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SEC. 3. Every person who conveys milk in carriages or otherwise, for the purpose of selling the same in the city, shall annually in the month of May, be licensed by the Inspector in accordance with the provisions and subject to the penalties of the Public Statutes, to sell milk within the limits of the city, and shall pay to the Inspector fifty cents to the use of the city.
Every person who sells milk, or offers it for sale in any store booth, stand, or market place in the city, shall register in the books of the Inspector and shall pay to him fifty cents to the use of the city. The Inspector shall pay over monthly to the City Treasurer all sums collected by him.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to institute a complaint for a violation of any of the provisions of the Statutes concerning inspection and sale of milk upon evidence satisfactory to him upon which to sustain such complaint.
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SEC. 5. The Inspector shall cause the name and place of business of every person convicted of selling adulterated milk, or having the same in his possession with intent to sell, to be published in two newspapers in the city or county.
SEC. 6. The Inspector shall annually, at the end of each fiscal year, present to the Mayor a report, giving a statement of the service rendered by him.
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No. 22.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The Board of Health is hereby authorized to choose by ballot a Clerk, who must receive a majority vote of the Board, and who shall receive a salary of fifty dollars per year for his services.
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No. 23.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING TRUANTS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
Any minor between the ages of seven and fifteen years, convicted of being an habitual truant, or of wandering about the streets or public places, having no occupation or business, not at- tending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be committed to the Plummer Farm School or to the County Truant School, for such time, not exceeding two years, as the Justice of the Dis- trict Court of East Norfolk may determine.
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No. 25.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A POLICE DEPART- MENT FOR THE CITY OF QUINCY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. A Police Department is hereby established which shall consist of a Chief of Police and eight patrolmen, and no person shall be appointed a member of the police de- partment who does not sustain a good moral character, and except the chief, who is not a citizen of Quincy.
SEC. 2. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for the discipline, good order and proper conduct of the men constitut- ing the department, and for the good condition of all the pro- perty connected with the department. He shall be subject to all the provisions of the City Charter, and shall enforce the rules and regulations established by the City Council for the government of the department.
SEC. 3. The Chief of Police shall keep a roll of the mem- bers of the department specifying the name, age, residence, date of admission and discharge of each member of the same, and shall beep an accurate account of all property belonging to it. He shall make to the Mayor annually, and oftener if required, a detailed report of the condition of the department, and shall keep a record of all the business of the same and of all prose- cutions instituted by it before the courts.
SEC. 4. All fines and penalties incurred for violation of the by-laws and ordinances shall be collected by the Chief of Police, and these, with all fees in any criminal case, or for ser- vice of any criminal process, or for any service in behalf of the city received by him or by any member of the police force shall be paid into the City Treasury.
All moneys received by any member of the police depart- ment as above shall be paid to the Chief of Police.
All sums of money received by the City Treasurer under
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this section shall be placed by him to the credit of the police department.
SEC. 5. The Chief of Police shall on the last day of each week prepare a pay-roll of all permanent men employed in the department and present it to the Auditor for certification.
SEC. 6. Salaries paid to the Police Department shall be as follows : Chief of Police, $1,000 per year, payable in equal monthly instalments ; Patrolmen each, $16 per week.
SEC. 7. Whenever by reason of sickness or absence from the city or other cause, the Chief of Police shall be disabled from performing the duties of his office, the Mayor shall desig- nate by a writing filed in the office of the City Clerk some other member of the department to act as and perform the duties of Chief of Police, during such disability, and no longer.
SEC. 8. The Chief of Police may establish rules and regu- lations for the government, disposition, and management of the police department consistent with the laws of the Common- wealth and with the ordinances of the city, subject to the approval of the Mayor.
SEC. 9. City Ordinance No. 19, being an ordinance estab- lishing the office of Deputy Manager of Police and defining the duties of the incumbent thereof, is hereby repealed.
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No. 26.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS AND DEFINING THEIR DUTIES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The Board of Water Commissioners shall at their first meeting on or after the first Monday of February in each year, or as soon thereafter as may be, choose by ballot from among their members a Chairman and a Secretary, who shall keep a record of their proceedings; and they may make such regulations for their own government in relation to all their officers as may be deemed expedient.
SEC. 2. Said Board shall appoint a Superintendent of the Water Works and such subordinate officers, agents and assis- tants as may be found necessary, and which said Board is hereby authorized to appoint. And all such officers, agents and assis- tants shall hold their respective offices or situations during the pleasure of said Board, and they shall perform such duties re- spectively as the Board shall assign, and receive such compen- sation as the Board, in the absence of any order of the City Council in relation thereto, shall from time to time determine.
SEC. 3. Said Board shall have full power to purchase neces- sary supplies, to make repairs and connections and locate and erect hydrants, and the streets when broken up shall again be put in good condition to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Public Works, by and under the direction of the Board.
