GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, 1922. JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor. Residence, Jamaica way, Jamaica Plain. CITY COUNCIL. [Stat. 1909, Chap. 486; Stat. 1912, Chap. 574; Stat. 1914, Chaps. 630, 730; Spec. Stat. 1916, Chap. 269; Spec. Stat. 1917, Chap. 196.] JAMES T. MORIARTY, 280 Dorchester St., South Boston. TERM ENDS IN FEBRUARY, 1923. DAVID J. BRICKLEY, 299 Temple Street, West Roxbury. NOTE. The municipal year begins on the first Monday in February; the financial year, February 1. [Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, §30; Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, §2; Stat. 1901, Chap. 332; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 11; C. C., Title IV., Chap. 8; Stat. 1909, Chap. 486; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 11.] Clerk, ex officio. JAMES DONOVAN, 71 Emerald Street. Assistant Clerk, ex officio. WILFRED J. DOYLE, 81 Wellington Hill Street, Dorchester. Regular meetings in Council Chamber, City Hall, fourth floor, Mondays at 2 P. M. OFFICIALS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY MESSENGER. Office, City Hall, Room 55, fourth floor. EDWARD J. LEARY. Salary, $3,800. The City Messenger attends all meetings of the City Council and committees thereof, and has the care and distribution of all documents printed for the use of the City Council, also the regular department reports. He has charge of the City flagstaffs, the display of flags in the public grounds, and the roping off of streets and squares on public occasions. The Clerk of Committees acts as the clerk of all committees of the City Council, keeps the records of their meetings, and has charge of the City Hall Reference Library. SECRETARY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. FRANK X. CHISHOLM. Salary, $2,600. The Secretary of the City Council is also Assistant Clerk of Committees, and performs the duties of the Clerk in the latter's absence or in case of vacancy of his position. OFFICIAL REPORTER OF PROCEEDINGS. EDWARD W. HARNDEN. Salary, $3,500. COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL,* STANDING COMMITTEES. APPROPRIATIONS.- All the members, Councillor Moriarty, Chairman. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.- All the members, Councillor Ford, Chairman. FINANCE. All the members, Councillor Lane, Chairman. ORDINANCES. All the members, Councillor Hagan, Chairman. BRANCH LIBRARIES.- Coun. Gilbody, Donoghue, Moriarty, Walsh, Ford. COUNTY ACCOUNTS.- Coun. Ford, Moriarty, Walsh, Watson, Hagan. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. RULES.- Coun. Donoghue, Moriarty, Lane. UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE.- Coun. Moriarty, Walsh. JITNEYS.-Coun. Ford, Gilbody, Lane, Walsh, Moriarty. Appointed by President of City Council and announced at meeting on February 20, Of the 13 committees following the first four, the member first named is Chairman. 1922. RULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.* DAY OF MEETING. RULE 1. Unless otherwise ordered from time to time the regular meeting of the city council shall be held on every Monday at two o'clock p. m. Special meetings may be called by the president at his discretion, and by the city clerk for the purpose only of drawing jurors. PRESIDENT. RULE 2. The president of the council shall take the chair at the hour to which the council shall have adjourned and shall call the members to order, and, a quorum being present, shall proceed with the regular order of business. In the absence of the president the senior member by age present shall preside as temporary president or until a presiding officer is chosen. RULE 3. The president shall preserve decorum and order, may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal. Any member may appeal from the decision of the chair, and, when properly seconded, no other business, except a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table, shall be in order until the question on appeal has been decided. The question shall be put as follows: "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the council?" The vote shall be by a roll call, and it shall be decided in the affirmative unless a majority of the votes are to the contrary. RULE 4. The president shall propound all motions in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion shall be previous in its nature, except that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and the longest time shall be put first. RULE 5. The president shall, at the request of any member, make a division of a question when the sense will admit. RULE 6. The president shall, without debate, decide all questions relating to priority of business to be acted upon. RULE 7. The president shall declare all votes; but if any member doubts a vote, the president shall cause a rising vote to be taken, and, when any member so requests, shall cause the vote to be taken or verified by yeas and nays. RULE 8. The president shall appoint all committees, fill all vacancies therein, and designate the rank of the members thereof. At the first meeting of the City Council on February 6, 1922, the rules of the City Council of 1921 were adopted as the rules of the City Council of 1922. |