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Terms of all expire April 1, 1925. Salary of each, $1,000.

CHRISTOPHER I. FITZGERALD, Chief Clerk. Salary, $3,700.

One Assessor is appointed each year by the Mayor for a term of three years from April 1, the Chairman of the Board of three members being designated by the Mayor. Deputy Assessors, not exceeding five, are likewise appointed for the term of three years.

The Assessors published annual tax lists from 1822 to 1866. Since 1866 the records of the department are almost entirely in manuscript. Annual reports have been made since 1890.

ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.

[Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, § 2; Stat. 1894, Chap. 276; Stat. 1901, Chap. 400; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 5, §1; Ord. 1901, Chap. 6; C. C., Title IV., Chap. 12, § 2; Stat. 1913, Chap. 484; Spec. Stat. 1918, Chap. 93; Stat. 1920, Chap. 96; Ord. 1920, Chap. 1.]

The Assistant Assessors are appointed from the Civil Service list by the Board of Assessors for an indeterminate period, subject to the approval of the Mayor, one for each assessment district or two when required. They receive a salary of $1,500 annually.

The 44 assessment districts, with Assistant Assessors assigned to same for year 1922, are as follows:

DIST. 1.

DIST. 2.

ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, 1922.

JOSEPH P. DEMPSEY.
LUCIAN J. PRIEST.
JOHN MARNO.

The whole of Ward 1 (East Boston). The whole of Ward 2 (East Boston). DIST. 3. The whole of Ward 3 (Charlestown). DIST. 4. The whole of Ward 4 (Charlestown). WILLIAM A. CRENEY. DIST. 5. That part of Ward 5 (North End) beginning at intersection of Cambridge St. (extended) and Charles River; thence by the latter to Charles River Dam; thence by middle lines of Leverett, Brighton, Lowell, Minot and Nashua Sts. to Causeway st. crossing John F. Lindsay Square to Merrimac St.; thence by middle lines of Merrimac and Chardon Sts., crossing Bowdoin Square to Cambridge St. and the point of beginning. THOMAS H. BOND.

DIST. 6. That part of Ward 5 (North End) beginning at intersection of Leverett St. and Charles River Dam; thence by Charles River to Warren Bridge and through Beverly, Causeway, Commercial and North Sts. to Dock Square, crossing latter and Adams Square to Washington St; thence by the middle lines of Washington, Hanover, Blackstone and Washington St. North, crossing Haymarket Square to Merrimac St. and John F. Lindsay Square to Causeway St.; thence through Causeway, Nashua, Minot, Lowell and Brighton Sts. to Leverett St. and the point of beginning. JACOB ROSENBERG.

DIST. 7. That part of Ward 5 (North End) beginning at intersection of Beacon and Bowdoin Sts; thence through Bowdoin and Cambridge Sts.; crossing Bowdoin Square to Chardon St.; thence through Chardon and Merrimac Sts. to Haymarket Square and crossing same to Blackstone St.; thence through Blackstone, Hanover, Washington, School and Beacon Sts. to point of beginning. MATTHEW BINNEY.

DIST. 8. That part of Ward 5 (North End) beginning at intersection of Beverly St. (extended) and Charles River; thence by the latter and Harbor Commissioners' line to Congress St.; thence by middle lines of Congress St., Atlantic Ave. and South Market St. to Merchants' Row; thence by southerly and westerly sides of Faneuil Hall Square and southerly side of Dock square to Exchange St.; thence by northerly side of Dock Square to North and through North, Commercial and Beverly Sts. to point of beginning. HARRY C. BYRNE.

DIST. 9. That part of Ward 5 (Boston Proper) beginning at intersection of Washington and Milk Sts., thence northerly through Washington St. and Adams, Dock and Faneuil Hall Squares (westerly side) to South Market St.; thence by middle lines of South Market St., Atlantic Ave. and Central St. to McKinley Square and through Milk St. to point of beginning. EDWIN R. SPINNEY.

DIST. 10. That part of Ward 5 (Boston Proper) beginning at intersection of Congress and Milk Sts.; thence by middle lines of Milk St., McKinley Square, Central St., Atlantic Ave., Congress and Milk Sts. to point of beginning. WILLIAM N. GOODWIN.

DIST. 11. That part of Ward 5 (Boston Proper) beginning at intersection of Franklin and Devonshire Sts.; thence by middle lines of Franklin and Congress Sts., Dorchester Ave., Summer St., Atlantic Ave., Beach, Kingston and Bedford Sts. to Church Green; thence crossing latter and Summer St. to Devonshire, thence to Franklin St. and point of beginning. FRED W. BURLEIGH.

