 ... that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants; nor unless it be with the •consent, and on the application, of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon,...  The Northeastern Reporter - Page 1131894Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 792 pages
...contained twelve thousand inhabitants, the General Court should not constitute it a city government except 'with the consent and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants,' etc. The practical construction put upon the proviso has been that the town must first make an application... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1924 - 802 pages
...restrictions and regulations as the general court may prescribe; provided, that such establishment be with the consent, and on the application of a majority...a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose. IN JOINT SESSION, May 29 (PM), 1924. The foregoing legislative amendment of the Constitution is Amendment... | |
 | Louis Adams Frothingham - Constitutional history - 1925 - 168 pages
...of the selectmen, that the provisions of Article II of the amendments of the Constitution requiring the consent and on the application of a majority of...inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose have been fulfilled. Motions to suspend any of... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1853 - 714 pages
...thereon," so as to have it read that no city government should be constituted in any town unless upon the application of a " majority of " the inhabitants of such town "present and voting thereon." These amendments were agreed to. In that part of the fifth article which relates to increasing the... | |
 | Municipal government - 1915 - 724 pages
..."that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the consent, and...meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose." The court did not rule the principle of the limited town meeting to be unconstitutional but only the manner... | |
 | Daniel Judah Elazar - Political Science - 1979 - 150 pages
...location — 1780 Massachusetts, 1st amendment. ". . . no such [local] government shall be erected . . . unless it be with the consent, and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such town . . ." 10. A jury— 1776 Virginia, section 8, Bill of Rights. "... to a speedy trial by an impartial... | |
 | Municipal government - 1918 - 700 pages
..."that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the consent, and...meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose." The court did not rule the principle of the limited town meeting to be unconstitutional but only the manner... | |
 | United States - 1821 - 470 pages
...that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants; nor unless it be with the consent, and...meeting duly •warned and holden for that purpose: And provided also, that all by-laws,made by such municipal or city government, shall be subject, at... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1875 - 1130 pages
...that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants ; nor unless it be with the consent, and...a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose ; and provided, also, that all by-laws, made by such municipal or city government, shall be subject,... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - Massachusetts - 1921 - 760 pages
...that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the consent, and...thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holdcn for that purpose. And provided, also, that all bylaws, made by such municipal or city government,... | |
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