Charter and Related Acts Index page of Zoning Ordinances

ADMINISTRATION
Bonds for city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-5
Borrowing of funds . . . . . C . . . . . 7-1 et seq.
City clerk. See that subject
City council proceedings. See: CITY COUNCIL
City officers and employees. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Fiscal year . . . . . C . . . . . 10-12
Mayor. See that subject
Ordinances. See: ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ETC.
Public records . . . . . C . . . . . 10-1

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Licensing powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Special liquor officers, taverns
Board of police commission powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

AMENDMENTS
Digest on ballot for Charter amendments . . . . . C . . . . . 10-23
Requirements for submission, etc. . . . . . C . . . . . 10-27

AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

ANCHORING AND MOORING. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

ANIMALS
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

APPEALS
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

APPROPRIATIONS. See: FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION

ATTORNEYS
Law department and city solicitor. See: LAW DEPARTMENT

AUDITS . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
See also: FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Additional boards . . . . . C . . . . . 8-20
Advisory boards . . . . . C . . . . . 8-20
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Board of canvassers and registration . . . . . C . . . . . 8-16
Board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
Board of public safety . . . . . C . . . . . 8-6
. . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
Board of water commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 3
Committees of council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-17
Planning board . . . . . C . . . . . 8-13
Previous offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-10
Water supply board . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 3
Waterfront development and park commission . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 4
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

BONDS AND NOTES
Finance, revenue and taxation. See that subject
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
See: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Water department authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 3
See: WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
Waterfront and park commission . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 3
See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

BONDS, SURETY
Bonding of city officials . . . . . C . . . . . 10-5

BORROWING
Finance, revenue and taxation. See that subject
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
See: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL

BOUNDARIES
Boundary descriptions reserved . . . . . C . . . . . 4-2

BUILDING PERMITS
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

BUILDINGS
Building inspector . . . . . C . . . . . 8-7
Department of building inspection . . . . . C . . . . . 8-7

BUILDINGS, PUBLIC
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Maintenance of school buildings . . . . . C . . . . . 9-11
School buildings . . . . . C . . . . . 9-5

BUSINESSES
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

CANDIDATES
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

CANVASSERS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS

CANVASSING BOARD. See: ELECTIONS

CEMETERIES
Assessments for cemetery land by sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.13

CESSPOOLS
Filling, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.17
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
See: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL

CITY CLERK
Appointment, duties . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
Deputy city clerk . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
Officers, surety bond . . . . . C . . . . . 10-5
Special meetings of council
Calling . . . . . C . . . . . 2-9