SEC. 4. Said Board shall determine and assess semi-annual- ly the water rates, payable to the City Treasurer at his office, and may make abatements in all proper cases, and shall have power to establish rules and regulations for the inspection, material, construction, alteration, and use of water pipes and water fix- tures connected with the water supply of the city.
SEC. 5. Said Board may sell such of the personal property
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connected with the water works as they may deem expedient, subject to the written approval of the Mayor.
SEC. 6. Said Board shall keep a suitable set of books which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Com- mittee on " Water Supply " of the City Council.
SEC. 7. Said Board shall annually, in the month of Janu- ary, present to the City Council a report to and including the thirty-first day of December of the preceding year, containing a full statement of the doings of the department, of the condition of the water works, and such other matters as they may deem proper.
SEC. 8. The City Treasurer shall receive and collect all water rates and any other income, and place the same to the credit of the Water Department.
SEC. 9. All demands against the city for the account of the Water Department shall be examined by said Board, and when approved by them shall be certified by the Auditor if found cor- rect and placed in the hands of the City Treasurer for payment.
SEC. 10. All bills for water, including the minimum charge for water furnished by meter, shall be due and payable to the City Treasurer in advance on the first day of January and July. Bills for specific supplies and charges for putting in of service pipes shall be due before the water is let on. In case of non- payment of said water rates for thirty days after the same are due, the Board of Water Commissioners may cause a printed demand to be left at the premises where the water is taken ; and unless the said water rates are paid within ten days thereafter, the Board shall cut off the supply of water. The water shall not be let on until the amount due together with two dollars for shutting off and letting on is paid. In case of non-payment of water rent, the owner of the premises, whether he is the occu- pant or not, shall be required to pay the same and all charges connected therewith, provided he has been duly notified. Said Section 10 shall be printed upon every bill for water rent.
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No. 27.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF CLERK OF COMMITTEES, AND DEFINING HIS DUTIES AND AMOUNT OF SALARY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The office of Clerk of Committees is hereby established.
The City Council shall annually in the month of January and whenever a vacancy occurs in said office, elect a Clerk of Committees, who shall hold his office until his successor is elected, and shall receive the sum of $300 (three hundred «lollars ) per annum for his services.
SEC. 2. The Clerk of Committees shall attend all regular and special meetings of the City Council.
SEC. 3. He shall serve as clerk to all regular and standing committees of the Council except the Committee on Finance.
SEC. 4. He shall receive all orders and documents referred to the committees, from the Clerk of the Council, and shall notify all members of all regular or special committees, of meet- ings of said committees.
SEC. 5. He shall keep a full and complete record of all meetings of committees; such records shall be accessible to members at all times.
SEC. 6. He shall prepare for each committee all reports, orders and resolutions to be reported to the Council.
SEC. 7. He shall return all reports, orders and resolutions to the Clerk of the Council.
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No. 28.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PLUMBING IN THE CITY OF QUINCY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. No person shall carry on the business of plumbing unless he is a plumber and shall have first registered his name and place of business in the office of the Board of Health; and notice of any change in the place of business of a registered plumber shall be immediately given to said Board of Health.
SEC. 2 Every plumber before doing any work in a build- ing, shall, except in the case of the repair of leaks, file at the office of the said Board of Health, a notice of the work to. be performed, and no such work shall be done in any building without the approval of said Board of Health or its Inspector of Plumbing.
SEC. 3 The plumbing of every building shall be separ- ately and independently connected with the publie sewer, when such sewer is provided, or with a proper and sufficient drain connected thereto outside of the building, and if no sewer is provided, with a proper cesspool.
SEC. 4. Pipes and other fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view until approved by the Board of Health, or the Inspector appointed by them, who shall examine the same within two working days after notice that they are ready for inspection.
SEC. 5. Plumbing work shall not be used unless the same has first been tested in the presence of the Board of Health or its Inspector with the water test, or if that is not practicable, with the peppermint or other reliable test, and approved by them or him in writing.
SEC. 6. Drain and connecting ventilating pipes shall be of sufficient size, and made of east-iron within the building, and
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for a distance of at least ten feet outside, except that lead pipes may be used for short connections exposed to view. Such pipes shall be of uniform thickness throughout, and shall have an average weight not less than below specified, viz :-
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Drain pipes shall be properly secured by irons to walls, laid in trenches to uniform grade, or suspended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers. Every drain pipe shall be supplied with a suitable trap, placed with an accessible clean-out, at or near the point where it leaves the building, and shall have a proper fall. Drain pipes shall be carried above the roof open and undiminished in size, and to a sufficient height, not less than five feet above the top of any window within fifteen feet. Changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches ; all drain pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the building, and shall not be exposed to pressure where they pass through walls. Every part of every drain pipe below a cellar floor shall be accessible through suffi- cient unattached covers.
