43. Of the Chestnut-Hill Reservoir and the Adjoining Grounds..

44.

45.

46.

47.

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Of the Faneuil-Hall Market..

Of the Mount Hope Cemetery.

Of the Regulation of Building.

Of the Regulation of Plumbing

137

138

140

144

150

153

157

9.

Of the Inspection, Measurement, and Sale of Certain Articles..

10. Of the Regulation of Places of Public Amusement.

200

202

TABLE, SHOWING THE DISPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE ORDINANCES AND

REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME OF "REVISED ORDINANCES

ADOPTED IN 1882, AND IN THE SUPPLEMENTS THERETO

TABLE OF CASES CITED IN THE NOTES....

INDEX

204

211

215

PREFACE.

Prior to the work which resulted in the present consolidation there
have been eight distinct editions of the ordinances, each representing
an attempt to perform the necessary duty of revising the accumulations
of the intervening periods.

These editions vary considerably in size and somewhat in plan;
but in every case they expressly repeal their predecessors, and are now
of value only as references to guide us in tracing the course of municipal
legislation.

1.

The following is a complete list of editions issued:

ee

:-

- 1827. The Charter of the City of Boston, and Ordinances

made and established by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common

Council, with such Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts as

relate to the Government of said City. Compiled and arranged

in pursuance of an order of the City Council. Boston: True &

Greene, City Printers, 1827." Pp. 260 and xv.

2.1834. "The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston,

together with the Acts of the Legislature relating to the City.

Collated and revised, pursuant to an order of the City Council,

by Thomas Wetmore and Edward G. Prescott, Commissioners.

Boston: J. H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1834." Pp. 300 and

xxvii.

3. — 1850.

"The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston,

together with the Acts of the Legislature relating to the City.

Collated and revised, pursuant to an order of the City Council,

by Peleg W. Chandler. Boston: John H. Eastburn, City

Printer, 1850." Pp. xxix. and 582.

4.1856. "The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston,

together with the Acts of the Legislature relating to the City,

and an Appendix. Published by order of the City Council.

Boston: Moore & Crosby, City Printers, 1856." Pp. xxxv.

and 793.

[It appears by the preface that Messrs. A. K. P. Joy, F. L.
Washburn, and Charles Mayo, all members of the City Council, were
employed by the Committee on Ordinances to prepare the volume,
and by the City Council directed to publish it.]

5.-1863. "The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston, to-

gether with the Acts of the Legislature relating to the City, and

other municipal laws. Published by order of the City Council.

Boston: J. E. Farwell & Co., Printers to the City, No. 37 Con-

gress street, 1864." Pp. xvii. and 958.

[It is stated that this edition was codified and revised by George

P. Sanger and John G. Locke. The preface is dated February, 1864,

but bound copies are indorsed 1863.]

5*.-"A Supplement to the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bos-

ton. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Commit-

tee on Ordinances. Boston: J. E. Farwell & Company, Print-

ers to the City, 37 Congress street, 1866." Pp. vi., 340, viii.,

157, and 21.

[The preface is signed H. T. R., i.e., H. T. Rockwell. The sixth
part, or Digest, is signed by James C. Davis. The Index, part seven,
was doubtless prepared by J. M. Bugbee. As issued as a bound vol-
ume this Supplement contains: (1.) Rules and Regulations of the dif-
ferent departments; (2.) Special Acts incorporating companies to hold
large amounts of real estate within the city limits; (3.) Agreements
chiefly between the City of Boston and other corporations and parties
in respect to the new lands on the Back Bay; (4.) Trusts; (5.) His-
torical References; (6.) Decisions of Supreme Judicial Court of Mu-
nicipal Interest; (7.) Index to City Documents from 1834 to 1864.]

6. - 1869. "Ordinances and Rules and Orders of the City of Boston,
together with the General and Special Statutes of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature relating to the City. Published by order
of the City Council. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers,
34 School street, 1869." Pp. ix. and 829.

[The preface, signed by the Committee on Ordinances, shows that
the work was performed mainly by Messrs. Healy, McCleary, and
Bugbee, respectively the City Solicitor, City Clerk, and Clerk of Com-
mittees.]

6*.-1874. "Ordinances and Rules and Orders of the City of Bos-

ton, passed between the 1st Jan., 1870, and the 1st Aug.,

1874. Published by order of the City Council. Boston:

Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 122 Washington street,

1874." Pp. 146.

[It seems that an annual publication had been made of the Acts
and Ordinances, from 1869 to the end of 1873, paged consecutively,
and ending with p. 333. The volume for 1874 begins again with p. 1,
and includes all Ordinances in that year passed after Aug. 1st, the
date of the publication of the above Supplement.