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of citizens, petition of, for use of Faneuil Hall, 244.
of South Boston citizens, relative to burial ground in, 37.
on accounts, 77.
on Bangs alley, recommend sewer in, 104. on Bowdoin street, report, 1.
on building well in Portland street, report, 174.
on burial ground in South Boston, 1.
on burial ground in South Boston, report on, 12, 93.
on claim to land in Blossom street, 89, 90, 91, 93.
on claim to land on Blossom street, report of, 139, 151, 152.
on clocks, 133.
on clocks, report, 135.
on Common, 53, 130, 143.
on Common to erect arch at entrance of mall at Park street, 64.
on Common to erect new fence on Park street mall, 68.
on Common to investigate encroach- ment of ropewalks on, 14.
on Common to investigate encroachment of ropewalks on, report of, 19, 32.
on Congress street to ascertain what part of cost estate owners will pay, 121.
on Congress street to consider widening of, 121.
on current expenses of selectmen, 65.
on Deer Island, repair of buildings on, 8, 9,11.
on districting town into wards, 236.
on distrieting town into wards, report, 241, 242, 243.
on dock to take legal advice relative to, 244.
on encroachment of Cross street, 175.
on encroachment of Kingston street, 176, 177.
on encroachment of Prince street, report, 107.
on Franklin Fund, meeting of, postponed, 49.
on Franklin School to place gutters on, 92.
on Harvard street, report, 7.
on hay seales, 53, 130, 143.
on hay scales, report on accounts of, 90. on lamps, lighting and repair of, 169.
on lieenses report list of, 92.
on market place in South Boston, report of, 12.
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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.
Committees on markets, 53, 130, 143.
on markets to chain off passageway at west end of, 7.
on market, consider petition for portico on Faneuil Hall, 132.
on markets to determine price of stalls, 7.8.
on markets to determine price of stalls, report on, 10, 154, 155.
on market to lease stalls for sale of shoes, 175.
on market to place gutters on north and south sides of, 92.
on market to repair vegetable stalls, 144.
on markets to repair or alter coverings for stalls at west end of, 71.
on market to consider petition to reduce rent in, 176.
on Neck, 53, 130, 143.
on Neck to dike salt marsh on, 7.
on new engine, 207.
on new engine to hire or build engine house, 235.
on new engine, report, 231.
on new form of government to petition Legislature for bill to carry into effect votes of town, 235.
on new prison, meeting of, 102, 118.
on new prison to select plans for, 121, 122.
on oil buckets and lamp burners, to con- sider use of, 122.
on opening Northampton street, report, 230.
on paving, 155.
on paving, report of, 156, 203.
on paving Charter street, report, 204.
on paving Summer street, report, 1.
on petition for baker's oven, 6.
on petition to receive and deliver goods from store, report, 137, 150.
on proposals for oil for town lamps, 94, 96. on rebuilding front of house in Hanover street, report, 251, 252.
on schoolhouse site in South Boston, report of, 12.
on schools, meeting of, 113.
on schools, north, 53.
on schools, south reading, consideration of report on, 33, 34.
on schools, west, 53.
on schools to appoint day for examina- tion of schools, 43.
on schools to make repairs in, 140, 141.
on sewer under Merchants Hall, recom- mend change in course of, 104, 162.
on sewers, 165.
on Town House, 53, 130, 143.
on town sections, 3, 4, 5, 53, 142, 143, 215.
on town sections to obtain accounts against town, 181.
on town sections to have control of lamps, 52.
on town slip, report of, 35.
on watch, 53, 155.
on watch, regulations of, 137.
on watch, report of, 33, 34, 38.
on watchmen, increase in number of, report, 233, 234.
on widening of Elm street, 133.
on widening of Elm street, land taken for, 70, 71, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 101, 104, 105, 114, 140.
petition for, to select place for execution, 34, 35.
petition for, to select place for execu- tion, refused, 35, 36.
petition to erect building on almshouse land, referred to, 13.
petition to erect building on almshouse land, referred, granted, 17.
relative to care of paupers, 133.
relative to care of paupers, to act with Overseers of Poor, 145.
