connected therewith, and also of the expenditures of the money appropriated therefor.

and fix their

SECT. 6. The said board of trustees may appoint a superintendent, May appoint superintendent with such assistants and subordinate officers as they may think neces- and assistants, sary or expedient, and may remove the same, and fix their compen- compensation. sation provided, that the amount thus paid shall not exceed the sum Proviso. appropriated by the city council for that item of expense, and the income of any moneys which may lawfully be appropriated for the same purpose from funds or property held by said trustees under the provisions of this act.

may regulate

SECT. 7. The city council shall have power to pass such ordinances, City council not inconsistent herewith, or repugnant to other laws of the common- by ordinance, wealth, as to the duties and authority of said board, as they may, from the duties and time to time, deem expedient.

SECT. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[1858, 113.]

April 7, 1880.

authority of the board.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF

Be it enacted, etc.:

BOSTON.

land to be under

SECTION 1. The city of Boston is hereby granted perpetual right City may occupy land for public to hold, occupy, and control, free of rent or charge by the common- library building. wealth, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon a building for the use of the public library of said city, a parcel of land now owned by the commonwealth and situated in that part of said city called the Back Bay, on the southerly corner of Dartmouth and Boylston streets, bounded north-westerly by Boylston street two hundred and sixty-four feet, north-easterly by Dartmouth street one hundred and twenty-five feet, south-easterly by a private passage-way twenty-five feet in width, two hundred and sixty-four feet, and southwesterly by other land of the commonwealth one hundred and twenty-five feet, and containing thirty-three thousand square feet, more or less, together with all the right, 'title, and interest, of the commonwealth in that part of said passage-way adjoining said parcel, and with such rights as the commonwealth may possess to close the same. The said library building and land shall be under the care and Building and control of the trustees of the public library of the city of Boston, control of the under the provisions of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the acts trustees. of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. This grant is made, however, subject to the following stipulations, namely: -the city of Conditions of Boston shall, within three years from the date of the passage of this act, commence the erection of a library building on said parcel of land, and shall, in respect to such erection, be subject to the restrictions heretofore contained in other conveyances by the commonwealth of its land upon Boylston street, and shall, thereafter, appropriately lay out and cultivate such ground around it as may not be occupied by the building itself, and shall, thereafter, keep said grounds and building in a neat and ornamental condition; and that upon the All citizens of opening of said library all the citizens of the commonwealth shall have the State to have the perpetual right of access thereto free of charge, under such reasonable regulations as said trustees may from time to time establish. SECT. 2. In case the city of Boston shall, after due notice given, Building to be fail to commence the erection of the library building within three three years. years, or shall use said land, or any portion thereof, for any purpose 1893, 141.

grant.

access to library.

erected within

Time extended,

foreign to the uses for which it is granted, it shall be lawful for the
commonwealth, by its proper officers and servants, to take appropriate
action in the courts of the commonwealth, to the end that said parcel
of land, or portion thereof, may be declared forfeited by the city of
Boston, and the title therein be revested in the Commonwealth.
SECT. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[1853, 38; 1878, 114; 1882, 143; 1883, 141.]

April 22, 1880.

Amendments to 1878, 243.

Lists of pre

cincts to be

AN ACT IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF

Be it enacted, etc.:

BOSTON.

SECTION 1. Chapter two hundred and forty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight is amended as follows:

First, by striking out all of section six of said act, down to, and including, the word "precincts" in the fifth and sixth lines, substituting in place thereof the following: "The assessors of taxes of printed for dis. the city of Boston shall, on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year, cause street lists of the several voting precincts in said city to be printed and compiled in pamphlet form for public distribution. Said compilation shall be by precincts, separately, not exceeding fifty copes for each, arranged."

tribution.

Corrections of assessed names

upon tax bills.

Second, by striking out section eight of said act.

Third, by substituting in place of section nine of said act the following: :- "SECTION 9. All corrections of assessed names upon tax bills shall be made by the board of assessors, the registrars of voters, or assistant registrars, on a form of a certificate specially prepared for the purpose; and all tax bills so changed, together with the certificates, shall be stamped with an official stamp of the board making such change, before the person represented by such tax bill shall be allowed to register as a voter. All certificates of names so changed shall be sent to the collector of taxes, who shall, as soon as may be, after the first day of January in each year, make corresponding changes or corrections on the list of assessed polls committed to him by the board of assessors. The collector shall also transmit said certificates to the board of assessors, who shall, before the first day of March in each year, make corresponding changes or corrections on the street books in their department.'

