   IN   BOSTON. 
1925. 


Argentina  —  Joseph  J.  McLean,  92  State  street,  Vice-Consul. 

Belgium  —  Thomas  H.  Robbins,  26  Central  street.  Consul. 

Bolivia  —  Arthur  P.  Cushing,  101  Tremont  street,  Consul. 

Brazil  —  Jaime  Mackay  D'Almeida,  244  Washington  street,  Vice-Consul, 

Pedro  Mackay  D'Almeida,  Commercial  Agent,  244  Washington  street. 
Chile  —  Philip  Diaz-Ossa,  491  Huntington  avenue,  Consul. 
Colombia  —  Enrique  Naranjo,  10  High  street.  Consul;  Arthur  P.  Cushing, 

101  Tremont  street,  Vice-Consul. 
Costa  Rica  —  Mario  Sanclio,  10  High  street.  Consul. 
Cuba  —  Jose  M.  Gonzales,  114  State  street,  Consul. 
Denmark — -Alex.  E.  Hammer,  113  State  street,  Consul. 
Dominican  Republic  —  Arthur  C.  Granville,  60  Congress  street.  Consul. 
Ecuador  —  Max  Otto  von  Klock,  143  Federal  street.  Acting  Consul. 
Finland  —  John  A.  Anderson,  101  Tremont  street,  Vice-Consul. 
France  —  J.  C.  Joseph  Flamand,  161  Devonshire  street.  Consular  Agent. 
Germany  —  B.  F.  v.  Scholley,  131  State  street.  Consul. 
Great   Britain  —  Edward   F.    Gray,    150    State   street,    Consul-General; 

Cecil  C.  A.  Lee,  Vice-Consul;  James  A.  Brannan,  Vice-Consul. 
Greece  —  George  Drocopolos,  25  Huntington  avenue,  Consul. 
Guatemala  —  William  A.  Mosman,  92  Water  street,  Consul-General. 
Hayti  —  B.  Preston  Clark,  55  Kilby  street.  Consul. 
Honduras  —  Albert  Propper,  62  Banks  street,  Cambridge,  Consul. 
Italy  —  Agostino  Ferrante,  142  Berkeley  street,  Consul;  Silvio  Vitale,  142 

Berkeley  street,  Vice-Consul. 
Latvia  —  Jacob  Sieberg,  84  Salem  street.  Consul. 
Mexico  —  R.  de  la  Colina,  333  Washington  street.  Consul. 
Monaco  —  Charles  F.  Flamand,  161  Devonshire  street.  Consul. 
Netherlands  —  J.  H.  Reurs,  89  State  street.  Consul. 
Nicaragua  —  David  H.  Sequeira,  12  Huntington  avenue,  Consul. 
Norway  —  George  T.  Vedeler,  40  Broad  street,  Vice-Consul. 
Panama  —  Aristides  A.  Linares,  74  Westland  avenue,  Consul;  Alfred  R. 

Shrigley,  73  Tremont  street,  Vice-Consul. 
Paraguay  —  Jerome  A.  Petitti,  262  Washington  street,  Consul. 
Peru  —  Alejandri  G.  Riveros,  143  Federal  street,  Consul. 
Portugal  —  Francisco  de  Paula  Brito,  Jr.,  220  Devonshire  street.  Consul; 

Joseph  Linhares,  220  Devonshire  street.  Honorary  Vice-Consul. 
Russia  —  Joseph  A.  Conry,  1  Beacon  street.  Consul. 
Salvador  —  Ralph  Tirrell,  112  Beach  street,  Consul. 

Spain  —  Pedro  Mackay  D'Almeida,  244  Washington  street,  Vice-Consul. 
Sweden  —  Carl  W.  Johansson,  18  Tremont  street.  Room  1103,  Vice-Consul. 
Switzerland  —  George  H.  Barrel,  88  Broad  street.  Consular  Agent. 
Uruguay  — ■  William  A.  Mosman,  92  Water  street.  Consul. 
Venezuela  —  Dr.  Ernesto  Hurtado,  Brookline,  Consul. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  215 


ADDITIONS  AND  COERECTIONS. 


DEPARTMENT  EVENTS,  CHANGES,  ETC. 

Building  Dept.  (see  page  59). —  John  H.  M akony,  Chairvian  of  School- 
house  Commission,  appointed  as  Acting  Building  Commissioner. 

City  Collector  (see  page  44). — Salary  raised  by  Ord.  of  1925,  chap.  1,  to 
$7,500  per  year. 

Fire  Dept.  (see  page  64).—  Headquarters  of  Chief  Sennott  changed  from 
Mason  street  engine-house  to  that  of  Engine  14,  Centre  st.,  Roxbury. 

Street  Commissioners  (see  page  46). —  Salaries  raised  by  Ord.  of  1924, 
chap.  7,  to  $6,000  for  chairman  and  $5,000  for  the  two  other  com- 
missioners. 

Suffolk  County  (see  page  117). —  As  authorized  by  chap.  285,  Acts  of 
1925,  three  new  appointments  as  assistants  were  made  by  the  District 
Attorney,  viz.  Hugh  Campbell,  Eugene  J.  Harrigan  and  John 
Burke,  the  latter  in  place  of  Joseph  J.  Leonard  resigned. 

Zoning  Adjustment  Board. —  As  provided  by  chapter  488,  Acts  of  1924 
(Boston  Zoning  Law),  sec.  20,  this  board  consisting  of  12  members 
headed  by  the  chairman  of  the  City  Planning  Board  ex  officio  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor  from  20  candidates  nominated  by  10  prominent 
business  organizations  and  one  member  selected  by  the  Mayor  alone. 
After  the  first  appointments  for  terms  of  from  one  to  five  years,  the  term 
is  to  be  five  years  for  each  member.  The  Board,  by  a  four-fifths  vote, 
is  empowered  to  change  the  boundaries  of  the  six  classes  of  "use  districts" 
and  five  classes  of  "bulk  districts"  into  which  the  area  of  Boston  has 
been  divided  by  the  City  Planning  Board. 