CITY COUNCIL
Administrative functions not specifically enumerated . . . . . C . . . . . 10-6
Consultants . . . . . C . . . . . 2-15
Continuance of present officers . . . . . C . . . . . 10-14
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
Holding other civil office . . . . . C . . . . . 10-4
Legislative powers . . . . . C . . . . . 10-11
Mayor. See also that subject
Chief executive and administrative officer . . . . . C . . . . . 3-2
Election and term . . . . . C . . . . . 3-1
Item veto . . . . . C . . . . . 3-9
Passage of ordinances over veto . . . . . C . . . . . 3-8
Powers and duties . . . . . C . . . . . 3-3
Presiding at first meeting of newly elected council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-7
Privileges . . . . . C . . . . . 3-10
Salary . . . . . C . . . . . 3-6
Temporary absence . . . . . C . . . . . 3-4
Vacancy . . . . . C . . . . . 3-5
Veto of ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 3-7
Meetings
Adjourned meetings . . . . . C . . . . . 2-13
Consultants . . . . . C . . . . . 2-15
First meeting of newly elected council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-7
Inquiry powers . . . . . C . . . . . 2-14
Notice of adjourned meetings . . . . . C . . . . . 2-13
Ordinances
Actions by ordinance . . . . . C . . . . . 2-19
Copies of ordinances and resolutions . . . . . C . . . . . 2-24
Effective date of ordinance . . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
Enacting . . . . . C . . . . . 2-18
Passage of ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 2-20
Amended ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 2-21
Publication . . . . . C . . . . . 2-25
. . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
Exceptions . . . . . C . . . . . 2-23
Powers of committees . . . . . C . . . . . 2-17
Public meetings . . . . . C . . . . . 2-8
Quorum . . . . . C . . . . . 2-12
Rules and proceedings . . . . . C . . . . . 2-6
Special meetings . . . . . C . . . . . 2-9
Notice . . . . . C . . . . . 2-10
Purpose . . . . . C . . . . . 2-11
Time and place . . . . . C . . . . . 2-7
Voting . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS
Officers, surety bond . . . . . C . . . . . 10-5
President . . . . . C . . . . . 2-5
Election . . . . . C . . . . . 2-7
Previous offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-10
Publishing
Ordinance publication . . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
Printing, publishing, distribution of Charter . . . . . C . . . . . 2-25
Qualifications of members . . . . . C . . . . . 2-2
Rights and obligations of city . . . . . C . . . . . 10-8
Rights of officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-13
Salary . . . . . C . . . . . 2-3
Structure and powers . . . . . C . . . . . 2-1
Transfer of appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 10-20
Transfer of records and property . . . . . C . . . . . 10-15
Vacancies . . . . . C . . . . . 2-4

CITY ELECTIONS
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

CITY SOLICITOR. See: LAW DEPARTMENT

CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CHARGES
Audits . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Planning department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12

CONDUCT IN OFFICE
Conflicts of interest
Council members . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10
Council powers of inquiry re officer, department, agency of city . . . . . C . . . . . 2-14
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2

CONFLICTING PROVISIONS . . . . . C . . . . . 10-22

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
City council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
City officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10

CONSTABLES
Board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
See: POLICE SERVICES

CONSULTANTS
Employment of professional, technical consultants . . . . . C . . . . . 2-15

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
Approval of contracts . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
City clerk duties . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
Continuance of contracts . . . . . C . . . . . 10-17
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
See: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL

COURT FEES
Director of finance duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(6)

COURTS
Contesting taking of land . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.4
Continuance of actions and proceedings . . . . . C . . . . . 10-18
Judge of probate . . . . . C . . . . . 8-15
Powers when hearing cases; swearing witnesses, issuing subpoenas, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.12
Probate court . . . . . C . . . . . 8-15
Procedure for taking of land . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.14
Recovery of assessment charge by joint tenant, tenant in common, etc., from other tenant . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.11
Severability . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.23
Sewer board of review; appeals; record of proceedings; organization and procedure . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.19

DAMAGES
Sewer authority procedure for taking land . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.14

DEFINITIONS . . . . . C . . . . . 10-21

DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES OF CITY
Additional departments . . . . . C . . . . . 8-21
Bureau of fire . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
Continuance of officers, departments, or agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-16
Department of building inspection . . . . . C . . . . . 8-7
Department of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8
Department of public welfare . . . . . C . . . . . 8-9
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Department of recreation . . . . . C . . . . . 8-11
Expenditures of offices, departments, agencies
Annual work programs . . . . . C . . . . . 6-4
Audits . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Authorization of expenditures . . . . . C . . . . . 6-5
Filling of vacancies . . . . . C . . . . . 8-22
Planning department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12
Previous offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-10
Probate court . . . . . C . . . . . 8-15
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
Water department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-10
. . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 3

DETECTIVES
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

DEVELOPMENT. See: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Audits . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Collection, billing of all fees, charges, etc. . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3

DOCKS. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER . . . . . C . . . . . 10-19

