by the Legislature with chapter 117 of the Acts of 1886 in mind. It must therefore have been intended by the Legislature to change the law so far as the city of Marlborough was concerned. That a subsequent legislative act repeals all prior acts repugnant to it, is a principle which results from the unlimited nature of legislative power. The last expression of the legislative will must be carried into effect, as the law of the land. Brown v. Lowell, 8 Metc. 172. It would therefore seem that the legislative intent was to repeal the general law as to the city of Marlborough. It has been said that it would require very strong terms in a general act to show that it was intended to supersede a special act in order to hold it to be such a repeal. Here the two statutes are irreconcilable; they cannot be read together; they cover the same subject-matter; and it therefore appears to be the legislative will to repeal the prior general law so far as Marlborough is concerned, it having been done with full knowledge on the part of the Legislature of the provisions of the statute of 1886. This being the legislative will, I feel it my duty to rule, what I believe to be the law, that the provision in the charter of the city of Marlborough must govern, and that if it is desired to change to conform to the general law, legislation should be asked for. Informations in the nature of quo warranto, under the rule established by my predecessors, are signed by the Attorney-General only when the construction of a law affecting the Commonwealth generally is involved, or when the Commonwealth, as such, is for any reason interested in the determination of the question; but when the question is purely local, and one in which the Commonwealth is in no way interested, the reason for signing does not exist. In this case the question is a local one, involving the construction of the city charter of Marlborough alone; and I am unable to find such a case, presenting questions as to the construction of any law affecting the Commonwealth generally, as requires the Attorney-General to grant the use of his name to an information in the nature of quo warranto. For both of the reasons above named the application is therefore refused. DANA MALONE, Attorney-General. William M. Brigham, for the petitioner. James W. McDonald, city solicitor, for the respondent. INDEX TO OPINIONS. Andover, theological institution, mandamus, Appropriation from public funds to pay damages of act of insane person released on parole, constitutional law, Appropriation for religious society, school or institution, constitutional law, Appropriation of money not directly raised by taxation, public purpose, constitutional law, Bond, register of deeds, statutory requirements, Bookkeeper, civil service, Certification of pay rolls, police force of city of Boston, Civil Service Commission, Child labor, employment in factory or workshop, certificate of school au- City of Chelsea, appropriation in aid of, constitutional law, Exemption, clerk of chief of police, Civil Service Commission, police force of city of Boston, certification of pay rolls, Civil service rules, effect upon authority of Metropolitan Park Commission, punishment of police, Commonwealth, liability of, damage by liquid asphalt on State highway, defect, Constitutional law, appropriation to pay damages for act of insane person released on parole, public purpose, Appropriation from public funds for benefit of religious society, school or institution, Appropriation of money not directly raised by taxation,. Corporation organized under laws of District of Columbia, foreign corpo ration, Corporation, foreign, usual place of business, Damage by liquid asphalt, State highway, liability of Commonwealth, Director of insurance company, loans by, Fisheries and game, pursuit of wild fowl, of Columbia, Usual place of business, Funds, investment of, by insurance corporation, History of military organizations of volunteers, approval, purchase of copies, 8 Insane person, liability of Commonwealth for act of, released on parole, 10 Inspection of buildings, sanitation, District Police, Insurance, investment of funds in secured loans and mortgages, Label, patent medicines, fractional parts, Launch or power boat, pursuit of wild fowl, Local question, quo warranto, city of Marlborough, superintendent of Marlborough, city of, superintendent of streets, quo warranto, Metropolitan Park Commission, authority to establish rules for govern ment of its police force, civil service rules, Military organization, history of, purchase of copies by Commonwealth, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, debenture bonds, savings bank investments, Notice, aid rendered State pauper, by city or town, reimbursement, Police force of city of Boston, certification of pay rolls, Civil Service Com- Police force of Metropolitan Park Commission, authority of commission to 38 Retirement, of veteran in service of Commonwealth, compensation, Sanitation and ventilation, jurisdiction of District Police in inspection of buildings, 50 Savings banks, legal investment, New York, New Haven & Hartford State Board of Health, label of proprietary medicines, prosecution, Street railway corporation, taxation when in hands of receiver, 45 2224 Veteran, retirement from service of Commonwealth, compensation, 1 |