 | Massachusetts - 1836 - 1058 pages
...repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is to say : Third. All words, purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 pages
...gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males: 3. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1856 - 886 pages
...gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males. Third—All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers, or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons, unless it shall... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 pages
...gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males ; 3. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | 1860 - 1204 pages
...to one person or thing, and words importing the masculine gender only may be extended to females. 4. Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it be otherwise expressed... | |
 | Michigan - 1864 - 282 pages
...February, 1859, consists of six trustees. 2. The statutes prescribe that "all words purporting; to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | William Augustus Herrick - 1870 - 642 pages
...And it is the law of the construction of statutes in Massachusetts that " words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons." ° But seals... | |
 | California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, John H. McKune - 1872 - 650 pages
...well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. 15. Words ffivinjj a joint authority to three or Joint more public officers or other persons are construed...giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the Act giving the authority. J authority. but technical words and jihrases,... | |
 | California - 1874 - 524 pages
...meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Seventeen — Words giving a joint authority to three or more public...unless it be otherwise expressed in the act giving the authority. Terms.etc., officer is required by law to be affixed to any paper, the word "seal "... | |
 | 1874 - 168 pages
...upon Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. 15. Words giving a joint authority to three or joint more public officers or other persons, are construed...giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the Act giving the authority. 17. Subdivision 11. The singular number includes... | |
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or unreasonable. d. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. e. Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it be otherwise... 
