An act to authorize the city of Boston to found and maintain a Public Library, 83
An act to incorporate the Gerrish market

141.

An act concerning streets and ways in the city of Roxbury.

154.

An act regulating the storage, safe-keeping, and sale of fire-works in the
city of Boston

255.

266.

An act to incorporate the Mount Washington Avenue Corporation
An act to authorize the city of Boston to build a wharf

1854. 353.

408. An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a highway

An act to extend Albany street in the city of Boston

An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a highway
An act to confine titles to lands in Forest Hills cemetery
An act to establish the East Boston free bridge

An act authorizing certain railroads to tap the Cochituate water-pipe at
Charlestown.

107. An act in addition to "An act to extend Albany street, in the city of Boston "

109.

124.

301.

An act in addition to "An act to incorporate the East Boston free bridge".
An act in relation to a burying-ground in the town of West Roxbury.
An act to protect Boston harbor.

92

1857.

11.

An act relating to the public library in the city of Boston.

92

35.

An act to establish a board of directors of the public institutions for the
city of Boston and for the county of Suffolk

135.

169.

281.

An act to incorporate the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corporation
An act to confirm an indenture concerning the Back bay
An act concerning the Boston Lunatic Hospital

96

302.

An act concerning insane persons in the city of Boston

96

1858.

112.

An act concerning the removal of prisoners in the public institutions in the
city of Boston

An act authorizing the city of Boston to establish a city hospital
An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a highway by extending
Albany street

97

97

173.

An act to incorporate the Pawners' Bank

98

184.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to raise the dam at the outlet of
Lake Cochituate

83

84

84

87

87

98

210. An act in relation to the Back bay and the public garden in the city of

Boston.

99

211.

An act concerning Faneuil-Hall market, in Boston

100

1860. 94.

An act to authorize the Newton and Watertown Gas-light Company to extend their pipes into the town of Brighton

101

109. An act to amend" An act to prevent livery stables from being erected in
certain places in the town of Boston".

137. An act in addition to "An act concerning the harbor of Boston"
147. An act in relation to the powers of constables in the city of Boston

102

102

113

152.

182.

An act in addition to "An act concerning Faneuil-Hall market, in Boston'
An act in relation to sidewalks in the city of Roxbury

194.

An act to authorize the selectmen of the town of Dorchester to lay out and
construct a town way

An act in amendment of the "act for supplying the city of Boston with pure
water"

109

1862.

64.

An act concerning the harbor-master of the port of Boston

65.

An act in relation to the rebuilding and future support of "Cambridge Great
Bridge"

109

110

73.

An act concerning the attaching or mooring of rafts to any bridge, pier, or
wharf in the harbor of Boston

An act in amendment of "An act for supplying the City of Charlestown
with pure water"

An act concerning the overseers of the poor in the city of Boston

112

160.

176.

271.

225. An act authorizing the establishment of the Boston Asylum for Inebriates. 115
An act in further addition to "An act for supplying the city of Boston with
pure water

An act concerning the construction of sidewalks in the city of Charlestown,
An act in addition to "An act for supplying the city of Charlestown with
pure water".

315.

An act for the protection of the outer harbor of the city of Boston

116

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1865.

131.

135.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to build an additional reservoir
An act in addition to "An act for supplying the city of Charlestown with
pure water

116

117

144.

159.

An act to authorize the city of Chelsea to purchase a supply of water from
the city of Charlestown, and to issue scrip in payment therefor
An act to authorize the laying out and widening of a street from Milk street
to Broad street in the city of Boston

118

118

An act to confirm an indenture concerning lands and drainage in the Back
bay

An act to authorize the city of Roxbury to divert the waters of Smelt brook, 122
An act to authorize the city of Boston to build a sea-wall in Boston harbor,
near the foot of Poplar street

122

188.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to build a bridge across Fort Point channel

123

212.

An act to authorize the city of Charlestown to furnish the towns of Somerville and Malden with water.

123

247.

