Public Documents of Massachusetts, 5. köide1875 |
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... matters relating to drain- age and sewerage could be referred to independent boards of health ; or , in the case of very large cities , if there could be a central executive bureau , a " Board of Works , " so that there would be a more ...
... matters relating to drain- age and sewerage could be referred to independent boards of health ; or , in the case of very large cities , if there could be a central executive bureau , a " Board of Works , " so that there would be a more ...
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... matter exposed to the action of the air while spread out over large surfaces of impervious mud , and from the dock mud itself , were contaminating the air to a degree intensely annoying to the senses and extremely dangerous to the ...
... matter exposed to the action of the air while spread out over large surfaces of impervious mud , and from the dock mud itself , were contaminating the air to a degree intensely annoying to the senses and extremely dangerous to the ...
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... matter . The long sewer built by the cities of Cambridge and Som- erville , and emptying just below " Craigie's Bridge , " has afforded temporary and partial relief from the odors formerly so annoying , inasmuch as the flats now ...
... matter . The long sewer built by the cities of Cambridge and Som- erville , and emptying just below " Craigie's Bridge , " has afforded temporary and partial relief from the odors formerly so annoying , inasmuch as the flats now ...
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... matter , deserves careful consideration from all sanitary author- ities . It is claimed , too , that glue can be made by this pro- cess so as to yield a good profit . Many tons of this " soup " escape daily into the waters about Boston ...
... matter , deserves careful consideration from all sanitary author- ities . It is claimed , too , that glue can be made by this pro- cess so as to yield a good profit . Many tons of this " soup " escape daily into the waters about Boston ...
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... matter into a valuable material for fertilization , is a subject of congratulation ; and their pecuniary profit is fully earned by the skill , care , watchfulness , and cleanliness , with which their business has been conducted . The ...
... matter into a valuable material for fertilization , is a subject of congratulation ; and their pecuniary profit is fully earned by the skill , care , watchfulness , and cleanliness , with which their business has been conducted . The ...
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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...