SECT. 7. No member of the said Board, and no person appointed to any office or employed by virtue of this ordinance, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, bargain, sale, or agreement in relation to the public lands, or any matter or thing connected therewith, herein the city is interested, without an express vote of the city council; and any and all contracts, bargains, sales, or agreements, made in violation of this section, shall be utterly void as to the city.

SECT. 8. There shall be chosen annually, in the month of April or May, and whenever a vacancy occurs, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the city council, a superintendent of public lands, who shall hold his office until a successor is appointed or he is removed. He shall be removable at the pleasure of the city council, and shall receive such compensation as the said council may from time to time determine.

SECT. 9. The said superintendent, before entering on the duties of his office, shall give bond, with one or more sureties, to the approbation of the mayor, with condition that he will not, directly or indirectly, for himself or others, or by others in trust for him or on his account, have any interest or concern in any purchase, lease, contract, or agreement to be made in pursuance of this ordinance.

SECT. 10. The said superintendent shall devote himself to the care, improvement, and sale of the public lands, and, under the direction of the said Board, shall cause them to be surveyed and laid out into convenient lots, and contract for the sale and actually sell or lease the same at public or private sale. But this and the sixth section shall not apply to the Common, the land and flats west of Charles Street, Deer Island, the lands connected with the public institutions at South Boston, or to any other lands purchased or held for specific purposes, unless by special vote of the city council.

SECT. 11. The said superintendent may, under the direction of the said Board, contract and agree for defraying in part or in whole the cost or expense incident to or arising out of the performance of any acts which he is by this ordinance authorized to do and perform, by transfer of lands to the contracting parties, in lieu of money, when the same can be done with advantage to the City.

SECT. 12. The said superintendent shall at all times perform such services as may be required of him by the mayor, the board of aldermen, or the common council, in the laying out, alteration, or widening of streets, and in the trial or settlement of any and all claims for damages, in consequence of such laying out, alteration, or widening, and in the care and improvement of the Common and public squares.

SECT. 13. The said superintendent shall, at least once in three months, and as often as required, make a true and correct

report of his proceedings under this ordinance, and exhibit proper schedules and accounts of all lands sold, moneys received, and securities taken, to the board of aldermen, which shall be by them sent to the common council.

SECT. 14. The said superintendent shall keep an accurate record or account of all the vacant lands belonging to the city; and whenever any land shall be purchased by the city, for any purpose, it shall be the duty of the person or persons so purchasing the same to make report thereof forthwith to the said superintendent.

SECT. 15. All contracts, deeds, conveyances, and leases, made by virtue of this ordinance, shall be signed and executed by the mayor, in the same manner as if the same were made by order of the city council, and shall be countersigned by the said superintendent and by the president of the Board of Public Land Commissioners.

SECT. 16. In case the mayor shall refuse to execute any contract, deed, conveyance, or lease made in pursuance of this ordinance, he shall, within ten days of such refusal, send his reasons therefor to the said Board, and the same shall be entered at length on their records; and no such contract, deed, conveyance, or lease shall be valid or binding on the city unless signed and executed by the mayor.

SECT. 17. In case the superintendent of public lands, or the president of the said Board, shall refuse to countersign any contract, deed, conveyance, or lease made by virtue of this ordinance, the same shall be effectual and binding on the city, if executed by the mayor and countersigned by either of said officers, and also by five members of the said Board.

SECT. 18. All money agreed to be paid by any purchaser or lessee of the public lands, and all notes, bonds, mortgages, and securities for moneys, arising or accruing from or in virtue of any contract made by said superintendent, shall be paid to and deposited with the treasurer.

SECT. 19. No conveyance of any estate in fee or for life in any lands belonging to the city, shall be delivered until the purchase money is paid or secured by a mortgage of the same land or other land of equal value; and the mayor may from time to time release to any mortgagor or his assigns any part of the mortgaged premises, on payment of an equivalent portion of the purchase money. And in all cases where lands other than those sold are proposed to be taken as collateral security, the consent and approbation of the mayor in writing shall be first obtained.

SECT. 20. There shall be no expenditure of money, or contract requiring the expenditure of money to be made, under or by virtue of this ordinance, without the sanction of the city council, by an appropriation first made to meet such expenditure.

SECT. 21. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the first of June next, and the first election of the Board of Public Land Commissioners may be made within three months of the passage hereof.

SECT. 22. An ordinance entitled "An Ordinance concerning the Public Lands," passed July 22, 1850, is hereby repealed. [Passed, April 14, 1853.]

An Ordinance to establish the office of a Superintendent of Health.

SECT. 1. There shall be chosen annually, in the month of January or February, and whenever a vacancy occurs, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the city council, a Superintendent of the Health Department, who shall hold his office until a successor is appointed or he is removed. He shall be removable at the pleasure of the city council, and shall receive such compensation as the said council may from time to time determine.