Fourth, by inserting in line one of section eleven of said act after the word "ward," the words "or precinct."

Fifth, by amending section fifteen so that it shall read as folIdentity and lows: "If the registrars are not satisfied as to the identity or qualiqualifications of applicant for fications of an applicant for registration, they may make such examiregistration. nation of such applicant, under oath, as they may consider necessary or proper to verify the fact that he is possessed of the constitutional requirements of a voter; and said registrars, as soon after the second day of September in such year as may be necessary, shall hold evening sessions in or near each ward, for the performance of any and all the duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this act: provided, however, that they shall hold not less than ten evening sessions of not less than three hours' duration prior to the annual state and municipal elections. The collector of taxes shall assign a deputy to be present at all such meetings held before the annual state election for the collection of taxes. He shall also give public notice

thereof by advertisements in at least two daily papers printed in Boston, one of which shall be an evening paper, and by a circular or card addressed to each person assessed for a poll tax only, and delivered through the mail or otherwise. Said circulars or cards shall be delivered on or before the second day of September in each year. No tax bill for poll taxes only shall hereafter be distributed to or for the person assessed before payment thereof."

voters to be

SECT. 2. All requirements of law in regard to the preparation, Precinct lists of publication, posting, or use, of ward lists in the city of Boston, shall posted. be held to be complied with by the employment, in each precinct, of precinct lists, of like description in all respects, of all the legal voters therein.

1877, 60, § 6.

SECT. 3. Section six of chapter sixty of the acts of the year Amendments to eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as amended by section three of chapter two hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is amended so as to read as follows: "The registrars shall, at least twenty-four days before the day of the annual state election, cause printed lists of the voters in each precinct to be posted in one or more places in such precinct, with notices thereon, stating the place and hours in which they or the assistant registrars for such precinct will hold sessions to correct and revise the lists. If the assistant registrars refuse to place the name of any person on the voting list, he may appeal to the board of registrars of voters."

1876, 225.

SECT. 4. The provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty-five Amendments to of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six are, as far as they relate to the city of Boston, extended to the voting precincts therein in place of the wards.

vacancy in board

SECT. 5. Whenever there is a vacancy in the board of aldermen Election to fill or common council in the city of Boston, by failure to elect, removal of aldermen. from the city, death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of said board of aldermen to issue their warrant in due form for an election to fill such vacancy, at such time and place as they may deem advisable; but, in case of a vacancy in the common council, such warrant shall not be issued until the board of aldermen receive official notice of such vacancy.

448, §§ 21, 22,

SECT. 6. Sections twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, and Repeal of 1854, twenty-five, of chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the acts of 23, 25, etc. the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

April 22, 1880.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO HOLDING FUNDS CONTRIBUTED FOR THE RELIEF
OF MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON PROTECTIVE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR

FAMILIES.

Be it enacted, etc.:

bers may be

SECTION 1. The provisions of section four of chapter one hundred Disabled mem and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty, being pensioned. "an act in relation to pensioning disabled members of the fire department of the city of Boston and for other purposes," shall be held to apply to the members of the Boston protective department, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as to the members of the fire department.

SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
February 16, 1881.

[1874, 61; 1880, 107.]

Sea-wall may be built in Charles river between

Cragie's bridge ton bridge, and

and West Bos

grounds enclosed may be filled up for a park.

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO "AN ACT FOR THE LAYING OUT OF PUBLIC
PARKS IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF BOSTON."

Be it enacted, etc.:

SECTION 1. The board of park commissioners of the city of Boston is hereby authorized and empowered to build a sea-wall on the Boston side of the lower basin of the Charles river, between Cragie's bridge and West Boston bridge, and to fill up the grounds enclosed by said wall for the purposes of a public park, in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five. The said sea-wall shall be on or within the following lines:- Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Cragie's bridge distant two hundred feet perpendicular from the westerly line of Charles street, and running southerly by a line parallel to said Charles street to a point opposite the first angle in said street; thence turning a similar angle and running southerly by a line parallel to and two hundred feet perpendicular again from said Charles street to a point opposite another angle in said street, near Fruit street; thence turning a similar angle and running southerly by a straight line two hundred feet perpendicular from and parallel to the next adjoining portion of said Charles street Lines of sea-wall to West Boston bridge. The lines of the sea-wall aforesaid shall constitute the harbor lines beyond which no wharf, pier, or other structure, and no filling in, shall be extended into or over the tidewater of the said basin, excepting such landing-places as the said park commissioners shall build with the approval of the board of harbor and land commissioners; and if the construction of said seaflow of current, wall and the filling in of the grounds thereby enclosed shall, in the opinion of said harbor and land commissioners, cause a projection injurious to the flow of the current and the protection of the harbor, then the said park commissioners, or the city of Boston, shall make suitable remedy or provision for the same, by connecting the line of the said sea-wall with the present sea-wall in such manner as the said board of harbor and land commissioners shall approve, and may occupy and use any spaces thereby enclosed for the same purposes for which said sea-wall and filling in is authorized.

to constitute the harbor lines.

