citizens at large, to hold their office for three Sept. 17, 1869.) years from the first Monday in May in the year of their election, and until others are elected in their place, unless sooner removed. The members of said board of directors shall at all times be subject to removal from office by the city council for cause; and vacancies from any cause may be filled at any time for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. the board. SECT. 2. The persons elected from the city Organization of council shall enter upon their duties as members Ibid. of said board of directors forthwith; and the persons elected from the citizens at large shall enter upon their duties on the first Monday in May. On the first Monday in May, annually, the members shall meet and organize themselves into a board, by the choice of one of their number as president. They shall also choose a clerk, who shall not be a member of the board; and they may make such rules and regulations for their own government, and for the government of all subordinate officers by them appointed, as they may deem expedient. A majority of the whole board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECT. 3. The said board of directors shall have and exercise all the powers conferred, and be subject to all the duties imposed, by existing laws in relation to the house of industry, house of reformation, lunatic hospital, and the overseers of houses of correction, and which may be conferred by this ordinance, and by future laws and ordinances. Powers and duties of the directors. Dec. 12, 1862. Directors to have charge of records, make rules and regulations, appoint officers. Dec. 12, 1862. Compensation. Rules and regulations to be approved by city council. Ibid. Superintendent of lunatic hospital to ties and powers. Ibid. SECT. 4. The said board of directors shall have charge of all books, papers, property, and things pertaining to the aforesaid institutions, and shall make all needful rules and regulations for the government and management of the same, and employ such subordinate officers, agents, and assistants as they may deem expedient, and fix the compensation for each; provided, however, that the compensation of all persons employed shall be subject to the control of the city council. No rule or regulation made by said board shall take effect until it may have been approved by the city council, nor shall it remain in force after it may have been disapproved by the city council. Until new rules and regulations have been approved, those now in use at the several institutions shall remain in force. SECT. 5. Annually, in the month of February, be elected; his du- and whenever a vacancy may occur, the board shall elect some suitable physician as superintendent of the lunatic hospital, who may be removed at their pleasure, and shall receive such compensation as the city council may determine. He shall constantly reside at the hospital, and shall perform the duties of physician to such other institutions under the charge of the board as the directors may require. He shall, subject to the approval of the board, appoint assistants, subordinate officers, and attendants, and shall have charge and control of the hospital, grounds, buildings, and appurtenances, and of all patients, subordinate officers, attendants, and domestics. Directors may make repairs, &c. Dec. 12, 1862. SECT. 6. The board of directors shall make all necessary repairs and alterations in the several buildings, and make improvements in the grounds connected with the buildings under their charge, provided the expense thereof shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor by the city council; but they shall not incur any expense for the erec- Expense limited. tion or repair of structures, or for the improvement or ornament of the grounds, exceeding the appropriation therefor, without first obtaining the approval of the city council. Ibid. procured. SECT. 7. Whenever it is necessary to procure Supplies, how to be supplies, material, services, or labor for the said Ibid institutions, all due care shall be used to procure the same at the lowest market price. When the supplies or materials to be obtained exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, the board shall advertise in the newspapers employed by the city to publish its advertisements, for sealed proposals to furnish such supplies or materials, describing particularly the quality and quantity required, and the times and places of delivery. Such proposals as may be received shall be opened at a public meeting of the board, and the contracts shall be awarded to the lowest bidder; provided, the board shall deem it for the best interest of the city; and the person contracting shall furnish satisfactory security for the faithful performance of his contract. No member of the board,1 either directly or indirectly, for himself personally, or in trust for any other person, shall 1 See "Contracts with City Officers," pp. 136, 137, ante. Dec. 12, 1862. have any pecuniary interest in furnishing supplies for the institutions, or in any contract for the same. Directors shall make quarterly Dec. 12, 1862. Dec. 4, 1866. SECT. 8. The said board of directors shall and annual reports. make a report quarterly, to the city council, of their expenditures for each of the institutions, and annually, in the month of May, make a report in print, of the expenditures and receipts of each institution for the previous year, giving the condition of each institution, with the number of inmates admitted thereto and discharged therefrom, the births and deaths therein during the year, and the number remaining on the first of May, together with such other information pertaining thereto as they deem of public interest. Repeal of other ordinances. Ibid. SECT. 9. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed." 1 1 The ordinances passed August 25, 1857, and December 16, 1859. 8. Expenses of support of paupers in house of industry, how re- 9. Powers, duties, rights, &c., of STATUTES. of industry to be chosen; their pow ers and duties. 1822, c. 56, §§ 1, 2. See $$ 7, 9. 1. The house of industry that was located in that part of the Directors of house city called South Boston, was completed in 1822;1 and by a special act of the legislature, passed February 3, 1823, the city council were authorized to choose nine directors of the house of industry, who "should have and exercise the like authority and power in using, regulating, and governing said house of industry as are had and exercised by overseers of the poor within this commonwealth, and may send such persons to said house and for such purposes as overseers of the poor are by law authorized to do.”2 of the directors as to binding out chil 1826, c. 111. 2. By an act passed March 5, 1827, it was further provided Powers and duties that the directors of the house of industry in the city of Boston should have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties dren. relative to paupers, and the binding out of children and other persons committed to said house of industry for support, as the overseers of the poor of the several towns in this commonwealth had and exercised in relation to paupers and the binding out of children and other persons under and by virtue of the several laws of this commonwealth; and all acts of said directors should impose the same duties, liabilities, and obligations in all judicial tribunals, on the city of Boston aforesaid, and on the several towns and individuals of this commonwealth as the same acts would impose if done and performed in the same manner by the overseers of the poor of the several towns in this commonwealth. 3 Police court may commit to house of industry. 1822, c. 56, § 3. 3. By the act of February 3, 1823, before mentioned in section one, it was provided that the justices of the police court in the city of Boston should have and exercise the like authority and power, in ordering commitments to said house of industry, as were vested in justices of the peace as to commitments to houses of correction, according to the provisions of "An act for suppressing 1787, c. 54, § 1. 1 The house of industry was removed from South Boston to Deer Island, in November, 1853. 2 For the general powers and duties of overseers of the poor relating to the support of paupers and the binding out of children, see "Paupers," post. For their powers in the city of Boston, and their duties as a corporate body to hold and manage trust funds, see "Overseers of the Poor," post. See, also, Gen. Stats. cc. 70, 111. 3 Now the municipal court. |