An ordinance for the regulation of public Porters and Handcartmen. [Passed Sept. 18, 1826.] [5] SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled, That no person shall follow the business of a public Porter or Handcartman in the city of Boston, without being liceused as such by the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being, under a penalty of five dollars for every such of fence. [6] SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city, for the time being, may from time to time, grant licenses to such persons as shall produce to them satisfactory evidence of their good character, to follow the business of public porter or handcartmen in this city; and such license shall continue in force until the first day of May, after the date thereof, unless sooner revoked by the Mayor and Aldermen, (which they have authority to do,) and no longer. [7] SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor and Aldermen be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint, from time to time, as occasion may require, such and so many stands for handcarts and wheelbarrows, as to them shall appear requisite, and no owner or person using such handcart or wheelbarrow, (the same being intended to carry for hire,) shall stand in any other place with his handcart or wheelbarrow, than such as has been, or shall be directed and established by the Mayor and Aldermen, in pursuance of this ordinance, unless such owner shall first obtain the consent of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city so to place the same; and whoever shall offend against any provision of this section shall forfeit and pay for each offence, a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than three dollars. [8] SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That every handcart, wheelbarrow, or handbarrow belonging to any individual of the city, and intended to carry for hire shall be marked with the initials of the christian, and the whole of the surname, of the owner or owners of the same, and the number of his license strongly and legibly in paint, upon a plate of tin or iron, which names shall be placed upon some conspicuous part of every handcart, wheelbarrow, and handbarrow, so as to be clearly visible and discernable to all persons passing and repassing the streets during the day time, and the names and numbers herein required, to be marked and painted upon all handcarts, wheelbarrows, and handbarrows, shall be renewed as often as they become defaced, or indistinct; and whoever shall offend against any provision of this section shall forfeit and pay for each offence, a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than three dollars. [9] SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That no public porter or handcartman shall ask, demand, or receive any exorbitant, unreasonable, or unusual rate or price for transporting any article or articles; and no public porter or handcartman shall neglect or refuse to transport any article for a reasonable and customary price, when required, unless he shall be actually otherwise engaged or employed, or unless the distance he shall be required to go shall exceed two miles; and no public porter or handcartman shall practice or be guilty of any deceit, fraud, or imposition whatsoever; and whoever shall offend against any provision of this section, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars. [10] SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That no public porter or handcartman, shall permit or suffer any other person, except one of good character, and regularly employed by him, to carry any article or articles in his handcart, wheelbarrow, or handbarrow, under the penalty of two dollars for each offence. [11] SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, That all orders and by-laws heretofore made and passed by the inhabitants of the town of Boston; and all orders and ordinances heretofore made and passed by the City Council of the City of Boston, on the subjects of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. An ordinance providing for the election and providing for the compensation of instructers in the public schools. [Passed March 24, 1822.] [1] Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston in City Council assembled, That the School Committee be, and hereby are authorized to elect all such Instructers as they may think necessary, for the public schools, and to determine the amount of their respective salaries; also to remove any instructer from said schools, when in their discretion it may be proper; and generally to execute all the powers, which the Selectmen of towns or School Committees are authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to exercise. An ordinance in addition to an ordinance providing for the election and compensation of Instructers in the public schools. [Passed March 23, 1830.] [2] SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled, That the School Committee, be, and they hereby are authorized to distribute the annual sum which shall be appropriated by the City Council for salaries of instructers in the public schools, so fixing the amount of the salary of each instructer, as that in no case shall the aggregate amount of all said salaries exceed the whole sum which shall have been so appropriated by said Council. [3] SEc. 2. Be it further ordained, That so much of all ordinances and by-laws heretofore passed, as are inconsistant with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. 31 242 SEAL. CHAPTER XXXIX. City Seal. [1] Device, inscription, &c. of the Seal of the City. An ordinance to establish the City Seal. [1] Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Boston, in City Council assembled, 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, to wit: "Bos-tonia condita, A. D. 1630. Civitatis regimine donata, A. D. 1822." [6] Common sewers to be laid, &c. at the expense of the City. [7] Persons benefited by common sewers to pay expense of laying and repairing the same. [8] City Marshal to superintend common sewers-to ascertain their mode of construction, &c.—to make a plan and record, &c.—to obtain valuation from Assessors-to report to Auditor. [9] Auditor of Accounts to keep an account of expense of common sewers-to assess the same-to report to Mayor and Aldermen and collect the same. [10] Expense already due, to be assessed and collected by Marshal and Auditor. [11] Auditor to employ assistant. |