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MUNICIPAL REGISTEE
FOR 1928.
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
established 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 'Sictjt 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
ORDERED: That the Statistics Department be authorized,
under the direction of the committee on rules, to prepare and
have printed the municipal register for the current year, in-
cluding therein a map of the city with ward lines, and that the
Clerk of Committees be authorized to prepare and have printed a
pocket edition of the organization of the clty government, the
expense of said register and organization to be charged to the
appropriation for clty documents.
In City Council, October 8, 1928. Passed.
Approved by the Mayor, October 9, 1928.
Attest:
W. J. DOYLE,
Assistcmt City Clerk.
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MAYOR OF BOSTON
[Document 36 — 1928.]
CITY OF BOSTON
MUNICIPAL EEGISTEK
FOE 1928
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,
ALSO
THE WARD BOUNDARIES,
AND
MEMBERSHIP OF FORMER CITY GOVERNMENTS.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY THE STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT.
(THE DATA GIVEN IN THIS ISSUE IS AS OP JULY 1, 1928.)
CITY OF BOSTON
PRINTING- DEPARTMENT
1923
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Contents.
Introduction
The City Government, 1926
Officials of the Citjr Council
Committees of the City Council
Rules of the City Council .
Amended City Charter of 1909 (with changes to 1922) .
Amendments of City Charter in 1924 ....
Officers in charge of executive departments, with term, etc.,
Notes on the executive departments, lists of their officials, with
term of each
Various City, County and State officers, with term, etc
Various departments, commissions, courts, etc., with officials and
assistants ....
City Ordinances, 1925-1926 135
Regulation of Building Heights
Valuation of Boston
Gain and Loss . .
Boundaries of the 22 wards (new)
Members of City Government by years, 1909-1925
Mayors of Boston, 1822 to 1926 . . ....
Chairmen of the Board of Aldermen, 1855 to 1909
Presidents of the Common Council, 1822 to 1909 .
Presidents of the City Council, 1909 to 1926 .
Orators of Boston, annually appointed, 1771 to 1926 .
Boston members of 1928 State Legislature ....
Members of 69th Congress from Massachusetts, with Boston
Congressional districts
Foreign Consuls in Boston
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INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
As a public document The Municipal Register is
as old as the City of Boston itself, the first volume
having been published in 1821, a year before the govern-
ment of Boston changed from Town to City. Up to
1840 the title of the volume was: The Rules and Orders
of the Common Council. From 1821 to 1829 the
document contained merely a register of the City
Council and a list of the -officers.
In 1829 the City Charter was published as a part of
the volume, and in 1830 the Acts relating to Boston,
also the ordinances were added. In 1832 the size of
the volume was increased by the addition of an index
to the contents. The volume published in 1822 con-
tained fifteen pages and for the year 1840 there were
eighty-eight pages, including three pages of index.
The title Municipal Register was adopted in 1841
when the publication became more ambitious, incor-
porating in its pages, the Rules and Orders of the Com-
mon Council, joint rules, ordinances of the City, statutes
of the Commonwealth relating to the City, a list of the
public schools, the City Government of 1841, the com-
mittees and departments (consisting at that time of
the treasury, law, police, health, public land and build-
ings, lamps and bridges, fire, and public charitable
institutions), and a list 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 ordinances and the
special statutes relating to the City. In 1851 a list of
the annual orators was added, and in 1853 a map of
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the City and the Rules of the Board of Aldermen. In
1876 statistics of registration and voting were included,
carried from 1879 to 1924 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
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 contained, 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, now 87 years old and hav-
ing a reputation to live up to, is not intended to absorb
that annual document, 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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PRESIDENT BOSTON CITY COUNCIL
CITY GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT
OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON,
1928.
MALCOLM E. NICHOLS, Mayor.
Residence,
796 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain.
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL, 1928.
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.]
THOMAS H. GREEN, President.
Ward 1. Timothy F. Donovan, 148 Lexington street.
Ward 2. Thomas H. Green, 117 Baldwin street.
Ward 3. John I. Fitzgerald, 7 Allen street.
Ward 4. Seth F. Arnold, 92 Huntington avenue.
Ward 5. Henry Parkman, Jr., 182 Beacon street.
Ward 6. Michael J. Mahoney, 270 West Third street
Ward 7. William G. Lynch, 670 Columbia road.
Ward 8. John F. Dowd, 24 Clarence street.
Ward 9. Michael J. Ward, 20A Auburn street.
Ward 10. Roger E. Deveney, 36 Walden street.
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Ward 11. William A. Motley, Jr., 24 Thwing street.
Ward 12. Herman L. Bush, 112 Homestead street.
Ward 13. Frank E. Sullivan, 15 Robin Hood street.
Ward 14. Israel Ruby, 102 Talbot avenue.
Ward 15. Thomas W. McMahon, 164 Westville street.
Ward 16. Albert L. Fish, 12 Rowena street.
Ward 17. Robert Gardiner Wilson, Jr., 44 Ken-
wood street.
Ward 18. Peter J. Murphy, 48 Woods avenue.
Ward 19. Peter A. Murray, 7 St. John street.
Ward 20. Charles G. Keene, 156 Belevue street,
West Roxbury.
Ward 21. Frederic E. Dowling, 4 Imrie road.
Ward 22. Edward M. Gallagher, 21 Oak Square
avenue.
[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.
CITY COUNCIL. 11
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 flagstaff's, 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, fourth 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.
ASSISTANT CLERK OF COMMITTEES,
Chester M. Macomber.
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 MESSENGERS.
City Hall, Room 55,
Frederick J. Glenn.
William J. Walsh.
The Assistant City Messengers perform the duties of the City Messenger
in the latter's absence or in case of vacancy of his position.
OFFICIAL REPORTER OF PROCEEDINGS.
Edward W. Harnden.
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
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STANDING COMMITTEE.
Executive. — ■ All the members, Councillor Keene, Chairman.
On the following committees the first-named member is Chairman.
Appropriations. — Fitzgerald, Donovan, Bush, Ruby, Murphy, Fish.
Gallagher.
Claims. — Ruby, McMahon, Murray, Fish, Lynch.
County Accounts. — ■ Fitzgerald, Arnold, Wilson, Donovan, Fish.
Finance. — Bush, Murray, Sullivan, McMahon, Dowd, Wilson, Deveney,
Inspection of Prisons. — McMahon, Ruby, Murphy, Lynch, Mahoney.
Jitney Licenses. — Dowd, Donovan, Keene, Arnold, Murphy.
Legislative Matters. — ■ Wilson, Arnold, Parkman, Murphy, Deveney.
Ordinances. — Sullivan, Arnold, Wilson, Fitzgerald, Keene, Ward, Fish.
Parkman Fund. — ■ Parkman, Ruby, Arnold, Dowd, McMahon.
Printing. — Murray, Deveney, Mahoney, Dowling, Ward.
Public Lands. — ■ Donovan, Keene, Fitzgerald, Motley, Deveney.
Rules. — Arnold, Keene, Fitzgerald, McMahon, Gallagher.
Soldiers' Relief. — Motley, Bush, Ward, Dowling, Parkman.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Branch Libraries. — ■ Deveney, Sullivan, Bush, Motley, Mahoney.
Greater Boston. — Murphy, Bush, Mahoney, Sullivan, Wilson,
Dowling, Ward.
Parks and Playgrounds. — Gallagher, Sullivan, Fish, Dowd, Lynch.
Port of Boston. — Fish, Donovan, Motley, Lynch, Dowling.
Public Safety. — Mahoney, Murray, Motley, Parkman, Gallagher,
Ruby, Murphy.
Unclaimed Baggage. — ■ Murray, Keene, Donovan.
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.
Rule 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?" 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 of it.
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 lequests, 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.
Rule 9. When the president of the council or the president pro tempore
shall desire to vacate the chair he may call any member to it; but such
substitution shall not continue beyond an adjournment.
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Motions.
Rule 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 motions 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 adjourn shall be in order at any time, except
on an immediate repetition, or pending a Verification of a vote; and that
motion, the motion to lay on the table, the motion to take from the table,
and the motion for the previous questions, shall be decided without debate.
Readings.
Rule 17. Every ordinance, order and resolution shall, unless rejected,
have 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 moneys, unless reported upon by a committee of the coun-
cil, shall lie over for one week before final action thereon. Whenever
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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 in
writing to the clerk 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 decision
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 indefinitely
and the effect of such action in either case shall be to defeat the motion
to reconsider.
Conduct of Members.
Rule 20. Every member when about to speak shall rise, address the
chair, and wait until he is recognized, and, in speaking, shall 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 at which the offence is committed or at the next succeeding
regular 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 mem-
ber speaking shall, without his consent, be interrupted by another, except
upon a point of order.
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Rule 22. No member shall be permitted to vote on any question,
or to serve on any committee, where his private right is immediately
concerned, distinct from the public interest.
Rule 23. Every member who shall be present when a question is
put, unless he is excluded by interest, shall give his vote, unless the coun-
cil 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 naj's; and such application shall be accompanied
by a brief statement of the reasons, and shall be decided without debate.
Standing Committees.
Rtjle 24. The following standing committees of the council, and all
other committees, unless specially directed by the council, shall be ap-
pointed by the president:
l.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 se\en 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 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 cf its departments. They shall report annually an account
of the claims awarded or approved by them, and the amount of money
awarded or paid in settlement thereof.
4. A committee on County Accounts, to consist of five members of the
council.
5. A committee on Finance, to consist of seven members of the council,
to whom shall be referred all applications for expenditure which involves a
loan.
6. A committee on Inspection of Prisons, to consist of five members of
the council.
7. A committee on Jitney Licenses, to consist of five members of council.
8. A committee on Legislature Matters, to consist of five members of
the council, who shall, unless otherwise ordered, appear before the
committees of the General Court and represent the interest of the city;
provided, said committee shall not appear unless authorized by vote of the
city council, and shall not, unless directed so to do by the city council,
oppose any legislation petitioned for by the preceding city council.
9. A committee on Ordinances, to consist of seven members of the
council, to whom shall be referred all ordinances or orders concerning
ordinances.
10. A committee en 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.
11. A committee on Printing, to consist of five members of the council,
who shall have the charge of all printing, advertising or publishing ordered
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by the city council as one of its contigent or incidental expenses, and the
supply of all stationery or binding for the same purpose. The committee
shall fix the number of copies to be printed of any document printed as
above, the minimum, however, tc be four hundred; and they shall have
the right to make rules and regulations for the care, custody and distribu-
tion of all documents, books, pamphlets and maps by the city messenger.
12. A committee on Public Lands, to consist of five members of the
council, to whom shall be referred all matters relating to public lands.
13. A committee on Rules, to consist of five members of the council,
to consider all matters concerning the rules, and to whom shall be referred
all resolutions expressing opinions, principles, facts or purposes.
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 council the order of busi-
ness shall be as follows:
1. Communications from his Honor the Mayor.
2. Presentation of petitions, memorials and remonstrances.
3. Reports of city officers, 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 permitted
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-
rooms or upon the floor of the council chamber while the council is in
session. Spectators will 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 until a public hearing shall have been given by the execu-
tive committee of the city council on the application for such permission,
after due notice has been served upon abuttors.
Smoking in the Council Chamber.
Rule 29. No smoking shall be allowed in the council chamber when
the council is in session.
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Committee 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 dispatched them
by special messenger, provided, however, that meetings of the executive
committee may be held in the recess period of any meeting of the council
without such consent or notice. No committee, unless authorized by an
order of the city council, shall incur any expense. No committee meetings
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
has reported thereon.
Amendment and Suspension.
Rule 33. The foregoing rules shall not be altered, amended, suspended
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.
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be in force as if adopted by the city council unless previously withdrawn
by the mayor. 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 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. 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 until 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 current 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
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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 employment of labor, the making of contracts,
the purchase of materials, supplies or real estate; nor in the construe-
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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 county ;
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 shall not affect the powers or duties of the city coun-
cil as the successor of the present board of aldermen relative to state
or military aid and soldiers' relief.
It shall be unlawful 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 behalf 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 shall 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 Executive Department.
Sect. 9. All heads of departments and members of municipal 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), shall be appointed by the mayor with-
out confirmation by the city council. They shall be recognized experts
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in such work as may devolve upon the incumbents of said offices, 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 affiliation 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
fifing 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 filing 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.
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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 shall 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 filing 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 is
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 shall 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 qualified 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
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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 city 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 is 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 court 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.
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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 until 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 county
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 ground that it is fraudulent
or unlawful 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 furnished 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 differ 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 amount of money expended by the mayor and the city council for
contingent expenses.
Miscellaneous 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.
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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 under 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 county.
It shall be the duty of the city auditor to verify said lists by the pay rolls ;
and when verified the said lists 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-
pounds and the use of the public ways 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.
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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 conjunction 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 &ny 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.
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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 office 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 Januaryf 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.
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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 council
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 first 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 council.
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 council 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.
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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 official 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 invalid. The election commis-
sioners shall complete such certification on or before five o'clock p.m.
on the sixteenth J 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.
f Changed to one-tenth by Chap. 730.
X 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 in 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 political designation 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.
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 filled 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 calling 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.
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AMENDMENTS OF CITY CHARTER 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
of 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 under 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 hundred and twenty-seven, shall
terminate at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the first Monday of January,
nineteen hundred 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 hundred and eighty-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by striking
out, in the twenty-fifth fine, the words "December first" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — November fifteenth, — and by striking out,
in the twenty-sixth fine, the word "February" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — January, — so that the second paragraph will read
as follows : — 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 Jfi. 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 j^ears; 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 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 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 whicn
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 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 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 hundred 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 council 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.
# Adopted, Nov. 4, 1924.
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 48. 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 shall
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 ballot to be used at the municipal election;
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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 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 or 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 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
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 op 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. Beginning 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 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 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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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
shall 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 filed 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 OP 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 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 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
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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 offices 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 fine, 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 office.
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
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Officers
IN CHARGE 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 and the term of office as prescribed by statute, ordinance, or both
by each. Heads of departments and members of municipal boards appointed
by the Mayor are subject to approval by the Massachusetts Civil Service Com-
mission. (See Acts of 1909, Chap. 486, Sects. 9-13; Acts of 1912, Chap. 550.)
Appointed
ob Elected.
Teem.
How
Created.
Officers.
By Whom.
When.
Begins.
Length.
Art Commission (Five),
Statute. . .
Mayor. . .
Annually,
one
May 1 . .
5 yrs.
Assessors (Three)
«
a
Annually,
one
April 1 . .
3 "
Auditor
Ord
a
Quadren-
nially
May 1 . .
4 "
Budget Commissioner,
u
u
Quadren-
nially
" 1..
4 "
Building Commissioner,
City Clerk
Statute. . .
a
a
City
Council.
Quadren-
nially
Triennially,
" 1..
1st Mon.
in Jan . .
4 "
3 "
City Planning Board
(Five)
Ord
Mayor. . .
Annually,
one
May 1 . .
5 "
Collector
Statute. . .
a
Quadren-
nially
" 1..
4 "
Corporation Counsel.. . .
Election Commissioners
(Four)
Ord
Statute. . .
Mayor... .
a
Quadren-
nially
Annually,
one
May 1 . .
April 1 . .
4 "
4 "
CHIEF OFFICERS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 45
How
Created.
Appointed
ob Elected.
Tebm.
By Whom.
When.
Begins.
Length.
Fire Commissioner
Statute. . .
Mayor. . .
Quadren-
nially
May 1 . .
4yrs.
Health Commissioner. . .
Ord
tt
Quadren-
nially
it 1
4 "
Hospital Trustees
(Five)
Statute. . .
a
Annually,
one
it 1
5 "
Institutions- Commis-
sioner
Orel
ti
Quadren-
nially
" 1..
4 "
Library Trustees (Five)
a
it
Annually,
one
tt -1
5 "
Markets, Superintend-
ent of
it
" ...
Quadren-
nially
a I
4 "
Overseers of the Pub-
lic Welfare (Twelve),
Statute. . .
it
Annually,
four
" 1
3 "
Park Commissioners
(Three)
it
ti
Annually,
one
a i
3 "
Penal Commissioner. . . .
Ord
tl
Quadren-
nially
it I
4 "
Printing, Superintend-
ent of
a
ti
Quadren-
nially
tt 1
4 "
Public Buildings, Su-
perintendent of
a
tt
Quadren-
nially
ti i
4 "
Public Works, Com-
missioner of
a
« ...
Quadren-
nially
tt I
4 "
Registrar, City
Statute. . .
Mayor. . .
Quadren-
nially
ti -I
4, "
Schoolhouse Commis-
sioners (Three)
«
tt
Annually,
one
June 1 . .
3 "
46
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Appointed
ok Elected.
Term.
How
Created.
Officers.
By Whom.
When.
Begins.
Length.
Sinking Funds Com-
missioners (Six)
Statute. . .
Mayor. . .
Annually,
two
May 1 . .
3 yrs.
Solidiers' Relief Com-
missioner
a
a
Quadren-
nially, .
" 1..
4 "
Statistics Trustees
(Five)
Ord
■ ...
Annually,
one
" 1..
5 "
Street Commissioners
(Three)
Statute. . .
a
Annually,
one
1st Mon.
in Jan...
3 "
Supplies, Superintend-
ent of
Ord
tt
Quadren-
nially,.
May 1 . .
4 "
Transit Commissioners
(Three)
a
it
Annually. .
" 1..
1 "
Treasurer
Statute. . .
tt
Quadren-
nially
" 1..
4 "
Vessels, Weighers of. . . .
a
tt
Annually,
two
" 1..
1 "
Weights and Measures,
Sealer of . .
it
it
DEPARTMENT OF THE MAYOR. 47
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE MAYOR.
Office, 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.]
MALCOLM E. NICHOLS, Mayor.
Edward F. Condon, Secretary.
William A. Fisher, Assistant Secretary.
George T. Reid, Assistant Secretary.
Ida Hibbard, Assistant Secretary.
John M. Casey, Chief Licensing Division.
Joseph Mikolajewski, Assistant.
THE CITY RECORD.
Office, 73 City Hall.
Frank H. Cushman, Editor.
Joshua H. Jones, Jr., Associate Editor.
Edward F. O'Dowd, Business Agent.
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
(Men.)
187a Blackstone Street.
Augustus Seaver, Assistant Secretary.
(Women.)
Room 109, City Hall Annex.
Augustus Seaver, Assistant Secretary.
48 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
ART DEPARTMENT.
Office, 1001 City Hall Annex.
[Stat. 1898, Chap. 410; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 4; C. C. Title IV., Chap. IV,
Spec. Stat. 1919, Chap. 87.]
OFFICIALS.
John Harleston Parker, Chairman.
Henry Forbes Bigelow, Secretary.
commissioners. *
George H. Eogell, 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 Public Library.
Term ends in 1931.
The Art Department, established 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 list 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.
No work of art can become the property of the City of Boston without
the approval of the Art Department, which may also be requested by the
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. No work of art,
the property of the City of Boston, shall be removed except by order of
the Art Commissioners and with the approval of the Mayor. More-
over, all contracts or orders for the execution of any painting, monument,
statue, bust, bas-relief, 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 in the custody and care of the art Commissioners.
* The Commissioners serve without compensation.
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. 49
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.]
OFFICIALS.
Edward T. Kelly, Chairman.
Neal J. Holland, Secretary.
ASSESSORS.
Edward T. Kelly. Term ends April 1, 1930.
Neal J. Holland. Term ends April 1, 1931.
Horace B. Mann. Term ends June 15, 1929.
DEPUTY assessors.
Fred E. Bolton. William H. Cuddy.
James H. Phelan. John M. Hayes.
Christopher I. Fitzgerald.
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.
The Assessors published 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 list 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
50 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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 first applied to the 1925 assessments.
Assistant Assessors for 1928.
Ward 1. — First Part.— Michael J. Toumey, 379 Charles street.
Ward 1. — Second Part. — Francis J. Turcotte, 169 Bennington street,
East Boston.
Ward 2. — First Part.- — ■ Francis J. Ryan, 11 Burwell road, West Roxbury.
Ward 2. — Second Part. — -John F. Fitzpatrick, 345 Neponset avenue,
Dorchester.
Ward 3. — First Part. — • Daniel A. Downey, 92 Sheridan street, Jamaica
Plain.
Ward 3. — Second Part. — Jacob Rosenberg, 37 Allen street.
Ward 3. — Third Part. — Henry T. Hartmere, 59 Centre street, Dorchester.
Ward 3. — Fourth Part. — Timothy W. Murphy, 11 Zamora street, Jamaica
Plain.
Ward 3. — Fifth Part. — Harry C. Byrne, 2371 Washington street, Roxbury.
Ward 3. — Sixth Part. — Michael J. Brophy, 18 Tremont street.
Ward 3.- — ■ Seventh Part. — Arthur L. Curry, 266 Arborway, Jamaica Plain.
Ward 3. — ■ Eighth Part.— Fred W. Burleigh, Peabody square, Dorchester.
Ward 3. — Ninth Part. — ■ Alexander P. Brown, 17 Alpha road, Dorchester.
Ward 3. — Tenth Part.— Henry J. Ireland, 20 Folsom street, Dorchester.
Ward 3. — Eleventh Part. — ■ Lucian J. Priest, 59 High street, Charlestown.
Ward 4- — First Part. — Edward L. Hopkins, 87 Farragut road, South
Boston.
Ward 4- — Second Part. — Charles A. Murphy, 74 Moseley street, Dor-
chester.
Ward 5. — First Part. — Augustus D. McLennan, 86 Ruthven street,
Roxbury.
Ward 5. — Second Part. — Warren F. Freeman, Jr., 31 Milk street.
Ward 5.— Third Part.— Edmund G. White, 192 Faneuil street, Brighton.
Ward 6. — First Part. — Matthew H. Doyle, 6 Beacon street.
Ward 6. — Second Part. — Arthur W. Smith, 105 Warren street, Roxbury.
Ward 7. — Maurice J. Power, 10 Tremont street.
Ward 8. — William F. Morrissey, 1636 Columbia road, South Boston.
Ward 9.— Frederick F. Smith, 51 Cornhill.
Ward 10. — Philip E. Conroy, 50 Ceylon street, Dorchester.
Ward 11. — John J. Chapman, 837 East Third street, South Boston
Ward 12. — First Part. — William A. Creney, 114 Greenbrier street, Dor-
chester.
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. 51
Ward 12. — ■ Second Part. — Arthur C. Quincy, 73 Tremont street.
Ward 13. — Edward E. McGrath, 559 Ashmont street, Dorchester.
Ward 14- — First Part. — John M. Machugh, 15 Royce road, Allston.
Ward 14- — Second Part. — G. Fred Pierce, 827 Adams street, Dorchester.
Ward 15. — Thomas H. Dacey, 159 Devonshire street.
Ward 16. — First Part. — John J. Dailey, 218 Adams street, Dorchester.
Ward 16. — Second Part. — Charles H. Warren, 14 Wheatland avenue,
Dorchester.
Ward 17. — Albert F. Hennessey, 34 Pond street, Dorchester.
Ward 18.— First Part. — Joseph P. Dempsey, 97 Pierce avenue, Dor-
chester.
Ward 18. — Second Part. — Frederick A. Robinson, 641 South street,
Roslindale.
Ward 18. — Third Part. — Leopold F. Quinn, 25 Garnet road, West Rox-
bury.
Ward 19. — ■ First Part. — Richard F. Pierce, 58 Hunnewell avenue,
Brighton.
Ward 19. — Second Part. — John J. Butler, 69 Penfield street, Roslindale.
Ward 20. — First Part. — Joseph A. McMorrow, 45 Englewood avenue,
Brighton.
Ward 20. — Second Part. — Paul J. Oswald, 100 Tyndale street, Roslindale.
Ward 20. — Third Part. — ■ Adolph H. Brauneis, 11 Zamora street, Jamaica
Plain.
Ward 21. — First Part. — John J. O'Connor, 557 East Broadway, South
Boston;
Ward 21. — Second Pari. — John H. Hout, 21 Saxton street, Dorchester.
Ward 22. — George F. O'Callaghan, 159 Devonshire street.
Second Assistant Assessors.
Philip J. Camerlengo, 113 Eutaw street, East Boston.
Hugh J. Casey, 11A Bayard street, Allston.
Ida M. Craig, 53 Wren street, West Roxbury.
Oliver F. Davenport, 15 Moultrie street.
Albert J. A. Gleason, 4 Athol street, Allston.
Simon Goldberg, 80 Hutchings street.
Otto Kramer, 14 Meredith street, West Roxbury.
Charlotte Mahoney, 157 Adams street.
Joseph B. Mclellan, 24 Boylston street, Jamaica Plain.
Julia F. Mullen, 15 Bailey street, Dorchester.
Cesare L. Paraboschi, 3825 Washington street, Roslindale.
John A. Reagan, 10 Roach street, Dorchester.
Hilda G. Smith, 38 Westland avenue.
Albert Soosman, 75 Allen street.
Charles H. Stevens, 326 A Bunker Hill street.
Elizabeth R. White, 53 Clearway street.
George 0. Wood, 504 Ashmont street, Dorchester.
52 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
AUDITING DEPARTMENT.
Office, 20 City Hall, 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. 192], Chap. 1; Stat. 1922, Chap. 133; Stat.
1924, Chap. 479; Ord. 1925, Chap. 6.]
Rupert S. Carven, City Auditor. Term ends 1930.
Henry E. Keenan, 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 published 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. 1925, Chap.
3 and Chap. 6.)
BUDGET DEPARTMENT.
Office, 47 City Hall, third floor.
[Ord. 1917, Chap. 3; Ord. 1921, Chap. 4.]
Charles J. Fox, Budget Commissioner. Term ends in 1930.
John B. Htnes, Clerk.