ELECTIONS
Altering school committee election districts . . . . . C . . . . . 9-15
Amendments to Charter
Digest on ballot for Charter amendments . . . . . C . . . . . 10-23
Requirements for submission, etc. . . . . . C . . . . . 10-27
Board of canvassers and registration . . . . . C . . . . . 8-16
Canvassing authority . . . . . C . . . . . 8-16
Digest on ballot . . . . . C . . . . . 10-23
Nominations and elections
Alteration of ward lines . . . . . C . . . . . 4-11
Boundary descriptions reserved . . . . . C . . . . . 4-2
City elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-12
Manner of holding elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-13
Number of wards . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1
Primary elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-16
Qualifications . . . . . C . . . . . 4-14
School committee nominations . . . . . C . . . . . 9-2
Term of office . . . . . C . . . . . 4-15
School committee
Chairman . . . . . C . . . . . 9-4
Election districts . . . . . C . . . . . 9-1
Alteration . . . . . C . . . . . 9-15
Filling of vacancies . . . . . C . . . . . 9-3
Nominations . . . . . C . . . . . 9-2
Wards
Altering ward lines . . . . . C . . . . . 4-11
Number . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1
Reapportionment resolution . . . . . C . . . . . 4-2 et seq.
Water supply board . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.1

EMPLOYEES OF CITY. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

ENGINEERING
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5

FEES, CHARGES
Audits . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Collection, billing . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3

FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION
Appropriations
Annual work programs
Authorization of expenditures . . . . . C . . . . . 6-5
Submissions by department heads, etc. . . . . . C . . . . . 6-4
Emergency appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 7-1
Transfer of appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 10-20
Transfer of unencumbered appropriation balance . . . . . C . . . . . 6-6
Assessments
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Sewer assessments and charges . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Borrowing and bonds
Bond anticipation notes . . . . . C . . . . . 7-9
Bond ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 7-7
Borrowing in anticipation of bonds . . . . . C . . . . . 7-6
Debt statement . . . . . C . . . . . 7-10
Demand notes prohibited . . . . . C . . . . . 7-4
Emergency notes . . . . . C . . . . . 7-1
Method of sale of bonds . . . . . C . . . . . 7-13
Notes to be sold at not less than par . . . . . C . . . . . 7-5
Obligations of the city . . . . . C . . . . . 7-16
Payment of bonds . . . . . C . . . . . 7-11
Period of usefulness . . . . . C . . . . . 7-12
Referendum . . . . . C . . . . . 7-8
Remaining balances from sale of bonds . . . . . C . . . . . 7-15
Special revenue notes . . . . . C . . . . . 7-3
Tax anticipation notes . . . . . C . . . . . 7-2
Validity of bond ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 7-14
Budget
Adoption . . . . . C . . . . . 5-6
Final date . . . . . C . . . . . 5-7
Anticipated new revenue . . . . . C . . . . . 5-20
Budget message . . . . . C . . . . . 5-10
Capital projects . . . . . C . . . . . 5-11
Certified copy of budget . . . . . C . . . . . 5-8
Classification of revenue . . . . . C . . . . . 5-13
Classification of surplus . . . . . C . . . . . 5-15
Contents . . . . . C . . . . . 5-12
Council budgetary powers . . . . . C . . . . . 5-5
Emergency appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 5-23
Expenditures
Classification . . . . . C . . . . . 5-21
Limitations . . . . . C . . . . . 5-24
Schedules . . . . . C . . . . . 5-22
Fees property of city . . . . . C . . . . . 5-26
Fiscal year . . . . . C . . . . . 5-1
Lapse of appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 5-25
Minimum tax levy . . . . . C . . . . . 5-9
Miscellaneous revenues . . . . . C . . . . . 5-16
Restrictions . . . . . C . . . . . 5-18
Public hearing . . . . . C . . . . . 5-4
Public record . . . . . C . . . . . 5-3
Revenue schedules . . . . . C . . . . . 5-14
School committee budget estimates . . . . . C . . . . . 9-8
Special assessment revenue . . . . . C . . . . . 5-19
Submission . . . . . C . . . . . 5-2
Utility receipts and expenditures . . . . . C . . . . . 5-17
Custody of public funds . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(7), (8)
Department of finance
Annual work program . . . . . C . . . . . 6-4
Authorization of expenditures . . . . . C . . . . . 6-5
City treasurer . . . . . C . . . . . 6-10
Competitive bidding . . . . . C . . . . . 6-11
Department of finance . . . . . C . . . . . 6-1
Director of finance
Duties and responsibilities . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3
Powers . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Qualifications . . . . . C . . . . . 6-2
Division of assessment
City assessor duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-8
Division of personnel . . . . . C . . . . . 6-15
Division of purchases
Purchasing agent duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9
Division of treasury . . . . . C . . . . . 6-10
Execution of contracts . . . . . C . . . . . 6-14
Purchases in excess of $1,000 . . . . . C . . . . . 6-12
Requisitions . . . . . C . . . . . 6-13
School committee purchases . . . . . C . . . . . 9-9
Transfers . . . . . C . . . . . 6-6
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
Financial report; school committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-12
Fiscal year . . . . . C . . . . . 5-1
First fiscal year . . . . . C . . . . . 10-12
Funds
Approval . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(10)
Revenues of city, collection . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2
Taxation
Billing, collecting taxes . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(6)
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Board of water commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.4
Division of assessment and city assessor . . . . . C . . . . . 6-8
Minimum tax levy . . . . . C . . . . . 5-9
Serial bonds and notes generally . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.7
Sewage works . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1
Sewer assessments and charges . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.9
Transfer of appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 6-6

