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12-7.2   Duties.
   It shall be the duty of the Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse to meet at least once a month; to coordinate to the fullest possible extent the work of all public and private Agencies dealing with drug abuse; to effect an ongoing dialogue and exchange of views between such Agencies; to conduct, either independently or in conjunction with the School Committee of the city, such drug education programs as said Council deems advisable; to conduct studies, investigations and research into the sources and use of harmful drugs and narcotic drugs as those terms are respectively defined in M.G.L. Chapter 94, Section 187A and Section 197, as now or hereafter amended; to pursue a course of action to ensure that all laws governing the sale, possession and use of both harmful and narcotic drugs are a duly enforced; and by the use of such media of communication as said Council shall, from time to time, deem appropriate, keep the inhabitants of the city informed respecting the use of both harmful and narcotic drugs.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10C § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 301; CBC 1985 12-7.2)
Cross-reference:
   M.G.L. Chapter 94, Sections 187A and 197
12-8   PENAL INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT.
Editor’s note:
   Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1991, Sections 356-363, abolished the city Penal Institutions Department and the post of Penal Institutions Commissioner. In addition, the Deer Island House of Corrections mentioned in the ordinance was subsequently decommissioned upon the opening of the new facility.
12-8.1   Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
   The Penal Institutions Department shall be under the charge of the Penal Institutions Commissioner, who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided by statute; and shall have the charge and control of Deer Island and the House of Correction at Deer Island.
(St. 1895 c. 449 § 14; St. 1896 c. 536 § 9; St. 1897 c. 395 § 5; St. 1928 c. 389; Ord. 1924 c. 9; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 350; CBC 1985 12-8.1)
12-8.2   House of Correction at Deer Island.
   The Penal Institutions Commissioner shall exercise the powers and perform the duties in regard to the House of Correction at Deer Island and the prisoners committed thereto formerly exercised and performed by the Institutions Commissioner.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 351; CBC 1985 12-8.2)
12-8.3   Organization of Department.
   The Penal Institutions Commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the Department and may organize said Department as he or she may find necessary for its proper conduct.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 3; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 352; CBC 1985 12-8.3)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 5-5.33
12-8.4   Annual Report.
   The Commissioner shall, in his or her annual report, include a statement of the expenditures and receipts of each institution for the preceding financial year, giving the condition of each, with the number of inmates admitted thereto and discharged therefrom, the births and deaths therein and the number of persons remaining in the same.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 4; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 353; CBC 1985 12-8.4)
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