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THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II: FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER III: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER IV: CONTRACTS
CHAPTER V: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER VI: GENERAL SERVICES
CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER VIII: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER IX: BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER X: HOUSING SERVICES
CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
CHAPTER XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII: NATURAL GAS
CHAPTER XIV: LICENSING AND CONSUMER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS
CHAPTER XV: DIVISIONS OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE
CHAPTER XVI: PROHIBITIONS, PENALTIES AND PERMITS
CHAPTER XVII: LICENSES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN TRADES
CHAPTER XVIII: FEES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER XIX: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XX: CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XXI: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CHAPTER XXII: SUFFOLK COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII: TRASH AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER XXIV: BOSTON JOBS, LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE
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SECTION 78. CHOOSING NOMINEES FOR THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
   •   Each year the panel selects a chairman who gives a list of the members of the panel to the city clerk.
   •   The panel meets in public on the 1st Wednesday in October to select 3 to 5 nominees for each school committee member office that will become vacant on the 1st day of the next year.
   •   The panel must give this list to the mayor by the 1st Monday in December. If the panel does not present this list then the mayor may appoint anyone he/she wishes to the school committee.
   •   If an unexpected vacancy occurs in the school committee then the panel meets within 10 days of notice of the vacancy and gives a list of 3 to 5 nominees to the mayor within 30 days of the meeting. If they do not give the mayor a list then he/she may appoint anyone he/she chooses.
   •   The mayor must select a replacement within 15 days of getting this list.
APPENDIX J
OATH OF MAYOR/CITY COUNCILLOR
I, <NAME OF MAYOR/COUNCILLOR>, do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the Constitution thereof, so help me God.
I, <NAME OF MAYOR/COUNCILLOR>, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as <a member of the City Council // or // Mayor> of the City of Boston, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth, so help me God.
I, <NAME OF MAYOR/COUNCILLOR>, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.
APPENDIX K
CALENDAR FOR ELECTION CYCLE
First hour and day for filing a statement of candidacy/making application for a nomination petition with the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
9:00 a.m. on the day following the 23rd Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
 
First hour and day for issuance of a nomination petition by the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
9:00 a.m. on the 21st Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for filing a statement of candidacy/making application for a nomination petition with the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
5:00 p.m. on the 19th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for issuance of a nomination petition by the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
5:00 p.m. on the 19th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for filing the nomination petition with the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
5:00 p.m. on the 18th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for the Boston Election Commission to complete its certification of signatures on the nomination papers.
5:00 p.m. on the 13th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for filing a withdrawal from nomination and/or an objection to the validity of a nomination petition with the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
5:00 p.m. on the 12th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Last hour and day for filing a certificate of substitution with the Boston Election Commission at the Boston Election Department.
5:00 p.m. on the day following the 12th Tuesday preceding the preliminary election.
Day of the preliminary municipal election.
The 6th Tuesday preceding the biennial municipal election.
Day of the biennial municipal election.
The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
 
[See Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 24A, 25, 26, 26A, 26B of the Boston City Charter]
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Selected Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts Affecting the City of Boston
Acts of 1822, c. 110
Acts of 1955, c. 60
Acts of 1854, c. 448
Acts of 1956, c. 665
Acts of 1890, c. 418
Acts of 1957, c. 150
Acts of 1906, c. 231
Acts of 1966, c. 642
Acts of 1908, c. 562
Acts of 1970, c. 583
Acts of 1909, c. 486
Acts of 1972, c. 150
Acts of 1914, c. 730
Acts of 1974, c. 276
Acts of 1919, c. 222
Acts of 1976, c. 78
Acts of 1919, c. 269
Acts of 1982, c. 190
Acts of 1921, c. 288
Acts of 1982, c. 605
Acts of 1924, c. 479
Acts of 1983, c. 342
Acts of 1934, c. 185
Acts of 1983, c. 643
Acts of 1934, c. 227
Acts of 1986, c. 343
Acts of 1936, c. 152
Acts of 1986, c. 701
Acts of 1936, c. 224
Acts of 1987, c. 613
Acts of 1938, c. 263
Acts of 1989, c. 596
Acts of 1939, c. 156
Acts of 1991, c. 108
Acts of 1941, c. 604
Acts of 1992, c. 272
Acts of 1947, c. 120
Acts of 1992, c. 373
Acts of 1947, c. 447
Acts of 1993, c. 233
Acts of 1948, c. 452
Acts of 1993, c. 341
Acts of 1949, c. 222
Acts of 1995, c. 147
Acts of 1951, c. 111
Acts of 1996, c. 328
Acts of 1951, c. 182
Acts of 1998, c. 262
Acts of 1951, c. 376
Acts of 2001, c. 170
Acts of 1952, c. 190
Acts of 2004, c. 476
Acts of 1953, c. 473
Acts of 2006, c. 111
Acts of 1954, c. 24
 
City of Boston Code
Massachusetts General Laws
CBC 2-7.11
M.G.L. c. 39
CBC 2-8.1
M.G.L. c. 44, s.53A
CBC 2-9.1/CBC 2-9.2
M.G.L. c. 59, s. 21C (Prop 2½)
 
N.B. Numerous other General Laws, Special Laws, and Ordinances affect the powers and duties of the City of Boston. This publication has been limited to the Form of Government and the broadest and most fundamental operations of the government of the City of Boston.