An act to authorize the erection of a sea-wall, and the filling of certain flats
in Charles river, to abate a nuisance

An act to authorize the city of Boston to build a highway over certain tide

An act to authorize the city of Roxbury to procure a supply of water
An act to unite the cities of Boston and Roxbury

124

125

125

183.

201.

An act relating to a public cemetery in the town of Dorchester
An act to incorporate the Albany Street Freight Railway Company
An act in relation to the overseers of the poor of the city of Boston
An act relative to the blasting of rocks in the city of Boston

130

131

223.

An act to authorize the city of Boston and the town of West Roxbury to
improve Stony brook and its tributaries

133

291. An act concerning the Mill-dam road, and the roads connected therewith
belonging to the Commonwealth.

135

301.
826. An act in addition to "An act for the improvement of the harbor of Boston
and the Commonwealth's flats therein "

An act to amend "An act to incorporate the trustees of the poor's fund in the town of Charlestown "

136

136

.

1869.

78.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a public street or way
across South bay

An act to authorize the city of Boston to construct drains on Fort Hill, and for other purposes

181.

40.

155. An act to authorize the purchase of the property of the East Boston Ferry
Company, and to repeal the act to incorporate the Maverick Bridge
Company, and for other purposes

166. An act concerning the Roxbury Latin School in the city of Boston
An act for the prevention of a nuisance in the docks enclosed by the build-
ing and filling in of Atlantic avenue, in the city of Boston
Resolve authorizing the issue of arms to the English High and Latin
schools in the city of Boston

193.

194. 247.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to convey water to Deer Island
An act to authorize the city of Boston to widen Federal-street bridge
An act in additon to “An act in relation to the powers of constables in the
city of Boston"

349.

369.

An act to unite the city of Boston and the town of Dorchester
An act concerning the erection of stables in the city of Boston

144

148

447.

An act in addition to "An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a public street or way across South bay, and for other purposes 448. An act in relation to laying out streets in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth wards of the city of Boston

An act in relation to laying out streets in the twelfth and sixteenth wards
of the city of Boston

216.

An act in addition to "An act for supplying the city of Charlestown with pure water"

149

150

220.

300.

An act in addition to "An act to authorize the city of Boston and the town
of West Roxbury to improve Stony brook and its tributaries
An act in relation to Prison Point bridge

An act to annex a portion of the town of Brookline to the city of Boston
An act to prohibit the taking of black bass in Lake Cochituate

An act to incorporate the Butchers' Slaughtering and Melting Association in Brighton, and for other purposes

155

157

158

An act in addition to "An act concerning the draws in bridges across Charles
and Miller's river, at the north side of the city of Boston"
An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over certain land in the
city of Boston

96.

159.

An act in addition to "An act for supplying the city of Charlestown with
pure water"

An act in relation to widening Beacon street and adjacent avenues in the
city of Boston

159

160

183.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to pay to Charles Burrill the sum of forty thousand dollars

160

185.

An act in addition to "An act to authorize the city of Boston to build an
additional reservoir"

160

225. An act to authorize the city of Boston to take and hold land, and other
property, for a landing for the East Boston ferry-boats

250.
259.
273.
280.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to construct a wharf in South Boston, 163 An act to provide for the regulation and inspection of buildings, the more effectual prevention of fire, and the better preservation of life and property in the city of Boston

162

An act in addition to "An act relating to West Boston and Cragie bridges,"
An act to authorize the city of Boston to extend Atlantic avenue

An act in addition to "An act concerning the draw in Charles-river bridge,'
An act in addition to "An act for supplying the city of Charlestown with
pure water"

An act to amend "An act to authorize the city of Boston and the town of
West Roxbury to improve Stony brook and its tributaries"
An act to amend An act to revise the charter of the city of Boston"
An act to regulate the speed of vessels propelled by steam in Boston and
Charlestown harbors

176

176

177

177

177

177.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to obtain an additional supply of

An act to change the boundary between Brookline and Boston, and for
sanitary purposes.

An act to annex Mount Hope cemetery to the city of Boston
An act in relation to the assessment of betterments in Boston
An act in addition to "An act to provide for the regulation and inspection of
buildings, the more effectual prevention of fire, and the better preser-
vation of life and property in Boston".

