Author: James Smith Garland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
New England Town Law
Author: James Smith Garland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
New England Town Law$dA Digest of Statutes and Decisions concerning Towns and Town Officers
New England Town Law
Author: James S B 1842 Garland
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781343583597
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781343583597
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Massachusetts Town Law
Author: James Smith Garland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Law and Community in Three American Towns
Author: Carol J. Greenhouse
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801481697
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Carol J. Greenhouse, Barbara Yngvesson, and David M. Engel analyze attitudes toward the law as a way of commentating on major American myths and ongoing changes in American society.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801481697
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Carol J. Greenhouse, Barbara Yngvesson, and David M. Engel analyze attitudes toward the law as a way of commentating on major American myths and ongoing changes in American society.
Warning Out in New England
Author: Josiah Henry Benton (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This right to exclude, or "warn out", was exercised frequently. Some towns only warned out persons they thought likely to become a charge, others automatically warned out any and all newcomers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This right to exclude, or "warn out", was exercised frequently. Some towns only warned out persons they thought likely to become a charge, others automatically warned out any and all newcomers
The New England Town Meeting
Author: Joseph F. Zimmerman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this groundbreaking study, Zimmerman explores the town meeting form of government in all New England states. This comprehensive work relies heavily upon surveys of town officers and citizens, interviews, and mastery of the scattered writing on the subject. Zimmerman finds that the stereotypes of the New England open town meeting advanced by its critics are a serious distortion of reality. He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better. Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves—open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting. And, as Zimmerman points out, a third safety valve—the protest referendum—can be adopted by a town meeting.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this groundbreaking study, Zimmerman explores the town meeting form of government in all New England states. This comprehensive work relies heavily upon surveys of town officers and citizens, interviews, and mastery of the scattered writing on the subject. Zimmerman finds that the stereotypes of the New England open town meeting advanced by its critics are a serious distortion of reality. He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better. Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves—open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting. And, as Zimmerman points out, a third safety valve—the protest referendum—can be adopted by a town meeting.
Massachusetts State and Municipal Construction Law
Author: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education-New England Law Institute, inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A New England Town
Author: Kenneth A. Lockridge
Publisher: New York : Norton
ISBN: 9780393053814
Category : Dedham (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Norton
ISBN: 9780393053814
Category : Dedham (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description