The City Charter Laws and Ordinances, Rules and Orders of the Council and City Governments from 1865 to 1876

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Republican Steam Printing Rooms, 1876 - 238 pages
 

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Page 181 - ... one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years ; and one member of said board shall be elected annually thereafter, who shall hold his office for three years.
Page 191 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Page 191 - When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged...
Page 8 - Boston, and as such, shall have, exercise, and enjoy, all the rights, immunities, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now incumbent upon and appertaining to, said city, as a municipal corporation.
Page 11 - Said directors shall hold office one-third for one year, one-third for two years, and one-third for three years, from the...
Page 147 - ... city or town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance...
Page 123 - Boston may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals, or secondhand articles...
Page 162 - ... the convenience and safety of the public travel upon said turnpike, highway, or street may require ; but the railroad commissioners may, upon due notice to said company and to the selectmen of the town or mayor of the city in which said crossing is situated, direct such company or trustee to construct its railroad at such crossing upon a level with the turnpike, highway, or street...
Page 157 - ... also appropriate annually, for the maintenance and increase of such library, a sum not exceeding twenty-five cents for each of its ratable polls, in the year next preceding that in which such appropriation shall be made.
Page 193 - No member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the House; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.

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