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No. 5.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER AND DEFINING HIS DUTIES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The Treasurer shall give a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Mayor, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duty as Treasurer, which shall be executed, approved and delivered to the Mayor, before he enters upon the duties of his office. In case of the death or insolvency of any of the sureties on any bond so given, the Treasurer shall immediately give a new bond with sufficient sureties, as heretofore provided ; and if he fails to give such new bonds within a reasonable time after notice to do so, it shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office. The bond of the Treasurer shall be kept by the Mayor, who shall forth- with upon its receipt cause written notice thereof to be given to the Board of Assessors. The bonds of other city officers shall be kept by the Treasurer. If the office of City Treasurer and Collector is held by the same person the bond shall be fifty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. The Treasurer shall keep, in books provided for that purpose, an accurate and true account of all his receipts and payments on behalf of the city, making the same conform as nearly as may be, to the accounts kept by the Auditor. He shall keep an account with each appropriation made by the City Council, and shall credit each account with its appropriations, and shall charge to each all sums paid out on such account. He shall, at the close of each financial year, make a written report to the City Council of the condition of the Treasury, and all moneys received and paid out by him during said year.
SEC. 3. The Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay from the Treasury all bills and claims against the city which have been approved by the heads of departments and certified to by the Auditor ; but he shall pay no money out of the Treasury unless so approved and certified, except State and County taxes,
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SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the Auditor and to the City Council, a statement in detail of all moneys collected or received during said month, with the names of the persons from whom, and for what the same were received ; provided, that it shall be sufficient in re- porting the receipts for taxes and assessments, to state the full amount received.
SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall, in behalf of the city, sign all notes, bonds, and certificates of indebtedness issued by the city and shall see that they are countersigned by the Mayor and Auditor of Accounts, and that the City seal is affixed thereto.
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No. 6.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ORDINANCES, OR- DERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. All by-laws of the city shall be termed Ordi- nances, and the enacting style shall be : Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SEC. 2. All ordinances shall be recorded by the City Clerk in the order in which they are passed to be ordained, in a book prepared and kept for that purpose, made of strong linen paper, with proper margins and indexes, and strongly bound. Said book shall be lettered "Records of Ordinances of the City of Quincy," and shall be preserved in the office of the City Clerk, subject to public inspection.
SEC. 3. Whenever the City Council expresses anything by way of command, the form of expression shall be, "Ordered ;" and whenever said board expresses opinions, principles, facts or purposes, the form shall be, "Resolved."
SEC. 4. Every such ordinance, order, resolution or vote shall go into effect from and after the time of its approval by the Mayor ; and if not approved by the Mayor, or returned, then as provided by the charter and the laws of the Commonwealth. This section shall not apply when it is provided otherwise.
SEC. 5. Every ordinance, and such of the orders, resolu- tions and votes as the Council may direct, shall be promulgated by publishing the same in such newspaper or newspapers, printed and published in the city of Quincy, as the Council shall direct ; but a failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any ordinance, order, resolution or vote.
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No. 7.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF CITY PHYSICIAN AND DEFINING HIS DUTIES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The office of City Physician is hereby estab- lished.
The Mayor shall annually, on or before the first Monday in February, appoint a City Physician, who shall be a resident of Quincy, and who shall hold his office one year from the first Monday in February of the current year, and until his successor is appointed.
He shall receive such compensation as the City Council may determine, the same to be paid in full for all services performed and medicines furnished, administered or prescribed, unless such medicines are furnished by the direct order of the Overseer of the Poor.
SEC. 2. The City Physician shall attend, under the direc- tion of the Overseer of the Poor, upon all sick paupers, whether state or city, and upon all sick persons under the care of the city authorities at the Almshouse or elsewhere in the city, and at the request of the Chief of Police upon all prisoners or other persons confined in the city lock-up who require medical or surgical treatment.
He shall vaccinate all scholars in the public schools sent to him for that purpose by the School Committee, or Superinten- dent of Schools, and give them a certificate thereof.
He shall, at the close of each financial year, make a report to the Mayor, giving a general statement of the amount of pro- fessional service rendered by him, with such suggestions as he may deem proper.
SEC. 3. He shall also, at the close of each month, report in writing to the Overseer of the Poor the names of all poor people not lawfully a charge upon the city of Quincy who have received attendance from him during that month, and the dates and expense of such attendance.
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No. 8.
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY CLERK.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The City Clerk shall notify the Auditor and Treasurer of all orders passed by the City Council authorizing appropriations, or abatements, and also any board or officer of any order appropriating money to be expended by said board or officer, or directing said board or officer to do or not to do, or authorizing the doing, or in any way affecting the powers or duties of such board or officer, immediately after such orders are approved by the Mayor or are otherwise in force.
