Excerpt from Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1889: Together With the Constitution, the Messages of the Governor, List of the Civil Government, Tables Showing Changes in the Statutes, Changes of Names of Persons, Etc., Etc Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, par ishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious socie ties, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting With them for their support and maintenance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.