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Mrs. A. B. Packard, plants for graduation 5 00
James Bisson, carriage hire 2 00
Jacob Flint, use of carpet
1 00
A. E. Nash, rent of hall
13 75
Nelson C. Hersey, carting
5 38
James E. Maxim, labor at graduation,
2 00
J. H. Daniels, diplomas 6 90
P. A. Garey & Co., casts 2 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., suplies, 2 25
E. E. Fellows, pipe and fitting 9 60
119 75
Amount carried forward . . .
$119 75
70
Amount brought forward ADAMS SCHOOL.
Frank F. Crane; supplies $8 45
Sanborn & Damon, stoves and labor, 88 84
S. B. Turner, extra labor 48 50
Quincy Water Co., water rate
30 00
C. B. Tilton, supplies
2 98
B. Johnson, lumber 1 95
G. T. Waldron, labor on desks
4 50
J. J. Williams, tuning piano 3 00
E. E. Fellows, repairing stoves, pipe, etc. 42 00
230 22
CODDINGTON SCHOOL.
A. G. Durgin, chemicals $0 75
E. S. Brown, extra labor
79 75
Sanborn & Damon, supplies
2 90
Frank F. Crane, supplies
10 30
C. B. Tilton, supplies
4 33
Chas. E. Woodbury, curtain work
3 00
Frank A. Locke, repairing piano
6 00
Mary E. Dearborn, supplies .
5 13
John W. Nash, supplies ·
39
B. Johnson, lumber
24 37
Quincy Water Co., water rate
7 50
C. F. Pettengill, clock and repairing
same
15 00
JOHN HANCOCK SCHOOL.
John O. Holden, clock .
$5 00
C. E. Woodbury, curtains 16 25
Amounts carried forward,
$21 25
$119 75
159 42
$509 39
71
Amounts brought forward, $21 25 $509 39
Quincy Water Co., water rate 30 00
Walworth Construction & Supply Co., inspecting boiler 5 00 Levi Stearns, labor of self, men and teams in grading 261 10
C. B. Tilton, supplies
2 05
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture . Frank F. Crane, supplies
183 55
2 35
Peter McConarty, cleaning closets .
26 00
John W. Nash, supplies
1 56
B. Johnson, lumber
5 82
Addie A. Jackson, supplies
5 25
Jos. H. Vogel, stone chips
24 75
568 68
QUINCY SCHOOL.
Sanborn & Damon, grate, labor, etc. $7 05
John O. Holden, clock and repairs . 7 50
Quincy Water Co., water rate and hose
27 50
James Hennessey, coal screen
7 00
F. E. Wilkinson, removing ashes,
5 70
Jos. Breck & Son, repairing lawn mower
1 50
C. F. Merrick, cash expended for supplies
5 00
Timothy Goulden, labor on grounds, 15 00
Ellen Canty, cleaning .
7 50
Boston School Supply Co., maps
28 35
Frank F. Crane, supplies ·
2 67
C. E. Woodbury, curtain and map work
23 00
Amounts carried forward, $137 77
$1,078 07
72
Amounts brought forward, $137 77 $1,078 07
George F. Waldron, repairing desks, 8 85
C. F. Pettengill, clock ·
5 00
N. G. Glover, truant officer
3 60
155 22
WASHINGTON SCHOOL.
C. F. Pettengill, repairing clock $1 25
B. Bryant, labor and stock 13 00
John O. Holden, clock and repairs . 7 50
Frank F. Crane, supplies
6 84
Quincy Water Co., water rate
20 00
A. S. Bunker, electric bells
23 10
Leonard Hewson, reseating chairs .
1 50
J. J. Keniley, plumbing 1 85
C. E. Woodbury, curtain and map work 20 45
Wm. C. Caldwell, extra labor
15 60
Thos. B. Pollard, supplies 2 67
Mrs. Wm. Caldwell, washing towels,
3 60
Geo. T. Waldron, labor on desks 2 00
J. J. Williams, tuning piano . ·
2 00
A. G. Durgin, supplies . ·
1 33
122 69
WILLARD SCHOOL.