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
of the Budget Department also prepares the form of departmental monthly
reports of expenditures of all appropriations by items.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
Offices 901-906 City Hall Annex, ninth floor.
Stat. 1907, Chap. 550 {%. e., Boston Building Law) as amended; Stat.
1910, Chaps. 284, 571, 631; Stat. 1911, Chaps. 76, 129, 342; Stat.
1912, Chaps. 259, 713; Ord. 1912, Chaps. 3, 9; Stat. 1913, Chaps. 50,
BUILDING DEPARTMENT. 53
577, 280, 680, 704, 714, 729; Ord. 1913, Chap. 4; Rev. Ord. 1914,
Chap. 8 and Chap. 41, §31; Ord. 1914, Chap. 4; Stat. 1914, Chaps.
205, 248, 595, 782, 786; Spec. Stat. 1915, Chaps. 254, 306, 333, 352;
Gen. Stat. 1916, Chap. 118 and Spec. Stat. Chaps. 248, 277; Spec.
Stat. Chap. 86; Spec. Stat. 1917, Chap. 221; Spec. Stat, 1918, Chaps.
104, 115, 179 (i. e., Building Law amended and codified); Spec. Stat,
1919, Chaps. 32, 155, 158, 163; Stat. 1920, Chaps. 91, 266, 268, 455,
645, 440; Ord. 1920, Chap. 10; Ord. 1921, Chaps. 1, 5; Stat. 1921,
Chaps. 60, 109, 137, 280, 298, 476; Stat. 1922, Chaps. 61, 126, 174, 316;
Stat. 1923, Chaps. 108, 278, 462; Stat. 1924, Chaps. 332, 335, 412 and
488; R. O. 1925, 68, 415; Stat. 1925, Chaps. 219 and 335; Stat. 1926,
Chaps. 182 and 350; Stat, 1927, Chaps. 42, 45, 82, 220, 246 and 342.]
Louis K. Rourke, Building Commissioner. Term ends in 1930.
Charles S. Damrell, Clerk of Department and Executive Secretary.
Edward W. Roemer, Supervisor of Construction.
John J. Dxjnigan, Construction — Chief of Zoning Division.
Edwin H. Oliver, Chief of Egress Division.
Wilfred H. Smith, Chief, Plan Division A.
Joseph E. Cahill, Chief, Plan Division B.
Timothy J. Farrell, Supervisor of Elevators.
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 keep a register of all persons licensed
to take charge of constructing, altering, removing or tearing down build-
ings; to keep a register of the names of all persons carrying on the busi-
ness of plumbing and gasfitting, and of all persons working at the business
of gasfitting, and to issue licenses 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 halls or places for public assembly; to inspect existing
tenement houses; to report on all fires in, and accidents in or to, build-
ings, 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.
building limits.
Stat. 1907, Chap. 550, § 9; Rev. Ord. 1925, Chap. 40, § 1.
Board of Examiners.
Ord. 1912, Chap. 9; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 8; Ord. 1920, Chap. 10;
Ord. 1925, Chap. 5/
Office, 907 City Hall Annex, ninth floor.
54 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
OFFICIALS.
John F. Hickey, Chairman.
Mary C. Dowd, Permanent Secretary.
THE BOARD.
John F. Hickey. Term ends in 1928.
Thomas K. Reynolds. Term ends in 1926.
Albert J. Carpenter. Term ends in 1930.
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 qualifica-
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-
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.
(Chairman $1,200.)
The fees to be paid to the Board are: for new license, $5.00, and each
annual renewal, $2.00; special license, $1.00.
BOARD OF APPEAL.
Office, 907 City Hall Annex, ninth floor.
Stat. 1907, Chap. 550, §§ 6, 7; C. C, Title IV., Chap. 13, § 6;
Stat. 1910, Chap. 631; Stat. 1920, Chap. 440; Stat. 1923, Chap. 108;
Stat. 1924, Chap. 488; Stat. 1925, Chap. 219.]
OFFICIALS.
Walter S. Gerry, Chairman.
Hubert G. Ripley, Secretary.
the board.
W. Franklin Burnham. Term ends in 1930.
James H. Fitzpatrick. Term ends in 1929.
Hubert G. Ripley. Term ends in 1928.
John D. Marks. Term ends in 1932.
Walter S. Gerry. Term ends in 1931.
The Board consists of five members, one appointed each year by the
Mayor one member from two candidates nominated in successive years,
by the following organizations respectively: Real Estate Exchange and
Auction Board and Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange; Boston Society
of Architects and Boston Society of Civil Engineers; Master Builders'
Association and Contractors' and Builders' Association; and Building
Trades Council of the Boston Central Labor Union; also one member of
BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
55
the Mayor's own selection. The term of office is five years. Each mem-
ber is paid $10 per day for actual service, but not more than $1,000 in
any one year.
Any applicant for a permit from the Building Commissioner whose
application has been refused in re building law or in re zoning law, may
appeal therefrom within ninety days, and a person who has been ordered
by the Commissioner to incur any expense may, within thirty 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.
Appeal may also be made to this Board from certain requirements of
the Commissioner of Wires.
BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
[Chap. 488, Acts 1924, Section 20, amended by Chap. 219, Acts of 1925,
Chap. 350, Acts of 1926, and Chap. 220, Acts of 1927.]
OFFICIALS.
Frederic H. Fay, Chairman.
Leo Schwartz, Secretary.
Members.
Nominated by
Term ends in
Frederic H. Fay, Chairman . . .
William H. Say ward
Eliot N. Jones
City Planning Board
Ex-officio.
Master Builders' Association
1931
Boston Chamber of Commerce
1931
Dana Somes
(Boston Society of Architects.
\Boston Society of Landscape Architects.
1930
W. Franklin Burnham
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange ....
1930
Patrick H. Jennings
Frank O. Whitney
Boston Central Labor Union
1929
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
1929
Frank W. Merrick
United Improvement Association
1928
Frank Brewster
Boston Real Estate Exchange
1927
Leo Schwartz
Appointed by the Mayor.
56 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
The board consists of twelve members appointed by the Mayor in
the following manner; one member from two candidates to be nominated
by each of the following organizations: Associated Industries of Massa-
chusetts, Boston Central Labor Union, Boston Chamber of Commerce,
Boston Real Estate Exchange, Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange,
Boston Society of Architects and the Boston Society of Landscape Archi-
tects, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Master Builders' Association,
Team Owners' Association, United Improvement Association and one
member to be selected by the Mayor. All appointive members shall be
residents of or engaged in business in Boston. The term of office is five
years.
The members of the Board serve without compensation, but any peti-
tion for changing the zoning map must be accompanied by a fee of ten
dollars before being considered by the Board.
Either upon petition or otherwise, the board may, by a decision of not
less than four-fifths of its members, rendered after a public hearing and
due notice to the owners of all property affected, change the boundaries
of districts by changing the zoning map on file at the state secretary's
office to meet altered needs of a locality, to avoid undue concentration of
population, to provide adequate light and air, to lessen congestion in streets,
to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to facilitate the ade-
quate provision of transportation, water, sewerage and other public require-
ments and to promote the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
inhabitants of the city of Boston.
No decision of the Board of Appeal permitting the erection or altera-
tion of a building to an extreme height greater than that otherwise author-
ized under the provisions of the zoning law for the lot or building in ques-
tion is effective until and unless confirmed by the decision of not less than
two-thirds of the members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
If a change in the boundaries of districts is favorably decided upon or if
a decision of the Board of Appeal is confirmed, any person aggrieved or
any municipal officer or Board, may within fifteen days after the entry
of such decision, bring a petition in the Supreme Judicial Court for the
County of Suffolk for a writ of certiorari setting forth that such decision
is in whole or part not in accordance with the duties and powers of the
board.
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT.
Office, 31 City Hall, second floor.
[Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 30; Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, § 2; Rev. Ord. 1898,
Chap. 11; G. L., Chap. 41, §§ 12-19; C. C, Title IV., Chap. 8; Stat.
1909, Chap. 486, § 22; Rev. Ord. 1925, Chap. 11.]
James Donovan, City Clerk. Term ends in 1929.
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
COLLECTING DEPARTMENT. 57
and of all city records, documents, maps, plans and papers, except those
otherwise provided for. He also records chattel mortgages, assignments
of wages, liens upon vessels, issues licenses 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.
Frederic H. Fay. Term ends in 1929.
Ernest A. Johnson. Term ends in 1930.
William Stanley Parker. Term ends in 1928.
Sidney S. Conrad. Term ends in 1932.
Mrs. Francis E. Slattery. Term ends in 1931.
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 it 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.
Office, 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.]
George H. Johnson, City Collector. Term ends in 1930.
58 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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, also monthly statements. The Collector
is also County Collector.
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. 29; Gen. Stat. 191S, 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 and 311.]
OFFICIALS.
Frank Seiberlich, Chairman.
Patrick H. O'Connor, Secretary
COMMISSIONERS.
Frank Seiberlich. Term ends in 1929.
Patrick H. O'Connor. Term ends in 1930.
James F. Eagan. Term ends in 1928.
Nina M. Gevalt. Term ends in 1931.
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. Chapter 311, 1924, now
requires the personal appearance of all applicants for jury duty before the
board for examination.
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. 59
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Office, City, Building Bristol street.
[Stat. 1850, Chap. 262; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, §§9-11; Rev. Orel 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.]
Eugene C. Hultman, Fire Commissioner. Term ends May 1,
1931.
Herbert J. Hickey, Executive Secretary of the Department.
Daniel F. Sennott, Chief of Department.
Henry A. Fox, Assistant Chief.
Walter M. McLean, Deputy Chief.
John J. Kelley, Deputy Chief.
Albert J. Caulfield, Deputy Chief.
Thomas H. Downey, Deputy Chief.
Frank A. Sweeney, Deputy Chief.
Henry J. Power, Deputy Chief.
George L. Fickett, Superintendent, Fire Alarm Branch.
Walter J. Burke, Superintendent, Wire Division.
Edward E. Williamson, Superintendent of Maintenance Diirision.
James P. Maloney, Chief Clerk.
The Boston Fire Department was organized in 1837. It is in charge
of 1 Commissioner, 1 Executive Secretary, 1 Chief of Department, 1
Assistant Chief of Department, 6 Deputy Chiefs, 30 District Chiefs, 1
Superintendent of Fire Alarm, 1 Superintendent of Maintenance, 1 Medical
Examiner, 1 Supervisor of High Pressure, Steam and Marine Service, 1
Engineer of Motor Apparatus, 76 Captains, 111 Lieutenants, 1,243 En-
gineers, Assistant Engineers, Apparatus Operators, Assistant Apparatus
Operators, Masters, Aides, Hosemen and Laddermen, 18 Clerks, 16 Fire
Alarm Operators, 122 Mechanics, painters, carpenters, linemen, repairers,
electricians and workmen.
Total officers, engineers, privates and employees (including Wire
Division) 1678.
There are 62 fire stations, a fire alarm branch with 55 employees,
operating 1,412 signal boxes, and a repair shop with 119 employees.
Annual reports have been published since 1838.
Yearly salaries of district chiefs, $3,500; captains, $2,500; lieutenants,
$2,300; engineers, $2,100; ass't engineers, $2,000; first year privates,
$1,600, with annual increase of $100 until 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
60 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
all electrical wires, cables and conductors and substituting underground
for overhead transmission. The Wire Division is in charge of 1 Super-
intendent, 1 Chief Inspector, 1 Chief Clerk, 7 Clerks, 1 Engineer, 33
Inspectors, 1 Telephone Operator, 1 Stenciller, 1 Chauffeur.
A total of 47 men (included in above 1,678.)
CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEFS.
Chief, Daniel F. Sennott. Headquarters, Bristol Street.
Assistant Chief, Henry A. Fox. Headquarters, Ladder 4, Dudley Street.
First Division. In charge [of Deputy Chiefs Henry J. Power and
John J. Kelley. Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill sq. Dis-
tricts 1 to 5 inch
Second Division. In charge of Deputy Chiefs Albert J. Caulfield and
Thomas H. Downey. Headquarters, Engine 22, Warren ave. Dis-
tricts 6, 7, 8, 11.
Third Division. In charge of Deputy Chiefs Walter M. McLean and
Frank A. Sweeney. Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Grove Hall.
Districts 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Maintenance Division. Edward E. Williamson.
first division ■ — districts, district chiefs and apparatus.
District 1 (East Boston). Henry Krake and Thomas E. Conroy,
Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 5, Marion st. Apparatus —
Engines, Nos. 5, 9, 11, 40, 47 (fireboat); Ladders, 2, 21; Ladder, 31.
Dist. 2 (Charlestown). Philip A. Tague and Hamilton A. McClay,
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). Michael F. Silva and
John J. Kenney, Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pitts-
burgh st. Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 25, 38, 39, 44 (fireboat); Ladders,
8, 18; Water Tower, 1 and 3.
Dist. 4 (North End). Avery B. Howard and John F. McDonough,
Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch st. Apparatus
— Engines, Nos. 4, 6, 8; fireboat, 31; Ladders, 1, 24.
Dist. 5 (Boston Proper). Louis C. Stickel and John F. Watson,
Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 7, East st. Apparatus —
Engines, Nos. 7, 10, 26, 35; Ladder, 17; Rescue, 1.
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). Napeen Boutilier and William F.
Quigley, Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren ave.
Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 3, 22, 33; Ladders, 3, 13, 15; Water
Tower, 2.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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Dist. 8 (Roxbury). Frank J. Sheeran and Victor H. Richer, Dist.
Chiefs. Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont st. Apparatus —
Engines, Nos. 13, 14, 37; Ladders, 12, 26.
Dist. 11 (Brighton). Cornelius J. O'Brien 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). William H. McCorkle
and Patrick J. V. Kelley, Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House
12, Dudley st. Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 12, 21, 23, 24; Ladder, 4;
Rescue, 2.
Dist. 10 (Dorchester Centre). Francis J. Jordan and Chas. H. Long,
Dist. Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 17, Meeting House Hill.
Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 17, 18, 52; Ladders, 7, 29.
Dist. 12 (Jamaica Plain). John N. Lally and Dennis Driscoll, Dist.
Chiefs. Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre st. Apparatus —
Engines, Nos. 28, 42; Ladders, 10, 23, 30.
Dist. 13 (Roslindale and West Roxbury). Michael J. Kennedy and
Charles A. Donahoe, 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). James Mahoney 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. Murray and John F. Murphy, 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 (Auto combination)
Dorchester st., cor. Fourth,
South Boston.
Fourth st., cor. O, S. Boston,
Wm. F. Field, Capt.
E. Conners, Capt.
3 (Auto combination)
Harrison ave., cor. Bristol
St.
Daniel Martell, Capt.
E. G. Chamberlain, Capt.
5 (Auto combination)
Marion street, E. Boston. . .
Thomas F. Ryan, Capt.
Salem street
Hugh J. Goodfellow, 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.
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fire engines. — Continued.
Ntjmbeh, Etc.
Location.
Chief Officer.
9 (Auto combination)
Paris street, East Boston. . .
T. J. Flynn, Capt.
10 (Auto combination)
Mt. Vernon st., cor. River. .
D. J. O'Brien, Capt.
12 (Auto combination)
Cor. Saratoga and Byron
streets, East Boston.
Dudley street, Roxbury. . . .
J. W. Dwyer, Capt.
Wm. B. Jennings, Capt.
Cabot street, Roxbury
Dennis J. Bailey, Capt.
Charles H. McDonnell, Capt.
16 (Auto combination)
Cor. Broadway and Dor-
chester avenue.
River street, Dorchester. . . .
Michael D. Sullivan, Capt.
James F. O'Connell, Capt.
17 (Auto combination)
Meeting House Hill, Dor. . .
Martin F. Mulligan, Capt.
Harvard street, Dorchester.
Wm. Levis, Capt.
Norfolk street, Dorchester. .
D. M. Shaughnessey, Capt.
Walnut street, Dorchester. .
F. I. Adams, Capt.
21 (Auto combination)
Columbia road, Dorchester,
F. G. Avery, Capt.
PatrickF.McDonough.Capt.
24 (Auto combination)
Cor. Warren and Quincy sts.
Chas. A. Thompson, Capt.
25 (Auto combination)
Fort Hill square
Wm. F. Donovan, Capt.
26 (Auto combination)
Bulfinch st. (Temp.)
Jos. F. Humphrey, Capt.
27 (Auto combination)
Elm street, Charlestown
T. F. Roach, Capt.
28 (Auto combination)
Centre st., Jamaica Plain. .
M. F. Conley, Capt.
29 (Auto combination)
Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton,
Jos. H. Ferreira, Capt.
Centre st., West Roxbury. .
W. F. Heldt, Capt.
31 (Fireboat)
E. N. Montgomery, Capt.
32 (Auto combination)
Bunker Hillst., Charlestown,
F. J. Sullivan, Capt.
33 (Auto combination)
Boylston and Hereford sts.,
J. P. Hanton, Capt.
34 (Auto combination)
Western avenue, Brighton. .
Chas. A. Wolfe, Capt.
(See Eng. 26 above.)
36 (Auto combination)
Monument St., Charlestown,
G. E. Darragh, Capt.
Longwood and Brookline
Florence Donohue, Capt.
38 and 39 (Auto combina-
tion).
avenues.
Congress st., South Boston..
Sumner St., East Boston. . .
E. B. Chittick, Capt.
Patrick J. Ryan, Capt.
41 (Auto combination)
Harvard avenue, Brighton. .
J. W. Shea, Capt.
M. F. Minehan, Capt.
Andrew sq., South Boston,
D. J. Coughlin, Capt.
44 (Fireboat)
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
fire engines. — Concluded.
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Number, Etc.
Location.
Chief Officers.
45 (Auto combination)
Poplar street, Roslindale. . .
E. 0. Haines, Capt.
Dorchester ave., Ashmont. .
Wm. Hart, Capt.
47 (Fireboat)
J. P. Walsh, Capt.
50 (Auto combination)
Harvard ave. and Winthrop
street, Hyde Park.
Milton and Hamilton streets,
Readville.
Winthrop St., Charlestown,
C. A. Fernakl, and
Edward J. Locke, Capts.
George P. Smith, Lieut.
J. H. Laughlin, Capt.
Oak square, Brighton
J. E. Redman, Capt.
52 (Auto combination)
Callender and Lyons sts.,
Dorchester.
Walk Hill and Wenham sts.,
Forest Hills.
L. D. Merrill, Capt.
A. J. Burns, Capt.
LADDER TRUCKS.
Number, Etc.
Location.
Chief Officer.
Friend St., Warren square . .
P. J. Laffey, Capt.
Paris street, East Boston. . .
Edward F. McCarthy, Capt.
3 (Motor aerial truck)
Harrison ave., cor. Bristol
St.
Dudley st., cor. Winslow,
F. F. Leary, Capt.
C. T. Farren, Capt.
Rox.
Fourth st., near Dorchester
St.
River St., cor. Temple, Dor.,
J. J. Lunny, Capt.
6 (Motor truck)
7 (Motor truck)
Patrick J. Craig, Lieut.
Daniel F. Crowley, Capt.
Jas. J. Harrington, Capt.
9 (Aerial with tractor)
331 Main st., Charlestown. .
M. L. Galvin, Capt.
10 (Motor truck)
659 Centre St., Jamaica PL,
Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton,
1046 Tremont st., Rox
W. M. Phelan, Lieut.
11 (Motor aerial truck)
12 (Motor aerial truck)
Wm. E. Thompson, Lieut.
T. P. Lohan, Lieut.
John L. Cranlisk, Lieut.
J. H. Leary, Capt.
13 (Motor aerial truck)
Wm. J. Shepard, Capt.
Harvard ave., Allston
F. R. Brophy, Capt.
15 (Motor aerial truck)
Boylston st., cor. Hereford. .
G. F. Doyle, Capt.
16 (Motor truck)
S. A. Dwight, Capt.
T. F. Donovan, Capt.
19 (Motor truck)
E. Fourth st., near K, S. B..
Andrew sq., S. Boston
John McCarthy, Capt.
20 (Motor aerial truck)
J. F. Curley, Lieut.
John J. Devine, Capt.
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ladder trucks. — Concluded.
Number, Etc.
Location.
Chief Officer.
21 (Motor truck)
22 (Motor truck)
23 (Motor aerial truck)
24 (Motor truck)
25 (Motor truck)
26 (Aerial, with tractor)
27 (Motor truck)
28 (Motor truck)
29 (Motor truck witb chem-
ical.)
30 (Motor aerial truck with
chemical).
31 (Motor truck)
Saratoga and Byron sts.,
E. B.
44 Monument st., Charles-
town.
Grove Hall, Dor
North Grove st
Centre st., near Bellevue,
West Roxbury.
Longwood and Brookline
avenues.
Walnut street, Dor
Harvard ave. and Winthrop
St., H. P.
Callender and Lyons sts.,
Dor.
Egleston square, Rox
Saratoga st., cor. Prescott
st., East Boston.
P. F. McLeavey, Lieut.
Chas. Ingersoll, Capt.
Thos. E. Flanagan, Capt.
Thos. F. McGowan, Capt.
C. F. Driscoll, Lieut.
J. H. Johnson, Lieut.
P. H. Kenney, Lieut.
C. B. Lynch, Lieut.
James H. Stout, Capt.
John Hogan, Lieut.
Edward McNamara, Lieut.
F. B. Sanborn, Lieut.
Richard A. Dinin, Lieut.
W. A. J. Drinan, Capt.
John J. Blakeley, Lieut.
Walter C. Glynn, Lieut.
WATER TOWERS.
Numbee, Etc.
Location.
Chief Officer.
WATER TOWERS, ETC.
1 (With tractor;
2 (With tractor)
Egbert R. Murphy, Lieut.
3 (With tractor)
George L. Evanson, Lieut.
James J. Crowley, Lieut.
D. J. Hurley, Capt.
TOTAL EQUIPMENT IN USE AND IN RESERVE.
In Use: Auto combination gasolene engines, 45 triple combination
gasolene engines, 5; marine pumpers or flreboats, 3; total engines, 53;
combination chemical and. hose cars, 47; auto ladder trucks, 31 (18 aerial);
auto water towers, 3; officers' cars, 31; auto delivery trucks, 12; two
rescue companies with pulmotors, etc., one auto wrecker, total automo-
biles, 180, of which 136 are apparatus; salt wagons, 14, hose and other
pungs, 65. Leading hose and suction hose, about 184,000 feet.
In Reserve: Auto gasoline engines, 8; tractor drawn steamers, 3;
auto chemical and hose cars, 7; auto ladder trucks, 7 (3 aerial); one
auto water tower, 8 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 Department, to be
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 65
elected annually by all the members, are constituted a corporate body for
the purpose of holding and administering the Firemen's Relief Fund.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Main office, 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.
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; Ord. 1926, Chap. 3.]
OFFICIALS.
Francis X. Mahoney, M.D., Health Commissioner.
Term ends in 1930.
Stephen L. Malonet, Secretary and Chief Clerk.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS.
M. Victor Safford, M.D., Medical Division.
Charles F. Wilinsky, M.D., Child Hygiene and Director Health Units.
P. H. Mullowney, M.D.V., Division of Food Inspection.
Karl R. Bailey, M.D., Laboratory Division.
Thomas J. Donnellon, Division of Sanitary Inspection.
Frederick J. Bailey, M.D., in charge of Communicable Diseases.
George T. O'Donnell, M.D., in charge cf Tuberculosis.
chief division assistants.
G. Alexander Burr, M.D.V., Veterinarian in charge of Abattoir Inspection.
Robert E. Dyer, D.V.S., Veterinarian in charge of Dairy Inspection.
Frank E. Mott, Inspector of Milk.
The first Board of Health in Boston was established in 1799, under
the special statue of February 13, 1799. It was abolished by the first
City Charter, and from 1822 to 1873 its functions were exercised through
the City Council. The last Board cf Health was established 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 quarantine
service should pass from the control of the Health Dept, when the property
was leased to the United States, in effect June 1, 1915.
66 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
On Oct. 26, 1926, the Conservation Bureau of the City of Boston (Sec.
5, Chap. 18, 1926) was abolished, and instead there was created a Con-
servation Division within the Health Department. March 31, 1927,
Ordinance enacted abolishing the Boston Sanatorium Department and
placing the tuberculosis Hospital at Mattapan under the jurisdiction of
the Trustees of the Boston City Hospital; all other powers and duties and
the Out-patient Department were transferred to the Health Commissioner.
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.
Alexander Whiteside, Secretary.
TRUSTEES.*
Joseph P. Manning, Term ends in 1931.
Carl Dreyfus, Term ends in 1930.
George G. Sears, M.D., Term ends in 1928.
Henry S. Rowen, M.D., Term ends in 1932.
The Boston City Hospital was opened on June 1, 1864. Besides the
Main Hospital, the Trustees have charge of the South Department for
contagious diseases, the Sanatorium Division at 249 River street, Matta-
pan, for tuberculous patients, the Convalescent Home at 2150 Dor-
chester avenue, Dorchester, the Haymarket Square Relief Station, the
East Boston Relief Station, and the West Department, West Roxbury
(at present leased and occupied by United States Government).
The Trustees are incorporated and authorized to receive and hold
real and personal estate bequeathed or devised to said hospital corpora-
tion to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000.
HOSPITAL OFFICERS.
John J. Dowling, M.D. — Superintendent and Medical Director. Residence
and office at the Hospital.
Edmund W. Wilson, M.D. — Assistant Superintendent.
James W. Manary, M.D. — First Executive Assistant and Executive Direc-
tor of Out-Patient Department.
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.
* The Trustees serve without compensation.
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT. 67
Panos Dukakis, M.D. — Night Executive Assistant.
Alexander J. A. Campbell, M.D. — Resident Surgeon.
Herbert G. Dunphy, M.D. — Assistant Resident Surgeon.
