A petition bearing the signatures of more than 1,700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home rule charter for the town.

`` There is not now, nor has there ever been in Emory University's charter or by-laws any requirement that students be admitted or rejected on the basis of race, color or creed.

The first charter of human rights by Cyrus the Great as understood in the Cyrus cylinder is often seen as a reflection of the questions and thoughts expressed by Zarathustra and developed in Zoroastrian schools of thought of the Achaemenid Era of Iranian history.

Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league's founding.

* 1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

Reference to a market at Abergavenny is found in a charter granted to the Prior by William de Braose ( d. 1211 ).

Though the origin is ambiguous, the draughtsman of the charter issued by Æthelstan used the term in a way that can only mean ' wide ruler '.

File: London 307. JPG | Room 52-The Cyrus Cylinder ; is regarded by many as the world ’ s first documented charter of human rights

In the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, a city is traditionally a settlement with a royal charter.

There is no economic activity ( except for a significant but as yet unquantified charter fishing and diving industry ), and only a staff of three or four people to run the meteorological station on Willis Island ( South Islet ), established in 1921.

He witnessed a charter with Æthelstan at Buckingham on 934 in which he is described as subregulus, that is a king acknowledging Æthelstan's overlordship.

He is still seeking greater autonomy from China, although Dolma Gyari, deputy speaker of the parliament-in-exile has stated " If the middle path fails in the short term, we will be forced to opt for complete independence or selfdetermination as per the UN charter ".

Dartmouth is governed by a Board of Trustees comprising the College president ( ex officio ), the state governor ( ex officio ), 13 trustees nominated and elected by the board ( called " charter trustees "), and eight trustees nominated by alumni and elected by the board (" alumni trustees ").

It is often pointed out that the charter of Dartmouth College, granted to Eleazar Wheelock in 1769, proclaims that the institution was created " for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing and all parts of Learning ... as well as in all liberal Arts and Sciences ; and also of English Youth and any others.

The club is a charter member of the American League, one of four clubs ( with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians ) still located in its original city.

Over 10 % of Swedish pupils were enrolled in charter schools in 2008 and the number is growing fast, leading the country to be viewed as a pioneer of the model.

A charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies.

An English charter from 936 AD displays the name Frigedune, which means " Valley of Frig ," thus implying that Friden in Derbyshire is named after Frigg.

* 1693 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.

To back the campaign, 123 MPs ( including Prime Minister Tony Blair ) signed a charter which stated: Graffiti is not art, it's crime.

The Gibraltar Airport is serviced daily by flights from the UK and certain charter flights.

Domestic flights: are available through Sunrise Airways which is Haiti's largest airline for the general public offering scheduled, as well as, charter flights.

The preamble of the charter provides that the members " reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the equal rights of men and women " and Article 1 ( 3 ) of the United Nations charter states that one of the purposes of the UN is: " to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion ".

The dates of Æðelberht's reign are unknown beyond the fact that he was a contemporary of Sigeferth, Bishop of Selsey from 733, as Sigeferth witnessed an undated charter of Æðelberht in which Æðelberht is styled Ethelbertus rex Sussaxonum.

Walter first appears in Glanvill's household in a charter that has been dated to 1178, although as it is undated it may have been written as late as 1180.

An undated charter is to be found in the British Museum by which William Marshal the Younger, Earl of Pembroke 1219-31, grants to a certain Gilbert de Vale land in Ireland in exchange for lands in Pembrokeshire, including the island of ' Scoghholm '..

An undated confirmation of an earlier lost charter refers to King García and Queen Urraca Mayor, and this is thought by some to refer to García Íñiguez and an otherwise unknown wife.

The dates of Æðelberht ’ s reign are unknown beyond the fact that it overlapped at least in part with the bishopship of Sigeferth of Selsey, as Sigeferth witnessed an undated charter of Æðelberht in which Æðelberht is styled Ethelbertus rex Sussaxonum.

Another undated charter, in which Æðelberht is called Adelbertus rex Australium Saxonum ( Æðelberht, King of the South Saxons ), is believed to be a forgery.

Æðelberht is also mentioned in an undated endorsement to a charter of Noðhelm as Ethilberchto rege.

He witnessed a charter from Noðhelm in 692, without any indication of his territory, but it is likely that he reigned in Sussex, because he also witnessed ( again as Wattus rex ) an undated charter ( but before about 705 ) by " Bruny dux Suthsax " together with Nunna rex ( Nunna being the short form of Noðhelm ).

