Public Documents of Massachusetts, Volume 4

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Page 1 - The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act, as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty...
Page 21 - Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the last Wednesday of December in the current year.
Page 76 - ... shall have full power and authority : (1) to receive, investigate and pass upon charges of discrimination against any person employed within the state ; and (2) to enter any place of business or employment within the state for the purpose of examination and making a transcript of records in any way appertaining to or having a bearing upon the question of the age of any person so employed. [Acts 1965, ch. 368, § 5, p. 1154.] 40-2323. Employees' records — Investigation — Conciliation — Complaint...
Page 21 - That an unpaid special commission, to consist of two members of the senate to be designated by the president thereof, three members of the house of representatives to be designated by the speaker thereof and...
Page ix - ... current expenses" of the various departments or kinds of municipal services. Interest payments are similarly but separately shown, not only because it is desirable to exhibit this item of expense independently, but because interest is properly a capital rather than a departmental charge.
Page 17 - Current Expenses. 1. Salaries and wages should include salaries of trustees or directors, if any. 2. Clothing includes shoes and also materials for clothing and shoes if they are manufactured in the institution.
Page 17 - Ordinary repairs include all of those which simply maintain the buildings in condition without adding to them. Any repairs which are of the nature of additions should be classed with

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