Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 30-321909 |
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... Municipal Ordi- nance - W . W. Brigden , Battle Creek , Mich .; G. W. Patterson , Ann Arbor ; E. W. Muenscher , Manistee ; W. W. Stockley , Han- cock . On Roads and Paving - F . F. Rogers , Lansing ; D. A. Brotherton , Escanaba ; Dorr ...
... Municipal Ordi- nance - W . W. Brigden , Battle Creek , Mich .; G. W. Patterson , Ann Arbor ; E. W. Muenscher , Manistee ; W. W. Stockley , Han- cock . On Roads and Paving - F . F. Rogers , Lansing ; D. A. Brotherton , Escanaba ; Dorr ...
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... municipal work , and make the results as public as possible . FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY AIMS OF SOCIETY . For as a society we , too , have a great work . We have to promote intelligence , accuracy and fairness in considering these ...
... municipal work , and make the results as public as possible . FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY AIMS OF SOCIETY . For as a society we , too , have a great work . We have to promote intelligence , accuracy and fairness in considering these ...
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... municipal ownership would give money for a prize to be awarded under the supervision of this society each year , to that municipal waterworks which showed the best record for efficiency . The work of Horton on the water powers of the ...
... municipal ownership would give money for a prize to be awarded under the supervision of this society each year , to that municipal waterworks which showed the best record for efficiency . The work of Horton on the water powers of the ...
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legislation what our standing committee has done for municipal work . There is a field for some patriotic engineer as a working chairman . PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS . I close , then , with some practical suggestions : That such a committee ...
legislation what our standing committee has done for municipal work . There is a field for some patriotic engineer as a working chairman . PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS . I close , then , with some practical suggestions : That such a committee ...
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... municipality has brought suit to force the reduc- tion of fares from their present scale to a three - cent basis , and the case is to be argued before the Railroad Commission of Wis- consin in the near future . There are a few ...
... municipality has brought suit to force the reduc- tion of fares from their present scale to a three - cent basis , and the case is to be argued before the Railroad Commission of Wis- consin in the near future . There are a few ...
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Page 110 - SEC. 20. The legislature shall provide by a general law for the incorporation of cities, and by a general law for the incorporation of villages; such general laws shall limit their rate of taxation for municipal purposes, and restrict their powers of borrowing money and contracting debts.
Page 110 - Subject to the provisions of this constitution, any city or village may acquire, own and operate, either within or without its corporate limits, public utilities for supplying water, light, heat, power and transportation to the municipality and the inhabitants thereof...
Page 38 - State treasury annually the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars to carry out the provisions of this act. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred...
Page 45 - No sewage, drainage, refuse or polluting matter, of such kind and amount as either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt or impair the quality of the water...
Page 45 - ... punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months. This section shall apply to vessels of the United States engaged in the foreign trade and to foreign vessels.
Page 40 - ... to impair the interests of the public or of persons lawfully using them or to imperil the public health. It may make rules and regulations to prevent the pollution and to secure the sanitary protection, of all such waters as are used as sources of water supply.
Page 110 - ... through its regularly constituted authority, to pass all laws and ordinances relating to its municipal concerns, subject to the constitution and general laws of this state.
Page 38 - It shall be the duty of any person acting as such medical inspector after the completion of any investigation to immediately report in writing to the State Board of Health, upon such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed, a complete account of the essential facts disclosed by the investigation, together with the recommendations made and the work done to better safe-guard the public health, compensation.
Page 143 - ... carts, these fetid streams of subterranean slime which the pavement hides from you, do you know what all this is ? It is the flowering meadow, it is the green grass, it is marjoram and thyme and sage, it is game, it is cattle, it is the satisfied low of huge oxen at evening, it is perfumed hay, it is golden corn, it is bread on your table, it is warm blood in your veins, it is health, it is joy, it is life.
Page 27 - State board of health is hereby given supervisory and visitorial power and control as limited in this act over all corporations both municipal and private, partnerships and individuals engaged in furnishing water to the public for household or drinking purposes, and over the plants and systems owned or operated by such municipal or private corporations, partnerships or individuals. The word "corporation...