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All of the fire-alarm circuit, tapper and telephone lines enter the building through a cable of thirty conductors.
A bell of three thousand pounds has been placed on the new Cen- tral Fire Station, also one of two thousand, one hundred and eighty pounds on Hook and Ladder Two House, Highland avenue. Five new fire-alarm boxes have been put in circuit during the year. The fire alarm is one of the best in the State.
Needs of the fire alarm : New boxes in the isolated parts of the city. A striker to take the place of the bell formerly on the Unitarian church, Central Hill ; either the old or the new High School would be a good location for such a striker. A striker on Clarendon Hill, and also one at Winter Hill. A horse and wagon for use in repairing breaks, conveying material for general work on the fire and police wires, and dispatch in reaching trouble on the line is much needed. There is ample room for this team at the Central Fire Station.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
LIST OF BOXES WITH THEIR NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS.
12. Junction Somerville avenue and Linwood street.
13. McLean Asylum.
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14. Cross street, corner of Gilman street.
15. Washington street, corner of Myrtle street.
16. Webster street (Hose House No. 1).
17. Lincoln street, corner of Perkins street.
18. Broadway, corner of Mt. Vernon street.
19. Medford street, corner of Washington street.
112. John P. Squire & Co.'s, Somerville avenue.
113. F. R. R. Freight Yard.
115. Franklin street, opposite Oliver street.
116. Broadway, near Autumn street.
Boston & Maine R. R. car shops, near Prison Point.
118. 119. Corner of Somerville avenue and Medford street.
21. Medford street, corner of South street.
23. South street, Howe & Putney (Pork House).
24. Webster avenue, opposite Norfolk street.
25. Washington street, corner of Prospect street (Hose House No. 3).
26. Concord square, corner of Springfield street.
27. Bow street (Police Station) .
28. Somerville avenue, corner of Laurel street.
29. Washington street, opposite Dane street.
216. Highland avenue, corner Vinal avenue.
217. Summer street, corner of School street.
221. North Packing and Provision Co.'s, Medford street.
Prospect street, near Oak street.
224. 225. Union square, Masonic Building. 227. American Tube Works, Frost avenue. 228. Middlesex Bleachery, Somerville avenue. 231. Boston street, corner of Greenville street. 31. Central Fire Station, Medford street, junction Highland avenue.
32. Bonair street, opposite Dana street.
33. Medford street, corner Dartmouth street.
Marshall street (Hose House No. 2).
34. 35. Broadway, junction of Main street.
36. Central street, corner of Vernon street.
37. Magoun square.
38. Cedar street, corner of Clyde street.
331. Gilman square.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
332. Pearl street, corner of Aldrich street.
334. Wheatland street, corner of Jaques street.
335. Melrose street, off Mystic avenue.
4. Powder House square.
41. Summer street, corner of Cedar street.
42. Beacon street, corner of Kent street.
43. Beacon street, corner of Harris street.
45. Summer street, opposite Spring street.
46. Elm street, junction Somerville avenue.
46. Duplicate : Hose House No. 5.
47. Highland avenue, corner of Grove street (Engine House No. 4).
48. Broadway, corner of Curtis street.
49. College Hill (Professors' Row).
421. Highland avenue, corner of Central street.
423. City Hospital, Crocker street.
423. Duplicate : Ladder House No. 2, Highland avenue.
441. Gorham street, corner Howard street.
442. Holland street, opposite Irving street.
443. Davis square.
45. Meacham street, corner Campbell park.
447. Elm street, corner of William street.
55. No School.
6-6-6. Police Call.
7-7-7. Military Call.
5 Blows. Second engine call.
8 Blows. Extra ladder truck call.
The battery room at the Police Station has been moved from the front of the building to the rear, and new battery racks have been erected. Three additional boxes have been placed in circuit, and the wires of the Police system have with few exceptions been placed above all other wires throughout the city.
I would recommend the running of a third wire for the fourth circuit.
Respectfully submitted, LEIGHTON W. MANNING,
Superintendent Electric Lines.
REPORT
OF THE
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 151 Central Street, January 29, 1895.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen,- The following is respectfully submitted as the first annual report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, and is for the year ending December 31, 1894.
