The by-laws and orders of the town of Boston, passed at several legal town meetings, and duly approved by the Court of Sessions : together with rules and orders passed by the selectmen, the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Also, sundry laws of the Commonwealth, and other important information relating to the town of Boston / published under the direction of the selectmen.

  • Boston (Mass.)
Date:
1818
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The by-laws and orders of the town of Boston, passed at several legal town meetings, and duly approved by the Court of Sessions : together with rules and orders passed by the selectmen, the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Also, sundry laws of the Commonwealth, and other important information relating to the town of Boston / published under the direction of the selectmen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    And the Selectmen are hereby authoriz- ed to appoint, from time to time, such and so many assistants to the superintendant, as the business of the office may be found from experience to require, and shall allow to all and every of these officers, which by this order they are impowered to appoint, such compensation as to them shall appear just* and reasonable. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord oue thousand eight hundred and nine. ■•flJV ACT in addition to the several Acts now iti force to regulate the Paving of Streets in the town of Boston, and for removing obstructions in. the same. Sec 1. HE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That in paying or repairing the pavement of any street in the town of Boston, in fu- ture, no person shall place timber or wood in front of his or her house or lot, to sup- port the foot walk ; but the same shall be supported with hammered or cut stone ; any thing in the second section of the act to which this is an addition, passed the twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That the Selectmen of the town of Boston shall be, and they hereby are empowered, to appoint suitable places in the streets or squares of