The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of the City
Council and shall have charge of all journals, records, papers and
documents of the city. He shall engross all ordinances passed by the
City Council, in a book provided for that purpose, and shall add proper
indexes, which book shall be deemed a public record of such ordinances.
He shall perform such other duties as are required by law or shall
be prescribed by the City Council.
The City Collector shall be Collector of Taxes,
and shall have all the powers of a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector
of Taxes. He shall also be the collector of all moneys due the city
from every source, except as may be otherwise provided by ordinance.
The Superintendent of Streets shall, under the
general direction of the Mayor, have all the powers and be subject
to all the duties, liabilities and penalties which are by law given
to or imposed upon Surveyors of Highways and Road Commissioners of
towns, except as herein otherwise provided.
The Board of Health shall annually appoint an
Agent, who shall not be one of its own number, whose compensation
shall be determined by the City Council. The members of said Board
shall serve without compensation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 320, Acts of 1884,
included the Agent under civil service rules; and Chapter 33, Acts
of 1945, changed the annual appointment of the Agent.
The Trustees of the Public Library shall serve
without compensation and shall have the supervision, management and
care of the public library of said city. Said Trustees shall annually
appoint, but not from their own number, one or more librarians, to
be under the direction and control of said Trustees, and may for sufficient
cause remove said librarians. The compensation of said librarians
shall be fixed by the City Council.
The Board of Public Welfare shall annually appoint
a city physician and a Welfare Agent neither of whom shall be one
of their own number, who shall, under the direction of said Board,
severally perform such duties as may be required by ordinance, and
such further duties as said Board may from time to time require. They
may be removed from office at any time by the Board for such cause
as said Board may deem sufficient. Members of the Board of Public
Welfare serve without compensation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 26, Acts of 1923, change
the Overseer of the Poor to the Board of Public Welfare; Chapter 320,
Acts of 1884, included the Almoner under civil service rules; the
Almoner title was changed to Welfare Agent by civil service classification
3-13-1942; and Chapter 512, Acts of 2008, changed "Overseers of the
Poor" to "Board of Public Welfare," "Almoner" to "Welfare Agent" and
"Overseers" to "Board."
The Board of Water Commissioners shall annually
in the month of February appoint a Superintendent of the Water Department,
who shall not be one of its own number, who shall hold office for
the term of one year from the first Monday in March next ensuing and
until his successor is elected, unless sooner removed, and who shall
perform such duties as may be required by ordinance, and such further
duties as said Board may from time to time require. Said Superintendent
may be removed by said Board at any time for cause, and his compensation
shall be determined by the City Council. The members of said Board
shall serve without compensation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 122, Acts of 1941,
changed the annual appointment of the Superintendent.
The Commissioners of Fairview Cemetery shall
have general charge and control of all public cemeteries owned by
the city, subject to such ordinances as may from time to time be adopted,
and may make such regulations relative to the care and use thereof,
not inconsistent with such ordinances, as they may deem necessary.
They may appoint and prescribe the duties of a Superintendent of Cemeteries,
who shall not be one of their own number, and who shall receive such
compensation as the City Council may from time to time determine.
The sale of lots in such cemeteries shall be regulated by ordinance.
Said Commissioners shall serve without compensation.
The Mayor, the President of the City Council,
and the City Engineer, shall constitute a board, to be called Commissioners
of City Property, who shall have general charge, care and control
of all property owned by the city, not herein otherwise provided for,
shall keep the same in repair and purchase supplies therefor, and
shall also have general charge of all matters relating to the executive
or administrative departments of city affairs which are not included
in the duties of any other administrative officer or board.
All administrative officers and boards herein
established, and all administrative officers and boards hereafter
established by the City Council not coming within the department of
any officer or board above-named shall have power, except as herein
otherwise provided, to appoint or employ and remove or discharge all
officers, clerks and employees in their respective departments. Such
appointments shall not be for any specified term, but shall hold good
until removal or discharge. Orders of removal shall state the reasons
therefore, and shall be entered upon the record of the officer or
board making the same, and the removal shall take effect upon the
filing of a copy of such order with the City Clerk. The above-named
administrative officers and boards shall, in their respective departments,
make all necessary contracts for work and for the furnishing of the
materials and supplies for the city, and for the construction, alteration,
repair and care of public works, institutions, buildings and other
property, except that the repair of schoolhouses shall be under the
direction and control of the School Committee; and said administrative
officers and boards shall have, subject to the Mayor, direction and
control of all the executive and administrative business of the city.
No permanent improvement shall be commenced by any officer or board
except upon the written order of the Mayor. Said officers and boards
shall at all times be accountable to the Mayor, as the chief executive
officer, for the faithful discharge of their duties.
