Annual Report of the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 31

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Page 25 - ... the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Page 446 - SECTION 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the city of...
Page 460 - ... determined in the manner provided by law in the case of land taken for the laying out of highways...
Page 427 - ... carrying on the work of tbe several departments entrusted to them, and payments therefor shall be made from tbe treasury from any available funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual appropriation : provided, that the liabilities incurred during said interval do not exceed in any month the sums spent for similar purposes during any one month of the preceding year...
Page 443 - ... regulation or order made under the authority of this act shall, on complaint or indictment therefor and conviction thereof, be punished for each offence by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be paid to the Commonwealth, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year in the house of correction, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 11 - Trustees of a voluntary association under a written instrument or declaration of trust, the beneficial interest under which is divided into transferable certificates of participation or shares...
Page 432 - That in case of sale where the evidence of transfer is shown only by the books of the company the stamp shall be placed upon such books...
Page 435 - ... association, company, or corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper or agreement or memorandum or other...
Page 435 - ... shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, not less than six months nor more than six years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 444 - Cables under the Acushnet River between the City of New Bedford and the Town of Fairhaven.

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