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APPENDIX C
NOMINATION PETITION
   A nomination petition may consist of one or more sheets; but each sheet shall be in substantially the following form.
   Every nomination petition sheet shall, before issuance, be prepared by the election commission by printing or inserting thereon the matter required by the first two paragraphs of the [] form [contained in this Appendix]. Not more than three hundred nomination petition sheets shall be issued to any candidate for nomination to the office of mayor under Plan A and not more than one hundred and fifty such sheets shall be issued to any candidate for nomination to the office of city councillor-at-large ... . Not more than twenty nomination sheets shall be issued to any candidate for nomination to the office of district city councillor....No nomination petition sheet shall be received or be valid unless prepared and issued by the election commission; nor shall any such sheet be received to be valid unless the written acceptance of the candidate thereby nominated is endorsed thereon, anything in section three A of chapter fifty of the General Laws to the contrary notwithstanding. [Acts of 1948, c. 452, s. 55, amended by Acts of 1951, c. 376, s. 2.55A, amended by Acts of 1983, c. 342, s. 4, and further amended by Acts of 2004, c. 476, ss. 5, 6]
   FORM FOR NOMINATION PETITION
   IS INCLUDED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE
   THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
   CITY OF BOSTON
   NOMINATION PETITION
   Whereas (name of candidate) residing at (street and number, if any) in District (number) of the City of Boston, (here insert any lawfully requested statement concerning the elective public offices held by candidate) is a candidate for nomination for the office of (Mayor or City Councillor-at-Large or District City Councillor...), the undersigned, registered voters of the City of Boston, duly qualified to vote for a candidate for said office, do hereby request that the name of said (name of candidate) as a candidate for nomination for said office be printed on the official ballot to be used at the preliminary municipal election to be held on Tuesday, __________, 19__.
   Each of the undersigned does hereby certify that he or she has not subscribed (if the petition relates to the office of mayor or district city councillor.... here insert: any other nomination petition for said office; if the petition relates to the office of city councillor-at-large ... , here insert: more than three other nomination petitions for said office).
   In case the above-named candidate withdraws his name from nomination or is found to be ineligible or dies, we authorize (names and residences of a committee of not less than five persons) or a majority thereof as our representatives to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law.
 
SIGNATURE OF NOMINATOR
 
(To be signed by the nominator in person with the nominator’s name precisely as given when the nominator registered to vote)
CURRENT RESIDENCE
 
(If the nominator’s current residence is not the address at which the nominator is registered to vote then the nominator shall complete the column titled “Residence of Registration”)
WARD
PRECINCT
RESIDENCE OF REGISTRATION 
 
(If the nominator is not registered to vote at the “Current Residence” then the nominator shall complete this column)
 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SUFFOLK, ss.                                 Boston,______________, 19____.
   The undersigned, being the circulator or circulators of this sheet, severally certify, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that the persons whose names are written upon the lines the number of which appear opposite our signatures below, signed the same in person.
 
NAMES AND ADDESSES OF PERSONS CIRCULATING THIS SHEET
NUMBERS OF LINES UPON WHICH APPEAR SIGNATURES AS TO WHICH CERTIFICATION IS MADE HEREBY
NAME
ADDRESS
 
I hereby accept the nomination.
____________________________________
Signature of Candidate
This nomination petition sheet filed by ______________________
APPENDIX D
FORM FOR ELECTION BALLOTS
   On the day of the posting provided for by section [twenty-six C], or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the election commission shall draw by lot the position of the candidates on the ballot. Each candidate shall have an opportunity to be present at such drawing in person or by one representative. As soon as conveniently may be after such drawing, the election commission shall cause the ballots to be printed. Said ballots shall, in addition to the directions and numbers provided for by section [twenty-eight], contain, in the order drawn by the election commission, the names posted as aforesaid (except those of candidates deemed under section [twenty-six C] to have been nominated), and no others, with a designation of residence and district and the title and term of the office for which the person named is a candidate, and the statement, if any, contained in his nomination petition concerning the elective public officers held by him. Said ballots shall be official and no others shall be used at the preliminary election. Said ballots shall be headed as follows:
 
   OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION BALLOT
 
   Candidates for nomination for the offices of _____________________________ in the
 
City of Boston at the preliminary municipal election to be held on Tuesday, ___________, 19_____.
 
The heading of said ballots shall be varied in accordance with the offices for which nominations are to be made. [Acts of 1948, c. 452, s. 58, amended by Acts of 1951, c.376, s. 2.58, and further amended by Acts of 1983, c. 342, s. 8]
APPENDIX E
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
In making such appointments the mayor shall sign a certificate in the following form:
 
   Certificate of Appointment
 
   I appoint (Name of Appointee) to the position of (Name of Office) and I certify that in my opinion he is a recognized expert in the work which will devolve upon him, and that I make the appointment solely in the interest of the city.                                                      , Mayor.
 
   Or in the following form, as the case may be:
 
   Certificate of Appointment
 
   I appoint (Name of Appointee) to the position of (Name of Office) and I certify that in my opinion he is a person specially fitted by education, training, or experience to perform the duties of said office, and that I make the appointment solely in the interest of the city.                     , Mayor
 
   The certificate shall be filed with the city clerk, who shall thereupon forward a certified copy to the civil service commission. The commission shall immediately make a careful inquiry into the qualifications of the nominee under such rules as they may, with the consent of the governor and council, establish, and, if they conclude that he is a competent person with the requisite qualifications, they shall file with the city clerk a certificate signed by at least a majority of the commission that they have made a careful inquiry into the qualifications of the appointee, and that in their opinion he is a recognized expert, or that he is qualified by education, training or experience for said office, as the case may be, and that they approve the appointment. Upon the filing of this certificate the appointment shall become operative, subject however to all provisions of law or ordinance in regard to acceptance of office, oath of office, and the filing of bonds. If the commission does not within thirty days after the receipt of such notice file said certificate with the city clerk the appointment shall be void. [Acts of 1909, c.486, s. 10]
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