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Woodman, Chas. E.
4 93
Underhill, Rufus K. 4 93
Watson, Simeon M.
.
21 43
Underhill, Hazen R. . 14 83
Waters, Wm. A.
11 53
Underwood, J., Heirs of, 16 50
Waters, Chas.
11 53
Union Club Stable, Trustees, 23 10
Williams, N. M.
3 61
Worthen, Daniel,
37 93
Wild, Chas. D.
59 03
Vinal, Robert, 573 85
Whiton, Stark,
28 03
Vinal, Robert A. .
. 34 63
Whiton, Moses L.
6 25
Vinal, Quincy A. .
. 21 43
Walker, Andrew R.
39 25
Veazie, Wm.
. 95
Wheeler, Daniel B.
6 91
West, Geo. W. & Co.
92 40
W.
Woodbury & Johnson, 99 00
Wilson, Nathan, . 18 13
Winter Hill Trading Co.
5 28
White, Wm. A.
.
11 53
Waters, Mrs. Ann, 36 30
Woodward, Benj. .
· 39 91
Whittemore, Mrs. Sarah, . 66 00
Walker, Peter H. .
24 73
Winn, Mrs. Elizabeth, . 19 80
Tenney, Robert G.
20 11
Willoughby, Wm. W .. 24 73
Tyler, John E. 34 63
Washburn, David,
18 13
Tyler, Columbus, guardian
Woodworth, Charles,
41 23
Tyler, Columbus, .
Wheeler, George W. Wheelwright, Robert H.
109 21
14 83
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NON- RESIDENTS.
A.
Churchill, James M.
. $6 60
Alward, James,
$3 30
Churchill, Asaph, 11 88
Alden, - ,
11 88
Collins, P. H.
3 30
Aldrich, A. M.
13 20
Carter, J. H.
66 00
Adams, George S.
105 60
Cushing, I. C.
30 36
Allison, Win.
9 90
Cushing, N. W. 6 60
Chandler, Wm.
6 60
Andrews, Joseph, .
39 60
Child, Francis,
5 28
Andrews, Robert, .
11 88
Cheever, Simeon G.
46 20
Amee, J. L. C.
6 60
Cummings, Franklin,
18 48
Auguerie, J. D.
19 80
Chilson, Gardner,
9 90
Chaffee, K. S.
59 40
Clarage, Stephen H.
2 64
Bruce, Charles W. 16 50
Billings, F. A.
13 86
Bryant, Lewis,
7 92
Boynton, William,
6 60
Barney, Reuben, .
9 90
Cutter, Asa, .
29 70
Bailey, Enoch,
18 48
Carter, A. G.
3 30
Boston Spike Factory Co.
33 0
Cotton, Nathaniel,
7 92
Blodgett, Wm. A.
.
7 92
Campbell, Abner R.
9 90
Barker, J. S.
3 30
Baker, Wm. F.
9 90
Bellows, Dr. A. J.
87 12
Corning, N. R. 6 60
Brittan, Lyman W.
36 30
Cotton, Joseph,
11 88
Bibrian, Joseph S.
2 64
Chandler, Newton A.
19 80
Cambridge, City of,
79 20
Butterfield, George P. .
2 64
Churchill, Sarah, .
16 50
Bartlett, B. M. & Brown,
6 60
Binney, Amos, Heirs of,
66 00
D.
Davis, Lucy T. .
5 28
Downer & Moore, . 16 50
Donahoe, Patrick,
13 20
Boles, David, Heirs of, . 18 48
Duncan, J. T. Jr.
7 92
Bancroft, Henry, . 13 20
Damon, James,
66 00
Bean, Ivony,
3 96
Dana, J. & Parker B.
16 50
Bennett, John F. .
3 30
Dana, James,
19 80
Brown, George, Jr.
2 64
Dresser, Jacob A. .
13 20
Burnett, J. .
3 96
Dimick, Calvin,
. 143 22
Balch, W. P.
