Public Documents of Massachusetts, 5. köide1875 |
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... body of water . The considera- tion of this case was taken up first in order at the request of the petitioners ; and the testimony and arguments , as pub- lished by Messrs . J. P. Squire & Co. , occupy 596 pages of closely - printed ...
... body of water . The considera- tion of this case was taken up first in order at the request of the petitioners ; and the testimony and arguments , as pub- lished by Messrs . J. P. Squire & Co. , occupy 596 pages of closely - printed ...
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... body to make some provision in the case . Thus far the Board has failed to expend its annual appro- priation by several hundred dollars . We respectfully ask the legislature that we may be allowed to use this sum of money for the ...
... body to make some provision in the case . Thus far the Board has failed to expend its annual appro- priation by several hundred dollars . We respectfully ask the legislature that we may be allowed to use this sum of money for the ...
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... body . In a word , I would have every arrangement in and outside of the houses so made as to produce cheerfulness and brightness . A tranquilizing , but not sad , influence should permeate and surround the whole . Employments of the ...
... body . In a word , I would have every arrangement in and outside of the houses so made as to produce cheerfulness and brightness . A tranquilizing , but not sad , influence should permeate and surround the whole . Employments of the ...
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... body , otherwise his important duties would be likely to suffer . Dyspepsia , or debility of mind or body , are always antago- nistic to authority and to a true estimate of life in others . His presence should be a benediction as well ...
... body , otherwise his important duties would be likely to suffer . Dyspepsia , or debility of mind or body , are always antago- nistic to authority and to a true estimate of life in others . His presence should be a benediction as well ...
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... body of trustees , appointed by the executive of the State . Believing that the treatment of intemperance is one of the greatest subjects this Board can consider , and looking to the far future , rather than to the present , I think ...
... body of trustees , appointed by the executive of the State . Believing that the treatment of intemperance is one of the greatest subjects this Board can consider , and looking to the far future , rather than to the present , I think ...
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Page 7 - If any druggist or other person sells or gives away any arsenic, strychnine, corrosive sublimate or prussic acid without the written prescription of a physician...
Page 273 - SEASONABLE considerations on the indecent and dangerous custom of burying in churches and church-yards. With remarkable observations historical and philosophical. Proving, that the custom is not only contrary to the practice of the antients, but fatal, in case of infection.
Page 190 - Correction, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the board of poor commissioners.
Page 14 - Eighth. If the intestate leaves a widow and no kindred, his estate shall descend to his widow ; and if the intestate is a married woman and leaves no kindred, her estate shall descend to her husband. Ninth. If the intestate leaves no kindred, and no widow or husband, his or her estate shall escheat to the Commonwealth.
Page 198 - ... court, shall be final and conclusive, and judgment shall be rendered and execution issued thereon ; and costs shall be recovered by the...
Page 11 - An Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills and Cotton and other Factories...
Page 469 - To commence the manufacture of such articles as the society may determine upon, for the employment of such members as may be without employment, or who may be suffering in consequence of repeated reductions in their wages.
Page 88 - That no railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals...
Page 445 - Bureau affirms (Report for 1875, p. 445) that " it seems natural and just that a man's labor should be worth, and that his wages should be, as much as, with economy and prudence, will comfortably maintain himself and family, enable him to educate his children, and also to lay by enough for his decent support when his laboring powers have failed.
Page 201 - ... wherein said lands lie, a description thereof, as certain as is required in a common conveyance of lands, together with a statement of the purpose for which the lands are taken...