FINES, FORFEITURES AND OTHER PENALTIES
Penalties . . . . . C . . . . . 10-3

FIRE BUREAU
Board of public safety . . . . . C . . . . . 8-6
. . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
Bureau of fire
Appointments, removals . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.23
City council
Appointment, promotion, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.24
Duties . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.23
Making rules and regulations governing the fire department . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.26
Providing for fire chief and subordinates . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.24
Created . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.22
Effective date of act . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.28
Membership . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.22
Partisan representation . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.22
Providing fire protection in fire districts . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.27
Removal, suspension, reduction in rank of fire department members . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.25
Repealer . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.28
Term, compensation, duties . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.23

FISCAL YEAR . . . . . C . . . . . 5-1
First fiscal year . . . . . C . . . . . 10-12

FOOD AND DRINK
Alcoholic beverages. See that subject
Department of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

FRANCHISES
Conflicts of interest
Council members . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2

GARBAGE
Waste disposal
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5

GENERAL PROVISIONS . . . . . C . . . . . 10-1 et seq.

HARBOR MASTER. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

HEALTH AND SANITATION
Department of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8
Director of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8

INVALID PROVISIONS
Separability . . . . . C . . . . . 10-25

INVESTMENTS
Director of finance duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(8)

JUNK ESTABLISHMENTS
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

LAW DEPARTMENT
City solicitor . . . . . C . . . . . 8-4

LICENSES AND PERMITS
Board of police commissioners, licensing powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Effect of act on existing licenses, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.21
General licensing powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
License commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.10
License fees and all other revenues of city
Collection . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(6)
Maximum amount of fee . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.14
Monthly delivery of license fee funds to treasurer . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.15
Permits for anchoring and mooring . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.15
Revocation of licenses . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.13
Town treasurer . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.18