3 96
33 00
Buckley, Wm.
3 96
Doe, J. M.
50
Blodgett, Eliza, and Heirs,
3 30
Dixwell, John J. .
168 20
C.
Cutter, J. H. 7 92 ·
Delano, Winslow T.
11 80
Clark, J. L. .
·
4 62
Conlan, John,
· 40 26
Dalrymple, James, 2 64
Conant, Leonard, . · 39 60
Dickinson & Steele,
3 30
·
.
6 60
Bemis, Emery,
3 30
Bates & Thayer,
13 20
Clark, James,
16 50
Chevalier, Peter, .
7 92
Cate, A. S. Heirs,
23 10
Clark, Wm. S.
6 60
Campbell, Jeremiah, Clapp, Elbridge,
13 20
79 20
Brown, Amos, 16 50
Dix, Joel,
Duffee, James, Dunklee, B. W.
9 90
Davidson, W. C. Heirs of, 7 92
3 30
Beals, Henry,
B.
Austin, Arthur W.
99 00
58
Day, Ralph,
· $26 40
Hill, L. T.
· $3 30
Deacon, Charles, .
· 2 64
Hastings, Oliver, . 16 50 Hill, Samuel L. 26 40 .
Hanson, Josh. Estate of, 26 40
Eeston, Samuel, 3 30
Evans, E. P.
16 50
Easterbrook, J. W.
3 30
Ellis, Samuel,
19 80
Holmes, Hiram,
·
151 80
Hall, Lewis, .
.
6 60
English, Jerome A.
5 28
Hale, Edward,
71 94
Everett, Erastus D.
23 10
Hastings, J. P.
9 90
Estes, Israel,
9 90
Hills, Dr. 5 28
Harrington, Sylvester,
33 00
Holt, John M. 5 28
Hammond, John, .
, 96
Harper, Edward, .
· 3 30
Farnsworth, John, 56 10
Fogg, George S. .
·
23 76
Flynn, Frederick, .
46 20
Fairbanks, Levi, .
23 10
Henry, John, Heirs of, .
19 80
Fletcher, Rufus R. Farnum, Henry, .
3 30
Hayward, A. H. .
, 90 0
Foss, Jacob, .
29 70
Hollis, Charles,
.
9 90
Flynn, Wm.
5 94
Foster, Robert,
33 00
Haynes, Charles, .
23 10
Fuzzard, Wm.
16 50
Fogg, Dr.
19 80
Hancock, John, Estate of,
128 70
French, George,
26 40
Hancock, Charles, 36 30
Fletcher, William,
3 30
Howland, Freeman, 5 28
French, Mrs. Hannah, .
52 80
Frost, Mrs. Mary, .
9 90
Holbrook, George E.
5 28
Fogg, Jesse, .
2 64
Fiske & Rice,
13 20
J.
Jackson, S. S. 33 00
. James, Wm. 5 28
Jordan, Christopher,
4 62
James, W. Heirs of,
11 88
Johnson, Charles B.
33 00
Johnson, George, .
33 00
Gregg, Wm .. 46 20 ·
Gormley, Charles, .
3 30
Goss, Abiel, .
19 80
Johnson, Samuel T.
. 33 00
Gale, Andrew G. 13 20
Johnson, William,
33 00
Graves, Wm. E. ·
6 60
Johnson, John B. .
33 00
Garrett, Robert, Heirs of,
9 90
Gilbert, Samuel, .
.
33 00
Goodwin, Thomas R.
3 30
Gilbert, Timothy,
9 90
Greenough, David S. 6 60
3 30
Griffin, Daniel,
4 62
Gates, Winthrop, .
3 30
H.
Kimball, Oliver D.
21 78
Kelley, Bernard,
17 92
Haynes, Charles, . 29 70 ·
Kinsley, Chester W.
19 80
Huston, John,
13 20
Kelley, Levi, 4 62
Haley, George W.
