 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
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1016 pages
...to the election, organization, and action of the supreme court. The code provides that "words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons are conetrued as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the... | |
 | Haverhill (Mass.) - Haverhill (Mass.) - 1919 - 530 pages
...travelled parts of streets or highways ; words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons; the word "person" shall be construed to include partnerships and corporations; words importing... | |
 | Arizona. Attorney General's Office - Attorneys general's opinions - 1920 - 200 pages
...Subdivision 2 of Paragraph 5552 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, which reads as follows : "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." In discussing with other members... | |
 | George Foster Longsdorf - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1062 pages
..."specified." — Neucombe v. Chesebrough, 33 Mich. 321. Ц236. Under How. St., § 2, which provides that "all words purporting to give a joint authority...giving such authority to a majority of such officers." etc.. a decision by a majority of three commissioners appointed in condemnation proceedings, would... | |
 | California - California - 1921 - 1074 pages
...meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning; 17. 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... | |
 | Panama Canal (Panama) - Law - 1922 - 336 pages
...construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language. Fifteenth. 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 be otherwise expressed in the... | |
 | California - Civil procedure - 1923 - 952 pages
...Small Pol. Code, 9 14. As to seals of courts, see post, H 147-153. § 15. JOINT AUTHORITY. Words giving are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the... | |
 | California, James Manford Kerr - Criminal law - 1923 - 680 pages
...meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning; 17. 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... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1923 - 424 pages
...meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning; 17. 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... | |
 | California - Civil law - 1923 - 588 pages
...with the same effect as if it had "b'een ^performed upon the day appointed. '•" 12*. 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... | |
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