Persons who reside on lands ceded to the United States, when there is no other reservation of jurisdiction to the state than that of a right to serve civil and criminal process on such lands, are not entitled to the benefits of the common schools for their children in the towns in which the lands are situated; nor are they liable to be assessed for their polls and estates to state, county, and town taxes in such towns; nor do they gain a settlement in such towns for themselves or their children by residence for any length of time on such lands; nor do they acquire, by residing on such lands, any elective franchise as inhabitants of such towns. Opinion of Justices, 1 Met. 580.

Nor in such case would the transporting of stone from another state to a place so ceded be a transporting of stone "within this commonwealth" in the sense of a statute affixing a penalty to such transportation. Mitchell v. Tibbetts, 17 Pick. 298.

Offences committed within such lands are not punishable by the courts of this commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Clary, 8 Mass. 72, 77.

CHAPTER II.

OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Applications to the Legislature.

The secretary of the commonwealth to publish annually on first Wednesday in January a list of all petitions to the general court. St. 1865, c. 245.

SECT. 8-10. Notice may in certain cases be given after the time limited in these sections. St. 1862, c. 91, s. 1. May be waived by all parties. St. 1862, c. 91, s. 2.

SECT. 10. Provision as to notice upon application for charter of street railway company. St. 1864, c. 229, s. 11.

SECT. 12. Other evidence of publication of notice not excluded. St. 1862, c. 91, s. 3.

Compensation of Members and Officers.

SECT. 13, 14. Repealed by St. 1865, c. 228.

SECT. 17. Amended by St. 1867, c. 167, s. 1, and St. 1867, c. 305.

SECT. 18, 19. Repealed by St. 1865, c. 228.

SECT. 22.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

Amendments to the constitution to be engrossed.

St. 1865, c. 156.

Additional. The clerk of the senate to hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified. St. 1868, c. 37.

SECT. 1. The volume of laws to contain all amendments to the constitution of the state. St. 1865, c. 156. Also modifications and changes of pilotage regulations. St. 1862, c. 176, s. 17. 3,000 copies of the volume to be printed. St. 1866, c. 65, s. 1.

SECT. 2. Copies to be furnished also, "upon application of the librarian thereof, to every athenæum, every incorporated, and every public library, established under the laws of this commonwealth." St. 1866, c. 65, s. 2.

SECT. 3. This section repealed and superseded by St. 1862, c. 85, which was in its turn repealed and superseded by St. 1866, c. 65, s. 3.

SECT. 4. Amendments to the state constitution to be published in like manner. St. 1865, c. 156. So also modifications and changes of pilotage regulations. St. 1862, c. 176, s. 17. Limit of annual expense raised to five hundred dollars. St. 1865, c. 193.

SECT. 6. Resolves to take effect upon their passage unless otherwise specially provided. St. 1864, c. 287.

Where a statute provides for the appointment of officers, an appointment made before the day when the act goes into effect is void. Opinion of Justices, 3 Gray 601, 606.- Commonwealth v. Fowler, 10 Mass. 290.

It seems that an act, which is to take effect" from and after its passage," takes effect at the precise point of time when it is approved by the governor. Kennedy v. Palmer, 6 Gray 316.

Construction of Statutes.

SECT. 7. First Clause. See Howard v. Harris, 8 Allen 297, 298.

Third Clause. For cases in which this rule has been applied, see Howard v. Proctor, 7 Gray 128, 131.- Reynolds v. New Salem, 6 Met. 340, 343.- Coffin v. Nantucket, 5 Cush. 269, 272.

Fifth Clause. As to the meaning of the words "grantor' and "grantee," see Tasker v. Bartlett, 5 Cush. 359, 365. — Dudley v. Sumner, 5 Mass. 438, 471.

Common

Thirteenth Clause. For cases in which this rule has been applied, see Lewis v. Dabney, 4 Cush. 588, 589. wealth v. Boston & Maine R.R., 3 Cush. 25, 45.

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The same rule applies to the word "individual." Otis Company v. Ware, 8 Gray 509, 510, 511.

Fifteenth Clause. As to the seal of a corporation, see Hendee v. Pinkerton, 14 Allen 381, 387.- Bates v. New York Central R.R., 10 Allen 251.

Twentieth Clause. This adopts the rule as laid down by the supreme court in Henshaw v. Foster, 9 Pick. 312.

Additional. "An act to establish certain rules for the construction of repealing statutes." St. 1869, c. 410.