3 96
Keene, Henry,
3 30
Haynes, Amos,
33 00
Kent, John, .
42 96
.
77 22
English, ~,
.
13 20
Holbrook, Daniel, 3 96
Heath, Charles,
6 60
Herman, Leopold, 13 20
2 64
Hamlin, Michael, . 6 60
. Hamblen, E. 9 90
Hutchinson, - 5 28
Fiske, Paschal,
4 62
French, Benjamin,
13 20
Ford, Nathaniel, .
3 30
G.
Garvin, Edward, .
· 11 88
Johnson, Jotham, Heirs of, . 3 00
Johnson, Henry A.
. 33 00
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Jewett, Gorham, .
19 80
Jenkins, Abijah, . 7 92
Johnson, Lewis, 7 92
Joy, Elizabeth, . 660 00
K.
Kinkard, Sarah, . 16 50
Kent, E. T. & Co. 18 40 ·
Kruger, J. 6 60
Howard, Jeremiah, 3 96
E.
Hasleton, J. C. .
99 00
Hunnewell, Wm. Estate of, 6 60
Hamblin, B. B. .
18 48
Edwards & Sproul,
16 50
Elliot, Thomas J. .
F.
Hood, Harvey, 11 88
Gill, John,
59
Kimball, James J. .
· Kimball, Oliver, . $3 30
· Kelley, John, Heirs of, . 13 20
7 92
L.
Livermore, Elislia,
Leonard, Orville, .
11 88
O'Conners, J.
· 5 28
Littlefield, Rufus, .
·
16 50
O'Neil, Thomas,
Osborn, Richard, .
· 6 60
Lund, James, 60
18 48
Learnard, B. G.
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P.
Pecker, Seth E. .
16 50
Poor, George & Samuel,
19 80
Page, Benjamin, .
. 19 80
Peirce, Thomas J. . 29 70
13 20
M.
Monroe, Henry F.
Payson, Samuel T.
30
Maltman, Robert, .
13 20
McKenna, Rose, .
3 30
Mills, J. L. & Sons,
1 32
Martin, Newhall, .
81 24
Pratt, Jared, .
.
21 12
Manning & Glover,
3 46
Powers, Eli, .
19 80
Marshall, James, .
4 62
McIntire, James, .
18 48
McDermott, Thomas,
46 28
Meagher, Mary,
Mullen, Catherine, Heirs of, .
6 60
Murray, James,
7 92
Mower & Woodworth,
.
3 30
Marshall, Alfred, .
.
3 30
Mitchell, Cushing,
19 80
Pattee, Joel, .
29 70
Mahoney, John T.
3 30
Parker, Benj.
6 60
Marsh, S. H. Heirs of,
66 00
Pierce, Abner,
3 30
Monroe, Edward, .
46 20
Prescott, M. L.
3 30
Prince, James H. .
.
9 90
Merrill, John J.
59 40
Murdock, Asa,
13 20
R.
Richardson, -
Rogers, O. C.
16 50
Morse, Ozias,
32 30
Murdock, John,
46 20
Rowe, Michael,
52 80
Martin, Darias,
9 90
Reynold, Thomas,
5 28
May, J. J.
6 60
Richardson, Thaddeus, .
6 60
Russell, James,
1 32
Rogers, Wm. S.
23 10
Rice & Morrill,
39 60
Raymond, E. A. 6 60
Roberts, J. W. & A. G.
23 10
Randall, Elizabeth,
3 96
Rice & Smith,
11 8S
Newman, Robert E.
13 20
: 60
Redman, Lawrence,
18 48
Nichols, B. W.
13 20
Rogers, George M.
7 92
13 20
Rice, Wm. D. .
3 96
4 62
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Percy, Calvin,
2 64
Pingree, David,
.
3 30
Pettingill, Charles R.
33 00
Proctor, Abel,
2 64
Meacham, George,
Meacham, Pond, and others, . 46 20
72 60
Meacham & Porter,
.
