Volume 100 1971

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Volume 100 1971

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Record Identifier: Volume 100 1971

Record Creation Date: 2017-06-20

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Title: 1971 Public Improvement Commission proceedings

Creator Name: Boston (Mass.). Public Improvement Commission

Type of Resource: proceedings

Date Created: 1971

Language: english

Extent and Media: 1 volume

Conditions Governing Reproduction: In Copyright - Non commercial use permitted

LCSH Subject Heading: Streets

LCSH Subject Heading: Minutes (Records)

City: tgn:7013445

Collection name and number: Public Improvement Commission proceedings (5060.001)

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Biography or History: Chapter 337 of the Acts of 1870 established the Board of Street Commissioners. All the powers of the Board of Aldermen concerning the laying-out, altering or discontinuing the streets and ways in the city and the powers of the Board of Aldermen in relation to the abatement of taxes were transferred to the Board of Street Commissioners.From 1870 to 1882, the department under the charge of the Street Commissioners was called the Street Department. The department under the charge of the Superintendent of Streets was called the Paving Department. From 1883-1890, the departments under charge of the Street Commissioners and the Superintendent of Streets were collectively called the Street Department. The Street Commissioners had charge of the laying out and widening of streets and highways. The Superintendent of Streets had charge of the work of laying out, widening, etc. By Chapters 18 and 36 of the Revised Ordinances of 1890, the department under the charge of the Street Commissioners was called the Street Laying-Out Department and the department under the charge of the Superintendent of Streets was called the Street Department.By Section 57 of Chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, the powers and duties of the Board of Street Commissioners were transferred to the Public Improvement Commission except those concerning inflammable material which were transferred to the Committee on Licenses in the Public Safety Commission, those concerning the planting and removal of trees, projections in, over or on the public ways, and storage and sale of merchandise which were transferred to the Commissioner of Public Works, and those concerning the abatement of taxes which were transferred to the Real Property Board.

Custodial history: Original volumes are stored at the Public Works Department, Boston City Hall.

Other descriptive data: This is volume 100 of the Public Improvement Commission (previously known as the Board of Street Commissioners) proceedings for 1971 documenting the laying out, altering, discontinuing, etc. of streets in the City of Boston. An index is included at the end of the volume.

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