Committees, relative to drain at lower end of Beacon street, 69.
relative to encroachment on Mill Pond street, 87, 89, 91, 93, 226.
relative to eneroachment on Mill Pond street, report on, 228.
relative to nuisance in livery stable in Sudbury street, report, 161.
relative to petition to hire land on Mill Pond, 187.
relative to reinstatement of Engine Com- pany No. 12, report, 44, 45, 46, 47. relative to removal of gravel from Cam- bridge strect, 191.
relative to removal of hand carts from Kilby street, report, 58.
relative to well in Park street, report, 4.
to act on new engine for north part of town, 196.
to act on petition for by-laws for Boylston Market, 141.
to act on petition for fish boxcs on town dock, 175.
to act on petition for pump ncar North Schoolhouse, 195.
to act on petition for passageway from Brighton to Spring street, 189.
to act on petition for passageway from Brighton to Spring street, report of, 191. to act on petition of Board of Health relative to sewer in Gooch street, 136. to act on petition of Turner Phillips, 132. to act on petition to continue sewer in Cambridge street, 196.
to act on petition to pave Butolph street, 196.
to act on petition to pave and light Columbia street, 204.
to act on petition to pave Mill Pond street, 188.
to act on petition to pave North Russell street, 187.
to act on petition to purchase land on Mill Pond, 188.
to act on petition to raise company of firemen, 139.
to act on petition to raise company for new engine, 236.
to act on petition to repair Fort Hill, 188. to act on petition to repair passageway baek of Merchants Hall, 195.
to act on repairs to bridge over canal, 20.
to act on widening of Griffins lane, 197, 203.
to aet relative to inferior quality of oil, 179, 180.
to aet relative to land on Summer strect, 240.
to aet relative to reduction in rent of Town House, report, 181.
to alter sidewalk in front of Boylston Market, 191.
to appoint wharfinger at South Boston, 166.
to approve bondsmen, 209.
to arrange entertainment for West Point Cadets, 210.
to arrange for dinner at annual visit of schools, 161.
to ascertain amount expended on repair of streets, 91.
to ascertain bounds of ropewalks, 110.
to ascertain bounds of ropewalks, report on, 110.
to ascertain expense of placing guide boards on streets, 179, 180.
to ascertain expense of street survey, 75. to buy land to widen Green street, 7.
to complete contraet for lease of Town House, 158.
to complete Dorchester street as far as expedient, 67.
to complete Dorchester street as far as expedient, report on, 68.
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 61.
Committees to complete drain in Pleasant street, 182.
to confer relative to dam at lower end of Beacon street, 69.
to confer relative to dam at lower end of Beacon street, further time to report on, requested by, 70.
to confer relative to land south side of Brattle Street Church, 220.
to confer relative to loss of Franklin Hall by Hollis Street Society, 59.
to confer relative to loss of Franklin Hall by Hollis Street Society, report of, 63. to confer relative to purchase of Old State House or bank, 237, 238.
to confer relative to repair of gutter between Roxbury and Boston, 181.
to confer with referees relative to land to widen Harvard street, 184.
to consider addition to burial ground in South Boston, 75.
to consider building fireproof safe for records, 174.
to consider building reservoir near market, 161.
to consider changing name of Southacks court, 183.
to consider claim for compensation for land in Elm street, report, 70, 71.
to consider claim to land in Myrtle street, 75.
to consider claim to land in Myrtle street, report on, 76.
to consider complaint against carts in Broad street, 131.
to consider complaint against encroach- ment on Mill Pond street, 83.
to consider completion of street, from Broadway to shipyard, 108.
to consider dividend of land filled by Mill Pond Corporation, 216.
to consider elevation of Olive street, 213.
to consider erection of portico at east end of Faneuil Hall, 145.
to consider extension of Dorchester street, 162.
to consider extension of Sumner street, 133.
to consider extension of Sumner street, report of, 134.
to consider extension of road at South Boston, 132, 145.
to consider incumbrance of Exchange street, 228.
to consider lease of land on Neck, 135, 148.