SEC. 7 The water pipe of each and every sink, basin, bath tub, water closet, slop-hopper, and of each set of trays or other fixtures shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be placed as near as practicable to the fixture that it serves. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure by special cast-iron air pipes of a size not less than the waste pipes they serve, placed outside or below the trap. Lead air pipes may be used only where they are exposed to view. Air pipes for water closet traps shall be of two-inch bore if thirty feet or less in length, and of three-inch bore if more than thirty feet in length. Air pipes shall be run as direct as practicable. Two or more
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air pipes may be connected together or with a drain pipe ; but in every case of a connection with a drain pipe such connection shall be above the upper fixture of the building.
SEC. 8. Any person violating any provision of this ordi- nance shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every violation thereof, and his license may be revoked by the Board of Examiners of Plumbers.
SEC. 9. No section of this ordinance shall apply to any plumbing put into any building before the passage of this ordi- nance.
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No. 29.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE MANNER OF EXECUTING TRANSFERS OF THE CITY'S IN- TEREST IN REAL ESTATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Quincy, as follows :
SECTION 1. The Mayor may execute in behalf of the city all conveyances, leases, and other instruments to be executed by the city : but this provision shall not be construed to prevent any officer from executing any conveyance, lease, or other in- strument in performing the duties devolving upon him.
SEC. 2. The Mayor may, upon payment to the City Col- lector of the amount due on the mortgage of an estate mortgaged to the city, discharge or release the mortgage, or assign the same without liability of, or recourse to, the city, and may exe- cute and deliver in behalf of the city all legal instruments that may be necessary for said purpose.
SEC. 3. The Mayor may, upon payment to the City Col- lector of the amount due on an estate sold to the city for non- payment of taxes or other assessment, execute and deliver in behalf of the city any and all legal instruments that may be necessary to transfer the city's title to such estate.
Law Department.
Hon. William A. Hodges, Muyor of the City of Quincy :
SIR :- When appointed by you to the office of City Solicitor February 1, 1894, I found the following actions against the City of Quincy pending in different courts of the Common- wealth :
Thomas D. Pierce vs. the City of Quincy.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Cities of Quincy and Boston.
Peter Cunniff vs. City of Quincy.
John A. McDonald vs. City of Quincy.
Thomas W. Smith vs. City of Quincy.
William S. Williams vs. City of Quincy.
In Pierce vs. Quincy, the City had secured a verdict in its favor in the Superior Court at Dedham, from which, however, the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court on excep- tions. I carried out an agreement made by my predecessor in office, John W. McAnarney, Esq., with the plaintiff's counsel, whereby the exceptions were withdrawn and the case disposed of, by paying the plantiff's costs to the extent of $75.
The second case was an action brought in the name of the Commonwealth to fix the liability as between the cities of Quincy and Boston for the care and maintenance of one Henri- etta Melvin, a person alleged to be of feeble mind, now cared for by the State. The case is still pending in the Superior Court at Boston.
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The Cunniff case was one of long standing. \ brief description of it will be found in Mr. Hayes' report of 1891_ The damage done to Mr. Cunniff's premises by reason of the change of grade of Hancock St. was one of peculiar hardship to him. The case has been settled out of court.
The last three actions were petitions to the Superior Court for the assessment of damages done to the plaintiff's estates by the city's taking land for the widening of Water St. The cases had been left out to arbitration before I came into office. The awards made and filed at Dedham were as follows :- Mr. Mc- Donald, $882 ; Mr. Smith, $578.82 ; Mr. Williams, $717.25, in- cluding costs with interest from May 23, 1892, to the date of payment. The City paid the awards.
Since February 1, 1894, four suits have been entered in the Superior Court at Dedham against Quincy, viz. :
Caroline B. Tobey vs. City of Quincy.
Mary F. Hayward vs. City of Quincy.
Adeline W. Waterhouse vs. City of Quincy.
Peter J. Donaher et als. vs. City of Quincy.
The first three are petitions for juries for the assessment of damages. The petitioners were the owners of the tracts of land taken by our Board of Park Commissioners for a play- ground at Quincy Point. A settlement was effected by the Commissioners with Mrs. Tobey after her suit was entered- The last two cases are still pending. Mrs. Hayward claims. damages to the amount of $15,200, and Mrs. Waterhouse $6,200_
The Donaher case is a petition for the assessment of damages done to the petitioner's property by the laying out of Hall Place, West Quincy. The action is still pending.
During the year quite a number of claims have been made against the city for injuries occasioned by alleged defective highways, only one of which has been settled, and none of which have been sued upon up to this date.