Members  of  the  Board. 
Frederic  H.  Fay,  Chairman  of  City  Planning  Board, 
Leo  Schwartz,  Secretary,  representing  the  Mayor, 
Theodore  W.  Little,  representing  Assoc.  Industries  of  Mass., 
Patrick  H.  Jennings,  representing  Central  Labor  Union, 
Eliot  N.  Jones,  representing  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Frank  Brewster,  representing  Boston  Real  Estate  Exchange, 
Frank  O.  Whitney,  representing  Boston  Soc.  of  Civil  Engineers, 
Dana  Somes,  representing  Boston  Society  of  Architects  and  Soc.  of  Land- 
scape Architects, 
Luther  C.  Greenleaf,  representing  Mass.  Real  Estate  Exchange, 
William  H.  Say  ward,  representing  Master  Builders'  Assoc'n, 
George  F.  Stebbins,  representing  Team  Owners'  Assoc'n, 
H.  S.  Upham,  representing  United  Improvement  Assoc'n. 


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IMPORTANT   LEGISLATIVE   ACTS   AND    RESOLVES    OF    1925, 
PERTAINING  TO  BOSTON. 

Acts. 

Chapter  39,  approved  Feb.  19,  authorizing  the  use  of  the  new  ward 
areas  (of  1924)  for  the  City  election  on  Nov.  3,  1925,  also  for  the  assessing 
of  taxes  in  1925. 

Chap.  136,  approved  March  18,  increasing  from  100  to  300  the  number 
of  signatures  required  on  nomination  papers  of  City  Council  candidates. 

Chap.  219,  approved  April  6,  relating  to  the  use  of  buildings  and  premises, 
etc.,  being  an  amendment  of  Boston's  zoning  law. 

Chap.  258,  approved  April  18,  authorizing  loans  not  to  exceed  $400,000 
outside  debt  limit  for  construction  of  Congress-street  bridge  over  Fort 
Point  channel.  An  amount  equal  to  10  per  cent  of  each  loan  must  be 
appropriated  from  general  income  for  same  object. 

Chap.  271,  approved  April  27,  fixing  tax  limit  for  1925  for  municipal 
purposes  at  not  exceeding  $11.75  on  each  $1,000  of  valuation. 

Chap.  278,  approved  April  29,  authorizing  loans  during  a  period  of  five 
years  not  to  exceed  $800,000  in  all,  for  construction  of  two  more  ferryboats 
needed  for  the  East  Boston  line,  same  to  be  outside  the  debt  limit.  An 
amount  equal  to  10  per  cent  of  each  loan  must  be  appropriated  from  general 
income  for  said  object. 

Chap.  285,  approved  April  29,  relating  to  the  appointment,  by  the 
district  attorney  of  Suffolk  County,  of  eight  assistant  district  attorneys 
at  specified  salaries,  said  appointees  to  be  removable  at  discretion  of  the 
former. 

Chap.  309,  approved  April  30,  regulating  appropriations  for  school 
purposes  for  each  year  up  to  1929  inclusive,  etc. 

Chap.  323,  approved  April  30,  authorizing  loans  outside  debt  limit 
during  a  period  of  five  years  not  exceeding  $225,000  in  all,  for  the  widening 
and  construction  of  River  street  from  Everett  square  to  Mattapan  square, 
including  alteration  of  railroad  bridge  near  River  street  station.  Part 
of  the  expense  must  be  met  by  appropriation  from  general  income. 

Chap.  325,  approved  April  30,  authorizing  the  widening  and  con- 
struction of  Morton  and  Washington  streets,  Dorchester,  at  an  expense 
not  exceeding  $325,000,  outside  debt  limit.  An  amount  equal  to  10 
per  cent  of  each  loan  must  be  appropriated  from  general  income  for  said 
object. 

Chap.  327,  approved  May  1,  regulating  appropriations  for  construction 
of  schoolhouses  and  raising  tax  limit  by  as  much  as  may  be  found  neces- 
sary to  meet  such  expense  from  general  income. 

Chap.  330,  approved  May  1,  providing  for  the  laying  out  and  con- 
struction by  the  State  Dept.  of  Public  Works  of  a  route  to  accommodate 
traffic  between  Boston,  Quincy  and  other  points  south  and  east,  the  cost 
not  to  exceed  $1,590,000,  of  which  one-third  will  be  met  by  the  State. 

Chap.  333,  approved  May  1,  providing  for  the  widening  and  con- 
struction of  Dock  square,  Faneuil  Hall  square  and  adjacent  streets, 
loans  to  meet  expense  to  be  issued  for  not  exceeding  $2,250,000  outside 


ADDITIONS   AND   CORRECTIONS.  217 

debt  limit,  and  a  sum  equal  to  10  per  cent  of  said  amount  of  loans  to  be 
appropriated  from  general  income  for  same  object. 

Chap.  341,  approved  May  1,  providing  for  the  elimination  of  the  cross- 
ing at  grade  of  Governor  square  by  cars  using  Boylston  street  subway, 
also  the  improvement  of  street-car  service  on  Commonwealth  avenue 
and  Beacon  street,  etc.,  the  alterations  to  be  in  charge  of  the  Transit 
Dept.  and  loans  to  be  issued  for  expense  incurred. 

Resolves. 

Chap.  14,  approved  April  7,  authorizing  an  investigation  by  the  Metro- 
politan District  Commission  as  to  establishing  a  public  reservation  on 
both  sides  of  Charles  River  adjacent  to  Spring  street  bridge  connecting 
West  Roxbury  and  Dedham,  the  report  to  be  submitted  by  Dec.  15. 

