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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Many old poles have been removed, and some replaced by new. Several buildings have been inspected for electric light and power, and changes made where necessary for safety.
A new storage battery and switch board for the Fire Depart- ment have been purchased and put in operation, which will make a large saving in the way of battery supplies and materials.
I would again recommend that the old fire alarm boxes now in use be replaced by a more modern box, with improved non-interfering attachments.
The police signal system has received the usual careful atten- tion, and is in good order. Six (6) new boxes have been placed in service, and several miles of new wire have been run.
Thanking His Honor the Mayor and chairman and members of the committee, Chief of the Fire Department, and Chief of Police for their kindness and co-operation, I remain,
Yours respectfully, EDWARD BACKUS,
Superintendent of Electric Lines.
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, December 29, 1897. Referred to next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, December 29, 1897. Referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR, 50 Morrison street, Somerville, December 29, 1897. S
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL :
Gentlemen,-I present herewith the annual report of the In- spector of Milk and Vinegar for the year ending December 31, 1897. The duties pertaining to this department vary but little one year from another. I have given 184 annual licenses, and registered sixty stores for the sale of milk during the year. Of the latter it is safe to say there are 250 places where milk is sold in the city.
I have taken in various parts of the city 250 samples of milk, testing them in the usual manner and finding most of them of the standard quality, and those sent for analysis have shown only a fraction of one per cent. short of the required standard, with no indication of adulteration.
Samples taken from stores are often defective, which is a result of the manner of selling. Those who happen to buy from the last half of a two gallon can of milk do not as a rule get their share of the cream, as it has gone to those who bought from the first half of the can. Some dealers remedy this result by shaking the can at each sale, but what is better, is to have the milk sold from a stone jar and dipped out, thus stirring the milk thoroughly at each sale, and the last quart is as good as the first.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
As in the previous year, I have had many samples brought me by dealers for testing, and I can say that a great many of the dealers use every endeavor to get good milk, and furnish their customers with the best that can be obtained. Of the 184 dealers who have been licensed this year, only forty-six, or one-fourth, sell milk in Somerville alone; the others going into Boston, Cam- bridge, and other near-by places. Thus three-quarters of the dealers that take out a license in Somerville are subject to inspection from other cities as well as Somerville.
No one has called in question the quality of vinegar sold in this city, and I have not yet felt called upon to have any analyzed this year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. PHILBRICK, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 26, 1898. Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Reference concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 26, 1898.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS, January 1, 1898.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen,-I beg leave to present to you my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1897.
There are five slaughtering establishments in Somerville, the proprietors and locations of which and the number of ani- mals slaughtered being as follows :-
1. John P. Squire & Company Corporation, Medford street, 632,646 swine.
2. North Packing and Provision Company, Medford street, S68,717 swine.
3. New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company, Med- ford street, 4,208 ·cattle, 48,587 calves, 330,941 sheep, and 131 swine.
4. Sturtevant & Haley Beef and Supply Company, Som- erville avenue, 6,000 cattle, 1 calf, 2 sheep, and 17 swine.
5. Hertz Gunsenheiser (died June 8, 1897), 104 North street, 861 cattle and 736 calves.
Total number of animals slaughtered in the year 1897, 1,892,847.
The business transacted at the establishment of Hertz Gun- senheiser is principally with the Jewish population of Boston and vicinity.
All of the slaughtering establishments are in very good con- dition.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville exports more neat cattle than any other city, and is the third largest slaughtering city in the United States.
The number of animals received for export at the New Eng- land stock yards during the year was as follows :-
Cattle 113,844
Sheep
18,354
I have made 336 visits to slaughter houses, and have per- formed other duties as follows :-
Number of cows inspected, 350. Five cows were quaran- tined, of which number 3 were killed and 2 released.
Number of horses quarantined, 39. Sixteen of these were released, and 23, which were affected with either farcy or glanders, were killed.
Seventeen swine and two sheep that were owned by private citizens have been inspected. I have condemned 35 calves, 91 lobsters, and 85 dozen bananas.