LIQUOR. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

MAPS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS

MAYOR
Administration, management of offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 3-2
Budget
Adoption of budget . . . . . C . . . . . 5-6
Anticipated new revenue . . . . . C . . . . . 5-20
Budget message . . . . . C . . . . . 5-10
Capital projects . . . . . C . . . . . 5-11
Certified copy of budget . . . . . C . . . . . 5-8
Emergency appropriations . . . . . C . . . . . 5-23
Final date for adoption . . . . . C . . . . . 5-7
Miscellaneous revenues . . . . . C . . . . . 5-18
Public record . . . . . C . . . . . 5-3
Submission . . . . . C . . . . . 5-2
Chief executive and administrative officer . . . . . C . . . . . 3-2
Declaring emergencies . . . . . C . . . . . 3-3(6)
Director of finance
Appointment . . . . . C . . . . . 6-1
Assistance to mayor . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(1)
Financial statement to mayor . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(4)
Election and term . . . . . C . . . . . 3-1
Executive orders . . . . . C . . . . . 8-3
Powers and duties . . . . . C . . . . . 3-3
Primary elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-16
Privileges . . . . . C . . . . . 3-10
Proceedings of council
Presiding at first meeting of newly elected council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-7
Special meetings of council
Calling . . . . . C . . . . . 2-9
Notice . . . . . C . . . . . 2-10
Salary . . . . . C . . . . . 3-6
Temporary absence . . . . . C . . . . . 3-4
Vacancy . . . . . C . . . . . 3-5
Veto of ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 3-7
Item veto . . . . . C . . . . . 3-9
Passage of ordinances over veto . . . . . C . . . . . 3-8

MOORINGS REGULATED. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

NAME . . . . . C . . . . . 1-1

NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN
Board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.3
Hearing cases; swearing witnesses, issuing subpoenas, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.12

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Administration, management of offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 3-2
Administrative functions not specifically enumerated . . . . . C . . . . . 10-6
Appointment and removal of school employees . . . . . C . . . . . 9-7
Building inspector . . . . . C . . . . . 8-7
City clerk . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
City planner . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12
City sergeant . . . . . C . . . . . 8-19
City solicitor . . . . . C . . . . . 8-4
Conflicts
Council voting restrictions . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10
Continuance of officers, departments, or agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-16
Continuance of present officers . . . . . C . . . . . 10-14
Departments, boards and commissions
Boards, etc.; listing. See: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Departments, agencies; listing. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES OF CITY
Directors . . . . . C . . . . . 8-1
Divisions . . . . . C . . . . . 8-2
Filling of vacancies . . . . . C . . . . . 8-22
Transfer of functions . . . . . C . . . . . 8-3
Director of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8
Director of recreation . . . . . C . . . . . 8-11
Director of water department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-10
Directors of departments . . . . . C . . . . . 8-1
Division of personnel . . . . . C . . . . . 6-15
Divisions . . . . . C . . . . . 8-2
Executive orders . . . . . C . . . . . 8-3
Advisory boards . . . . . C . . . . . 8-20
Expenditures of offices, departments, agencies
Annual work programs . . . . . C . . . . . 6-4
Authorization of expenditures . . . . . C . . . . . 6-5
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
Holding other civil office . . . . . C . . . . . 10-4
Inquiry powers of council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-14
Judge of probate . . . . . C . . . . . 8-15
Limitations on employment . . . . . C . . . . . 10-4
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS
Personnel and merit system . . . . . C . . . . . 6-15
Previous offices, departments and agencies . . . . . C . . . . . 10-10
Probate court . . . . . C . . . . . 8-15
Receipts, vouchers, bills or claims
Form of . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Resolutions
Transfer of unencumbered appropriation balance . . . . . C . . . . . 6-6
Rights and obligations of city . . . . . C . . . . . 10-8
Rights of officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-13
Salaries
Mayor's salary . . . . . C . . . . . 3-6
School committee members . . . . . C . . . . . 9-13
School committee chairman . . . . . C . . . . . 9-4
Superintendent of schools . . . . . C . . . . . 9-6
Supplies, materials, equipment
Director of finance duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(9)
Purchasing agent duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9
Requisitions . . . . . C . . . . . 6-13
Surplus, obsolete, unused supplies, materials, equipment . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9
Transfer of functions . . . . . C . . . . . 8-3
Transfer of records and property . . . . . C . . . . . 10-15
Vacancies
Board, commission, authority . . . . . C . . . . . 8-22
City council . . . . . C . . . . . 2-4
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-3

ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ETC.
Council authority, actions
Actions by ordinance . . . . . C . . . . . 2-19
Copies of ordinances and resolutions . . . . . C . . . . . 2-24
Effective date of ordinance . . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
Enacting . . . . . C . . . . . 2-18
Passage of ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 2-20
Amended ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 2-21
Publication . . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
. . . . . C . . . . . 2-25
Exceptions . . . . . C . . . . . 2-23
Existing ordinances . . . . . C . . . . . 10-7

PARKING
Bond issues . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.5

PARKING LOTS
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5

PARKS AND RECREATION
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Department of recreation . . . . . C . . . . . 8-11
Moorings. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES
Planning department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12
Waterfront and park commission . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 4
See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS
Licensing powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

PENALTIES. See: FINES, FORFEITURES AND OTHER PENALTIES

PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
Retirement system
Receiving pension from city and employment by city at same time . . . . . C . . . . . 10-4

PERMITS. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS

PERSONNEL MERIT SYSTEM
Authority of council to establish a personnel merit system for city employees . . . . . C . . . . . 6-15

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Board of assessment review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-18
Comprehensive general plan, master plan . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12
Planning board . . . . . C . . . . . 8-13
Planning department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-12
Waterfront and development park commission. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

PLATS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS

POLICE SERVICES
Board of police commissioners
Annual election of members . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.2
Annual report . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.6
Appointment of board clerk . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.5
Appointment of constables . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Appointments and removals . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.7
Removal of appointees . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.13
Removal of members appointed by the governor . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.4
Bond of board members, clerk . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.19
Chairman of board . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.3
Clerk . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.5
Cost of same to be paid by town . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.17
Created . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.1
Effect of act on existing
Licenses, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.21
Officers, etc., and ordinances . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.8
Effective date . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.21
Filling vacancies . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.4
General licensing powers and duties . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Hearing cases . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.12
Initial appointments . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.1
License commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.10
Maximum amount of fee . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.14
Members to be sworn . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.3
Monthly delivery of license fee funds to treasurer . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.15
Number of members . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.1
Office space, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.17
Police powers vested by act . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.9
Police property . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.17
Quorum . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.20
Records open . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.6
Repealer . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.21
Revocation of licenses . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.13
Rules and regulations . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.7
Salaries . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.7
Board members, clerk . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.16
Limitations . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.18
Paying . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.18
Swearing witnesses, issuing subpoenas, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.12
Use of seal of board . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.18
Board of public safety . . . . . C . . . . . 8-6
. . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 1
City sergeant . . . . . C . . . . . 8-19

POLITICAL PARTIES
Minority representation . . . . . C . . . . . 10-24
Party primary elections
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

POWERS OF CITY
Body politic . . . . . C . . . . . 1-2
City council
Power of inquiry . . . . . C . . . . . 2-14
Committees . . . . . C . . . . . 2-17
Structure and powers . . . . . C . . . . . 2-1
Exercise of powers . . . . . C . . . . . 1-3
Inclusive nature of powers . . . . . C . . . . . 1-4
Name . . . . . C . . . . . 1-1

PROPERTY
Transfer of records and property . . . . . C . . . . . 10-15

PUBLIC WORKS
Anchorages and moorings, regulation of
Effect of act on powers of state director of public works, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.22
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
School buildings . . . . . C . . . . . 9-11

PUBLISHING
Ordinance publication . . . . . C . . . . . 2-22
Printing, publishing, distribution of Charter . . . . . C . . . . . 2-25

PURCHASES
Competitive bids . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9, 6-11
Conflicts of interest
Council members . . . . . C . . . . . 2-16
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10
Division of purchases . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9
Financial interest of city officers and employees . . . . . C . . . . . 10-2
Purchase, storage, distribution of supplies, materials, equipment
Director of finance duties . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(9)
Purchases over $1,000 . . . . . C . . . . . 6-12
Requisitions . . . . . C . . . . . 6-13
School committee purchases . . . . . C . . . . . 9-9
Waterfront and park commission powers. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