Chap.  24,  approved  April  24,  providing  for  an  investigation  by  the 
State  Dept,  of  Public  Works  as  to  the  establishing  of  a  free  port  within 
the  port  of  Boston  under  Federal  authority.     Report  due  Dec.  15. 

Chap.  32,  approved  April  29,  allowing  an  extension  of  time  to  Dec. 
15  for  the  special  commission  to  investigate  the  project  for  a  new  down- 
town south-to-north  highway,  with  comprehensive  layout  for  correlated 
street  improvements  and  subways  also  plans  for  traffic  regulation  and 
parking  of  vehicles. 

Chap.  33,  approved  April  29,  providing  for  a  special  commission  to 
investigate  concerning  the  construction  of  a  covered  channel  for  the 
Canterbury  branch  of  Stony  Brook. 

Chap.  34,  approved  April  30,  directing  the  State  Dept.  of  Pubhc  Works 
to  consider  the  suggestion  of  pubhshing  and  distributing  lists  of  auto- 
mobile owners  and  licensed  operators  for  the  use  of  pohce  departments 
of  the  cities  and  towns.  Pending  legislative  action  the  said  department 
is  authorized  to  issue  lists  of  such  owners  as  are  registered  for  1926  at  a 
price  to  cover  cost  of  same. 

Chap.  35,  approved  April  30,  providing  for  an  investigation  by  the 
Metropolitan  District  Commission  (Planning  Div.)  and  the  Boston 
Transit  Dept.  of  a  project  for  a  new  subway  under  Huntington  avenue 
and  Stuart  street  and  an  extension  of  same  to  Summer  and  State  streets, 
report  and  recommendations  to  be  submitted  by  Dec.  15. 

Chap.  36,  approved  April  30,  directing  further  investigation  by  the 
Metropolitan  District  Commission  (Planning  Div.)  as  to  the  construction 
of  a  surface  transfer  station  for  the  use  of  the  Elevated  Railway  Co. 
west  of  Harvard  avenue,  Brighton,  also  of  a  project  for  a  rapid  transit 
line  from  Boston  through  Cambridge  and  Somerville.  A  report  with 
recommendations,  etc.,  is  due  by  Dec.  15. 

Chap.  37,  approved  May  1,  directing  the  above-named  division  to  study 
and  consider  the  problem  of  adequate  transportation  facilities  between 
Boston  Proper  and  East  Boston. 

Chap.  38,  approved  May  1,  providing  for  further  investigation,  by 
a  joint  special  legislative  committee,  of  questions  as  to  the  future  of 
the  Elevated  Railway  Co.  and  extension  of  pubhc  control,  also  the  creation 
of  a  metropolitan  transportation  district,  etc.     Report  due  Dec.  15. 


218  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


INDEX. 


A. 

Pagb 

Acts,  legislative,  in  1925  pertaining  to  Boston     .       .       .       .  215 

Additions  and  corrections 215 

Aldermen,  Chairmen  of  the  Board  of,  1855  to  1909        .        .        .  207,  208 

Members  of,  in  its  last  year  (1909) 202 

Amended  City  Charter  of  1909  (with  amendments  to*  1922)        .  19-33 

Amendments  to  City  Charter  in  1924 34-43 

Appeal,  Board  of 115 

Aquariima,  Marine  Park 81,  90 

Arnold  Arboretum  (Park  Dept.) 80,  89 

Art  Department .  114 

Assessing  Department 47-57 

Assessing  Districts,  1925 48-57 

First    Assistant   Assessors'    salary   increased.     (Ordinances, 

1915,  1920,  1923  and  1925)          ....  143,  152,  174,  181 

Attendance  officers  (School  Committee) 135 

Auditing  Department 57 

Auditor's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1921)    ....  159 

Automobile  fire  apparatus  (Fire  Dept.) 66-69 

Automobile  owners  and  operators,  lists  of  for  police  (Resolves  of 

1925,  chap.  34) 217 

Avenue  Louis  Pasteur,  placed  under  control  of  Park  Commis- 
sioners.    (Ordinance,  1922) 170 

B. 

Back  Bay  assessment  districts 51,  52 

Back  Bay  wards 188 

Bath-houses,  list  of       ....     , 90-91 

Beach  baths  (Park  Dept.) 91 

Biennial  elections    estabhshed    (City   Charter   amendments    of 

1924) 35 

Births,  Registrar  of 102 

Boards  and  Commissions  serving  without  pay: 

Art  Commission 114 

Boston  and  Cambridge  Bridges  Commission    .       .       .       .  116 

Boston  Sanatorium  Trustees 58 

City  Hospital  Trustees 71 

City  Planning  Board 61 

Finance  Commission  (the  four  members  other  than  Chair- 
man)          116 

Franklin  Foundation  Managers 124 

Library  Trustees 75 


INDEX  — B.  219 

Page 
Boards  and  Commissions  serving  without  pay. —  Concluded. 