There are 331 stores in the city where groceries and provi- sions are sold, and 199 registered produce and provision wagons from which goods are peddled.
At the present time the cattle in this city are in excellent con- dition.
So far as possible, I have kept myself thoroughly informed in regard to the duties of my office.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES M. BERRY,
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
REPORT OF THE
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 12, 1898. Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 12, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 42 Sargent Ave., Somerville, January 1, 1898.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1897, is respectfully submitted :
Number of weights and measures tested and sealed :-
Scales
763
Weights
2,831
Dry measures 3
994
Liquid measures
971
Milk cans .
3,382
Glass jars .
480
Yardsticks
89
Coal baskets
23
9,533
Number of weights and measures tested and condemned :
Scales
15
Weights
3
Dry measures
51
Liquid measures
22
Milk cans .
5
Glass jars .
20
Yardsticks
1
Coal baskets
1
Scales tagged
12
130
Total number tested
9,663
758
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A large number of scales and weights was adjusted, and twelve scales were tagged, as provided by law, the tag not to be removed except by the Sealer after he was satisfied they had been made correct.
Notice was given through the Somerville papers for all parties using scales, weights, or measures for the purpose of buying or selling to bring them to the office to be tested ; and in June, July. September, October, and November the Sealer visited all places in Somerville where goods were bought or sold, and tested and sealed or condemned all weights, measures and scales which had not already been sealed within the year.
One hundred and twenty-three pedlers and junk dealers have been stopped on the streets and their scales, weights and measures tested, forty of which were found to be incorrect and condemned. One pedler and one junk man have been prosecuted, convicted, and fined, the pedler paying $5 and the junk collector $50. One-half of the latter amount goes to the city. These are, I be- lieve, the first cases in this city of persons being convicted of using false scales or measures. This class is the worst to handle, and I think, before granting them a license, they should be obliged to produce a certificate from the Sealer that they are furnished with proper scales and measures to carry on their business.
I think the salary paid the Sealer ($300) is inadequate to the work required, and that the appropriation for this department should be large enough to furnish a suitable team six months in the year ; also for a helper two months in the year, as it requires two men to properly perform some of the work.
Account from April 20, 1897, date of my entering upon the duties of this office, to January 1, 1898 :-
Expenses-Printing and adver-
tising $10 50
Yardstick, $1.50, flax
seed, $1.00
2 50
Stamps for 1897
2 50
Stamps for 1898
7 90
Amount carried forward
$24 40
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Amount brought forward $24 40
Acid for marking
glass . 1 00
Man and team . ·
80 00
Salary of Sealer, 8 1-3 months
208 33
$312 73
Receipts-Received fees and paid
to city treasurer
$258 78
Received or due for
fines .
25 00
Net expense .
28 95
$312 73
JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 9, 1898. Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports .. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 10, 1898. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk ..
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
February 8, 1898.
TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE : -
Gentlemen,-I present herewith my report as City Solicitor for the four months ending December 31, 1897.
The following cases pending in the courts during that period were on the trial list or otherwise acted upon :-
1. Williams vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for damages on account of alleged injuries to cattle by employees of the Gipsy Moth Commission.
2. Edgecomb vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Washington street, November 5, 1894.
3. Osborn vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of change of grade of Porter street and Moun- tain avenue, opposite plaintiff's premises.
4. Somerville vs. Waltham-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action to recover back taxes paid on plaintiff's land in Waltham. Judgment for Somerville, and de- fendant appealed. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision in favor of Somerville. This case was conducted by my prede- cessor in office.
5. Capen et al. vs. Somerville-Before County Commis- sioners for Middlesex County. Petition for relocation of Broadway. Dismissed by the County Commissioners October 21,1897.
6. Woods vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Boston street January 2, 1895. Settled for $1,029.40.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
7. Ducey vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Medford street January 25, 1895. Settled for $300.
8. Reed vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middle- sex County. Appeal from assessment of taxes of 1896.
