CHAPTER XXXIV.

City Officers.

[1] Mayor, chosen by citizens in Wards second Monday of December. Chapter I. (33.)

[2] Assessors, chosen by City Council in months of March or April. Chapter XLV. (14.)

[3] Attorney and Solicitor, City, chosen by City Council in June. Chapter IV. (1.)

[4] Auditor of Accounts, chosen by City Council in the month of May. Chapter II. (2.)

[5] Boston Free Bridge, Superintendent of, chosen by City Council in January or February.

[6] Burials, Superintendent of, chosen by City Council in May or June. Chapter XXIV. (74.)

[7] Clerk, city, chosen by City Council first Monday of January. Chapter I. (34.)

[8] Clerk of Common Council, chosen by Common Council first Monday of January. See Chapter I. (34.)

[9] Faneuil Hall, Superindent of, chosen by Mayor and Aldermen. Chapter XLIV.

[10] Faneuil Hall Market, clerk of, appointed by Mayor and Aldermen in June or July. Chapter XXII. (2.)

[11] Fire Department, Chief and other Engineers of, chosen by City Council, annually. Chapter XXI. (54 66.) [12] Hay, &c. weighers of, chosen by City Council in January. Chapter XXIII. (6.)

[13] Island Keeper, chosen by City Council in January. Chapter XXIV. (64.)

[14] Lumber, surveyor of, chosen by City Council in February. Chapter XXXI. (1.)

[15] Marshal, city, chosen by Mayor and Aldermen in May or June. Chapter XXXIII. (1, 8.)

[16] Messinger, appointed by Mayor and Aldermen. Chapter I. (13.)

[17] Physician, Resident, chosen by City Council in January. Chapter XXIV. (52.)

[18] Physicians, consulting, chosen by City Council in May or June. Chapter XXIV. (35.)

[19] Streets, superintendent of, chosen by Mayor and Aldermen in January or February. Chapter XLI. (21.)

[20] Treasurer and Collector, City, chosen in Convention, annually. Chapter I. (18.)

[21] Watch, captain of, chosen by Mayor and Aldermen. Chapter I. (13.)

An ordinance for regulating the Office hours of the public Officers of the City. [Passed Jan. 10, 1825.]

[1] SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled, That the public office hours of the City Treasurer shall be from 9 o'clock, A. M. until 2 o'clock, P. M.

[2] SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the office hours of the City Clerk shall be, from the first day of April to the first day of October, from 8 o'clock, A. M. until 2 o'clock P. M. and from half past 3 o'clock until 6 o'clock, P. M. and the remainder of the year 9 o'clock, A. M. until 2 o'clock, P. M. and from half past 3 o'clock until 5 o'clock, P. M. and also to attend and keep the records at all meetings of the Mayor and Aldermen, and of the City Council.

[3] SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That the office hours of the Auditor of Accounts, Commissioner of Health and Superintendent of Burying Grounds, shall be the same as are prescribed for the City Clerk.

[4] SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That the office hours for the Clerk of the Common Council shall be the same as are prescribed for the City Clerk, and he shall also attend and keep the records at all meetings of the Common Council.

[5] SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That the office hours of the Assessors shall be the same as those appointed for the City Clerk; except such portion of the year as they may

be necessarily absent for the purpose of appraising the real and personal property and obtaining the number of polls for taxation.

[6] SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That each of the of. ficers before named shall attend the duties of their several officers at such other times as the interest of the city may require.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Ordinances and By-Laws.

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

[1] Authority given to towns, to make by-laws, &c.

[2] Mode of recovering penalties for breach of by-laws.

[4] Inprisonment for breach of by-laws not to extend beyond ten days.

[5] In prosecutions by com

[3] Mode of recovering pen-plaint before the Police Court, alties for breach of by-laws in Boston-appropriation of finesright of appeal.

the offence may be set forth substantially.

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.

[6] To continue in force, By-laws &c. of the Town. [7] Enacting style of City Ordinances.

[8] Penalties &c. to enure to the use of the City.

[9] City Marshal and other officers to take notice of Complaints.

[10] Promulgation of Ordinances, and Orders of the Mayor and Aldermen.

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Extract from "An act for regulating Towns, setting forth their power" &c. [Passed March 23, 1786.]

[1] SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the freeholders, and other inhabitants of each respective town, qualified as aforesaid, at the annual meeting for the choice of town officers, or at any other town meeting, regularly warned, may, and they are hereby empowered to make and agree upon such necessary Rules, Orders and By-laws, for the directing, managing and ordering the prudential affairs of such town, as they shall judge most conducive to the peace, welfare and good order thereof; and to annex penalties for the observance of the same, not exceeding thirty shillings for one offence; to enure to such uses as they shall therein direct: Provided, they qe not repugnant to the general laws of the goverment, and provided also, such Orders and By-laws, shall have the approbation of the Court of General Sessions of the peace of the same County.

An act for carrying into execution, more effectually, the By-laws of the several towns within this Commonwealth.

[Passed March 3, 1802.]

[2] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same, That, from and after the passing of this act, all fines and forfeitures, accruing for the breach of any by-law in any town within this Commonwealth, may be prosecuted for, and recovered before any Justice of the Peace in the town or county where the offence shall be committed, by complaint or information, in the same way and manner other criminal offences are now prosecuted before the Justices of the Peace within this Commonwealth.

Extract from an act in further addition to an act, entitled "An Act for the due regulation of Weights and Measures," and for the more easy recovery of fines and penalties within the town of Boston, in the County of Suffolk.

[Passed June 17, 1817.]

[3] SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, that, all fines, forfei tures, and penalties accruing with the said town of Boston, under this act, or for the breach of any By-law of the said town, which is now in force, or which may hereafter be duly enacted and made, may be recovered by indictment, information or complaint, in the name of the Commonwealth, in any court competent to try the same; and all fines so recovered and paid, shall be appropriated to the uses for which the same are now by law ordered to be applied: reserving, however, in all cases, to the party complained of and prosecuted, the right of appeal to the next Municipal Court, in the town of Boston, from the judgment and sentence of any Justice of the peace; in which case the Judgment of the said Municipal Court shall be final; and to the next Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden within. the County of Suffolk, and for the Counties of Suffolk and Nantucket, from the Judgment of the Municipal Court where the indictment or information originated in the same; such party recognizing with sufficient surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the Court, to enter and prosecute his, her or their said appeal, and to abide the final Judgment thereon.