Park  Commissioners  (the  two  members  other  than  Chair- 
man)          80 

PubHc  Welfare  Overseers 79 

School  Committee 131 

Sinking  Funds  Commission 104 

Statistics  Trustees  (the  four  members  other  than  Chairman),  105 
Bootblacking,  concerning  trade  of  (Ordinance,  1917)     .        .        .  148 
Boroughs,  proposed  division  of  City  into  five  (Charter  amend- 
ments of  1924) 37 

Boston  and  Cambridge  Bridges  Commission 116 

Boston  Almhouse  and  Hospital 74 

Boston  City  Record  (official  weekly  of  City)     .        .      21,  27,  28,  47,  105 

Increase  of  price  (Ordinance,  1922) 170 

Boston  Conservation  Bureau  established  (Ordinance,  1922)         .  167 

Boston  Elevated  R'way  Co.,   as  to  future  of  (Resolves  of  1925, 

chap.  38) ■.        .        .  217 

Boston  Proper  (Wards  3-5) : 

Assessment  districts  of 50,  52 

Municipal  Court  of 119,  120 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.  in 80-84 

Public  Library  and  branches  in 76-78 

Pubhc  Schools  in 133,  134 

Representatives  of,  in  Legislature,  1925-26      ....  2l2 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Wards  in,  boundaries  of  (new) 187,  188,  190 

Boston  Retirement  System 138-140 

Boston  Sanatorium 58 

Name  changed  from  Consumptives'  Hospital  Dept.  (Ordi- 
nance, 1922) 165 

Boston  Year  Book 8 

Boundaries  of  Wards  (new) 186-199 

Bridge  and  Ferry  Division,  Public  Works  Dept 97,  98 

East  Boston  Ferry,  loans  authorized  for  new  boats  (Acts  of 

1925,  chap.  278) 216 

Bridges  (highway)  in  Boston 98,  116 

In  parks  and  parkways        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        86.  87 

Brighton  (Wards  21  and  22) : 

Assessment  districts  of 56,  57 

Municipal  Court  of 120 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.  in 81-83,  84 

Pubhc  Library  Branch  in     .......        .  77 

Public  Schools  in 133,134 

Representatives  of,  in  Legislature,  1925-26      ....  212 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of .99 

Wards,  boundaries  of  (new) 198,  199 


220  MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 

Page 

Budget  Department 59 

Commissioner's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1921)         .        .  161 

Establishing  of  department  (Ordinance,  1917) ....  148 

Builders'  Licenses,  fees  for  (Ordinance,  1920)  .        .        .        .        .  155 

Building  Department 59,  60 

Board  of  Examiners,  salaries  increased  (Ordinance,  1925)  182 

Commissioner's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1921)         .        .  159 

Control  of  building  operations  (Ordinance,  1921)    .        .        .  161 

Building  Heights,  regulation  of 182-184 

Buildings  in  charge  of  Public  Buildings  Dept.         ....  93-96 

C. 

Carriages,  Inspector  of  (Police  Dept.) 129 

Cemetery  Department,  consolidation  of,  with  Park  Dept.  (Ordi- 
nance, 1920) 157 

Cemetery  Division,  Park  Department 92 

Cemeteries  owned  by  City,  with  location  and  area          ...  92 

Changes  in  departments,  latest 215 

Charles  River  reservation  (new)  establishing  of  (Resolves  of  1925, 

chap.  14) 217 

Charlestown  (Ward  2) : 

Assessment  districts  of 49 

City  buildings  in 93-95 

Municipal  Court  of 120 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.  in 81-83,  85 

Public  Library  Branch  in 77 

Public  Schools  in .133,136 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Ward  2,  boundaries  of 187 

Chattel  Loan  Company 128 

City  and  County  Buildings 93-95 

City  Charter,  Amended  (1909)  with  amendments  to  1922,  inch  .  19-33 

City  Charter  Amendments  of  1924 34-43 

City  Clerk  Department 61 

Salary  of  City  Clerk  and  Assistant  City  Clerk  increased 

(Ordinance,  1917) 149 

City  Council  candidates,  nomination  of  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  136) .  216 

City  Council,  membership  enlarged  (Charter  amendment  of  1924),  36 

City  Council  of  1925,  with  term  of  each  member    ....  9 

President  of 9 

Committees  of 12 

Officials  of 10,  11 

Order  of,  for  Municipal  Register  of  1925 4 

Rules  of 13-18 

City  Council,  members  of,  inTyears  1910-1924         ....   203-205 

Presidents  of,  1910-1924 210 

City  Flag  and  Municipal_Standard  (Ordinance,  1916)    .        .        .  146 


INDEX  — C.  221 

Page 

City  Funds,  depositing  of  (Ordinance,  1923 )    .....  176 

City  Government,  1925 9 

City  Governments,  1909  to  1924        .......  202-205 

City  Hospital 70-74 

City  income  to  be  credited  to  general  revenue  (Ordinance,  1916),  144 

City  Messenger 10, 17, 141 

City  officials  in  charge  of  executive  departments    ....  44-46 

City  Ordinances,  1914  to  1925 141-182 

City  Planning  Department 61 

Ordinances  concerning,  1915,  1916  and  1923    .        .           142,  145,  173 

City  Prison  (Police  Dept.) 131 

City  Record,  See  Boston  City  Record. 

City  Seal,  origin  of  and  present  form         .        .        .        .        .        .  2,  3 

City  Solicitor,  office  of,  abolished 75 

Claims,  inspector  of  (Pohce  Dept.) 129 

Clerk  of  Committees  (City  Council) 10 

Collateral  Loan  Company 128 

Collecting  Department 62 

Collector's  salary  increased  (Ordinances,  1921,  1925)     .  159,  181 
Commissioner: 

Budget         ....         59      Penal  Institutions      .        .  123 

Building      ....         59      Police 129 

Fire 63       Public  Works     ...  96 

Health         ....         70      Soldiers'  Relief  ...  105 
Institutions         ...         74 
Commissioners: 

Art 114      Park 80 

Boston     and     Cambridge                 Schoolhouse        .       .       .  103 

Bridges    .       .       .        .       116      Sinking  Funds    .        ...  104 

Boston  Finance  .       .       .       116      Street 106 

Election       ....         63 
Commissions.     See  Boards  and  Commissions. 
Common  Council: 

Members  of,  1909  (final  year) 202 

Presidents  of,  since  1822 208,  209 

Congress  (69th)  Massachusetts  members  of 213 

Congress-street  bridge,  construction  of  (Acts  of  1925)  chap.  258)    .  216 

Congressional  Districts  in  Boston 213 

Constables  appointed  by  Mayor,  1925 126,  127 

Consuls  of  foreign  countries  in  Boston 214 

Contracts  made  by  City  (Ordinance,  1921) 165 

Convalescent  Home  (Hospital  Dept.) 71,  74 

Conveyancers,  City  (Law  Dept.) .  75 

Corporation  Counsel  (Law  Dept.) 75 


222 


MUNICIPAL  REGISTER. 


