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... duties by fear or favor . His duties are specifi- cally defined by law , and there is room for very little dis- cretion in the performance of those duties . So long as the Tax Commissioner has been given the responsibility of enforcing ...
... duties by fear or favor . His duties are specifi- cally defined by law , and there is room for very little dis- cretion in the performance of those duties . So long as the Tax Commissioner has been given the responsibility of enforcing ...
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... duties such officers and boards are appointed to perform . Under section 35 of the charter it is the duty of the mayor to appoint a board of assessors consisting of three persons . The duties of assessors are particularly prescribed by ...
... duties such officers and boards are appointed to perform . Under section 35 of the charter it is the duty of the mayor to appoint a board of assessors consisting of three persons . The duties of assessors are particularly prescribed by ...
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... duties shall be sworn , . . If there had been a failure to elect a county commissioner at the last annual election , a special election under the pro- visions of St. 1913 , c . 835 , § 341 , would have been necessary . This section also ...
... duties shall be sworn , . . If there had been a failure to elect a county commissioner at the last annual election , a special election under the pro- visions of St. 1913 , c . 835 , § 341 , would have been necessary . This section also ...
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... duties imposed upon boards of health , and if not , whether the mayor can act in its place , I think it sufficient to confine my opinion to such determination . R. L. , c . 75 , § 9 , provides that “ in each city except Boston the board ...
... duties imposed upon boards of health , and if not , whether the mayor can act in its place , I think it sufficient to confine my opinion to such determination . R. L. , c . 75 , § 9 , provides that “ in each city except Boston the board ...
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... duties of the board of health , at least until such time as there is a board of health duly qualified to act . Section 26 of the charter of the city of Everett ( St. 1892 , c . 355 ) is as follows : - The mayor shall be the chief ...
... duties of the board of health , at least until such time as there is a board of health duly qualified to act . Section 26 of the charter of the city of Everett ( St. 1892 , c . 355 ) is as follows : - The mayor shall be the chief ...
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Page 82 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been otherways used and practised...
Page 20 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men ; Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government ; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.
Page 19 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquility their natural rights, and the blessings of life...
Page 126 - Any person who shall have been duly enlisted and mustered into the military or naval service of the United States, as a part of the quota of any...
Page 114 - ... of Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine...
Page 19 - No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge of the supreme judicial court, shall hold any other office or place, under the authority of this commonwealth, except such as by this constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that the judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices or the peace through the state...
Page 38 - ... every kind of trading or commercial dealing or intercourse, whether by transmission of money or goods, or orders for the delivery of either, between the two countries, directly or indirectly, or through the intervention of third persons or partnerships, or by contracts in any form looking to or involving such transmission, or by insurances upon trade with or by the enemy.
Page 25 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution, to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same.
Page 25 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said general court, from time to time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Page 167 - That the person named as agent is a proper person, and that he has no private interest in the arrest of the fugitive. (e) If there has been any former application for a requisition for the same person, growing out of the same transaction, it must be so stated, with an explanation of the reasons for a second request, together with the date of such application, as near as may be.