RAILROADS AND TRAINS
Railroad police
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

RECORDS
City clerk duties . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
Public records . . . . . C . . . . . 10-1
Transfer of records and property . . . . . C . . . . . 10-15

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. See: PARKS AND RECREATION

RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS
Sewer assessments for land held by . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.13

RETIREMENT. See: PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT

REVENUE. See: FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION

SANITATION. See: HEALTH AND SANITATION

SCHOOLS
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Public education . . . . . C . . . . . 9-1 et seq.
School committee . . . . . C . . . . . 9-1
Altering election districts . . . . . C . . . . . 9-15
Appointment and removal of school employees . . . . . C . . . . . 9-7
Budget estimates . . . . . C . . . . . 9-8
Chairman . . . . . C . . . . . 9-4
Compensation . . . . . C . . . . . 9-13
Filling of vacancies . . . . . C . . . . . 9-3
Financial report . . . . . C . . . . . 9-12
Maintenance . . . . . C . . . . . 9-11
Meetings . . . . . C . . . . . 9-14
Nominations . . . . . C . . . . . 9-2
Powers and duties . . . . . C . . . . . 9-5
Purchases . . . . . C . . . . . 9-9
Restrictions . . . . . C . . . . . 9-10
Superintendent of schools . . . . . C . . . . . 9-6

SECONDHAND BUSINESSES
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11

SEPARABILITY . . . . . C . . . . . 10-25

SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Industrial waste pre-treatment program
Additional authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.31
Authority to promulgate regulations . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.27
Collection . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.32
Criminal penalties . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.33
Enforcement powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.28
General . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.26
Penalties . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.29
Severability . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.30
Sewer authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.2
Apportionment of costs . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.9
Bond, notes
Custody and accounting of funds raised . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.8
Disbursement of funds . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.5
Duties of secretary of state with regard to election on bond authorization . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.21
Issuance . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.5
Serial bonds and notes generally . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.7
Submission of question of authority to issue sewer bonds to the voters . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.20
Temporary notes for temporary borrowing . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.6
Terms, conditions . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.5
Bonding authorized . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1
Borrowing authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.5
Cesspool, etc., filled up, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.17
Connection to sewer . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.17
Construction of works . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Contracts . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Contracts with other municipalities, state . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.15
Definitions . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1
Effect on power of city to incur indebtedness . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.24
Effective date . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.25
Employment of professionals . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Estimates . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.3
Minutes . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Operation and maintenance of works . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Plan, etc., sewage works . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1
Plat of sewer declared public record for assessment purposes . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.18
Preparation of plans . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.3
Procedure for taking of land . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.14
Public hearing . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.3
Records . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.4
Renewal and replacement account . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.9.1
Reports . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.3
Rules, regulations governing construction, use, discharge of substances, and connections . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.16
Severability . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.23
Sewer assessments and charges
Appeal of assessment of irregular, unusual land . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.12
Assessment of lots at intersections of roads . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.12
Assessments for land held by religious corporations, cemeteries . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.13
Enforcement of charges and assessments . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.9
Receipts from annual charges, assessments . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.10
Recovery of assessment charge by joint tenant, tenant in common, etc., from other tenant . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.11
Sewer board of review
Appeals . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.19
Organization and procedure . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.19
Record of proceedings . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.19
Sewer charge, assessment authorized . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1
Specifications . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.3
Use of federal, other aid . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.22
Sewer charges and assessments
Collection . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(6)

SIDEWALKS. See: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

SOLICITORS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Director of finance duties re billing, collection, making . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3

STORM WATER
Rules and regulations governing construction, use . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.16
Sewage works; charges, assessments . . . . . RA . . . . . 2.1

STREET LIGHTING
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5

STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Board of water commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.4
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
General licensing powers and duties . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Sale of merchandise, etc.
Licensing powers of board of police commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Sewage works . . . . . RA . . . . . Ch. 2

SUBDIVISIONS
Planning board . . . . . C . . . . . 8-13
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT . . . . . C . . . . . 10-1 et seq.

