SECTION 9. If a majority of the votes cast under the provisions of the preceding section are in favor of the first plan, then sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall take effect subject to section twenty-one, and sections fourteen to sixteen, inclusive, shall be inoperative. SECTION 10. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight and inserting in place thereof the following:- Section 48. For the purpose of electing city councillors, the city of Boston is hereby divided into the five following boroughs, each comprising the territory within the wards as constituted on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, which are hereinafter assigned to it: First borough, Wards one, two, three, four, five, nine and ten. Second borough, Wards six, seven, eight, twenty-five and twenty-six. Third borough, Wards eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and seventeen. Fourth borough, Wards eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one and twenty-four. Fifth borough, Wards fifteen, sixteen, twenty-two and twenty-three. Beginning with the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, there shall be elected at each regular municipal election by and from the registered voters of each borough three councillors to serve for two years from the first Monday in January following their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. SECTION 11. Section fifty of said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "member" in the seventh line down to and including the word "term" in the fourteenth line, and inserting in place thereof the following:- during the first eighteen months of his term, order a special election in his borough to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term, so as to read as follows:- Section 50. The city council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members; shall elect from its members by a vote of a majority of all the members a president who when present shall preside at the meetings thereof; shall from time to time establish rules for its proceedings, and shall, when a vacancy occurs in the office of any member during the first eighteen months of his term, order a special election in his borough to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. The member eldest in years shall preside until the president is chosen, and in case of the absence of the president, until a presiding officer is chosen. SECTION 12. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as amended in section fifty-three by section four of chapter seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and by chapter thirty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out said section fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the following:- Section 53. Any registered voter who is qualified to vote for a candidate for any municipal elective office in such city may be a candidate for nomination thereto, and his name as such candidate shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at the municipal election; provided, that at or before five o'clock P.M. of the twenty-first day prior to such election nomination papers prepared and issued by the election commissioners, signed in person for the nomination for mayor by at least three thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election, signed in person for the nomination for school committee by at least two thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election and signed in person for the nomination for city councillor by at least five hundred registered voters in the borough, for which said nomination is sought, qualified to vote for such candidate at said election shall be filed with said election commissioners and the signatures on the same to the number required to make the nomination subsequently certified by the election commissioners as hereinafter provided. Said nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. CITY OF BOSTON. NOMINATION PAPER. The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Boston, qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candidate to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of Boston on November 19 NAME OF CANDIDATE. (Give first or middle name in full.) Office for which Residence. Street and number if any. SIGNATURES AND RESIDENCE OF NOMINATORS. We certify that we have not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this office than there are persons to be elected thereto. In case of the death, withdrawal or incapacity of the above nominee, after written acceptance filed with the board of election commissioners, we authorize (names of a committee of not less than five persons) or a majority thereof as our representatives to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law. SIGNATURES OF (To be made in Person.) Residence, Borough. Ward. Precinct. Present Residence ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION. I accept the above nomination. Signature of Nominee. I (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political committee or the person who circulated this paper, as the case may be) do hereby make oath that the persons whose names appear on this paper as nominators signed the same in person. Then personally appeared who, I am satisfied, is (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political committee, or the person who circulated this paper, as the case may be) and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true, and that his voting residence is Before me, Notary Public or Justice of the Peace. The affidavit above set forth shall be sworn to before any officer qualified to administer oaths. SECTION 13. If a majority of the votes cast under the provisions of section eight are in favor of the second or alternative plan, then sections fourteen to sixteen, inclusive, shall take effect subject to section twenty-one and sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall be inoperative. SECTION 14. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight and inserting in place thereof the following:- Section 48. Beginning with the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, there shall be elected at each regular municipal election by and from the registered voters of each ward one councillor to serve for two years from the first Monday in January following his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. SECTION 15. Section fifty of said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "member" in the seventh line down to and including the word "term" in the fourteenth line and inserting in place thereof the following: - during the first eighteen months of his term, order a special election in his ward to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term, so as to read as follows:- Section 50. The city council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members; shall elect from its members by a vote of a majority of all the members a president who when present shall preside at the meetings thereof; shall from time to time establish rules for its proceedings, and shall, when a vacancy occurs in the office of any member during the first eighteen months of his term, order a special election in his ward to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. The member eldest in years shall preside until the president is chosen, and in case of the absence of the president, until a presiding officer is chosen. SECTION 16. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as amended in section fifty-three by section four of chapter seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and by chapter thirty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out said section fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the following:- Section 53. Any registered voter who is qualified to vote for a candidate for any municipal elective office in such city may be a candidate for nomination thereto, and his name as such candidate shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at the municipal election; provided, that at or before five o'clock P.M. of the twenty-first day prior to such election nomination papers prepared and issued by the election commissioners, signed in person for the nomination for mayor by at least three thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election, signed in person for the nomination for school committee by at least two thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election and signed in person for the nomination for city councillor by at least one hundred registered voters in the ward, for which said nomination is sought, qualified to vote for such candidate at said election shall be filed with said election commissioners and the signatures on the same to the number required to make the nomination subsequently certified by the election commissioners as hereinafter provided. Said nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CITY OF BOSTON NOMINATION PAPER. The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Boston, qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candidate to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of Boston on November 19 . NAME OF CANDIDATE. Office for which Residence. Street and Number if any. SIGNATURES AND RESIDENCES OF NOMINATORS. We certify that we have not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this office than there are persons to be elected thereto. In case of the death, withdrawal or incapacity of the above nominee, after written acceptance filed with the board of election commissioners, we authorize (names of a committee of not less than five persons) or a majority thereof as our representatives to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law. I (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political committee or the person who circulated this paper, as the case may be) do hereby make oath that the persons whose names appear on this paper as nominators signed the same in person. Then personally appeared who, I am satisfied, is (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political committee, or the person who circulated this paper, as the case may be) and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true, and that his voting residence is Before me, Notary Public or Justice of the Peace. The affidavit above set forth shall be sworn to before any officer qualified to administer oaths. SECTION 17. Section fifty-four of said chapter four hundred and eightysix, as amended by section five of chapter seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and by chapter three hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the tenth and eleventh lines, the words "in |