The ... Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Lewiston for the Fiscal Year Ending ... Together with Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the City, Volume 17

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City of Lewiston, 1880
 

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Page 68 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 38 - If we work upon marble, it will perish ; if we work upon brass, time will efface it If we rear temples, they will crumble to the dust.
Page 63 - That every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of Michigan, having control and charge of any child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be required to send such child or children to a public school for a period of at least four months in each school year...
Page 62 - If a minor injures or aids in injuring any schoolhouse, outbuildings, utensils or appurtenances belonging thereto ; defaces the walls, benches, seats or other parts of said buildings by marks, cuts or otherwise, or injures or destroys any...
Page 32 - I regard it as an excellent education. These are the tools ; you can do much with them, but you are helpless without them.
Page 16 - ... of the Water Board, and on the payment of two dollars ; and in case of any such violation, the said Board shall have the right to declare any payment made for the water by the person committing such violation to be forfeited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited.
Page 16 - The following regulations shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who takes the water, and every such person, by taking the water, shall be considered to express his assent to be bound thereby.

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