F. B. Mallort, M.D.— Pathologist.
George R. Minot, M.D. — Director of Thorndike Laboratory.
Joseph T. Wearn, M.D. — Associate Director of Thorndike Laboratory.
P. F. Butler, M.D. — Roentgenologist-in-Chief.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STAFF.
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons. — 'Vincent Y. Bowditch, M.D.,
Abner Post, M.D., Hay ward W. Cushing, 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.,
Paul Thorndike, M.D., John L. Ames, M.D., Fred B. Lund, M.D., How-
ard A. Lothrop, M.D.
Consulting Pathologists. — William T. Councilman, M.D., Frank B.
Mallory, 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.
Consulting Physicians in Neurology. — Arthur W. Fairbanks, M.D.,
John J. Thomas, M.D.
Curator of the Hospital Museum. — Townsend W. Thorndike, M.D.
Senior Physician.— Francis H. Williams, M.D.
Visiting Physicians.— 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., George R. Minot, M.D., Francis W. Palfrey, M.D., Cadis
Phipps, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Physicians. — Harold W. Dana, M.D., Thomas J.
O'Brien, M.D., William R. Ohler, M.D., Edmund F. Walsh, M.D.
Junior Visiting Physicians. — Burton E. Hamilton, M.D., Joseph M.
Lynch, M.D., Joseph E. Hallisey, M.D., John A. Foley, M.D., George O.
Shattuck, M.D., Louis J. Ullian, 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., Maurice Fremont-
Smith, M.D., Percy B. Davidson, M.D., Henry Baker, M.D.
Senior Surgeon. — George W. Gay, M.D.
. Surgeons-in-Chief. — Frederic J. Cotton, M.D., Joshua C. Hubbard,
M.D., David D. Scannell, M.D., Horace Binney, M.D., Halsey B. Loder,
M.D.
Visiting Surgeons. — Irving J. Walker, M.D., Arthur R. Kimpton, M.D.,
Robert C. Cochrane, M.D., Otto J. Hermann, M.D., Somers Fraser, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Stirgeons. — Francis F. Henderson, M.D., Herbert H.
Howard, M.D., James J. Hepburn, M.D., Donald Munro, M.D., Joseph
H. Shortell, M.D., Augustus Riley, M.D.
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Junior Visiting Surgeons. — William R. Morrison, M.D., Edward Hard-
ing, M.D., Thomas K. Richards, M.D., Thomas W. Wickham, M.D.,
George W. Papen, M.D.
Assistants to Visiting Surgeons. — Charles C. Lund, M.D., Joseph H.
Burnett, M.D., E. Everett O'Neil, M.D., William F. Cotting, M.D.,
John J. Lucy, M.D., Howard A. Bouve, M.D., Gerald L. Doherty, M.D.,
John A. Seth, M.D., Richard I. Smith, M.D.
Senior Surgeon for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — Charles M. Green, M.D.
Surgeon-in-Chief for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — Nathaniel R. Mason,
M.D.
Visiting Surgeon for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — Robert M. Green, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Surgeons for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — John T.
Williams, M.D., Frederick L. Good, M.D., Joseph P. Cohen, M.D.
Junior Visiting Surgeons for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — Harold V.
Hyde, M.D., Frederick J. Lynch, M.D.
Assistants to Visiting Surgeons for Gynecology and Obstetrics. — Reginald
D. Margeson, M.D., Pierce J. Dunphy, M.D., Abraham S. Troupin, M.D.,
Carmi R. Alden, M.D.
Ophthalmic Surgeon-in-Chief . — Jeremiah J. Corbett, M.D.
Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeons. — L. Colby Rood, M.D., Leon W. Jessa-
man, M.D., Samuel H. Wilkins, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeons. — Harry Schwartzman, M.D.,
Thomas J. Hagan, M.D., Paul G. Haire, M.D., Robert W. French, M.D.
Surgeon-in-Chief for Diseases of Ear and Throat. — Harry P. Cahill, M.D.
Visiting Surgeon for Diseases for Ear and Throat. — Louis M. Fresd-
man, M.D.
Visiting Surgeon for Oral and Plastic Surgery. — ■ Varaztad H. Kazanjian,
M.D.
Assistant 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. Dwyer, 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., George
F. Winchester, D.M.D., Austin T. Williams, D.M.D.
Visiting Anesthetists. — Frank L. Richardson, M.D., Nathaniel N.
Morse, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Anesthetists. — William A. Noonan, M.D., Sidney C.
Wiggin, M.D.
Visiting Physician for Neurology. — Stanley Cobb, M.D., Abraham
Myerson, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Physician for Neurology. — Miner H. A. Evans, M.D.
Junior Visiting Physicians for Neurology. — Maxwell E. MacDonald,
M.D., William G. Lennox, M.D., Frank Fremont-Smith, M.D.
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT. 69
Physician-in-Chief for Physical Therapeutics.— Frank P. Granger, M.D.
Assistant Visiting Physicians for Physical Therapeutics. — Joseph Res-
nik, M.D., Edmund B. Burke, M.D.
Physician-in-Chief for Diseases of the Skin. — Townsend W. Thorn-
dike, M.D.
Visiting Physician for Diseases of the Skin. — William P. Boardman,
M.D.
Assistant Visiting Physicians for Diseases of the Skin. — Walter T. Gar-
field, M.D., John G. Downing, M.D.
Junior Visiting Physicians for Diseases of the Skin. — Bernard Appel,
M.D., Francis P. McCarthy, M.D.
Physician-in-Chief for Contagious Diseases. — Edwin H. Place, M.D.
Rozntgenologist-in- Chief . — P. F. Butler, M.D.
Visiting Roentgenologists. — Max Ritvo, M.D., Frederick W. O'Brien,
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 Pediatricians.— Augustine W. McGarry, M.D., Eli Friedman,
M.D.
Assistant Visiting Pediatrician. — John J. Dunphy, M.D.
Junior Visiting Pediatricians. — George Kahn, M.D., John P. Treanor,
Jr., M.D.
SOUTH DEPARTMENT.
Medical Director — John J. Dowling, M.D.
Physician-in-Chief. — ■ Edwin H. Place, M.D.
Assistant Physicians.— Morris Prizer, M.D., Fred Heimlich, M.D.,
Charles T. Hinshaw, M.D.
SANATORIUM DIVISION.
Assistant Superintendent. — Arthur J. White, M.D.
VISITING MEDICAL STAFF.
Chief of Staff.— Edwin A. Locke, M.D.
First Assistant Physician. — Timothy J. Murphy, M.D.
Surgical Assistant. — Albert Ehrenfried, M.D.
Larynologist. — Charles E. Shay, M.D.
Roentgenologist. — ■ Frederick W. O'Brien, M.D.
Visiting Dental Surgeon. — Frederick A. Keyes, D.M.D.
RESIDENT MEDICAL STAFF.
Resident Medical Officer. — Frank H. Hunt, M.D.
Assistant Resident Medical Officer. — Samuel Brown, M.D.
Assistant Resident Medical Officer. — Emory W. DeKay, M.D.
Assistant Resident Medical Officer. — Benjamin F. Sieve, M.D.
70 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
HAYMAEKET SQUARE RELIEF STATION.
Resident Surgeons. — Bernard F. Devine, M.D., George Robbins, M.D.
EAST BOSTON RELIEF STATION.
Resident Surgeons. — Arthur G. Holland, M.D., James A. Dumas, M.D.
PHYSICIANS TO THE CONVALESCENT HOME.
John P. Treanor, M.D. Henry F. R. Watts, M.D.
Joseph J. O'Brien, M.D.
Out-Patient Department.
The new Out-Patient Building was opened to patients in October,
1924. It contains 300 rooms and is equipped with every known device for
the treatment of patients, also a centralized system of records. About
seventy members of the Visiting Staff are here engaged in the treatment of
patients and the teaching of Medical Students. There are also twenty
nurses and six attendants, eight social workers, many clerks and tech-
nicians. The out-patients treated in this building, together with those at
the Relief Stations, number over 80,000 annually, with over 300,000
visits of out-patients.
The Thorndikb Memorial.
The Thorndike Memorial was opened on November 15, 1923, as the
research department of the Hospital. The two upper floors of this building
consist of laboratories devoted to special investigation. One floor con-
tains twenty beds for cases to be studied intensely. The first floor
and basement house the X-Ray Department. All equipment is of the
latest and best known to medical science. The Staff of the Thorndike
Laboratory research service consists of George R. Minot, M.D., Director,
Joseph T. Wearn, M.D., Associate Director, six Assistant Physicians,
three Resident Physicians and four Volunteer Assistants.
New Gynecological and Obstetrical Building.
The new Gynecological and Obstetrical Building was first opened to
patients on March 28, 1927, with a capacity of 151 beds and 78 bassinettes.
This new building contains six floors above the basement, the first
two for gynecological cases, the third, fourth and fifth for obstetrical cases,
while the operating and delivery rooms are on the sixth floor. Each
ward is divided into cubicles with part plaster and part glass partitions.
'Each cubicle is supplied with every comfort, even to a radio outlet at the
head of the bed. Each obstetrical ward contains a nursery divided by
glass partitions into three units of ten cribs each. The partitions open
so that the three units can be thrown into one room. On each obstetrical
floor there is a five-bed ward for isolation and a five-bed ward for
prematures.
LAW DEPARTMENT. 71
INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT.
Office, 808-811 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.]
William S. Kinney, Commissioner. Term ends 1930.
Mary Alma Cotter, Deputy Commissioner.
John J. Ryan, Supt. of Long Island Hospital.
The Department has charge of the Long Island Hospital, the Child
Welfare and the Registration Division.
The Long Island Hospital furnishes full support to poor persons having
a legal settlement in Boston, also hospital care and treatment for those
afflicted with chronic illness. In 1927 a total of 2,037 persons received
aid. The Department controls about 167 acres and buildings on Long
Island valued at upwards of $2,000,000.00. The steamer "George A.
Hibbard" and launch "James J. Minot" are maintained for transporta-
tion service.
The Child Welfare Division, 808 City Hall Annex, has charge of
dependent children and those committed through the Court as neglected.
They are placed under careful supervision in foster homes within the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 1, 1928, the division had 840
children in its care, was using 12 different institutions for medical care or
special training and 400 foster homes.
The Registration Division, Room 5, City Hall, receives and investigates
applications for care of dependents, determines legal settlements, and
supervises the commitment of the insane.
The Department has under its control Rainsford Island, comprising
about 11 acres with buildings thereon formerly occupied by Suffolk School
for Boys, and approximately 697,149 square feet of land and buildings
on Parker Hill purchased in 1923-1926 as a site for a chronic hospital.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Office, 11 Beacon Street.
[Ord. 1904, Chap. 23; Rev. Ord. 1925; Chap. 19; Chap. 20.]
Frank S. Deland, Corporation Counsel. Term ends May, 1930.
Joseph P. Lyons, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Joseph A. Campbell, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Samuel Silverman, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Andrew J. Casey, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
H. Murray Pakulski, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Leo Schwartz, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Vittorio Orlandini, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Charles J. Innes, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
72 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Edwin D. Gallagher, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Sadie Lipner Shulman, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Walter J. O'M alley, City Conveyancer. ,
Ernest D. Cooke, City Conveyancer.
Daniel B. Carmody, Messenger and Docket Clerk.
Joseph J. Sarjeant, Special Investigator.
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.
As now organized the Law Department consists of a Corporation Counsel
and twelve assistants, two of whom are detailed to do the conveyancing
work of the department. One member of the department acts as advisor
to the Transit Department and one member as advisor to the Building
Department. The department, in addition to prosecuting and defending
all law suits and causes for and against the City and County, does all the
conveyancing work for the various municipal departments.
Legal opinions are furnished to the various department heads and city
officials, including the School Committee, on matters relating to the dis-
charge of their official duties. This department appears and represents
the City and County before the various committees of the Legislature and
other public boards and commissions.
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.
Gordon Abbott, Vice-President.
Charles F. D. Belden, Director.
Frank H. Chase, Reference Librarian.
TRUSTEES.*
Arthur T. Connolly. Term ends in 1932.
Gordon Abbott. Term ends in 1931.
Clifton H. Dwinnell. Term ends in 1930.
Louis E. Kirstein. Term ends in 1929.
Guy W. Currier. Term ends in 1928.
The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, five in number,
are appointed by the Mayor, one each year, for a term of five years. They
* The Trustees serve without compensation.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 73
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 Building 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 $2,758,384, 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 ($1,104,569 in 1927)
$125,000 was used for the purchase of books and periodicals. The Library
trust funds in the custody of the City Treasurer amounted to $755,082
on January 1, 1928.
The annual reports, the first of which appeared in 1852, ha^e been
continued without interruption.
LIBRARY SYSTEM.
The Library system consists of the Central Library in Copley square;
seventeen major branch libraries with independent collections of books
and fourteen minor branches. There were, on January 1, 1928, in the
Central Library (including mechanical departments), and branch libraries,
about 600 employees.
Besides the daily delivery of books called for at the various branches,
232 public and parochial schools, 38 institutions and 56 fire-company
houses are regularly supplied.
For reading and reference the Library is open to all without formality
On January 1, 1928, there were 141,401 cardholders having the right to
draw books for home use. The total number of volumes was 1,418,489,
including newspapers and periodicals. Books issued in 1927, for home
use and for use through schools and institutions, numbered 3,705,657.
CENTRAL LIBRARY, COPLEY SQUARE.
Lending and reference, 1,027,364 volumes.
Periodical reading-rooms, 1,569 periodicals.
Newspaper reading-room, 268 current newspapers.
Patent Library, 19,899 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 74,000 (including process pictures), besides
illustrated books, portfolios, etc., and 12,500 lantern slides. Special assist-
ance is offered to classes, travel clubs, etc. Free lectures mostly on art and
travel topics, and concerts, are given during the winter season. The room
for younger readers has about 10,000 volumes on open shelves for reading
and circulation. A 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
74 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
the Central Library and principal branches. On the ground floor of the
Central Library near the main entrance are three rooms, wherein is pro-
vided a community and general information service. In one room is
maintained a classified collection of some 3,000 current Federal documents,
including congressional, department 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.
BUSINESS LIBRARY.
Through an agreement with Harvard University, the Baker Library
of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration has been
made a Branch of the Boston Public Library system. This great library
of books on business and allied subjects, including the collections of the
Business Historical Association, is freely open to the public for reference,
and the closest connection is maintained between it and the Central
Library in Copley square. Hours: 8.30 a. m. to 10 p. m. on weekdays;
1 to 10 p. m. on Sundays.
BRANCH LIBRARIES.
The 17 major branch libraries are open on week days from 9 A. M. to
9 P. M., with some variation of hours in summer. Most of them are open
on Sundays, from 2 to 9 P. M., November to April.
Brighton Branch, 19,086 volumes. Reading-room, 60 periodicals.
Holton Library Building, Academy Hill road.
Charlestowtst Branch, 15,133 volumes. Reading-room, 56 periodi-
cals. 43 Monument square, corner Monument avenue.
Codman Square Branch, 12,328 volumes. Reading-room, 63 periodi-
cals. Washington, corner Norfolk street.
Dorchester Branch, 12,957 volumes. Reading-room, 61 periodicals.
Arcadia, corner Adams street.
East Boston Branch, 21,378 volumes. Reading-room, 66 periodicals.
276-282 Meridian street.
Fellow's Athenaeum Branch, 37,043 volumes. Reading-room, 66
periodicals. 46 Millmont street.
Hyde Park Branch, 35,898 volumes. Reading-room, 58 periodicals.
Harvard avenue, corner Winthrop street.
Jamaica Plain Branch, 17,555 volumes. Reading-room, 59 periodi-
cals. Sedgwick, corner South street.
Memorial Branch, 12,961 volumes; 59 periodicals. Corner Warren
and Townsend streets.
Mt. Bowdoin Branch, 10,090 volumes, 44 periodicals. 202 Wash-
ington, corner Eldon street.
North End Branch, 11,959 volumes. Reading-room, 51 periodicals.
3 A North Bennet street,
Roslindale Branch, 12,182 volumes; 55 periodicals. Washington,
corner Ashland street.
OVERSEERS OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE. 75
South Boston Branch, 20,589 volumes. Reading-room, 67 periodicals.
372 Broadway.
South End Branch, 14,678 volumes. Reading-room, 51 periodicals.
West Brookline street, corner Shawmut avenue.
Upham's Corner Branch, 12,846 volumes. Reading-room, 58 peri-
odicals. 500 Columbia road, corner Bird street.
West End Branch, 22,061 volumes. Reading-room, 73 periodicals.
131 Cambridge street, corner Lynde street.
West Roxbury Branch, 17,273 volumes. Reading-room, 58 periodi-
cals. 1961 Centre street.
MARKET DEPARTMENT.
Office 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. 6.]
Daniel H. Rose, Superintendent of Markets. Term ends in 1930.
Peter J. Connolly, Clerk and Deputy Superintendent.
Faneuil Hall Market, proposed by Mayor Quincy and completed during
his 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 of Markets may assign stands within their limits;
and it is his duty, from time to time, to lease the stalls in the markets 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 both Faneuil Hall and Quincy markets have
been steadily profitable, the latter yielding a total of $117,529.64, during
the year 1926.
The income from Faneuil Hall Market was $29,929.20, during the year
1926.
Public markets, outside stands, and coin locks yield an additional
revenue, making a total income from the Market Department of $149,994.57,
for the year 1927.
OVERSEERS OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
[Formerly Overseers of 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.]
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OFFICIALS.
Nathan A. Heller, Acting Chairman.
Walter V. McCarthy, Secretary.
Franklin P. Daly, Treasurer.
OVERSEERS.*
Terms expire May 1, 1928.
Thomas T. Ratigan. Mrs. Margaret J. Gookin.
Mrs. Jeremiah J. Hurley. Joseph T. Zottoli.
Terms expire May 1, 1929.
Tilton S. Bell. Edward H. Willey.
Mrs. Eva W. White. Nathan A. Heller, Acting.
Terms expire May 1, 1930.
Morris Bronstein. Sophie M. Friedman.
James J. Moynihan. George H. Johnson.
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 on Chardon 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.]
commissioners.
William P. Long. Term ends in 1928.
Charles P. Norton.! Acting. Term ends in 1929.
Charles H. Innes.I Term ends in 1930.
* The Overseers serve without compensation.
t Two commissioners serve without compensation.
PARK DEPARTMENT. 77
OFFICIALS.
William P. Long, Chairman.
Daniel J. Bykne, Secretary and Chief Clerk.
Charles A. Hogan, Superintendent of Parks.
Patrick J. Donoghue, Superintendent of Cemeteries.
James E. O'Reilly, Superintender t of Baths.
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 Parte 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 Brookline ave., 1877 . . . 116.99
Common, Tremont to Charles and Beacon to Boylston st., 1634. f 48.40
Commonwealth ave., Arlington st. to Newton line, 1894-1905 . 112 .70
Franklin Park (1883-84) and Zoological Garden (1912), Seaver to
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 Arlington and Beacon to Boylston
St., 1823 24.25
Riverway, Brookline 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
MARINE PARK SYSTEM.
Castle Island (formerly), now joined to mainland and a part of
Marine Park (land 25.70; flats 7S.30), 1890 .... 104.00
Columbia road J Franklin Park to Marine Park, City Point, £
Dorchester way ) 1892,1899. . . . . . . \
Marine Park and Aquarium, Farragut road, Citv 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, Marine Park System .... 457.90
* Acquired by Ordinance, Chap. 7 of 1922.
f 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.
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MISCELLANEOUS PARKS.
Acres.
* Irving W. Adams Park, Junction of Washington and South sts.,
Roslindale, 1919 0.08
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 Hill 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 Hill terraces, Commercial and Charter sts., North
End, 1893 0.60
* William B. Corbett Park, between Washington and Claybourne
sts., Dorchester, 1917 0.94
Dorchester Park, Dorchester ave. and Richmond st., 1891 . . 30.40
Franklin Field, Blue Hill and Talbot aves., Dorchester (park
area), 1892. (See under Playgrounds for larger area) . . 17.00
Freeport St. (Malloch'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, Allston st. and Griggs place, 1916 . 12 . 12
Rogers Park, Lake and Foster sts., Brighton, 1899 . . . 6.90
Savin Hill Park, Grampian way, Dorchester, 1909 . . . 8.26
Park, East Cottage, Pleasant and Pond sts., Dorchester, 1921 . 0.22
Statler Park, Columbus ave., Stuart and Church sts., 1925 . 0.25
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, Miscellaneous Parks 375 . 39
Playgrounds, with Location, Area and Year Acquired.
Acres.
Almont st., Mattapan, 1924 17.81
William J. Barry, Chelsea st. and Mystic River, Cha'st'wn, 1897, 5 . 27
Billings Field, La Grange and Bellevue sts., W. Roxbury, 1896 . 10.83
Rev. Fr. Buckley, Bolton and West Third sts., South Boston,
1925 0.65
Brookside ave. and Cornwall st., Jamaica Plain, 1925 . . . 1.32
Carroll Pond, CarroU st,, W. Roxbury, 1921 0.47
* William E. Carter, Columbus ave. at Camden st., 1899 . . 5 . 02
Ceylon and Intervale sts., Dorchester, 1923 4.03
* Named for soldier killed in World War.
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* Charlesbank, Charles st., 1883
Charlestown, Main and Alford sts. (land 14; flats 3.7), 1891
* Charlestown Heights, Bunker Hill and Medford sts., 1891
* Chestnut Hill, Brighton, 1898
* Columbus Park, Strandway (15 acres improved) .
* Common, Charles st. side
American Legion, Condor and Glendon sts., East Boston, 1924
t John J. Connolly, Marcella and Highland sts., Roxbury, 1903
t James L. Cronin, Brent st., near Talbot ave., Dorchester, 1899
f 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
f Frederick D. Emmons, Rutherford ave., Charlestown, 1912
William Eustis, Norfolk ave. and Proctor st., Roxbury, 1909 .
Factory Hill, Town st., Hyde Park, 1912 ....
t Fallon Field, South and Robert sts., Roslindale, 1899 .
* Fens, Back Bay, 1877
Franklin Field, Blue Hill and Talbot aves., Dorchester, 1892
* Franklin Park, 1883-84 ,
f William H. Garvey, Neponset ave., opposite Chickatawbut st.
Dorchester, 1896
Christopher Gibson, Dorchester and Geneva aves., 1897.
Paul Gore st., Jamaica Plain, 1913
Gove, Geneva, Porter and Wellington sts., E. B., 1925 .
f 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
j John F. Holland, 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, 1S90
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
X Prince st., North Bennet and Prince sts., North End, 1897 .
Readville, Bullard, Milton and Regent sts., Hyde Park, 1924
Acres.
3.50
17.73
1.00
4.00
79.00
3.50
3.38
5.10
2.24
0.48
5.40
1.47
1.07
7.60
5.20
3.87
5.00
60.00
36.00
16.68
4.34
0.74
4.06
9.63
7.51
4.41
1.07
5.20
60.33
0.43
4.24
4.17
3.00
3.00
S.31
1.27
2.06
4.29
0.40
5.01
* Playgrounds located in parks, and included in areas of paries,
t Named for soldier killed in World War.
% Children's Playground.
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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
Shawmutave. and Cherry st., South End, 1922 .
Smith's Pond, Brainard st., Hyde Park, 1914
f William F. Smith, Western ave. and N. Harvard st., Bri., 1894,
t J J. M. and J. J. Sullivan, Fellows and Hunneman sts., Rox., 1897,
j t Matthew J. Sweeney, West Fifth st., South Boston, 1909
Tenean Beach, Neponset, 1915
t Tyler St., South End, 1912
f George H. Walker, Norfolk st., opp. Evelyn, Mattapan,
t West Third st., corner B st., South Boston, 1909 .
t John Winthrop, Dacia and Danube sts., Dorchester, 1911
Webster ave., North End 1925
* World War Memorial Park, East Boston, 1891 .
Total area of the 65 Playgrounds (Acres)
Area of 13 Playgrounds in Parks (Acres)
Area of the 52 Separate Playgrounds (Acres)
1912
Acres.
2.00
0.86
4.00
11.65
2.80
0.55
14.51
14.00
0.85
0.41
8.70
0.25
6.21
0.28
1.57
0.30
10.00
520.03
159.40
360.63
The first separate playground acquired by the City was the Charlestown
Playground, purchased in 1891 for $172,923. With that included, 65 play-
grounds (52 separate and 13 located in parks) have been established, most
of them equipped with first-class shelter and sanitary buildings containing
lockers, also drinking fountains, shower baths, etc.
Public Grounds, Squares, Etc., with Locations and Areas.
city PROPER.
Square Feet.
Berwick Park, between Columbus ave. and N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. 3,800
Blackstone Square, Washington st., between West Brookline 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
Copley Square, between Huntington ave., Boylston and Dart-
mouth sts 28,399
Fort Hill Square, Oliver and High sts 29,480
Franklin Square, Washington st., between East Brookline and
East Newton sts. . . 105,205
* Playgrounds located in parks, and included in areas of parks.
f Named for soldier killed in World War.
a Acquired bjr gift. J Children's playground.
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Square Feet.
Columbus
Abraham Lincoln Square (formerly Park Square),
ave., Eliot st. and Broadway
Massachusetts Ave. Malls, four sections, between Albany st. and
Columbus ave
Rutland Square, between Tremont st. and Columbus ave
St. Stephen Square, corner St. Stephen and Batavia sts.
Union Park, between Tremont st. and Shawmut ave. .
Waltham Square, Harrison ave., opposite Union Park st.
Worcester Square, between Washington st. and Harrison ave.
ROXBURT.
Bromley Park, Albert to Bickford sts
Cedar Square, Cedar st., between Juniper and Thornton sts.