NUMBER OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND BALANCES TESTED AND SEALED.
Scales
630
Weights
1,904
Dry measures
676
Wet measures
623
Milk cans
978
Milk jars
36
Cream jars
647
Oil cans
4
Coal baskets
30
Yard sticks
1
NUMBER OF MEASURES TESTED AND CONDEMNED :
Dry measures
43
Wet measures .
· 20
Coal baskets
12
Several of the scales were adjusted before sealing, and many of the weights were first drilled and plugged with lead.
Eleven scales were in need of repair and were tagged, as required by law, with a card stating that they were inaccurate and not to be used until sealed, and the card removed by the sealer ; such removal
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
not to be made by any other person, and the scales not to be used contrary to such provision, under penalty. Nine of these scales were subsequently submitted to the inspection of the sealer, and were tested and sealed ; one has not been used since tagged, and the owner of the other has not as yet communicated with the sealer in regard to it.
The sealer is required by law to give public notice, annually, by ad- vertisement or posting, to all persons doing business to bring in their weights, measures and balances to be sealed. This provision has been complied with each year, and such weights, measures and balances as have been brought to the sealer have been adjusted, sealed and recorded.
!. The law also provides that " After giving such notice the said sealer shall go to the houses, stores and shops of persons who neglect to comply therewith, and, having entered the same with the assent of the occupants thereof, shall adjust and seal their weights, measures and balances."
Until the past year this law has not been observed in Somerville, because the sealer has not been furnished, as required by another statute, with the necessary set of standard weights, measures and balances to enable him to carry out its provisions ; the only set there- tofore owned by the city being the one kept, as the statutes provide, in the custody of the city treasurer.
In July last, the sealer was provided with everything requisite for the full performance of his duties, and he has since made as complete an inspection of the various places of business and houses which he is required to visit, as was possible on a first inspection.
The receipts and expenses for the year were as follows : -
Fees collected and paid to city treasurer $192.28
Expenses, - permanent equipment . $51.70
man and team
63.25
stamps, and re-cutting same . 5.90
bill-books and tags 9.75
sundries (labor, etc.) 4.92
$135.52
$100.00
Sealer's salary
Respectfully,
AMMIEL COLMAN, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 27, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 28, 1895. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
February 27, 1895.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL : -
I respectfully submit my report as city solicitor for the year end- ing December 31, 1894.
The following were the cases pending in the courts during the year 1894, in which the City of Somerville was a party, and, so far as disposed of, they were disposed of as hereinafter stated : -
1. Parker vs. Somerville - Before County Commissioners of Middlesex County. Damages on account of land alleged to have been taken for a sewer by the city.
2. Squire vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Damages for conversion of box drain. Dismissed Decem- ber 17, 1894.
3. Boston & Lowell R. R. Co. vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition in regard to repairs and recon- struction of bridges across railroad location in Somerville, and assess- ment of expenses thereof.
4. Philbrook vs. Somerville - Before United States Circuit Court. Action for damages for alleged violation of the Knibbs patent for a relief valve on steam fire engines. This action was commenced May 20, 1887, and similar actions were brought against other cities. Somerville and other defendant cities put their cases in the hands of Livermore & Fish, patent solicitors. The case against the City of Haverhill was made a test case, and at a hearing, November 14, 1888, the Court decided for the defendant, and an appeal from that decis- ion was taken to the United States Supreme Court, which has recently rendered a decision for the defendant.
5. Kelly vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Somerville avenue, November 25, 1890. Dismissed December 17, 1894.
6. Williams vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for damages on account of alleged injuries to cattle by the employees of the Gypsy Moth Commission.
7. Cole, Collector, vs. Charles H. North - Before Superior Court for Suffolk County. Action to recover personal estate taxes for 1890.
8. Mayor and Aldermen of Somerville vs. Fitchburg and Boston & Albany R. R. - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Pe- tition for appointment of commissioners in regard to grade crossings on Somerville avenue.
9. O' Brien vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Somerville avenue, February 2, 1893. $50 paid in settlement, February 20, 1894.