Sanborn & Damon, zinc for screens, $2 81
John O. Holden, repairing clock 1 50
A. McDonnell, labor
7 00
F. F. Crane, steps, keys, mirrors, moving piano, etc.
41 62
C. B. Tilton, coal scoop, etc.
1 50
Amounts carried forward, $54 43
$1,355 98
73
Amounts brought forward, $54 43 $1,355 98
G. M. Wadsworth, paid for supplies, printing, etc. 15 72
C. E. Woodbury, curtain work, covering desks, etc. . Quincy Water Co., plumbing and water rate .
27 75
13 85
Eastern Educational Bureau, maps, etc." 17 25
Prang Educational Co., supplies for drawing 6 88
Thos. O'Brien, labor about grounds 5 00
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture . 75 25
Ed. Daily, sawing wood
3 00
J. A. Swasey, blackboard, paper 12 50
N. C. Hersey, carting 3 00
F. A. Locke, tuning piano 2 00
Peter McConarty, cleaning closets
26 25
F. W. Nightingale, glazing 3 30
Badger Bros., repairing steam ap- paratus 12 92
John W. Nash, supplies, 6 56
Boston School Supply Co., maps ·
12 15
G. T. Waldron, moving furniture . 5 00
C. F. Pettengill, clock 4 00
306 81
WOLLASTON SCHOOL.
F. F. Crane, dusters
$4 80
John O. Holden, repairing clock 1 50
Boynton & Russell, supplies . .
3 25
John S. Emerson, paid for plants, manure, supplies, etc. . 31 02
Amounts carried forward,
$43 82
$1,662 79
74
Amounts brought forward, $43 82
$1,662 79
Quincy Water Co., water rate
10 00
J. T. Burchsted, glazing
2 50
Globe Furniture Co., desks .
15 00
Geo. T. Waldron, labor on desks
10 00
H. Lavelle, cleaning well
5 00
F. E. Staples, extra labor and sup- plies ·
8 76
C. B. Tilton, supplies 5 20 .
97 03
Total for incidentals
$1,759 82
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. H. Spear, postage $24 81
B. Hart, expressing 3 25
Citizens Gas Light Co., gas . ·
1 71
Durgin & Merrill, rent and care of Committee Room . 202 37 ·
M. J. & A. B. Gibson, supplies ·
1 75
Sargent & Scott, books for teachers, 10 27
M. A. Boynton, expressing
4 20
Greenough, Hopkins & Cushing, supplies for office . 12 37
Globe Furniture Co., furniture 54 20
Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, scis- sors 17 50
A. Mudge & Son, printing 40 46
Thompson & Odell, pitch pipes 42 60
15 10
J. G. Roberts & Co., repairing books, Geo. S. Perry, supplies .
737 04
Geo. I. Aldrich, cash paid for travel, telephone, freight, etc. 38 25
Amount carried forward, $1,205 88
75
Amount brought forward, $1,205 88
Terrance Keenan, cleaning vaults 50 00
E. S. Brown, labor in store-room · 2 00
Winslow's Express, expressing and carting . 68 46
Lakeside Press, dials 4 50
Palmer, Parker & Co., veneers
14 00
Thorp & Adams Manufacturing Co., blank books 1 80
Prang Educational Co., supplies for drawing 41 60
Lee & Shepard, books for teachers, 16 92
A. G. Whitcomb, roll-top desk 68 75
Paul A. Garcy & Co., clay
2 65
George B. Buffington, fraction charts
5 70
William Ware & Co., writing
charts . ·
6 67
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., books, 10 20
H. C. Kendall, engrossing diplomas, 12 00
E. Emery Fellows, making census of school children . 100 00
Quincy Post Office, postage
18 30
Hollingsworth & Vose, paper 5 70
Green & Prescott, printing and ad- vertising 38 80
Abbott & Miller, carting and ex- pressing 22 70
D. Appleton & Co., books for teach- ers 27 54
A. S. Barnes & Co., books 8 00
A. W. Mitchell, stamp and repair- ing same 4 10
Amount carried forward, $1,736 27
76
Amount brought forward, $1,736 27
Elsie A. White, labor in storeroom, 4 50
J. Warren Hayden, officer for en- forcement of child labor law . 29 20
Milton Bradley Co., drawing boards, T squares, etc. 90 68
A. Storrs & Bement Co., paper and card board 44 59
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E. H. Butler & Co., books 2 50
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., com- passes 10 00
D. C. Heath & Co., geographical charts, books, etc. 29 18
Silver, Burdett & Co., music books, etc. 11 76
Willard Small, books
25 95
Fred F. Green, printing and adver- tising ·
86 00
Holden Book Cover Co., book
covers . 75 35
Nicholson Co., color boxes 28 80
Harrison Hume, books
15 00
Clark & Maynard, books
9 50
Ginn & Co., books
8 33
Total for miscellaneous
$2,207 61
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Wadsworth, Howland & Co. $141 82
Silver, Burdett & Co.
