Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 43, Part 1

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Vols. for Jan. 1896-Sept. 1930 contain a separately page section of Papers and discussions which are published later in revised form in the society's Transactions. Beginning Oct. 1930, the Proceedings are limited to technical papers and discussions, while Civil engineering contains items relating to society activities, etc.
 

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Page 341 - If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
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Page 322 - Secretary shall make from the signatures on the outer envelopes a list of the voters from whom ballots are received, which list shall be open to inspection by all Corporate Members. A voter may withdraw his ballot, and may substitute another, at any time before the polls close.
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