9. Reed et al. vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from assessment of taxes of 1896.
10. Keef vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Bow street October 16, 1896.
11. Ricker vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Roseland street February 23, 1896. Settled for $250, the City of Cambridge paying a like sum.
12. Wilkinson vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Russell street, November 17, 1896.
13. Emblom vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Somerville avenue December 9, 1896. Settled for $675.
14. Knowles vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Franklin street July 28, 1896.
15. Kavnav vs. Trefren-Before Superior Court for Middle- sex County. Action against driver of hose wagon of fire depart- ment for injuries alleged to have been suffered by reason of collision with the wagon. Verdict for plaintiff for $500, subse- quently settled by the payment of $325 by the defendant.
16. A. W. Bryne Construction Company vs. City of Somer- ville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Claim for damages on account of Tannery Brook sewer contract.
17. City of Somerville vs. A. W. Bryne Construction Com- pany et al .- Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Claim for damages on account of breach of Tannery Brook sewer contract.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR. 765
18. City of Somerville vs. A. W. Bryne Construction Com- pany-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Claim for damages on account of breach of Tannery Brook sewer contract. The above three cases were referred to an auditor.
19. Annie E. McCarthy et al. vs. City of Somerville- Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition for damages on account of land taken for Tannery Brook sewer.
20. John Byrnes vs. City of Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition for damages on account of land taken for Tannery Brook sewer.
21. Daniel L. Demmon vs. City of Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition for damages on account of land taken for Tannery Brook sewer.
22. Martin W. Carr vs. City of Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition for damages on account of land taken for Tannery Brook sewer.
23. Patrick Flynn vs. City of Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Concord avenue May 28, 1897.
24. Berry et al. vs. E. F. Staples, City of Somerville, trustee-Before Police Court of Somerville. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Hanscom School.
25. William A. Sanborn vs. E. F. Staples, City of Somer- ville, trustee-Before Somerville Police Court. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Hanscom School.
26. Reed vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from assessment of taxes of 1897.
27. Reed et al. vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Appeal from assessment of taxes of 1897.
28. Quirk vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Suffolk County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Broadway July 23, 1897.
29. Davis vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Beacon street, November 10, 1896.
30. Lorman vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Middlesex County. Petition to enforce a mechanic's lien on the Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse. Petition dismissed.
31. James F. Hathaway-Before Supreme Court for Middlesex County. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Peti- tioner released on bail and, by order of the City Council, case not further prosecuted.
32. McCarthy vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Petition to enforce a mechanic's lien on the Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse.
33. Lorman vs. Henry Staples and Somerville, trustee- Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse.
34. Albee vs. E. F. Staples and Somerville, trustee-Be- fore Police Court of Somerville. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse.
35. Lorman vs. E. F. Staples and Somerville, trustee- Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Sanford Hanscom School- house.
36. McCarthy vs. Staples and Somerville, trustee-Before Police Court of Somerville. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse.
37. Berry et al. vs. Staples and Somerville, trustee-Be- fore Police Court of Somerville. Question of trusteeing amounts due contractor for Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse. Second action.
Other work of this department, such as drafting ordinances, giving opinions on questions presented by officers of the city, drawing contracts, examining titles to real estate, attending meet- ings of committees and board of the city government, hardly seems to call for mention in detail. 1
Respectfully submitted, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
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REPORT
OF THE
CITY CLERK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 26, 1898.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 26, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 26, 1898.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL :
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the twenty-sixth annual report of the City Clerk of the City of Som- erville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1897 :-
CASH.
The receipts and payments were as follows :-
RECEIPTS.
