duties. SECTION 1. There shall be elected annually, by concur- Election and rent vote of the two branches of the city council, a city R. O. p. 28. messenger, who shall devote his whole time to the service of the city; shall attend all meetings of the board of aldermen and of the common council; shall wait upon all committees and boards when in session in City Hall; and in general shall perform all services required of him by the mayor, by either branch of the city council, or by any committee or board when in session as aforesaid. pointment of. SECT. 2. He may, subject to the approval of the city Assistants, apcouncil, appoint three assistants, who shall hold office for one R. O. p. 23. year, unless sooner removed or suspended by him or by the city council. to have general etc. SECT. 3. The general custody of the city-hall building, City messenger except as otherwise provided, and except also as to any custody of City repairs or alterations therein, shall be in the charge of the Hall, except, city messenger, who may appoint all necessary subordinates, including the tender of the elevator, to enable him to dis- 105. charge such duty. Such subordinates may be discharged or suspended by him, or by any standing committee of the city council having charge of the matter. The city messenger shall have the direction of any detail of police that may be specially assigned to protect said building or to preserve order in any part thereof. The superintendent of public buildings shall have charge of the steam apparatus for heating City Hall and the connected buildings, and of the elevator therein. Rooms under SECT. 4. The use of the office and private room of the control of mayor shall be under the control of the mayor. mayor. R. O. p. 105. control of alder. men. SECT. 5. The use of the large hall used for the meetings Rooms under of the board of aldermen, the anteroom adjoining said hall on its easterly side, the city clerk's room, and the private R. O. p. 105. office on the west side of said hall, and the chairman's room adjoining the city messenger's office, shall be under the control of the board of aldermen. SECT. 6. The use of the hall used for the meetings of Rooms under the common council, the anteroom, committee-room, and control of comwash-room adjacent to said hall on its easterly side, the lobby R. O. p. 105. mon council. Powers of each branch relative to rooms under its control. R. O. p. 105. and clerk's room on its westerly side, and the president's room, adjoining the clerk's room, shall be under the control of the common council. SECT. 7. Each branch of the city government may prescribe rules for the use, custody, and care of its own apartments, and may direct the expenditure, through the superintendent of public buildings, of such sums of money as are from time to time appropriated for repairs or furnishing therein. NOTES. The office of city messenger is created by ordinance, under the general power conferred by § 38 of the charter. The city council has the power to determine how the city messenger and his assistants shall be chosen and removed, as the manner of choosing and removing them is excepted from the operation of St. 1885, c. 266, §§ 1 and 5, by § 2 of the same act. They would be removable in the same manner that they are appointed, in the absence of provision to the contrary. Murphy v. Webster, 131 Mass. 482, 488. and term of SECTION 1. Annually, in the month of May or June, there Appointment shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by office. the board of aldermen, a city treasurer, who shall hold R. O. p. 29. office for one year from the first day of July in the year in which he was appointed. Subordinates, SECT. 2. There shall be allowed to the treasurer, for the and their bonds. discharge of the duties of his department, the following sub- R. O. p. 29. ordinates: He shall require from said subordinates, for the faithful performance of their respective duties and for the safe custody of the money and other property intrusted to them, bonds to himself as obligee, with sureties satisfactory to the mayor, and with penal sums as follows: the cashier, not less than twenty thousand dollars, and the tellers and paymasters, not less than ten thousand dollars each. to have care and SECT. 3. The city treasurer shall have the care and custody City treasurer of all the current funds of the city from the time when the custody of city same shall be paid over to him by the collector or any other funds, etc. person, and also of any securities which may be placed in his charge by virtue of any statute or ordinance. He may deposit any portion of such current funds with such national bank or banks established in Boston, and upon such conditions and rates of interest as he may deem best, subject, however, to the approval of the mayor; provided, however, that the whole amount of deposits in any one bank shall not exceed fifty per centum of its paid-in capital. payments by, how made. accounts of, closing and examination of; annual report. May make certain payments outside City Hall, etc. R. O. p. 29. Furniture, etc., for places where made. SECT. 4. The treasurer shall pay all checks, orders, and other warrants issued upon him by the city auditor for the payment of bills and demands against the city, which have been duly passed in the auditor's department and have been by the mayor ordered for payment. The form of such checks, orders, or other warrants shall be settled by the auditor, with the approval of the mayor, whose approval shall be necessary to any subsequent change therein. The treasurer shall close his accounts for the financial year on or before the fourth day of May in each year, and shall on or before the first day of June transmit to the city council his annual report thereon. He shall also at any time submit his accounts and vouchers to the examination of any accountant designated for the purpose by the mayor, or by a vote of the city council, and he shall be entitled to a copy of the report thereon. SECT. 5. Payments of sums due to school instructors, school janitors, policemen, firemen, witnesses, and jurors, and to other persons employed in and about the various departments and institutions of the city and of the county of Suffolk, may be made by the city treasurer in any of the public buildings in the different sections of the city, or upon any of the public works, as he may designate and as will best facilitate such payments and prevent the loss of time by those to whom they are made; and for the purpose of making payments as aforesaid, the city treasurer may furnish necessary conveyance for his paymasters. SECT. 6. Suitable furniture and fixtures for such places payments are so as may be designated by the city treasurer for making payments, under the preceding section, shall be furnished by the superintendent of public buildings, who shall also place proper safeguards for the keeping of any money that may be in charge of the paymasters in such places. R. O. p. 29. Payments due to deceased em ployees. Order city council, March 16, 1885. Monthly state ments. SECT. 7. Upon the death of any employee, the board, or officer in whose department the deceased person was employed, may certify to the city treasurer the amount due such employee at the time of his decease, and the name of the person entitled to receive the same; and the city treasurer is hereby authorized to pay said amount in conformity to the certification of said board or head of department. SECT. 8. On or before the tenth day of each month the city treasurer shall render to the mayor and city council a statement of the receipts and payments of his department for the preceding month, and a summary of the like items for the current financial year up to the close of such month. NOTES. As to the duties of the city treasurer, see St. 1875, c. 176, § 1. St. 1885, c. 266, § 1, provides for his appointment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, and makes him removable by the mayor upon assignment of cause. The manner of appointing and removing his subordinates is determined by St. 1885, c. 266, § 5. See city charter, § 42, and notes to chapter 4. The city treasurer is also treasurer of the county of Suffolk. P. S. c. 23, § 3. See § 42 of city charter. |