two in Charlestown, ten in Boston proper, three in South Boston, six in Roxbury, nine in Dorchester, two in Jamaica Plain, two in Allston, one in Brighton, one in Roslindale, and one in West Roxbury. EVENING SCHOOLS. The term of the evening schools begins on the last Monday in September and closes on the second Friday in March. There are five Evening High Schools, viz.: Central (English High School), Charlestown, East Boston, Roxbury, and South Boston. These schools are held in the several high school-houses of the districts named. EI.EMENTARY F.VIENING SCHOOLS. There are thirteen of these schools, held in the following-named school buildings: Bigelow School, Fourth and E streets, South Boston; Bowdoin School, Myrtle street; Eliot School, North Bennet street; Franklin School, Waltham street; Hancock School, Parmenter street; Lincoln School, Broadway, South Boston; Lyman School, Paris and Gove streets, East Boston; Mather School, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester; Quincy School, Tyler street; Sherwin School, Madison square, Roxbury; Warren School, Pearl and Summer streets, Charlestown; Washington Allston School, Cambridge street, Allston; Wells School, Blossom street. EVENING DRAWING SCHOOLS. The term of the evening drawing schools begins on the second Monday in October, and continues for sixty-six working nights. There are six evening drawing schools. They are held at the following-named places: Charlestown, City Hall, City square; East Boston, Old High Schoolhouse, Meridian street; Columbus avenue, 147 Columbus avenue; Roxbury, 2307 Washington street; Warren avenue, Public Latin School; School of Design, Public Latin School. a' SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT House COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONERS. Chapter 534 of the Acts of 1906 provides for the enlargement of the Suffolk County Court House, under direction of a commission of three, one to be appointed by the Mayor of Boston, one by the Governor, and one by the Chief Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Superior Court, and the Municipal Court of Boston, or a majority of them. The Commissioners, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may contract for the constructing and furnishing of the necessary enlargement of the building; but no such contract shall be entered into without the approval of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and the Mayor of Boston, or a majority of them. The total expense of additional stories to the Court House shall not exceed $800,000. The City of Boston is to pay two-thirds of the expense incurred under this act. VOTING MACHINE COMMISSIONERS. Office, Old Court House, first floor. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON WOTING MACHINES. JoBN M. MINTON, Chairman. COMMISSIONERS. JOHN F. FITZGERALD, Mayor of Boston, ea officio. By Chapter 531 of the Acts of 1901, the power to determine upon, purchase and order the use of voting and counting machines in Boston is vested in a board consisting of the Election Commissioners and the Mayor of the City. Expenditures under the act shall be deemed expenditures of the Election Department. The machines purchased are to be used at such caucuses and elections in Boston as the Election Commissioners may from time to time determine. WORKING MEN'S LOAN ASSOCIATION. The Workingmen's Loan Association is managed by sixteen directors, selected annually, fourteen chosen by corporators at the annual meeting on the third Thursday in April, one appointed by the Governor, and one appointed by the Mayor. CHRISTOPHER M. MALLEN, Director. Appointed by the Mayor. ELECTION OF ALDERMEN. In 1904 the Legislature passed an act (Acts of 1904, chapter 404) providing for the election of thirteen aldermen at large at the city election of 1904, and annually thereafter. This act provides that no voter shall vote for more than seven aldermen. Each political party is required to nominate thirteen candidates in eleven districts; every candidate to be a voter of the district from which he is nominated. The districts are designated in the act as follows: Number of I)istrict. Wards. Candidates. The essential sections of chapter 404 of the Acts of 1904 are as follows: “SECTION 1. In Boston there shall be elected at the city election in the year nineteen hundred and four, and annually thereafter from the voters of that city, thirteen aldermen at large. “SECTION 2. No voter shall vote for more than seven aldermen, and the thirteen aldermen receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. “SECTION 3. In case a vacancy shall occur in the Board of Aldermen, from failure to elect, death, resignation or otherwise, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held on such day as shall be determined by the remaining members of the board, and the same proceedings shall be had as are herein provided for at an annual election. “SECTION 4. The City of Boston is hereby divided, for the purpose of nominating candidates for aldermen by a political party, into eleven districts, as follows: . . . . . .” [The remainder of the section describes the districts, which are given in a table above.] 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. 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, 1875. 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.] 8 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; thence 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 |