Committee on city surveyor's dept. Oct. 12, 1868.

Choice of city sur

veyor. Ibid.

ORDINANCE.1

SECTION 1. In the month of January, in each year, there shall be appointed a joint committee of the city council, called the committee on the city surveyor's department, consisting of two members of the board of aldermen, and three members of the common council. The said committee shall have the care and supervision of the city surveyor's office; and shall and shall approve the appointment and discharge of all persons employed therein; and they shall fix the amount of compensation to be paid to said employés respectively; provided, that the same shall not, in the aggregate, exceed the sum appropriated therefor by the city council.

SECT. 2. There shall be chosen, annually, on the first Monday of February, or within sixty days thereafter, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the city council, a city surveyor, who shall be a citizen of Boston. He shall hold his office for one year from the first Monday in April,

1 An ordinance relating to the city surveyor's department, passed October 12, 1868.

in the year in which he may be elected, unless Oct. 12. 1868.
sooner removed; and he may be removed at the
pleasure of the city council; and vacancies may
be filled at any time for an unexpired term. He
shall receive such compensation as the city coun-
cil may, from time to time, determine.

SECT. 3. Said surveyor shall, by himself or his assistants, make such surveys, plans, estimates, and descriptions, and take such levels, as may be required of him by the mayor, the board of aldermen, the common council, or any committee of the city council, or of either branch thereof, or any board established by the city council; and he may employ such assistants as may be necessary to perform the services required of him, with the approval of the committee on the city surveyor's department, as provided in the first section.

streets, etc.

SECT. 4. Said surveyor shall act as secretary To keep records of of the committee of the board of aldermen, Ibid. on laying out and widening streets, and shall furnish said committee, or such commission as may hereafter be entrusted by the city council with the consideration of matters appertaining to the laying out, widening, or extending streets, with such plans and information in relation to any projects under consideration by them as they may require. He shall keep a full and accurate record of all their doings; and he shall have charge of all surveys and plans relating to the laying out, widening, extending, and grading of

streets.

To prepare orders, papers, etc., for said committee.

Oct. 12, 1868.

To keep books of
assessments.
Ibid.

Annual report.
Ibid.

Repeal of former ordinance.

Ibid.

SECT. 5. Said surveyor shall prepare all orders, resolves, and other papers relating to street widenings, extensions, and alterations which said committee may require; and shall furnish the city solicitor with all necessary descriptions of lands, whenever required.

SECT. 6. Said surveyor shall keep a set of books showing all the debits and credits to each estate, the whole or a portion of which may be taken to lay out, widen or extend a street, or which may be assessed under any betterment law; and if, in the opinion of the committee on laying out and widening streets, the work of keeping such a set of books and other records relating to street improvements, requires any special clerical assistance, the said surveyor, with the consent and approval of said committee, may employ a suitable clerk, whose salary shall be fixed by said committee, and paid from the appropriation for laying out and widening streets. All bills for assessments made under any betterment law shall be deposited by said surveyor with the city treasurer for collection.

SECT. 7. Said surveyor shall, annually, in the month of January, submit to the city council a report in relation to his department, showing the number of persons employed, the detailed expenses of the department, the general nature of the work, and such other general information in relation to the same as he may deem expedient.

SECT. 8. The ordinance relating to the department of engineering and surveying, passed the

eighth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby repealed; provided, however, that the city surveyor already elected, shall hold his office for the time for which he was elected, unless sooner removed; and provided, also, that the committee on the city engineer's department already appointed shall act as the committee on the city surveyor's department, during the remainder of the present municipal year.

Oct. 12, 1868.

5. Property and polls exempted: 1st, property of the United States; 2d, of the commonwealth, except, &c.; 3d, of certain institutions; 4th, of school districts; 5th, Bunker Hill Monument; 6th, household furniture, &c.; 7th, churches; 8th, cemeteries, &c.; 9th, estate of agricultural societies; 10th, of certain females to amount of five hundred dollars; 11th, cattle, &c.; 12th, Indians; 13th, polls and estates of persons unable to pay.

6. Location of railroads.

7. Collateral loan company.

8. Lands sold by State to be taxed
to owner after three years.
Where Polls and Property shall be
assessed.

9. Poll tax, where assessed.
10.

Person to be taxed where he
designates his place of resi-
dence to be.

11. Supplementary

polls.

taxation of