to consider number of constables neces- sary, 159.
to consider number of constables neces- sary, report of, 160.
to consider offer of land to widen Elm street, 143.
to consider paving of Common street, 135, 148.
to consider paving passageway, from Milk street to Liberty square, 160.
to consider repaving of Prince street, 135, 148.
to consider petition for armory, 203.
to consider petition for armory, report of, 204.
to consider petition for by-laws for Boylston Market, 153.
to consider petition for change in course of sewer in Water street, 70, 71, 75.
to consider petition for expense allow- ance on Beacon strect, 134, 147.
to consider petition for fence near rope- walks, 157.
to consider petition for fire engine in Lynn street, 183.
to consider petition for fire engine in South Boston, 186.
Committees to consider petition for new road at South Boston, 137, 149.
to consider petition for pump, head of Doane street, 231.
to consider petition for pump, head of Doane street, report on, 232.
to consider petition for removal of watch house from Orange street, 111.
to consider petition for removal of watch house from Orange street, report on, 116.
to consider petition for repair of sewer in Federal street, 165.
to consider petition for sewer under Merchants Hall, 134.
to consider petition for stoves in Broad street, 183.
to consider petition of E. H. Robbins for payment of $500, 181.
to consider petition of E. H. Robbins for payment of $500, report on, 181, 182.
to consider petition of Fire Wards for land for use of firemen, 132.
to consider petition relative to drain under Merchants Hall, 134, 147.
to consider petition relative to drain in Warren street, 209.
to consider petition relative to drain in Warren street. report on, 213.
to consider petition relative to land taken to widen Elm street, 83.
to consider petition to raise company of firemen, 151.
to consider petition relative to widen Hanover street, 240.
to consider private patrol watches, 227.
to consider proposal to fill dock, Rains- ford's lane, 173.
to consider question of land on Charles strect, 218.
to consider reducing number of police officers, 57.
to consider reducing number of police officers, report of, 57, 58.
to consider reinstatement of members of Engine No. 12, 43.
to consider relative to land taken for Blossom street, 146.
to consider removal of east watch to Old Court House, 179.
to consider removal of east watch to Old Court House, report on, 180.
to consider removal of hand carts from sidewalks of Green's wharf, 190.
to consider removal of scales from Dock square, 128.
to consider repair of Front street, 165.
to consider repair of street in South Boston, report, 178.
to consider request for payment for land in Elm street, 68.
to consider request for use of street at St. Paul's Church, 129.
to consider request for use of street at St. Paul's Church, report on, 131, 143, 144.
to consider standing of hacks in Han- over street, 170.
to consider taking of land for Union street and Marshall's lane, 204.
to consider taking of land to widen Har- vard street, 62, 63.
to consider taking of land to widen Har- vard street, payment for, 70.
to consider widening of Brattle street, 134, 147.
to consider widening of Elm street, 131.
to consult with police officer relative to new stand for hand carts, 52, 54.
to contract for completion of Northamp- ton strect, 218.
to contract for plan of streets, 97.
to dispose of manure in streets, 183.
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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.
Committees to estimate expense of new vegetable market, 197.
to estimate expense of repairing Brighton street, 158.
expense of Selectmen's de- partment, 196.
to examine accounts of Franklin Fund, 108, 216.
to examine accounts of treasurer of
. Board, report, 191, 192, 193, 194.
to examine applicants for sealer of weights and measures, 185.
to examine applicants for sealer of weights and measures, report on, 186.
to examine law relative to weight of bread, 183.
to examine petition, applications for watchmen, 233.
to examine statement of treasurer of Franklin Fund, 47.
to examine statement of treasurer of Franklin Fund, report of, 50.
to find new place for bust of President Adams, 43.
to fit up armory, 217.
to furnish gravel for the Neck, 200.
to inquire into condition of town slips, Lynn street, 33.
to inquire into duties of police officer, 187.
to inquire into town's right to land in Prince street, 18.
toinvestigate complaint against chimney, 174.
to investigate digging of well near rope- walks, 48.