For dog licenses issued in 1897: -
99-1 males at $2.00
$1,988 00
120 females at $5.00
600 00
$2,588 00
recording mortgages, assign-
ments, etc., 829 papers . $492 75
certificates of marriage in- tentions, 616 at $0.50 308 00
furnishing copies of records
23 00
recording and posting natu- ralization notice 50
Amounts carried forward $824 25
$2,588 00
770
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$824 25 $2,588 00
licenses :-
to collect junk, 41 at $2.00 82 00
for a junk shop, 1 at $10.00 10 00
for a second-hand goods store, 1 at $10.00 10 00 for intelligence offices, 10 at $2.00 20 00
for billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 6 licenses, for 17 tables and 5 alleys, at $2.00
44 00
to a private detective, 1 at $10.00
10 00
to auctioneers, 20 at $2.00 40 00 to sell fireworks, 70 at $1.00 70 00 for amusements, 42 at $1.00 42 00 to street musicians, 71 per- sons at $0.50 35 50
to slaughter cattle, 3 at $1.00
3 00
1,190 75
$3,778 75
Total receipts PAYMENTS. To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and De- cember 1, receipts for dog
· licenses from December 1, 1896, to November 30, 1897, both inclusive :-
993 males at $2.00
$1,986 00
120 females at $5.00
600 00
less city clerk's fees, 1,113 at $0.20
222 60
$2,363 40
$2,586 00
Amount carried forward .
$2,363 40
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
Amount brought forward $2,363 40
To John F. Cole, city treasurer, monthly, city clerk's fees for issuing and re- cording dog licenses, 1,114 at $0.20 $222 80
all the receipts above speci- fied, except for dog licenses . .
1,190 75
1,413 55
Total payments
$3,776 95
Balance, January 1, 1898, being
for a dog license is- sued in December, 1 male $2 00
less city clerk's fee, paid to city treas- 11rer 20
$1 80
BIRTHS.
Number of births in Somerville in 1897 registered
1,523
Less than previous year
21
Males .
748
Females
775
1,523
Born of American parents . 513
66 foreign parents 649
" American father and foreign mother 178
foreign father and American mother 170
American mother and father of unknown nationality foreign mother and father of unknown nationality 5
parents of unknown nationality 1
1,523
Number of cases of twins
21
772
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MARRIAGES.
Number of intention certificates issued
616
More than previous year
43
Marriages registered .
646
More than previous year
38
Both parties American
305
Both parties foreign
186
American groom and foreign bride . 86
Foreign groom and American
bride
68
American bride and groom of un- known nationality
1
646 couples
First marriage of
1,154
Second marriage of
131
Third marriage of
6
Fourth marriage of
1
646 couples
DEATHS.
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1897
859
Less than previous year
65
Males
4.08
Females
.
451
859
Under 10 years of age
355
Between 10 and 20 years of age
36
Between 20 and 30 years of age
61
Between 30 and 40 years of age .
65
Between 40 and 50 years of age .
48
Between 50 and 60 years of age
59
Between 60 and 70 years of age .
97
Between 70 and 80 years of age .
93
Between 80 and 90 years of age .
41
Between 90 and 100 years of age .
4
.
.
.
859
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
Age of oldest person deceased
98
Born in Somerville
311
Born in other places in the United States
304
Of foreign birth .
240
Birthplace unknown
4
Number of deaths in January
66
February
57
March
99
April .
72
..
66
May
74
66
June
65
66
July
83
August
84
September .
68
66
October . .
69
. .
November .
71
December .
65
.
859
The number of stillbirths recorded during the year was fifty-five.
The causes of death may be found in the report of the Board of Health.
859
52
774
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ASSESSED POLLS AND REGISTERED VOTERS.
MEN'S LISTS.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
As- sessed Polls, May 1. 1897.
Nov. 25 1896.
Re- vised Lists of Aug. 27, 1897.
Added in Sept. and Oct., 1897.
Oct. 13, 1897.
Added in Nov., 1897.
Nov. 26. 1897. .
Voted Nov. 2, 1897.
Voted Dec. 7, 1897.
Ward 1 ·
Precinct 1
628 525
416 371
351 341 446 275 .
