Massachusetts Year Book and City and Town Register, Issue 9F.S. Blanchard & Company, 1907 Containing a complete list of cities and towns and their officers, population, valuation, debt, tax note, election returns; National and state governments; courts, banks, insurance companies, newspapers, hotels, professional directory, with an up-to-date map of the state. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18 Tremont St 53 State St Adams Albert Annual town meeting Arthur Assessors Barnstable Berkshire Board Health Boston Cemetery Commissioners cent Charles H Chief Fire Dept City Constables County Deposits go Dist Dividends Apr East East Bridgewater Edward Edwin Essex Francis Frank Franklin Fred Frederick George H go on interest Grammar Schools guaranty fund Harry Haverhill Henry Henry H Herbert High School Hours Inspector Animals Investment Committee James John H Joseph July and Oct Main St March Clerk meeting first Monday Middlesex Milk St Monday in March month Auditor North Old South Bldg Overseers Poor Plymouth Poor and Board Pres Public Library Public Schools rate past Robert Samuel Saturday Selectmen Shelburne Falls Smith Street Supt surplus and undivided Taunton Thomas Town Officers Tree Warden Tremont Bldg Trustees undivided earnings undivided profits Village Walter Ward Washington St West William H Worcester
Popular passages
Page 23 - Any person who shall knowingly deposit or send anything to be conveyed by mail in violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, with costs of prosecution.
Page 22 - Merchandise - - namely, all matter not embraced in the other three classes, and which is not in its form or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, and not above the weight provided by law.
Page 32 - Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately, in the county of Franklin; and Araherst, Belchertown, Enlield, Granby.
Page 23 - No letter or circular concerning lotteries, so-called gift concerts, or other similar enterprises, offering prizes, or concerning schemes devised and intended to deceive and defraud the public, for the purpose of obtaining money under false pretences, shall be carried in the mail.
Page 17 - Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen from among the Senators by the Senate.
Page 21 - Letters, postal cards, post cards (private mailing cards), and all matter wholly or partly In writing, whether sealed or unsealed, except manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or corrected proof sheets of the same and the writing authorized by law to be placed upon matter of other classes.
Page 23 - The sender is further allowed to mark a word or passage in a book or paper to which he desires to call special attention. He may also write a simple inscription or dedication upon the cover or blank leaves of a book or pamphlet.
Page 22 - It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry...
Page 21 - This will insure its immediate return to you for correction, if improperly addressed or insufficiently paid, and if it is not called for at its destination, it can be returned to you without going to the Dead Letter Office.
Page 276 - England, mileage was built which later became important parts of the Boston & Maine, the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and the Boston & Albany roads.