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Page 26 - The inhabitants of the town of Salem, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the city of Salem, and as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon and appertaining to said town as a municipal corporation.
Page 15 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Page 109 - ... shall directly or indirectly either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles aforesaid, of...
Page 94 - ... for the purpose of examining into and destroying, removing or preventing any nuisance, source of filth or cause of -sickness, and shall be refused such entry, any member of the board may make complaint, under oath, to...
Page 20 - 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 33 - Council shall organize itself in the manner herein before provided, and may proceed to business in the same manner as if the Mayor were present; and the oath of office may...
Page 8 - ... meet in the conference chamber and state to each other, verbally, or in writing, as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Houses for and against the amendment, and confer freely thereon.
Page 35 - All the sittings of the mayor and aldermen, of the common council, and of the city council, shall be public when they are not engaged in executive business. The city council shall take care that money shall not be paid from the treasury .unless granted or appropriated...
Page 15 - No member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the House; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Page 15 - He shall put the previous question in the following form: "Shall the main question be now put?" — and all debate upon the main question shall be suspended, until the previous question shall be decided.