AUTHORIZATION. Revised Ordinances 1898, Chapter 37. Ordinances 1923, Chapter 11. SECTION 1. The statistics department shall be under the charge of a board of five trustees, who shall collect, compile and publish such statistics relating to the city of Boston and such statistics of other cities for the purposes of comparison as they may deem of public importance. The board shall collect, compile and furnish such other statistical information as may be required from time to time by the mayor or by the city council. The chairman of the board shall be designated by the mayor. CITY OF BOSTON. IN CITY COUNCIL. Ordered, That the Superintendent of Printing be hereby authorized to print an edition of twenty-five hundred copies, bound in cloth, of "The Municipal Year Book for 1923-24," and that the expense of the same be charged to the appropriation for City Documents. Further Ordered, That this edition shall be distributed under the direction of the Statistics Department, and that any income received through such distribution be credited to the appropriation mentioned above. In City Council September 29, 1924. Passed. Attest: W. J. DOYLE, Assistant City Clerk. Gitt Boston Pub Luliary 9-3-27 THE CITY OF BOSTON, STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, September 15, 1924. To the Mayor and City Council: In accordance with the provisions of chapter 11 of the Ordinances of 1923, we have the honor of transmitting the first Year Book, for 1923-1924. WILLIAM T. SEEGER, Secretary. JAMES P. BALFE, Chairman. ROBERT DYSART. FRANCIS PEABODY. |