to investigate digging of well near-rope- walks, report on, 49.
to investigate nuisance caused by drain under Merchants Hall, 89.
to lease mill pond land, 105, 106.
to lower part of Belknap street, 109.
to obtain legal advice relative to im- provement of town dock, 219.
to pass on applicants for office of con- stable, 209.
to pass on petitions for licenses, 9, 83, 84.
to pave Gooch street, 7.
to pave Marshalls lane, 200.
to pave Proctor's lane and Richmond street, 90.
to pave Temple street, 98, 99.
to petition Legislature relative to taxa- tion, 236.
to petition Legislature relative to wooden buildings, 236.
to petition Legislature to amend law to unite office of town and county treas- urer, 180.
to plan entertainment for West Point Cadets, 250.
to print list of voters, 240.
to procure ladder for use at fires, 182.
to procure land for Engine House No. 13, 141.
to procure new stand for carts at east end of Faneuil Hall, 116.
to procure new stand for carts at east end of Fanueil Hall, report on, 116, 117. to procure oil for lamps, 3.
to procure superintendent of lamps, 97.
to procure wood for schools, 170.
to provide badge for police officer, 136, 148.
to provide poles for constables, 136, 148. to purchase ammunition for infantry, 99. to regulate watch, 150.
to remove encroachment on Brighton street, 9, 73.
to remove encroachment on Brighton street, report on, 74.
to remove obstructions in Cross street, 202, 203.
to repair Ann street, 98.
to repair Beacon street, 6.
Committees to repair Bowdoin street, 6.
to repair Brighton strect, 72.
to repair First street, 67, 68.
to repair First street, wall on, 106.
to repair Merrimack street, 202.
to repair Prince street, 199.
to repair pump in State street, 202.
to repair pump near Fort Hill wharf, 129.
to secure new company for Engine No. 12, 41.
to select orator for July 4th, 62, 63.
to select persons to do paving, report, 156.
to settle for land to widen Middle street, 178, 179.
to supervise building of fence on Com- mon, 137.
to. survey land of - Nickerson, 1.
to take land to widen Hawkins street, 94.
to take land to widen Hawkins street, action deferred, 96.
to view Balch's wharf relative to exten- sion of, 197.
to view Balch's wharf relative to exten- sion of, report of, 197.
to view Devonshire street relative to widening, 18.
to view Devonshire street relative to widening, report of, 18.
to view estate of Job Prince for placing of fence, 11.
to view Front street relative to paving, 202.
to view West Centre street, report to repair, 176.
to view Wilson's lane, 15.
to view Wilson's lanc, report of, 17.
to visit Deer Island, 6.
to visit South Boston relative to opening new streets, 208.
to visit South Boston relative to opening new streets, report of, 209, 210.
Common, committee on, 6, 53, 130, 143.
committee on, report relative to en- croachment on town flats by rope- walks, 19, 32.
committee on, to build road from Pleas- ant street to Fox Hill, 166.
committee on, to erect arch at Park street entrance to mall, 64.
committee on, to erect new fence on Park street mall, 68.
carting of dirt on, forbidden, 75, 76.
fence on, proposals to build, 137, 149.
fireworks on, July 4th, 158.
flats at bottom of, building erected over, 67.
flats at bottom of, building erected over, report relative to, 68, 69, 70.
flats at bottom of, to collect rent for use of, 9.
gravel for, 134, 146
gravel for, price of, limited, 175.
lease of land on, 216.
letting of stands on, on public days, 65. permit granted to fire powder on, 169.
petition to erect tent on, refused, 208. petition to fire on, refused, 93.
regulation of, on election and public days, 134, 147.
sewer on, communication relative to, referred to committee on. 206.
stone posts and gates for, 206.
West Point Cadets encamped on, 210, 211, 212.
street, complaint against carriages, etc., standing in, 72.
street, encroachment of, 219, 220.
street, lamps in, 229.
street, paving of, 135.
street, paving of, petition for, 145, 203, 204.
street, petition for use of, at St. Paul's Church, 129.
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 61.
Common street, petition for use of, at St.