180

181

181

183

185

322.

342.

An act to amend "An act to amend the charter of the city of Boston
An act to incorporate the Union Freight Railroad Company

371.

377.

An act in addition to "An act for the regulation and inspection of build-
ings, the more effectual prevention of fire, and the better preservation
of life and property in Boston'

An act to authorize the erection of wooden buildings in the city of Boston
for sanitary purposes

196

174.

An act in addition to "An act incorporating the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology"

196

205.

An act concerning sewers and drains in the city of Boston

197

207.

An act authorizing the commissioners on public lands to sell a lot of land to
the city of Boston for school purposes

197

235.

An act in addition to "An act to incorporate the Union Freight Railroad
Company'

197

258.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate money for the relief

of disabled firemen and the families of those killed

198

260.

286.

287.

298.

314.

338.

An act relating to the channel of Muddy river in Brookline An act to unite the city of Charlestown with the city of Boston. An act to authorize the city of Boston to build an additional reservoir An act to amend chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, relating to the regulation and inspection of buildings in the city of Boston, and for other purposes 303. An act to unite the city of Boston and the town of Brighton An act to unite the city of Boston and the town of West Roxbury An act to amend "An act to provide for the regulation and inspection of buildings, the more effectual prevention of fire, and the better preservation of life and property in Boston".

198

198

204

205

209

212

216

350. An act to provide for the conveyance of Berkeley street to the city of Boston, 217
368. An act to amend the several acts of the present year for the annexation of
West Roxbury, Brookline, and Brighton, to the city of Boston
217
374. An act in addition to "An act relating to the Fire Department of the city
of Boston"

217

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1874.

60.

An act to establish the board of registrars of voters of the city of Boston,
and to regulate the preparation and revision of the voting-lists in said
city

218

61.

An act to incorporate the Boston protective department

89.

114. An act in addition to "An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a
public street or way across South bay"

139. An act concerning Malden bridge

167. An act in relation to the Boston Normal school in the city of Boston
175. An act to authorize a new bridge between Boston and Cambridge
196.

228.

259.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to improve Stony brook and its
tributaries

An act to annex a portion of the town of Brookline to the city of Boston
An act in relation to the Charles-river and Warren bridges
277. An act to change the boundary line between Boston and Newton
286.
343.

374. An act to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate money for temporary
relief of the poor

An act in relation to the annual report of the commissioners of Cedar
Grove cemetery

An act relating to Parker street, known as the Cross dam, in the city of
Boston

227

An act to amend the charter of the Charitable Association of the Boston
Fire Department

228

228

387. 400.

An act in addition to "An act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a
public street or way across South bay"

229

An act to authorize the city of Boston to obtain a further supply of pure
water, and establish and maintain reservoirs for the storage of water
in the Mystic valley

229

1875.

73.

80.

An act in relation to the overseers of the poor in the city of Boston
An act to establish the Boston water board.

232

232

127.

An act to authorize the town of Brookline to supply water to the city of
Boston.

233

168.

An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the
year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, authorizing the city of Boston
to obtain an additional supply of pure water

1876.

233

176.

An act concerning the treasurer of the city of Boston, and to establish the
office of collector of taxes for said city

An act to annex a part of the city of Boston to the city of Newton
An act for the laying out of public parks in or near the city of Boston
An act relating to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the city
of Boston

234

237

240

202.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to construct a sewer in Mystic
valley

An act to provide for the change of the location and tracks of the Eastern
Railroad Company, the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, and
the Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad Company, in East
Boston.

228. An act to preserve the purity of the water of Lake Cochituate

An act to reorganize the school committee of the city of Boston

246

243.

11.

An act to authorize the division of the city of Boston into twenty-four wards,
and to fix the number of members of the common council
An act to change the time of election of the directors of the Collateral
Loan Company, and for other purposes

247

248

65.

An act relating to public urinals in the city of Boston

249

69.

105.

An act to authorize the city of Boston to reconstruct Dover-street bridge,
in said city.

