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CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
DEDICATION.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
NOTE
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: MODIFIED PLAN
GENERAL POWERS OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
CITY DISTRICTS.
PROCEDURES RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
ORGANIZATION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THE FINANCE COMMISSION.
PUBLIC SPENDING.
THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY AUDITOR.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION AND SURPLUS PROPERTY.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT.
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
APPENDIX C NOMINATION PETITION
APPENDIX D FORM FOR ELECTION BALLOTS
APPENDIX E CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
APPENDIX I PLAIN LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE BOSTON CITY CHARTER
APPENDIX J OATH OF MAYOR/CITY COUNCILLOR
APPENDIX K CALENDAR FOR ELECTION CYCLE
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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Section 18.   District Boundaries.
   [T]he respective district lines shall be the same for the city council and the school committee. Each such district shall be compact and shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants as determined by the most recent state decennial census, shall be composed of contiguous existing precincts, and shall be drawn with a view toward preserving the integrity of existing neighborhoods.
[Acts of 1982, c. 605, s. 3]
[The ordinance containing the definition and boundaries of the districts is found at CBC 2-9.2.]
   Said districts shall continue in force until redrawn by the city council as provided herein. The council shall redraw the districts for the purpose of city council and school committee representation as specified in this section on or before (a) ninety days from the date that the nineteen hundred and eighty-five state census, including census figures for the city of Boston, is properly certified by the state secretary; and (b) on or before August first, nineteen hundred and ninety-six and on or before said August first every subsequent tenth year.
[Acts of 1986, c. 343, s. 1]
Section 19.   District Requirements.
   In the year nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and each subsequent year, the city of Boston shall not be required to make a new division of its territory into wards as required by section one of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws.
[Acts of 1982, c. 605, s. 3]
Section 20.   Habitation Requirements for Representation.
   Every city councillor ... who is elected to represent an individual district shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the district for which he is chosen for at least one year immediately preceding his election, and he shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant thereof.
[Acts of 1982, c. 605, s. 6]
PROCEDURES RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Section 21.   Biennial Municipal Election.
   Beginning in the year nineteen hundred and twenty- five, the municipal election in said city shall take place biennially in every odd numbered year on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
[Acts of 1909, c. 486, s. 32, amended by Acts of 1914, c. 730, s. 1, amended by Acts of 1921, c. 288, s. 1, and further amended by Acts of 1924, c.479, s. 4]
[See Appendix K]
Section 22.   Provisions for Different Types of Elections.
   Every municipal officer required by sections twelve, thirteen, [and] fourteen … to be elected at-large shall be elected at a biennial municipal election, or, in the case of a mayor for an unexpired term, at a special municipal election, after, in either case, nomination at a preliminary municipal election, except as otherwise provided in section [twenty- six C]. In sections [twenty-two] to [thirty-three], inclusive, the term “regular election” shall be construed to refer to the biennial municipal election or the special municipal election, as the case may be, and the term “preliminary election” to the preliminary municipal election held for the purpose of nominating candidates for election at such regular election. Every preliminary election shall, unless dispensed with under said section [twenty-six C], be held on the sixth Tuesday preceding the regular election.
[Acts of 1948, c. 452, s. 53, amended by Acts of 1951, c. 376, s. 2.53]
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