Paul's Church, report on, 131, 143, 144. street, petition to erect arches under, 202. street, petition to erect arches under, granted, 207.
street, private patrol in, 39, 40. street, repairing of, 106.
street, sidewalks in, paving of, 171, 175. Commonwealth. Constitution of, town meeting to consider revising of, 159.
Secretary of, 131, 144.
Treasurer of, 131, 144.
Communications declining command of Hook and Ladder Company, 187.
from L. Baldwin relative to building erected over flats at bottom of Com- mon, 67.
from Henry A. S. Dearborn, proposing improvements on Neck, 161.
from Franklin Dexter, 88.
from Eliot & Eckley relative to sidewalk in Beacon street, 231, 232.
from Jedediah Herrick, sheriff, 92.
from Hansen Kelly for aid for fire sufferers, 117.
from H. G. Otis relative to filling up dam at lower end of Beacon street, 69.
from Daniel Stevens for exchange of laws and ordinances of Boston and Charlestown, 67.
from Moses Wallack, 49.
from Daniel Webster, 195.
from Eliphalet Williams, 184, 185.
from Thomas Williams offering gravel for Northampton street, 230.
from Associated Engine Societies, 44.
from Board of Health relative to burial ground, 44.
from Board of Health relative to dock at bottom of Rainsford's lane, 171.
from Board of Health relative to nui- sance from drain under Merchants Hall, 89.
from Board of Health, relative to removal of dead bodies from the Neck, 237.
from Board of Health, relative to sewer on Common, 206.
from Boston & Roxbury Mill Corpora- tion, 65, 66.
from Brattle Street Church relative to land in front of, 206.
from chairman of committee of General Court relative to incorporation of estate near market, 125.
from Engine Company No. 12, 46.
from Justices of Court of Sessions rela- tive to street from Merrimack to Lev- erett, 137, 149.
from Mass. Charitable Mechanic Asso- ciation relative to donation, 244.
from Mayor relative to inauguration, 252.
from Mayor of Savannah for assistance for fire sufferers, 125.
from Mayor of Troy, 159.
from Secretary of State relative to paupers, 159.
from U. S. District Marshall relative to place for execution, 34, 35.
from U. S. District Marshall relative to place for execution, reply to, 35, 36.
from Secretary of War relative to Lieutenant Scallan, 96, 102, 103.
from owners of ropewalks against dig- ging of well, 48.
from owners of ropewalks against dig- ging of well, reply of committee rela- tive to, 49.
granting use of Old South Church July 4th, 203.
relative to building in Union street, 203. relative to drain in Bulfinch street, 186. relative to land in Sumner street, referred to committee, 240.
Communications relative to land on Mill Pond, 196.
relative to oration July 4th, 70, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 96, 102, 103.
relative to ownership of Kingston street, 169.
relative to reinstatement of Engine Com- pany No. 12, 44, 45, 46, 47.
relative to sale of land in bull pasture, 204. to Mr. Clap ordering removal of stone wall on Dorchester street, 69.
to Mr. Clap ordering removal of stone wall on Dorchester street, reply to, 69. to Franklin Dexter, 88.
to Thomas Haskins relative to dangerous condition of passageway through land owned by him, 61, 62.
to Mr. Joy relative to encroachment on flats at bottom of Common, 68. to Engine Company No. 12, 47.
Complaint against Jeremiah Bulfinch, 83. against auction sales in State street, 58,59. against carts from country in Cornhill, 93. against cellar door built by Robert Hewes, 162.
against chimney, corner Leverett and Brighton streets, 174.
against chimney of engine house in School street, 13.
against conduct of U. S. troops in South Boston, 94, 95.
against digging away of Summer street, 91, 92, 95.
against disturbing of religious society, 99, 100.
against drivers of carts in Broad street, 123, 125, 126.
against driver of hackney carriage, 73, 74, 92, 93.
against encroachment of Common street, 219, 220.
against hackney carriage, 159, 160.
against hand carts, 162, 163.
against hog pens, 165.
against hog pens, report on, 166.
against inferior quality of oil, 179, 180.
