Section 60A. Any person owning a tenement within the definition of section two of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the General Laws and including tenements within the city of Boston and including rooming houses, who does not reside therein, shall file in writing with the city or town clerk in the city or town where any such structure may be found the name and address of an individual residing in such city or town to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against him may be served. The owner of any such tenement which is posted for a code violation shall forthwith register his true name with the city or town clerk.