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SECT. 5. Any person, association or corporation who shall engage in the business of an itinerant vendor, as herein defined, without having secured a license for that purpose as provided in this ordinance, or neglects or refuses to file the statement described in section one of this ordinance, or makes a false or fraudulent representation in said statement, or who, having secured such license, shall thereafter fail to pay the sum required herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of twenty dollars for each day during which such goods, wares or merchandise are kept or exposed for sale. [Approved by Mayor, September 22, 1920.

CHAPTER 12.

CONCERNING THE INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS.

Chapter thirty-six of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended by striking out section four in said chapter, and inserting in place thereof the following:

Section 4. The treasurer, unless the donors have otherwise directed, shall receive all properties given, devised or bequeathed to, or deposited with, the city for any specific purpose, and shall use the same, or the income thereof, as designated in the gift, devise, bequest or deposit. If the income only is to be used, he shall hold the properties as permanent funds. He shall invest and keep invested the said permanent funds in bonds, notes or scrip of the United States or of the commonwealth or of any city or town within the commonwealth, or in mortgage notes secured in each case by a first mortgage on real estate used for human habitation and not in excess of fifty per cent of the assessed valuation of such real estate. For the purpose of investment and reinvestment he shall have power from time to time in his discretion to sell or exchange any of the securities of which any of the said permanent funds consist, but all purchases, exchanges and sales shall be with the written approval of the mayor.

[Approved by Mayor, October 27, 1920.

CHAPTER 13.

CONSOLIDATING THE CEMETERY DEPARTMENT WITH. THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND CHANGING THE NAME OF THE LATTER DEPARTMENT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 1. The name of the park and recreation department is hereby changed to the park department and the title of the commissioners of the park and recreation department is hereby changed to that of park commissioners.

SECT. 2. The cemetery department is hereby consolidated with the park department and placed under the charge of the park commissioners.

SECT. 3. The park commissioners shall exercise the powers and perform the duties now provided by statute or ordinance to be exercised and performed by the trustees of the cemetery department and by the park and recreation commissioners.

SECT. 4. The park commissioners shall create a division to be known as the cemetery division of the park department.

SECT. 5. Chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended in section three by striking out in the ninth line thereof the words "the cemetery department secretary, five thousand dollars" and by striking out in the twelfth line thereof the words "and recreation,” so that said clause shall read "the park department secretary, three thousand dollars." Said chapter three is further amended in section five by striking out the words "The park and recreation commissioners, the chairman five thousand dollars and the deputy commissioner not more than forty-two hundred dollars" and by inserting in place thereof a new clause, as follows: "The park commissioners, the chairman seven thousand dollars, and deputy commissioner not more than forty-two hundred dollars."

SECT. 6. Chapter two of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended in section one by striking out in the second paragraph thereof the words "one park and recreation commissioner," and by inserting in place thereof the words "one park commissioner" and by striking out in the seventh paragraph thereof the words "one cemetery trustee."

SECT. 7. Chapter twenty-four of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended by striking out the title thereof and inserting in its place the following: "Park department" and by striking out in the first line of section one the words "and recreation." Section one is further amended by striking out in the seventh line thereof of the word "five" and inserting in its place the word "seven." Section two of said chapter twenty-four is hereby amended by striking out the word "and" in the fifth line thereof and inserting in its place a comma, and by adding at the end of said section the words "and the trustees of the cemetery department."

SECT. 8. Chapter nine of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended by striking out the title thereof and inserting in its place the following: "Cemetery division of the park department" and by striking out section one and inserting in its place the following new section:

"Section 1. The cemetery division of the park department shall be under the charge of the board of park commissioners who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided by statute for the cemetery department."

SECT. 9. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved by Mayor, November 10, 1920.

ENACTED IN THE MUNICIPAL YEAR, 1921-22.

CHAPTER 1.

CONCERNING THE SALARIES OF THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER, AUDITOR, COLLECTOR, Treasurer, and SupERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended by striking out in the clause establishing the salary of the building commissioner the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the word "six"; by striking out in the clause establishing the salary of the auditor the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the word "seven"; by striking out in the clause establishing the salary of the collector the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the word "six"; by striking out in the clause establishing the salary of the treasurer the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the word "six"; and by striking out in the clause establishing the salary of the superintendent of public buildings the word "thirtysix" and inserting in place thereof the word "forty-five."

[Approved by Mayor, April 21, 1921.

CHAPTER 2.

CONCERNING THE BONDING OF SUBORDINATES IN THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENT.

