powers in relation to the care and management of said bridge conferred by the 300th chapter of the Acts of the year 1870. SECT. 3. The said commissioner shall annually, in the month of January, submit to the City Council a report in writing, containing a particular account of the expenditures, the number of times the draw has been opened, and other matters of general interest in relation to said bridge, for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December; and annually, in the month of February, the said commissioner shall send to the Auditor of Accounts an estimate of the amount required on the part of the city of Boston to provide for the care and maintenance of said bridge for the financial year next ensuing. Read once. City Document No. 47. CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR AND DRIVEWAY. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, May 8, 1876. The Joint Standing Committee on Ordinances beg leave to report that, by virtue of Chapter 139 of the Acts of 1875, the city of Boston is authorized to regulate, by suitable ordinances, the use of reservoirs and land and driveways appurtenant thereto, forming a part of its system of water supply within its limits. They therefore submit herewith a draft of an ordinance for the regulation of Chestnut Hill Reservoir and the grounds connected therewith, and respectfully recommend the passage of the same. For the Committee, THOMAS J. WHIDDEN, Chairman. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR AND THE GROUNDS CONNECTED THEREWITH. Be it ordained, etc. : SECTION 1. No person shall fish in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, or discharge any gun or firearm on the same or on the grounds connected there with. SECT. 2. No person shall bathe in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, or place or use any boat therein, or throw any dirt, rubbish, filth, or offensive matter or commit any nuisance therein. SECT. 3. No person shall drive any team, cart, wagon, or other vehicle for the conveyance of burdens, upon the driveway, or within the grounds of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. SECT. 4. No person shall drive or conduct any funeral, or any hearse or carriage connected with a funeral, on the driveway of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. SECT. 5. No owner or other person having for the time being the charge or use of any horse, or other animal, shall drive or permit such horse or animal to go at a greater rate of speed than eight miles an hour upon the driveway or within the enclosure of Chestnut Hill Reservoir. SECT. 6. No person shall injure, deface or destroy any tree, shrub, grass, path or fence on the grounds connected with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, or dig or carry away any of the sward, gravel, rock, stones, sand, turf or earth thereon, or commit any nuisance thereon. SECT. 7. No person shall climb any tree on the grounds connected with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, or tie any horse or other animal to any of said trees. SECT. 8. No person shall post any bills, placards, or advertisements within the grounds connected with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. SECT. 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offence. Read once. City Document No. 48. AUDITOR'S MONTHLY EXHIBIT. GENERAL AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1876-77. OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS, CITY HALL, May 16, 1876. TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL: } GENTLEMEN, The undersigned, in compliance with the third Section of the Ordinance on Finance, herewith presents an Exhibit of the General and Special Appropriations for the present financial year of 1876-77, as shown in the books in his office, May 1, 1876, including the May draft, — being one monthly payment of the financial year, — exhibiting the original appropriations, the amount expended, and the balance of each unexpended at that date. Respectfully submitted, ALFRED T. TURNER, Auditor of Accounts. |