The Boston Directory for the Year 1852: Embracing the City Record, a General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory, with an Almanac from July, 1852, to July, 1853 |
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Page 15 - ... shall become a city, town or State charge, within ten years from the date of said bond.
Page 16 - The master, commander, or owners of every vessel shall, as soon as practicable after having hauled to the end of any wharf that extends to the channel in said harbor, cause her lower yards to be cockbilled, and her jib-boom to be rigged in, so that...
Page 19 - Vernon street to Park street ; thence by the centre of Park street to Tremont street ; thence by the centre of Tremont street to Winter street ; thence by the centre of Winter street to Washington street ; thence by the centre of Washington street to Milk street ; thence by the centre of Milk street to India street ; thence across India street by a straight line to the water on the south side of Central wharf ; thence by the water to the point begun at.
Page 9 - When water is required for purposes which are not specified in the above Tariff, the rate shall be fixed by the Cochituate Water Board.
Page 15 - Superintendent on the back of the report ; and provided further, that if any passengers, so arriving, as aforesaid, are so sick or destitute as to require relief, and if said master shall refuse to report them, or if said master, owner, consignee, or agent shall refuse to give such bond as is herein required, the said Superintendent may permit them to be landed, and in such cases any city or town that shall be put to any...
Page 16 - Boston, shall keep an anchor-watch at all times, and shall keep a clear and distinct light suspended at least six feet above the deck, during the night ; and whenever the provisions of this section shall be violated on board any vessel, the master or owners shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in the manner provided in the Act to which this is in addition, and shall be held liable to pay all damages that may be occasioned by such violence.
Page 12 - The Overseers of the Poor are likewise incorporated as a Board of Trustees of John Boylston's and other charitable funds, left for the assistance of persons of good character and advanced age, ** who have been reduced by misfortune to indigence and want.
Page 8 - ... thereupon issue their notice, in writing, to such persons or any of them, requiring them to remove from and quit such tenement or building within such time as the mayor and aldermen shall deem reasonable. And if the person or persons so notified, or any of them, shall neglect or refuse to remove from and quit such tenement or building within the time mentioned in such notice, the mayor and aldermen are hereby authorized and empowered thereupon forcibly to remove them ; and such person or persons...
Page 19 - Vernon street« to Beacon street ; thence by the centre of Beacon street and the Western avenue to the boundary line between Boston and...
Page 8 - The Port Physician shall reside at Deer Island, which is hereby made and declared to be the place of quarantine for the port of Boston. He shall be superintendent of the quarantine hospital, and physician to all the City establishments, which are or may be located upon said Island, anil which shall not be otherwise provided for.