Excerpt from Valedictory Address of His Honor Theodore Otis, Mayor of Roxbury, Delivered Before the City Council: Thursday Evening, January 3, 1861 Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be tendered to His Honor Mayor Otis, for the able, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has pre sided over its deliberations during the past municipal year, and for the faithful and devoted manner in which he has discharged the varied duties devolving upon him in his Official capacity as Mayor of this City. Resolved, That on his retirement from the office of Mayor, which he has filled with so much credit to himself and honor to the City, he has the united wishes of this Board for his future health, happiness, and prosperity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.