SEC. 2. He shall keep a book alphabetically arranged, showing the names of all streets, ways and sidewalks in the city, which have been or may be laid out and accepted, with the date of the laying out and acceptance, and the width and alterations made from time to time.
SEC. 3. He shall be er officio keeper of the City Seal, but shall permit the Mayor or any other officer to affix the same to any document to which the City Seal is required to be affixed.
SEC. 4. In order to secure a more perfect registration of births, marriages and deaths, in the city of Quincy, the City Clerk shall annually, in the month of January, and before his report to the Secretary of the Commonwealth thereon, make, or cause to be made, a canvass of the city for facts concerning births therein during the previous year, the expense of same not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars and to be paid by the city.
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No. 9. -
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF CITY MESSENGER AND DEFINING IHIS DUTIES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The office of City Messenger is hereby estab- lished. The City Council shall annually, in the month of January, and whenever a vacancy occurs, elect a City Messenger, who shall hold his office until his successor is elected, and shall receive such compensation as the City Council may determine.
SEC. 2. The City Messenger shall, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works, have the custody of such rooms as are occupied by the City Council and its committees.
He shall attend all sessions of the City Council, of any committees of the same, and of such boards as the City Council may direct.
He shall deliver all messages, notifications and other papers when thereto directed by the Mayor, President of the. Council, City Clerk, Treasurer, and chairman of any board or committee.
Provided, That he shall not be required so to do at the request of the Collector of Taxes. He shall at all times be sub- ject to such further orders as may be made from time to time by the City Council.
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No. 10.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE CITY SEAL.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The design of the City Seal shall be a circle, one and one-half inches in diameter ; in the centre of the Seal a view of "Mount Wollaston ;" in the outer circle, over the top, the dates 1625, 1640, 1792; upon a scroll under the dates the word "Manet ;" upon a tablet under the view the word "Quincy," the date of its incorporation as a city, 1888.
The device thereof being as follows :
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1625 .
MANET.
1792
QUINCY
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SEC. 2. All deeds and other legal documents made, given or entered into by the city, requiring a seal, shall be sealed with the City Seal, and shall be signed and acknowledged in behalf of the city by the Mayor.
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No. 11.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The Managers of public burial places shall meet on the first Monday in February in each year, or as soon thereafter as may be, and choose by ballot from among its mem- bers a permanent chairman and a secretary, who shall keep a record of its proceedings.
SEC. 2. Said Managers shall have the charge and manage- ment of all the public cemeteries and burial places of the city, and the general supervision and expenditure of all appropria- tions made for the same, and may make all necessary by-laws and rules in relation thereto, not repugnant to law. They shall, at the close of each financial year, make a report to the Mayor of their proceedings and of the condition of the cemeteries and burial places under their care, with such information and sugges- tions as they deem proper.
SEC. 3. They may lay out said cemeteries and burial places into lots, and shall set apart a suitable portion as a public burial place for the use of the inhabitants free of charge. They may sell and convey to residents of the city, and to no others, the exclusive right of burial, and of erecting tombs, stones, monu- ments and cenotaphs upon any lot, and of ornamenting the same upon such terms, conditions and regulations as the board of managers shall prescribe, and the proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the city treasury, and be kept separate and apart from other funds, and shall be appropriated to pay the expense of improving and embellishing said cemeteries and burial places. They may, in their discretion, accept in payment, or part pay- ment of the consideration of such rights, in any lot, a deed from the purchaser thereof releasing to the city similar rights owned by him in any other lot. The Managers of the public burial
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places are authorized to convey lots in said burial places, and the chairman and secretary of the board are authorized to execute the deeds for said conveyances, and the City seal shall be affixed thereto.
SEC. 4. Any person holding, occupying or interested in any lot in a public burial place of the city may deposit with the City Treasurer any sum of money that may be determined by the Managers of public burial places, which sum so deposited shall be entered upon the books of the City Treasurer, and forever held as a fund which shall be invested or deposited as directed by the Board of Managers of public burial places, and the income from all such investments and deposits shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Managers of public burial places for the purpose of providing for the preservation and care of such lot or its appurtenances. The person making such deposit shall at the same time designate in writing, the name of the cemetery in which the lot to be cared for is located, the number and specific location of the same, and the name of the person in whom the right of title thereof stands ; and the City Treasurer shall deliver to such depositor a certificate of deposit, setting forth the same and the purpose of said deposit.
SEC. 5. The Mayor and City Council shall, annually, as soon after their organization as practical,, appoint a sufficient number of funeral undertakers ; persons not licensed as under- takers are forbidden to undertake the management of a funeral.
