SECT. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are repealed.

SECT. 3. This Act shall take effect on the acceptance thereof by the concurrent vote of the city council of said city. Approved April 24, 1874.

An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to construct and maintain tide gates across Alewive Chapter 193, 1874. Approved April 24,

Brook.

1874.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO ALTERING HIGHWAYS IN THE CITIES OF

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The city council of the city of Newton, and of the city of Somerville, shall have authority and power to widen, straighten, and otherwise alter highways within the limits of their respective cities. Any party aggrieved by such widening, straightening, or alteration, shall have the same remedies as in the case of town ways.

SECT. 2. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to exclude the jurisdiction of the county commissioners.

SECT. 3. Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight, of the acts of the present year, being “An Act in

addition to An Act to establish the city of Newton," is repealed.

SECT. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its pasApproved June 23, 1874.

sage.

An Act in addition to "An Act for the abatement of a nuisance in the cities of Cambridge and Somerville, and for the preservation of the public health in said cities." Chapter 191, 1875. Approved May 7, 1875.

CITY OF SOMERVILLE.

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE.

Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows:

No. 1.

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION

OF ORDINANCES.

SECTION 1. All By-Laws of the City shall be called "Ordinances," and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as follows":

SECT. 2. All Ordinances shall be engrossed at length by the City Clerk in the order in which they shall be passed, in a book of Records kept for the purpose. All Ordinances, and such of the Orders as the City Council may direct, shall be published once or more, as the City Council may direct, in one or more newspapers published in the City.

SECT. 3. The Joint Standing Committee on Printing shall have the direction of the Printing