Charter of the City of Milwaukee: Being Chapter 184, Laws of 1874, as Amended by Subsequent Acts of the Legislature to and Including the Acts of 1891 : and General Laws Operating as Amendments Thereto, Up to and Including Those Passed by the Legislature of 1895

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Edward Keogh, 1895 - Milwaukee (Wis.) - 389 pages

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Page 20 - One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years...
Page 106 - One member of said board shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 17 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.
Page 171 - ... who shall hold his office for three years and until his successor shall be elected...
Page 17 - ... to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding...
Page 23 - It shall be the duty of the collector, postmaster, and other officers of the United States, at any place outside of the District of Columbia where examinations are directed by the President or by said board to be held, to allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.
Page 23 - Board, and who are otherwise eligible, and such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination, without reference to priority of time of examination.
Page 21 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 79 - The notice shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the contestee, or by leaving such copy at his usual place of abode with some member of his family over the age of fifteen years; or, if neither such contestee nor his family can be found in the county...
Page 20 - Commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge [of the duties] of his office and within ten days after receiving notice of his appointment, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state...

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