435 93
Prang Educational Co.
47
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
39 00
Wm. Ware & Co.
152 59
Amount carried forward, $769 81
77
Amount brought forward, $769 81
Harper & Bros.
9 80
Ginn & Co. . 14 58
A. S. Barnes & Co. 83 64
Frost & Adams
14 02
Willard Small
65 30
F. M. Ambrose
18 00
Eastern Educational Bureau
1 25
A. Storrs & Bement Co.
67 80
Milton Bradley & Co.
47 03
Geo. S. Perry
578 03
Porter & Coates
14 10
Carl Schoenhof
4 40
Educational Publishing Co.
10 50
Chas. H. Kilborn .
5 52
Harrison Hume
220 78
Holden Book Cover Co.
84 85
Interstate Publishing Co.
21 71
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
6 21
J. L. Hammett .
1 68
Boston School Supply Co.
24 60
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
34 21
D. C. Heath & Co.
9 92
W. W. Speer
10 80
Lee & Shepard
16 25
A. C. Stockin
26 07
Warren P. Adamıs
14 09
D. Appleton & Co.
23 75
Thompson, Brown & Co.
35 42
Wm. H. Claflin & Co.
14 69
A. A. Waterman & Co.
1 30
Thomas Kelly
20 40
Ivison, Blakeman & Co.
18 04
E. H. Butler & Co.
10 71
$2,299 26
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EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL.
Arthur H. Flint, services as teacher,
$96 00
Thos. E. Sweeney,
54 00
W. A. England, 67 50
Citizens Gas Light Co., lighting 20 40
S. B. Turner, labor
9 75
C. Patch & Son, fuel
3 50
John O. Carlson, janitor
15 70
Blodgett Bros. & Co., lighting ·
electric
150 00
E. M. Litchfield, painting
5 45
G. S. Perry, T squares, triangles, etc. ·
73 95
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., sup-
plies 43 75 ·
Pettingill & Pear, tables
24 00
Frost & Adams, supplies
11 11
A. G. Whitcomb, stools
18 00
Frank F. Crane, keys .
1 05
Fred F. Green, printing and ad- vertising 10 00
Quincy E. L. & P. Co., lighting ·
24 30
Geo. O. Langley, refitting school after fire
154 70
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel . 9 25
Estate of Ann Hardwick, rent 37 50
$829 91
·
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OTHER EVENING SCHOOLS.
TEACHING.
ADAMS.
Chas. C. Haines .
$54 00
Arthur M. Whitney
36 00
James M. Nowland
45 00
Eliza C. Sheahan .
67 50
Mary Marden
66 00
Mary M. Devlin
3 00
Mabel E. Adams
27 00
Mary M. Boyd
42 00
Isabel B. Holbrook
22 50
Ellen Fegan
22 50
Dorcas C. Higgins
22 50
Sarah A. Malone .
22 50
Susie H. McKenna
15 00
$445 50
WILLARD.
Geo. M. Wadsworth
.