Page 


County  of  Suffolk: 

Auditor 

.       117 

Land  Court     . 

117 

Commissioners   . 

.       117 

Register  of  Deeds   . 

118 

District  Attorney 

117 

Sheriff  . 

118 

Index  Commissioners 

118 

Treasurer 

117 

Courts  and  Officers  of: 

Juvenile  Court   . 

.       121 

South  Boston  District 

121 

Municipal  Court,  Boston 

West    Roxbury     District 

Proper      . 

119, 120 

(inch  Hyde  Park)  . 

121 

Brighton  District 

.        120 

Probate    and   Insolvency, 

Charlestown  District 

120 

Judges  and  Register 

119 

Dorchester  District   . 

.       120 

Probation  officers 

122 

East  Boston  District 

121 

Superior  Court  . 

119 

Roxbury  District 

121 

Supreme  Court  . 

118 

Criminal  Investigation,  Bureau  of  (Police  Dept.)     . 

129 

Deaths,  registrar  of 

D. 

102 

Deeds,  Register  of  (Suffolk  ( 

Z!ounty) 

118 

Departments,  changes  in 

215 

Departments  and  Commissions  of  the  City  (alphabetical  list) : 

Art  Dept.    . 

114 

Mayor 

47 

Assessing     . 

47 

Park     .... 

79 

Auditing 

57 

Police  .... 

128 

Boston     and     Cambridge 

Printing 

92 

Bridges  Commission 

116 

Public  Buildings 

93 

Boston  Sanatorium    . 

58 

Public  Welfare,  Overseer 

Budget  Dept. 

59 

of         .       .       . 

78 

Building      .... 

69 

Public  Works  Dept.   . 

96 

City  Clerk  .       .       .       . 

61 

Registry 

102 

City  Planning     . 

61 

Retirement  Board 

103 

Collecting    .... 

62 

School  Committee 

131 

Election       .... 

62 

Schoolhouse  Dept.     . 

103 

Finance  Commission. 

116 

Sinking  Funds    . 

104 

Fire  Dept 

63 

Soldiers'  ReUef  . 

104 

Franklin  Foundation 

124 

Statistics     .        .        .        . 

105 

Health  Dept. 

69 

Street  Laying-Out     . 

106 

Hospital      .... 

70 

Supply 

107 

Institutions 

74 

Transit        .        .        .        . 

108 

Law 

75 

Treasury      .        .        .        . 

108 

Library        .... 

75 

Vessels  and  Ballast    . 

109 

Licensing  Board 

126 

Weights  and  Measures 

109 

Market  Dept. 

78 

Detention,  House  of  (Police 

Dept.)    . 

131 

District  Attorney  (Suffolk  C 

ounty)    . 

117 

Eight  assistants  to  be  appc 

inted  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  285)  . 

216 

INDEX  — D-F.  223 

Page 
Districts: 
Assessment ....  48-57      Medical  (County)      .        .   123, 124 

Fire 65,  66      Municipal  Court        .        .   119-121 

Geographical,  with  wards,  186-199      School         ....  133, 134 
Legislative  .       .       .       .       212 
Dock  and  Faneuil  Hall  squares,  widening,  etc.  (Acts  of  1925,  chap. 

333) 216 

Dorchester  (Wards  13-18) : 

Assessment  districts  of 53-55 

City  Buildings  in .        .        .        93,  94,  96 

Municipal  Court  of 120 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.,  in 81-83,  85 

School  districts  in 133,  134 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of     ...  • 99 

Wards  in,  boundaries  of 193-196 

Downtown  south-to-north  highway,  investigation  of  continued 

(Resolves  of  1925,  chap.  32) 217 

E. 

East  Boston  (Ward  1): 

Assessment  districts  of 48, 49 

City  Buildings  in 93-95 

District  Court  of 121 

Parks,  playgrounds,  squares,  etc.  in 81-83,  85 

Public  Library  Branch  in 77 

Relief  station  (hospital)  in '    .        .        .  71,  74 

School  districts  in 133 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Ward  1,  boundaries  of 186 

Election  Department 62 

Commissioners,  salaries  of  (Ordinances  1921,  1923)        .        .  165,  171 

Elections,  biennial,  established  (Charter  amendments  of  1924)     .  35 

Engineers,  Public  Works  Dept 99, 100,  101 

Examiners,  Board  of  (Building  Dept.) 60 

Executive  Departments  of  City 47-109 

Executive  Officers,  with  salary,  term,  etc 44-46 

F. 

Fees  for  permits.  Public  Works  Dept 97 

Fees  for  permits.  Street  Commissioners     .        .        .        .        .        .  107 

Fence- viewers  (Building  Dept.) 113 

Ferries  (North  and  South)  owned  by  City 98 

Ferry.     See  Bridge  and  Ferry  Division. 

Finance  Commission 116 

Fire  Department,  with  officials,  fire-districts,  etc 63-69 

Firemen's  hours  of  labor  (Ordinances,  1917  and  1923)   .        .  148,  171 

Two-platoon  system  (Ordinance,  1923) 171 


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Fire  Department,  with  officials,  fire-districts,  etc. —  Concluded. 