Elm Hill Ave., between Seaver and Schuyler sts. (Tree Area)
Elm Hill Park, off 550 Warren st
* Francis G. Hanlon Square, junction of Huntington ave., Tre
mont and Francis sts. .
General Heath Square, Old Heath, New Heath and Parker sts
Highland Park, Fort ave. and Beech Glen st
Horatio Harris Park, Walnut ave., from Munroe to Townsend st
Alvah Kittredge Park, Highland st. and Highland ave
Linwood Park, Centre and Linwood sts. .
Longwood Park, Park and Austin sts.
Madison Park, Sterling, Marble, Warwick and Westminster sts.,
Orchard Park, Chadwick, Orchard Park and Yeoman st.
Public Ground, corner Blue Hill ave. and Seaver st.
Warren Square, Warren, St. James and Regent sts.
Walnut Park, between Washington st. and Walnut ave.
Washington Park, Dale and Bainbridge sts. .
* Herbert J. Wolf Square, Crawford, Abbotsford and Harold sts
BRIGHTON
Brighton Square, Chestnut Hill ave. and Academy Hill rd.
* Edward M. Cunningham Square, Cambridge, Murdock and
Sparhawk sts
Fern Square, between Franklin and Fern sts
Jackson Square, Chestnut Hill ave., Union and Winship sts
Oak Square, Washington and Faneuil sts
Public Ground, Cambridge and Henshaw sts.
CHARLESTOWN.
City Square, junction of Main and Park sts. .
Essex Square, Essex and Lyndeboro' sts
Hayes Square, Bunker Hill and Vine sts. ....
Sullivan Square, Main, Cambridge, Sever and Gardner sts.
Winthrop Square, Winthrop, Common and Adams sts.
2,867
106,500
7,400
100
16,000
3,000
16,000
20,975
26,163
2,650
6,920
1,662
2,419
158,421
110,040
5,600
3,625
21,000
122,191
104,492
2,500
1,380
5,736
396,125
966
25,035
7,449
1,900
4,300
9,796
1,434
8,739
930
4,484
56,428
3S,450
* Named for soldier killed in World War.
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DOKCHESTER.
* 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
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
Wellesley Park, Wellesley Park st
sts
sts
Square Feet.
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
46,035
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, Wilhams 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
SOUTH BOSTON.
Independence Square, Broadway, Second, M and N sts.
Lincoln Square, Emerson, Fourth and M sts. .
Thomas Park, Telegraph Hill
279,218
9,510
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
* Named for soldier killed in World War.
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Square Feet.
Oakview Terrace, off Centre st. 5,287
Soldiers' Monument Lot, South and Centre sts., Jamaica Plain . 5,870
Total area of Public Grounds, etc., 3,005,745 square feet, or 69 acres.
RECAPITULATION.
Parks and Parkways :
Main Park System .
Marine Park System
Miscellaneous Parks
Playgrounds (separate)
Public Grounds, Squares, etc.
Grand total (Acres)
Acres.
1,389.40
457.90
375.39
360.63
68.99
2,652.31
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.
* Bellevue, over Muddy river from Bellevue street.
Bridle Path, carrying the ride over Muddy river, near Audubon road.
* Brookline avenue, over Muddy river.
* Berners street foot-bridge, over Muddy river.
* Huntington avenue, over outlet of Leverett pond.
* Longwood, carrying Longwood avenue over Muddy river.
OLMSTED PARK.
Foot— 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.
* The Park Dept. maintains such parts of these bridges as are within City
limits.
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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 Burns
Back Bay Fens
1919
Henry H. Kitson.
Colonel Thomas Cass ....
Public Garden
1899
Richard E. Brooks.
Leif Ericsson
Commonwealth Ave . .
1886
Anne Whitney.
Edward Everett
Edward Everett Sq.,
Dorchester
1867
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.
Josiah Quincy
City Hall Grounds. . . .
1879
Thomas Ball.
Charles Sumner
Public Garden
Warren Sq., Roxbury,
1878
1904
Thomas Ball.
General Joseph Warren. .
Paul W. Bartlett.
George Washington * . . . .
Public Garden
1869
Thomas Ball.
John Winthrop
First Church Grounds,
1880
Richard S. Greenough.
Equestrian statue.
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Monuments and Memorials Belonging to City, Located on Public Grounds.
Name or Designation.
Location.
Year
Erected.
Artist or Architect.
Blackstone Memorial
Tablet
Boston Common
1914
R. Clipston Sturgis.
Robert Kraus.
Crispus Attucks and Other
Patriots of 1770
Boston Common
1888
William Ellery Channing,
Public Garden
1903
Herbert Adams.
Patrick A. Collins Me-
morial
Commonwealth Ave. . .
1908 j
Henry H. Kitson.
T. Alice Kitson.
Declaration of Independ-
ence Tablet
Boston Common
1925
John F. Paramino.
Dorchester Heights (Rev-
olutionary)
Telegraph Hill,
South Boston . . .
1902
Peabody & Stearns.
John Q. A. Ward.
Cram & Ferguson.
Mrs. T. A. R. Kitson.
Ether Memorial
Public Garden
1867
Curtis Guild Memorial
Entrance
Boston Common
1917
Kosciuszko Tablet
Public Garden
1927
Lafayette Tablet
Boston Common
1924
John F. Paramino.
Abraham Lincoln and
Emancipation
Abraham Lincoln Sq. .
1879
Thomas Ball.
John Boyle O'Reilly
1896
Daniel C. French.
Francis Parkman Me-
morial
Olmsted Park, J. P. . .
Boston Common
1906
1912
Daniel C. French.
George F. Parkman Me-
morial Bandstand.
Robinson & Shepard.
Football Tablet
1925
Colonel Robert Gould
Shaw and 54th Mass.
Reg.
> Boston Common ....
1897 j
Augustus Saint Gaudens.
McKim, Mead & White.
Soldiers' and Sailors'
Monument
Boston Common
Winthrop Square
1877
1872
Martin Milmore.
Soldiers' Monument,
Martin Milmore.
Soldiers' Monument,
Dorchester
Meeting House Hill . . .
Centre and South sts.. .
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B. F. Dwight.
Soldiers' Monument,
Jamaica Plain
1871
1924
W. W. Lummis.
George Robert White Me-
morial . . .
Daniel C. French.
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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, Public 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 1927, for parks, parkways and playgrounds (exclusive of
the annual maintenance appropriation) is $27,506,275.79 or $10,733,-
308.49 for the land and $16,772,967.30 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 Hill), 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 traffic road) is used, under the trusts created bj'
the wills of Benjamin Bussey and James Arnold, for Harvard's extensive
collection of specimens of such trees and shrubs as will live in this climate.
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 December 31, 1927,
the amount expended for construction, etc., was $577,078 .63. In the sum-
mer 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 attrac-
tions, in 1914 the elephant house and in 1920 the Hon 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. PARKMAN 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
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date most of the realty has been sold and the proceeds invested in bonds.
On December 31, 1927, the principal of the fund in the custody of the City
Treasurer, amounted to $5,462,259.58. In the fiscal year 1927, the income
from the fund was $216,544.62.
Public Baths and Gymnasia,
main bath houses, open all the year.
Cabot Street. — 203 Cabot street, Roxbury. Brick building, con-
taining 45 shower baths, a swimming pool, 75 by 25 feet, and a gymnasium.
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.
baths and gymnasia in other city buildings, open all the year.
Charlesbank. — Charles street, West End, two houses (*. 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 Building. — 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 gymnasium.
Municipal Building. — Shawmut avenue and W. Brookline street,
South End, 115 shower baths.
* On the site of the new East Boston Gymnasium was located the first
indoor municipal gymnasium in the United States, so far as known. It
was opened to the public in 1897.
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Municipal Building. — Washington street, near Ashland, Roslindale,
18 shower baths.
Municipal Building. — River street, Hyde Park, 25 shower baths.
BEACH BATHS.
Columbus Park. — 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.* — 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.
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 all) 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 under the ordinances of December 21, 1857,
and annual reports have been published since 1859.
All 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 Hill, Charlestown, 48,202 square feet.
Central, Boston Common, 60,693 square feet.
Copp's Hill, Charter and Hull streets, 89,015 square feet.
* The L street seaside bath, opened in 1866, was the first municipal bath
established in the United States, so far as known.
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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.
Fairview, 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, 18,072 square feet.
Mount Hope, Walk Hill 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.
PENAL INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT.
Office 804, 805, 806 City Hall Annex.
(Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, § 14; Stat. 1896, Chap. 536, § 9; Stat. 1897, Chap.
595, § 5; Ord. 1924, Chap. 9.]
Philip A. Chapman, Commissioner. Term ends in 1929.
The Penal institutions Commissioner is the executive and administra-
tive head of the Penal Institutions Department and is also charged with
paroling power from Charles Street Jail, according as deemed necessary
for its proper conduct.
CHIEF PENAL OFFICER.
George F. A. Mulcahy, Master of House of Correction, Deer Island.
This institution dates from 1895 and now includes a group of buildings
valued at $1,467,600, the value of the land has been appraised at $605,900,
a total of $2,073,500. The persons confined there in 1926, numbered
3,554, all men, who were kept busy at farming or in making shoes, clothes,
and granite edgestones. Number discharged in year, 3,645; average
daily population, 597, in month of December, 1926.
The Department Steamboat "Michael J. Perkins" is maintained for
Deer Island and Long Island transportation service.
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; Rev. Ord. 1925, Chap. 24.]
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
William J. Casey, Superintendent of Printing. Term ends May 1, 1930.
Salary, $6,000.
The Superintendent of Printing has charge of all the printing, binding
and stationery for the city departments. He also purchases the postage
used by the city.
The printing plant was established in March, 1897, for the express
purpose of executing the printing required by all city and county depart-
ments. It was originally operated partly from an appropriation and
partly from revenue. Since 1910 it has been entirely self-supporting,
and no appropriation of any kind has been made. The entire expense
of maintenance, including pay roll, has been met from the revenue.
The plant is organized and equipped especially for the city's printing
requirements and consists of modern type-setting machinery, presses and
material, and is appraised at approximately $200,000.
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. Englert, Superintendent of Public Buildings. Term ends May 1,
1928.
Frederick C. Ward, Chief Clerk.
The office of the Superintendent of Public Buildings was established
by ordinance on July 1, 1850, and annual reports have been published
by the Superintendent since 1851. He has the supervision of the care,
repair and furnishing of all 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.
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
On leased land.
Charlestown Municipal Court
and Police Sta., 15th Div.
Public Library Br. and Wd. 17
wardroom.
Public Library Br., veterans'
headquarters.
Mayor's office, City Council
chamber and City depart-
ments or divisions of same.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS DEPAKTMENT. 91
City Buildings in Charge of this Department. — Continued.
Building and Location.
Occupied by, etc.
City Hall Annex, Court st.
East Boston Court House and Police
Station, Meridian and Paris sts.
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, Wd. 3, Oak and
Tyler sts.
Municipal Building, Wd. 9, Shawmut
ave. and W. Brookline st.
Municipal Building, Wd. 8, Vine and
Dudley sts.
Old Chemical Engine House, Eustis st.,
Roxbury.
Old Ladder House No. 5, Fourth st.,
So. Boston.
City Departments.
Dist. Court and Police Sta., 7th
Div.
Faneuil Hall, Armory of Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Com-
pany, market stalls, under hall.
Quincy Hall and Produce Exch.
Public Library Br.
Curtis Hall, baby clinic, baths
and gymnasium.
Pub. Library Br., wardroom,
baths and gymnasium, veteran
organization headquarters.
Auditorium, wardroom, gym-
nasium, baby clinic and baths.
Auditorium, Pub. Library Br.,
wardroom, baby clinic, gym-
nasium and baths.
Municipal Court, Pub. Library
Br., auditorium and baths.
Pub. Library Br., baths, baby
clinic, municipal employment
bureau, gymnasium and
wardroom.
Auditorium, Pub. Library Br.,
gymnasium, baby clinic and
baths.
Pub. Library Br., baths, gym-
nasium, baby clinic and ward-
room.
Leased.
Upper part, Post 32, G. A. R.
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City Buildings in Charge of this Deparment. — Concluded.
Building and Location.
Occupied by, etc.
Old Police Sta. 7, Meridian street, E.
Boston.
Old Provincial State House, Washington
and State sts.
Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 1151 Wash-
ington st.
Old Cross St. Schoolhouse, Cross st.,
Charlestown.
Old Winthrop Schoolhouse, Bunker Hill
st., Charlestown.
Smith Schoolhouse, Joy st
Elm wood Street Gymnasium
Old Ward Room on Mather School lot,
Thomas St. Schoolhouse
Old Police Sta. 8, Commercial street
Old Dorchester Court House, Adams
and Arcadia sts.
Leased to L. S. W. V.
Leased to Bostonian Soc.
Leased as veteran headquarters.
Leased to Col. F. B. Bogan
Camp, No. 14, L. S. W. V.
Reconstructed, with gymna-
sium, baths, baby clinic and
wardroom.
Leased to Post 134, G. A. R.
Leased to Roxbury Post,V. F. W.
Leased to Francis Kane Post,
A. L.
Leased to Boston Post 200,
G. A. R.
Not in use.
Part occupied by Police Sta.,
11th Div., Public Library Br.
County Buildings.
Building and Location.
Occupied bt, etc.
Court House, Pemberton sq
Mortuary, Northern Dist.,18 N. Grove st.
Municipal Court House, Brighton,
Chestnut Hill ave. and Academy Hill
Road.
Roxbury Court House, Roxbury st
New Courthouse, Dor., Melville ave.
and Washington st.
Municipal Court, W. Rox., Morton st.,
Forest Hills.
County offices and court rooms.
Municipal Court.
Municipal Court, South'n Dist.,
veteran organizations.
Municipal Court, W. Rox. and
Hyde Park.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT.
93
WARDROOMS IN CITY BUILDINGS, ETC.
District.
New
Wds.
Buildings.
Location.
East Boston
1
Old Armory Building
Maverick st.
Charlestown
2
Charlestown Gymnasium
Building.
Bunker Hill and Lex-
ington sts.
Boston Proper . . .
3
Municipal Building
Oak and Tyler sts.
South Boston ....
6
Municipal Building
Broadway.
Roxbury
8
Municipal Building
Municipal Building
Vine and Dudley sts.
Shawmut ave., West
Brookline st.
Boston Proper. . .
9
Dorchester
13
Municipal Building
Columbia road and
Bird st.
17
City Building
Washington and Nor-
folk sts.
Jamaica Plain . . .
11
19
Minton Hall*
Forest Hills sq.
Washington st. oppo-
site South.
Roslindale
Municipal Building
Hyde Park
18
Municipal Building
River st. and Cen-
tral ave.
Brighton
22
Old Town Hall
Washington st.
* Hired for $600 per year.
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 annual rent of $12,840, 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 square.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
General offices, entire fifth, sixth and seventh floors, City Hall Annex.
[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.]
James H. Sullivan, Commissioner. Term ends in 1930.
Bernard C. Kelley, 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, the Commissioner of Public Works, the latter authorized
to create the necessary divisions of the department according to his judg-
ment. The following five divisions have been created, viz., Bridge and
Ferrjr, Highway, Sewer, Sanitary and Water, each in charge of a Division
Engineer.
The Commissioner of Public 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 sprinkling of
streets and the removal of house offal and refuse; the maintenance and
operation of all fixtures and appliances 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), So (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, So per day; minimum charge, S10.
8. Erecting, altering or repairing buildings (occupation of street or sidewalk), 5 cents
per square foot per month in the City Proper, bounded on the south 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, SI each,
12. Projecting signs or lamps from buildings, SI each.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 95
13. Raising or lowering safes, machinery, etc., SI each.
14. Emergency permits. Class B, SI each.
15. Special permits for periods and rates other than those in the preceding classes
according to the discretion of the Commissioner.
Bridge and Ferry Division.
Office, 602 City Hall Annex, sixth floor.
John E. Carty, Division Engineer.
L. B. Reilly, Engineer of Construction.
R. D. Gardner, Designing Engineer.
Thomas H. Sexton, Supervisor of Bridges.
John F. Sullivan, General Foreman of Ferries.
The Division Engineer has charge of the design, construction and main-
tenance of the greater part of the highway bridges within the limits of the
City, the care and management of the municipal ferries, the abolishment
of grade crossings, also the special engineering work for other City depart-
ments. All drawtenders are appointed by and subject to the control of
the Commissioner of Public Works.
summary of highway bridges, etc.
I. Number maintained wholly by Boston 66
II. Number of which Boston maintains the part within its limits . 6
III. Number of those whose cost of maintenance is partly paid
by Boston 46
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. ... 1
7. New York, N. H. & EL, Providence Div. ... 16
V. Number maintained by Metropolitan District Commission, S
VI. Number maintained by Transit Department . . . . 12
Total number 175
Municipal Ferries.
anTTTH \ Boston Proper. — Head-house, end of Eastern ave.
( East Boston. — Head-house, end of Lewis st.
( Boston Proper. — Head-house, end of Battery st.
| East Boston. — Head-house, end of Border st.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
The following steam ferryboats are in commission:
Name. When Bcilt. Type. Length.
General Sumner 1900 Propeller. 164 ft. 3 in.
John H. Sullivan 1912 " 172 " 3 "
Lieut. Flaherty 1921 " 174 "
Ralph J. Palumbo 1921 " 174"
Noddle Island (rebuilt) 1921 " 174 " 5 in.
Charles C. Donoghue 1926 " 174 " 4 "
Daniel A. MacCormack 1926 " 174 " 4 "
Note. — For bridges in parks see Park Department.
Gross
Tonnage .
450
527
727
755
564
757
757
HIGHWAY DIVISION.
Main Office, 501 City HaU Annex, fifth floor.
Joshua Atwood, Division Engineer.
Benjamin F. Bates, Chief Engineer, Paving Service.
The Division Engineer has charge of the construction and maintenance
of all public 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
public streets, alleys, parks and public grounds, and the placing of glass
street signs and numbers therein, the numbering of buildings and the
placing of all street signs.
STREET LAMPS IN USE JANUARY 1, 1928.
Electric.
Gas.
Total.
Magnetite arc
6,093
5,532
6,093
5,532
9,873
Tungsten incandescent
Single mantle
9,873
165
Open-flame (fire alarm)
165
Totals ....
11,625
10,038
21,663
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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SANITARY DIVISION.
Main Office, 510 City Hall Annex.
Edward F. Murphy, Division Engineer.
Daniel J. Lynch, Assistant Engineer.
Daniel H. Gillespie, Supervisor of Sanitary, Street Cleaning and Oiling
Service.
Peter Gerrity, Deputy Supervisor.
The Division Engineer has charge of the cleaning and oiling of streets,
also the removal of house offal and refuse in the various districts of the
City.
Total expenditure for year 1927, $3,202,528.52 for collection and dis-
posal of the City's waste materials and the cleaning, oiling and flushing
of streets.
REMOVAL OF STORE REFUSE.
The removal of refuse from shops, stores and warehouses, involving
much extra labor, is attended to by the Sanitary Division and charged for
at 15 cents a barrel or bundle (not larger than a flour barrel). No re-
movals are made except on delivery of tickets obtainable at 504 City Hall
Annex.
SEWER DIVISION.
Main Office, 701 City Hall Annex.
Thomas F. Bowes, Division Engineer.
John M. Shea, Office Engineer.
George W. Daejn, John E. L. Monaghan, William A. Johnson, District
Engineers.
On January 1, 1927, the Sewer and Sanitary Division was divided, and
the Sewer Service was made the Sewer Division, separate from the Sanitary
Division.
The Division Engineer has charge of the construction and maintenance
of all sewerage works, pumping stations, investigation of complaints, the
granting of premits for sewer construction, and rebuilding or repairing of
old house drains, the preparation of plans for the assessment of the cost
of sewer construction, and the examination of plans and approval of
underground locations for public sen ice and other corporations.
The work of the Sewer Division is carried on by the following authority:
Revised Ordinances of 1925, chapter 27 and 39.
Acts of 1897, chapter 426, as amended by Acts of 1899, chap. 450,
and Acts of 1903, chap. 268.
Acts of 1903, chap. 383, as amended by Acts of 1907, chap. 464.
Acts of 1907, chap. 550.
Acts of 1908, chaps. 204 and 514.
Special Acts of 1918, chap. 74.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 99
Assessments upon estates benefited by new sewers are not levied by
the Public Works Department, but by the Board of Street Commissioners,
who also award damages for land-takings made for sewer construction.
Plans from which areas to be assessed are determined are furnished by
the Sewer Division. 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. An
Act of the Legislature prohibits the assessment in similar cases of the
cost of surface drains.
In the calendar year 1927, there were built by contractors, day labor and
private parties, 18.73 miles of sanitary sewers and surface drains, and
682 catch basins, making on Jan. 1. 1928, a total of 1,059.52 miles of
common and intercepting sewers and 17,989 catch basins in charge of the
Sewer Division.
The Boston Main Drainage Works, a comprehensive system of sewage
disposal works, were authorized under chapter 136 of the Acts of 1876.
The works comprise 24.12 miles of main and intercepting sewers, located
generally along tidal margins of the City and lying mainly below the
level of low tide, a pumping station at Old Harbor Point, where sewage
is lifted about 35 feet through force mains into twin deposit sewers, in
which heavy matter settles before the sewage reaches a tunnel crossing
under Dorchester Bay, and an outfall sewer and storage reservoirs at
Moon Island, where the sewage is stored until its discharge into the harbor
on the outgoing tide. These works have been in operation since 1884.
The common sewer system has three electrically operated automatic
pumping stations. The station at Union Park and Albany sts. was built
in 1915 to relieve floodings in the South End District of Boston by pumping
and discharging the surplus storm water flow into the South Bay. The
station at Summer st., opposite E st., was built in 1913, to take care of
the sewage temporarily from the Commonwealth Pier district. The
ejector station at Milton st. was built in 1914 to serve temporarily a small
district, too low to flow by gravity into the present system.
In 1889, as provided by chapter 439 of the Acts, the Metropolitan
Sewerage Commission of three members undertook the construction of
the North Metropolitan and Charles River Systems of trunk and inter-
cepting sewers, the former to discharge into the sea at Deer Island, and
the latter temporarily through the Main Drainage System of the City of
Boston, outletting at Moon Island. The City of Boston had already
constructed pumping works and a trunk sewer from Huntington ave. and
Gainsboro st. to Moon Island. The Charles River System with its 8.10
miles of sewers was completed and put into operation in 1892, the
State paying the City for pumping and discharging the sewege received
from the territory west of Huntington ave. The North Metropolitan
System, with four pumping plants and 41 miles of sewers, went into
operation in 1896. A third system, the Neponset Valley, with a total
length of 11.3 miles, also draining temporarily into the Boston Main
Drainage System, was completed in 1898. In 1906 the high level sewer
100 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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
Charles and Neponset River Systems and the City of Quincy was diverted.
Certain high areas in Dorchester, Roxbury and West Roxbury are also
tributary to this system, which is now called the South Metropolitan
Sewerage System.
The North Metropolitan Sewerage System has a contributary area of
100.32 square miles from 18 cities and towns and a total of 71.84 miles
of sewer. The portions in Boston, namely, Deer Island, East Boston and
Charlestown, contain 3.45 square miles of drainage area and 10.41 miles
of Metropolitan sewer.
The South Metropolitan Sewerage System has a contributary area of
123.26 square miles from 10 cities and towns and a total of 51.86 miles
of sewer. The portions in Boston, namely, Back Bay, Brighton, Dor-
chester, Hyde Park, Roxbury and West Roxbury, contain 24.96 square
miles of drainage area and 23.98 miles of Metropolitan sewer.
Tributary to the two Metropolitan Systems there are 1,722.97 miles of
local sewers in the 27 cities and towns belonging.
WATER DIVISION.
Main Office, 607 City Hall Annex.
Christopher J. Carven, Division Engineer.
James A. McMurky, 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 aU pipes and other fixtures and appliances 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 main on December 31,
1927, was 935.12 miles; number of services actually in use, 91,594, were
metered; number of public fire hydrants, 10,602, December 31, 1927.
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
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 Metropolitan Water Board took possession,
in 1898, all of 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, 1927, 66,693,600,000 gallons, of which 78.8
RETIREMENT BOARD. 101
per cent (52,617,600,000 gallons), was in the Wachusett Reservoir in Clin-
ton, 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 25,087,000,000 gallons of
water were pumped during the year 1926. In the existing Metropolitan
Water District are nine cities, besides Boston, and ten towns. Boston
takes about 70 per cent of the entire water supply of the District.
The daily average amount of water used in Boston in 1927 was 92,751,500
gallons, or 116 gallons per capita.
HIGH PRESSURE FIRE SERVICE.
By 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 line installed in 1898, comprises
17.8 miles of pipe with 451 hydrants. Total expenditure for installation
of system to Dec. 31, 1927, was $2,166,212.23. 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 1930.
Jeremiah J. Leary, Assistant Registrar.
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 published since 1849, except in 1860 and 1861.
By Ordinance, approved July 12, 1892, the Department of Ancient
Records and the office of Record Commissioners (established July 6,
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, Chaps. 284, 381, 426; Stat. 1924,
Chaps. 89, 249, 250, 251; Stat. 1925, Chaps. 18, 90, 152; Stat. 1926,
Chap. 390.]
OFFICIALS.
Wilfred J. Doyle, Chairman.
J. George Herlihy, Secretary.
Wm. D. Kenney, Executive Officer.
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THE BOARD.
Wilfred J. Doyle. Term ends Sept. 1, 1928.
Frank L. Brier (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, 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.
SCHOOLHOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Office, 1007 City Hall Annex, tenth floor.
