Municipal Register ...

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Contains a list of the officers of the city government and its various departments, message of the Mayor, annual reports of the several departments, ordinances, etc.

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Page 26 - When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but : To adjourn; To lay on the table ; For the previous question ; To postpone to a day certain; To commit, refer or recommit; To postpone indefinitely.
Page 143 - Sweetened condensed milk is milk from which a considerable portion of water has been evaporated...
Page 25 - The president may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the board by any two members.
Page 577 - Every person who shall wilfully injure any statue, monument, chair, or other seat, or any lamp or lamppost, constructed or being in any highway, public space, or park; or any railing or fence erected for public use, or inclosing any such space or park ; or any walk or crossing for foot passengers ; or any sewer, curbing, or paved gutter, shall be fined not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than seven, nor more than thirty days, or both.
Page 20 - ... to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion for adjournment shall always be in order, and be decided without debate.
Page 20 - When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Speaker; or, being in writing, it shall be handed to the Chair, and read aloud by the Clerk before debated. 30. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the Speaker or any member desire it. 31. After a motion is stated by the Speaker...
Page 843 - All the before-mentioned balconies and staircases shall be constructed of iron throughout, including the floors, and of ample strength to sustain the load to be carried by them, and they shall be covered with a metal hood or awning, to be constructed in such manner as shall be approved by the Department of Buildings.
Page 143 - Milk is the fresh, clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept, excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and ten days after calving, and contains not less than eight and one-half (8.5) per cent of solids not fat, and not less than three and one-quarter (3.25) per cent of milk fat.
Page 830 - ... of said work, or by or in consequence of any negligence in guarding the same, or any improper materials used in its construction, or by or on account of any act or omission of the said contractor or his agents...
Page 25 - When any member is about to speak he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address the presiding officer ; shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personalities, or imputing to any member improper motives.

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