against opening shops on Sundays, 163, 173.
against paving Southacks court, 17.
against restriction of auction sales in Market square, 90.
against stable in Friend street, 73.
against stable in Hawkins street, 157.
against stable in Scott's court, 163.
against stable in Scott's court, report on, 164, 165.
against livery stable in Sudbury street, dismissed, 161.
against standing of carriages, etc., in Common street, 72.
against stone post in Kingston street, 176, 177.
against town crier, 56.
that notifications for town meeting were not properly distributed, 52.
that notifications for town meeting were not properly distributed, report on, 54. Congress, representatives to, choice of, 11, 175.
street, lamps in, 229.
street, widening of, committee to ascer- tain what part of cost estate owners will pay, 121.
street, widening of, land for, 127, 128.
street, widening of, land for, payment of, 181, 182.
street, widening of, petition relative to, 121. square, lamps in, 229.
Constables, appointment of, 5, 100, 118, 120, 121, 174, 177, 179, 180, 181, 217.
at West Boston Hill, to discontinue on Sundays, 173.
bondsmen of, 119, 121, 126.
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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.
Constables, bondsmen of, committee to approve, 209.
committee to consider number necessary, 159.
committee to consider number necessary, report on, 160.
committee to pass on applicants for office of, 209.
extra, to suppress riots at West Boston, 173.
indictment against for mal-practice, 233.
list of, 86, 162, 166, 167, 209.
list of, Town clerk to publish, 164.
notification for town meeting not dis- tributed by, report on, 54.
notifications for town meeting not dis- tributed by, 52.
petition of, for cost of court for suit against William D. Allison, 64.
petition of, for cost of court for suit against William D. Allison, refused, 64.
poles for, 136, 148.
report on performance of duty by, 40.
request from grand jury for removal of, 233.
to assist private patrol, 39, 40.
to collect taxes, petition for appointment of, 176.
to preserve order at religious meetings, 100.
warrants for, 179, 180.
Constitution, town meeting to consider re- vision of, 165.
Contracts for completion of Northampton street, 218.
for fence on new mall, 139, 140.
for gravel, 198.
for new vegetable market, 217.
for oil for town lamps, 224, 225.
for plan of streets, 97.
for printing list of taxes, 237, 238.
for relaying abutment in Brighton street, to advertise for, 163.
on behalf of town not to be entered into by seleetmen, 185.
to build fence on new mall, 152.
to rebuild front of house in Hanover street, 251, 252.
Cook's court, petition to repave, town to pay part of expense, 72.
Coolidge, Charles D., 66.
Samuel F., 85.
Cooney, Benjamin, 249.
Copeland, Elisha, 65, 86, 162, 209. Joseph, 228.
134, 147.
Copp's Hill, objection to execution near, 34,35.
Cornhill, complaint against carts from country in, 93.
horses to be removed from carts standing in, 97. lamps in, 229.
sewer in, order of notice to proprietors of, 205. stone stump in, 120. court, lamps in, 229.
Corporations, Charles River Bridge, plank furnished by, 200.
Exchange Coffee House, purchase of land from, to widen Congress street, 127, 128.
Mill Pond, lots of land selected by town from, 225. Cotton, John, 197, 244. , 232. alley, sewer in, 151.
County tax of Township No. 5, Penobscot County, payment of requested, 92.
tax of Township No. 5, Penobscot County, payment of, 94.
County treasurer to unite with office of town treasurer, 180.
of Suffolk, loan to, from Franklin Fund, 187.
Court street, 6, 129.
street, lamps in, 229.
street, lowering of, 1, 3, 4, 5.
Courts, Common Pleas, jurors drawn for. 4, 52, 73, 104, 118, 130, 142, 171, 175, 185, 217, 231, 243.
Probate, judge of, petition for appoint- ment of guardian by, 4, 5, 41, 68, 74. 109, 120, 126, 140, 153, 164, 177, 175, 187, 225, 228, 238, 239.
Probate, judge of, petition to, for eare of Rebecca Parrot, 101.
Probate, precept from, 183.
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