SUITS, ACTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS
Audits . . . . . C . . . . . 6-7
Courts. See that subject
Director of health . . . . . C . . . . . 8-8
Pending actions . . . . . C . . . . . 10-9

SURPLUS, OBSOLETE, UNUSED SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT . . . . . C . . . . . 6-9

SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS
City clerk duties . . . . . C . . . . . 8-14
Subdivision of land
Planning board . . . . . C . . . . . 8-13
Tax maps, preparation . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(5)

TAXATION. See: FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION

TITLES AND SUB-TITLES OF CHARTER . . . . . C . . . . . 10-26

UTILITIES
Sewers and sewage disposal. See that subject
Water department. See: WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

VARIANCES
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17

VESSELS. See: WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES

WARDS
Nominations and elections . . . . . C . . . . . 4-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS

WARRANTS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES

WASTE DISPOSAL
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5

WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
Board of water commissioners . . . . . C . . . . . 8-10
Department of public works . . . . . C . . . . . 8-5
Water department . . . . . C . . . . . 8-10
Additional powers of board of water commissioners . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.4
Authority to take, condemn, hold, etc., property . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.2
Board of water commissioners
Additional powers . . . . . RA . . . . . 8A
Generally . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.3
. . . . . RA . . . . . 8.8
Bonds, etc.
Issuance . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.5
Condemnation authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.2
Effective date . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.8
Effective date of provisions . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.8
Exercising powers and authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.2
Issuance of bonds, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.5
Property
Authority to take, condemn, hold, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.2
Repeal of previous acts . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.7
. . . . . RA . . . . . 8.7
Town authorized to exercise certain powers and authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.2
Water supply board, election . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.6
Water supply board generally . . . . . RA . . . . . 3.1
Water fees and charges
Collection . . . . . C . . . . . 6-3(6)
Water supply board
Election of . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.6
Generally . . . . . RA . . . . . 8.1

WATERWAYS AND WATERCOURSES
Anchoring, mooring regulation
Adoption of rules governing application for and issuance of permits . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.15
Authority of council to provide for penalty by ordinance . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.16
Effect of act on powers of state director of public works under general law . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.22
General authority under act . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.12
Notice to remove unlawful vessel, mooring, structure . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.18
"Person" defined . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.21
Public hearing . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.14
Recovery of costs of moving . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.20
Removal by commission . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.19
Removing vessels violating regulations . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.17
Role of harbor master under act . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.13
Severability . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.23
Harbor master
Application for and issuance of permits . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.15
Notice to remove unlawful vessel, mooring, structure . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.18
Role . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.13
Steamboat
General licensing powers and duties; appointment of constables . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.11
Waterfront and park commission
Anchorages and moorings, regulation of
Effect of act on powers of state director of public works, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.22
General authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.12
Authority of city council to pass penal ordinances . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.10
Authority to issue and sell notes, debentures, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.6
Authority to issue bonds not exceeding $75,000.00 . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.5
Contesting taking of land . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.4
Effective date . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.11
General authority . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.1
Lots which may be taken, purchased . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.2
Method of taking land . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.3
Notice to landowner . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.3
Repealer . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.11
Terms of issuance . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.5
Waterfront development and park commission
Compensation . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.7
Created . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.7
General powers and duties . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.9
Membership . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.7
Oath, bond . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.8
Terms of office . . . . . RA . . . . . 4.7

WELFARE
Department of public welfare . . . . . C . . . . . 8-9

WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES
Council powers of inquiry . . . . . C . . . . . 2-14
Powers when hearing cases; swearing witnesses, issuing subpoenas, etc. . . . . . RA . . . . . 1.12

ZONING
Zoning board of review . . . . . C . . . . . 8-17