SEC. 6. Upon the decease of a person within the limits of the city, it shall be the duty of the nearest relative or of the person in whose house the death may occur, or in default thereof, of any other person who may have first been informed of the event, to cause the same to be made known to some licensed undertaker as soon as practicable.
SEC. 7. No person shall bury or inter, or cause to be buried or interred in the city, or remove or cause to be removed from the city, the body of a deceased person, without having obtained a permit so to do from the Board of Health or its duly appointed agent, who shall not grant the same unless he shall have obtained
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a certificate of the cause of death, signed or approved as required by law ; and it is hereby made his duty to grant such permit, unless cause shall appear for refusal.
SEC. 8. No person shall bury or inter, or cause to be buried or interred, any dead body, at any other time than between sunrising and sunsetting, except when authorized by the chairman of the board of managers of public burial places ; and no grave shall be re-opened for the burial or disin- terment of any dead body, without a permit shall have been obtained as provided in Section 7.
SEC. 9. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a fine of not less than one dollar, nor more than twenty dollars.
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No. 12.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING LICENSES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows : AUCTIONEERS.
SECTION 1. Every person licensed as an auctioneer shall give a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars to the City Treasurer with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the City Council, with condition that he shall in all things conform to the laws relating to auctioneers, and shall pay for the license the sum of two dollars. The City Council shall cause all such licenses to be recorded by its clerk, in a book kept for that pur- pose, before being delivered to the licensee.
BILLIARD TABLES AND BOWLING ALLEYS.
SEC. 2. Every person licensed to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table, or a bowling alley, shall pay the City Clerk for the use of the city the sum of two dollars for the first two tables, and one dollar for each additional table, and two dollars for a bowling alley. All such licenses shall be recorded by the City Clerk, in a book kept for that purpose, before being delivered to the licensee, and shall set forth the name of the person licensed, the nature of the business, the number of tables, and the build- ing or place in the city in which it is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until the first day of May next ensuing unless sooner revoked.
Provided, That such licenses may be granted during the month of April, to take effect on the first day of May then next ensuing.
THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC SHOWS, ETC.
SEC. 3. Every person licensed to set up, maintain or carry on any theatrical exhibition, public show, public amusement or exhibition, mentioned in Section 115 of Chapter 102 of the Public Statutes, shall pay to the City Clerk for the use of the city, before such license is issued, the following rates :
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For theatrical exhibitions or shows, for each day and even- ing, four dollars.
For theatrical exhibitions or shows given in the Opera House, for one year, twenty-five dollars.
For skating rinks, for one year, twenty-five dollars.
For travelling circuses or travelling shows, exhibiting in tents, for each day and evening, fifty dollars.
For all other shows, amusements and exhibitions, embraced within the provisions of said section, such sums as the City Council shall determine at the time of the application for the license.
Every license granted as aforesaid shall (if required by the City Council) be upon condition that one or more police officers, to be paid by the licensee, be assigned to duty at the place of such exhibition, for the keeping of order thereat.
Provided, however, that no such license shall permit enter- tainment for gain and reward upon the Lord's day, or exhibitions of wrestling or sparring upon any day, unless the particular exhibition or entertainment shall be petitioned for, and the license therefor granted by a two-thirds vote of the City Council.
The Mayor, President of the Council, Commissioner of Public Works and Committee on Licenses shall have the right to visit at all times such places of amusement as are licensed under the provision of this ordinance.
HACKNEY CARRIAGES AND JOBBING WAGONS.
SEC. 4. No person shall set up, use, or drive in the city of Quincy, any hackney carriages for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place within said city without a license therefor from the City Council.
SEC. 5. The City Council may, from time to time, grant licenses to such persons as they deem expedient, to set up, use, or drive hackney carriages for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place within the city, and may establish the fare therefor, and may revoke such licenses at their discretion. Every person so licensed shall pay to the City Clerk for the use
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of the city the sum of one dollar for each carriage so licensed. All such licenses shall expire on the first day of May next after the date thereof, and shall be recorded by the City Clerk before being delivered to the licensee.
Provided, That such licenses may be granted in April, to take effect on the first day of May next ensuing.
SEC. 6. No license granted as aforesaid shall apply to any carriage except the particular one designated therein by number, or otherwise made certain, or shall be transferable without the consent of the City Council, endorsed thereon by the City Clerk.
SEC. 7. Every person licensed as aforesaid shall cause his carriage to be conspicuously marked with the license number, in figures not less than one and a half inches long. The name of the licensee, and the number of the carriage, together with the rates of fare, shall be conspicuously posted on a printed card in every such carriage.
