In all the affairs, however, which are determined by the town-meeting, the selectmen are the organs of the popular mandate, as in France the Maire executes the decree of the municipal council.
Cities may be looked upon as large assemblies, of which all the inhabitants are members; their populace exercises a prodigious influence upon the magistrates, and frequently executes its own wishes without their intervention.
The fine is levied on each of the inhabitants; and the sheriff of the county, who is the officer of justice, executes the mandate.
Footnote o: Practically speaking, it is not always the Governor who executes the plans of the Legislature; it often happens that the latter, in voting a measure, names special agents to superintend the execution of it.
The child executes the actions indicated on each card, one after the other.
He reads it mentally and thenexecutes the action indicated on the card.
As an instrument for painting use is only made of the pliant brush of hair, which executes everything with a free and fluent effect.
I was desirous of hearing him in these quintets, with about a dozen of which I am acquainted, in order to see whether from the manner in which he executes them he could succeed in making one forget the poverty of the compositions.
In the Adagio parts, he executes many runs, shakes, and other fioriture, with a rare clearness and delicacy.
It is a curse when the justice of God executes such vengeance, that the cursed cannot enjoy any good, either from God or the creature, but is made an "abhorring unto all flesh.
For the heart that is truly devoted to God, and in which he freely executes his own will, is capable of receiving the fulness of his grace and blessings.
Or is it not much rather automatic inward machinery that executes the marvellous work, while the mind catches here and there some glimpse of the operation, now with delight and adhesion, now with impotent rebellion?
When she executes the commissions of her mistress, she rides on the steed Hofvarpur.
He promulgates and executes the decrees of Coelestine; declares to Nestorius, that after the ten days prescribed and set forth by Coelestine, he would have no portion, intercourse, or place with the Priesthood.
For in that the holy Council approves and executes the judgment of the Apostolical see, on a matter of faith and on a person, it does, indeed, recognise the legitimate power and primacy of the said see.
Thus a general Council executes the sentence of the First See, by legitimate hearing and inquiry, and not as a simple functionary; but after giving a canonical and apostolical judgment.
A tuning-fork which executes 256 complete vibrations in a second, if struck gently on a pad and held in free air, emits a scarcely audible note.
He seeks to determine the particular portion of the body consumed, and in doing soexecutes some noteworthy calculations.
The battalion then executes such movements as the reviewing officer may have directed, or is marched to its parade ground and dismissed.
In close order the company executes the firings, as prescribed in pars.
Each man, as the captain approaches him, executes =inspection arms=.
At the second command, the front rank twiceexecutes squad right initiating the second squad right when the man on the marching flank has arrived abreast of the rank.
Number one executesthe attack, and number two parries; conversely, at command, number two attacks and number one parries.
Number one executes the feint and then the attack.
When approached by the captain the first sergeant executes =inspection saber=.
In case more than one squad is in line, each squad executes the movement as above.
Should the piece be inspected without handling, each man executes =order arms= as soon as the captain passes to the next man.
If a broker executes his duties in such a manner that no benefit results from them, or is guilty of gross misconduct in selling goods, he is not entitled to a commission or compensation.
When only a part of the purchase money is paid on receiving a deed, the purchaser usually executes a mortgage to the seller, pledging the land as security for the remainder of the purchase money.
Each of the multitude has his own special duty or aptitude, to which he confines himself, and which he executes in subordination to the wise or governing Few.
But whether the works which he executes are really good and honourable, he will be unable to render any tolerable account.
Each man has his own distinct aptitudes and dispositions; so that he executes both more work and better work, by employing himself exclusively in the avocation for which he is suited.
Rue Chapon, where he executesorders for London on a most extensive scale for net gloves, purses and reticules.
I want to know, not the amanuensis or clerk who prepared or signed the official form, but the authority or the individual who dictated or commanded it; not the hangman who executes the culprit, but the tribunal which pronounced the sentence.
She is also sometimes seen with a wheel, to symbolize the rapidity with which she executes justice.
The second part is that which he executes there whither he is now gone, even into heaven itself, where the throne of grace is.
When princes die, the law may be altered by which at present transgressors are bound in chains; but Oh, here is also that which will make this sting so sharp and keen: the God that executes it will never die.
When money is loaned on real estate, the mortgagor, or the one who borrows, executes two papers in favor of the mortgagee, or the lender.
The single rank executes all movements as explained for the front rank of a company.
The escort executes parade rest, officers and men inclining the head.
Number oneexecutes the movement ordered, as above; number two quickly drops the point of his bayonet and circles it upward to the original position.
In close order the company executes the firings at the command of the captain, who posts himself in rear of the center of the company.
The squad executes the halt, rests, facings, steps and marchings, and the manual of arms as explained in the School of the Soldier.
In the second case, at the command march, the right squad marches forward; the remainder of the company executes squads right, column left, and follows the right squad.
Should the piece be inspected without handling, each man executes order arms as soon as the captain passes to the next man.
The color guard executesneither loadings nor firings; in rendering honors, it executes all movements in the manual; in drill, all movements unless specially excused.
Each of the others halts upon arriving on the line, aligns himself to the right, and executes front without command.
Our physical, mental, and moral natures are thus under their respective laws, and whosoever breaks these laws God executes the penalty on the transgressor.
He executes His laws indiscriminately--upon all alike.
Not in the Executive, for he only executes and can not make laws.
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