Charter and Ordinances: With the Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City. [To March 13, 1849].Knowles and Vose, 1845 |
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Page 29 - SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That the...
Page 3 - 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 164 - To lay on the table, To postpone indefinitely, To postpone to a day certain...
Page 58 - ... in a quantity exceeding twenty-five bushels, at one sale and delivery, without having the same duly measured and certified as aforesaid by one of the said measurers, or shall refuse to permit a measurer or deputy to measure such articles when sold from any water craft, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for every such offence...
Page 23 - When said general officer shall receive the report provided for in the preceding section, he shall at once proceed to obtain judgment against said lots, parcels of land and property for said special assessments remaining due and unpaid, in the same manner as is or may be by law provided for obtaining judgment against lands for taxes due and unpaid the county and state...
Page 4 - It shall be his duty to be vigilant and active in causing the laws and...
Page 5 - He shall from time to time communicate to both boards such information and recommend such measures as the business and interests of the city may in his opinion require. He shall preside in the board of aldermen and in convention of the two boards, but shall have a casting vote only.
Page 18 - ... who do, for the most part, support themselves by gaming ; all jugglers, common showmen and mountebanks, who exhibit or perform for profit any puppet show, wire or rope...
Page 69 - ... may be libelled and condemned for the use of the person who shall sue for the same...
Page 58 - Act they shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, to be recovered in an action of debt, before any justice of the peace, in the name of the People of...