8 CITY DOCUMENT. No. 104. UNCOMPLETED PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC WORKS, MAY 1, 1873. TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR EACH. The following table shows the total amount of appropriations made from time to time by the City Council, and the objects for which they were made, — the amount expended, and balance unexpended, including the September draft. REPORT OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS. MAYOR'S OFFICE, Sept. 18, 1873. To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Boston: — GENTLEMEN,I have the honor to submit, for your information, the Report of the Commissioners appointed under an order approved January 2, 1873, upon the subject of the annexation of certain neighboring Cities and Towns to the City of Boston. HENRY L. PIERCE, Mayor. CITY OF BOSTON. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 2, 1873. Whereas, Certain citizens of the City of Charlestown and the Town of West Roxbury have given notice of their intention to apply to the next General Court for an act to annex said city and town to the City of Boston; and, whereas, in the opinion of many of our citizens it is only a question of time when the cities of Cambridge and Somerville and the towns of Brookline and Brighton will also apply for such an act, it is therefore Ordered, That His Honor the Mayor be requested to appoint a Commission of three discreet and intelligent persons, who shall carefully examine the subject in all its bearings, and report to the City Council, in print, as soon as may be, upon the financial, industrial and sanitary questions concerned in the matter; provided that the investigation shall be attended with no expense to the City of Boston, except the expense of printing the report. Passed in Common Council. Came up for concurrence. Read and concurred. Approved by the Mayor, January 2, 1873. A true copy. Attest: S. F. MCCLEARY, City Clerk. CITY OF BOSTON. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 3, 1873. Ordered, That the Committee appointed under an order of the City Council approved January 2, 1873, to report upon the financial, industrial and sanitary questions concerned in the annexation of certain cities and towns to the City of Boston, be authorized to procure such clerical services and such surveys and plans as they may require for the prosecution of their investigation; the expense to be charged to the appropriation for Incidentals. Passed in Common Council. Came up for concurrence. Read and concurred. Approved by the Mayor, February 4, 1873. A true copy. Attest: S. F. MCCLEARY, City Clerk. |