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(A) The City Clerk’s Department shall be under the charge of the City Clerk, who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided by statute; shall have the care and custody of all records, documents, maps, plans and papers of the city, concerning the care and custody of which no other provision is made; shall attend all meetings of the Boston City Council, and keep records of such meetings; shall cause every ordinance except ordinances consolidating and arranging the ordinances to be printed as a city document as soon as may be after its passage and, except as otherwise provided, to be published once a week for three weeks successively in two daily newspapers published in this city; shall keep a copy of the last revision of the ordinances with all amendments codified and arranged therein; shall keep a book containing a record of notices of accidents caused by defects in the streets; and shall, at the close of each municipal year, prepare and print as city documents:
(1) A pamphlet containing, except as otherwise provided, all ordinances passed during each year; and
(2) A cumulative supplement to this Section codifying all ordinances, whensoever passed, amending this Section.
(B) The Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Registrar or Assistant Registrar shall post and perform marriages on the following days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 10:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. or at the discretion of the officiant. Marriages performed at the discretion of the officiant shall only be performed in limited circumstances or in emergency cases. There shall be a service fee of $15 paid to the city for couples that choose to marry on municipal premises. The officiant shall keep a public record of marriages performed on municipal premises in accordance with the provisions of this Section; provided that the officiant shall keep private marriage records restricted under commonwealth law.
(C) The Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Registrar or Assistant Registrar may not perform marriages outside of City Hall during regular business hours.
(St. 1821 c. 110 § 10; St. 1909 c. 486 § 22; Ord. 1961 c. 7 § 1; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10 § 1; Ord. 1975 c. 7 § 3; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 550; CBC 1985 2-10.1; Ord. 2012 c. 1)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 41; St. T. 2 § 750; Ord. ss 17-14.1
The City Clerk shall keep a book containing the dates of appointment of all Officers appointed by the Mayor or elected by the Boston City Council and a statement, which shall be signed by every such Officer, that he or she accepts his or her Office subject to the statutes and ordinances.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 10 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 551; CBC 1985 2-10.2)
The City Clerk shall, when so directed by the Boston City Council, issue licenses and badges to minors, and shall in such case see that every such licensee conforms to the conditions of his or her license.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 10 § 3; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 552; CBC 1985 2-10.3)
Cross-reference:
Ord. ss 17-5.2; ss 17-5.3
(A) (1) Upon the recommendation of the Rules Committee of the Boston City Council, the Boston City Council shall, by a majority of its members, appoint an Assistant City Clerk who shall be thereafter approved by the Mayor and then qualified and sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of the position. The Assistant City Clerk shall hold Office until the earliest of:
(a) The first Monday in February in the third calendar year of his or her appointment and qualification;
(b) The date delineated in any letter of resignation tendered by the Assistant City Clerk and accepted by a majority of the members of the Boston City Council; or
(c) The date that a successor to the Assistant City Clerk is appointed by a majority of the members of the Boston City Council and thereafter qualified and sworn, and nothing in this Section shall prevent an Acting Assistant City Clerk from serving as the successor under this Section until such time as an Assistant City Clerk is appointed and qualified.
(2) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Assistant City Clerk from being appointed and qualified for successive terms.
(B) The Assistant City Clerk shall assist the City Clerk in the performance of his or her Office and shall discharge the duties of the City Clerk when that Officer is absent or when there is a vacancy in that Office. The certificate or attestation of the Assistant City Clerk shall have the same effect as that of the City Clerk.
(C) The City Clerk shall annually submit a written evaluation/performance review of the Assistant City Clerk to each of the members of the Boston City Council. The Rules Committee may meet with the City Clerk in order to discuss the evaluation/performance review and the responsibilities and performance of the Assistant City Clerk.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 10 § 4; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 553; Ord. 1977 c. 5; CBC 1985 2-10.4 Ord. 2004 c. 2 § 1; Ord. 2006 c. 6 § 1)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 41, Section 18
There shall be in the Office of the City Clerk a division, known as the Registry Division, as provided in the Charter as that term is defined in M.G.L. Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause 5.
(Ord. 1968 c. 14 § 4; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10 § 6; CBC 1975 Ord. T2, § 554; CBC 1985 2-10.5)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 4, Section 7; Chapter 656, § 7 of Acts of 1965
At the Boston City Council meeting next succeeding the sixteenth day after the passage of every order, ordinance, resolution and vote of the Boston City Council presented to the Mayor in accordance with Section 2-12, the City Clerk shall notify the Boston City Council of the Mayor’s approval, disapproval or failure to either approve or disapprove and such notification shall be made a part of the record of such meeting.
(Ord. 1979 c. 6; CBC 1985 2-10.6)
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