The Town Officer's Guide, Containing a Compilation of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Relating to the Whole Power and Duty of Towns, Districts, and Parishes: With Their Several Officers; with a Digest of the Decisions in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Relating to the Several SubjectsE.W. Reinhart, printer, 1825 - 396 страници |
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Страница 15 - Selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such meetings impartially; and shall receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such towns present and qualified to vote for Senators, and shall sort and count them in open town meeting, and in presence of the Town Clerk, who shall make a fair record, in presence of the Selectmen, and in open town meeting, of the name of every person voted for, and of the number of votes against his name...
Страница 242 - Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
Страница 15 - ... sort and count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person against his name; andf shall make a fair record of the same...
Страница 124 - ... where he dwells and has his home, of the clear yearly income of three pounds, and taking the rents and profits thereof three years successively, whether he lives thereupon or not, shall thereby gain a settlement therein.
Страница 41 - Every member of the house of representatives shall be chosen by written votes; and, for one year at least next preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of...
Страница 345 - ... then this obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Страница 35 - Representatives, and who shall have paid, by himself or his parent, master, or guardian, any State or county tax which shall, within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him in any town or district of this commonwealth, and also every citizen who shall be by law exempted from taxation, and who shall be in all other respects qualified as above mentioned...
Страница 183 - ... the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Страница 244 - Court; or the fine above may be sued for and recovered before any justice of the peace or any...