DIST. 12. That part of Ward 5 (Boston Proper) beginning at intersection of Washington and Milk Sts.; thence by middle lines of Milk, Congress, Franklin, Devonshire and Summer Sts., Church Green, Bedford, Kingston, Essex and Washington Sts. to point of beginning. WARREN F. FREEMAN.

DIST. 13. That part of Ward 5 (Boston Proper) beginning at the intersection of Park and Beacon Sts.; thence by middle lines of Beacon, School, Washington and Essex Sts. to Harrison Ave.; thence by the latter,

Kneeland, Washington, Eliot, Tremont and Park Sts. to point of beginning. ALEXANDER P. BROWN.

DIST. 14. That part of Ward 5 beginning at the intersection of Tremont and Eliot Sts.; thence by middle lines of Eliot and Kneeland Sts., Harrison Ave., Essex, Kingston and Beach Sts., Atlantic Ave., Summer St., Dorchester Ave. and Broadway to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and Boston & Albany Railroad; thence by said railroads to Shawmut Ave. and through same, Tremont and Eliot Sts. to point of beginning. HENRY J. IRELAND.

DIST. 15. The whole of Ward 6 (South End). JOHN M. HAYES.

DIST. 16. That part of Ward 7 (Back Bay, East) beginning at intersection of Dalton St. (extended) and Boylston St., thence by the middle lines of Boylston and Arlington Sts. to the Boston & Albany Railroad; thence by said railroad to Tremont St. and by the middle lines of Tremont and Pembroke Sts., Warren and Columbus Aves. to West Rutland Square, crossing railroad and by the middle lines of Durham, St. Botolph and Cumberland Sts. to Huntington Ave.; thence by middle lines of latter, West Newton and Belvidere Sts. to Dalton and by same to point of beginning. EDWARD L. HOPKINS.

DIST. 17. That part of Ward 7 (Back Bay, East) beginning at intersection of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and Ruggles St., thence by middle line of latter across Huntington Ave., following ward line through Back Bay Fens, Boylston Road and Boylston St. to Dalton St. (extended); thence by middle lines of Dalton, Belvidere and West Newton Sts. to Huntington Ave.; thence by middle lines of latter, Cumberland, St. Botolph and Durham Sts., crossing railroad and thence through West Rutland Square, Columbus and Warren Aves., Pembroke, Tremont and Camden Sts. to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and by same to point of beginning. CHARLES A. MURPHY.

DIST. 18. That part of Ward 8 (Boston Proper) beginning at intersection of Charles and Cambridge Sts., thence by middle lines of Cambridge, Bowdoin, Beacon, Park and Tremont Sts. and Shawmut Ave. to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; thence by middle lines of said railroad, Arlington, Boylston and Charles Sts.; thence by middle lines of Beacon, Joy, Mount Vernon and Charles Sts. to the point of beginning. Augustus D. MCLENNAN.

DIST. 19. That part of Ward 8 (Back Bay and West End) beginning at intersection of Boylston St. and Massachusetts Ave., thence by latter to Commonwealth Ave. and through same to Exeter St. and Charles River; thence by latter to Cambridge St. (extended) and by middle lines of Cambridge, Charles, Mount Vernon, Joy, Beacon and again Charles, through Boylston St. and Massachusetts Ave. to point of beginning. JAMES I. MOORE.

DIST. 20. That part of Ward 8 (Back Bay) beginning at intersection of St. Mary's St. and the Brookline boundary line, thence westerly by Commonwealth Ave. and through Ashby St. to Charles River; thence by the river to Exeter St. (extended) and to Commonwealth Ave.; thence

by middle lines of Commonwealth and Massachusetts Aves., Boylston St., Boylston Road and the ward line to point of beginning. WILLIAM H. ALLEN.

DIST. 21. That part of Ward 9 (South Boston) beginning at intersection of Massachusetts Ave. and the Roxbury Canal; thence by latter and east side of Fort Point Channel to Dorchester Ave.; thence by latter, West First, F, West Second and Dorchester Sts. to West Broadway; thence by middle lines of latter, F, West Eighth and D Sts., Old Colony Ave. and Dorchester Ave. to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; thence by said railroad, Southampton St. and Massachusetts Ave. to point of beginning. THOMAS O. MCENANEY.

DIST. 22. That part of Ward 9 (South Boston) beginning at the intersection of Dorchester Ave. and the southerly side of Fort Point Channel; thence by the latter to the Harbor Commissioner's line and the ward line to East Broadway (extended); thence by middle lines of East Broadway, Dorchester, West Second, F and West First Sts. to Dorchester Ave. and point of beginning. ARTHUR W. SMITH.