As to the construction of licenses from the state for building upon, filling up, or enclosing ground over which the tide ebbs and flows, see St. 1869, c. 432, s. 2-4.

The following list contains other words and phrases, occurring in the statutes, which have at different times received a construction from the supreme court:

Actual notice. See notes to Gen. St. c. 89, s. 315.

Adrift. See note to Gen. St. c. 83, s. 20.

Agent. See notes to Gen. St. c. 58, s. 66, 77.

Altering. See note to Gen. St. c. 43.

Bridge. See note to Gen. St. c. 44.

Business. See note to Gen. St. c. 133, s. 32, clause 5.
Charitable. See note to Gen. St. c. 11, s. 5, clause 3.
Children. See note to Gen. St. c. 92, s. 25.
Citation. See note to Gen. St. c. 94, s. 1, clause 1.
Civil suit. See note to Gen. St. c. 129, s. 41.
Committed. See note to Gen. St. c. 73, s. 25.

Contingent. See note to Gen. St. c. 99, s. 5.

Court of record. See note to Gen. St. c. 155, s. 1, clause 1. Cow. See note to Gen. St. c. 133, s. 32, clause 4.

Deed.

See note to Gen. St. c. 89, s. 28.

Desertion. See note to Gen. St. c. 107, s. 7.

Died seized.

See note to Gen. St. c. 90. s. 3.

Disinterested. See notes to Gen. St. c. 103, s. 3, and Gen. St.

c. 123, s. 74.

Embezzle. See notes to Gen. St. c. 161, s. 35, 38.

Erected. See note to St. 1860, c. 109.

Evidently unsuitable. See notes to Gen. St. c. 100, s. 8, and

Gen. St. c. 101, s. 2.

Expense. See note to Gen. St. c. 43, s. 12.

Extreme cruelly. See note to Gen. St. c. 107, s. 9.

Fines. See Hanscomb v. Russell, 11 Gray 373, 375.

Game. See notes to Gen. St. c. 85, s. 1, 2, and Gen. St. c. 87,

s. 6.

Going at large. See McAneany v. Jewett, 10 Allen 151.

Good faith. See note to Gen. St. c. 142, s. 28.

Individual. See Otis Company v. Ware, 8 Gray 509, 510, 511.

Importer. See note to Gen. St. c. 86, s. 25.
Keeper. See note to Gen. St. c. 88, s. 59.
Keep open. See note to Gen. St. c. 84, s. 1.
Kindred. See note to Gen. St. c. 70,

8. 5.

Lanes. See note to Gen. St. c. 61, s. 16.

Lewdness. See note to Gen. St. c. 87, s. 6.

Lien. See Briggs v. A Light Boat, 7 Allen 287, 295.
Live. See Shaw v. Shaw, 98 Mass. 158, 159.

Machinery. See note to Gen. St. c. 11, s. 12, clause 2. Also note to St. 1865, c. 283, s. 1.

Magistrate. See note to Gen. St. c. 89, s. 19.
May. See Way v. Carlisle, 13 Allen 398, 399.

Meet. See note to Gen. St. c. 77, s. 1.

Motion for a new trial. See note to Gen. St. c. 133, s. 7.
Necessaries. See note to Gen. St. c. 142, s. 29.

Necessary. See notes to Gen. St. c. 133, s. 32, clauses 2, 5.

Necessity. See note to Gen. St. c. 84, s. 1.

Pauper. See note to Gen. St. c. 70, s. 5.

Personal actions.

Persons interested.

See note to Gen. St. c. 142, s. 1.

See note to Gen. St. c. 100, s. 9.

Place of business. See note to Gen. St. c. 11, s. 15.
Poor persons. See note to Gen. St. c. 70, s. 4.

Railroad. See note to Gen. St. c. 63, s. 59.

Removed from office. See note to Gen. St. c. 128, s. 11.

Repair. See note to Gen. St. c. 44.

Reside. See Shaw v. Shaw, 98 Mass. 158, 159.
Resorted to. See note to Gen. St. c. 87, s. 6.
Road. See note to Gen. St. c. 77, s. 1.

Sell. See notes to Gen. St. c. 86, s. 28, 30.
Specific devise. See note to Gen. St. c. 92, s. 30.

Suitable fences. See note to Gen. St. c. 63, s. 43.

Travel. Traveller. See notes to Gen. St. c. 84, s. 2, and Gen. St. c. 44, s. 22.

Trustee. See note to Gen. St. c. 11, s. 12, clause 5.

Wills. See note to Gen. St. c. 92, s. 8.