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2-4.1 Duties of Board.
The Listing Board constituted under Chapter 29 of the General Acts of 1917, as amended by Chapter 287 of the Acts of 1938, shall, each year in the course of making a list of all dogs owned by the inhabitants of the city pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 150, ascertain whether each such dog is licensed or unlicensed, and shall return such information to the Police Commissioner and to the Animal Control Officer or to the domestic charitable corporation, from time to time, performing by contract the duties of Animal Control Officer in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151. The Listing Board or its Agents shall, at the time of so ascertaining, by means of a suitable written notice inform each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog of the penalties for harboring such dog and of the procedure for procuring a dog license. The Listing Board or its Agents shall give to each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog the form of application for a dog license that may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Police Commissioner, with as many duplicate copies of the same as may be required by the Police Commissioner, and shall inform each such owner or harborer of the procedure, if any, that may be, from time to time, established by the Police Commissioner for submitting such application and securing such license by mail.
(Ord. 1972 c. 14 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 202; CBC 1985 2-4.1; Ord. 2014 c. 15 § 1)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 140, Sections 150—151; Gen. Acts. 1917 c. 29; St. 1938 c. 287; Ord. ss 2-3.1)
2-4.2 Police Assigned to Listing Board.
During the conduct of the Annual Listing of Residents, except as otherwise provided by Chapter 29 of the Acts of 1917, the Police Commissioner of the city shall detail to the Listing Board, two Police Patrol Officers in each Police Division of the city who shall during the time of their detail be subject to the lawful orders of said Board.
(Ord. 1975 c. 9; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 203; CBC 1985 2-4.2)
2-5.1 Limitations on Campaign Spending in City Preliminary Elections and City Elections.
(A) Limitation on monies expended for political campaign. No person being a candidate for the Office of Mayor, City Councillor at Large or School Committee Member, at any regular or special election or preliminary election, and no person acting with his or her leave or authority, or without such leave or authority, including, but not limited to, the Treasurer or Chair of a non-elected political Committee, shall expend, cause to be expended, allow to be expended or suffer to be expended, in the municipal year of such election, any monies in furtherance of the campaign of such a candidate, for whatever purpose, by any person, in excess of the amounts hereinafter set out, which shall be the aggregate of expenditures by all persons, under whatever color or guise, in furtherance of that campaign;
(1) The Office of Mayor: $200,000;
(2) The Office of City Councillor at Large: $20,000; and
(3) The Office of School Committee Member: $20,000.
(B) Monies spent in excess; fine established.
(1) Every dollar expended in excess of the above limitations shall be deemed to be a separate offense, and each offense shall be punished by a fine of $2.
(2) For the purposes of this Section, the incurring of a liability for goods and services in furtherance of such a campaign shall be deemed to be an expenditure of monies equal to the amount of such liability, and it shall be deemed to have been expended on the date the liability was incurred.
(C) Effective date. The provisions of Subsection 2-12.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, this Section shall be published by the action of the Boston City Council in adopting the same, and shall take effect on the first Monday in January of the year 1976.
(D) Severability. The provisions hereof are severable and the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction invalidating or impairing the validity of any part or portion hereof shall not be deemed to affect the validity of any remaining part or portion of this Section.
(Ord. 1975 c. 11; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 204; CBC 1985 2-5.1)
Editor’s note:
This Section should be read against Buckley v. Valeo, 44 U.S.L.W. 4127 (U.S. Jan. 30, 1976) which held federal campaign limitations unconstitutional.
The Police Officer in attendance at the several polling places at primaries, elections, preliminary elections and city elections, in addition to performing the duties otherwise set forth by law, shall:
(A) Inspect each voting machine prior to the opening of the polls to ensure that no votes have been cast upon it since being set;
(B) Verify by inspection that “protective counter” setting against the number provided by the voting machine custodian;
(C) Place a mark next to the name of each voter who casts a ballot at such location, on the voting list provided by law; and
(D) Report any machine malfunction, irregularity or disturbance in or round the polling location, both to his or her station house and to the Election Commission.
(Ord. 1978 c. 8; CBC 1985 2-6)
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