After giving careful consideration to the subject, I became convinced that the City had sufficient standing in law to warrant, its bringing suits against the bondsmen on the Willard school- house contract and so, with your approval, I commenced on be-
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half of the City last June in the Superior Court at Dedham a suit against each of Cushing's three bondsmen. It was three years and a half since the city took the building, and owing to the numerous changes made in the personnel of the City Gov- ernment during that time, valuable papers had been mislaid or lost, among which were the original contract and bonds ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that I succeeded in getting to- gether sufficient material to prosecute the cases. It was not until December that the original contract was found, and I am indebted to Mr. McAnarney for finally locating the same with Mr. Cotter, who had occasion to use it in the Souther case. I am also indebted to Mr. Hayes, who had many of the original papers, and who kindly furnished me with considerable data on the subject.
It being necessary to have the actions first heard by an Auditor, because of the many items and accounts involved in the building contracts, I secured a reference of the cases to the Hon. Hiram P. Harriman as such Auditor, who will report his findings to the Superior Court.
During the last year I have made my headquarters for the transaction of the City's business at City Hall. I have attended the meetings of the City Council as directed by the charter. I have appeared before the Committees of the Council whenever my assistance was required. I have rendered to you, to the heads of departments, to the City Council and its committees, written opinions when requested so to do. I have also given personal attention to such matters pertaining to the City's business as have been referred to me by you, or by the city officials.
Respectfully submitted, PAUL R. BLACKMUR,
Quincy, 1, Jan., 1895.
City Solicitor.
Adams Academy.
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To His Honor the Mayor :
The Managers beg leave to present the following report :
The number of pupils in the school Sept. 1893 was : Resi- dent pupils from June 1893, 25; resident pupils from Sep- tember 1, 1893, 21 ; non-resident pupils from June 1893, 2 ; non- resident pupils from September 1893, 4; Total 52.
During the year one non-resident pupil and the head assistant teacher of the Academy have boarded at the house of Dr. Wm. Everett who generously kept his house on Elm street open as a school boarding house until July 1st 1894 when this pupil entered Harvard University. With his departure the the boarding house department of the Academy, which had existed since the first opening of the school in 1872, came to an end.
The discontinuance of this department of the school is much to be regretted but it is unavoidable
There is no provision in the school fund for a boarding house and it was carried on first by Dr. Dimmock and then by Dr. Everett, the former masters, at a great pecuniary sacrifice such as no master should be called upon to make even if another could be found willing to make it.
Of the total number who were in the school at the begining of the year, six graduated ; five entering Harvard University and one terminated his school life with this last year in the Academy
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Four left during the year leaving the number at the close of the year June 1894, 42
Of this number five failed to return, at the beginning of the term September 1894,
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Eleven new pupils were admitted September 1, 1894, 11
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Two have left the school since the beginning Septem-
ber 1, 1894
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Leaving at the present time 46
As the number of pupils for the school year 1894-95.
Mr. William S. Burrage resigned from the teaching force in the spring of 1894 and closed his connection with school at the end of the school year June, 1894
Mr. Tyler secured the services of Mr. B. F. Linfield a gradn- ate of Harvard University class of 1894, and on his recommen- dation the Managers engaged him as an assistant teacher and he is proving himself well fitted for the duties of an instructor.
Mr. Burrage showed himself possessed of a great deal of ability and we regret that he felt called upon to resign.
The teaching force of the school proves to be sufficient for- the present number of pupils, and the efficiency of the school. is well maintained.
Owing to the buiness depression the funds of the school are still much too small to accomplish all that we could wish.
The Board of Supervisors were obliged to reduce the amount which could be allowed for the expenses of the school by the sum of six hundred dollars, but by a careful economy we hope to carry on the work of the school within the income.
A small outfit for the teaching of physics was procured at the beginning of the year but there is a need of eight to ten hundred dollars to thoroughly equip the school in this regard and it is earnestly hoped that some public spirited citizens will give the school this amount for its use in this manner.
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The Managers earnestly urge the citizens to give this school their hearty support.
It is doing a good work for the young men of the City but it is doing this work under many difficulties and the assurance that the citizens appreciate the work and prize the school will be a great satisfaction to the Managers.
Especially would we urge upon our citizens the need of funds which each year becomes more impertaive.
Will not some citizen of wealth remember this school and provide for its future success with a portion of his wealth ?
The Managers cannot close their report without speaking of the efficient service which Mr. Sylvester Brown rendered on the Board and the great sorrow which the members feel at his untimely death.
This was the first year of his service on the Board of Mana- gers and from the first he put the stamp of his personality on the work of the Board.
A popular teacher of ability and experience, he saw the needs of the school and by his courteous and kindly manner he brought men to his way of thinking.
A noble wholesouled man, he despised cant and hypocrisy and all things that looked like unfaithfulness or shirking.
His aim from the beginning was to secure the greatest results possible with the limited resources at our command.
ITis praises have been sung in every quarter of our city for he was a man who was active in every work that would advance the prosperity and happiness of humanity.
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