 Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the act giving the authority; 18. When the seal of a court or public officer...  Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin - Page 561by Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Wisconsin - Law - 1839 - 476 pages
...three or officer* now more public officers, or other persons, shall be construed as giving tt° (h^y** such authority to a majority of such officers, or other persons, unless 4cit shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority. Fourth, The word "grantor"... | |
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 pages
...word importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males: 3. All words purporting to give a joint authority to...of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority: 4. The words “annual meeting,”... | |
 | Vermont - Law - 1851 - 838 pages
...importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied as well to females as to males.* SECT. 2. All words purporting to give a joint authority to...of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority. SECT. 3. The words annual meeting,... | |
 | Kentucky - Law - 1851 - 548 pages
..."justices," shall be construed as if the words "of the peace" followed. § 3. Words purporting to give authority to three or more public officers or other...authority to a majority of such officers or other persons. § 4. The words "personal representatives" shall be construed to include the executor or the administrator,... | |
 | Kentucky - Session laws - 1851 - 544 pages
..."justices," shall be construed as if the words "of the peace" followed. § 3. Words purporting to give authority to three or more public officers or other...authority to a majority of such officers or other persons. § 4. The words "personal representatives" shall be construed to include the executor or the administrator,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 796 pages
...2, subd. 3). Accordingly, under the statute cited, providing that, in the construction of statutes, all words purporting to give a joint authority to...be construed as giving such authority to a majority thereof, unless otherwise expressly declared in the law conferring the authority, it was held that... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 836 pages
...3. NUISANCE, &e CRIMINAL LAW 10. OFFICER. 1. The statute, — Rev. St. 52, § 2,— which provides, that all words, purporting to give a joint authority...or more public officers, or other persons, shall be constrned as giving such authority to a majority of such officers, or other persons, does not change... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 702 pages
...directors the general direction of all operations at fires. For by Rev. Sts. c. 2, § 6, clause 3d, " all words, purporting to give a joint authority to...of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority." It is not necessary, however, to... | |
 | New Hampshire - Law - 1854 - 712 pages
...reference to any person or thing, shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. SEC. 13. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless otherwise expressly declared.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 886 pages
...importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied to females us well as males. Third — All words purporting to give a joint authority to...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law. Fourth — The word " highway"... | |
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