If injurious to

remedy to be provided.

Land to be taken by city and to be used solely for a public park.

SECT. 2. This act is made subject to the following conditions and restrictions, namely: The city of Boston, or the said board of park commissioners, shall take, by purchase or otherwise, all the land, dock, and wharf property, lying westerly of said Charles street between said bridges, under the provisions of said chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, which, together with the grounds above authorized to be enclosed and filled up, shall be used solely for the purposes of a public park, facing and abutting upon the said Charles river basin. And when the city of Boston or the said park commissioners shall have taken the said land and wharf property, and built the said sea-wall, and fitted up the said grounds as a park as aforesaid, and so long as the Extensions from same shall be used solely as said park, the commonwealth will not authorize or permit any person or corporation to construct any extensions or erections from or contiguous to the water line of said park, except with the consent of said park commissioners or said city of Boston: provided, also, that the city of Boston or said park commissioners shall build the said sea-wall, and fill and fit up the said grounds, during the five years from and after the passage of this act. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

water-line of

park not to be permitted.

Proviso.

[1875, 185; 1882, 168.]

March 16, 1881.

1881. CHAPTER 107.

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE

MASSACHUSETTS IN

STITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MAY ERECT BUILDINGS ON CERTAIN LAND

IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc.:

ings, extended.

SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the acts of the Time for erecyear eighteen hundred and seventy-seven is hereby so amended that tion of buildthe time within which the Massachusetts institute of technology may erect a suitable building for the permanent use of said institute, upon the land described in chapter one hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall be extended for the term of five years from the eleventh day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

Boston.

SECT. 2. The Massachusetts institute of technology is hereby May exchange authorized, at any time within said term of five years, to exchange said and with city of parcel of land within the city of Boston for other land, or for adequate consideration to release its interest in said parcel to said city, and, on said exchange or release, said city of Boston may hold, occupy, 1873, 174. and control, said parcel of land forever, free from rent or charge by the commonwealth, upon condition that it shall forever be kept open as a public park by said city; said lot to be subject to the limitations and stipulations relative to lands of the commonwealth on the south of Boylston street, and to be reserved from sale forever; and upon the further condition that the city of Boston shall acquire, by purchase or otherwise, the remainder of the trapezoid of land of which said parcel is a part, lying westerly thereof and between said parcel and Dartmouth street, and shall appropriate it to the same purpose.'

to take land, if

SECT. 3. In case said city shall appropriate said parcel of land, Commonwealth hereby granted, to any purpose foreign to that for which it is granted, appropriated by then the commonwealth, after due notice given, may enter upon said city to any other parcel and take possession thereof, and the right of the city of Boston to the use, occupation, and control, of said lot, shall thereupon cease.

use.

March 18, 1881.

1881. CHAPTER 129.

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO THE ACTS FOR THE PURPOSE

THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH PURE WATER.

Be it enacted, etc.:

OF SUPPLYING

SECTION 1. For the purpose of supplying water to its inhabitants, Water supply and especially for the purpose of increasing the supply of water for high-service. which can be used for its high-service, the city of Boston is hereby authorized, by and through the agency of the Boston water board, to construct and maintain new reservoirs, and connect the same, by aqueducts and pipes, with its present sources of water supply, and with its present reservoirs, aqueducts, and pipes, and to construct and maintain new works and pumping stations in connection with said new reservoirs; and, for this purpose, may take and hold, by purchase May take and or otherwise, any lands or real estate necessary therefor, situate in hold lands. the cities of Boston or Newton, or in the town of Brookline, and lay said aqueducts and pipes over or under any water-course or any streets, turnpike roads, railroads, highways or other ways, in such

1 The trapezoid of land here described, was conveyed to the city by deed of the Institute of Technology, June 30, 1882 (Suffolk deeds, lib. 1568, fol. 148); by deed of the Commonwealth, June 30, 1882 (lib. 1568, fol. 146), and by deed of the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, July 3, 1882 (lib. 1568, fol. 149). By an order of the city council, approved Feb. 21, 1885, it was named Copley square.