Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts

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Secretary of the Commonwealth., 1916
 

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Page 31 - Of those first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years ; and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for the full term of three years.
Page 409 - ... office, in which the voter may insert the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to vote as candidate for such office.
Page 39 - Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to authorize cities and towns to establish pension funds for teachers in the public schools,
Page 236 - Act of 1916, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum payable semi-annually.
Page 293 - ... determined in the manner provided by law in the case of land taken for the laying out of highways, on application at any time within the period of two years after the taking of such land or other property or the doing of other injury under the authority of this act; but no such application shall be made after the expiration of said two years.
Page 27 - One of said registrars shall hold his office for the term of three years, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of one year, from the first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four.
Page 226 - Wenham may supply itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and all other purposes, may establish fountains and hydrants and relocate or discontinue the same, and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid therefor.
Page 459 - ... shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case, before the time when such repeal shall take effect.
Page 178 - Norfolk a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of the purpose for which the same were taken, signed by the water commissioners of the town.
Page 328 - Said district may construct on the lands acquired under the provisions of this act proper dams, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings, fixtures and other structures, and may make excavations, procure and operate machinery and provide such other means and appliances, and do such other things as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of complete and effective water works...

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