Section one of chapter thirty-six of the Revised Ordinances of 1914 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "each" in the ninth line, the words "and from all other permanent employees not less than five thousand dollars," so that said section one, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. The treasury department shall be under the charge of the city treasurer, who shall require from his subordinates, for the faithful performance of their respective duties and for the safe custody of the money and other property intrusted to them, bonds to himself as obligee, with sureties satisfactory to the mayor, with penal sums as follows, namely, from the cashier, not less than twenty thousand dollars; from the tellers and paymasters, not less than ten thousand dollars each; and from all other permanent employees not less than five thousand dollars; shall receive, receipt for, and have the care and custody of, the current funds of the city from the time the same shall come into his possession, and also of all money, property, and securities which may come into his possession by virtue of any statute or ordinance, or as a gift, devise, bequest, or deposit; may deposit any portion of such current funds in such national bank or banks established in Boston, or such trust company or companies organized under the laws of Massachusetts and doing a banking business in Boston, and on such conditions and rates of interest, as he shall deem best, subject to the approval of the mayor, provided, however, that the amount of such

deposit in any bank or trust company shall not exceed fifty per cent of its paid up capital; shall, with the mayor and city auditor, sign all bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued by the city, shall preserve all bids for loans and papers relating thereto; and shall, if elected, serve as treasurer of the board of sinking funds commissioners.

[Approved by Mayor, April 21, 1921.

CHAPTER 3.

CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF REFUSE.

Section one of chapter twenty-eight of the Revised Ordinances of 1914, as amended by chapter three of the Ordinances of 1916 and chapter two of the Ordinances of 1917, is hereby further amended by striking out in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth lines the words "grass, garden refuse, leaves," so that the said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works shall be under the charge of the commissioner of public works, who shall be a civil engineer of recognized standing in his profession; shall construct all streets and sewers; shall have discretionary power as to the grades, materials and other particulars of construction of streets, sidewalks and sewers; shall have charge of and keep clean and in good condition and repair the streets, all sewer systems under the control of the city and the catch-basins in the streets connected with the sewers; shall keep the streets properly watered; shall remove and dispose of, at the expense of the public works department, all refuse from buildings occupied by the city except those under the control of the school committee; shall remove and dispose of the following classes of refuse from dwelling houses and from housekeeping apartments or tenements, when it is placed in yards or areas so as to be easily removed, free of charge to the producers of such refuse and to the owners and occupants of such dwelling houses, apartments and tenements, viz., swill and kitchen garbage, dust and sweepings, ashes from fires used wholly or principally for heating or cooking, waste paper, cardboard, string, packing materials, sticks, rags, waste leather and rubber, boxes, barrels, broken furniture and other similar light or combustible refuse; tins, bottles, jars, broken glass, broken crockery, bones, shells, waste or broken metals and all other similar heavy or incombustible refuse. But the department shall not be required to take any such refuse from hotels, apartment hotels, restaurants, shops, stores, or from any other building whatever except those first herein before enumerated and except buildings occupied by the city. The department shall not so take the refuse of manufacturing or mercantile business, or dead animals, manure, plaster, building materials, earth or stones except from premises occupied by the city, but the department may take and dispose of any refuse upon payment by the producer thereof to the city of such compensation as the commissioner shall from time to time prescribe. The commissioner shall, on the fifteenth day of each month, send to the city auditor detailed bills of all material, tools and

machinery furnished by either of the divisions of the department to any other division or for any special work.

[Approved by Mayor, April 27, 1921.

CHAPTER 4.

CONCERNING THE SALARY OF THE BUDGET COMMISSIONER.

Section five of chapter three of the Revised Ordinances of 1914, as amended by chapter three of the Ordinances of 1917, is hereby amended in the clause establishing the salary of the budget commissioner by striking out the words "five thousand" and inserting in place thereof the words "six thousand." [Approved by Mayor, May 4, 1921.

CHAPTER 5.

CONCERNING THE CONTROL OF BUILDING OPERATIONS.

Chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinances of 1914, as amended by chapter 10 of the Ordinances of 1920, is hereby further amended by striking out section 5, and inserting in place thereof the following:

SECTION 5. All work of construction, alteration, removal or tearing down of buildings or structures in the city of Boston shall, hereafter, be under the charge, control and personal supervision of a licensed mechanic, qualified by education, training or experience for the performance of that duty in a manner which shall preserve public safety and conform to the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations relating to the construction, alteration, removal or tearing down of buildings and structures in the city of Boston. [Approved by Mayor, October 5, 1921.

CHAPTER 6.

CONCERNING THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF JITNEYS. SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of operating a motor vehicle or motor vehicles, except trackless trolley vehicles, so called, upon any public street or way in the city of Boston for the carriage of passengers for hire in such manner as to afford a means of transportation similar to that afforded by a street railway, without first obtaining from the city council a license to engage in such business, and unless such license is in force according to the provisions of and subject to this ordinance. Such license shall remain in force until revoked by order of the city council. The fee for such license shall be five dollars. Wherever the word "licensee" is used in this ordinance it shall mean the person, firm, or corporation licensed under this section.

SECT. 2. No licensee shall so operate any such motor vehicle except between such termini and over such route and with such stopping places as shall be specified by the city council in the license granted under the

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