Special laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to the city of Boston enacted prior to January 1, 1938

...the purpose of this compilation is to present in chronological order the special laws relating to the powers and duties of the city of Boston, and its predecessor, the town of Boston, from the time of the Province Charter, indicating amendments, repeals and other changes and referring to subsequent related acts and to pertinent decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth; other references and notes are made; acts which in 1933 were law have been printed in their entirety; in addition, certain acts which were not law but which are of historic interest (such as the original charter act, annexation acts and acts with reference to title to certain properties) or which assist in the interpretation of acts which are law are also printed; acts which are partly law and partly not law are printed in their entirety with notes indicating, as far as feasible, the disposition of the parts no longer in force; in the few instances where reasonable doubt exists as to whether or not an act is operative, it has, in the interests of caution, been printed; does not include acts relating to boundaries, the harbor of Boston, islands in the harbor of Boston, county and metropolitan district matters and authorizations to make payments to specific persons; this work has been prepared for use in connection with the General Laws of the Commonwealth; volume 1 covers 1692-1918, volume 2 covers 1919-1937 and contains the index to both volumes...