Official Opinions of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 1Wright & Potter, 1899 - Attorneys general's opinions |
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... road , or of hiring or uniting with any other road . The voting power upon any railroad stocks held by the Com- monwealth may properly be exercised by the Governor and Council , or such committee as they may appoint ; and I under- stand ...
... road , or of hiring or uniting with any other road . The voting power upon any railroad stocks held by the Com- monwealth may properly be exercised by the Governor and Council , or such committee as they may appoint ; and I under- stand ...
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... roads . It has been the law of Massachusetts since 1831 that all acts of incorporation shall at all times be liable to amendment , alter- ation or repeal , at the pleasure of the Legislature . It is no longer open to doubt that under ...
... roads . It has been the law of Massachusetts since 1831 that all acts of incorporation shall at all times be liable to amendment , alter- ation or repeal , at the pleasure of the Legislature . It is no longer open to doubt that under ...
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... road . 1893 June 27 . In reply to your inquiry arising under St. 1888 , c . 365 , Tother . I have to say that in my opinion this statute cannot be con- strued to require payment by the Commonwealth of a bill for reporting the evidence ...
... road . 1893 June 27 . In reply to your inquiry arising under St. 1888 , c . 365 , Tother . I have to say that in my opinion this statute cannot be con- strued to require payment by the Commonwealth of a bill for reporting the evidence ...
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... roads enter upon or con- nect with each other , to execute a lease of the one to the other , the two roads being deemed to connect if one connected with a road leased to the other . The connecting roads at Providence are the roads of ...
... roads enter upon or con- nect with each other , to execute a lease of the one to the other , the two roads being deemed to connect if one connected with a road leased to the other . The connecting roads at Providence are the roads of ...
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... roads enter upon or connect with each other , may execute a lease from one to the other ; and that they shall be deemed to connect if one of the roads enters upon or connects with a road leased to the other . It The lease purports to be ...
... roads enter upon or connect with each other , may execute a lease from one to the other ; and that they shall be deemed to connect if one of the roads enters upon or connects with a road leased to the other . It The lease purports to be ...
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Page 545 - A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party for a consideration promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do some act of value to the assured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has an interest...
Page 117 - Whenever the executive authority of any State or Territory demands any person as a fugitive from justice, of the executive authority of any State or Territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged...
Page 428 - All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town...
Page 58 - Where, under power in a charter, rights have been acquired and become vested, no amendment or alteration of the charter can take away the property or rights which have become vested under a legitimate exercise of the powers granted.
Page 238 - The promotion of the interests of individuals, either in respect of property or business, although it may result incidentally in the advancement of the public welfare, is, in its essential character, a private and not a public object. However certain and great the resulting good to the general public, it does not, by reason of its comparative importance, cease to be incidental.
Page 133 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 43 - The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and returning home, once in every session, and no more, shall be paid by the government, out of the public treasury, to every member who shall attend as seasonably as he can, in the judgment of the house, and does not depart without leave.
Page 193 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 165 - a contract of Insurance Is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent, or to do some act of value to the assured upon the destruction or Injury of something in which the other party has an Interest.
Page 314 - No such corporation organized under the laws of this state shall transfer its risks to or re-insure them in any other corporation unless the contract of transfer or reinsurance is first submitted to and approved by a two-thirds vote of a meeting of the insured called to consider the same, of which meeting a written or printed notice shall be mailed to each member, certificate holder or policyholder at least thirty days before the day fixed for such meeting.