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For the purposes of any special preliminary election or special municipal election to be held in 2023 to fill a vacancy in Boston City Council District Eight as drawn by Chapter 6 of the Ordinances of 2012, said District shall be administered according to new precincts ratified by the Board of Election Commissioners since 2021, and so shall be redefined, for any such 2023 special elections only, as follows: District Eight—Consisting of precincts numbered five and nine of Ward Three; precincts numbered two through 12 and 15 of Ward Five; precincts numbered one through five of Ward Ten; precincts numbered one and two of Ward 21; and sub-precincts numbered ten ‘A’ of Ward Three and six ‘A’, seven ‘A’, eight ‘A’, nine ‘A’, ten ‘A’ and 12 ‘A’ of Ward Four. Contained in each sub-precinct are the following addresses:
(A) Ward Three precinct ten A (six addresses): Causeway St: 50 and 234; 42 Lomasney Way; 100 Lovejoy Wharf; Nashua St: 1 and 200;
(B) Ward Four precinct six A (74 addresses): 11 Belvidere St; Clearway St: 10, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 38, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56 and 60; Dalton St: 1 and 30; Massachusetts Ave: 150, 160, 168; 30 Saint Cecilia St; Saint Germain St: 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65 and 67;
(C) Ward Four precinct seven A (71 addresses): Boylston St: 1074, 1078, 1084, 1088, 1096, 1102 and 1126; Burbank St: 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 59, 63, 64, 65, 70, 75; Edgerly Rd: 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 41; Haviland St: 13, 18 and 24; Hemenway St: 12, 20, 26, 30, 38, 58 and 64; Massachusetts Ave: 143, 149, 173, 179, 185, 199 and 255; Norway St: 99, 100, 103, 111, 115 and 120; 12 Stoneholm St; Westland Ave: 43, 45, 57, 59, 65, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85 and 91;
(D) Ward Four precinct eight A (53 addresses): Hemenway St: 98, 100, 104 and 108; Saint Stephen St: 23, 25 and 27; Symphony Rd: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 67 and 71; Westland Ave: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24, 28, 32, 34, 38, 46, 52, 54, 58, 66, 70, 72, 78 and 90;
(E) Ward Four precinct nine A (two addresses): Huntington Ave: 610 and 620;
(F) Ward Four precinct ten A (45 addresses): 21 Autumn St; 107 Avenue Louis Pasteur; Brookline Ave: 255, 275, 291, 305, 321 and 400; Evans Way: 20, 26 and 30; 400 Fenway; Huntington Ave: 525 and 555; 179 Longwood Ave; Louis Prang St: 60, 62, 64, 66 and 68; 14 Palace Rd; Pilgrim Rd: 30, 37, 54, 78 and 86; Riverway: 100, 110, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 150, 154, 162, 210 and 214; 11 Tetlow St; Vancouver St: 7, 9, 11, 15, 17 and 19; and
(G) Ward Four precinct 12A (46 addresses): Fenway: 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 60, 66, 70, 74, 80, 84, 90, 96 and 114; Hemenway St: 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 73, 97, 103, 119 and 129.
(Ord. 2023 c. 4)
(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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