NEW ALDERMANIC DISTRICTS. By Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1899, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston is to consist of thirteen aldermen elected in eleven aldermanic districts. Sections 1 and 2 of the Act show how the dis tricts are composed and how the aldermen are to be elected therein, as follows : -- “SECTION 1. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston shall consist of thirteen aldermen, and the city is hereby divided into eleven aldermanic districts. The districts shall be composed, and the aldermen shall be elected therein as follows: “The first aldermanic district shall consist of wards one and two, and One alderman shall be elected therein. “The second aldermanic district shall consist of wards three, four and five, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The third aldermanic district shall consist of wards six and eight, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The fourth aldermanic district shall consist of wards seven, nine and thirteen, and two aldermen shall be elected therein. “The fifth aldermanic district shall consist of wards ten and nineteen, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The sixth aldermanic district shall consist of wards eleven and twenty-five, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The seventh aldermanic district shall consist of wards twelve and eighteen, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The eighth aldermanic district shall consist of wards fourteen and fifteen, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The ninth aldermanic district shall consist of wards sixteen, twenty and twenty-four, and two aldermen shall be elected therein. “The tenth aldermanic district shall consist of wards seventeen and twenty-one, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “The eleventh aldermanic district shall consist of wards twenty-two and twenty-three, and one alderman shall be elected therein. “SECTION 2. The qualified voters of each district at every annual municipal election shall give in their ballots for qualified voters of the district, for aldermen, to the number to be elected therein as hereinbefore specified, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of such ballots shall be elected alderman, except that in the fourth district and in the ninth district the person receiving the greatest number of such ballots, and the person receiving the next greatest number of such ballots, shall be elected aldermen.” WARDS. New wards were established for the city in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the first division into new wards since the year 1875.1 An attempt was made by the City Council to make a new division of wards in the year 1885, and an ordinance to that effect was prepared by a special committee appointed for the purpose and passed by the City Council, and approved by the Mayor.” Certain questions were raised, however, in the General Court of 1886, relative to establishing State, senatorial and representative districts, and as to whether such districts should be established according to the territorial boundaries of cities and towns and their wards as they existed on the first day of May, 1885, or whether new ward lines, as in the case of the city of Boston, should be followed. On May 21, 1886, the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court was asked by the Legislature on this matter, and they decided that the district divisions referred to must be made according to territorial and other boundaries existing on the first day of May, 1885, and that the new ward divisions were illegal.” On account of this opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, an act was passed by the Legislature in June, 1886,4 which provided that the several wards, precincts, and assessment districts of the several cities of the Commonwealth, existing May 1, 1885, should be established as the wards, precincts, and assessment districts of said cities, any acts or ordinances of the city councils of said cities to the contrary notwithstanding. The new division of wards was thus set aside and the ward lines established in 1875 remained in effect until they were changed in 1895, and established under the provisions of Chap. 417, of the Acts of 1893, as follows: WARD ONE. Beginning at the intersection of the Harbor Commissioners' line and the division line dividing the property of the Alonzo Crosby heirs and Richard F. Green; thence by the Harbor Commissioners’ line to the 1 An ordinance providing for a new division of the city into wards, passed Nov. 16, 1857. An ordinance to make Breed’s Island, so-called, part of Ward 1, passed Dec. 4, 1875. By Chap. 242, of the Acts of 1876, the City Council were directed to divide Ward Twenty-two into two wards to be called Wards 22 and 25. The division was accordingly made by an ordinance passed May 27, 1876. 2 An ordinance making a new division of the city into wards, passed Dec. 23, 1885. [Doc. 174 of 1885.] 3 Mass. Reports, vol. 142, p. 601. 4 An act to establish wards, precincts and assessment districts in the cities of the Commonwealth, Chap. 283, Acts of 1886. boundary line between Boston and Chelsea and the boundary line between Boston and Revere and the boundary line between Boston and Winthrop to the shore line of Boston; thence by said line to Front street; thence through the centre of Front street to Marion street; thence through the centre of Marion street to Bennington street; thence through the centre of Bennington street to Central square; thence across Central square to Border street; thence through the centre of Border street to the dividing line between the property of the Alonzo Crosby heirs and Richard F. Green; thence by said line to the point of beginning. WARD TWO. Beginning at the intersection of the Harbor Commissioners’ line and the division line dividing the property of the Alonzo Crosby heirs and Richard F. Green; thence by said line to Border street; thence through the centre of Border street to Central square; thence across Central square to Bennington street; thence through the centre of Bennington street to Marion street; thence through the centre of Marion street to Front street; thence through the centre of Front street to Porter street; thence through the centre of Porter street to the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad; thence through the centre of the location of said railroad to the shore line; thence by the shore line to the Harbor Commissioners’ line; thence by the Harbor Commissioners' line to the point of beginning. The islands in Boston harbor are included in Ward Two. WARD THREE. Beginning at the intersection of High and Pearl streets in that part of the city known