 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...  The Town Meeting: A Manual of Massachusetts Law - Side 11av Austin De Wolf - 1890 - 198 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 sider
...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 three...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority: 4.... | |
 | Vermont - 1851 - 838 sider
...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 three...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority. SECT.... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 544 sider
..."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...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons. § 4. The words "personal representatives" shall be construed to include the executor... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 sider
..."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...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons. § 4. The words "personal representatives" shall be construed to include the executor... | |
 | 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 - 1897 - 796 sider
...subd. 3). Accordingly, under the statute cited, providing that, in the construction of statutes, all words purporting to give a joint authority to three...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 - 1852 - 836 sider
...NUISANCE, &e CRIMINAL LAW 10. OFFICER. 1. The statute, — Rev. St. 52, § 2,— which provides, that all words, purporting to give a joint authority to three...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 - 1853 - 702 sider
...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 three...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority." It... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1854 - 712 sider
...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 - 1856 - 886 sider
...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 three...authority to a majority of such officers or persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law. Fourth — The word " highway" may be construed... | |
 | District of Columbia - 1857 - 788 sider
...the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Third. Words purporting to give a joint authority to three...giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority. Fourth. The... | |
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