DIST. 23. The whole of Ward 10 (South Boston). FREDERICK F. O'DOHERTY.

DIST. 24. The whole of Ward 11 (Dorchester, North). MICHAEL J. CARR.

DIST. 25. The whole of Ward 12 (Roxbury, East). WARD A. MARSH.
DIST. 26. The whole of Ward 13 (Roxbury, Centre). FREDERICK F.
SMITH.
DIST. 27.
DIST. 28.
BUTLER.

The whole of Ward 14 (Roxbury, West). JAMES P. Fox.
The whole of Ward 15 (Roxbury, Southwest). JOHN J.

DIST. 29. The whole of Ward 16 (Roxbury, South). ARTHUR C. QUINCY.

DIST. 30. The whole of Ward 17 (Dorchester, Northeast). JOHN H. HOUT.

DIST. 31. The whole of Ward 18 (Dorchester, North Centre). DANIEL A. DOWNEY.

DIST. 32. The whole of Ward 19 (Dorchester, Centre). CHARLES H. WARREN.

DIST. 33. The whole of Ward 20 (Dorchester-Neponset). JOHN J. DAILEY.

DIST. 34. That part of Ward 21 (Dorchester, South) beginning at the intersection of Norfolk and Babson Sts.; thence by middle lines of Babson, Walk Hill and Canterbury Sts., Blue Hill and Talbot Aves., Washington, Torrey, Wentworth and Norfolk Sts., to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Midland Div.); thence by said railroad and middle lines of Morton and Norfolk Sts. to point of beginning. TIMOTHY J. MURPHY.

DIST. 35. That part of Ward 21 (Dorchester, South) beginning at intersection of Babson and Norfolk Sts., thence by middle lines of Norfolk

and Morton Sts. to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Midland Div.); thence by said railroad and middle lines of Norfolk, Wentworth, Torrey and Washington Sts., Welles Ave., Ocean and Ashmont Sts. and Dorchester Ave., to south side of Dorchester Park; thence by latter, Mellish Road (extended), Mellish Road and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Milton Branch) to Granite Ave. and Neponset River; thence to Blue Hill Ave. and through same and Babson St. to point of beginning. G. FRED PIERCE.

DIST. 36. That part of Ward 22 (Jamaica Plain) beginning at the intersection of Allandale and Centre Sts.; thence by the middle line of Allandale St. to the Brookline line; thence northeasterly by the Brookline line to Chestnut St.; thence by the middle lines of Chestnut, Perkins, Centre and Boylston Sts. to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Providence Division); thence by said railroad to its intersection with Percy street; thence by the middle lines of Percy, Anson, and South Sts. to the Arborway; thence through the Arborway and Centre St. to Allandale St. and the point of beginning, being the northerly portion of Ward 22. MICHAEL J. BROPHY. DIST. 37. That part of Ward 22 (Jamaica Plain) beginning at the intersection of Allandale and Centre Sts., thence by the middle lines of Centre St., the Arborway, South, Anson and Percy Sts. to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Providence Div.); thence by said railroad to Boylston St. and through same, Washington St., Iffley Rd., Walnut Ave. and Seaver St. to Blue Hill Ave.; thence through same, Canterbury, Walk Hill and Bourne Sts. to Southbourne Rd. and Florence St. to Stony Brook; thence by the latter and through Whipple Ave., Washington and South Sts., crossing West Roxbury Branch, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, to intersection with Bussey St.; thence through Bussey, Walter and Centre Sts. to the point of beginning, being the southerly part of Ward 22. A. S. PARKER WEEKS.

DIST. 38. That part of Ward 23 (West Roxbury) beginning at the intersection of Centre St. and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (West Roxbury Branch); thence by said railroad to South St.; thence by the middle lines of South and Washington Sts. and Whipple Ave. to Stony Brook; thence by the middle line of Stony Brook to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Providence Division); thence by said railroad to the ward line; thence by the ward line to the westerly side of Stony Brook Reservation; thence by the latter to Washington St.; thence by the middle lines of Washington, Grove and Centre Sts. to the point of beginning. FRANK S. PRATT.

DIST. 39. That part of Ward 23 (West Roxbury) beginning at the westerly side of Stony Brook Reservation and the ward line; thence by said ward line and the boundary line between Boston and Dedham, Newton and Brookline to Allandale St.; thence by the middle lines of Allandale, Centre, Walter, Bussey and South Sts. to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (West Roxbury Branch); thence by said railroad to Centre St.; thence by the middle lines of Centre, Grove and Washington

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