INDEX. ACCOUNTABILITY, system of, in expenditures of the city, page 34. duties of committee of, 34. ALDERMEN, how chosen, 7, 19. powers and duties of, 9, 10, 11, 12, 57. APPROPRIATIONS, 10. ASSESSORS, how chosen, 10. to be sworn, 12. powers, duties and liabilities of, 11, 12, 33. to be sworn, 12. ASSISTANT MARSHALS, how appointed, 9, 40, 41. BARK, sale and measurement of, 13. BEEF, weighers of appointed, 24. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, chairman of, when may be chosen, 9. BY-LAWS, city council may make and annex penalties, 14, 15. may be recovered before the police court, 15. need not be set forth in prosecutions 15. person committed for non-payment of fine, 15, 16. CEMETERIES, provisions concerning, 29, 30. CHAIRMAN, pro tempore, of the board of aldermen, when may be chosen, 9. to be adopted by the inhabitants, 17, 18. all acts inconsistent with repealed, 17. additional act, 19. to be adopted by the inhabitants, 19. CITY CLERK, how chosen, 10. to be sworn, 11. shall give bonds, 37. duties of, 11, 17, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39. CITY COUNCIL, members of, ineligible to salaried offices, 11. annual organization of, 8. CITY GOVERNMENT, first organization of, 16, 17. in chronological order from 1851 to 1863, 75 • CITY MARSHAL, how appointed. 9, 40. to give bonds, 40. powers and duties of, 40, 41, 43. CITY PROPERTY, care of, vested in city council, 10. CLERK OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, how chosen, 8. bonds of, 37. duties of, 33. COMMON COUNCIL, how chosen, 7. how organized, 8. COMMON SEWERS, how laid down, 13. COUNTY OFFICERS, election of 13. DEEDS, how executed, 34. DOGS, licensing of, 23, 24. DRAINS, how laid down, 13. ELECTION of civil officers by the people, plurality to elect, 22. of county, state and United States officers, 13. of representatives to general court, 13. of common councilmen, certificates of, 7. ELECTIONS, each board to judge of its own, 9. EXECUTIVE POWER in the mayor and aldermen, 9. FINANCE, duties of committee of, 37. FINES, for breach of by-laws, may be recovered before the police court, 15. persons committed for non-payment of, 15, 16. FIRE DEPARTMENT, act of 1830 to continue in force, 12. act of 1830, 20. GENERAL MEETINGS, of citizens, when to be held, and how to be called, 14. HEALTH, preservation of, 13, 27, 28, 29, 43. HIGHWAYS, how laid out, or discontinued, 12. superintendence of, 56. JURORS, list of, how prepared, 12, 23. LUMBER, city council may make by-laws for the survey of, 23. to give bonds, 40. powers and duties of, 40, 41, 43. MAYOR, how chosen, 7. oath, how administered, 8. proceedings in case of non-election of, 8. decease, resignation or inability of, 8. absence of at first meeting, city government how organized, 8. MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND COAL, how chosen, 44. fees of, for measuring, 40. form of certificate of measurement, 44. MESSENGER, how chosen, and duties of, 53, 54. OFFICERS, appointed by mayor and aldermen, to be nominated by the mayor, 11. ORDINANCES, such as the mayor may deem advisable, to be published, 32. concerning city ordinances, 32. concerning the assessment and collection of taxes, 33. providing for the execution of deeds in behalf of the city, 34. establishing a system of accountability in the expenditures of the city, 34. in addition to an ordinance establishing a system of accountability in the expenditures prescribing the mode of appointment of certain city officers, 38. concerning the form of warrants and the manner of serving, executing and returning authorizing the appointment and prescribing the duties of city marshal and assist- in addition to an ordinance authorizing the appointment and prescribing the duties of concerning common criers, 41. to establish the city arms and seal, 42. to establish a board of health, and to prescribe regulations concerning the same, 43. truant children and absentees from school, 45. relating to hackney coaches, 46. establishing the compensation of members of the fire department, 47. the public library, 49. regulating the purchase of fuel for the use of the city, 50. defining the duties of the committee on printing,[51. concerning the removal of snow from the sidewalks, 52. establishing the office of city messenger, 53. defining the duties of the committee on public property, 54. establishing a night watch for preserving the safety and good order of the city, 56. against certain acts in the streets of the city, 57. in relation to the revised ordinances, 60. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, how chosen, 11. if not elected at annual meeting may be at an adjourned meeting, 12. PAUPERS, settlement of, 25, 26, 27. POLICE OFFICERS, how appointed, 9. to give bonds, 9. PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL, how elected, 8. to be sworn, 8. QUORUM of each board to be a majority, 5. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, account of to be published annually, 11. REPRESENTATIVES to the general court, mayor and aldermen to issue their warrants for the election of, 13. RULES AND ORDERS, board of aldermen, 63. joint, 65. common council, 69. SCHOOL COMMITTEE, how chosen, 11. SEWERS, how laid down, 13. SITTINGS of cach branch to be public, 10. STATE OFFICERS, election of, 13. STREETS, laying out, altering, or discontinuing, 12. ordinance for the prevention of certain acts therein, 57. council may make provisions additional to the state provisions for the collection of, 12. duties of, 36. bonds of, 37. UNITED STATES OFFICERS, election of, 13. VOTING LISTS, to be made by mayor and aldermen, 14. WARD OFFICERS, how chosen, 6. duties of, 6. WARDS, division of, to be revised once in five years, 6. WARD MEETINGS, proceedings of, 7. WARRANTS for meetings, 6. WATCH, how appointed, 56. powers and duties of, 22, 23, 56. WOOD, city council may make by-laws for the measurement of, 7. INDEX TO THE RULES AND ORDERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. ADJOURN, motion to always in order, rule 10. not debatable, 10. ADJOURNED, members to take notice of the time to which the council may have, 30. AMENDMENTS to rules, how made, 29. foreign to the subject under consideration not to be admitted, 26. APPEAL, allowed from the decision of the president, 2. after motion for previous question, all incidental questions of order then arising to be after motion for previous question, on all incidental questions of order then arising, BALLOT, written, all salaried officers to be chosen by, 35. BREACH OF THE RULES AND ORDERS, penalty for, 21. BUSINESS, order of, 28. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, to be appointed by president, 6. COMMIT, order of motion to, 9. COMMITTEE, no report of any to be received unless agreed to in committee, 40. not to sit during session of the council, 41. standing, how constituted, 38. of the whole, the president shall appoint the chairman, 6. on bills in the second reading, duties of, 39. COMMITTEES, how appointed, 14. shall consist of three members, 40. |