Notices of elec. tions to be pub. SECT. 4. In addition to causing the warrants to be served as prescribed in section two, the city clerk shall cause to be published, as seasonably as possible, in at least four daily newspapers published in the city, a statement of the officers to be chosen, or of the proposition to be submitted, at the meeting, the day on which the meeting is to be held, and of the hours fixed for the opening and closing of the polls; but a failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not invalidate an election. NOTES. Section 61 of the city charter provides that all "warrants for the meetings of the citizens for municipal purposes shall be issued by the board of aldermen, and in such form, and shall be served, executed, and returned at such time and in such manner, as the city council may, by any by-law or ordinance, direct and appoint." Warrants of meetings for the election of national, state, district, county, and municipal officers must contain a notice that such officers are to be voted for on one ballot, and must specify the time when the polls will be opened and the time when they will be closed. St. 1884, c. 299, §§ 1, 2. SECT. 1. See St. 1878, c. 243, § 4. SECT. 2. As to the power of constables to serve election-warrants, see P. S. c. 27, § 119, and St. 1802, c. 7, § 1. SECT. 3. The requirements of the law as to the hours during which the polls must be opened at elections are to be found in St. 1884, c. 299, §§ 1, 2. P. S. c. 7, §§ 1, 2 are repealed by St. 1884, c. 299, § 44. For the provisions of law in relation to registration and elections in Boston, see §§ 57-61 of the city charter; St. 1878, c. 243; St. 1880, c. 225; St. 1882, c. 204; and the general election law, St. 1884, c. 299. granted, etc. SECTION 1. When written application is made to the Permits for superintendent of public buildings, by not less than five legal meetings in, how voters of a ward, for the use of the ward-room in such ward R. O. p. 9. for the purpose of holding a meeting therein, the said superintendent may grant a permit to such applicants for the use of such ward-room for a specified time and purpose, subject to the provisions of this chapter; but no permit, unless it is expressly so stated therein, shall extend to an adjournment of the meeting for which it is granted, and a permit may be revoked at any time by the mayor. The application for a permit for the use of a ward-room shall set forth the call of the meeting which it is proposed to hold, and every notification of a meeting to be held in a ward-room shall specify that all persons who may be present at such meeting shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. days for party SECT. 2. When an organized political body calls caucuses To be reserved or ward meetings for a designated day, no person, except the for designated recognized agents of such body, shall, prior to the morning of the day fixed for such meetings, be granted the use of a R. O. p. 9. ward-room for such day. caucuses. opening, light SECT. 3. The applicants to whom such a permit is granted Expense of shall, before the issuing thereof, pay to the superintendent of ing, etc. public buildings such sum of money as will in his opinion be R. O. p. 9. sufficient to defray the expense of opening, closing, lighting, and heating the ward-room during the time specified in the permit. erly taking part in such a SECT. 4. If a person not a legal voter in the ward in Persons impropwhich a meeting under a permit granted as above provided is held, or a person not included in the call for such meeting, meetings liable marks or votes at such meeting; or if a person, whether to penalty and legal voter in such ward or not, against the expressed consent R. O. pp. 9, 10. of such applicants or of a major part of such of them as are present, marks or votes in the choice of candidates, or otherwise votes or speaks or remains at said meeting or at an Police to be meetings, etc. R. O. p. 10. adjournment thereof, he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offence; and any police officer, if so directed by said applicants, or by a major part of such of them as are present, or by the presiding officer of the meeting, shall remove from the ward-room the person so offending. SECT. 5. When such a permit is granted, the superinnotified of such tendent of public buildings shall notify the board of police, and request them to detail a sufficient police force to be present and keep the peace at such meeting and at any adjournment thereof, and to obey the lawful orders of the applicants, or of a major part of such of them as are present, and of the chairman or presiding officer of the meeting, and to enter complaints for all violations of this chapter. List of voters of ward to be ward-room. R. O. p. 10. SECT. 6. As soon as the list of voters in a ward is preposted in each pared for any election, a copy of such list shall be posted or hung up by the superintendent of public buildings in the ward-room of the ward in such a manner as to be readily accessible to the public, and such copy shall remain in such ward-room till after the next election, and until a new and revised list is substituted therefor. Penalty for tear. ing down or mu R. O. p. 10. SECT. 7. Any person, other than the superintendent of tilating such list. public buildings or some person by him duly authorized, who carries away, destroys, breaks, or mutilates a copy of a list of voters posted or hung up as provided in the preceding section, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offence; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to the mere erasure of the name of a person who, at the time of such erasure, has actually ceased to be a legal voter in the ward. A copy of this chapter to be hung up in SECT. 8. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public buildings to cause to be suitably framed and hung up ward-rooms, and in some conspicuous place in each of the ward-rooms of the city a printed copy of this chapter, and it shall be specified in every permit granted as before provided, that it is granted upon the terms and subject to the provisions of this chapter. permits to be subject to its provisions. R. O. p. 10. NOTES. Persons smoking in or bringing liquor into such a meeting as is mentioned in this chapter may be required to withdraw. See P. S. c. 7, $ 64. The statutes provide a penalty for voting under a false name at such a meeting. P. S. c. 7, § 56. Also for unlawfully disturbing such a meeting. P. S c. 207, § 23. SECTION 1. Revocation of permit for use of ward-room must be by the mayor or the proper executive officer under him. St. 1885, c. 266, § 6. The "care, custody, and management" of all public buildings, which was previously vested by the charter in the city council (St. 1854, c. 448, § 39). is vested in the mayor and the superintendent of public buildings, and can no longer be controlled or participated in by a joint committee as was formerly the case. St. 1885, c. 266, §§ 6, 12. R. O. p. 11. SECTION 1. Except where it is otherwise expressly pro- Tenure of office vided, every officer of the city, unless sooner removed, shall of city officers. hold office for one year from the first Monday in April in the year in which he is elected or appointed; and, whatever may be the time fixed for the expiration of his term of office, shall continue to hold his office, after such expiration, until a successor is elected or appointed and qualified in his stead. Any vacancy, occasioned by the removal, resignation, or death of such an officer, may at any time be filled for the unexpired term. The term of office of all subordinates in nates. the several departments whose compensation is specifically fixed by ordinance or provided for by appropriation, shall be deemed to continue so long as the appropriation therefor is renewed, unless they are removed by their respective superiors according to law or discharged as unnecessary. of subordi. and how ap SECT. 2. Whenever an officer, appointed by the mayor Pro tempore and confirmed by the board of aldermen, shall be temporarily officers, when unable to discharge the duties of his office, the mayor may pointed. appoint, subject to the confirmation of the board of alder- R. O. p. 11. men, a person to discharge such duties until the mayor decides that such inability has ceased. pointments and removals, how SECT. 3. Whenever an officer shall be appointed by the Record of apmayor, and confirmed by the board of aldermen, a record thereof shall be made by the city clerk in a book to be kept kept. by him for the purpose. Whenever an officer is removed by R. O. p. 11. the mayor the city clerk shall obtain from the mayor a copy Office hours. Leave of absence and vacations. City hall and public offices of the order of removal, and record the same and the cause of removal therein assigned in the said book. Whenever any board, or any officer other than the mayor, shall remove a subordinate, the order of removal and the cause assigned therein shall be entered in full on the records of the department in which he served. SECT. 4. The office hours, or hours of labor, of the several heads of departments and of the clerks and other officers connected with the city government, who perform clerical or office duties, shall, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, be from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon, on every day except Sundays and legal holidays; except that on Saturdays the city offices shall be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon. The mayor may grant leave of absence in writing, with or without loss of pay, to all officers appointed by him, and the boards or officers in charge of departments may grant similar leave of absence to any of their subordinates, subject to revocation by the mayor. All salaried subordinates and officers shall be entitled to a vacation of a fortnight's duration, without loss of pay, during a year of employment. The mayor may may be ordered order City Hall, or the offices contained therein, and all other public offices, to be closed for any period, not exceeding one cil, Dec. 20, 1881. day at a time, whenever he deems such action expedient. Office hours of SECT. 5. The offices of the city treasurer and city collector shall be open for the receipt and disbursement of money from nine o'clock in the forenoon until two o'clock in the afternoon on every day except Sundays and legal holidays. closed by mayor, etc. Order city coun city treasurer and city collector. R. O. p. 12. of city regis. trar. of board of health. R. O. p. 12. Extra hours and duties may be ordinates. R. O. p. 12. SECT. 6. The city registrar's office shall, in addition to the hours provided in section four, be open for the receipt of returns from undertakers, and for the issuing of certificates to parties intending to be joined in marriage, from eleven o'clock in the forenoon until twelve o'clock, noon, on every day in the year. The office of the board of health shall, in addition to the hours provided in section four, be open for the issuing of permits for burials and of permits for the removal of dead bodies, from ten o'clock in the forenoon until twelve o'clock, noon, on every day in the year. SECT. 7. Any subordinate may, in case of necessity, be required of sub. required by the board or officer in charge of the department with which he is connected, to perform, without extra compensation, service on week-days for a greater number of hours than is before specified, and to discharge all official duties which may be assigned to him at any time by said board or officer, whether the same be those usually attaching to his position or not. Organization of boards, time and manner of. SECT. 8. Except where otherwise provided, every board shall organize on the first Monday in May, annually, by the choice of one of its members as chairman, and of a clerk, |