Boston, One Hundred Years a City: A Collection of Views Made from Rare Prints and Old Photographs Showing the Changes Which Have Occurred in Boston Du

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Excerpt from Boston, One Hundred Years a City: A Collection of Views Made From Rare Prints and Old Photographs Showing the Changes Which Have Occurred in Boston During the One Hundred Years of Its Existence as a City, 1822-1922The town grew rapidly. Its activities became larger than even the Selectmen could regulate. Accordingly officials were chosen to look after Special departments of public service, such as con stables, surveyors of highway, clerks of market, sealers of leather, packers of fish and meat, and hog reeves. Even with these changes the town form of government had become unwieldy by 1708, and attempts were made to incorporate the town, but these failed. In 1784 a number of in¿uential citizens petitioned for the appointment of a committee, which in due course reported two plans for the better government for Boston. One made the body politic consist of a Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, the other suggested a President and Board of Selectmen, but the residents were not ready for the adoption of either plan, and it was decided, when put up to the voters, inexpedient to make the alterations suggested. Again in 1791 and 1804 futile efforts were made to secure the consent of the voters that Boston might become a city. When, however, the time had arrived for this important step, it was discovered that no provision existed in the State Constitution which gave authority to the General Court to erect a city government, and this necessarily led to a move ment which on April 9, 1821, culminated in the passage of such an amendment to the constitution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.