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Page 46 - ... to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to...
Page 161 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Page 180 - He shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as, in his opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances of the city, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city.
Page 82 - ... work they have undertaken, and shall have power to adjourn from time to time, as they shall see cause, to any other times or places, for the purpose of perfecting the same.
Page 145 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
Page 216 - To make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the city, to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and enforce the same within five miles of the city.
Page 130 - That each house of the legislature shall keep a journal of its proceedings and, from time to time, publish the same; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house, on any question, shall, upon demand of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal...
Page 14 - ... such depositor such sums as may be due to him or her, although no guardian shall have been appointed for such minor, or the guardian of such minor shall not have authorized the drawing of the same, and the check, receipt or acquittance of such minor shall be as valid as if the same was executed by a guardian of such minor or the said minor...
Page 58 - It was provided in the third section that " the said corporation shall have the right of way upon, and may appropriate to its sole use and control for the purposes contemplated herein, land not exceeding two hundred feet in width through its entire length ; may enter upon and take possession of and use all and Dissenting Opinion: Shiras, Gray, Brown, JJ.
Page 194 - Powers and duties of police judge. —The police judge shall be a conservator of the peace, and his court shall be open. every * day, except Sundays, to hear and determine any and all cases cognizable before him.