[Stat. 1901, Chap. 473; Stat. 1902; Chap. 386; Stat. 1903, Chap. 170;
Stat. 1904, Chap. 376, § 14; Stat. 1905, Chap. 392; Stat. 1906, Chaps.
205, 259; Stat. 1907, Chap. 450; Stat. 1908, Chap. 524; Stat. 1909,
Chaps. 388, 446; Stat. 1911, Chap. 540; Stat. 1913, Chaps. 337,
363, 615; Stat. 1914, Chaps. 128, 331, 738; Spec. Stat. 1915, Chaps.
300, 372; 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; Stat. 1925, Chap. 327; Stat. 1926,
Chaps. 153, 314.]
OFFICIALS.
Francis E. Slattery, Chairman.
Charles P. Norton, Secretary.
Henry M. Curry, Chief Clerk.
COMMISSIONERS.
Francis E. Slattery. Term ends in 1931.
Charles P. Norton. Term ends in 1927.
James W. H. Myrick. Term ends in 1929.
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-
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.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT. 103
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,
Chaps. 2 and 30.
Officials.
Eliot Wadsworth, Chairman.
Rupert S. Carven, Secretary.
Frank L. Brier, Treasurer.
COMMISSIONERS.*
Eliot Wadsworth, Abraham E. Pinanskt. Terms end in 1929.
Clarence W. Barron, Frederick J. Crosby. Terms end in 1928.
Ralph Hornblower, George H. Lyman. Terms end in 1930.
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 and amendments; Rev. Ord. 1925, Chaps. 2, 3
and 31.]
John Joseph Murphy, Soldiers' Relief Commissioner. Term ends May 1,
1930.
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 1S97, and is under the charge
* The Commissioners serve without compensation.
104 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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
Aldermen.
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
Office, 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. Rugg. Term ends in 1930.
Daniel F. O'Connell. Term ends in 1928.
Robert Dysart. Term ends in 1929.
James P. Balfe. Term ends in 1931.
Edward G. Graves. Term ends in 1932.
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 public 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 official weekly
publication of the City, with the title, City Record, was re-established in
that year, the size of the page, typography, etc., being similar to the form
adopted by the Statistics Department, under whose management 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, while the business details are in charge of the Secretary of the
Statistics Department who is Business Agent.
* The Trustees other than the chairman serve without compensation.
STREET LAYING-OUT DEPARTMENT. 105
STREET LAYING-OUT DEPARTMENT.
Main Office, 401 City Hall Annex, fourth floor.
[Gen. Laws, Chaps. 79, 80, 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, Chaps. 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.
Thomas J. Hurley. Term ends in 1930.
Charles T. Harding. Term ends in 1929.
John J. O'Callaghan. Term ends in 1931.
ENGINEERING DIVISION.
William J. Sullivan, Chief Engineer.
Arthur N. Colman, Assistant Chief Engineer.
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 lands for
all municipal purposes. It levies tne betterment assessments on estates
benefited by the construction of new sewers and new or improved high-
ways, 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 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 busi-
ness 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.
106 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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 original license of $1.00 for selling and keeping gasoline. Renewals of
fees collected by Fire Department.
As authorized by Chapter 680, Acts of 1913, the Street Commissioners
issued on April 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 negligence after five days' notice.
Fees for permits and each annual renewal thereof are fixed as follows:
Illuminated signs SI 00
Two-foot projecting signs (not illuminated) 50
Other projecting signs (not illuminated) 25
Lettering on awnings 25
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 2, 1928, shows 119 one-way streets. The rules are enforced by
the Police Commissioner, having in charge a traffic squad of 290 men.
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.
Office, 801 City Hall Annex, eighth floor.
[Ord. 1908, Chap. 6; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 35; Ord. 1919, Chap. 6.]
Herbert S. Frost, Superintendent. Term ends in 1930.
Charles E. Thornton, Chief Clerk.
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 and stationery.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEPARTMENT. 107
TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.
Office, 1 Beacon street, seventh 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.
James B. Notes.
Nathan A. Heller.
Terms all end in 1928.
OFFICIALS.
Thomas F. Sullivan, Chairman.
Andrew Adair, Acting 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 Hall, 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.]
Frank L. Brier, City Treasurer. Term ends in 1930.
Edward F. McAdams, Cashier and Acting Treasurer in the absence of the
Treasurer.
Walter W. Foley, Assistant Cashier.
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.
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.]
108 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
James A. Sweeney, Sealer.
Walter L. Finigan, Chief Clerk.
Deputy Sealers. — Charles E. Walsh, Louis Hertgen, Benjamin
Lebowitz, Thomas A. Kelley, Fred A. Thissell, John A. Gargan,
Chief Deputy, John J. Martin, William D. Fay, Martin J. Travers,
Edward J. McManus, Francis A. Trayers and Lawrence J.
Lewis. Philip F. Leonard, Mechanician. Robert E. Sexton,
Coal Inspector.
This department is in charge of the Sealer.
The standards in use are supplied by the Commonwealth and a stand-
ardization is made every five years by the Division of Standards, Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts. The office was authorized by ordinance
in 1890. Ways and means were devised for service of this character to the
Town of Boston as early as 1800. Annual reports have been published
beginning in 1864. By Chapter 382, Acts of 1909, all principal and
assistant sealers are included within the classified civil service.
Nonexecutive Departments.
110
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 prescribed by statute,
ordinance, or regulation, the time of appointment or election, the term of office,
of each officer. Appointments by the Mayor marked with a * are subject to
approval by the State Civil Service Commission; those marked with a f are
confirmed by the City Council :
How
Created.
Appointed or
Elected.
Teem.
By Whom.
When.
Begins.
Length.
Boston and Cambridge
Statute
Mayor. . .
Bridges Commiss'n (two).
Finance Commission (five),
Governor a
Annually
one.
5 yrs.
Franklin Foi inflation
Supreme
Court,
B
(twelve Managers).
Licensing Board (three) ....
Governor a
Biennally
one.
6 yrs.
Loan Assoc'n, Working-
men's, one Director.
Mayor . . .
Annually. .
3d Thu.
in Apr.
1 yr.
Loan Comp'y, Chattel,
one Director.
a
a
1 "
Loan Comp'y Collateral,
one Director.
a
a
3d Wed.
in Dec.
1 "
Old South Assoc'n (three
Managers).
City Coun-
cil.
" ....
When
elected.
1 "
Medical Examiners (two) . . .
Governor *
7 yrs.
Police Commissioner. . . .
a
1st Mon.
in June
5 "
a With the advice and consent of the Exec. Council.
b As vacancies occur.
* With the advice and consent of the Executive Council.
VARIOUS OFFICERS.
Ill
How
Created.
Appointed or
Elected.
Term.
By Whom.
When.
Begins.
Length.
School Committee (five) . . .
Statute
Elected...
City elec-
ton
IstMon.
in Jan'y
4 yrs.
Undertakers
u
Health
Dept.
Mayor. . . .
Annually
May 1..
1 yr.
Officers Paid by Fees :*
Constables
1 "
Fence-viewersf
«
u
« 1..
1 u
Inspectors of hay and straw,
lime, petroleum, etc.
1 "
Gaugers of liquid measures.
it
«
" 1..
1 "
Measurers of grain, upper
leather, wool and bark.
"
" ....
a i
1 a
Superintendents of hay
scales.
"
a
" 1. .
1 a
Weighers of boilers and
heavy machinery, coal.
"
" ....
" 1
1 "
* Confirmed by City Council.
f Two inspectors in the Building Dept. act as Fence-viewers.
112 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
VARIOUS CITY, COUNTY AND STATE
OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, COMMIS-
SIONS, COURTS, ETC.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE BRIDGES COMMISSION.
Office, 602 City Hall 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;
Stat. 1921, Chap. 497.
James H. Sullivan, 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 all 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.
Cambridge, from Boston to Cambridge.
Cambridge street-River street, from Brighton to Cambridge.
Prison Point, from Charlestown 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. 1923, Chap.
489; Stat. 1924, Chap. 369; Stat. 1925.]
* All of the bridges named in this list are over navigable waters.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. 113
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.
William J. Drew. Term ends in 1929.
Joseph A. Sheehan. Term ends in 1928.
Courtenay Guild. Term ends in 1932.
John F. Moors. Term ends in 1931.
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 without 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 County
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 Mayor and City
Council of Boston.
County Auditor. — Rupert S. Carven.
County Treasurer. — Frank L. Brier.
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.— William J. Foley. Elected by the people in 1926
for term of four years ending January, 1931.
Assistant. — Frederick M. J. Sheenan.
Assistant. — William H. McDonnell.
114 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Assistant. — Daniel J. Lyne.
Assistant. — Daniel J. Gillen.
Assistant. — Frederick T. Doyle.
Assistant. — William M. Caddis.
Assistant. — Robert E. McGuire.
Assistant. — William I. Schell.
Assistant. — William J. Sullivan.
Assistant. — William J. McDonough.
Assistant. — Joseph A. Scolponeti.
LAND COURT.
Room 408, Court House.
Judge. — ■ Charles Thornton Davis. Appointed by the Governor.
Associate Judge. — Joseph J. Corbett. Appointed by the Governor.
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 1929. Ralph W. E.
Hopper, term ends in 1930. Edward W. Bancroft, term ends in 1931.
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 9, 1926.
Term ends in January, 1933. As Jailer he receives additional com-
pensation.
Deputy Sheriffs for Service of Writs. — Daniel A. Whelton (Special Sheriff),
Henry G. Gallagher, Richard F. Sweeney, Edmund P. Kelly, John J.
Casey, James P. Keliher, Thomas J. Wilson, Thomas F. Donovan.
Paid by fees.
COURT OFFICERS, ETC. 115
Deputy Sheriffs for Court Duty. — William J. Leonard, Chief Deputy Sheriff,
William T. McDermott, William A. McDevitt, Richard J. Murray,
Oscar L. Strout, Andrew J. Crotty, Frank C. Pierce, Jeremiah J.
McCarthy, John A. Finley, John F. Glynn, Thomas F. Lally.
All debts and expenses of the County of Suffolk are borne by the City of
Boston, unless otherwise specified.
COURT OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS.
Offioes in Court House, Pemberton square, except as otherwise specified.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Chief Justice. — Arthur P. Rugg.
Associate Justices. — Henry K. Braley, John C. Crosby, Edward P. Pierce,
James B. Carroll, William C. Wait, George A. Sanderson.
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.
Assistant Clerks. — John H. Flynn, Joseph Riley.
Reporter of Decisions. — Ethelbert V. Grabill. Appointed by Governor.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Chief Justice. — Walter P. Hall.
Associate Justices. — Robert F. Raymond, Marcus Morton, Franklin T.
Hammond, Joseph F. Quinn, John D. McLaughlin, Alonzo R. Weed,
Hugh A. Dubuque, Patrick M. Keating, Frederick W. Fosdick,
Richard W. Irwin, Christopher T. Callahan, James H. Sisk, Philip
J. O'Connell, Webster Thayer, Louis S. Cox, Nelson P. Brown,
Elias B. Bishop, George A. Flynn, Henry T. Lummus, William A.
Burns, Stanley E. Qua, Joseph Walsh, Frederick J. Macleod, Win-
fred H. Whiting, Edward T. Broadhurst, Frederic B. Greenhalge,
Charles H. Donahue, David A. Lourie, Wilfred D. Gray, David F.
Dillon, Harold P. Williams.
FOR CIVIL BUSINESS.
Clerk. — Francis A. Campbell. Elected by the people in 1922. Term
ends in January, 1929.
Assistant Clerk in Equity. — James F. McDermott.
Assistant Clerks. — John L. MacCubbin, First Assistant, George E. Kimball,
Flourence J. Mahoney, Charles J. Hart, Francis P. Ewing, Frank
H. Hallett, Michael E. Leen, Albert E. MacDonald, D. Pulsifer
Colville, George A. Scheele, Francis P. Murphy, Clesson S. Curtice,
Michael F. Hart, James F. McDermott.
FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
Clerk. — John R. Campbell. Appointed by Justices.
Assistant Clerks. — William M. Prendible, Julian Seriack, John P. Man-
ning, and Walter A. Murray.
116 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
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. Sullivan.
First Assistant Register. — John R. Nichols.
Second Assistant Register. — Clara L. Power.
Third Assista?d Register. — Frederick J. Finnegan.
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 OF 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. 250; Stat. 1920, Chaps. 553,
614; Stat, 1921, Chap. 284; Stat. 1922, Chaps. 309, 399, 532.]
Chief Justice. — Wilfred Bolster.
Associate Justices. — ■ James P. Parmenter, Michael J. Murray, John Duff,
Michael J. Creed, Thomas H. Dowd, Joseph T. Zottoli, James H.
Devlin.
All judges appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the
Executive Council.
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 $5,000.
Clerk. — William F. Donovan. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant Clerks. — ■ Warren C. Travis, Volney D. Caldwell, Arthur W.
Ashenden, James F. Tobin, Louis B. Torrey, William F. Blakeman,
Charles F. Gardella, Frederick J. Dillon, Joseph L. Pierce, George F.
Devine.
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, George A. Savage, Paul W. Carey, James F. Hardy, Edward
A. Chalmers, George W. Herman. Appointed by the Clerk of the
Court with the approval of the Justices.
COURT OFFICERS, ETC. 117
MUNICIPAL COURT, BRIGHTON DISTRICT.
Cambridge street, corner 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. Sullivan.
Special Justices. — Willis W. Stover and Joseph E. Donovan.
Clerk. — Mark E. Smith. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant Clerk. — James J. Mullen, Jr.
Second Assistant Clerk. — George E. Irving.
MUNICIPAL COURT, DORCHESTER DISTRICT.
Washington street and Melville avenue.
Justice. — Joseph R. Churchill.
Special Justices. — Michael H. Sullivan and Jacob J. Kaplan.
Clerk. — Alpheus Sanford. Appointed by the Governor.
Assistant Clerk. — Frederick E. Simmons.
EAST 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. — Carl V. Bowman.
Second Assistant Clerk. — Grace M. Dalton.
MUNICIPAL COURT, ROXBURT DISTRICT.
Court House, Roxbury street.
Justice. — Albert F. Hayden.
Special Justices. — Joseph N. Palmer and Timothy J. Ahem.
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.
118 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MUNICIPAL COURT, WEST ROXBURY DISTRICT, INCL. HYDE 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 Discipline of Juvenile
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.
MUNICIAPL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Chief Probation Officer. — Albert J. Sargent.
Medical Director. — C. Edouard Sandoz, M. D.
Assistant Medical Director. — Anna E. Parker, M. D.
Probation officers. — Francis A. Dudley, Albert J. Fowle, Francis A.
McCarthy, Frank E. Hawkes, James H. Knight, Eugene J. Callanan,
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, Mary L. Brinn,
Elizabeth A. Lee, Margaret H. Markham, Alfretta P. McClure,
Theresa C. Dowling, Ethel Wood, Annie M. Kennedy, Alice D.
Keating, Eleanor F. Holland, Bessie G. Kaufman, John F. Mulvee,
Joseph W. Crockwell, Addison T. Ridlon.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY. 119
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Boston Juvenile Court. — John B. O'Hare, Walter C. Bell, Edward J.
O'Mara, May A. Burke, Hans Weiss.
BRANCH MUNICIPAL COURTS AND EAST BOSTON DISTRICT COURTS.
Brighton. — Edward J. Drummond. Charlestown. — James D. Coady,
Mrs. Ellena M. Foley, William E. Carney. Dorchester. — Reginald H.
Mair, Scott H. Rose. East Boston. — ■ Dennis J. Kelleher, Frederick L.
O'Brien. Roxbury. — Joseph H. Keen, Ulysses G. Varney, Edward A.
Fallon, Matthew M. Leary, John L. Letzing, Thomas Grieve, Kathryn M.
Quealey. South Boston.— Clayton H. Parmelee, Ellen McGurty, James F.
Gleason. West Roxbury. — Frank B. Skelton, Thomas H. Staples (for
children) .
SUPERIOR COURT.
Chief Probation Officer.— Henry C. McKenna.
John J. Barter, Joseph A. McManus, Arthur R. Towle, William A.
Maloney, Edward A. Griffin, James E. Donovan, Harry Keenan, Alice
M. Power, Ellen L. Cunniff, Mary A. Robinson, Mary F. McManus,
Ralph L. Countie, Alice P. Mayers, John J. Moriarty.
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-
ern, by a line 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 in
1931.
Associate Medical Examiners. — William H. Watters, M. D., 109 Mt.
Vernon street, for Southern District. Term ends in 1931. William
J. Brickley, M. D., 496 Commonwealth avenue, for Northern Dis-
trict. Term ends in 1934.
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.
120 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
FRANKLIN FOUNDATION.
[Stat. 1905, Chap. 488; Stat. 1908, Chap. 569; Stat. 1926, Chap. 40;
C. C, Chap. 48, § 5.]
MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION AND MANAGERS OF THE
FRANKLIN FUND.
Everett Morss, President.
James J. Phelan, Vice President.
Rev. C. E. Park, Secretary.
Charles E. Cotting, Treasurer.
managers.*
Malcolm E. Nichols, Mayor of Boston, ex officio*
Rev. Charles E. Park (Congregational minister), ex officio.
Rev. Ernest J. Dennen, (Episcopalian minister), ex officio.
Rev. Donald W. MacLeod, (Presbyterian minister), ex officio.
Charles E. Cotting, David A. Ellis, Louis K. Rourke, Charles R.
Gow, Everett Morss, J. Frank O'Hare, James J. Phelan.
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 of a City department with
the object of maintaining the Franklin Union as an independent industrial
school and technical institute for adults.
The Franklin Fund is the proceeds of a bequest of one thousand pounds
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
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
* The Managers serve without compensation.
FRANKLIN FOUNDATION. 121
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 (£££ 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 Collins,
in 1902, caused a petition of the City to be filed in the Supreme Court,
praying 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 fund under Franklin's will, 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 November 17, 1927 $100,000 was received by the Foundation from
the estate of the late James J. Storrow, the income to be used for
maintenance of Franklin Union.
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
Franklin Union Building was erected at the corner of Appleton and Berk-
eley streets. It was opened for the use of Franklin Union in September,
1908. This is maintained partly by tuition fees, rents, etc., $108,980.50
total in year 1927, including the income from the above mentioned Frank-
lin Fund (i. e.. the Andrew Carnegie Donation), which fund amounted to
$434,478 on January 31, 1928. The building contains 24 classrooms,
6 draughting rooms, and 9 shops and laboratories, where 1,987 adult
students received instruction at evening sessions and 49 in day courses
during the year 1927. There is also a technical and scientific library,
and a large hall with a seating capacity of 1,000. The building with
equipment cost $430,045.69. 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 Fund will become available in 1991.
122 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
LICENSING BOARD.
Office, 1 Beacon Street, Eighth Floor.
Acts 1906, Chap. 291; 1907, Chap. 214; 1909, Chaps. 221, 387, 423;
Special Acts 1915, Chap. 313; 1917, Chap. 145; 1918, Chap. 259;
General Laws, Chap. 136, 138 & 140; Acts 1920, Chap. 47; Acts
1921, Chap. 59; 1922, Chaps. 392 & 485; 1925, Chap. 284; 1926,
Chaps. 299 & 395; 1927, Chap. 326.
OFFICIALS.
David T. Montague, Chairman.
Louis Epple, Secretary.
the board.
David T. Montague. Term ends in 1932.
Mary E. Driscoll. Term ends in 1930.
Arthur J. Selfridge. Term ends in 1928.
The Licensing Board for the City of Boston was established in 1906,
chapter 291. It consists of three members appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. They must be citizens of
Boston who have resided in Boston for at least two years preceding the
date of their appointment. The two principal parties must be repre-
sented and the term of the members is fixed at six years after the first
appointment which was for six, four and 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
liquors, innholders, common victuallers, billiard and pool tables, sippio
tables, bowling alleys, intelligence offices, picnic groves and skating rinks.
The fee fixed by the statute on all but liquor licenses, common victuallers
and innholders is not less than $2 for each license. Sec. 202, Chap. 140,
General Laws. Liquor license fees are fixed by Sec. 19, Chap. 138, Gen-
eral Laws. Innholders and common victuallers fees are fixed at not
more than $5 for each license. Sec. 2, Chap. 140, General Laws.
In 1909, Chap. 423, the board was given the right to issue licenses to
"Sunday dealers in ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit," the
fee for such licenses not to exceed $5.
In 1918, Chap. 259, the board was granted the right to issue licenses
to lodging houses. No fee was to be charged. In 1921, Chap. 59, a fee
of not more than $2 was allowed if established by the city council. The
council established the fee at $2 in 1922.
In 1920, Chap. 47, the legislature transferred the issuing of licenses for
roller skating, carrousels, inclined railways, ferris wheels and outdoor
exhibitions of fire fighting to this board. Now Chap. 140, General Laws,
Sec. 186. The fee not to be less than $2 for each license, Sec. 202.
In 1922, Chap. 392, the board was given the right to license "retail
vendors of Soft Drinks." The fee for such license was not to exceed $1.
CONSTABLES. 123
In 1922, Chap. 485 the "firearm" law was amended giving the licen-
sing of vendors of firearms to this board. The law relates to the renting,
selling or leasing of firearms and the word firearms includes a pistol,
revolver, or other weapon from which a shot or bullet can be discharged
and of which the length of barrel not including any revolving, detachable
or magazine breach does not exceed twelve inches. It does not include
antique firearms incapable of use, nor to sales of firearms at wholesale.
The fee for such license to be fixed by the board.
In 1926, Chap. 299 the board was given the right to grant entertainment
licenses in places where such entertainment was carried on in conjunction
with sale for cash of food or drink. No fee was to be charged to common
victuallers and innholders carrying on such entertainment, but a fee of $5
could be charged to persons selling drinks who carried on an entertainment.
Entertainments consist of dancing, music, cabaret, or amusements.
CONSTABLES.
As of Mat 1, 1928.
Appointed annually by Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City
Council, for one year beginning with the first day of May, and paid by
fees fixed by law.
(Alphabetical Lists.)
Connected with Official Positions, and to Serve Without Bonds. —
Philip J. Brennan, William W. K. Campbell, John D. Carmody, John
M. Casey, John B. Cassidy, Martin F. Cavanagh, John F. Coffey,
Andrew B. DeCourcy, Joseph W. Ferris, Joseph Fucillo, Daniel F.
Hines, Joseph W. Hobbs, William A. Kelley, Lawrence J. Kelly, Edward
J. Leary, John McLoughlin, Emery D. Morgan, Ernest C. Nickerson,
Timothy F. Regan, Charles H. Reinhart, Edward M. Richardson,
Frank B. Skelton, Thomas H. Staples, John J. Sullivan, Rudolph F.
Watson.
With Animal Rescue League. — Julian Codman, Frederick O. Houghton,
Archibald C. McDonald, Henry C. Merwin, Frank J. Sullivan.
With Massachusetts S. P. C. T. A. — ■ Harry L. Allen.
Authorized to Serve Civil Process upon Filing Bonds. — John S.
Avramides, Ralph J. Banks, Daniel J. Barry, John J. Bavis, Ernest M.
Bellows, David Belson, Joseph W. Bennett, Antonio Bentrovatz, Aleck
Berg, Carl Birger Berg, Theodore R. Bernson, George W. Bloomberg,
George A. Borofski, John H. Brady, Thomas F. Brett, Charles B.
Broad, George W. Brooker, James L. Brooks, Francis E. Brown, Warren
A. Brown, Louis Budd, John H. Burke, Henry P. Burns, Sherman H.
Calderwood, Atlante Campagna, Daniel B. Carmody, Thomas C. Carr,
William E. Castaldo, Matthew W. Chait, Hyman Charney, William K.
Coburn, William F. Cogan, Louis Cohen, Denis J. Collins, William A.
Collupy, Arthur E. Connor, William S. Cooper, Albert A. Cosby,
124 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
James G. Curran, James B. Cushing, Joseph P. Cutter, August P.
D'Arcy, William Davis, Paul V. Dicicco, George G. Drew, Louis L.
Dubrow, Charles W. Duran, James S. Duval, Louis Ebb, Thomas Fee,
Terence F. Feely, Daniel G. Finnerty, Peter C. Foy, Harris Friedberg,
Paul R. Gast, George L. Gilbert, James W. Gilmore, Arthur Glass,
Maurice J. Glick, Louis Goldberg, Samuel Goldkrand, Samuel Goldmeer,
Samuel Goldsmith, Alexander Goodman, Edmund C. Grady, John S,
Grady, Joseph Granara, Sears H. Grant, Salvatore Grassa, George W.
Green, Harry Greenbaum, William C. Gregory, Joseph Guttentag.
Joseph S. Halbert, Charles F. Hale, St. Clair E. Hale, John F. Halligan,
John D. Hayes, Walter H. Holland, Albert T. Homsy, John H. Howard,
William A. Iannone, Jacob Isgur, Walter Isidor, Charles H. Jackson,
Max Jacobs, David Kaplan, James Kaplan, Da\id Keller, Francis E.
Kelly, William H. Kenney, Thomas H. King, Clarence H. Knowlton,
Bronis Kontrim, Mark H. Krafsur, Abraham Krinsky, William J.
Lally, Martin J. Leggett, Barnet Levenbaum, John J. Levy, Allen
Libby, Thomas F. Long, Jr., Antonio Longarini, Caetano Lopes, Joseph
G. Luke, Robert E. Lynch, Salvatore Maffei, Bernard H. Magee,
Jeremiah J. Mahoney, Leslie P. Mann, Isie Martin, John C. McCluskey.
Anthony D. McMann, John A. McMeniman, William P. Miles, John J,
Miller, Patrick J. Monahan, Andrew W. Murphy, Elmer S. Nyman,
Edward Ober, Michael W. Ober, Daniel W. O'Brien, James E. O'Brien,
Michael O'Donnell, Jefferson H. Parker, Phillip S. Phillips, James A.
