...Public Statutes in regard to fish-weirs should be so amended that licenses for fish-weirs granted by the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town may be subject to the approval of this Board upon the question of obstruction to navigation, leaving...

...organized for either or both of the purposes mentioned in section eleven, may, with the consent in writing of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, dig up and open the grounds in any of the streets, lanes and highways thereof, so far as is necessary...

...shall be inclnded in the annual report of the board. SECTION 17. Upon the complaint and application of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town within which a part of any railroad is located, the board shall examine the condition and operation...

...time furnished with suitable food for strangers and travelers." Section 1 1 , " When in the opinion of the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town, a person holding a license as an innholdcr or common victualer ceases to be engaged in the business...

...the municipal court of the city. Then came after that a statute passed in 1880 which provided that the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town, could appoint a probation officer. Under that Act the chief of police in places outside of Boston usually...

...building of State highways and provides that — Whenever the county commissioners of a county, or the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town, adjndge that the public necessity and convenienee require that the Commonwealth take charge of a new...

...with the first day of March following. SECTION 1. Whenever the county commissioners of a county, or the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town, adjudge that the public necessity and convenience require that the Commonwealth take charge of a new...

...of cities, or selectmen of towns, in which said portions of highways or streets may be. The board of mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, after .the determination, as herein provided, that the public good requires the building of the proposed...

...examine each meter intended for use, and to stamp and seal it if found to be correct. Upon request of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, it was his duty to test the gas supplied to the city or town to see that it was of the required legal...

...organized for either or both of the purposes mentioned in section eleven, may, with the consent in writing of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, dig up and open the grounds in any of the streets, lanes, and highways thereof, so far as is necessary...