Remarks on the Present Project of the City Government for Supplying the Inhabitants of Boston With Pure Soft Water (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Remarks on the Present Project of the City Government for Supplying the Inhabitants of Boston With Pure Soft WaterThe 1st resolution passed the Common Council, the 2d, relating to the expediency of making Long Pond the source of supply, was amended, by inserting these words after the words Long Pond or such other sources as may hereafter be decided to be best. The 3d and 4th resolves were indefinitely postponed. In this state, the Report and accompanying resolves came up to the Board of Aldermen for their action. The 1st resolution was concurred in, and all the rest were indefinitely postponed. The Board rejected the 4th resolution, however, on the ground, that the question of calling general meetings of the inhabitants to vote upon the subject, was one which belonged exclusively, under the charter, to the Board of Aldermen, and ought not, therefore, to have been consid ered by the Common Council. The objection was to form, and not to substance. Accordingly, a new order, of similar import with that resolve as originally proposed, was immediately offered by a member, and, upon an amendment after the words Long Pond, in these words.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.