.
.
33 00
Runey, Geo. and otliers,
· 16 50
McAlister, Richard,
3 30
Marden, -
5 28
19 80
N.
Norton, Edward K.
Nichols, J. P.
25 08
National Loan Fund,
·
11 88
Russell, Aaron W.
9 90
Nichols, Thomas O.
Neille, Wm.
Norton, Andrew, Heirs of, . $46 20
6 60
0.
O'Neill, Patrick,. .
Oakman & Eldridge,
· 26 40
Locke, Asa, Heirs of,
Lund,
Leman, Nathaniel R.
2 64
Larken, Abraham, Lord, Thomas,
2 64
Low, James M.
13 20
6 60
Powers, J. C. Heirs of, Plant, Anthony,
. 7 92
Pond, Zebiah R. .
5 28
Prescott, Calvin J.
3 96
Pollard, Luther,
39 60
Marshall, Daniel, .
9 24
Packard, Sewall, ,
Peppard, Geo. W.
33 00
Peacock, Freeman, Pratt, Garville,
26 40
Preston, Jona.
25 08
Miller, George R. .
7 92
Pratt, S. F. .
5 28
Pedrick, Joseph,
6 60
28
Pcor, Samuel, Estate of,
. 56 10
: 62
Lynde, Stephen S.
15 18
60
2 64
26 40
9 90
16 50
4 62
Magoun, Aaron B.
9 90
60
Reed & Wade, $19 80
Roland, John H. . 3 90 ·
Towne, Orr N. . 38 28
Rugg, Erastus, 3 60 Tenny, Wm. P. 72 60
Robbins, Richard, Heirs of, . 5 20
Tuttle, Orvey S. 3 30
Rand, Benj. . 92 40
Rand, Samuel, 80 52
Tapley, Lydia,
6 60
Rand, James, Heirs of, . ·
19 80
Railroad, Fitchburg, 30
Railroad, Boston & Lowell, 48 18
Railroad, Eastern,
66 00
S.
Smith, J. B. . 5 28
Stearns, Wm.
· 97 68
Stearns, J. W. Jr. .
39 60
Slater, 29 70
Shapleigh, J. W. .
28 10
Sanborn, Chris. P.
11 8S
Ursuline Community, . . 660 00
Upham, Asa,
11 88
Stevens, Edw. L. . 92
Upton, Daniel P. .
. 21 78
Sawyer, Asa, 26 40
V.
Simonds, Washington,
13 20
Varnum, William,
· 3 30
Stone, Calvin, 13 20
W.
Sinclair, Samuel, .
3 96
Whitcher, - 9 90
Woodbury, W. C.
13 20
Smith, Stephen, 2 64
Weston & Mason, .
49 50
Saxton, John M. .
5 28
Wyeth, Noah,
19 80
Stone, Thaddeus, .
3 30
Walden, Charles C.
3 96
Swain, John,
3 96
Wetherby, J.
5 28
Sumner, Bradford, Heirs of, . 90
Whitcomb, L. R. .
9 90
Smith, Edwin P. .
2 64
Welch, David,
7 92
Stevens, James M.
13 20
Webster, T. B.
19 80
Sherburne, Reuben, 11 88
White, Artemas, Jr. Wells, George, 96 3
: 20
Seavey, J. R. 9 24
6 60
Williams, Edson,
19 80
Skinner & Sweet, .
; 60 0
9 90
Sullivan, Richard,
. 462 00
14 52
Stearns, W. B.
11 88
Wilson, J. B.
13 20
Stearns, J. W. Trustees of,
66 66
Wright, Samuel, .
2 64
Saunders, W. A. . 6 60
Whittaker, Wm. H.
18 48
Smith, Nelson, 8 58
Wait, Charles,
13 20
Stearns, Wm. S.
Wasson, J. P. 13 20
2 64
Stearns, W. Heirs of, 71 28
Williams, Tilson, .
