Proceedings of Anniversary Meeting, Held in Ewing Church, Sept. 2d, 1880, and Other Valuable Matter

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MacCrellish & Quigley, printers, 1880 - 124 pages
 

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Page 5 - I move that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be dispensed with, and that the minutes be approved as printed.
Page 77 - He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat, committeth himself to prison. Neither do I reckon it an ill seat only where the air is unwholesome ; but likewise where the air is unequal; as you shall see many fine seats set upon a...
Page 112 - ... in pronouncing such judgment for the penalty or penalties and costs, to insert in such judgment a warrant, in the event of such penalty...
Page 111 - ... statue or monument exposed to public view, or any ornament, railing, or fence surrounding such statue or monument...
Page 108 - ... if any person shall be injured by an engine or car while walking, standing or playing on any railroad, or by jumping on or off a car while in motion, such person shall be deemed to have contributed to the injury sustained, and shall not recover therefor any damages from the company owning or operating said railroad ; provided, that this section shall not apply to the crossing of a railroad by any person at any lawful public or private crossing.
Page 112 - All persons who, not having wherewith to maintain themselves and their families, live idly and without employment, and refuse to work for the usual and common wages given to other laborers in the like work in the place where they then are.
Page 120 - IV. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the senior Vice-president, to preside at all meetings of the Society, and to carry out all orders of the Board of Directors.
Page 111 - ... forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen, or the amount of the injury done, such sum of money, not exceeding five pounds, as to the justice shall seem meet...
Page 112 - If any person shall be found offending in any township or place against this act it shall and may be lawful for any constable or police officer of such township or place, and he is hereby enjoined and required, on notice thereof given him by any of the inhabitants thereof, or without such notice on his own view, to apprehend and convey or cause to be conveyed such person to a justice of the peace or other committing magistrate of the county, who shall examine such person and shall commit him, being...
Page 120 - It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a correct and careful record of all proceedings of the Society and of the Board of Directors, in a book suitable for their preservation, and such other duties as ordinarily pertain to the office.

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