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First report of the record commissioners of the city of Boston, 1876

Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners, 1881. A public-domain text about Boston, accessioned whole so the archive can quote it.

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Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners

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Boston : Rockwell and Churchill

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1881

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en

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Gc M. L-^ 974.402 B65br v.l 1137102 GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01794 1862 i^^a^Rssg ^ AST L> FIRST REPORT OP THE Record Commissioners OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, 1876. SECOND EDITION, 1881. BOSTON : ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, No. 39 ARCH STREET. 1881. 1137102 PREFACE. The Common Council of the present year having directed the Commissioners to reprint and stereotype their first vol- ume of reports, the present issue has been made after a care- ful revision of the text and index. William H. Whitmore, William S. Appleton, Record Co?nmissioners. City Hall, Boston, December, 1881. fF^X CITY OF BOSTON. City Document No. 92. FIRST REPORT OF THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS. To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council of Boston: — The ordinance * creating the office of the Record Commis- sioners defines their duties as follows : "To complete, as far as practicable, the record of births, deaths and marriages in the town and city of Boston, prior to A.D. 1849." The reasons which led to the passage of the ordinance will be found in Appendix A, being a portion of the report of a Joint Standing Committee of the City Council for 1875. A reasonable construction of the duties of the commission- ers seems to include therein all such investigations as will directly assist in perfecting the record of the vital statistics of Boston. How great are the deficiencies in those records will be seen by the statements made in Appendix A; and although the readiest mode of supplying the information will be to copy the existing church records, the commissioners * Section 1. In the month of July in the year 1875, or as soon thereafter as may be, and every fifth year thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval and confirmation of the City Council, two suitable persons, to be termed Record Com- missioners, who shall hold office for the term of five years from the first Monday in May in the year of their appointment, and until their successors.shall be appointed and quaf- iiied. They shall have and exercise the powers and duties hereinafter designated, shall serve without compensation, and may be removed at any time by the Mayor or by eon- current vote of two-thirds of both branches of the City Council, and all vacancies occurring from any cause shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint- ments are herein directed to be made. Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to complete, so far as practicable, the record of births, marriages and deaths, in the town and city of Boston, prior to A.D. 1849, and to receive and collect all documents obtainable therefor. All documents and records so collected shall become at once the property of the city of Boston, and be deposited in the office of, and be in the charge of, the City Registrar, or such other officer as the City Council may direct. Sect. 3. The said commissioners shall have no power to enter into any contract or agreement in behalf of the city with any person, whereby the expenditure of money, or any other obligation, shall be incurred,'unlcss expressly authorized so to do by the I Council; provided, however, that, unless otherwise ordered, they shall have the charge and control of the expenditure of all moneys expressly appropriated for copying any documents or records supplementary to the town or city

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