6 60
Silver, Eliza, heirs of, 85 80
Willis, D. C.
6 60
Stearns, Sarah W. .
81 84
Whitney, Mrs. Lydia,
5 28
Stearns, Harriet,
88 44
Williams, David H.
3 30
Stearns, Harriet, Executor of
Whitmore, N. M .. 16 50
Ward, Artemas, Heirs of, . 165 00
Wheeler, Increase S. 297 00
Warren, George, W. ·
16 50
Wyman, William, 23 10
Wood, Charles, and others, . 132 00
Twombly & Lamson, 5 28 ·
Tuttle, Thomas B.
. 2 64
Trull, Willard, . 6 60 Young, J. H. .
Y.
. 16 50
.
Tube, American Works, . 396 00
Tufts, Gilbert, .
. 43 56
Teel, Andrew, 6 60
Topliff, Benj. 62 70
Topliff, Benj. and others, 89 10
Turnpike, Medford Co. 13 20
Thomas, G. A. 13 20
Tapley, Robert,
3 30
Teel, Amesa, 33 00
Tufts, Daniel, . 102 32
U.
Stone, Wm. . 2 64
.
Seward, - Stockbridge, L. N.
3 96
Warren, Gardner, Welsh, Gardner R. Waldron, B. F.
90
C. S. Stearns,
88 44
Stearns, Richard, Heirs of,
75 24
T.
Traverse, S. H.
· 16 50
Thompson & Abbott, . $9 90
Sprague, Jose E. Heirs of, 83 16
Williams, Oliver, .
Smith, T. P. Heirs of, 3 96
Siders, Maria, 2 64
Shipley, Horatio, . 12
CHAP. 182.
C Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE.
AN ACT
To Establish the City of Somerville.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the sume, as follows : -
SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the town of Somer- ville shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the City of Somerville, and as such shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, im- munities, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now incumbent upon and pertaining to the said town as a municipal corporation.
SECT. 2. The administration of all the fiscal, pru- dential, and municipal affairs of the said city, with the government thereof, shall be vested in one officer, to be called the mayor, one council of eight, to be called
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the board of aldermen, and one council of sixteen, to be called the common council; which boards, in their joint capacity, shall be denominated the city council ; and the members thereof shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their respective duties. A majority of each board shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business, and no member of either board shall receive any compensation for his services.
SECT. 3. It shall be the duty of the selectmen of said town, as soon as may be after the passage of this act and its acceptance as herein provided, to divide said town into four wards, so that they shall contain, as nearly as may be consistent with well defined limits to each ward, an equal number of voters in each ward, which division may be revised by the city council within two years from the passage thereof. The city council may, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and in every tenth year thereafter, make a new division of said wards, so that they shall contain, as nearly as may be consistent with well defined limits to each ward, an equal number of voters in each ward, according to the census to be taken in the month of May in said years.
SECT. 4. The election of city and ward officers shall take place on the first Monday of December, annually, and the municipal year shall begin on the first Monday of January following.
SECT. 5. On the first Monday of December annu-
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ally there shall be elected by ballot, in each of said wards, a warden, clerk, and three inspectors of elections, who shall be different persons, residents in the ward, who shall hold their offices one year and until others shall be elected and qualified in their stead. Said wardens shall preside at all ward meet- ings, with the power of moderators of town meetings ; and if at any meeting the warden is not present, the clerk shall preside until a warden pro tempore is elected by ballot; if both the warden and clerk are absent, the senior in age of the inspectors present shall preside until a warden pro tempore is thus elected; and if all said officers are absent, any legal voter in said ward may preside until a warden pro tempore is elected. When any ward officer is absent or neglects to perform his duty his office shall be filled pro tem- pore. The clerk shall record all the proceedings and certify the votes, and deliver to his successor in office all the records, journals, documents, and papers held by him in his said capacity. The inspectors shall assist the warden in receiving, assorting, and count- ing the votes. All said officers shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of their duties, said oath to be administered by the clerk to the warden, and by the warden to the clerk, and to the inspectors, or to either of said officers, by any justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex. Certificates of such oaths shall be made by the clerk upon the ward records. All warrants for meetings of the citizens for muni- cipal purposes, to be held either in wards or in gen- eral meeting, shall be issued by the mayor and alder-
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men, and shall be in such form, and served and returned in such manner and at such times, as the city council shall direct. The compensation of the ward officers shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council.