Fire  apparatus,  companies  and  their  officers    ....  66-69 

Assignments  by  districts 65,  66 

Total  equipment  in  use  and  in  reserve 69 

Firemen's  Relief  Fund 69 

Fiscal  year,  change  of  (Charter  amendments  of  1924)   ...  35 

Flag,  City  (Ordinance,  1916) ,       .  146 

Foreign  Consuls  in  Boston 214 

Fountains,  monuments,  statues,  etc. 87-89 

Fourth  of  July  Orators  appointed  by  City  Government         .        .  210,  211 

Frankhn  Foundation 124,  125 

Franklin  Fund,  Managers  of 124 

Franklin  Union  (Trade  School) 125 

Franklin  Park        .        . 80,  82,  87,  90 

Free  port  within  Port    of  Boston,  investigation  concerning  (Re- 
solves of  1925,  chap.  24) 217 

Q. 

Garage  permits,  fees  (Street  Commissioners)          ....  107 

Government  of  Boston,  1925 9 

Members  of,  1909-1924        .        .                202-205 

Gymnasia,  public  (Park  Dept.) 90,  91 

H. 

Harbor  Master  (Police  Dept.) 130 

Harvard  University,  "tree  museum"  of 89 

Hawkers  and  Peddlers  (Ordinances,  1915) 142,  143 

Haymarket-Square  ReUef  Station  (Hospital  Dept.)        ...  71,  74 

Health  Department .  69,  70 

Chief  officials  of 70 

Heights,  Building,  regulation  of .  182-184 

High  Pressure  Fire  Service 102 

Highway  Division,  Public  Works  Dept ,  99 

Hospital  Department  (City  Hospital)       .       .       .       .       .       .  70-74 

Convalescent  Home,  Dorchester 71, 74 

Medical  and  Surgical  Staff 71-74 

ReUef  Stations 70-74 

South  Department 73 

Hospitals,  unnecessary  noise  near  (Ordinance,  1916)      .       .       .  145 

House  of  Correction,  Deer  Island 123 

House  of  Detention  (Police  Dept.) 131 

Hyde  Park  (Ward  18,  part)  : 

Assessment  districts  of         . 55 

Municipal  Building  in 94,  96 

Municipal  Court  of  (with  W.  Roxbury) 121 

Playgrounds,  parks,  etc.,  in 82,  83,  85 


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Hyde  Park  (Ward  18,  part). — •  Concluded. 

Public  Library  Branch  in     .......        .  77 

Public  Schools  in 133,  134,  137 

Streets  paved,  miles  in 99 

Ward  18,  boundaries  of 196 

I. 

Index  Commissioners  (Suffolk  County)     .        .        .        .        .        .  118 

Insolvency  and  Probate,  Court  of 119 

Inspectors : 

Health  Dept 70 

Police  Dept 129 

School  Dept.  (medical) 134,  135 

Institutions  Department: 

Commissioner  and  Deputy  Commissioner  of    ...        .  74 

Ordinance  establishing,  1920 154 

Ordinance  changing,  1924 180 

Superintendent  of  Long  Island  Almshouse  and  Hospital        .  74 

J. 

Jail,  County,  Charles  St 95 

Ordinances  as  to  salaries  of  officers,  1916,  1917,  1918,  1919, 

1920,  1923,  1924     .        .        .         145,  147,  14&,  151,  153,  172,  177 

Jailer  and  Sheriff  (Suffolk  County) 118 

Jitneys,  Hcensing  and  regulation  of  (Ordinances,  1921,  1924)  .        .  161,178 

July  Fourth,  Orators  appointed  by  the  City 210,  211 

Junk  and  second-hand  articles  (Ordinance  concerning,  1918)  .        .  149 

Justices  of  Municipal  Courts 120-121 

Juvenile  Court 121 

L. 

Lamps,  street,  number  and  varieties  of 100 

Land  Court  (Suffolk  County) 117 

Law  Department 75 

Legislation  in  1925  pertaining  to  Boston   . 215,  217 

Legislature  of  1925-26,  Boston  members  of 212 

Library  Department: 

Central  and  Branch  libraries  of 76,  78 

Officials  and  Trustees  of 75 

Reading-rooms  of  ... 77, 78 

Trust  funds,  appropriation,  etc. 76 

Volumes,  number  belonging  and  circulated       ....  76 
License  and  Permit  Fees: 

Board  of  Examiners  (Building  Dept.) 60,  61 

Pubhc  Works  Dept 97 

Street  Commissioners 107 


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Licensing  Board 126 

Licensing  Division,  Mayor's  Office  (Amusement  licenses)    .        .  47 

Loan  Association,  Workingmen's 128 

Loan  Company,  Chattel 128 

Loan  Company,  Collateral 128 


M. 

Market  Department 78 

Faneuil  Hall  and  Quincy  Markets      ......  78 

Closing  of  markets  (Ordinance,  1923) 174 

Superintendent's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1922)       .        .  167 

Marriage  Certificates  (Registry  Dept.) 102 

Massachusetts,  Members  of  69th  Congress  from     ....  213 
Mayor: 

Department  of 47 

Municipal  Employment  Bureau 47 

Office  staff  of 47 

Mayors  of  Boston,  1822  to  1925 .  206 

Medical  Examiners  (Suffolk  County) 123 

Metropolitan  Sewerage  Districts 101 

Metropolitan  transportation,   a   district   of    (Resolves  of   1925, 

chap.  38) 217 

Metropolitan  Water  District 102 

Monuments,  statues,  etc.,  belonging  to  City 87-89 

Morton  and  Washington  streets  (Dorchester)  widening  of  (Acts 

of  1925,  chap.  325) 216 

Mortuaries  (Suffolk  County) 124 

Municipal  Court: 

Boston  Proper,  Brighton,  Charlestown,  Dorchester         .        .  119,  120 

East  Boston,  Roxbury,  South  Boston,  W.  Roxbury      .        .  121 

Justices  of  (regular  and  special) 119-121 

Probation  officers  of 122,  123 

Municipal  Employment  Bureau 47 

Municipal  Standard  (Ordinance,  1916) 146 

Municipal  year,  change  of  (Charter  amendments  of  1924,        .        .  34 


O. 

