Arguments and Testimony in Behalf of the Town of Beverly Against the Division of the Town: Before the Legislative Committee on Towns, 1888

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Rand Avery Company, 1888 - Beverly (Mass.) - 214 pages

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Page 207 - GOVERNMENT is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honour, or private interest of any one man, family or class of men...
Page 20 - ... a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months...
Page 31 - Will you be kind enough to state to the committee what the situation is?
Page 73 - A. Yes, sir. Q.- What is your business? A. I am a printer.
Page 19 - An Act to secure a fair and equal Valuation throughout the Commonwealth of Property subject to Taxation.
Page 196 - Never saw that article ; don't know any thing about it ; I don't know any thing about that article.
Page 19 - Every assessor of any city or town, or other person chosen to determine the valuation of property for the purpose of taxation who shall knowingly fix any such valuation of any property at a less sum than its full and fair cash value in order that the...
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Page 18 - Even in the panic of 1873, and the years of depression that followed, the...

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