$75 00
Jennie Corliss
37 50
Ellen Fegan
37 50
Annie F. Burns
34 50
Elizabeth J. McNeil
37 50
Nellie S. Dickey
37 50
Mary L.Conway
10 50
A. Teresa Kelley
37 50
307 50
JOHN HANCOCK.
Theodore Bergmann
66 00
Total paid for teaching .
$819 00
Amount carried forward,
.
$819 00
-
80
Amount brought forward MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
$819 00
S. B. Turner, janitor
$56 25
Francis Walsh,
31 25
Levi Stearns,
70 50
Sanborn & Damon, lantern
2 50
Quincy E. L. & P. Co., lighting
187 67
Geo. S. Perry, rulers
2 00
A. S. Barnes & Co., business forms
10 00
Jos. W. Hayden, posting notices
4 00
Fred F. Green, printing and ad- vertising ·
12 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., book-
keeping blanks
.
3 74
379 91
Total cost of evening schools
$1198 91
WILLARD SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
St. Mary's C. T. A. & M. R. So- ciety, rent $875 00
Mass. Char. Order of Foresters, rent 120 00
Abbie E. Farnum, rent
180 00
Jonas Shackley, carpentry .
387 47
G. O. Langley,
218 81
T. Gullickson & Sons, painting · Walworth Construction & Supply
36 36
Co., steam fitting . 183 16
Quincy Water Co., plumbing 122 87
Sanborn & Damon, stove work 62 03
Frank F. Crane, oil cloth
82 05
Amount carried forward, $2,267 75
81
Amount brought forward, $2,267 75
J. A. Swasey, black boards . 62 00
James R. Wild, enameled muslin, etc. ·
60 83
C. E. Woodbury, covering desks
69 00
Geo. T. Waldron,
3 50
Albert B. Franklin, feed door
2 50
T. L. Williams, clocks .
13 50
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture .
1871 18
James N. White, for set Nichols' designs destroyed by fire 28 50
Geo. S. Perry, supplies
210 68
Ginn & Co., books
34 17
Boston School Supply Co., books
6 50
Wm. Ware & Co., books
147 50
A. S. Barnes & Co., books
87 50
H. Hume, books .
210 50
A. C. Stockin, books
54 90
Harper & Bros., books .
8 25
F. M. Ambrose, books .
58 00
Mass. Bible Society, bibles
5 70
Willard Small, books
1 80
D. C. Heath & Co., books
6 25
22 75
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books, Clark & Maynard, books ·
9 66
D. Appleton & Co., books and maps, 12 63
Silver, Burdett & Co., music books, 135 34
Badger Bros., repairing tank
4 70
$5,395 59
A
CITY CHARTER
AND
ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF QUINCY.
CITY CHARTER.
Commonwealth of atlassachusetts.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF QUINCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows :
TITLE I.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the town of Quincy shall, in case of the acceptance of this act by the voters of said town, as hereinafter provided, continue to be a body politic and corpo- rate under the name of the "City of Quincy," and as such shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now pertaining to and incumbent upon the said town as a municipal corporation.
SEC. 2. The administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of said city, with the government thereof, shall be vested in an executive department which shall consist of one officer to be called the mayor, and in a legislative de- partment which shall consist of a single body to be called the city council, the members whereof shall be called councilmen.
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The executive department shall never exercise any legislative power, and the legislative department shall never exercise any executive power. The general management and control of the public schools of said city shall be vested in a school committee.
SEC. 3. The territory of said city shall first be divided into six wards, as hereinafter provided, but said number, upon any subsequent division of said city into new wards, may be increased by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the city council, passed previous to and in the year of such new division.
TITLE II.
ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS.
SEC. 4. The municipal election shall take place annually on the first Tuesday of December, and the municipal year shall begin on the first Monday of January following. All meetings of the citizens for municipal purposes shall be called by warrants issued by order of the city council, which shall be in such form and be served and returned in such manner and at such times as the council may by ordinance direct.