Officers  paid  by  fees 113,  126 

Old  South  Association  . 128 

Orators  of  Boston  since  1771 210,  211 

Ordinances  enacted,  1914^1925 141-182 

Revised  (13th  Revision)  1914 141 

Overseers  of  Public  Welfare 78,  79 

Temporary  Home  and  Wayfarers'  Lodge  in  charge  of   .        .  79 


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Park  Department: 

Commissioners  and  chief  officials  of  ., 80 

Consolidation  of  Cemetery  Dept.  with  (Ordinance,  1920)      .  157 

Parks,  Playgrounds,  Squares,  etc 80-86 

Park  frontages,  concerning  (Ordinances,  1922,  1923,   1924) 

168,  172,  175,  177,  179 

Parkman  Fund,  bequest  of  George  F.  Parkman      ....  90 

Peddlers  and  Hawkers  (Ordinances,  1915) 142,  143 

Penal  Institutions  Dept.  merged  with  Institutions  Dept.  (Ordi- 
nance, 1920) 154 

Penal  Institutions  Department 123 

re-established  (Ordinance,  1924) ,      .  180 

Pensions  and  Retirement  System 138-140 

Pensions  for  retired  teachers       .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  138 

Permits,  fees  for: 

Pubhc  Works  Dept 97 

Street  Commissioners    .        .■ 107 

Physicians  and  surgeons,  consulting  (City  Hospital)       ...  71 

Planning  Department,  City 61 

Playgrounds  (Park  Dept.) 82,  83 

Police  Department: 

Commissioner  and  chief  officials  of 129 

Criminal  Investigation,  Bureau  of 129 

Police  Commissioner  appointed  by  Governor,  term  and  salary,  113 

Police  force,  officers  and  patrolmen 130 

Stations  and  divisions  of 130,  131 

Printing  Department 92 

Superintendent's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1920)       .        .  155 

Prison,  City  (PoHce  Dept.) .  131 

Probate  and  Insolvency,  Court  of 119 

Probation  officers  (Suffolk  County) 122,  123 

Public  Buildings  Department: 

City  and  County  buildings  in  charge  of 93-96 

Superintendent  and  Chief  Clerk  of 93 

Superintendent's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1921)       .        .  159 

Ward-rooms,  hired  buildings,  etc 95,  96 

PubUc  Library.     See  Library  Dept. 

Public  streets,  miles  of  paved,  by  districts,  1925     ....  99 

Public  Welfare,  Overseers  of 79 

Public  Works  Department: 

Bridge  and  Ferry  Division  of 97 

Bridges,  number  of,  maintained  by  City,  etc 98 

Deputy  Commissioner  of  (Ordinance,  1922)     ....  167 

Ferries,  municipal,  operated  by 98 

Highway  Division  of 99 


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Public  Works  Department. —  Concluded. 

Lamps,  street,  number  and  varieties  maintained  by  .       .       .  100 

Public  streets  in  charge  of,  by  districts  and  miles   ...  99 

Sewer  and  Sanitary  Division  of 100 

Water  Division  of 101 

Q. 

Quarantine  service  (Health  Dept.)  abolished  (Ordinance,  1915),  142 

R. 

Refuse,   removal  of 101 

Ordinances  concerning,  in  1917  and  1921          ....  147,  160 

Register  of  Deeds  (Suffolk  County) 1 18 

Registry  Department 102 

City  Registrar  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths        .        .       .  102 

City  Registrar,  concerning  salary  of  (Ordinance,  1924)          .  177 

Relief  stations  (City  Hospital) 74 

Representatives  of  Boston  in  Legislature,  1925-26 ....  212 

Retirement  Board .  103 

Retirement  System  in  effect  Feb.  1,  1923 138-140 

River  street  (Ward  18)  widening  of  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  323)    .  216 
Roxbury  (Wards  8-12) : 

Assessment  districts  of 53 

Municipal  Court  of 121 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.,  in 80-84 

Pubhc  Library  Branch  in 77 

Public  Schools  in 133,  134 

Representatives  of,  in  Legislature,  1925-26      .       .        .        .  212 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Wards  in,  boundaries  of 190-192 

Rules  of  the  City  CouncU 13-18 

S. 

Salaries  of  City  Officials 44-46,  112,  113 

Sanitary  Service  (Public  Works  Dept.)  supervisor  of      .        .        .  100 
School  Committee: 

Appropriations  of,  regulated  to  year  1929   (Acts  of  1925, 

chap.  309) 216 

Department  of,  with  officials 131-138 

Election  and  term  of,  changed  (Charter  amendments  of  1924),  35 

Elementary  School  districts 133,  134 

High,  Latin  and  Normal  Schools 133 

Industrial  and  special  schools 134 

Pensions  and  retirement  funds  for  teachers      ....  138 

School  Centers 137,  138 

Special  departments,  with  directors 134 

Teachers'  salary  schedule 135 


INDEX  — s.  229 

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Schoolhouse  Department 103 

Appropriations  for  schoolhouse  construction  (Acts  of  1925, 

chap.  327) 216 

Seal  of  the  City,  origin  of 2,  3 

Senatorial  districts  in  Boston,  with  Senators  serving      .        .        .  212 

Senators  (U.S.)  from  Mass 213 

Sewer  and  Sanitary  Division  (Public  Works  Dept.)        .        .        .  100 

Sewers,  length  of,  in  miles 100 

Sheriff  of  Suffolk  County 118 

Sidewalks,  sweeping  of  (Ordinance,  1920) 154 

Sinking  Funds  Department 104 

Sinking  Funds,  use  of  (Ordinance,  1916) 146 

Commissioners,   treasurer  of,   salary  increased   (Ordinance, 

1925) 181 

Soldiers'  Relief  Department 104 

Commissioner's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1922)         .        .  170 

Deputy  commissioners  of  (Ordinance,  1925)     .        .        .  182 
South  Boston  (Wards  6  and  7) : 

Assessment  districts  of 52,  53 

Municipal  Building  in .        .        .  94,  95 

Municipal  Court  of 121 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.,  in 81-83,  86 

Public  Library  Branch  in 77 

Pubhc  Schools  in 133 

Representatives  of,  in  Legislature,  1925-26      .       .       .        .  212 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Wards  in,  boundaries  of 189 

Southern   traffic   route,    construction   of    (Acts   of    1925,    chap. 

