Report of the Attorney GeneralAttorney General's Office, 1905 - Attorneys general's opinions |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page 3
... Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth as synonymous . There are a few passages in them where ' residents ' has a somewhat broader sig- nificance than inhabitants , ' and designates a class of persons who have no domicile within the ...
... Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth as synonymous . There are a few passages in them where ' residents ' has a somewhat broader sig- nificance than inhabitants , ' and designates a class of persons who have no domicile within the ...
Page 8
... Constitution , which refers to the pardoning power in the following language : " The power of pardoning offences , except such as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an impeachment of the house , shall be by the governor ...
... Constitution , which refers to the pardoning power in the following language : " The power of pardoning offences , except such as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an impeachment of the house , shall be by the governor ...
Page 11
... constitutional provision that no State shall pass a law im- pairing the obligation of a contract . This decision was supposed to deprive the States of that power of control over corporations which the public welfare demanded ...
... constitutional provision that no State shall pass a law im- pairing the obligation of a contract . This decision was supposed to deprive the States of that power of control over corporations which the public welfare demanded ...
Page 14
... constitution of the corporation , and within the scope of its corporate powers . The real contract into which the stockholder enters with the cor- poration is that he agrees to become a member of an artificial body which is created and ...
... constitution of the corporation , and within the scope of its corporate powers . The real contract into which the stockholder enters with the cor- poration is that he agrees to become a member of an artificial body which is created and ...
Page 15
... constitutional power of the Legislature to authorize the consolida- tion . If the plaintiffs had any ground for complaint as to the terms of the plan of consolidation , they should have tried to pre- vent its going into effect . They ...
... constitutional power of the Legislature to authorize the consolida- tion . If the plaintiffs had any ground for complaint as to the terms of the plan of consolidation , they should have tried to pre- vent its going into effect . They ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Action of tort administrator appointed receiver Attorney-General ex rel Attorney-General waived right Auditor's first report authority Board of Health Certificate filed certificate of condition Charles clerk Commonwealth contract corporation to file damages caused election estate in Massachu estate in Massachusetts executor executrix Failure of foreign file certificate file first papers filed and information foreign corporation Fred George George W grade crossings heard on payment HERBERT PARKER information dismissed Insurance Commissioner John Legislature license to receive Manufacturing Company Mary Mayor and Aldermen Middlesex County opinion paid and information papers required payment of tax Pending Peti Petition for abolition Petition for instructions Petition for license petitioners pond proper form Railroad Company receive personal estate Referred to commissioners required by St Return filed Selectmen Settled setts Sewerage Board statute Street crossing Street Railway Company Suffolk County Superior Court Supreme Judicial Court Tax paid tion for license trustee William Worcester
Popular passages
Page 38 - All the provisions of the existing constitution, inconsistent with the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly annulled.
Page 59 - To insure upon the stock or mutual plan vessels, freights, goods, money, effects, and money lent on bottomry or respondentia, against the perils of the sea and other perils usually insured against by marine insurance, including risks of inland navigation and transportation...
Page 52 - ... by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars ; for a second offense by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days...
Page 38 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for . ~ „ , . , . -.. the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 1 - Columbia from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon...
Page 25 - If no cause for delay can be shown, it would seem reasonable to require the demand to be made within the time limited by the statute for bringing the action. There is the same reason for hastening the demand, that there is for hastening the commencement of the action ; and in both cases the same presumptions arise from delay.
Page 183 - That the person named as agent is a proper person, and that he has no private interest in the arrest of the fugitive. (e) If there has been any former application for a requisition for the same person, growing out of the same transaction, it must be so stated, with an explanation of the reasons for a second request, together with the date of such application, as near as may be.
Page 67 - Every person who has been committed to a workhouse shall, if able to work, be kept diligently employed in labor during the term of his commitment. If he is idle and does not perform such reasonable task as is assigned, or if he is stubborn and disorderly, he shall be punished according to the orders aud regulations established by the directors.
Page 184 - ... given for the absence of such affidavit. 2. Proof by affidavit of facts and circumstances satisfying the Executive that the alleged criminal has fled from the justice of the State, and is in the State on whose Executive the demand is requested to be made, must be given. The fact that the alleged criminal was in the State where the alleged crime was committed at the time of the commission thereof, and is found in the State upon which the requisition was made, shall be sufficient evidence, iu the...
Page 183 - The full name of the person for whom extradition is asked, together with the name of the agent proposed, to be properly spelled, in roman capital letters, for example: JOHN DOE.