 | Minnesota - 1888 - 1058 pages
...Statutes, shall take effect, when. § 1. Bales for construing statutes. In the construction of statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is to say : — First. Words... | |
 | Indiana - 1888 - 1024 pages
...dismissed. [1881 S., p. 240. In force September 19, 1881.] 1285. Certain words, how construed. 857. In the construction of this Act, the following rules shall be observed, when consistent with the context: * The word " Sheriff" means the Sheriff of the county, or any other... | |
 | 1889 - 952 pages
...dispel all such doubt. It among oilier things prescribes that "In the construction of all statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such...construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Genera,! Assembly or repugnant to the context of the same statute; that is to say . . . the... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1889 - 644 pages
...dispel all such doubt. It, among other things, prescribes that "in the construction of all statules, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly," repugnant to the context of the same statute— thatistosay * * * "the word... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1891 - 858 pages
...of 1849, it is, Gut Company among other things, provided "17. In the construction . of all statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such...construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : "Rule Third: Words purporting to give authority to three or more public officers... | |
 | North Carolina - 1892 - 636 pages
...Sec. 572 (3765). Rtdes for construing statutes. RC, c. 1O8, s.2. In the construction of all statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the general assembly, or repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is to say : (1) SINGULAR... | |
 | Indiana, Harrison Burns - 1894 - 1050 pages
...[1881 S., p. 240. In force September 19, 1881.] 1309. (1285.) Certain words, how construed. — 857. In the construction of this act, the following rules shall be observed, when consistent with the context: The word "sheriff" means the sheriff of the county, or any other... | |
 | Iowa State Commerce Commission - 1895 - 818 pages
...appellant any nearer In p 'lut. It Is provided In our statute that " In the construction of the statutes the following rules shall be observed unless such...construction would be Inconsistent with the manifest Intent of the general assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute. » * * The word " person •' may... | |
 | Joseph Pope - 1895 - 352 pages
...PRELIMINARY. 1. This Act may be cited as "The British North American Act, 1867." INTERPRETATION. 2. In the construction of this Act the following rules shall be observed with respect to the following terms, unless otherwise expressly provided for, or such construction... | |
 | Colorado. Court of Appeals - 1896 - 666 pages
...to appear before the court wherein such action is pending." Section 442 contains this provision : " In the construction of this act the following rules shall be observed when consistent with the context. * * * The word ' person ' extends to bodies politic and corporate."... | |
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In the construction of this act the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent, or repugnant to the context of the statute: 1. The words "councilman" or "alderman" shall be construed to mean... 