SECT. 6. The mayor and aldermen are authorized, when no convenient ward room for holding ward meeting's of the citizens of either of the wards of the city can be had within the territorial limits of such ward, to appoint and direct, in the warrants for calling the ward meetings of such wards, the said meetings to be held in some convenient and proxi- mate place within the limits of any other of the wards of said city; and for such purposes the place so assigned for the meetings of such ward shall be deemed and taken to be included in and part of said ward, as though the same was within the territorial limits thereof.
SECT. 7. The mayor shall be elected by the quali- fied voters of the city at large, voting in their respect- ive wards, and shall hold his office for the municipal year next following his election, and until another shall be elected and qualified in his place.
SECT. 8. Eight aldermen, two aldermen being selected from each ward, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their respective wards, who shall hold their offices for the municipal year next following their election, and
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until a majority of the new board shall be elected and qualified in their places.
SECT. 9. Four common councilmen shall be elected by and from the voters of each ward, and shall at the time of their election be residents of the wards respectively in which they are elected; they shall hold their offices for the municipal year next follow- ing their election, and until a majority of the new board shall be elected and qualified in their places.
SECT. 10. On the first Monday of December an- nually, the qualified voters in the several wards shall give in their votes by ballot, for mayor, aldermen, and common councilmen, in accordance with the pro- visions of this act; and all the votes so given shall be assorted, counted, declared, and recorded in open ward meeting by causing the names of persons voted for, and the number given for each, to be written in the ward record at length. The clerk of the ward, within twenty-four hours thereafter, shall deliver to the persons elected members of the common council certificates of their elections respectively signed by the warden and clerk and a majority of the inspectors of election, and shall deliver to the city clerk a copy of the record of such elections, certified in like manner. The board of aldermen shall within ten days there- after examine the copies of the records of the several wards, certified as aforesaid, and shall cause the per- son who shall have been elected mayor to be notified in writing of his election; but if the person elected
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shall refuse to accept the office, the board shall issue warrants for a new election, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as are hereinbefore pro- vided for the election of mayor, and from time to time shall be repeated, until a mayor shall be elected and shall accept said office. In case of the decease, resig- nation, or absence of the mayor, or of his inability to perform the duties of his office, or in case of a vacancy in the office of mayor from any cause, it shall be the duty of the board of aldermen and common council respectively, by vote, to declare that a vacancy exists, and the cause thereof; and thereupon the city council shall, by concurrent vote, elect a mayor to fill such vacancy; and the mayor thus elected shall hold his office until the inability causing such vacancy shall be removed or until a new election. Each alderman shall be notified in writing of his election by the mayor and aldermen for the time being. The oath prescribed by this act shall be administered to the mayor by the city clerk, or by any justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex. The aldermen and common councilmen elect shall, on the first Mon- day of January, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, meet in convention, when the oath required by this act shall be administered to the members of the two boards present by the mayor or by any justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex, and a certificate of such oath having been taken, shall be entered on the journal of the mayor and aldermen, and of the common council, by their respective clerks. After the oath has been administered as aforesaid,
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the two boards shall separate, and the common coun- cil shall be organized by the election of a president and clerk, to hold their offices respectively during the pleasure of the common council, the clerk to be under oath faithfully to perform the duties of his said office; and his compensation shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council. In case of the absence of the mayor elect on the first Monday of January, or if a mayor shall not then have been elected, the city council shall organize itself in the manner hereinbefore provided, and may proceed to business in the same manner as if the mayor was present; and the oath of office may, at any time there- after, in convention of the two boards, be adminis- tered to the mayor, and any member of the city council who may have been absent at the organiza- tion. In the absence of the mayor, the board of aldermen may elect a presiding officer, pro tempore, who shall also preside at the joint meetings of the two boards. Each board shall keep a record of its own proceedings, and judge of the elections of its own members; and in case of vacancy in either board, the mayor and aldermen shall issue their warrants for a new election.