SEC. 5. At such municipal election the qualified voters shall give in their votes by ballots in the several wards for mayor, councilmen and members of the school committee then to be elected, and the person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office ; and whenever two or more persons are to be elected to the same office, the several persons, up to the num- ber required to be chosen, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared to be elected. If it shall appear that there is no choice of mayor, or if the person elected mayor shall refuse to accept the office, or shall die before qual- ifying, or if a vacancy in said office shall occur subsequently and more than three months previous to the expiration of the municipal year, the city council shall forthwith cause warrants
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to be issued for a new election, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as are hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, and shall be repeated until the election of a mayor is completed. If the full number of members of the city coun- cil has not been elected, or if a vacancy in the office of coun- cilman shall occur subsequently and more than three months previous to the expiration of the municipal year, the council shall forthwith cause a new election to be held to fill the vacancy or vacancies.
SEC. 6. All meetings for the election of national, state, county and district officers shall be called by order of the city council in the same manner as meetings for municipal elections are called.
SEC. 7. The city council may, when no convenient ward- room for holding the meetings of the citizens of any ward can be had within the territorial limits of such ward, appoint and direct, in the warrant for calling any meetings of the citizens of such ward, that the meeting be held in some convenient place within the limits of an adjacent ward of the city ; and for such purpose the place so assigned shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the ward for which the election is held.
SEC. 8. General meetings of the citizens qualified to vote may from time to time be held, according to the right secured to the people by the constitution of this Commonwealth, and such meetings may, and, upon the request in writing of 50 qualified voters, setting forth the purposes thereof, shall be duly called by the city council.
TITLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SEC. 9. The members of the city council shall consist of councilmen at large and councilmen from wards, and shall be elected annually as follows : councilmen at large, in number
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one less than the number of wards in said city, shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of the city voting in their re- spective wards; and three councilmen from wards shall be elected by and from the qualified voters in each ward. The councilmen shall hold office for the municipal year beginning with the first Monday in January following their election, and until a majority of the succeeding council shall be elected and qualified. They shall receive no compensation for their ser- vices.
SEC. 10. The mayor elect and the councilmen elect shall annually, on the first Monday in January, at 12 o'clock at noon, meet and be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. The oath shall be administered at their first meeting after the acceptance of this act, by the town clerk, and in subsequent years by the city clerk, or, in case of his absence, by any justice of the peace, and shall be duly certified on the journals of the city council. In case of the absence of the mayor elect on the first Monday in January, or if a mayor shall not then have been elected, the oath of office may at any time thereafter be administered to him in the presence of the council ; and at any time thereafter in like manner the oath of office may be administered to any member of the council who has been pre- viously absent, or has been subsequently elected ; and every such oath shall be duly certified as aforesaid.
SEC. 11. After the oath has been administered to the councilmen present, they shall be called to order, at their first organization by the town clerk, and in subsequent years by the city clerk, or in case of the absence of the clerk, by the oldest member present. The person so calling the city council to order shall proceed to call the roll of members, and each member shall declare his choice for president of the council, who shall be a member thereof. If no quorum is present an adjournment shall be taken to a later hour or to the next day, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had from day to
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day until a quorum shall be present. If any person receive the votes of a majority of all the members of the council, such person shall be declared chosen president thereof. If on the first day on which a quorum is present no person receive the votes of such majority, the roll-call shall be repeated until some person receive the votes of such majority or an adjourn- ment to the succeeding day is taken, and on such succeeding day a plurality of those voting shall be sufficient for an election. No other business shall be in order until a president is chosen. The president shall be sworn by the town or city clerk, as the case may be, or, in case of the absence of the clerk, by any justice of the peace. The council shall then proceed to the choice of a clerk, in the same manner as above provided for the choice of president, and no other business shall be in order until a clerk is chosen. The president and the clerk may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the council, taken by roll-call. The presi- dent of the council shall have the same right to vote as any other member thereof. The city clerk may be chosen clerk of the council, but these offices shall nevertheless remain distinct and independent. The clerk of the council shall keep a jour- nal containing a record of the proceedings of the council and a record at large of all votes taken by roll-call, and he shall engross, sign and attest all ordinances and resolutions of the council.
