Report of the Attorney General for the year ending ..

170 Pages·1991·8.3 MB·English

by  Massachusetts. Office of the Attorney General

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PUBLIC DOCUMENT .... .... No. 12,
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REPORT
ATTOENE GEKEKAL
Y-
Tear ending January 15. 1896.
BOSTON
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,
18 Post Office Square.
1896.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Cases attended tobythis Department, vii
Indictments for Murder vii
TheLaw Department, xi
Sentence in Criminal Cases, xii
Pleadings in Criminal Cases, xiii
Eevision ofthe Public Statutes, xiv
The BallotLaw Commission, xiv
Statutesrelatingto Ballots, Caucuses andElections, xv
The Charles EiverFlats, xvi
Claim by Theodore E. Davis, xvi
Official Bonds, xviii
WoonsocketElectric Machine andPower Company, xix
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Veterans Preference Act, xx
Assistants, xxi
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Opinions, ... 1
Opinions upon Applications forLeaveto fileInformations, 96
Informations atthe Eelation ofthe Treasurer, 104
Informations attheEelation ofthe Commissionerof Corporations, 106
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Informations atthe EelationofPrivate Persons, 107
Applicationsnotgranted, 107
Grade Crossings, 109
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Corporate Applications for Dissolution, Ill
Corporations requiredwithout Suit to file Certificates of Condition, . Ill
Corporationsrequired without Suitto fileTax Eeturns, . . . 112
CollateralTax Cases, 115
Public Charitable Trusts, 120
Land-damage Cases arisingthroughthe Alteration ofGrade Crossings, 122
Miscellaneous Cases, 124
Collections, 129
Extradition andInterstateEendition, . . . . . . . 133
Eules of Practicein InterstateEendition, 138

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Commonwealth Building, Boston, Jan. 15, 1896.
To theHonorable the President ofthe Senate.
I have the honor to transmit herewith my report for the year
ending this day.
Very respectfully,
HOSEA M. KNOWLTON,
Attorney-General.