An act for the better protection of life in buildings occupied for public
purposes in the city of Boston

106. An act to authorize the cities of Boston and Chelsea to construct Chelsea
bridge

251

136.

An act to empower the city of Boston to lay and maintain a main sewer discharging at Moon island, in Boston harbor, and for other purposes. 144. An act to amend "An act to incorporate the Butchers' Slaughtering and Melting Association in Brighton "

252

253

176.

An act in addition to chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, relating to the regulation
and inspection of buildings in Boston

An act authorizing certain railroad corporations to hold stock in the Union
Freight Railway Company

254

242.

An act relating to the division of ward twenty-two of the city of Boston into
two wards

An act to amend section eleven of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of
the acts of the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, relating to supply-
ing the city of Boston with pure water.

An act to amend "An act to authorize the city of Boston to construct a
sewer in the Mystic valley".

An act to incorporate the Boston School Committee

An act to amend section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of
the acts of the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, establishing
regulations concerning Boston harbor

144. An act to authorize the city of Newton to lay and maintain a main drain in
Boston.

217.

259

259

An act to enable the city of Boston to abate a nuisance existing therein,
and for the preservation of the public health in said city, and for other
purposes

260

222.

228.

An act to incorporate the Old South Association in Boston, and to provide
for the preservation of the Old South Meeting-house.
An act in relation to the Board of Street Commissioners of the city of
Boston

263

264

1878.

41.

An act concerning the maintenance of Chelsea bridge

264

45.

An act transferring to the city council of the city of Boston the powers now
vested in the board of engineers of said city, relating to explosive
compounds and other dangerous substances.

265

75.

78.

114.

129.

An act concerning relocation of streets and ways in the city of Boston
An act concerning shell-fish on the shores and flats of Thompson's island. 265
An act to incorporate the trustees of the public library of the city of Boston, 266
An act in relation to the indexes in the registry of deeds of the county of
Suffolk.

265

267

176.

An act relating to the disposition of certain funds in the treasury of the
city of Boston

268

192.

An act relative to the rebuilding and improvement of stables in the city of

An act in relation to legislation and elections in the city of Boston
An act in relation to the Police Department of the city of Boston
An act in relation to the licenses of innholders and common victuallers in
the city of Boston

268

272

274

59. An act to provide for licensing conductors, drivers, and despatchers of
street-railway cars, in the city of Boston

198. An act in relation to the compensation of street commissioners of the city
of Boston

230. An act in addition to "An act to empower the city of Boston to lay and
maintain a main sewer discharging at Moon island in Boston harbor,
and for other purposes

256.

An act relative to auditing the accounts of the county of Suffolk 22. Resolves in relation to Back-bay lands and sewerage

An act relative to pensions to disabled police-officers of the city of Boston,
An act in relation to the discharge of sewage into the Roxbury canal
An act in addition to "An act in relation to registration and elections in the
city of Boston

276

276

277

278

1880.

1881.

278

279

279

38.

67.

An act to repeal the law forbidding smoking in the streets of Boston
An act in relation to names of public ways in the city of Boston.

280

280

99.

An act to amend "An act relating to the licensing of conductors, drivers,
and despatchers of horse-cars, in the city of Boston"

280

107.

An act in relation to pensioning disabled members of the fire department
of the city of Boston, and for other purposes

281

126.

125. An act to authorize the city of Boston to construct and maintain a highway
and bridge over Charles river, and to widen Warren bridge.
An act in addition to the acts for the purpose of supplying the city of Boston
with pure water

282

283

128.

An act to provide for the taking of land and the erection thereon of a courthouse for the County of Suffolk

An act authorizing the city of Boston to make ordinances in relation to vehicles and their loads in said city

144. An act to authorize the connection of the Arnold arboretum with the system
of parks of the city of Boston

An act to incorporate the trustees of the City Hospital of the city of Boston, 287
An act in relation to the public library of the city of Boston

289

225.

22.

An act in relation to registration and elections in the city of Boston
An act in relation to holding funds contributed for the relief of members of
the Boston Protective Department and their families

290

291