rants for ward

SECT. 1. The form of warrants for calling meetings of Form of warthe citizens of the several wards, shall be as follows, to wit: meetings. L. S. City of Boston.

To either of the constables of the City of Boston.

Greeting:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required, forthwith, to warn the inhabitants of ward No. qualified as the law directs, to assemble at on the day of at o'clock M. then

and there to give in their ballots for

Hereof fail not; and have you there then this warrant, with your doings thereon. Witness

City of Boston the

Lord

Mayor of our said

By order of the Mayor and Aldermen.

Dec. 27, 1826.

constables, and

Ibid.

SECT. 2. All warrants for calling meetings of the citi- To be served by zens of the several wards, which shall be issued by the returned. mayor and aldermen, shall be served by any constable of the city, and returned to the wardens of the several wards. in said city, on or before the time of meeting of the citizens of said wards, therein specified.

1 For general statutes respecting elections, see Rev. Stat. c. 3, 4, 5, 6, 15; stat. 1839, c. 42, 165; 1840, c. 59, 66; 1841, c. 70; 1842, c. 99; 1843, c. 94; 1844, c. 78, 143, 167; 1845, c. 217; 1848, c. 35, 240. See also, City Charter and Amendments, ante.

2 An ordinance prescribing the form of warrants and of the service thereof, passed December 27, 1826.

SECT. 3. The form of warrants for calling meetings of the inhabitants of the said city of Boston, shall be as follows, to wit:

L. S.

City of Boston.

To the constables of the City of Boston.

Greeting:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required forthwith to warn the inhabitants of the City of Boston, qualified as the law directs, to assemble at Faneuil Hall, on the at o'clock, M.

then and there to

day of

Hereof fail not; and have you there then this warrant, with your doings thereon. Witness,

City of Boston, the

Lord

day of

Mayor of our in the year of our

By order of the Mayor and Aldermen.

City Clerk. SECT. 4. All warrants which shall be issued by the mayor and aldermen, for calling meetings of the inhabitants of the city, shall be served by any constable of the city, and returned to the mayor and aldermen on or before the meeting of the citizens therein specified.

SECT. 5. It shall be the duty of the mayor and aldermen to fix the time when the poll shall close, as well as the time for the opening thereof, in the election of all officers, except ward officers, and insert the same in any warrant and notification to the inhabitants, of such election.

to be appointed

dermen. His

general duties.

Oct. 14, 1833.

SECT. 1. There shall be appointed annually by the Superintendent mayor and aldermen a superintendent of Faneuil Hall, by mayor and alwhose duty it shall be to supervise and take proper care of said hall and all the rooms over the same and connected therewith, to attend to the admission of visitors, to provide that the said rooms are kept clean and in good order, and to report to the mayor and aldermen all repairs that may be necessary in the same.

apartments once

Ibid.

SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of said superintendent to To examine the examine at least once in each month and as much oftener a month. as he may deem expedient, the various apartments, comprising the armories, offices and stores connected with said Faneuil Hall, for the purpose of ascertaining any danger that may exist from fire or other causes, and whenever he shall discover any such cause of danger to report the same to the mayor and aldermen.

opening and

SECT. 3. It shall be the duty of said superintendent to To attend to the attend to the opening and closing of said hall, at such hours closing of the and under such provisions as the mayor and aldermen may Ibid. direct.

hall.

SECT. 4. Said superintendent shall hold his said office To hold his office during the pleasure of the mayor and aldermen, and in ure of mayor and case of a vacancy occurring in said office, the same shall be Vacancy. filled in the manner provided in the first section.

aldermen.

Ibid.

Ibid.

SECT. 5. Said superintendent shall receive such com- is salary. pensation for his services as the city council may from time to time allow.

1 An ordinance providing for the appointment of a superintendent of Faneuil Hall, passed October 14, 1833.

1. Clerk of Faneuil Hall market. 15. Sleeping and smoking in mar

Mayor and aldermen author ized to extend Faneuil Hall market.

1823, 148.

STATUTE.

1. By an act of the legislature, passed February 21, 1824, the mayor and aldermen were authorized, whenever the city council should declare that the public exigences require that the limits of Faneuil Hall market should be extended in any direction between Ann street on the north, a line drawn from the east end of Faneuil Hall, on the west, the south side of Faneuil Hall, and the lane leading to Green's Wharf on the south, and the harbor on the east, to lay out and widen Faneuil Hall market, within one year from the first day of April, 1824, in such direction within the limits aforesaid, not exceeding one hundred and eighty feet wide, as might be prescribed by the city council: provided, that the land taken, by virtue of this act, should

specting dama

taken, &c.

never be used for any other purposes than those described Provisions rein said act, without the previous consent of the legislature ges for land being obtained therefor. The act contained provisions for referring questions of damages for land taken and buildings removed for the purposes thereof; for petitions to the supreme judicial court for indemnity; the appointment of commissioners by the court; and a trial by jury in case either party should be dissatisfied with the award; with special authority for trustees, administrators, &c. to enter into references and take other measures respecting damages; and provisions securing the proceeds to the persons for whom such estates were held in trust. 1

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.2

Hall Market.

SECT. 1. The mayor and aldermen shall annually Clerk of Faneuil in the month of June or July, appoint a clerk of Faneuil October 26, 1846. Hall Market, who shall be removable at their pleasure, and shall receive such compensation for his services as the

city council shall annually direct.

Ibid.

SECT. 2. The clerk of Faneuil Hall Market, shall, His deputies. whenever authorized by the mayor and aldermen, employ one or more deputies, who shall be approved by the mayor and aldermen, and who shall have power and authority to assist the clerk in the execution of his office, and on any occasion, when said clerk is not present, to officiate for him in his stead, and to perform his duties; but no deputy shall remain in office longer than during the approbation of the mayor and aldermen, and the said clerk shall be re

1 The city council, by resolves passed March 11, 1824, declared that the public exigences required such extension; and on July 22, 1824, the mayor and aldermen laid out and widened the said market, "in an easterly direction from said Faneuil Hall to the harbor, between two lines, parallel to the walls of Faneuil Hall aforesaid, and running eastwardly towards the harbor, of which the north line shall be fourteen feet distant from the north side of said hall, and the south line shall be one hundred and eighty feet to the south of said north line." City Records, vol. 2, pp. 70, 294.

2 An ordinance for the regulation of Faneuil Hall Market, passed October 26, 1846. An ordinance in addition to an ordinance for the regulation of Faneuil Hall Market, passed May 30, 1850.