SEC. 8. The fare for the conveyance of passengers in hackney carriages shall not exceed the following rates, to wit : For conveying one or more passengers, over twelve years of age, from one place to another within the city, not more than one mile, twenty-five cents each, except between the hours of 10 P. M. and 6 A. M., when double said rates may be charged ; for a distance more than one mile, special rates may be made. For each child between the ages of four and twelve years, but one- half of the above rates shall be charged ; and for children under four years of age, accompanied by their parent or guardian, there shall be no charge.
SEC. 9. Every coach or other vehicle, whether on wheels or runners (except street cars), drawn by one or more horses, or other animal power, which shall be used in the city of Quincy for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place there- in, shall be deemed to be a hackney carriage within the meaning of this ordinance.
SEC. 10. The City Council may grant licenses to such per- sons as they deem expedient to employ or use any wagon, cart sleigh or other vehicle which may be necessary for the convey-
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ance from place to place within the city, for hire, of any goods wares, furniture or rubbish, and no person shall use any of the vehicles mentioned in this section, for the purpose herein speci- fied, without a license as aforesaid. Every person licensed under this section shall cause his name to be placed in plain, legible words on any such vehicle he shall use, and every such license shall expire on the first day of May then next ensuing, unless sooner revoked. Every person so licensed shall pay to the City Clerk, for the use of the city, one dollar for each vehicle so licensed.
DEALERS IN JUNK AND SECOND-HAND ARTICLES.
SEC. 11. The City Council may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles, at such places within the city as may be designated in such licenses, under such conditions and restrictions as are hereafter prescribed, which shall be incorporated in every such license. Such license shall continue in force until the first day of May then next ensuing, unless sooner revoked, provided that such license may be granted in April, to take effect on the first day of May next ensuing. The licensee shall pay to the City Clerk for the license, for the use of the city, two dollars.
SEC. 12. Every keeper of a shop licensed as aforesaid, shall keep a book in which shall be written at the time of every purchase, a description of the junk, old metal or second-hand articles so purchased, the name, age and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when such purchase was made. Such book shall at all times be open for inspection of the Chief of Police, and of any member of the City Council. Every keeper of such shop shall put in some suitable and con- spicuous place on his shop a sign having his name and occupa- tion legibly inscribed thereon in large letters. Such shops, and all articles of merchandise therein, may at all times be examined by the Chief of Police or any member of the City Council. No keeper of such shop shall directly or indirectly either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles
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aforesaid of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, and no article purchased or received shall be sold until a period of at least one week from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed, unless the name and address of the person to whom such article has been sold, with other facts as may be necessary to facilitate the tracing of such article, have been entered on the book mentioned in this section.
SEC. 13. No wagon shall be used for the collection of junk, metal, rags or second-hand articles, unless licensed by the City Council. Every such wagon shall bear conspicuously the own- er's name, and the number of the license on the outside and on each side. Every license shall designate the person employed to drive such vehicle. Such driver shall not be changed without the consent of the Mayor.
SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep a. record of the name and residence of every pedler licensed by the city, together with the number of the vehicle used in his busi- ness, and of the particular business for which his license is granted ; a list of dealers in articles mentioned in this ordi- nance, and of the places wherein the business is to be carried on ; and also a list of all persons employed by any such pedler or dealer in the pedling or collecting of any such articles.
SEC. 15. Whoever, not being so licensed, keeps such shop, or is such dealer in any place or manner than that designated in his license, or after notice to him that his license has been revoked, and whoever violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his license shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
GUNPOWDER AND EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS.
SEC. 16. No person shall keep or deposit any gunpowder within the city, unless it is well secured in tight casks or canisters ; or keep or deposit more than fifty pounds of gun- powder in any shop, store or other building which is within the distance of twenty-five rods from any other building or wharves ; or keep or deposit more than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder
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in any shop, store or other building; which is within the dis- tance of ten rods from any other building; or keep or deposit more than one pound of gunpowder in any shop, store or other building which is within ten rods of any other building, unless it is well secured in copper, tin or brass canisters, holding not exceeding five pounds each, and closely covered with copper, brass or tin covers.
Provided, That this section shall not apply to magazines for the storage of powder at quarries.
SEC. 17. The City Council may license persons to sell gun- powder. Every such license shall continue in force one year from the date thereof, unless sooner revoked, and shall set forth the name of the person licensed, and the building or place in the city where the business may be carried on, and shall have the provisions of this ordinance relating thereto printed thereon, and there shall be paid therefor to the Clerk for the use of the city the sum of one dollar. The City Clerk shall record all' such licenses, and the place of business named therein shall not be changed without the consent of the City Council.
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