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1-3A.2   Order of Precedence.
   Outdoor flags will be flown at city facilities in the following order of precedence: first, the United States flag; second, the commonwealth flag; and third, the city flag.
(CBC 1985 1-3A.2; Ord. 2022 c. 6)
1-3A.3   Special Occasions of Federal, Commonwealth and Local Proclamation.
   (A)   Flags on City Hall Plaza shall be displayed in accordance with the above standards. However, the Mayor may order flags to be lowered to half staff including, but not limited to, flags of the United States of America and the commonwealth in honor of the death of a city employee killed in the line of duty, or in observance of a specific event or circumstance.
   (B)   Pursuant to proclamation of the Mayor, or resolution of the Boston City Council, other flags may be flown by the city in place of the city flag.
(CBC 1985 1-3A.3; Ord. 2022 c. 6)
1-3A.4   Other Flags.
   The city’s flagpoles are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public. The following flags may be displayed by the city as an expression of the city’s official sentiments.
   (A)   Flags of governments recognized by the United States. Flags of governments recognized by the United States may be displayed upon the proclamation of the Mayor or by resolution of the Boston City Council.
   (B)   Flags displayed in conjunction with official events or ceremonies as announced by Mayoral proclamation or Boston City Council resolution. By proclamation of the Mayor or resolution of the Boston City Council, other flags may be displayed as official city events or ceremonies.
   (C)   Flags of professional sports teams. The Mayor may order the display of the flag of a professional sports team in commemoration of a significant achievement involving the city.
   (D)   Ownership of other flags. The city shall acquire ownership of all flags that it flies in place of the city flag.
(CBC 1985 1-3A.4; Ord. 2022 c. 6)
1-4   CITY AUTOMOBILES.
   (A)   All automobiles owned by the city shall be registered in its name, and shall be painted a uniform distinctive color, bearing on each side the words “City of Boston” and also a designation in words showing by which Department such automobiles are used; provided, however, that the automobiles of the Fire Department may be painted red.
   (B)   No Department, Agency, Board or Division of the city shall purchase, lease, rent or otherwise acquire any passenger automobile certified by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States as having a city mileage rate of less than 24 miles per gallon of gasoline. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to vehicles used for security, emergency and for rescue purposes.
(Ord. 1909 c. 9; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 1 § 14; CBC 1975 Ord. T1 § 11; Ord. 1980 c. 14; CBC 1985 1-4)
1-5   CONTROL OF ROOMS IN CITY HALL.
   In the City Hall, the rooms used by the Mayor shall be under his or her control; the rooms used by the City Clerk shall be under his or her control; and the rooms used by the Boston City Council shall, except as ordered by the Boston City Council, be under the control of the President of the Boston City Council. All rooms in the City Hall, the City Hall Annex and other public buildings, not assigned by this Section, may be assigned by the Assistant Commissioner of Real Property with the approval of the Mayor.
(Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 1; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 1 § 15; CBC 1975 Ord. T1 § 12; CBC 1985 1-5)
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   Ord. ss 11-7.4
1-6   PROHIBITING ADVERTISING OF NAME OF ELECTED OFFICIAL ON CITY PUBLICATIONS.
   Unless expressly authorized by the Mayor and Boston City Council the name, title, photograph or other image of any City Official shall not appear on any publication, pamphlet, television or radio advertising, or advertising display of any description paid for in whole or in part from funds appropriated by the Boston City Council or from funds requiring approval of the Council prior to expenditure.
(Ord. 1979 c. 11; CBC 1985 1-6)
1-7   PROHIBITING USE OF WORD MAYOR IN TITLES OF PERSONS NOT SO DESIGNATED BY STATUTE.
1-7.1   Use of Title “Mayor”.
   No person in the city service or employ, other than the lawfully elected Mayor and the Acting Mayor chosen in accordance with the provisions of City of Boston Code, Statute 2, Section 4, shall use or be entitled to use the word Mayor in the title of any position held by such person in such service or employ. Any position presently existing or purporting to exist which conflicts with the provisions of this Section shall be, and hereby is, abolished. The Collector-Treasurer shall be, and hereby is, prohibited from making any payments of city funds for the salary of any person holding or purporting to hold any position in conflict with this Section.
(Ord. 1979 c. 41 § 11; CBC 1985 1-7.1)