Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1885 - Law |
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Page 503
... the salary of the assistant fireman at the state Assistant fire- house , two dollars and one - half per diem for each day employed . Lieutenant- governor . Council . Private secretary . Executive clerk 1885. CHAPTER 3 . 503.
... the salary of the assistant fireman at the state Assistant fire- house , two dollars and one - half per diem for each day employed . Lieutenant- governor . Council . Private secretary . Executive clerk 1885. CHAPTER 3 . 503.
Page 508
... Fire District Number One of North Attleborough , for the purposes mentioned in section eleven of chapter one hundred ... Fire District Water Loan , " to an amount not exceeding twenty - five thousand dollars , in ad- dition to the amount ...
... Fire District Number One of North Attleborough , for the purposes mentioned in section eleven of chapter one hundred ... Fire District Water Loan , " to an amount not exceeding twenty - five thousand dollars , in ad- dition to the amount ...
Page 519
... fire district , for the incorporation of a railroad , etc. , for a water street railway , elevated railroad , or canal company , or for supply or for in the amendment of the charter of any such company , for authority to take water for ...
... fire district , for the incorporation of a railroad , etc. , for a water street railway , elevated railroad , or canal company , or for supply or for in the amendment of the charter of any such company , for authority to take water for ...
Page 553
... fires and for domestic and other purposes ; may establish fountains and hydrants , re - locate or discontinue the same , may regulate the use of such water , and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use of the same . May take waters ...
... fires and for domestic and other purposes ; may establish fountains and hydrants , re - locate or discontinue the same , may regulate the use of such water , and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use of the same . May take waters ...
Page 562
... town of Canton may supply itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes ; may establish fount- ains and hydrants , re - locate or discontinue the 562 1885.- CHAPTERS 93 , 94 , 95 .
... town of Canton may supply itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes ; may establish fount- ains and hydrants , re - locate or discontinue the 562 1885.- CHAPTERS 93 , 94 , 95 .
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Page 434 - Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made...
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