Quinn, George A. Ramacorti, Robert Reid, Julius Richmond, Bar-
tholomew F. Roach, William H. Robinson, Hyman Rossman, Joseph H.
Ryan, Robert E. Scott, Samuel Semiansky, Samuel Shain, Sidney J.
Sheinfeld, Abraham Singer, Henry J. D. Small, George C. Souther,
John Sualich, Arthur J. Sullivan, Jerome Suvalle, Benjamin J. Tackeff,
Francis J. Tobin, Joseph Todisco, Joseph M. Torr, Jeremiah A. Twomey,
Aber Uckerman, Roman J. Vasil, Sidney A. Vinton, John J. Walsh,
James H. Waugh, Charles F. Weinberg, Joseph Weiner, Abraham I.
Weiss, John F. Welch, Karl H. West, Richard W. Whipple, David H.
Wilkinson, Philip G. Wolf, Max Wortsman, John A. Wragg, Maurice
Zeeman, Max Zimmerman.
OLD SOUTH ASSOCIATION IN BOSTON.
[Stat. 1877, Chap. 222, §§ 1, 2.]
The Mayor, ex officio, Councilors Henry Parkman, Jr., and Michael
J. Mahoney, 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.
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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.
Peter 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, 154 Berkeley Street.
[Stat. 1878, Chap. 244; Stat. 1885, Chap. 323; Stat, 1895, Chap. 449,
§ 26; Stat. 1906, Chap. 291; Stat. 1907, Chaps. 387, 513, 560; Stat.
1908, Chaps. 480, 519; C. C, Stat. 1909, Chaps. 221, 311, 538; Stat.
1911, Chap. 287; Stat. 1913, Chaps. 236, 263, 592; 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, Chap. 521, § 31; Stat.
1923, Chaps. 30, 242, 289; Stat. 1924, Chapter 311, sect. 2; Chaps.
371; 410. Stat, 1925, Chaps. 284, 331. Stat. 1926, Chaps. 108;
247; 379, sect, 1; Chap. 395. Stat. 1927, Chaps. 30; 163; 157: 326.
Herbert A. Wilson, Police Commissioner.
John H. Merrick, Secretary.
Captain Joseph Harriman, Chief Clerk.
EXECUTIVE STAFF.
Michael H. Crowley, Superintendent of Police.
Thomas C. Evans, Deputy Superintendent.
126 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
-, Deputy Superintendent.
Thomas F. Goode, Deputy Superintendent.
, Special Service.
Captain William W. Livingston, Inspector of Divisions.
Captain Charles W. Searles, Property Clerk.
Captain George W. Patterson, Vice Squad.
Sergeant Robert Caverly, Narcotic Squad.
Captain John W. Pyne, Superintendent's Clerk.
Captain Louis E. Lorz, Drill Master.
Lieutenant Thomas S. J. Kavanagh, Assistant Drill Master.
Frank A. Richardson, Director of Signal Service.
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
Ainsley C. Armstrong, Chief Inspector.
Gustaf Gustafson, Captain.
James F. Concannon, Edward T. Conway, James A. Dennessy, Timothy
F. Donovan, John A. Dorsey, George J. Farrell, Stephen J.
Flaherty, Thomas F. Gleavy, Francis P. Haggerty, John W.
Kilday, Joseph F. Loughlin, John F. McCarthy, Michael J.
Morrissey, Thomas F. Mulrey, Henry M. Pierce, John F.
Mitchell, James R. Claflin, Michael J. Burke, James H. Egan,
Thomas M. Towle, Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro, Owen Farley,
William A. Sayward, Timothy J. Sheehan, Elkanah W. D.
Le Blanc, William R. Connolly, Michael A. Kelley, Lieutenant
Inspectors. George V. Augusta, Edward C. Blake, Alfred
Boucher, Thomas F. Lyons, Joseph J. Maguire, Maurice F.
Murphy, Cornelius Ring, Joseph E. Rollins, William N. Taylor,
Detectice Sergeants.
police department.
The Board of Police for the City of Boston, established in 1885, was
superseded in 1906 by a single executive, the Police Commissioner.
The City is divided into nineteen Police Divisions, in each of which
is a station house, the headquarters of a captain and force of men. For
traffic purposes, the City is also divided into two traffic divisions, a north-
ern and a southern, in each of which is a station house, the headquarters
of a captain and force of men. The Commissioner appoints a Harbor
Master and assistants from the police force, and they receive pay in accord-
ance with their rank in the force. The police 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 of voters, now includes
all women 20 years of age and over, in addition to the men.
On April 1, 1928, the police force numbered 2,292 members, including
27 captains, 28 lieutenant-inspectors, 41 lieutenants, 9 detective-sergeants,
162 sergeants, 2,016 patrolmen, and 5 patrolwomen, of which 304 were
detailed for traffic control.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 127
There were 17 men in the signal service, whose director has charge of
528 signal boxes.
Salaries: Captains, $3,500 per annum; lieut.-inspectors and lieutenants,
$2,500; detective sergeants and 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.
First Division, Hanover street. Arthur B. McConnell, Captain.
Second Division, 229 Milk street. Perley S. Skillings, Captain.
Third 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, cor? er D and Athens streets, South Boston. Daniel G.
Murphy, Captain. .
Seventh Division, corner Emmons and Paris streets, East Boston. Archi-
bald F. Campbell, Captain.
Eighth Division (including the islands in the harbor and the harbor
service), 521 Commercial street. Ross A. Perry, Captain and Harbor
Master. lieutenant William H. Rymes, Sergeants Ibri W. H. Curtis,
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. Gallivan,
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. Jeremiah N,
Mosher, Captain. Sub-station, Franklin 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, Boylstov street, near Hereford street. John M.
Anderson, Captain.
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, 872 Morton street, Dorchester. James J. Walkins,
Captain.
Twentieth Division (Traffic), 229 Milk street. Bernard J. Hoppe,
Captain.
128 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Twenty-first 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 Kenney, Chief Matron. Genevieve
Baretta, Assistant Chief Matron.
City Prison. First floor of Court House, Somerset street. Lieutenant
Edward H. Mullen, Keeper of the Lock-up. Sergeants Charles F.
Bannister, Denis J. Casey, Dennis F. Desmond, 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, 300
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; Stat. 1926
Chaps. 153, 314.]
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Edward M. Sullivan. Term ends January, 1930.
Jennee Loitman Barron. Term ends January, 1930.
Francis C. Gray. Term ends January, 1932.
Joseph J. Hurley. Term ends January, 1932.
Joseph V. Lyons. Term ends January, 1932.
officials.
Francis C. Gray, Chairman.
Jennte Loitman Barron, Treasurer.
Jeremiah E. Burke, Superintendent.
Ellen M. Cronin, Secretary.
Alexander M. Sullivan, Business Manager.
Mark B. Mulvey, Schoolhouse Custodian.
BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENTS.
Superintendent Burke, Chairman ex officio.
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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS.
Augustine L. Rafter. John C. Brodhead.
Mary C. Melltn. Arthur L. Gould.
William B. Snow. Michael J. Downey.
THE TEACHERS COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, LATIN AND DAY HIGH
SCHOOLS (18).
Teachers College, Public Latin, Girls' Latin, Brighton High, Charlestown
High, Dorchester High (Girls), Dorchester High (Boys), East Boston
High, English High (Boys), Girls' High, High School of Commerce
(Boys), High School of Practical Arts (Girls), Hyde Park High, Jamaica
Plain High, Mechanic Arts High, Memorial High (Girls), Memorial
High (Boys), South Boston High.
Clerical School. — ■ Boston Clerical School.
Continuation School. —
Trade Schools. — Boston Trade School, Trade School for Girls.
DAY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH INTER-
MEDIATE CLASSES, AND DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS (81).
East Boston. — Blackinton,! Chapman, Donald McKay Intermediate,*
Emerson, John Cheverus,! Joseph H. Barnes Intermediate,* Samuel
Adams, Theodore Lyman, Ulysses S. Grant.
Charlestown. — Harvard-Frothingam,fPrescott,t Warren-Bunker Hill. f
North and West Ends. — Bowdoin, Eliot, Hancock, Michelangelo
Intermediate,* Washington Intermediate,* Wells, Wendell Phillips.
City Proper. — Abraham Lincoln,* Horace Mann, Prince, f Quincy.f
South End. — Dwight,t Everett,! Franklin,t Rice.!
South Boston. — Bigelow,* Frederic W. Lincoln,f Gaston,* John A.
Andrew,! Lawrence, f Norcross,* Oliver Hazard Perry, f Shurtleff,*
Thomas N. Hart.f
Roxbury. — Dearborn,f Dillaway,f Dudley,! Henry L. Higginson, Hugh
0'Brien,f Hyde,! Jefferson-Comins, f Julia Ward Howe, Lewis Inter-
mediate,* Martin,! Sherwin,! Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate,*
William Lloyd Garrison.
Brighton. — Bennett,* Thomas Gardner,f Washington Allston.*
Jamaica Plain. — Agassiz,f Bowditch,f Francis Parkman,! Lowell. f
Roslindale. — Charles Sumner, Longfellow, Washington Irving.*
West Roxbury. — ■ Robert Gould Shaw.*
Dorchester. — Christopher Gibson,f Edmund P. Tileston,! Edward
Everett,! Emily A. Fifield, Frank V. Thompson Intermediate,* Gilbert
Stuart,| Grover Cleveland Intermediate,* Henry L. Pierce,* John
Marshall, John Winthrop,* Mary Hemenway,* Mather,! Minot,!
Oliver Wendell Holmes Intermediate,* Phillips Brooks,! Robert Treat
Paine, Roger Wolcott, William E. Endicott, William E. Russell!
Hyde Park. — Elihu Greenwood,! Henry Grew-!
* Intermediate Schools. ! Intermediate Classes.
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INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
Industrial Schools. — Boston Trade School (day) with evening classes
also; Trade School for Girls (day), with extension classes also; Con-
tinuation Schools (day) for employed boys and girls.
Clerical School. — For special training in Stenography, Bookkeeping,
Typewriting, English, ffioce 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. Kallom,
Assistant Director.
Evening and Summer 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. Aborn, Director.
Manual Arts. C. Edward Newell, Director. Edward C. Emerson,
Associate Director.
Modern Foreign Languages. Marie A. Solano, Director.
Music. John A. O'Shea, Director.
Penmanship. Bertha A. Connor, Director.
Physical Education. Nathaniel J. Young, Director. Frederick J.
O'Brien, Associate Director.
Practice and Training of Teachers. Katherine L. King, Director.
Salesmanship. Edward J. Rowse, Commercial Co-ordinator.
School Hygiene. John A. Ceconi, M. D., Director. ,
Special Classes. Ada M. Fitts, Director.
Speech Improvement Classes. Theresa A. Dacey, Director.
Vocational Guidance. Susan J. Ginn, Director.
Chief Attendance Officer. Joseph W. Hobbs.
Licensed Minors. Timothy F. Regan, Supervisor.
Administrative Offices.
Administration Building, 15 Beacon St. Headquarters of all officials.
At Continuation School, 25 Warrenton St., education and employment
certificates are issued daily (except Saturdays), fron 8.30 A. M. to 3 P. M.,
and on Saturdays from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., but during July, August and
September to 12 noon. Physical examination of applicants for employ-
ment certificates 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, August and September to 12
noon. Licenses are not issued during school hours.
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 131
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. There are 31 officers besides the
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 schoolhouse in the district served.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS AND SCHOOL 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.
For all schools and districts there is one Director of School Hygiene in
charge of sis supervising school physicians, 57 school physicians, one
oxologist, one medical supervisor of nutrition classes, and one sanitary
inspector.
Chapter 357, Acts of 1907, provided for the appointment by the School
Committee of one supervising femaile nurse and as many district female
nurses as are deemed necessary. The sum available for the employment
of school physicians and school nurses is 11 cents on each one thousand of
the City's assessed valuation, which in 1928 will amount to $207,021.05.
In addition any balance unexpended the previous year is available. For
the eighty-one elementary and intermediate school districts there is one
supervising nurse in charge of three assistant supervising nurses and 57
school nurses.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
In 1907 the School Committee were authorized to provide for the
extension of 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 15 cents on each
$1,000 of the City's assessed valuation, which in 1928 will amount to
$282,301.43. In addition, the income from games and contests and any
balance unexpended the preceding year are available. The cost of military
drill is not charged against the appropriation for Physical Education.
The Department of Physical Education comprises one director, one
associate director, one assistant director, one supervisor-in-charge of
playgrounds, ten instructors of military drill, two armorers, twenty-nine
women instructors of physical education, twelve teacher coaches of athletics
and fourteen play teachers for boys of high schools, fifteen women play
teachers for girls of high schools, twenty women play teachers for girls of
intermediate schools, ninety-five men play teachers for boys of intermediate
and elementary schools, six supervisors of playgrounds assisting in the
direction of approximately six hundred playground teachers assigned for
132 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
different seasons. The latter have charge of games, plays, dances, etc.,
in the fifty-five schoolyard playgrounds and seventy-five park play-
grounds 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 public 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 Charlestown,
Dorchester, East Boston, Brighton, Hyde Park, and Jamaica Plain High,
and practical arts courses in the evening elementary schools.
For the agricultural course in the Jamaica Plain High School, the School
Committee is reimbursed to the extent of two-thirds of the cost of
instruction.
MANUAL ARTS.
The Training School for Teachers of Mechanic Arts, located in the
Parkman Schoolhouse, Broadway, South Boston, is conducted under the
direction of the Department of Manual Arts.
There are seven co-operative courses in high schools, as follows : Brighton
(auto mechanics), Charlestown (electricity), Dorchester (woodwork),
East Boston (machine shop practice), Hyde Park (machine shop practice),
Jamaica Plain (agriculture), and South Boston (sheet metal).
There are 149 shops in elementary and intermediate schools, in which
the following-named subjects are taught: Auto mechanics, bookbinding,
electricity, interior decoration, machine shop practice, mechanical drawing
(temporary), clay modeling, printing, sheet metal, woodwork, and diversi-
fied subjects.
Modeling is taught in fifth grades in all boys' schools, by a special
teacher. Cardboard construction and bookbinding in the fourth and
filth grades are supervised by the department.
Home and school gardening is conducted by the department as an
after-school and summer activity in fifty-five elementary and intermediate
districts.
Summer recreational handicraft classes are conducted in six centers.
HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE AND ARTS.
There are ten high schools offering courses in household science and
arts, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Girls'
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 133
High, Jamaica Plain, Memorial, also South Boston and High School of
Practical Arts, and 69 rooms in elementary and intermediate schools
equipped for instruction in cookery, 67 sewing rooms, 7 millinery rooms
and 14 home suites.
A director, two assistant directors, 69 teachers of cookery and 117
teachers of sewing, also 9 teachers of millinery are assigned to the De-
partment of Household Science and Arts.
EVENING HIGH, ELEMENTARY AND TRADE SCHOOLS.
There are eleven evening high schools, Central (English High School-
house), Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Girls', Hyde
Park, Mechanic Arts, Roxbury (Boston Clerical Schoolhouse), South
Boston, and West Roxbury (Washington Irving Schoolhouse). 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. All but the Central High and Mechanic Arts High are commercial
schools.
There are twenty-two evening elementary schools, including five branch
schools of same in session on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Evening trade classes are conducted in the Boston Trade School and
three branch schools held in the Brighton, East Boston and Hyde Park
High Schoolhouses.
DAY SCHOOL FOR IMMIGRANTS.
There are nineteen schools for immigrants where instruction in the
English language is provided, classes being conducted daily (except
Saturday) for two hours in the forenoon and the same in the afternoon.
DAY PRACTICAL ARTS CLASSES.
There are nine schools where instruction in practical arts (dressmaking,
home decoration and millinery) is provided to persons over sixteen years
of age, classes being conducted for two hours on either two mornings or
afternoons each week.
SUMMER REVIEW AND VACATION SCHOOLS.
These supplementary summer review schools, one high, two inter-
mediate, 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 1927 was 7,503. There are also five vacation schools. The
term is forty days, and the number of pupils in 1927 was 8,278.
CONTINUATION SCHOOL (DAY).
Classes for Boys' Division, with 27 instructors, are held in the Con-
tinuation School, 25 Warrenton street; for Girls' Division, with 22 in-
structors, at 868 Washington street and the Pierpont School.
All children 14 to 16 years of age employed under an employment
certificate are compelled by law to attend the school four hours per week.
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USE OF SCHOOLHOUSES FOR SOCIAL AND CIVIC PURPOSES.
In 1912 the School 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
the schools were not in session. Under this arrangement there are now
twelve School Centers, each having a manager and largely attended on
three evenings and one or two afternoons a week. More than 70 school
buildings are also used by Non-School Center groups.
The School Committee may annually appropriate for this purpose a
sum equal to four cents on each $1,000 of the City's assessed valuation,
which in 1928 will amount to $75,280.38. In addition, the income from
rents of school buildings and any balance unexpended the preceding year
are available. Besides the renting of school halls for club meetings,
entertainments, etc., basements and other accommodations in school-
houses are used by the Election Department as polling 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 have been in the Boston
public day schools, the pension paid amounts to one-third of the annual
salary received at time of retirement, 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 valu-
ation. The Permanent School Pension Fund amounted to $852,648.64 on
January 1, 1928, and 302 retired teachers were receiving pensions therefrom.
The Boston Teachers' Retirement Fund Association, started in 1900)
is paying $120 per year to 324 annuitants, the total amount of its fund
on October 1, 1927, being $1,060,626.06. At that date 3,870 teachers
were each contributing $18 per year to this fund.
CITY ORDINANCES. 135
ORDINANCES ENACTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL.
REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1925.
14th Revision (Latest).
In pursuance of a vote of the City Council on July 27, 1925, the work
of revising and consolidating the City Ordinances was undertaken by the
Assistant City Clerk. On December 21, 1925, a draft of the completed
revision up to date was submitted to the Committee on Ordinances, who
arranged to have printed an appendix thereto showing the disposition of
the Revised Ordinances of 1924 and subsequent ordinances, also where the
same have been repealed or rendered obsolete by statute.
On December 28, 1925, the City Council, by unanimous vote, enacted
the Revised Ordinances of 1925* consisting of 40 chapters.
Since the adoption of the Revised Ordinances of 1925 up to the time of
issuing this volume, the following ordinances have been enacted by the
City Council:
ORDINANCES OF 1926.
CHAPTER 1.
Concerning Bonds of the City Collector and the City Treasurer.
Chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1925 is hereby amended in
section three, by striking out in the clause establishing the bond of the city
collector the words ^'seventy-five thousand dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words "one hundred and fifty thousand dollars"; and by
striking out in the clause establishing the bond of the city treasurer the
words "one hundred and fifty thousand dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words "three hundred thousand dollars."
[Approved October 13, 1926.
CHAPTER 2.
Concerning Meal Periods of Members of the Fire Department.
Section three of chapter fifteen of the Revised Ordinances of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by adding at the end of said
section the following: — and provided further that each member of the
* Copies may be obtained at office of City Messenger, 55 City Hall, 50
cents each.
136 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
fire department while on a twenty-four hour tour of duty may be allowed
one meal period of one and one quarter hours while on such tour of duty —
so that section three as amended shall read:
Section 8. 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 meridiari; provided, that on every third day, for the purpose of alter-
nating 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
liberty at all times, except as otherwise provided in section four of this
ordinance, and provided further that each member of the fire department
while on a twenty-four hour tour of duty may be allowed one meal period
of one and one quarter hours while on such tour of duty.
[Approved October 13, 1926.
CHAPTER 3.
Concerning the Conservation Bureau.
Section 1. The conservation bureau created pursuant to section five,
chapter eighteen, of the revised ordinances of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five is hereby abolished.
Sect. 2. The health commissioner shall establish in addition to the
other divisions of the health department a conservation division for the
purpose of conserving life and promoting public health. The scope and
character of the work to be done by the conservation division shall be the
study of conditions and problems of cancer and contagious diseases.
Temporary and permanent employees necessary to carry on the work of
the conservation division shall be appointed and their compensation
fixed in the same manner as other employees of the health department
and their compensation and other expenses of the conservation division
paid from appropriations available for the purpose in the same manner as
other expenses of the health department.
[Approved October 26, 1926.
CHAPTER 4.
Concerning the Treasury Department.
The treasurer may appoint an assistant cashier who shall furnish a
bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars to the treasurer as obligee,
with sureties satisfactory to the mayor, for the faithful performance of his
duties and for the safe custody of money and other property entrusted
to him. The assistant cashier may in addition to such other duties as
the treasurer may require him to perform sign, in the name and behalf
of the treasurer, if countersigned by said assistant cashier, all checks
which may be required for the payment of the pay rolls of the school
committee.
[Approved October 26, 1926.
CITY ORDINANCES. 137
ORDINANCES OF 1927.
CHAPTER 1.
Concerning the Boston Sanatorium Department.
Section 1. The powers and duties of the trustees of the Boston
Sanatorium department exercised and performed in connection with the
buildings and work carried on in the Mattapan district are hereby trans-
ferred to the trustees of the hospital department who, in addition to their
other powers and duties, shall hereafter exercise said powers and perform
said duties.
Sect. 2. All other powers and duties of the trustees of the Boston
Sanatorium department and more especially those powers and duties in
connection with the out-patient division are hereby transferred to the
health commissioner who, in addition to his other powers and duties, shall
hereafter exercise and perform said powers and duties.
Sect. 3. The offices of the trustees of the Boston Sanatorium depart-
ment are hereby abolished. [Approved March 81, 1927.
CHAPTER 2.
Concerning the Salary of the Building Commissioner.
Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1925 is hereby
amended in the clause establishing the salary of the building commissioner
by striking out the words "six thousand" and inserting in place thereof
the words ' 'seventy-five hundred." [Approved April 1, 1927.
CHAPTER 3.
Concerning the Salary of the Budget Commissioner.
Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1925 is hereby
amended in the clause establishing the salary of the budget commissioner
by striking out the words "six thousand" and inserting in place thereof
the words ' 'sixtv-five hundred." [Approved May 24, 1927.
CHAPTER 4.
Concerning the Salary of the Superintendent of Supplies.
Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1925 is
hereby amended in the clause establishing the salary of the superintendent
of supplies by striking out the words "six thousand" and inserting in
place thereof the words ' ' seventy-five hundred."
[Approved July 12, 1927.
CHAPTER 5.
Concerning the Salaries of the Schoolhouse Commissioners.
Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1925, is
hereby amended in the clause establishing the salary of the schoolhouse
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commissioners by striking out the words "the chairman five thousand
dollars, and the two other commissioners each four thousand dollars"
and inserting in place thereof the words ' 'the chairman seventy-five hun-
dred dollars, and the two other commissioners each five thousand dollars."
[Approved July 12, 1927.
REGULATION OF BUILDING HEIGHTS.
[Stat, 1872, Chap. 371; Stat. 1892, Chap. 419; Stat. 1896, Chap. 313
Stat. 1898, Chap. 452; Stat. 1904, Chap. 333; Stat. 1905, Chap. 383
Stat. 1907, Chap. 416; Stat. 1914, Chap. 786; Stat. 1915, Chap. 333
Stat. 1923, Chap. 462; Stat. 1924, Chap. 488; Stat. 1928, Chap. 137.J
Following the Great Fire in Boston which occurred on November
9 and 10, 1872, a special session of the Legislature was called to consider
questions growing out of the calamity and to enact such measures as were
appropriate for the protection and rebuilding of the city. This resulted
in an amendment to the Building Law of 1871 establishing a maximum
height limit of 75 feet, which was amended the following year to 80 feet,
providing further that additional height might be added if the same were
constructed in a fireproof manner.
In 1892, Chapter 419 provided for a maximum height limit of 125 feet
in height, with a further restriction to 2\ times the width of the widest
street or square on which such building stood.
Authority to limit building heights to 70 feet within 25 feet of a park-
way, boulevard or public way bordering on a park was granted under the
provisions of a General Law, Chapter 313 of the Acts of 1896, and accepted
by the city of Boston in May of the same year. This Law carried with
it provision for damages and is one of the few instances in the city of
Boston of the limitation of building heights through the exercise of eminent
domain. For the most part restrictions are adopted under the police
power.
Chapter 333 of the Acts of 1904 provided for the appointment of a
Commission authorized to divide the city of Boston into two districts;
A, in which the greater part of the buildings situated therein were used
for business or commercial purposes, restricted to a height of not more
than 125 feet, and B, in which the greater part of the buildings situated
therein were used for residential purposes, restricted in height to 80 feet.
The boundaries of the A and B Districts as thus established continued
in effect until the appointment of a similar Commission under the pro-
visions of Chapter 333 of the Acts of 1915, this second Commission being
authorized to revise the boundaries but not to increase the maximum
height limits. The result was that the boundaries of District A were
considerably enlarged.
In the meantime Chapter 383 of the Acts of 1905 provided that buildings
may be erected in the 80-foot district on streets exceeding 64 feet in width
REGULATION OF BUILDING HEIGHTS. 139
to a height equal to one and one-half times the width of the street upon
which the building stands, but not exceeding 100 feet in any event, a
modification which remains in effect at the present time.
Chapter 462 of the Acts of the year 1923 amended previous legislation
and established a maximum height limit of 155 feet further making pro-
vision for the erection of buildings to a height greater than two and one-
half times the width of the street, but not exceeding 155 feet if the external
wall of a height greater than two and one-half times the width of the street
shall be set back from the vertical face of the building in the ratio of one
foot horizontally for each two and one-half feet vertically. Further
regulations were also established for buildings on a narrower street near its
intersection with a wider street.