10. Reardon vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Somerville avenue, March 11, 1893. Judgment for $225, and judgment paid.
11. Somerville vs. Gore, et al. - Before Superior Court for Middle- sex County. Action to recover $200 paid in suit, McCarthy vs. Som- erville, on account of injuries, on October 31, 1892, on Somerville avenue.
12. Bevins vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Perkins street, on March 3, 1893. $173 paid in settlement, May 24, 1894.
13. Emerson vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middle- sex County. Petition for assessment of damages on account of alleged taking of land and buildings at Nathan Tufts Park. Petition dismissed at trial, February 13, 1894.
14. Smith vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for injury to horse and carriage, alleged to have been received on Medford street, on August 28, 1893.
15. White vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on September 22, 1892, on Somerville avenue.
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REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
16. Tower vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from award for alleged taking of land for sewer on Tower street.
17. Willard vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for injuries alleged to have been caused March 1, 1893, to house on corner of Grand View and Vinal avenues by burst- ing of water pipe. $129.90 paid in settlement, December 20, 1894.
18. Graham vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Franklin street, on December 5, 1892.
19. Symmes vs. Somerville - Before County Commissioners of Middlesex County. Petition for repairs of Mystic avenue.
20. Emerson vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition for assessment of damages on account of alleged taking of land and buildings at Nathan Tufts Park.
21. Dimick vs. Somerville - Before County Commissioners of Middlesex County. Petition for laying out of Line street.
22. Veasey vs. Somerville- Before Superior Court for Suffolk County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Summit avenue, on January 31, 1894.
23. Metropolitan Park Commissioners vs. Somerville - Before Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Petition for appoint- ment of commissioners to assess expense of Metropolitan Park System.
24. McNamara vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middle- sex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been re- ceived by caving in of trench for water pipe, on March 31, 1894, on Elm street.
25. Rowe vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Somerville avenue, on February 28, 1894.
26. Ahearn vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Curtis street, on March 2, 1894. $650 paid in settlement, January 5, 1895.
27. Stevens vs. Somerville -Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from award of damages for land alleged to have been taken for sewer.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
28. Somerville vs. Walker - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Bill in equity to restrain erection of oil works.
29. Edgecomb vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Suffolk County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Washington street, on November 5, 1894.
30. Metropolitan Sewer Commissioners vs. Somerville - Before Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Petition for appointment of commissioners to assess expense of metropolitan sewer system.
31. Reed vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for damages alleged to have been received from the conducting of sewerage through his premises near Mystic avenue.
32. Stearns vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from award of damages for land alleged to have been taken for sewer.
In many of the cases, which came before the Committee on Claims, the petitioners were given leave to withdraw, and I need not trouble you with a recital of them, as we have not heard from them since.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
S. Z. BOWMAN,
City Solicitor.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY CLERK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 16, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 16, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 16, 1895.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen, - The following is respectfully submitted as the twenty-third annual report of the City Clerk of the city of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1894.
CASH.
The receipts and payments were as follows : -
RECEIPTS.
Balance from year 1893, being for
dog licenses issued in December,
1893,-1 male at $2.00
$2.00
1 female at $5.00
5.00
$7.00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer in December, 1893, 2 at $0.20 . .40
$6.60
For dog licenses issued in 1894 :
1,227 males at $2.00
$2,454.00
3 spayed at 2.00
6.00
120 females at 5.00
600.00
3,060.00
Amount carried forward .
$3,066.60
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $3,066.60
For recording mortgages, assign-
ments, etc., 759 papers $462.75
certificates of marriage inten- tions, 552 at $0.50 276.00
furnishing copies of records
22.75
recording and posting naturaliza- tion notices, 2 at $0.50 1.00
transferring dog license .25
licenses : -
to collect junk, 33 at $2.00
66.00
for billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 3 licenses, for
10 tables and 3 alleys, 13 at $2.00 . 26.00
to auctioneers, 23 at $2.00 .
46.00
for intelligence offices, 8 at $2.00 .
