tion of the 1821, c. 110, § 12. SECT. 45. The mayor of the city, chosen and Compensaqualified as hereinbefore provided, shall be taken mayor. and deemed to be the chief executive officer of said corporation; and he shall be compensated for his services by a salary, to be fixed by the board 1854, c. 448. of aldermen and common council in convention assembled, payable at stated periods, which salary shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars annually, and he shall receive no other compensation or emolument whatever; and no regulations enlarging or diminishing such compensation shall be made, to take effect until the expiration of the year for which the mayor then in office shall have been elected; and said salary, when fixed, shall continue until changed by the city council as aforesaid. and duties. § 12. SECT. 46. It shall be the duty of the mayor to His powers be vigilant and active at all times in causing the 1821, c. 110, laws for the government of said city to be duly 5 Gray, 121, executed and put in force, to inspect the conduct 98 Mass. 39. of all subordinate officers in the government thereof, and, as far as may be in his power, to cause all negligence, carelessness, and positive violation of duty, to be duly prosecuted and punished. He shall have power, whenever in his judgment the good of said city may require it, to summon meetings of the board of aldermen and common council, or either of them, although the meetings of said boards may stand adjourned to a more and made this section of the charter inoperative. See sts. 1857, c. 311; 1866, c. 103. Veto power of the mayor. distant day, and shall cause suitable notice in writing of such meetings to be given to the respective members of said boards. And he shall from time to time communicate to both branches of the city council all such information, and recommend all such measures, as may tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, cleanliness, comfort, and ornament of the said city. SECT. 47. Every ordinance, order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the board of aldermen and of the common council may be necessary (except on a question of convention of the two branches), and every order of either branch, involving the expenditure of money, shall be presented to the mayor; if he approve thereof, he shall signify his approbation by signing the same; but, if not, he shall return the same, with his objections, to the branch in which it originated, who shall enter the objections of the mayor at large on their records, and proceed to reconsider said ordinance, order, resolution, or vote; and if, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the board of aldermen or common council, notwithstanding such objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together with the objections, be sent to the other branch of the city council (if it originally required concurrent action), where it shall also be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present, it shall be in force; but in all cases the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays; and if such ordinance, order, resolution, or vote shall not be returned by the mayor within ten days after it shall have been presented, the same shall be in force. But the veto power of the mayor shall not extend to the election of officers required by any law or ordinance, to be chosen by the city council in convention or by concurrent action, unless expressly so provided therein. ject. SECT. 48. In all cases where anything is or Same submay be required or authorized by any law or ordinance to be done by the mayor and aldermen, the board of aldermen shall first act thereon; and any order, resolution, or vote of said board shall be presented to the mayor for his approval, and the same proceedings shall be had as are provided in the preceding section. Mayor to sent of 1821, c. 110, cc. 94, 162. Power of Vacancy in SECT. 49. In all cases wherein appointments appoint offito office are directed to be made by the mayor and cers by conaldermen, they shall be made by the mayor, by aldermen. and with the advice and consent of the aldermen, § 21. 1851, and such officers may be removed by the mayor. SECT. 50. In the case of the decease, inability, removal. absence, or resignation of the mayor, and whenever there is a vacancy in the office from cause, and the same being declared, and a vote § 5. passed by the aldermen and common council respectively, declaring such cause, and the expediency of electing a mayor for the time being to supply the vacancy thus occasioned, the board of aldermen shall issue their warrants in due form, for the election of a mayor, and the same proceed any Accountability of all officers for public money. 1821, c. 110, § 20. ings shall be had as are hereinbefore provided for the choice of a mayor. SECT. 51. All boards and officers acting under boards and the authority of the said corporation, and entrusted with the expenditure of public money, shall be accountable therefor to the city council, in such manner as they may direct; and it shall be the duty of the city council to publish and distribute annually, for the information of the citizens, a particular statement of the receipts and statement. expenditures of all public moneys, and a particular statement of all city property. Annual financial Election of the poor. § 19; 1849, c. 211. Annulled by [SECT. 52. The qualified voters of each ward overseers of shall, at the annual meeting, be called upon to 1821, c. 110, give in their votes for one able and discreet person, being an inhabitant of the ward, to be an act of 1884. Overseer of the poor, and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had as are before directed in the election of members of the common council. Their pow. And the persons thus chosen shall, together, constitute the board of overseers for said city, and shall continue to have all the powers, and be subject to all the duties, now by law appertaining to the overseers of the poor of the city of Boston, until the same shall be altered or qualified by the legislature.] ers and du ties. 22 Pick. The school committee. 1835, c. 128, § 1. 1851, c. 309. [SECT. 53. The school committee shall consist of the mayor of the city, the president of the common council, and of the persons hereinafter mentioned. A majority of the persons duly elected shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and at all meetings of the board, the mayor, if present, shall preside.'] [SECT. 54. At the annual election next after the passage of this act, the qualified voters of each ward shall be called upon to give in their ballots for six inhabitants of the ward to be members of the school committee; and the two persons who receive the highest number of votes, or, in case more than two receive an equal number of votes, the two persons who are senior by age, shall hold their office for three years from the second Monday in January next ensuing, and the next two persons who receive the highest number of votes, or who are senior by age in the contingency aforesaid, shall hold their office for two years from said date; and the two other persons shall hold their office for one year from said date; and, at every subsequent annual election, two persons shall be chosen in each ward, to be members of the school committee for the term of three years.2] Same sub ject. tion of mittee. SECT. 55. The persons so chosen as members Organizaof the school committee shall meet and organize school comon the second Monday of January, at such hour as the mayor may appoint. They may choose a secretary and such subordinate officers as they Secretary may deem expedient, and shall define their duties dinate offand fix their respective salaries. 1 Modified by chap. 241 of the acts of 1875. 2 Modified by chap. 241 of the acts of 1875. and subor cers. |