SECT. 11. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city. It shall be his duty to be active and vigilant in causing the laws and regulations of the city to be enforced, and to keep a general super- vision over the conduct of all subordinate officers; and he may, whenever in his opinion the public good
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may require, remove, with the consent of the appoint- ing power, any officer over whose appointment he has, in accordance with the provisions of this charter, exercised the power of nomination. He may call special meetings of the boards of aldermen and com- mon council or either of them when in his opinion the interests of the city require it, by causing notices to be left at the usual place of residence of cach mem- ber of the board or boards to be convened. He shall from time to time communicate to both boards such information and recommend such measures as the business and interests of the city may in his opinion require. He shall preside in the board of aldermen and in convention of the two boards, but shall have a casting vote only. His salary for the first five years, under this charter, shall be fixed by the city council, but shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per annum. Afterwards, it shall be fixed by concur- rent vote of the city council. It shall be payable at stated periods, but shall not, at any time, be increased or diminished during the year for which he is elected. He shall receive no other compensation.
SEOT. 12. The executive power of said city gen- erally, with all the powers heretofore vested in the selectmen of towns by the laws of the Common- wealth, shall be vested in and may be exercised by the mayor and aldermen as fully as if the same were herein specially enumerated. The mayor and alder- men shall have full and exclusive power to appoint a constable or constables, a chief of police with all the
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powers and duties of a constable, and all other police and all subordinate officers whose election is not herein provided for, and the same to remove at pleas- ure; and they may require any person who may be appointed a constable or chief of police of the city to give bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office with such security and to such amount as they may deem reasonable and proper; upon which bonds the like proceedings and remedies may be had as are by law provided in case of constables' bonds taken by the selectmen of towns. The compensation of the police and other subordinate officers shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council. The city council shall have the care and superintendence of the city buildings, and the custody and manage- ment of all city property, with power to let what may be legally let, and to sell or purchase property, real or personal, in the name and for the use of the city, whenever its interests or convenience may in their judgment require it; and they shall as often as once a year cause to be published, for the use of the inhabitants, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures, and a schedule of city property and of the city debt.
SECT. 13. In all cases in which appointments are directed to be made by the mayor and aldermen, the mayor shall have the exclusive power of nomination, being subject, however, to confirmation or rejection by the board of aldermen; and no person shall be eligible by appointment or election by the mayor or
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aldermen or city council to any office of emolument, the salary of which is payable out of the city treas- ury, who at the time of such appointment or election shall be a member of the board of aldermen or of the common council. All sittings of the mayor and alder- men, of the common council and of the city council, shall be public when they are not engaged in execu- tive business.
SECT. 14. The city council shall annually, as soon after their organization as may be convenient, elect by joint ballot in convention, a treasurer and collector of taxes, city clerk, one or more superintendents of streets, a city physician, a chief engineer of the fire department, and as many assistant engineers, not exceeding eight, as they may deem sufficient, and by concurrent vote, a city solicitor and city auditor, who shall hold their offices for the term of one year next ensuing, and until others shall be elected and quali- fied in their stead: provided, however, that either of the officers named in this section may be removed at any time by the city council for sufficient cause. Vacancies occurring in the above named offices may be filled at any time. The compensation of the offi- cers mentioned in this section shall be fixed by con- current vote of the city council.
SECT. 15. The city clerk shall also be clerk of the board of aldermen, and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties. He shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the board of alder-
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men, and he shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers incumbent by law upon him. He shall deliver to his successor in office, as soon as he shall be elected and qualified, all the records, jour- nals, documents, and papers held by him in his said capacity.