Oslac witnessed an undated charter of Ealdwulf, believed to be from about 765, with his name corruptly recorded in the surviving revision as Osiai rex.

Ealdwulf issued an undated charter, believed to be from about 765, as Alduulf rex.

Later, he issued a further undated charter as Aldwlfus dux Suthsaxonum, and signed as Aldwlf dux,, and another, dated 711 in error for 791, as Aldwlfus dux Suthsaxonum with the subscription Ealdwlf.

Ælfwald witnessed an undated charter of Ealdwulf, believed to be from about 765, with his name corruptly recorded as Ælhuuald rex.

There is an undated charter of Noðhelm that is witnessed by Osric, as Osricus, without indication of rank or territory, but listed before, and therefore ranked higher than, Eadberht, Bishop of Selsey, whose rank and see are also omitted.

Eadberht also appears as a witness to an undated charter of Nothelm, together with Osric and Eolla.

Bryni, Ealdorman of Sussex, issued an undated charter ( but before about 705 ) as Bruny dux Suthsax ’, that was witnessed by Kings Noðhelm and Watt.

In 706 ( S 1174 ), he granted land with consent of Cenred, King of Mercia ; then in 736 ( S 89 ), as Æthilric subregulus, he witnessed a charter of Æthelbald, King of Mercia ; and in an undated charter ( S 94 ), he received a grant himself from the same king.

He said that the group has no candidates for the charter commission in mind at present, but that it will undoubtedly endorse candidates when the time comes.

Misunderstanding of the real meaning of a home rule charter was cited as a factor which has caused the Citizens Group to obtain signatures under what were termed `` false pretenses ''.

The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition remarks that " At the time it was framed the charter was considered extraordinarily liberal " and that " the government has always been largely non-sectarian in spirit.

Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since.

Since 1974, it has been a purely ceremonial style granted by royal charter to districts which may consist of a single town or may include a number of towns or rural areas.

The charter has thus placed a strong focus upon individual and collective rights of the people of Canada.

The UN operates a large fleet of aircraft and helicopters, and compared to other African countries the DRC has a large number of small domestic airlines and air charter companies.

There has been some movement to use Inuit, and the Inuit Circumpolar Council, representing a circumpolar population of 150, 000 Inuit and Yupik people of Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, in its charter defines Inuit for use within the ICC as including " the Inupiat, Yupik ( Alaska ), Inuit, Inuvialuit ( Canada ), Kalaallit ( Greenland ) and Yupik ( Russia ).

The charter school movement has also spawned an increase in progressive programs.

The charter has been criticised for avoiding mentioning Nazi atrocities of Second World War and Germans who were forced to emigrate due to Nazi repressions.

Each working group has an appointed chairperson ( or sometimes several co-chairs ), along with a charter that describes its focus, and what and when it is expected to produce.

Admission for landings by a charter plane has to be obtained in advance.

Besides the Copenhagen Airport, Malmö has an airport of its own, Malmö Airport, today chiefly used for low-cost carriers, charter flight routes, and domestic Swedish destinations.

Lake Khovsgol has charter boats for tourists.

Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ) has flown to Yangon in the past and still operates Hajj charter flights on behalf of the Burmese government.

Once the proposal has been formalized with a name, description, charter, the Big-8 Management Board will vote on whether to create the group.

The PLO has no central decision-making or mechanism that enables it to directly control its factions, but they are supposed to follow the PLO charter and Executive Committee decisions.

Scandinavian Airlines has daily scheduled services to Tromsø and Oslo ; there are also irregular charter services to Russia.

Dayton, Ohio has between 22 – 26 % of all children in charter schools.

Dayton, Ohio has between 22 – 26 % of all children in charter schools.

There are frequent charter flights from Aberdeen to Scatsta near Sullom Voe, which are used to transport oilfield workers and this small terminal has the fifth largest number of international passengers in Scotland.

Penn has three claims to being the first university in the United States, according to university archives director Mark Frazier Lloyd: the 1765 founding of the first medical school in America made Penn the first institution to offer both " undergraduate " and professional education ; the 1779 charter made it the first American institution of higher learning to take the name of " University "; and existing colleges were established as seminaries.

Winthrop has used the election to the society to gain access to the king, who has granted him a new charter uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven.