Journal of the Senate, Volume 116

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts., 1895 - Massachusetts

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Page 77 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 349 - Upon the complaint and application of the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town...
Page 935 - After the choice of a moderator for said meeting the question of the acceptance of this act shall be submitted to the voters, and if it shall be accepted by a majority...
Page 224 - All the provisions of the existing constitution, inconsistent with the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly annulled.
Page 619 - ... who shall hold office for the term of three years from the first Monday in February next succeeding their appointment, one of whom shall be a doctor of medicine.
Page 11 - Resolved, That the clerk of the senate be directed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 846 - SECT. 5. The board of street commissioners of the city of Boston, with the approval of the mayor and of the Boston transit commission, may, for the purpose of widening Haverhill and Canal streets, take or lay out any portion of the land taken by purchase or otherwise by...
Page 713 - Act to provide for the issuance of shares of capital stock of corporations organized under the laws of this State without nominal or par value.
Page 52 - State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years, beginning on the...
Page 21 - Rules, shall be considered by the respective committees of the two branches, acting as joint committees, when, in the judgment of the chairmen of the respective committees of the two branches, the interests of legislation or the expedition of business will be better served by such joint consideration. Matters may also be referred respectively to the committees on the Judiciary, on Probate and Insolvency, and on Kules, of the two branches, as joint committees.

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