as Charlestown; thence by the centre of Pearl street to Medford street; thence by the centre of Medford street to the easterly line of Brooks' wharf; thence by said line extended to the boundary line in the Mystic river between Boston and Everett; thence along said boundary line and the line of the boundary between Boston and Chelsea to the easterly side of Chelsea bridge; thence by the water to the south-westerly boundary line of the Navy Yard; thence by the south-westerly boundary line of the Navy. Yard to Chelsea street; thence across Chelsea and Adams streets to Mt. Vernon street; thence through the centre of Mt. Vernon street to Mt. Vernon avenue; thence through the centre of Mt. Vernon avenue and Chestnut street to the street on the easterly side of Monument square; thence through the centre of said last described street to the street on the southerly side of Monument square; thenge through the centre of said last described street and the centre of High street to the point of beginning. WARD FOUR. Beginning at the intersection of Lincoln street extended and the boundary line between Boston and Somerville; thence by said boundary line to the boundary line between Boston and Everett; thence by said / boundary line to the extension of the easterly line of Brooks’ wharf; thence by said line to Medford street; thence through the centre of Medford street to Pearl street; thence through the centre of Pearl street to High street; thence through the centre of High street to Walker street; thence through the centre of Walker street to Main street; thence through the centre of Main street to Lincoln street; thence through the centre of Lincoln street and Lincoln street extended to the point of beginning. WARD FIVE. Beginning at the intersection of Lincoln street extended and the boundary line between Boston and Somerville; thence through the centre of Lincoln street extended and Lincoln street to Main street; thence through the centre of Main street to Walker street; thence through the centre of Walker street to High street; thence through the centre of High street and the street on the southerly side of Monument square to the street on the easterly side of Monument square; thence through the centre of said street to Chestnut street; thence through the centre of Chestnut street and Mt. Vernon avenue to Mt. Vernon street; thence through the centre of Mt. Vernon street to Adams street; thence across Adams and Chelsea streets to the south-westerly boundary line of the Navy Yard; thence by said boundary line to the water; thence by the water to the boundary line between Boston and Cambridge; thence by said boundary line and the boundary line between Boston and Somerville to the point of beginning. WARD SIX. Beginning at the intersection of Beacon street and Bowdoin street; thence through the centre of Bowdoin street to Cambridge street; thence through the centre of Cambridge street to Bowdoin square; thence across Bowdoin square to Chardon street; thence through the centre of Chardon street to Portland street; thence through the centre of Portland street to Travers street; thence through the centre of Travers street to Charlestown street; thence through the centre of Charlestown street to Causeway street; thence through the centre of Causeway street to Prince street; thence through the centre of Prince street to Charles-river bridge; thence through the centre of Charlesriver bridge to the water; thence by the water and Harbor Commissioners’ line to the southerly side of Long wharf; thence by said line to Atlantic avenue; thence through the centre of Atlantic avenue to Central street; thence through the centre of Central street to India street; thence through the centre of India street to Milk street; thence through the centre of Milk street to Washington street; thence through the centre of Washington street to School street; thence through the centre of School street and Beacon Street to point of beginning. WARD SEVEN. Beginning at the intersection of Charles street and Beacon street; thence through the centre of Beacon street and School street to Washington street; thence through the centre of Washington street to Milk street; thence through the centre of Milk street to India street; thence through the centre of India street to Central street; thence through the centre of Central street to Atlantic avenue; thence through the centre of Atlantic avenue to the southerly side of Long wharf; thence by said line to Harbor Commissioners' line; thence by Harbor Commissioners' line and the centre of Fort Point channel to Broadway; thence through the centre of Broadway to Way street; thence through the centre of Way street to Harrison avenue; thence through the centre of Harrison avenue to Mott street; thence through the centre of Mott street and Castle street to Tremont street; thence through the centre of Tremont street to Pleasant street; thence through the centre of Pleasant street to Columbus avenue; thence through the centre of Columbus avenue to Park square; thence across Park square to Charles street; thence through the centre of Charles street to the point of beginning. WARD EIGHT. Beginning at the intersection of Beacon street and Joy street; thence through the centre of Joy street to Cambridge street; thence through the centre of Cambridge street and West Boston bridge to the centre of Charles river; thence through the centre of Charles river to Charlesriver bridge; thence through the centre of Charles-river bridge to Prince street; thence through the centre of Prince street to Causeway street; thence through the centre of Causeway street to Charlestown street; thence through the centre of Charlestown street to Travers street; thence through the centre of Travers street to Portland street; thence through the centre of Portland street to Chardon street; thence through the centre of Chardon street to Bowdoin square; thence across Bowdoin square to Cambridge street; thence through the centre of Cambridge street to Bowdoin street; thence through the centre of Bowdoin street to Beacon street; thence through the centre of Beacon street to the point of beginning. WARD NINE. Beginning at the intersection of West Dedham and Tremont streets; thence through the centre of Tremont street to Castle street; thence through the centre of Castle street and Mott street to Harrison avenue; thence through the centre of Harrison avenue to Way street; thence through the centre of Way street to Broadway; thence through the centre of Broadway to Fort Point channel; thence by Fort Point channel to the southerly side of Dover-street bridge; thence by the southerly side of Dover-street bridge to the Harbor Commissioners' line on the easterly side of Fort Point channel; thence by |