16.00
to sell fireworks, 66 at $1.00 . for amusements, 2 at $50.00 and 55 at $1.00 ·
66.00
155.00
to street musicians, 25 licenses for 46 persons at $0.50 23.00
for night lunch wagon stands (permits), 2 at $2.00 4.00
to slaughter cattle, 2 at $1.00 2.00
1,166.75
Total receipts
$4,233.35
PAYMENTS.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treas- urer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1893, to November 30, 1894, both inclusive, 1,225 males at $2.00 $2,450.00
Amount carried forward $2,450.00
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
Amount brought forward
$2,450.00
3 spayed at 2.00
6.00
121 females at 5.00 .
605.00
$3,061.00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,349 at $0.20
269.80
$2,791.20
To John F. Cole, city treasurer, monthly, city clerk's fees for issu- ing dog licenses, 1,350 at $0.20
$270.00
All the "receipts" above specified, except for dog licenses ·
1,166.75
1,436.75
Total payments
$4,227.95
Balance, January 1, 1895,-
receipts for dog licenses issued in December,-
3 males at $2.00 $6.00
Less city clerk's fees paid to city treasurer, 3 at $0.20 .60
$5.40
BIRTHS.
Number of births in Somerville in 1894 registered
1,385
More than previous year
87
Males
704
Females
681
1,385
Born of American parents
507
" foreign parents
587
" American father and foreign mother
141
foreign father and American mother
143
parents of unknown nationality
1
" American mother, and father of unknown nationality 4
" foreign mother, and father of unknown nationality
2
1,385
Number of cases of twins .
9
588
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MARRIAGES.
Number of intention certificates issued
552
More than previous year
20
Marriages registered .
574
More than previous year
2
Both parties American
274
66 foreign .
162
American groom and foreign bride
73
Foreign groom and American bride
65
574 couples
First marriage of
1,045
Second marriage of
96
Third marriage of
7
574 couples
Oldest groom aged
65
Oldest bride aged
66
Youngest groom aged
18
Youngest bride aged
17
Youngest couple aged, -
Groom
18
Bride
19
DEATHS.
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1894
873
More than previous year
71
Males
424
Females
449
Under 10 years of age
Between 10 and 20 years of age
66
20
30 66 66
66
30
40
62
40
66 50
66
66
55
50
66
60
66
87
66
60
66
70
66
66
83
70
66
80
66
93
66
80
90
66
66
43
90
100
66
66
5
.
873
354
26
65
-
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
589
Age of oldest person deceased
98
Born in Somerville
296
Born in other places in the United States
351
Of foreign birth
222
Birthplace unknown .
4
Number of deaths in January
82
February
68
66
66
April
58
66
66
May
76
66
June
66
66
July
89
66
66
August
77
66
66
September
68
66
66
October
70
66
66
November
72
66
December
80
·
873
The number of stillbirths recorded during the year was 45.
The causes of death may be found in the report of the Board of Health.
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873
66
66
March
78
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
VOTERS.
- MEN'S LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Dec. 1, 1893.
Revised Lists
of September 10,
Added in Sept.
and Oct., 1894.
Oct. 25, 1894.
Added in Nov.,
1894.
Nov. 20, 1894.
Voted Nov. 6,
Voted Dec. 4,
1894.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
373
32
34
360
1
361
280
197
66
1
66
2
352
297
30
327
-1
326
260
199
66
1
.
1
66
1
386
329
25
354
354
254
133
1,589
1,359
137
1,496
1,496
1,128
744
Ward 2
Precinct 1
565
521
51
572
2
574
432
338
66
2
2
602
536
53
589
2
591
464
349
66
2
66
0
4
563
464
49
513
2
515
383
209
66
2
5
402
331
30
361
1
362
273
151
2,470
2,159
208
2,367
8
2,375
1,813
1,198
Ward 3
Precinct 1
637
570
93
663
2
665
477
382
66
3
.
66
3
545
514
63
577
5
582
465
379
66
3
.
2,091
1,944
300
2,244
13
2,257
1,679
1,325
Ward 4
Precinct 1
438
408
35
443
443
342
245
66
2
392
355
70
425
425
322
187
66
4
3
397
367
28
395
1
396
326
210
66
66
4
566
526
86
612
3
615
458
304
1,793
1,656
219
1,875
4
1,879
1,448
946
City
7,943
7,118
864
7,982
25
8,007
6,06S
4,213
·
3
33S
307
25
332
1
333
261
329
261
66
.
