Word: bylaw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Senaga promptly took advantage of an assembly bylaw that requires a two-thirds quorum for a no-confidence vote. Every time the opposition majority tried to vote him out, Senaga's twelve assemblymen simply walked out of the meeting. When the opposition tried physically to prevent Senaga's men from leaving, they took to the windows; one Senaga assemblyman once left his trousers behind in the tight clutch of an anti-Senaga assemblyman who had tried to stop...
Modern Times. In Launceston, Australia, conforming to the civic motto, "Progress with Prudence," city fathers amended an old bylaw requiring swimmers to wear neck-to-knee bathing suits, decided to allow more modern apparel on the beaches, provided the suits cover at least three inches...
...stability in management, Judge Fisher replied: ". . . Stability in management is always desirable, but whether continuity of the same individuals on the board insures stability may be questioned ... It may lead to the perpetuation of error and mismanagement." Judge Fisher ordered Ward's directors to repeal the staggered-term bylaw, notify stockholders that all nine directorships will be up for election at the April 22 meeting...
Meetings of Radcliffe's Student Council will all be open to the public, by a constitutional bylaw, except in cases of the honor system, according to a recommendation of the Cedar Hill Conference last night...
When Chile's Parliament passed historic Law 4054 in 1924, social security was introduced to the Western Hemisphere (the first U.S. federal law was passed in 1935). Since then, Chile has fleshed out the sys! tern to the point where every money earner is entitled, bylaw, to cradle-to-grave insurance against childbirth costs, doctor bills, hospital bills, disability losses and funeral expenses. Manual laborers, furthermore, get old-age pensions up to full working...