SECT. 16. The city council shall annually, as soon after their organization as may be convenient, elect by joint ballot in convention, a water committee of five persons who shall hold their offices for the term of one year next ensuing, and until others shall be elected and qualified in their stead. The persons so elected shall constitute the Somerville Mystic Water Board, and they shall have all the powers and rights conferred on the water committee of said town by section three of chapter two hundred and two of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Vacancies occurring in the board may be filled by joint ballot of the city council at any time.
SECT. 17. The city council elected in December in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall, as soon after their organization as may be convenient, elect by joint ballot in convention three persons to be overseers of the poor, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year; and thereafter the city council shall annually, as soon after their organ- ization as may be convenient, elect in the same man- ner one person who shall hold his office for the term of three years next ensuing and until another shall
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be elected and qualified in his stead; but no more than one of the three members so to be elected shall be eligible from any ward of said city. The persons so elected shall, with the mayor and president of the common council, constitute the board of overseers of the poor. The mayor shall be ex officio chairman of the board. Vacancies occurring in the board may be filled by joint ballot of the city council at any time; the member so elected to hold office only for the un- expired term of the member who has ceased to hold office. The city council may at any time remove any elected member of the said board from office for cause. The compensation of the overseers of the poor shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council.
SECT. 18. The city council elected in December in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall, as soon after their organization as may be conven- ient, elect by concurrent vote three persons to be assessors of taxes, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year; and thereafter the city council shall annually, as soon after their organiza- tion as may be convenient, elect in the same manner, one person who shall hold his office for the term of three years, next ensuing, and until another shall be elected and qualified in his stead. The persons so elected shall constitute the board of assessors, and shall exercise the powers, and be subject to the lia- bilities and duties of assessors in towns. Vacancies occurring in the board may be filled by concurrent
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vote of the city council at any time, the member so elected to hold office only for the unexpired term of the member who has ceased to hold office. All taxes shall be assessed, apportioned, and collected in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the Com- monwealth: provided, however, that the city council may establish further or additional provisions for the collection thereof. The compensation of the asses- sors shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council.
SECT. 19. The city council shall annually, as soon after their organization as may be convenient, elect by concurrent vote, one person from each ward to be an assistant-assessor; and it shall be the duty of the person so elected to furnish the assessors with all necessary information relative to persons and property taxable in their respective wards, and they shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty. Vacancies occurring may be filled by concurrent vote of the city council at any time. The compensation of the assistant assessors shall be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council.
SECT. 20. The qualified voters of each ward shall, on the first Monday of December, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, elect by ballot three per- sons in cach ward, who shall be residents of said ward, to be members of the school committee, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year from the first Monday of January, in the year eighteen
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hundred and seventy-two; and thereafter, on the first Monday of December annually, there shall be elected in the same manner one person in each ward, who shall be a resident in said ward, who shall hold his office for the term of three years from the first Mon- day of January next ensuing. The persons so elected shall, with the mayor and president of the common council, constitute the board of school committee, and have the care and superintendence of the public schools. The mayor shall be ex officio chairman of the board. Vacancies occurring in the board may be filled by joint ballot of the city council and school committee at any time, the member so elected to hold office only for the remainder of the municipal year. All the rights and obligations of said town of Somerville in relation to the grant and appropriation of money to the support of schools, and the special powers and authority heretofore conferred by law upon the inhabitants of said town, to raise money for the support of schools therein, shall be merged in the powers and obligations of the city, to be exercised in the same manner as over other subjects of taxation; and all grants and appropriations of money for the support. of schools and the erection and repair of school-houses in said city, shall be made by the city council, in the same manner as grants and appropria- tions are made for other city purposes.
SECT. 21. The city council shall take care that no money be paid from the treasury unless granted or appropriated, and shall secure a just and proper
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