and thence through the centre of said Hampden street and the centre of Albany street to the point of beginning. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT. Office, City Hall, Room 76. BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES. WILLIAM J. FALLON, Chairman. TRUSTEES. FREDERICK E. ATTEAUX. Term ends in 1911. JAMEs H. MoRTON, Superintendent of Cemeteries. By Chap. 375 of the Acts of 1897, the Mayor was authorized to appoint a board of five trustees, subject to confirmation of the Board of Aldermen, to have charge of Mt. Hope Cemetery and all other buryinggrounds owned by or in charge of the City of Boston. 5 by the City in 1857 for $35 000, arol Mt. Hope Cesàetery was bought by the City in 185 • * ~ * ~ * additional land has been purchased since; this cemetery now contains 117 acres and 36,536 square feet, and is situated in Ward 23, West Roxbury. The board of trustees was first appointed under the ordinance of December 21, 1857, and annual reports have been published Since 1859. The other burying-grounds formerly under control of the Board of Health, but now under the jurisdiction of this department, are as follows: Bennington Street, East Boston. Westerly, Centre street, near La Grange street, West Roxbury. CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT. Office, 30 Tremont street. [Stat. 1897, Chap. 395; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 10; Stat. 1906, Chap. 150.] TRUSTEES FOR CHILDREN, CHARLEs P. PUTNAM, M.D., Chairman. TRUSTEES. CHARLES P. PUTNAM, M.D., MRS. GEORGE F. H. MURRAY. Terms end in 1911. LEE M. FRIEDMAN. Term ends in 1910. MISS MARY BOYLE O’REILLY, JAMEs B. CLEARY. Terms end in 1909. JOHN O’HARE. Term ends in 1908. & HASKET DERBY, M.D. Term ends in 1907. The trustees have the charge and control of the house for the employment and reformation of juvenile offenders, known as the Suffolk School for Boys at Rainsford Island, the Parental School for Truants at West Roxbury, and purchase all the fuel and other supplies required for these institutions. They have the charge and control of several hundred dependent children placed in country homes, and the general supervision of the defective children, placed in institutions throughout the State, for whose care the City pays. CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT. Office, City Hall, Room 31, second floor. [Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 30; Stat. 1885, Chap. 266, § 2; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 11; R. L., Chap. 26, §§ 15, 16.] EDWARD J. DoNov AN, City Clerk. Salary, $5,000. The City Clerk, chosen January 2, 1905, for the term of three years, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the City Council, has the care and custody of the records of the Board of Aldermen, and of all City records, documents, maps, plans and papers, except those otherwise provided for. He also records chattel mortgages, assignments of wages, liens upon vessels, and performs other duties imposed by statute. The City Clerk is, ea officio, Clerk of the Board of Aldermen and of meetings of both branches of the City Council when met in joint convention. The Assistant City Clerk is appointed annually by the City Clerk, subject to the approval of the Mayor, and discharges the duties of the City Clerk in his absence, or in case of a vacancy in that office [Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 11, § 4]. By R. L., Chap. 26, § 16, the certificate or attestation of the Assistant City Clerk has etual effect with that of the City Clerk. CITY MESSENGER DEPARTMENT. Office, City Hall, Room 26, second floor. The City Messenger, chosen annually by concurrent vote of the two branches of the City Council, is the official messenger of the City Council and its committees, and attends all meetings of the same, has the care and distribution of all documents printed for the use of the City Council, and is the custodian of the City Hall Building. He has charge of the city flag-staffs, the display of flags in the public grounds, and of the ropes and stakes used in closing streets and squares on public occasions. The office was established by an ordinance of October 14, 1852. CLERK OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT. Office, City Hall, Room-24, second floor. John F. DEvKR, Clerk of Committees. Salary, $4,000. The Clerk of Committees, chosen annually by concurrent vote of the two branches of the City Council, acts as the clerk of all committees of the City Council, keeping the records of the same, and has charge of the City Hall Reference Library. He also has charge, under the direction of the Committee on Licenses of the Board of Aldermen, of the licensing of minors fourteen years of age and over to sell newspapers and small wares and to black boots, and has supervision and control of all minors so licensed. He appoints all his subordinates. The Assistant Clerk discharges the duties of the Clerk when that officer is absent and when there is a vacancy in his office. [Rev. Ord., Chap. 13, § 4.] COLLECTING DEPARTMENT. Office, City Hall, Room 21, first floor. [Stat. 1875, Chap. 176; Stat. 1888, Chap. 390; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 14.] GARRETT W. Scollard, City Collector. Appointed annually. Salary, $5,000. The Collector collects and receives all assessments, betterments, rates, dues and money payable on any account to the City of Boston or the County of Suffolk. The separate office of Collector was established by statute in 1875. Annual reports have been published since 1876. CONSUMPTIVES” EIOSPITAL DEPARTMENT. EDWARD F. McSweFNEY, Chairman. TRUSTEES. The trustees have charge of the expenditure of $150,000 to be raised by a loan heretofore authorized, and have authority to purchase land and to erect upon the land and to furnish in a suitable manner a building or buildings suitable for a consumptives’ hospital. After the erection and furnishing of the building or buildings the trustees have charge of the care and maintenance thereof; purchase all fuel and other supplies; make all needful improvements to the lands and grounds connected with the hospital and have charge of all real estate. The trustees may admit to the hospital only persons who have been inhabitants of Boston for at least two years preceding the date of their application, preference to be given to those having a legal settlement in Boston. The trustees have power to make all necessary rules and regulations for the carrying on of the hospital and the admission of patients. ELECTION DEPARTMENT. Office, Old Court House, Room 8, first floor. [R. L., Chap. 11, §§ 69–79; Stat. 1903, Chap. 279; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 15.] BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. JoHN M. MINTON, Chairman. MELANGTHON W. BuBLEN, Secretary. COMMISSIONERS. John M. MINTon. Term ends in 1910. Salary, $4,000. The Board of Registrars of Voters was appointed in May, 1874, and was succeeded July 1, 1895, by the Board of Election Commissioners. This department exercises all the powers and duties formerly conferred upon the Board of Registrars of Voters, including the preparation of the jury list, together with all the powers and duties formerly conferred upon the Mayor, Board of Aldermen and City Clerk, relating to elections in the City of Boston, except the power and duty of giving notice of elections, and fixing the days and hours for holding the same. The board also exercises all the powers and duties formerly conferred upon the City Clerk and other officers by Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1894, and acts in amendment thereof, relating to political committees and caucuses, and all laws relating to the registration of voters in the City of Boston. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. [Stat. 1870, Chap. 337; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, § 21; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 16.] WILLIAM JACKSON, City Engineer. Appointed annually. Salary, $6,000. tending the construction of new bridges, retaining walls, city wharves, and such other public engineering works as the City Council may authorize; the making of such surveys, plans, estimates, statements and descriptions, and taking such levels as the City Government or any of its departments or committees may require; the custody of all surveys and plans relating to the laying out, locating anew, altering, widening or discontinuing of streets; and the new engineering constructions for all departments of the city. He must be consulted on all work where the advice of a civil engineer would be of service. The office of City Engineer was established by ordinance on October 31, 1850, and by Chapter 449 of the Acts of 1885. Regular annual reports have been issued since 1868. FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Office, City Building, Bristol street. [Stat. 1850, Chap. 262; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, §§ 9–11; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 17.] BENJAMIN W. WELLs, Fire Commissioner. Salary, $5,000. Term ends in 1907. |