Chapter 488 of the Acts of the year 1924 the Boston Zoning Law,
divides the city into 35, 40, 65, 80, and 155 foot districts, as shown on a
map prepared by the Boston City Planning Board, and filed in the office
of the State Secretary, each of the aforesaid districts carrying with them
in addition to height limitations certain restrictions with regard to the
bulk of builings, the area of yards and other open spaces and the per-
centage of lot occupancy. Flexibility in the administration of the Zoning
Plan is assured through the Board of Appeals, which is authorized to
vary the provisions of the Law, and through the Board of Zoning Adjust-
ment which is authorized to change the boundary lines of the zoning
districts, under certain given conditions.
According to an opinion handed down by the Supreme Judicial Court
on March 2, 1926, (Grenville H. Norcross and another, Trustee and others,
versus the Board of Appeal of the city of Boston) Districts A and B as
territorial divisions regulating height of buildings, established in accordance
with earlier statutes, no longer exist in view of the general scope and
detailed provisions of the aforesaid Zoning law.
Chapter 137 of the Acts of 1928 provides that on a lot on which a build-
ing 155 feet in height is permitted, part of a building or structure may
exceed such height provided the volume of the same does not exceed the
buildable area of the lot multiplied by 155 feet, and provided further
that every part of such building or structure above a height equal to two
and one-half times the effective width of the street, but not exceeding
125 feet, shall set back from every street and lot line one foot for each
two and one-half feet of additional height.
There have been, in addition, a number of laws enacted which operated
indirectly as to height limits in the city of Boston, including special re-
strictions in the vicinity of Copley Square and the Public Library; the
State House; Rutherford Ave. between Chapman Street and the Mystic
River tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad; Washington Street,
Lovering Place, Harrison Ave. and Asylum Street; and the property
occupied by the Mechanic Arts High School on Dalton, Belvidere and
Scotia Streets. So far as these special restrictions are concerned, the
Zoning Law particularly specifies that it shall not interfere with, abrogate,
140 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
annul, or repeal any statute previously enacted relating to the use of
buildings or premises, provided, however, that where the zoning act
imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises or upon
the height of buildings, the provisions of such act shall control.
PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS BUREAU.
George H. Johnson, Director of Public Celebrations.
Office, 25 City Hall.
The Bureau of Public Celebrations was organized in 1912, for the pur-
pose of observing, under the direction of his Honor the Mayor, the cele-
bration of historical events, the observance of patriotic holidays and other
public occasions, in a manner calculated to produce constructive results.
COMMITTEE FOR AMERICANIZATION.
Herbert E. Ellis, Director.
Office, 305 City Hall Annex.
The Bureau of the Committee for Americanization was created to incul-
cate the spirit of active and alert Americanism throughout the City of
Boston and combat the circulation of malicious propaganda.
The service of the Bureau has aided in the construction of a well at-
tended policy of American ideals and for fostering better community
conditions.
Since the formation of the Bureau for Americanization a vast number of
aliens have received instruction in matters of naturalization and future
citizenship and literature of an informative nature has been widely dis-
tributed.
RENT AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
E. F. Condon, Secretary.
Herbert E. Ellis, Chief Adjuster.
Office, 305 City Hall Annex.
The Rent and Housing Committee was appointed by his Honor the
Mayor, March 25, 1920. The purpose of the Committee has been to
carefully study the difficulties arising between tenants and landlords and
to endeavor to effect settlements of the most delicate social and economic
problems provided in hundreds of rented homes.
GEORGE ROBERT WHITE FUND.
• George E. Phelan, Manager.
Office, 45 City Hall.
The late George Robert White, who died in Boston, January 27, 1922,
left the residue of his estate to the City of Boston to be held as a per-
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLICITY BUREAU. 141
manent charitable trust fund, "the net income only to be used for creating
works of public utility and beauty, for the use and enjoyment of the
inhabitants of the City of Boston."
The control and management of the fund is in the hands of a board of
five trustees, consisting of the Mayor as Chairman, the President of the
City Council, the City Auditor, the President of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce and the President of the Bar Association of the City of Boston.
Health Units have been provided at Baldwin Place and North Margin
Street in the North End, and at Paris and Emmons Streets, East Boston,
and at Dorchester and West Fourth Streets, South Boston, in the hope of
being able by proper instruction, to better the living and health conditions
of the communities in the congested districts.
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLICITY BUREAU.
George H. Johnson, Director.
Office, 25 City Hall.
The Commercial, Industrial and Publicity Bureau was organized by the
Mayor early in 1921. The purpose of the Bureau is to foster and stimu-
late the creation of new industries in Boston, under the direction of
the Mayor, to co-operate with commercial and trade organizations for
this purpose, and to provide for suitable public statements relative to
successful business accomplishments in Boston from time to time.
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BOUNDARIES
OF THE
Twenty-Two Wards
AS FIXED IN 1924.
146 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 unless otherwise clearly appearing; the phrase "through"
or "to" a street, bridge, railroad location, or the like, shall mean through
or to middle lines unless 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 line" or "shore line of Boston," or the like, shall,
unless otherwise clearly appearing, mean the line beyond which building
or wharfing-out may for the time being be legally forbidden when such
line has been or shall 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.
All 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
limits 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 line in Chelsea creek, between Boston and Chelsea; thence by said
boundary line between Boston and Chelsea, and by the boundary line
between Boston and Revere in said Chelsea creek and in Belle Isle inlet,
WARD BOUNDARIES. 147
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.
(CHAELESTOWN.)
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-
148 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 Shawmut avenue; thence through Shawmut ayenue 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 BAT 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 Brookline
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 through 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. 149
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 line 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 line
on the southeasterly side of Fort Point channel; thence by said shore line
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;
150 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 Willis 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.
(south end and eoxbukt noeth.)
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 line 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 Hill 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.
(eoxbtjry 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. 151
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 Linwood
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.
(roxbuey west.)
Beginning at the intersection of the boundary line between Boston and
Brookline, and Brookline avenue; thence through Brookline 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 line 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
152 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 established 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 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 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 Carolina 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.
(koxbuey east.)
Beginning at the intersection of Washington street and Dudley street;
thence through Dudley street to Greenville street; thence through Green-
ville 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 Franklin Park by several
courses as the same is legally established, 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. 153
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 slightly 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 slightly 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 Quiney 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 Hill avenue and Fayston street;
thence through Fayston street to Mascoma street ; thence through Mascoma
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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 Geneva
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 Elizabeth street extended; thence by
said extended line and through Elizabeth 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 Hill avenue; thence through Blue Hill avenue
to the point of beginning.
WARD FIFTEEN.
(DORCHESTER 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 Claybourne
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;
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thence through Bourneside 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 line of Boston on Dorchester Bay, being the nearest
angle in said line; thence by said shore line 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 line 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 line of Mellish road extended;
thence by said extended line and through Mellish road to Adams street;
thence through Adams street to its intersection with the southerly bound-
ary line of Dorchester park extended, said line running nearly northwest
and southeast; thence by said boundary line of Dorchester park in several
courses as the same is legally 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 Railroad 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 Bourneside street; thence through Bourneside street to Melville
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-
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Chester avenue to its intersection with the southerly boundary line 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
river 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 PARK AND MATT AP AN.)
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 Evelyn
street; thence through Evelyn 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 line 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 boundary line between Boston and Dedham to its
intersection with the boundary line 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.
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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 line between Boston and Brookline; thence by said
boundary line 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 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 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 line
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;
158 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
thence by 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 line 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 line, and the boundary line between Boston and Needham
and the boundary 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 line 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
Brookline avenue to Kilmarnock street; thence through Kilmarnock street,
and by its middle line extended, to its intersection with the middle line 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 line 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 line 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 William Jackson avenue; thence
through William Jackson avenue to Academy Hill road; thence through
WARD BOUNDARIES. 159
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 Washington 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 line 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.
[For present boundaries of precincts see Document 77 — 1925.]
MEMBERS OF
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1909-I92S.
MAYORS AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS SINCE 1822
ORATORS APPOINTED BY THE CITY SINCE 1771.
MASSACHUSETTS MEMBERS OF 69th CONGRESS
AND
BOSTON MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE. 1926-27.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
1909.
James M. Curley,
Daniel A. Whelton,
Daniel J. Donnelly,2
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 2.
Joseph H. Pendergast,
Dennis A. O'Neil,
Michael J. Brophy.
Ward S.
James J. Brennan,
Joseph A. Dart,
William J. Murray.
Ward 4-
Francis M. Ducey,
Patrick B. Carr,
James I. Green.
Ward 5.
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. McKcagney.
Mayor.
GEORGE A. HIBBARD.i
AlDBRMEN.
Frederick 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.
COUNCILMEN.
George C. McCabe, President.
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 IS.
Leo F. McCullough,3
Stephen A. Welch,
Coleman E. Kelly.
Ward 14-
Cornelius J. Fitzgerald,
Thomas J. Casey,
Joseph L. Collins.
Ward 15.
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.
JoseDh 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 20.
Charles T. Harding,
Harry R. Gumming,
William Smith, jr.
Ward 21 .
William N. Hackett,
John Ballantyne,
Walter R. Meins.
Ward 22.
William H. Morgan,
George Penshorn,
Bernhard G. Krug.
Ward 23.
George W. Carruth,
George W. Smith,
Ward D. Prescott.
Ward 24-
Frank B. Crane,
James A. Hart,
Clifford C. Best.
Ward 25.
Edward C. Webster,
George C. McCabe,
Charles H. Warren.
i Elected for two years. . ' ;E?d June 23> 19°9'
3 Resigned June 3, 1909.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
163
Term Ends in 1913.
John J. Attridge,
Matthew Hale,
Walter L. Collins.
1910.
Mayor.
JOHN F. FITZGERALD.
City Council.
Walter Ballantyne, 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.
1911.
__ •
Mayor.
JOHN F. FITZGERALD.
City CoaNCiL.
Walter L. Collins, President.
Term Ends in 1913.
John J. Attridge,
Matthew Hale,
Walter L. Collins.
Term Ends in 1912.
James M. Curley,
Walter Ballantyne,
Thomas J. Kenny.
Term Ends in 1915.
Walter Ballantyne,
Thomas J. Kenny,
John A. Coulthurst.
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,
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 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 nine members.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Term Ends in 1918.
Walter Ballantyne,
John A. Coulthurst,
Henry E. Hagan.
1915.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
George 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.
Term Ends in 1919.
John J. Attridge,
Walter L. Collins,
James J. Storrow.
1916.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
Henry E. Hagan, 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.
I9IT.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
James J. Storrow, President.
Term Ends in 1919. Term Ends in 1918.
John J. Attridge, Walter Ballantyne,
Walter L. Collins, Henry E. Hagan,
James J. Storrow. Alfred E. Wellington
Term Ends in 1920.
Francis J. W. Ford,
Daniel J. McDonald,
James A. Watson.
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.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
165
Term Ends in 1923.
David J. Brickley,
Francis J. W. Ford,
James A. Watson.
Term Ends in 1924.
Henry E. Hagan,
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty.
Term Ends in 1925.
John A. Donoghue,
George F. Gilbody,
William J. Walsh.
Term Ends in 1926.
David J. Brickley,
William C. S. Healey,
James A. Watson.
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty,
James T. Purcell,
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty,
James T. Purcell,
1920.
ANDREW J. PETERS, Mayor.
City Council.
James T. Moiuarty, President.
Term Ends in 1922.
Walter L. Collins,
John A. Donoghue,
Edward F. McLaughlin.
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 1921.
Henry E. Hagan,
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty.
Term Ends in 1922.
Walter L. Collins,
John A. Donoghue,
Edward F. McLaughlin.
1922.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
David J. Brickley, President.
Term Ends in 1924.
Henry E. Hagan,
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty.
1923.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
Daniel W. Lane, President.
Term Ends in 1925.
John A. Donoghue,
George F. Gilbody,
William J. Walsh.
1924.*
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
John A. Donoghue, President.
David J. Brickley,
William C. S. Healey,
James A. Watson,
1925.
JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor.
City Council.
James T. Moriarty, President.
David J. Brickley,
William C. S. Healey,
James A. Watson,
Term Ends in 1923.
David J. Brickley,
Francis J. W. Ford,
James A. Watson.
Term Ends in 1924.
Henry E. Hagan,
Daniel W. Lane,
James T. Moriarty.
John A. Donoghue,
George F. Gilbody,
William J. Walsh.
John A. Donoghue,
George F. Gilbody,
William J. Walsh.
* By Chapter 479, Acts of 1924, the terms of all members of the City Council expire
upon the first Monday in January, 1926. Upon the same date a new City Council of 22
members, one from each ward, assume office.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Mayors of the City of Boston.
From 1822 to the Present Time.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Died.
Years of
Service.
* John Phillips
Boston
.Nov. 26, 1770
1
May 29, 1823
.Feb. 4, 1772
July 1, 1864
1823-28.. 6
* Harrison Gray Otis
Boston
.Oct. 8,1765
Oct. 28, 1848
1829-31.. 3
♦Charles Wells
Dec. 30, 1786
.Feb. 19, 1792
June 3, 1866
July 17, 1849
1832-33.. 2
* Theodore Lyman, jr. . . .
1834-35.. 2
* Samuel T. Armstrong. . .
.April 29, 1784
Mar. 26, 1850
1836 1
.Mar. 5, 1798
Jan. 29, 1862
1837-39.. 3
.Jan. 23, 1807
May 25, 1848
1840-42.. 3
* Martin Brimmer
.June 8,1793
April 25, 1847
1843-44.. 2
Brookline
.Dec. 11, 1798
Nov. 22, 1845
1845 1
.Jan. 17, 1802
Nov. 2, 1882
1846-48.. 3
.Aug. 25, 1797
July 4, 1872
1849-51.. 3
.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
.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. . .
.Oct. 19, 1812
Jan. 25, 1885
186 1-62.. 2
* Frederic W. Lincoln, jr. .
(See above) . . .
Sept. 5, 1882
Oct. 17, 1874
1863-66.. 4
Boston
Nov. 2, 1811
.June 29, 1810
1867 1
* Nathaniel B. ShurtlefL. .
1868-70.. 3
Killingly, Conn
....Oct. 3, 1820
Jan. 19, 1894
1871-72.. 2
.Aug. 23, 1825
Dec. 17, 1896
1873,10 mo.
(See under Chairmen of Alder-
1873, 2 mo.
* Samuel C. Cobb
men)
Taunton
.May 22, 1826
Feb. 18, 1891
1874-76.. 3
.Jan. 18, 1818
June 6, 1899
1877 1
* Frederick O. Prince
(See above) . . .
(See above) . . .
1878 1
1879-81.. 3
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
.July 13, 1827
Aug. 1, 1895
1885-88.. 4
* Thomas N. Hart .
North Reading .
.Jan. 20,1829
Oct. 4, 1924
1889-90.. 2
* Nathan Matthews, jr. . .
.Mar. 28, 1854
Dec. 11, 1927
189 1-94.. 4
* Edwin U. Curtis
Roxbury
.Mar. 26, 1861
Mar. 28, 1922
1895 1
* t Josiah Quinc v
Quincy
.Oct. 15,1859
Sept. 8, 1919
1896-99.. 4
t Thomas N. Hart
* J Patrick A. Collins
1900-01.. 2
Fermoy, Irelanc
, Mar. 12, 1844
Sept. 14, 1905
1902-05, 32
t John F. Fitzgerald
..Jan. 21, 1872
1905, 3i mo.
.Feb. 11, 1863
1906-07.. 2
* t George A. Hibbard
Boston
.Oct. 27,1864
May 29, 1910
L908-O9.. 2
t John F. Fitzgerald
1910-13.. 4
.Nov. 20, 1874
1914-17.. 4
.April 3, 1S72
1918-21.. 4
1922-25.. 4
If Malcolm E. Nichols. . . .
Portland, Me . .
.May 8, 1876
1926-29
* Deceased.
§ Acting Mayor.
t Elected for two years.
I Twice elected for two years.
1 Elected for four years.
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
167
Note. — From January 6, 1845, to February 27, 1845, or from the close of Mayor
Brimmer's term of office 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-
man 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, 1S54. In the meantime the duties of Mayor were performed by
Benjamin L. Allen, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen.
In 1S73 Mayor Pierce resigned his office 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.
Mayor Collins died on September 14, 1905. Daniel A. Whelton, Chairman of the
Board of Aldermen, was Acting 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.
Lyme, N. H . . .
.Oct. 7, 1808
Oct. 30, 1890
1855
.Feb. 21,1802
April 29, 1861
1856-57
* Joseph Milner Wightman
.Oct. 19,1812
Jan. 25, 1885
1858
* Silas Peirce
.Feb. 15, 1793
Aug. 27, 1879
1859
*Otis Clapp
Westhampton. .
.Mar. 3, 1806
Sept. 18, 1886
1860
1861
* Thomas Phillips Rich . . .
.Mar. 31, 1803
Dec. 11, 1875
1862
* Thomas Coffin Amory, jr.
.Aug. 16, 1812
Oct. 10, 1899
1863
Nov 2 1811
Sept. 5, 1882
April 27, 1870
1864
* George W. Messinger. . .
.Feb. 5,1813
1865-66
* Charles Wesley Slack . . .
Boston
.Feb. 21,1825
April 11, 1885
1867
* George W. Messinger . . .
(See above) . . .
April 13, 1901
1868
.Aug. 22, 1814
1869
* Newton Talbot
.Mar. 10 1815
Feb. 3, 1904
1870
* Charles Edward Jenkins,
.July 29, 1817
Aug. 1, 1882
1871
Jafirey, N.H...
.Aug. 15, 1827
..July 1, 1825
Dec. 21, 1906
1872
* Leonard R. Cutter
July 13,1894
1873
* John Taylor Clark
Sanbornton,N.H.,Sep. 19, 1825
Oct. 29, 1880
1874-77
* Solomon Bliss Stebbins. .
.Jan. 18, 1830
June 8, 1910
1878
.July 13, 1827
Aug. 1, 1895
1879 81
* Solomon Bliss Stebbins. .
(See above) ....
(See above) . . .
(See above) . . .
Mar. 18, 1891
1882
1883
* Charles Varney Whitten
Vassalboro, Me.
, May 10, 1829
1884-85
* Charles Hastings Allen . .
.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) . . .
Nov 10 1907
1888
Sudbury
Baltimore, Md.
Dorchester. . . .
Oct. 11 1S40
18S9
William Power Wilson. . .
.Nov. 15, 1852
.Feb. 15, 1855
1890
* Herbert Schaw Carruth..
Dec. 27, 1917
1891
.April 26, 1846
Sept. 12, 1923
1892-93
North Attleborc
'. .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 until 1855; the Board elected a permanent Chairman from 1855.
168 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. — Concluded.
Name.
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.
% 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.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Died.
Years of
Service.
* William Prescott
* John Welles
* Francis Johonnot Oliver,
* John Richardson Adan . .
* Eliphalet Williams
* Benj. Toppan Pickman. .
* John Prescott Bigelow...
* Josiah Quincy, jr
* Philip Marett
* Edward Blake
* Peleg Whitman Chandler
* George Stillman Hillard,
* Benjamin Seaver
* Francis Brinley
* Henry Joseph Gardner . .
* Alex. Hamilton Rice ....
* Joseph Story
* Oliver Stevens
* Samuel W. Waldron, jr. .
* Josiah Putnam Bradlee. .
* Joseph Hildreth Bradley,
* Joshua Dorsey Ball
* George Silsbee Hale
* Wm. Bentley Fowle, jr. .
Pepperell Aug. 19, 1762
Boston Oct. 14, 1764
Boston Oct. 10,1777
Boston July 8, 1793
Taunton Mar. 7, 1778
Salem Sept. 17, 1790
Groton Aug. 25, 1797
Boston Jan. 17,1802
Boston Sept. 25, 1792
Boston Sept. 28, 1805
N. Gloucester, Me., Apr.12, '16
Machias, Me Sept. 22, 1808
Roxbury April 12, 1795
Boston Nov. 10, 1800
Dorchester June 14,1818
Newton Aug. 30, 1818
Marblehead Nov. 11,1822
Andover June 22, 1825
Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 24, '28
Boston June 10, 1817
Haverhill Mar. 5, 1822
Baltimore, Md. .July 11, 1828
Keene, N. H Sept. 24, 1825
Boston July 27, 1826
Dec. 8,
Sept. 26,
Aug. 21,
July 4,
June 12,
Mar. 22,
July 4,
Nov. 2,
Mar. 22,
Sept. 4,
May 28,
Jan. 21,
Feb. 14,
June 14,
July 19,
July 22,
June 22,
Aug. 23,
Aug. 24,
Feb. 2,
Oct. 5,
Dec. 18,
July 27,
Jan. 21,
1844
1855
1858
1849
1855
1835
1872
1882
1869
1873
1889
1879
1856
1889
1892
1895
1905
1905
1882
1887
1S82
1892
1897
1902
1822
1823
1824-25
1826-28
1829
1830-31
1832-33
1834-36
1837-40
1841-43
1844-45
1846-47 »
18472-49
1850-51
1852-53
1854
1855
1856-57
1858
1859-60
1861
1862
1863-64
1865
* Deceased. ' To July 1. 2 From July 1.
t Perlie 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.
J 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. 169
presidents of the common council. — Concluded.
Name.
Place and Date of Birth.
Died.
Years of
Service.
* Joseph Story
* Weston Lewis
* Charles Hastings Allen. .
* William Giles Harris. . . .
* Melville Ezra Ingalls.. . .
* Matthias Rich
* Marquis Fayette Dickin-
son, jr
* Edward Olcott Shepard..
* Halsey Joseph Boardman
* John Q. A. Brackett
* Benjamin Pope
* William H. Whitmore. . .
Harvey Newton Shepard
* Andrew Jackson Bailey. .
* Charles Edward Pratt. . .
* James Joseph Flynn ....
* Godfrey Morse
* John Henry Lee
* Edward John Jenkins . . .
* David Franklin Barry. . .
* Horace Gwynne Allen. . .
* David Franklin Barry.. .
* Christopher Francis
O'Brien
Joseph Aloysius Conry.. . .
Timothy Lawrence Con-
nolly
Daniel Joseph Kiley
Arthur Walter Dolan
William John Barrett
LeoF. McCullough
* George Cheney McCabe
(See above)
Hingham April 14, 1834
Boston June 14, 1828
Revere May 15, 1828
Harrison, Me. . .Sept. 6, 1842
Truro June 8, 1820
Amherst Jan. 16, 1840
Hampton, N.H., Nov. 25, 1835
Norwich, Vt . . . .May 19, 1834
Bradford, N. H, June 8, 1842
Waterford, Ire. .Jan. 13, 1829
Dorchester Sept. 6, 1836
Boston July 8, 1850
Charlestown July 18, 1840
Vassalboro, Me., Mar. 13, 1845
St. John, N. B 1835
Wachenheim, Germany,
May 17, 1846
Boston April 26, 1846
London, Eng. . .Dec. 20, 1854
Boston Feb. 29, 1852
Jamaica Plain.. .July 27,1855
(See above)
Boston Feb. 17, 1869
Brookline Sept. 12, 1868
Boston Oct. 5,1871
Boston July 27, 1874
Boston Sept. 22, 1876
Boston June 24, 1872
Boston July 1, 1882
Carmel, N. Y. . . July 5, 1873
(See
above)
Apri
1 6,
1893
Mar
3),
1907
Oct.
29,
1897
July
11,
1914
Dec.
13,
1914
Sept
18,
1915
Apri
27
1903
Jan.
15,
1900
Apri
1 6,
1918
Sept
24
1879
June 14,
1900
Mar
21,
1927
Aug.
20,
1898
Mar. 26,
1884
June 20,
1911
Sept
12,
1923
Oct.
3,
1918
July 23,
1911
Feb.
12,
1919
(See
above) . . .
Apri
25,
1899
Dec.
27,
1917
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873-74
1875
1876
1877-78
1879
1880
1881 i
1881 2-82
1883 3
1883*
1884
1885-86
1887-88
1889-90
1891-93
1894-95
1896-97
1898
1899-1901
1902-05
1906-07
190S
1909
Deceased. J To October 27. 2 From October 27. 3 To June 11. 4 From June 14.
170
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
James T. Moriarty
Charles G. Keene
John J. Heffernan
Thomas H. Green
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 Mar. 14, 1889
Boston Dec. 11, 1872
Boston Aug. 12, 1885
(See above)
Gardiner, Me. . .Aug. 6, 1880
Boston Jan. 27,1893
Boston May 11, 1883
May 17, 1926
Mar. 13, 1926
Aug. 25, 1927
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
192S
* 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 Quincv Adams.
1794 John Phillips.
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. William Emerson.
1803 William Sullivan.
1804 Dr. Thomas Danforth.
1805 Warren Dutton.
1806 Francis Dana Channing.
1807 Peter O. Thacher.
1808 Andrew Ritchie, jr.
ORATORS OF BOSTON.
171
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 William 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 William 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. Corny.
1903 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 William H. P. Faunce.
1919 Charles Ambrose DeCourcy.
1920 Jacob L. Wiseman.
1921 Lemuel H. Murlin.
1922 Jeremiah E. Burke.
1923 Rev. Charles W. Lyons.
1924 Rev. Dudley H Ferrell.
1925 Thomas H. Dowd.
1926 Andrew J. Peters.
1927 William McGinnis.
1928 Hon. Edith Nourse Rogers.
172
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
FROM BOSTON FOR 1928.
SENATORS. (8.)
1st Suffolk Disteict Edward J. Cox, R.
2d Suffolk District John B. Cashman, D.
3d Suffolk District Wellington Wells, R.
4th Suffolk District Robert E. Bignet, D.
5th Suffolk District James J. Mulvet, D.
6th Suffolk District Gaspar G. Bacon, R.
