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... town system , under which the people acted directly upon all matters of local government , gave place to the city system , under which a representative body was chosen , having both legislative and executive 14 MAYOR'S ADDRESS .
... town system , under which the people acted directly upon all matters of local government , gave place to the city system , under which a representative body was chosen , having both legislative and executive 14 MAYOR'S ADDRESS .
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... town government . When a change to the city system was proposed it was strenuously resisted , many of the arguments then urged against it being similar to those used in the discussions which have taken place upon the change now 16 ...
... town government . When a change to the city system was proposed it was strenuously resisted , many of the arguments then urged against it being similar to those used in the discussions which have taken place upon the change now 16 ...
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... town meetings were usually composed of the selectmen , the town officers and thirty or forty inhabitants . Those who thus came were , for the most part , drawn to it from some official duty or private interest , which , when performed ...
... town meetings were usually composed of the selectmen , the town officers and thirty or forty inhabitants . Those who thus came were , for the most part , drawn to it from some official duty or private interest , which , when performed ...
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... towns and 1821 , c . 110 , cities are by law incorporated in this common- wealth , shall continue to be one body politic , in fact and in name , under the style and denomina- tion of the city of Boston ; and , as such , shall have ...
... towns and 1821 , c . 110 , cities are by law incorporated in this common- wealth , shall continue to be one body politic , in fact and in name , under the style and denomina- tion of the city of Boston ; and , as such , shall have ...
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... town meetings . In case of his absence , the clerk , and , in case of the absence of the clerk , any inspector , shall preside , according to seniority , until a warden shall be chosen , as pro- vided in the preceding section . SECT ...
... town meetings . In case of his absence , the clerk , and , in case of the absence of the clerk , any inspector , shall preside , according to seniority , until a warden shall be chosen , as pro- vided in the preceding section . SECT ...
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