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Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, George Edward Reed, William Henry Egle, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban
J. Severns & Company, 1902 - History
A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records," which contain the Minutes of the Provincial council, of the Council of safety, and of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania.

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Page 8 - All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Page 250 - This company shall not be liable beyond the actual cash value of the property at the time any loss or damage occurs, and the loss or damage shall be ascertained or estimated according to such actual cash value, with proper deduction for depreciation however caused, and shall in no event exceed what it would then cost the insured to repair or replace the same with material of like kind and quality...
Page 664 - In every public department and upon all public works of the state of New York and of the cities, counties, towns and villages thereof, honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines...
Page 39 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the State, interest on the public debt, and for public schools. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Page 63 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Page 617 - Pennsylvania constitution of 1874 provides that 'the general assembly shall not pass any local or special law...
Page 678 - An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act, entitled "An act authorizing companies incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States, for the manufacture of any form of iron, steel, or glass, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments, and to take, have, and hold real estate, necessary and proper for manufacturing purposes...
Page 312 - Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations...
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Page 577 - No bill except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title...

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