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the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and publish the same in two or more of the newspapers printed in Boston; and if a majority of the votes so given in shall be in the negative, then the provisions of the preceding part of this section shall regulate the said elections in wards; but if a majority of the votes given in as aforesaid shall be in the affirmative, then the said elections for State and United States officers shall be holden in the manner prescribed by the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, with the exception that the mayor and aldermen and city clerk shall perform the duties now required by law to be performed by the selectmen and town clerk.

SECT. 24. Be it further enacted, That prior to every elecWard lists of tion of city officers, or of any officer or officers under the government of the United States or of this Commonwealth, it shall be the duty of said mayor and aldermen to make out lists of all the citizens of each ward, qualified to vote in such election, in the manner in which selectmen and assessors of towns are required to make out similar lists of voters, and for that purpose they shall have free access to the assessors' books and lists, and be entitled to the aid and assistance of all assessors, assistant assessors, and other officers of said city. And it shall be the duty of said mayor and aldermen to deliver such list of the voters in each ward, so prepared and corrected, to the clerk of said ward, to be used by the warden and inspectors thereof at such election; and no person shall be entitled to vote at such election, whose name is not borne on such list. And to prevent all frauds and mistakes in such elections, it shall be the duty of whose name is the inspectors, in each ward, to take care that no person shall vote at such election, whose name is not so borne on the list of voters, and to cause a mark to be placed against the name of each voter, on such list, at the time of giving in his vote.

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SECT. 25. Be it further enacted, That general meetings of General meet the citizens, qualified to vote in city affairs, may from time to time be held, to consult upon the common good, to give instructions to their representatives, and to take all lawful measures to obtain a redress of any grievances, according to the right secured to the people by the constitution of this Commonwealth. And such meetings shall and may be duly warned by the mayor and aldermen, upon the requisition of fifty qualified voters of said city.

Warrants for meetings to be

issued by mayor and aldermen.

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city.

SECT. 26. Be it further enacted, That all warrants for the meetings of the citizens, for municipal purposes, to be had either in general meetings or in wards, shall be issued by the mayor and aldermen, and shall be in such form, and shall be served, executed, and returned at such time, and in such manner, as the city council may, by any by-law, direct and appoint.

SECT. 27. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of organizing the system of government hereby established, and putting the same into operation in the first instance, the selectmen of the town of Boston, for the time being, shall seasonably, before the second Monday of April next, issue their warrants for calling meetings of the said citizens, in their respec

tive wards, qualified to vote as aforesaid, at such place and hour as they shall think expedient, for the purpose of choosing a warden, clerk, and five inspectors of elections, and also to give in their votes for a mayor and eight aldermen, for said city, and four common councilmen, three firewards, one overseer of the poor, and one member of the school committee, for each ward; and the transcripts of the records of each ward, specifying the votes given for mayor and aldermen, firewards, overseers, and members of the school committee, certified by the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspectors of such ward, shall, at said first election, be returned to the said select- Return of men of the town of Boston, whose duty it shall be to examine votes. and compare the same. And in case said elections shall not be complete at the first election, then to issue a new warrant, until such election shall be completed, and to give notice thereof, in the manner herein before directed, to the several persons elected. And at said first meeting, the clerk of each ward, under the present organization, shall call the citizens to order, and preside until a warden shall be chosen; and at said first meeting, a list of voters in each ward, prepared and corrected by the selectmen of the town of Boston, for the time being, shall be delivered to the clerk of each ward, to be used as herein before directed.

SECT. 28. Be it further enacted, That so much of the act heretofore passed, relative to the establishment of a board of Repeal of acts. health for the town of Boston, as provides for the choice of members of the said board, and so much of the several acts relative to the assessment and collection of taxes within the town of Boston, as provides for the election of assistant assessors, also all such acts, and parts of acts, as come within the purview of this act, and which are inconsistent with, or repugnant to the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SECT. 29. And whereas by the laws of this Commonwealth, towns are authorized and required to hold their annual meetings, some time in the months of March or April, in each year, for the choice of town officers; and whereas, such meeting, in the month of March, in the present year, for the town of Boston, would be useless and unnecessarily burthensome: Therefore,

Be it further enacted, That the annual town meetings, in the months of March or April, be suspended, and all town officers March meetnow in office shall hold their places until this act shall go into ings suspended.

operation.

SECT. 30. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act

contained shall be so construed as to restrain or prevent the Legislative Legislature from amending or altering the same, whenever controul. they shall deem it expedient.

SECT. 31. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be void, unless the inhabitants of the town of Boston, at a legal town

meeting, called for that purpose, shall, by a written vote, de- Conditional termine to adopt the same within twelve days. [Feb. 23. 1822.] clause.

Ender.

TO THE

TWO VOLUMES.

NOTE.............No references are made to Acts not in force.

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