20 14 24
371 355 470 284
0
284
151
189
2,780
1,632
1,413
67
1,480
8
1,488
846
925
Ward 2
Precinct 1
770
612
539
24
563
8
571
394
402
=
2
1,051
695
639
23
662
7
669
440
484
827
408
362
10
372
6
378
235
281
2
4
1,144
569
507
21
528
9
537
300
344
2
5
1,023
411
359
13
372
8
380
257
268
4,815
2,695
2,406
91
2,497
38
2,535
1,626
1,779
Ward 3
Precinct 1
1,143
754
689
21
710
12
722
386
477
"
3
2
804
539
479
12
491
8
499
269
331
965
659
625
29
654
3
657
396
488
3
4
1,232
709
655
34
689
0
689
333
454
4,144
2,661
2,448
96
2,544
23
2,567
1,384
1,750
Ward 4
Precinct 1
1,064
585
546
36
582
9
591
348
371
4
2
1,097
584
539
38
577
4
581
338
339
4
3
821
515
479
24
503
0
503
322
322
4
4
1,130
707
620
37
657
3
660
406
441
4,112
2,391
2,184
135
2,319
16
2,335
1,414
1,473
City
.
.
15,851
9,379
8,451
389
7,840
85
8,925
5,270
5,927
1
.
1
.
3
4
815
323
9
.
0
370 355
221 218
234
812
522
256
275
1
.
2
.
2
3
3
3
.
.
.
-1
9
479
227
2
775
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
WOMEN'S VOTING LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Nov. 25, 1896.
Revised Lists of Aug. 27, 1897.
Added in Sept., Oct., and Nov. 1897.
Novem- ber 26, 1897.
Voted Decem- ber 7, 1897.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
29
27
0
27
0
1
3
4
1
1
0
1
0
76
68
1
69
2
Ward 2
Precinct 1
53
45
3
48
10
2
3
3
3
0
3
1
2
4
12
9
2
11
3
"
7
6
0
6
1
175
152
Ward 3
Precinct 1
47
38
1
39
5
66
3
3
67
62
1
63
4
3
4
62
46
1
47
3
222
180
3
183
12
Ward 4
Precinct 1
84
68
3
71
3
"
4
2
53
44
11
55
1
3
47
41
2
43
2
82
67
4
71
6
266
2:20
20
240
12
City
739
620
31
651
63
2
11
9
0
9
0
35
31
1
32
2
"
1
2
2
100
89
2
91
3
2
46
34
0
34
0
=
4
Herewith are presented copies of ordinances passed since the printing of the last annual reports.
GEORGE I. VINCENT,
City Clerk.
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ORDINANCES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
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The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the annual reports for the year 1896.
January 26, 1898.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
No. 66.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE TIMES OF PAYMENT OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Be. it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. The pay-rolls, approved by the school commit- tee, for salaries of teachers shall be made up by the superin- tendent of schools on the last day of each month for the four weeks for which salaries may have been duc, which have been completed prior to said last day of each month, and such pay-rolls shall be forthwith approved and sent by him to the city auditor, who shall, if the pay-rolls are correct, forthwith approve and send the same to the chairman of the committee on accounts, who shall, if the pay-rolls are correct, forthwith approve the same. The mayor, or, in his absence, the president of the board of alder- men, shall, if satisfied of the correctness of such pay-rolls, sign a warrant for the city treasurer to pay the amounts thereof, and the treasurer may thereupon pay the same.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 30, 1897.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
No. 67.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN OF CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1891.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Chapter fifteen of the Revised Ordinances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out all of section eighteen of said chapter, and inserting in place of the section thus stricken out, and as a substitute therefor, the following section, namely :-- Section 18. No person shall permit or suffer any domestic fowl, swine, goat, sheep, ox, cow, horse, or other grazing animal, owned by him or in his charge or control, to go at large or to graze in or upon any of the streets or ways, parks, commons, public grounds or lands of the city, and no person shall permit or suffer any dog, owned by him or in his charge, to swim in any pond in any of the public grounds of the city, or to trample upon or injure any flower bed, flowers, shrubs, or other property of the city in any of the public grounds of the city. No sheep, swine, or neat cattle shall be driven through or over the public streets, ways, causeways, or bridges within the limits of the city, in droves of more than twenty-five animals each, or at less intervals than of thirty minutes betwen any two droves, or except in charge of at least two competent persons.
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