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... thereof shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their respective offices . A majority of each board shall consti- tute a quorum for doing business . Selectmen to di- vide the town into wards . SECT CITY CHARTER. ...
... thereof shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their respective offices . A majority of each board shall consti- tute a quorum for doing business . Selectmen to di- vide the town into wards . SECT CITY CHARTER. ...
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... respectively make oath or affirmation , faith- fully and impartially to discharge their several duties rela- tive to all elections , which oath may be administered by the clerk of such ward to the warden , and by the warden to the clerk ...
... respectively make oath or affirmation , faith- fully and impartially to discharge their several duties rela- tive to all elections , which oath may be administered by the clerk of such ward to the warden , and by the warden to the clerk ...
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... respective wards ; and three common council men shall be elected from and by the voters of each ward , being residents in the ward where elected . All said officers shall be chosen by ballot , and shall hold their offices for one year ...
... respective wards ; and three common council men shall be elected from and by the voters of each ward , being residents in the ward where elected . All said officers shall be chosen by ballot , and shall hold their offices for one year ...
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... respective clerks . And whenever it shall appear that no mayor has been elected , previously to the said first Monday in January , the mayor and aldermen , for the time being , shall make a record of that fact , an attested copy of ...
... respective clerks . And whenever it shall appear that no mayor has been elected , previously to the said first Monday in January , the mayor and aldermen , for the time being , shall make a record of that fact , an attested copy of ...
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... respective annual ward meetings , shall elect , by ballot , one person in each ward , who shall be a resident of the ward , to be an overseer of the poor ; and the persons thus chosen shall constitute the board of overseers of the poor ...
... respective annual ward meetings , shall elect , by ballot , one person in each ward , who shall be a resident of the ward , to be an overseer of the poor ; and the persons thus chosen shall constitute the board of overseers of the poor ...
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annually appointed ASSISTANT ASSESSORS ASSISTANT ENGINEERS Bailey Chase board of aldermen board of health Boardman by-laws Charles W CHIEF ENGINEER city clerk city council city marshal CITY MESSENGER City of Newburyport city treasurer Colby common council Commonwealth constables Councilmen court CUTTER DANIEL GRANGER Deceased deem duties Eben Eben F Edward Burrill ELEAZER JOHNSON elected Enoch enrolled George George W Gerrish Goodwin Greenleaf Greenough hackney carriage Hale hereby Huse inhabitants Isaac Jackman John joint standing committee Joseph laws licensed Lunt Market square mayor and aldermen Merrill Moses Pettingell Nathaniel Nathaniel W officers ordinance ORDINANCE CONCERNING OVERSEERS penalties person Philip K Pike prescribed President RULE Samuel Pettingell SCHOOL COMMITTEE SECT SECTION selectmen Simon Jordan taxes thereof Thomas H town of Newburyport TREASURER AND COLLECTOR vote Ward 2.-Nathaniel Ward 4.-Henry Stover Ward 5.-John warden WILLIAM CUSHING William Graves William H William Thurston Woodwell
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Page 5 - The inhabitants of the town of Newburyport shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the City of Newburyport, and as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now incumbent upon, and appertaining to, said town, as a municipal corporation.
Page 70 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Page 71 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.
Page 11 - The city clerk shall also be clerk of the board of aldermen, and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties. He shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the board of aldermen; and he shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers, by law incumbent upon, or vested in the town clerk of the town of Worcester.
Page 6 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized, as soon as may be after the passage of this Act, and...
Page 25 - Illegitimate children shall follow, and have the settlement of their mother at the time of their birth, if she then has any within the state ; but neither legitimate nor illegitimate children shall gain a settlement by birth in the place where they may be born, if neither of their parents then has a settlement therein.
Page 15 - The city council shall have power to make all such salutary and needful by-laws as towns, by the laws of this Commonwealth, have power to make and establish, and to annex penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for the breach thereof...
Page 15 - Lynn, shall, until they shall expire by their own limitation, or be revised or repealed by the city council, remain in force, and all fines and forfeitures, for the breach of any by-law or ordinance, shall be paid into the city treasury.
Page 8 - Council shall organize itself in the manner herein before provided, and may proceed to business in the same manner as if the Mayor were present; and the oath of office may...
Page 70 - When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table...