SECT. 2. The said Superintendent is authorized to appoint an assistant, to act under his control and direction, who shall be approved by the board of aldermen, and who shall receive such compensation as the city council may from time to time determine. The said assistant may be removed at any time by the said Superintendent or the board of aldermen.

SECT. 3. The said Superintendent shall attend at his office a portion of each day. He shall keep a record of all his proceedings, and a set of books, in which shall be entered, under appropriate heads, the receipts and expenditures in his department, with the names of all persons who have furnished materials, and of all workmen, and the amount paid to each individual; and he shall make a quarterly report thereof to the city council. On or before the tenth day of January, annually, he shall make a report to the city council, containing a general statement of the expenses of his department during the preceding year, the amount expended in each branch thereof, and such other information as he may consider desirable, together with an estimate in detail of the property under his charge belonging to the city.

SECT. 4. The said Superintendent shall report annually, on or before the fifteenth day of February, to the auditor of accounts, a detailed estimate of the wants of his department for the next financial year; which estimate shall contain such a subdivision of the amount to be expended as shall give a good idea of the various necessities of the department.

SECT. 5. The said Superintendent, under the direction and control of the board of aldermen, shall have the care and super

intendence of the city carts and stables, and shall make all necessary arrangements for cleaning the streets, disposing of manure, and removing house dirt and house offal. He shall, from time to time, furnish to the superintendent of streets such carts and horses as he may need, and they shall be charged to the department of paving and repairs of streets.

SECT. 6. The execution of the laws and ordinances relating to the subject of internal health, shall be under the superintendence of the said Superintendent and his deputy; and it shall be their duty, and each of them shall have power, to enforce all laws, ordinances, regulations, and orders, relating to causes of sickness, nuisances, and sources of filth existing within the city, except as is otherwise provided in the ordinances of the city, subject always to the direction, authority, and control of the board of aldermen and of the board of health for the time being; and he shall perform any other services that may be required of him by the said Boards, or either of them.

SECT. 7. The said Superintendent of the Health Department shall give bond with one or more sureties, to the approbation of the mayor, with condition that he shall faithfully perform all the duties of his office, and account for all moneys entrusted to him, and that he will not, directly or indirectly for himself or others, or by others in trust for him, or on his account, have any interest or concern in any purchase, lease, contract, or agreement to be made in pursuance of this ordinance.

SECT. 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [Passed, April 26, 1853.]

An Ordinance in relation to Posting Notices and Placards on Buildings.

SECT. 1. No person shall post up or affix in any manner any bill, placard, or notice, either written or printed, upon the fences, walls, or upon any part of any building in the city of Boston, without the previous consent of the occupants thereof, or, if there be no occupants, without the previous consent of the owners thereof; nor upon any part of any building belonging to the city of Boston without the previous consent of the mayor.

SECT. 2. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

SECT. 3. This ordinance shall take effect in thirty days after its passage. [Passed, April 28, 1853.]

An Ordinance in addition to an Ordinance in relation to Streets.

SECT. 1. The Superintendent of Streets shall give bond, with one or more sureties to the approbation of the mayor and aldermen, with condition that he shall faithfully perform all the duties. of his office, and account for all moneys entrusted to him, and that he will not directly or indirectly, for himself or others, or by others in trust for him, or on his account, have any interest or concern in any purchase, lease, contract or agreement, to be made in pursuance of the ordinance to which this is in addition, or any ordinance in addition thereto. [Passed, May 17, 1853.]

An Ordinance in addition to an Ordinance respecting Truant Children and Absentees from School.

SECT. 1. The Justices of the Police Court of the city of Boston shall have jurisdiction of the offences arising under the several laws relating to truant children and absentees from school.

SECT. 2. The act "in addition to the acts concerning truant children and absentees from school," passed on the sixteenth day of May, in the year 1853, is hereby accepted.

SECT. 3. The House for the Employment and Reformation of Juvenile Offenders is hereby assigned and provided as the institution of instruction, house of reformation or suitable situation mentioned in the said act. [Passed, June 2, 1853.]

An Ordinance in addition to an Ordinance in relation to the weighing and marking of Lighters and other vessels employed in the transportation of certain articles.

SECT. 1. There shall be chosen, annually, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the city council, one or more weighers and one or more inspectors of Lighters and other vessels employed in the transportation of stones, gravel, sand and other ballast, who shall hold their offices one year, and until others are chosen in their places. They shall severally have power to appoint one or more assistants, subject to the approval of the city council, and shall be removable at the pleasure of the city council.

SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the inspectors to give a certificate, in such form as is hereinafter provided, to the owner or vender of all the stones, sand, gravel or other ballast inspected