66
4
464
458
92
550
4
554
408
303
66
3
478
407
4S
455
455
334
215
151
402
52
454
2
456
2
445
1894.
1894.
·
4
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
WOMEN'S LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Dec. 1, 1893.
Revised Lists
of Oct. 25, 1894.
Added in Nov.
1894.
Nov. 20, 1894.
Voted Dec. 4,
1894.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
2
1
1
1
66
1
1
66
4
6
4
1
5
5
Ward 2
Precinct 1
3
1
4
5
4
66
2
2
66
3
66
4
1
66
2
66
5
1
12
2
8
10
7
Ward 3
Precinct 1
3
2
8
10
10
66
3
66
3
10
8
2
10
6
66
3
66
4
4
4
4
8
7
25
17
18
35
28
Ward 4
Precinct 1
9
8
3
11
11
66
4
66
2
3
2
66
1
66
1
2
5
5
66
4
6.
5
3
6
9
18
15
14
29
23
City
61
38
41
79
63
66
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
3
3
1
4
5
3
66
2
66
3
2
8
3
4
7
5
Herewith are presented copies of ordinances passed since the printing of the last annual reports.
GEORGE I. VINCENT,
City Clerk.
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66
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ORDINANCES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
March 23, 1895.
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the Annual Reports for the year 1893.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
No. 51.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE INSTITUTION OF INSTRUCTION FOR TRUANTS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as fol- lows : -
Section 1. Section eight of chapter thirteen of the Revised Ordi- nances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words "The Lowell Institution for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, at Lowell," and inserting in place thereof, the words, " The Truant School at North Chelmsford," so that, as amended, said section will read as follows : Section 8. The Truant School at North Chelmsford, County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, is hereby assigned and provided as the institution of instruction mentioned in the seventh section of this ordinance.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved October 16, 1894.
No. 52.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE INSTITUTION OF INSTRUCTION FOR TRUANTS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as fol- lows :
Section 1. An ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in Relation to the Institution of Instruction for Truants," passed to be ordained by
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
the Common Council, October 11, 1894, and by the Board of Alder- men, October 16, 1894, and approved by the Mayor, October 16, 1894, is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section eight of chapter thirteen of the Revised Ordi- nances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words, " The Lowell Institution for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders at Lowell, County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts," and inserting in place thereof, the words, " The Middlesex County Truant School at Chelmsford," so that, as amended, said section will read as follows : Section 8. The Middlesex County Truant School at Chelmsford is hereby assigned and provided as the institution of instruction men- tioned in the seventh section of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 12, 1894.
No. 53.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER ELEVEN OF THE REVISED ORDI- NANCES OF 1891, IN RELATION TO THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section three of chapter eleven, entitled "Board of Health," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by striking out the words "Shall make all contracts for the cleansing of private cesspools, vaults, and privies, and for the collection, carrying away, sale, and disposal of the house offal of the city," and substituting in place thereof, the words, "Shall make provision by contracts, or in such other manner as it shall deem expedient, for the cleansing of private cesspools, vaults, and privies, and for the collection, carrying away, sale, and disposal of the house offal, and the ashes and house- dirt of the city."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 26, 1894.
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ORDINANCES.
No. 54.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER FOUR OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE APPROVED MAY 17TH, 1894, IN REGARD TO THE ANNUAL APPRO- PRIATION BILL.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as fol- lows : -
Section 1. Section one of chapter four, entitled " Finance," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, as amended by ordinance approved May 7th, 1894, entitled " An ordinance to amend section one of chapter four of the Revised Ordinances, in regard to the Annual Appropria- tion Bill," is hereby amended by inserting after the word " January," in the first clause of said section one, the words, "or February," and by striking out in the second clause of said section one, the words, " In or before the first two weeks in the month of February," and inserting in place thereof, the words, " on or before the fifteenth day of March," and by striking out in the third clause of said section one, the words, " In or before the last two weeks in the month of February," and insert- ing in place thereof, the words, " on or before the first day of April."
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