330 216 

Statistics  Department 105 

Chairman  of,  concerning  (Ordinance,  1924)      ....  177 

Secretary  of,  concerning  (Ordinance,  1922)       ....  169 

Statues,  monuments,  etc.,  belonging  to  City 87-89 

Stony  Brook,   Canterbury  branch  of,   investigation  concerning 

(Resolves  of  1925,  chap.  33) 216 

Store  refuse,  removal  of 101 

Street  Cleaning  and  Oiling  Service  (Public  Works  Dept.)     .        .  100 

Street  Commissioners  (Street  Laying-Out  Dept.)    ....  106 

Salaries  of,  increased  (Ordinance,  1924) 179 

Street  lamps,  number  and  varieties  of 100 

Street  Laying-Out  Department 106 

Streets,  pubhc,  miles  of  paved,  by  districts,  1924    ....  99 

Streets,  use  of  (Ordinances,  1916,  1923) 144,  176 

Suffolk  County,  See  County  of  Suffolk. 


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Superintendent  of: 

Almshouse  and  Hospital  .         74      Police 129 

Boston  Sanatorium    .        .         58      Printing       ....  92 

City  Hospital     ...         71       Public  Buildings         .        .  93 

Fire  Alarm  Branch    .        .         64      Schools        ....  132 

Markets      ....         78      SuppUes       ....  107 

Parks 80      Wire  Div.,  Fire  Dept.       .  64 

Supervisor  of: 

Bridges,  Public  Works  Dept 97 

Construction,  Building  Dept 59 

Elevators,  Building  Dept 59 

Gasfitting,  Building  Dept. 60 

Plumbing,  Building  Dept 60 

Sanitary  and  St.  Cleaning  and  Oiling  Service 100 

Licensed  Minors  (School  Dept.) 134 

Motor  apparatus  (Fire  Dept.) 64 

Supply  Department 107 

Superintendent's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1920)       .        .  152 

Supreme  Judicial  Court,  clerks  of 118 

Superior  Court,  clerks  of 119 

T. 

Tax  limit  for  1925  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  271) 216 

Transit  Department 108 

Governor  square,  etc.,  subway  route  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  341),  217 

Ordinance  establishing,  1918 150 

Ordinance  concerning  salaries,  1922  .        .        .        .        .        .  166 

Subway  (new)  under  Huntington  ave.  and  Stuart  st.  etc., 

investigation  concerning  (Resolves  of  1925,  chap.  35)    .  217 

Transportation  facilities  between  Boston  Proper  and  E.  Boston 

(Resolves  of  1925,  chap.  37) 217 

Treasury  Department 108 

Bonding  of  subordinates  in  (Ordinance,  1921)         .        .        .  159 

Treasurer's  salary  increased  (Ordinance,  1921)        .       .        .  159 

Trustees  of: 

Boston  Sanatorium 58 

Hospital  Dept.       .       . 71 

Library  Dept 75 

Statistics  Dept.      . 105 

Trust  Funds,  investment  of  (Ordinance,  1920)         .        .        .        .  157 

Two-platoon  system  in  Fire  Dept.  (Ordinance,  1923)     .       .        .  171 

V. 

Vendors  (itinerant),  licenses  of  (Ordinance,  1920)   ....  156 

Vessels  and  Ballast  Department 109 


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Wachusett  Reservoir 102 

Ward  boundaries  (new)  as  fixed  in  1924 186-199 

Ward-rooms,  list  of  (Public  Buildings  Dept.) 95,  96 

Water  Division  (Public  Works  Dept.) 101 

Water  used  in  1924,  average  gallons  daUy 102 

Water  mains,  miles  of,  1925 101 

Water,  shutting  off  of  (Ordinance,  1922) 171 

Weights  and  Measures  Department 109 

Ordinances  increasing  salaries  of  sealers      .        .        .        .  150,  152,  173 

West  Roxbury  (Wards  19  and  20) : 

Assessment  districts  in         ........       55,  56 

Municipal  Buildings  (Jamaica  Plain  and  Roslindale)        .        .  91 

Municipal  Court  of 121 

Parks,  playgrounds,  etc.,  in 80-83,  86 

Public  Library  Branches  in  Jamaica  Plain,  RosUndale,  and 

West  Roxbury  Center 77,  78 

PubUc  Schools  in 133,  134 

Representatives  of,  in  Legislature,  1925-26      ....  212 

Streets  paved  in,  miles  of 99 

Wards  in,  boundaries  of 197,  198 

Wire  Department  consolidated  with  Fire  Dept.  (Ordinance,  1919),  150 

Workingmen's  Loan  Association 128 

Workmen's  Compensation  Act,  concerning  agent  under  (Ordi- 
nance, 1916) 144 

Z. 

Zoning  Law  (Boston) 215 

Amendment  of  same  (Acts  of  1925,  chap.  219)        .        .        .  216 

Zoning  Adjustment  Board,  members  of 215 

Zoological  Garden,  Franklin  Park 90