7th Suffolk District : William I. Hennessey, D.
Sth Suffolk District . Thomas H. Bilodeau, R.
REPRESENTATIVES. (48.)
Ward
1.
fWiLLiAM H. Barker, D.
■j Bernard F. Hanrahan, D.
(William H. Hearn, D.
Ward
12.
Ward
13.
(Abraham B. Casson, R.
\Carroll L. Meins, R.
(Peter J. Fitzgerald, D.
(Hugh H. Garrity, D.
Ward
2.
(John P. Buckley, D.
\ Charles S. Sullivan, Jr., D.
Ward
14.
(Isidore H. Fox, R.
(William M. Silvf.rman, R.
Ward
3.
(Martin M. Lomasney, D.
(John J. O'Leary, D.
Ward
15.
(Francis X. Coyne, D.*
\Lewis R. Sullivan, D.f
Ward
4.
(George P. Anderson, R.
(Richard E. Johnston, R.
Ward
16.
Ward
17.
(Joseph Finnegan, D.
(Francis J. Hickey, D.
(Harrison H. Atwood, R.
(Owen A. Gallagher, D.
Ward
5.
(Henry L. Shattuck, R.
\Eliot Wadsworth, R.
Ward
18.
(Joseph A. Logan, D.
[Patrick J. Welsh, D.
Ward
6.
Ward
7.
(William P. Hickey, D.
\James J. Twohig, D.
(Maurice E. 'Foley, D.
(Edward J. Sullivan, D.
Ward
19.
Ward
20.
Ward
21.
(Horace E. Dunkle, R.
(George Penshorn, R.
(Harold R. Duffie, R.
\George A. Gilman, R.
| Martin Hays, R.
Ward
8.
[Garrett H. Byrne, D.
\ Anthony A. McNulty, D.
Ward
22.
JI.eo M. Birmingham, D.
Ward
9.
(Patrick E. Murray, D.
\Bernard John O'Neil, D.
Chelsea
Wards
1, 2, 3.
■j Frank D. Crowley, R. D.
Ward
10.
(Thomas S. Kennedy, D.
\Maurice J. Tobin, D.
Chelsea
Wards
4, 5.
■j John E. Beck, R.
1
Ward
11.
(Thomas H. Carr, D.
\Timothy J. McDonough, D.
-n /Augustine Airola, R.
Revere (Conde Brodbine, R.
Winthrop. Edgar F. Power, R.
* Resigned.
t Deceased.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DISTRICTS. 173
MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTIETH CONGRESS
FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
SENATORS.
Frederick H. Gillett, R of Springfield.
David I. Walsh, D of Fitchburg.
REPRESENTATIVES.
District 1 — Allen T. Treadway, R. . . .of Stockbridge.
2 — Henry L. Bowles, R. . .of Springfield.
3 — Frank H. Foss, R of Fitchburg.
4 — George R. Stobbs, R of Worcester.
5 — ■ Edith Nourse Rogers, R. . . . of Lowell.
6 — A. Piatt Andrew, R of Gloucester.
7 — William P. Connery, Jr., D. . of Lynn.
8 — Frederick W. Dallinger, R. . of Cambridge.
9 — Charles L. Underhill, R. . .of Somerville.
10 — John J. Douglass, D of Boston.
11 — George Holden Tinkham, R. . of Boston.
* 12 — James A. Gallivan, D. . . .of Boston.
13 — Robert Luce, R of Waltham.
1 14 — Louis A. Frothingham, R. . . of Easton.
15 — Joseph W. Martin, Jr., R. . .of North Attleboro.
16 — Charles L. Gifford, R. . . .of Barnstable.
Terms end March 4, 1929.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
General Laws, Chapter 57, Section 1.
(As amended by Acts of 1926, Chapter 372, Section 1.)
District 9. — Suffolk County: Chelsea, Wards 3, 4 and 5. Revere;
Winthrop. Middlesex County: Everett, Maiden and Somerville.
District 10. — Suffolk County: Chelsea, Wards 1 and 2. Boston,
Wards 1, 2 and 3; Ward 8, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14; Ward 9,
Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Middlesex County: Cambridge,
Ward 1.
* Died April 3, 1928. 1 Died August 21, 192S.
174 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
District 11.— Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 19
and 20; Ward 9, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
District 12 — Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and
17; Ward 8, Precincts 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
District 13.— Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21 and 22. Norfolk
County: Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway,
Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley and Wrentham.
Middlesex County: Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Newton,
Sherborn, Waltham and Weston. Worcester County: Hopedale, Milford
and Southborough.
District 14. — Suffolk County: Boston, Ward 18. Bristol County:
Easton. Norfolk County: Avon, Brain tree, Canton, Dedham, Foxbor-
ough, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton,
Westwood and Weymouth. Plymouth County: Abington, Brockton, East
Bridge water, West Bridge water and Whitman.
FOREIGN CONSULS IN BOSTON. 175
FOREIGN CONSULS IN BOSTON.
1928.
Albania — George N. Prifti, 6 Beacon street, room 202.
Argentina — Joseph J. McLean, 114 State street, room 201.
Belgium — ■ Thomas H. Robbins, 26 Central street.
Bolivia — Arthur P. Gushing, 101 Tremont street, room 805.
Brazil — Jayme Mackay D'Almeida, 244 Washington street ; Pedro
Mackay D'Almeida, 244 Washington street, room 407, Commercial
Agent.
Chile — Guillermo Gazitua, 244 Washington street, room 407.
Colombia — Enrique Naranjo, 92 University road, Brookline; Arthur
P. Cushing, 101 Tremont street, Vice-Consul, room 805, 10 High
street, room 533.
Costa Rica — Mario Sancho, 10 High street, room 333.
Cuba — ■ Jose M. Gonzales, 114 State street, room 60.
Denmark — ■ George T. Vedeler, 40 Broad street, room 803, Vice-Consul .
Dominican Republic — 'Thomas G. Connolly, 40 Court street, Consul.
Ecuador — ■ Max Otto von Klock, 143 Federal street, room 38, Acting
Consul.
Finland — John Alfred Anderson, 101 Tremont street, room 706, Vice-
Consul.
France — J. C. Joseph Flamand, 161 Devonshire street, room 706.
Germany — K. von Tippelskirch, 131 State street, room 322.
Great Britain — Edward F. Gray, 150 State street, Consul-General;
James A. Brannen, Vice-Consul.
Greece — George Dracopoulos, 25 Huntington avenue, Consul.
Guatemala — William A. Mosman, 92 Water street, room 62.
Hayti — B. Preston Clark, 55 Kilby street, room 33.
Honduras — William A. Mosman, 92 Water street, room 62.
Italy — Marquis Agostino Ferrante di Ruffano, 142 Berkeley street,
room 307; Silvio Vitale, 142 Berkeley street, Vice-Consul.
Latvia — Jacob Sieberg, 10 Tremont street, room 27.
Mexico — Raul G. Dominguez, 148 State street, room 601.
Monaco — Charles E. Flamand, 161 Devonshire street, room 504.
Netherlands — J. H. Reurs, 89 State street, room 2.
Nicaragua — Jaime M. de Almeida, 244 Washington street, room 407.
Norway — George T. Vedeler, 40 Broad street, room 803, Vice-Consul.
Paraguay — ■ Jerome A. Petitti, 40 Court street, room 822.
Peru — Max Otto von Klock, 143 Federal street, room 38, Acting Consul.
Portugal — J. M. Bettencourt Ferrerira, 220 Devonshire street, room 21A.
176 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Russia — Joseph A. Conry, 1 Beacon street, room 905.
Salvador — • Ralph Tirrell, 112 Beach street.
Spain — Pedro Mackay D'Almeida, 244 Washington street, room 407,
Vic-Consul.
Sweden — Carl W. Johansson, 18 Tremont street, Vice-Consul, room 205.
Switzerland — George H. Barrell, 88 Broad street, room 712, Consular
Agent.
Uruguay — William A. Mosman, 92 Water street, room 62.
For countries not listed above, address the respective Consulates Gen-
eral in New York City.
INDEX — A-B. 177
INDEX.
A.
Page
Aldermen, Chairmen of the Board of, 1855 to 1909 . . . 167, 168
Members of, in its last year (1909) 168
Americanization, Committee for 140
Amended City Charter of 1909 (with amendments to 1922) . 19-33
Amendments to City Charter in 1924 34-43
Appeal, Board of 54
Aquarium, Marine Park 86
Arnold Arboretum (Park Dept.) 86
Art Department 48
Assessing Department 49-51
Attendance officers (School Committee) 131
Auditing Department 52
Automobile fire apparatus (Fire Dept.) 61, 64
B.
Back Bay assessment districts 50, 51
Back Bay wards 148
Bath-houses, list of . . . 87, 88
Beach baths (Park Dept.) 88
Biennial elections established (City Charter amendments of
1924) 34
Births, Registrar of . 101
Boards and Commissions serving without pay :
Art Commission 48
Boston and Cambridge Bridges Commission .... 112
City Hospital Trustees 66
City Planning Board 57
Finance Commission (the four members other than Chair-
man) 113
Franklin Foundation Managers 120, 121
Library Trustees 72
Park Commissioners (the two members other than Chair-
man) 76
Public Welfare Overseers 75
School Committee . . . 128
Sinking Funds Commission 103
Statistics Trustees (the four members other than Chairman), 104
178 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Page
Boroughs, proposed division of City into five (Charter amend-
ments of 1924) 34
Boston and Cambridge Bridges Commission 112
Boston Almhouse and Hospital 71
Boston City Record (official weekly of City) . . 21, 27, 28, 47, 104
Boston Proper (Wards 3-5) :
Assessment districts of 50
Municipal Court of 116
Parks, playgrounds, etc. in 83
Public Library and branches in 73-74
Public Schools in 129
Representatives of, in Legislature, 1928 172
Streets paved in, miles of 97
Wards in, boundaries of (new) 146, 159
Boston Sanatorium 69
Boston Year Boole 8, 104
Bridge and Ferry Division, Public Works Dept. .... 95
Bridges (highway) in Boston 95, 112
In parks and parkways 83
Brighton (Wards 21 and 22):
Assessment districts of 50, 51
Municipal Court of 116
Parks, playgrounds, etc. in 81
Public Library Branch in 74
Public Schools in 129
Representatives of, in Legislature, for 1928 .... 172
Streets paved in, miles of 97
Wards, boundaries of (new) 158, 159
Budget Department 52
Building Department 52-53
Board of Examiners 53
Building Heights, regulation of 138-139
Buildings in charge of Public Buildings Dept. .... 91-93
C.
Cemetery Division, Park Department 88
Cemeteries owned by City, with location and area ... 88
Charlestown (Ward 2) :
Assessment districts of 50
City buildings in 92
Municipal Court of 117
Parks, playgrounds, etc. in 78, 79
Public Library Branch in 74
Public Schools in 129
INDEX — C.
179
Charlestown (Ward 2). — Concluded.
Streets paved in, miles of
Ward 2, boundaries of
Chattel Loan Company
City and County Buildings
City Charter, Amended (1909), with amendments to 1922, inch
City Charter Amendments of 1924
City Clerk Department
City Council, membership enlarged (Charter amendment of 1924),
City Council of 1928
President of
Committees of
Officials of
Order of, for Municipal Register of 1928
Rules of
City Council, members of, in years 1910-1925 ....
Presidents of, 1910-1928
City Government, 1928
City Governments, 1909 to 1925
City Hospital
City Messenger k
City officials in charge of executive departments ....
City Ordinances, 1925 to 1928
City Planning Department
City Prison (Police Dept.)
City Record, See Boston City Record.
City Seal, origin of and present form
City Solicitor, office of, abolished
Clerk of Committees (City Council)
Collateral Loan Company
Collecting Department
Collector's bonds increased
Commercial, Industrial and Publicity Bureau ....
Commissioner:
52 Penal Institutions
52 Police .
59 Public Works
65 Soldiers' Relief .
71
Budget
Building
Fire
Health
Institutions
Commissioners
Art .
Boston and
Bridges .
Boston Finance
Election
Page
97
147
125
91,93
19-33
34-43
56
36
9, 10
9
12
10, 11
4
13-18
163-165
168
9, 10
162, 165
66-70
10,17
44-46
135, 138
57
128
2,3
72
11
125
57
135
141
125
94
103
Cambridge
48
112
112
58
Park .
Schoolhouse
Sinking Funds
Street .
76
102
103
105
180
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Page
Commissions. See Boards and Commissions.
Common Council:
Members of, 1909 (final year) 162
Presidents of, since 1822 168, 170
Congress (69th) Massachusetts members of 173
Congressional Districts in Boston 173
Constables appointed by Mayor, 1927 123, 124
Consuls of foreign countries in Boston 175
Convalescent Home (Hospital Dept.) 66
Conveyancers, City (Law Dept.) 72
Corporation Counsel (Law Dept.) 72
County of Suffolk:
Auditor . . . . 113 Land Court ... 114
Commissioners . . . 113 Register of Deeds . . 114
District Attorney . . 113 Sheriff. ... 114
Index Commissioners . 114 Treasurer . . . 113
Courts and Officers of:
Juvenile Court . . . 118 South Boston District . 117
Municipal Court, Boston West Roxbury District
Proper . . . 116 (incl. Hyde Park) . 118
Brighton District . . 117 ' Probate and Insolvency,
Charlestown District . 117 Judges and Register . 116
Dorchester District . 117 Probation officers . . 118
East Boston District . 117 Superior Court . . . 115
Roxbury District . . 117 Supreme Court . . . 115
Criminal Investigation, Bureau of (Police Dept.) .... 126
D.
Deaths, registrar of ... .
Deeds, Register of (Suffolk County) .
Departments and Commissions of the
Art Dept. .
Assessing .
Auditing
Boston and Cambridge
Bridges Commission
Boston Sanatorium
Budget Dept.
Building
City Clerk .
City Planning
Collecting .
Election
City (alphabetical list) :
48 Finance Commission
49 Fire Dept. .
52 Franklin Foundation
Health Dept.
112 Hospital .
69 Institutions
52 Law
52, 53 Library
56 Licensing Board
57 Market Dept.
57 Mayor
58 Park
101
114
112
59
120
65
66
71
72
73, 74
122
75
47
76
INDEX — D-E.
181
Page
Departments and Commissions of the City. — Concluded.
Penal Institutions
89
Schoolhouse Dept.
102
Police
125
Sinking Funds .
103
Printing ....
89
Soldiers' Relief .
103
Public Buildings
90
Statistics
104
Public Welfare, Overseers
Street Laying-Out
105
of ....
75
Supply
106
Public Works Dept. .
94
Transit
107
Registry ....
101
Treasury
107
Retirement Board
101
Weights and Measures . 107
School Committee
132
Detention, House of (Police Dept.)
128
District Attorney (Suffolk County)
113
113, 114
Districts :
Assessment ....
51
Medical (County)
119
Fire 60-61
Municipal Court
. 116, 118
Geographical, with wards, 146
-159
School
. 129, 130
Legislative ....
173
Dorchester (Wards 13-18) :
Assessment districts of
50-51
City Buildings in .
. 72, 91
Municipal Court of
117
Parks, playgrounds, etc., ir
L .
. 79, 80
School districts in .
129
Streets paved in, miles of
97
Wards in, boundaries of
. 153-155
East Boston (Wardl):
Assessment districts of
City Buildings in . . .
District Court of
Parks, playgrounds, squares, etc. in
Public Library Branch in
Relief station (hospital) in
School districts in
Streets paved in, miles of
Ward 1, boundaries of
Election Department
Elections, biennial, established (Charter amendments of 1924)
Examiners, Board of (Building Dept.)
Executive Departments of City
Executive Officers, with term, etc
Fees for permits, Public Works Dept
50,51
72,91
119
79, 82
74
66
129
97
146
58
35
53
44-110
44-46
94, 95
182
MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
F.
Page
Fees for permits, Street Commissioners 106
Ferries (North and South) owned by City 95
Ferry. See Bridge and Ferry Division.
Finance Commission 112
Fire Department, with officials, fire-districts, etc 59-65
Firemen's meal periods (Ordinances, 1926) . . . . 135
Fire apparatus, companies and their officers .... 61-65
Assignments by districts 60, 61
Total equipment in use and in reserve 64
Firemen's Relief Fund 64
Fiscal year, change of (Charter amendments of 1924) ... 35
Foreign Consuls in Boston 175, 176
Fountains, monuments, statues, etc. 34-36
Fourth of July Orators appointed by City Government . . 170, 171
Franklin Foundation 120
Franklin Fund, Managers of 120
Franklin Union (Trade School) . 121
Franklin Park 77, 79, 85
Gain and loss, real, personal and polls, by wards
Garage permits, fees (Street Commissioners)
Government of Boston, 1928 ....
Members of, 1909-1925
Gymnasia, public (Park Dept.) ....
143
105
9, 10
162-165
87
H.
Harvard University, "tree museum" of 86
Haymarket Square Relief Station (Hospital Dept.) ... 70
Health Department 65
Chief officials of 65
Heights, Building, regulation of 138
High Pressure Fire Service 101
Highway Division, Public Works Dept 96
Hospital Department (City Hospital) 66-70
Convalescent Home, Dorchester 70
Medical and Surgical Staff 66-70
66-70
69
89
128
51
91
Relief Stations
South Department
House of Correction, Deer Island
House of Detention (Police Dept.)
Hyde Park (Ward 18, part):
Assessment districts of
Municipal Building in .
INDEX — H-L. 183
Page
Hyde Park (Ward 18, part) :
Municipal Court of (with W. Roxbury) 118
Playgrounds, parks, etc., in 82
Public Library Branch in 94
Public Schools in 129
Streets paved, miles in 97
Ward 18, boundaries of 156
I.
Index Commissioners (Suffolk County) 114
Insolvency and Probate, Court of 116
Inspectors:
Health Dept 65
Police Dept 126
School Dept. (medical) 131
Institutions Department:
Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of . . . . 71
Superintendent of Long Island Almshouse and Hospital . 71
J.
Jailer and Sheriff (Suffolk County) ....... 114
July Fourth, Orators appointed by the City 170, 171
Justices of Municipal Courts 116, 117
Juvenile Court 118
L.
Lamps, street, number and varieties of 96
Land Court (Suffolk County) 114
Law Department 72
Legislature of 1928, Boston members of 172
Library Department 72
Central and Branch libraries of 73, 74
Officials and Trustees of 72
Reading-rooms of 73
Trust funds, appropriation, etc. 72
Volumes, number belonging and circulated .... 74
License and Permit Fees :
Board of Examiners (Building Dept.) 53
Public Works Dept 94
Street Commissioners 105
Licensing Board 122
Licensing Division, Mayor's Office (Amusement licenses) . . 47
Loan Association, Workingmen's 125
Loan Company, Chattel 125
Loan Company, Collateral 125
184 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
M.
Page
Market Department 75
Faneuil Hall and Quincy Markets ...... 75
Marriage Certificates (Registry Dept.) 101
Massachusetts, Members of 69th Congress from .... 173
Mayor:
Department of 47
Municipal Employment Bureau 47
Office staff of 47
Mayors of Boston, 1822 to 1926 166
Medical Examiners (Suffolk County) 119
Monuments, statues, etc., belonging to City 84, 85
Mortuaries (Suffolk County) 119
Municipal Court:
Boston Proper, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester . . 116, 117
East Boston, Roxbury, South Boston, W. Roxbury . . 117
Justices of (regular and special) . . . . . . 115-116
Probation officers of 118
Municipal Employment Bureau 47
Municipal year, change of (Charter amendments of 1924) . . 34
O.
Old South Association 124
Orators of Boston since 1771 . . . . . . . . 170, 171
Ordinances enacted by the City Council 135, 137
Overseers of Public Welfare 75
Temporary Home and Wayfarers' Lodge in charge of . 76
P.
Park Department . 76
Bridges located in parks and parkways 83, 84
Cemetery Division 88
Commissioners and chief officials of 77
Parks, Playgrounds, Squares, etc 77-78
Statues, monuments, etc 84, 85
Parkman Fund, bequest of George F. Parkman .... 86
Penal Institutions Department 89
Pensions for retired teachers 134
Permits, fees for:
Public Works Dept 94,95
Street Commissioners 106
Physicians and surgeons, consulting (City Hospital) ... 66, 70
Planning Department, City 57
Playgrounds (Park Dept.) 78, 80
INDEX— P-R. 185
Page
Police Department 125
Commissioner and chief officials of 125, 126, 127
Criminal Investigation, Bureau of 126
Police Commissioner appointed by Governor, term and salary, 1 1 0
Police force, officers and patrolmen 126
Stations and divisions of 127, 128
Printing Department 89
Prison, City (Police Dept.) 128
Probate and Insolvency, Court of 116
Probation officers (Suffolk County) 118
Public Baths and Gymnasia ......... 87
Public Buildings Department ........ 90
City and County buildings in charge of 90-93
Superintendent and Chief Clerk of 90
Ward-rooms, hired buildings, etc 93
Public Celebrations, Bureau of 140
Public Library. See Library Dept.
Public streets, miles of paved, by districts, 1926 .... 97
Public Welfare, Overseers of 75
Public Works Department 94
Bridge and Ferry Division of 95
Bridges, number of, maintained by City, etc 95
Ferries, municipal, operated by 95, 96
Ferryboats 96
Highway Division of 96
Lamps, street, number and varieties maintained by . . . 96
Public streets in charge of, by districts and miles ... 97
Sanitary Division of 98
Sanitary, Street Cleaning and Oiling Service ... 98
Sewer Division of 98
Water Division of 100
R.
Refuse, removal of 98
Register of Deeds (Suffolk County) 114
Registry Department 101
City Registrar of births, marriages and deaths . . . 101
Relief stations (City Hospital) 70
Rent and Housing Committee 140
Representatives of Boston in Legislature, 1928 .... 172
Retirement Board . 101
Retirement System in effect Feb. 1, 1923 102
Roxbury (Wards 8-12) :
Assessment districts of 50
Municipal Court of 117
Parks, playgrounds, etc., in SI
Public Library Branch in 74, 75
186 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Page
Roxbury (Wards 8-12). — Concluded.
Public Schools in 129, 130, 135
Representatives of, in Legislature, 1928 172
Streets paved in, miles of 97
Wards in, boundaries of 150, 152
Rules of the City Council . . . 13-18
S.
Sanitary Service (Public Works Dept.), supervisor of ... 98
School Committee 129
Department of, with officials 128-129
Election and term of, changed (Charter amendments of 1924), 35
Elementary School districts 129, 134
High, Latin and Normal Schools 129
Industrial and special schools 130
Pensions and retirement funds for teachers .... 134
School Centers . 134
Special departments, with directors 130
Schoolhouse Department 102
School Physicians and School Nurses 131
Seal of the City, origin of and present form 2, 3
Senatorial districts in Boston, with Senators serving . . . 172
Senators (U. S.) from Mass 173
Sanitary Division (Public Works Dept.) 98
Sheriff of Suffolk County 114
Sinking Funds Department . 103
Soldiers' Relief Department 103
South Boston (Wards 6 and 7) :
Assessment districts of 50
Municipal Buildings in 91
Municipal Court of 117
Parks, playgrounds, etc., in 78, 79, 82
Public Library Branch in 75
Public Schools in 129,130
Representatives of, in Legislature, 1928 172
Streets paved in, miles of 97
Wards in, boundaries of 149
Statistics Department 104
Boston Statistics 104
Boston Year Book 104
City Record 104
Statues, monuments, etc., belonging to City 84, 85
Store refuse, removal of 98
Street Commissioners (Street Laying-Out Dept.) .... 105
Street lamps, number and varieties of 96
INDEX— S-W.
187
Street Laying-Out Department
Traffic rules
Streets, public, miles of paved, by districts, 1926
Suffolk County, See County of Suffolk.
Superintendent of:
Almshouse and Hospital .
66
Police . . . .
City Hospital
66
Printing
Fire Alarm Branch .
59
Public Buildings
Maintenance (Fire Dept.)
59
Schools
Markets ....
75
Supplies
Parks
77
Wire Div., Fire Dept
Supervisor of :
Bridges, Public Works Dept
Construction, Building Dept
Elevators, Building Dept
Gasfitting, Building Dept
Plumbing, Building Dept
Sanitary and Street Cleaning and Oiling Service
Licensed Minors (School Dept.)
Supply Department
Supreme Judicial Court, clerks of ... .
Superior Court, clerks of
Page
105
106
97
125
90
90
128
106
59
95
53
53
53
53
98
130
106
115
115
Transit Department
Treasury Department
Assistant Cashier (Ordinances, 1926)
Treasurer's bonds increased
Trustees of:
Hospital Dept
Library Dept
Statistics Dept
107
107
136
136
66
72
104
Valuation of Boston ....
Various City, County and State Officers
142
110, 111
W.
Wachusett Reservoir 101
Ward boundaries as fixed in 1924 146, 159
Ward-rooms, list of (Public Buildings Dept.) 93
Water Division (Public Works Dept.) 100
Water used in 1926, average gallons daily 100
Water mains, miles of, 1926 100
188 MUNICIPAL REGISTER.
Page
Weights and Measures Department . . . . . . . 107
West Roxbury (Wards 19 and 20) :
Assessment districts in . 50, 51
Municipal Buildings (Jamaica Plain and Roslindale) . . 91,92
Municipal Court of . . . 116
Parks, playgrounds, etc., in . . ... . 78,79-83,84
Public Library Branches in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and
West Roxbury Center 75
Public Schools in 129
Representatives of, in Legislature, 1928 172
Streets paved in, miles of 97
Wards in, boundaries of 157, 158
White Fund, George Robert . . 140
Workingmen's Loan Association ...... 125
Z.
Zoning Adjustment, Board of 55
Members of 55
Zoological Garden, Franklin Park ....... 86
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