bridges, estimates of super SECT. 5. When repairs are needed on any bridge in Repairs on charge of the superintendent of bridges, the latter shall make an estimate of the amount and expense thereof, and intendent to be submit it to the city engineer for approval; provided, however, approved by. that if such repairs affect the structure of the bridge, the whole work shall be solely in charge of the city engineer, and he may also order the superintendent to make necessary repairs, when it seems advisable, to an amount not exceeding the appropriation remaining unexpended. SECT. 6. There shall be allowed to the city engineer, for Subordinates. the discharge of the duties of his department, the following R. O. p. 40. subordinates: One assistant city engineer, One book-keeper, Three draughtsmen, Eleven transit-men, levellers, rodmen, and axemen. SECT. 7. He shall annually, in January, present to the Annual report city council a report in relation to his department, showing to city council. the number of persons employed therein, the detailed expenses of the department, the general nature of the work performed, the condition of all structures that come under his supervision, including those in process of construction and those which have been completed during the previous year, and such other general information in relation to the matters connected with his department as he may deem expedient; and he shall annually, on or before the fifth day of Annual report May, present to the Boston water board a report of the gen- board. eral condition of the water-works, with a detailed statement R. O. p. 40. of all expenditures in his department relating to said works, and with such other matters as he or the said board may deem expedient. NOTES. The office of city engineer is created by ordinance under the general power conferred by § 38 of the charter. The manner of his appointment and removal, and of the appointment and removal of his subordinates, is determined by St. 1885, c. 266, §§ 1, 5. SECTIONS 1, 2. This ordinance does not confer upon the city engineer the power to erect a dam on a person's land, without his consent, for the purpose of abating a nuisance upon neighboring flats by flowing them, and the city is not liable for his acts in so doing. Cavanagh v. Boston, 139 Mass. 426, 434. to Boston water Appointment and general duties. R. O. p. 41. Further duties. Subordinates. R. O. p. 41. Annual report. SECTION 1. There shall be annually appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, a city surveyor, who shall be a citizen of Boston, and who shall, by himself or his assistants, make such surveys, plans, estimates, and descriptions, and takes such levels, as may be required of him by the mayor, the board of aldermen, the common council, any committee of the city council or of either branch thereof, or any board or officer in charge of a department, and he shall, whenever required, furnish the corporation counsel and city solicitor with all necessary descriptions of lands. SECT. 2. The city surveyor shall furnish to the board of street commissioners, and to any committee having charge of any project for laying out or widening a street, such plans and such information in relation to projects under consideration by them as they may require; and he shall have the custody of all surveys and plans relating to the laying out, widening, extending, and grading of streets, and shall prepare all such statements and estimates relating to street widenings, extensions, and alterations, as the said commissioners or such committee may require. SECT. 3. There shall be allowed to the city surveyor, for the discharge of the duties of his department, the following subordinates: SECT. 4. The said surveyor shall annually, in 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 done, and such other general information in relation to the same as he may deem expedient. NOTES. The office of city surveyor is created by ordinance under the general power conferred by § 38 of the charter. There is no statutory mention of it, except the provision of St. 1870, c. 337, § 7, that the city surveyor shall furnish all surveys and plans referred by the board of street commissioners, and perform such other duties for said commissioners as they may require. The manner of his appointment and removal, and the appointment and removal of his subordinates, is determined by St. 1885, c. 266, §§ 1, 5. Appointment Subordinates. Annual report. Undertakers' fees for returns to. R. O. p. 42. SECTION 1. Section. 3. Annual report. There shall be annually appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, a city registrar, who shall perform the duties required by chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes to be performed by town and city clerks, and who shall have the custody of all records, books and papers belonging to the city relating to births, marriages and deaths, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the mayor, the board of aldermen, or the city council. SECT. 2. There shall be allowed to the city registrar, for the discharge of the duties of his department, the following subordinates: Three clerks for recording, SECT. 3. The city registrar shall annually, in February, report to the city council a statement of the number of births, of notices of intention of marriage, of marriages solemnized, and of deaths recorded during the previous year; with such other information and suggestions in relation to said matters as he may deem useful. SECT. 4. The fees which undertakers are entitled, under section four of chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes, to receive from the city registrar for making the returns required by said section, shall be considered to be included in the fees to which undertakers are entitled under section seventeen of chapter twenty-three of these ordinances. NOTES. The establishment of the office of city registrar is authorized by P. S. c. 32, § 16. The manner of appointment and removal of the registrar and his subordinates is determined by St. 1885, c. 266, §§ 1, 5. The authority to make ordinances relative to the subject of this chapter is given by P. S. c. 32, § 18. The duties of the city registrar, in addition to those prescribed by this chapter and by c. 47, § 9, of these ordinances, are mainly defined in P. S. c. 32, and P. Š. c. 145, §§ 16-21, and by St. 1878, c. 243, § 12. of office. SECTION 1. There shall be appointed by the mayor, Appointment, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, in the duties and terms year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and in every third R. O. p. 43. year thereafter, one assessor of taxes, and in every other year except those just mentioned, two such assessors. All said assessors shall be resident citizens, and shall devote their whole time to the service of the city, and they shall respectively hold office for three years from the first day of April in the year in which they are appointed. assistant as. SECT. 2. There shall be annually appointed by the Appointment of assessors of taxes, subject to confirmation by the mayor, sessors. two assistant assessors of taxes for each assessment district, R. O. p. 43. one of whom shall be a resident citizen, and shall be denominated a "first assistant," and the other of whom shall be a resident of the ward within which the assessment district for which he is appointed is located, and shall be denominated a" second assistant." There shall be allowed to the assessors Subordinates. of taxes the following subordinates: One office clerk, One assistant clerk, One messenger. sessors, organi. SECT. 3. As soon as practicable after their appointment the Boards of asassessors shall meet and organize themselves into a board, to zation. be called the board of assessors, by the choice of a chairman R. O. p. 43. and a secretary from their own number; and the assessors and first assistant assessors shall also meet and organize themselves into a board by the choice of a chairman from their own number, and sessions of said last-mentioned board shall be held on every week day, beginning with the sixteenth day of June, and not terminating sooner than the seventh day of August, unless by order of the board of assessors. |