SEC. 12. The mayor may at any time call a special meeting of the city council, by causing written notification thereof, together with a statement of the subjects to be con- sidered thereat, to be left at the usual place of residence of each member of the council, at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for such meeting.
SEC. 13. The city council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and shall be the judge of the election, re- turns and qualifications of its own members. In case of the
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absence of the president, the council shall choose a president pro tempore. and a plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient for a choice. The council shall sit with open doors. and shall cause the journal of its proceedings to be open to public inspec- tion. The vote of the council upon any question shall be taken by roll-call, when the same is requested by at least three members. A majority of the members of the council shall be required to constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The council shall, so far as not inconsistent with this act, have and exercise all the legislative powers of towns, and have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of city councils, and of either branch thereof, under the general laws of the Commonwealth, and it may by ordinance prescribe the manner in which such powers shall be exercised.
SEC. 14. The city council shall, in the month of January, choose an auditor of accounts, who shall hold office for the term of one year, beginning with the first Monday in February next ensuing, and until his successor is chosen and qualified. The council may at any time, by ordinance or resolution, establish the office of comptroller, and may prescribe his duties, and may choose a person to fill such office in the same manner and for the same term as herein provided in the case of the auditor of accounts. A majority of the votes of all the members of the council, taken by roll-call, shall be necessary for the choice of the auditor of accounts and comptroller, and they may each be removed by the affirmative vote of all the members of the council, taken by roll-call. The offices of auditor of accounts and of comptroller may be held by the same person.
SEC. 15. The city council shall, with the approval of the mayor, have exclusive authority and power to order the laying out, locating anew, or discontinuing of, or making specific re- pairs in, all streets and ways, and all highways within the limits of said city, and to assess the damages sustained by any
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person thereby, and further, except as herein otherwise pro- vided, to act in all matters relating to such laying out, locating anew, altering, discontinuing or repairing. Any person ag- grieved by the assessment of his damages, or other action of the council under this section, shall have all the rights and privileges now allowed by law in such cases, in appeals from decisions of the selectmen.
SEC. 16. In case any ordinance, order, resolution or vote involves the appropriation or expenditure of money, to an amount which may exceed three hundred dollars, the laying of an assessment, or the granting to a person or corpo- ration of any right in, over or under any street or other public ground of said city, the affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the city council shall be necessary for its pas- sage. Every such ordinance, order, resolution or vote shall be read twice, with an interval of at least three days between the two readings, before being finally passed, and the vote upon its final passage shall be taken by roll-call.
SEC. 17. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote of the city council, except such as relates to its own internal affairs, to its own officers or employes, to the election or duties of the auditor of accounts or comptroller, to the removal of the mayor, or to the declaration of a vacancy in the office of mayor, shall be presented to the mayor for his opproval or disapproval, and like proceedings shall be had thereon as are in such cases provided by the general laws relating to cities.
SEC. 18. The city council shall have power within said city to make and establish ordinances and by-laws, and to affix thereto penalties, as herein and by general law provided, with- out the sanction of any court or justice thereof ; provided, however, that all laws and regulations now in force in the town of Quincy, shall, until they shall expire by their limitation, or be revised or repealed by the council, remain in force. Com- plaint for the breach of any ordinance or by-law may be made
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by the mayor or any head of a department, or by any resident of the city.
SEC. 19. No vote of the city council authorizing or ratifying a contract for, or providing for the purchase by the city of the franchise or corporate property, or any rights and privileges of the Quincy Water Company, a corporation estab- lished by chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, or of its successors or assigns, shall take effect until the same has been passed by an affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the council, taken by roll-call, and the authority so to purchase has been assented to by the voters of the city, as provided by said act.
SEC. 20. The city council shall not authorize the erection of a schoolhouse, or of any addition thereto, nor pass any appropriation for such purpose, until plans for the same have been approved by vote of the school committee, and such ap- proval has been certified in writing to the council by the chair- man of said committee.
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