The matter was considered and reconsidered, and finally opposed, but in spite of many objections, the Court granted a charter on January 9, 1792.

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.

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 ''.

Several signers affixed their names, it was learned, after being told that no tax increase would be possible without consent of the General Assembly and that a provision could be included in the charter to have the town take over the Johnston Sanitary District sewer system.

There was no directive for it -- the Security Council's resolution had not mentioned political matters, and in any case the United Nations by the terms of its charter may not interfere in the political affairs of any nation, whether to unify it, federalize it or Balkanize it.

Lincoln successfully argued that the railroad company was not bound by its original charter in existence at the time of Barret's pledge ; the charter was amended in the public interest to provide a newer, superior, and less expensive route, and the corporation retained the right to demand Barret's payment.

He was stationed in San Francisco from 1869 through 1871 and he took out a patent for the cable car railway that still runs there, receiving a charter for its operation, but signing away his rights when he was reassigned.

The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in.

Also, the old airfield at Rabasa was closed and air traffic moved to the new El Altet Airport, which made a more convenient and modern facility for charter flights bringing tourists from northern European countries.

A charter with extended privileges was drafted in 1657, but appears never to have been enrolled or to have come into effect.

Owing to the refusal of the chief officers of the corporation to take the oath of allegiance to William III in 1688, the charter was annulled, and the town subsequently declined in prosperity.

On March 3, 1764, a charter was filed to create the College in Warren, Rhode Island, reflecting the work of both Stiles and Manning.

The college's mission, the charter stated, was to prepare students " for discharging the Offices of Life with usefulness & reputation " by providing instruction " in the Vernacular and Learned Languages, and in the liberal Arts and Sciences.

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.

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

The charter was renewed in 1742, 1764, and 1781.

By the charter renewal in 1781 it was also the bankers ' bank – keeping enough gold to pay its notes on demand until 26 February 1797 when war had so diminished gold reserves that the government prohibited the Bank from paying out in gold.

In 1842, the city charter was amended for the first time.

In 1964, Rice officially amended the university charter to desegregate its graduate and undergraduate divisions.

For example, the charter of the city of Saint John, New Brunswick was amended in 1785 specifically to exclude blacks from practicing a trade, selling goods, fishing in the harbour, or becoming freemen ; these provisions stood until 1870.

Victoria's governing charter was most recently amended in 1981, with the enactment of the Victoria University Act.

Waterloo received its charter as a town February 12, 1849, and the charter was amended in 1855 and 1859.

Swartz Creek amended its charter to allow Councilors to serve 4 year terms with at-large and precinct classes elected at staggered 2 years apart beginning in November 1978.

This charter has been amended several times, but remains in effect today.

The town charter was amended in 1875.

Cleveland Heights is governed by a city charter adopted in 1921 and amended in 1972, 1982 and 1986.

In 1929, Bend amended the charter and adopted the council-manager form of government.

On September 18, 1984, Antelope's charter was amended by a vote of 57 to 22 to change the name of the city to Rajneesh.

The office of mayor was abolished in July 2004 after a public referendum amended the municipal charter.

The charter could only be amended by the Parliament of Canada, and the GGG was concerned that any request for amendments would lead eastern Canadian financial interests to successfully lobby for a weakening of farmers ' rights.

The charter was amended in 1869.

In 1841, the village charter was amended to increase the size of the village.

The Act amended the charter of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reflect Congress ' view that the GSEs "... have an affirmative obligation to facilitate the financing of affordable housing for low-and moderate-income families in a manner consistent with their overall public purposes, while maintaining a strong financial condition and a reasonable economic return ;" For the first time, the GSEs were required to meet " affordable housing goals " set annually by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) and approved by Congress.

Following his death the college charter was amended in 1870 to provide that the appointment of directors for the management of the college would be under the control of the Synod of Missouri instead of the Presbytery of St. Louis.

Rather than repeal the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act ( which it could have done ), the Commonwealth Parliament instead amended the Northern Territory ( Self-Government ) Act ( the act under which the Commonwealth Parliament has delegated legislative power to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly -- effectively the territory's " constitution " or " charter "), removing the Territory's constitutional power to pass any law permitting euthanasia.

Germany remains however without the normal protection of the UN charter due to articles 53 and 107 in the charter which has not been amended since the end of the war.

The acting charter of today is that granted by James I in 1607, amended by four supplemental charters, most recently in 2008.

Mr. Martinelli said yesterday that the Citizens Group of Johnston will meet again July 24 to plan further strategy in the charter movement.

In 1223 he again appeared as the leader and spokesman of the barons, who demanded that King Henry confirm the charter.

He had promised earlier not to raise the issue of the charter again, but he did.

Cambridge became a city in 1951, again for " exceptional " reasons, as the only ancient seat of learning in the kingdom not a city or royal burgh and to coincide with the 750th anniversary of the borough's first charter of incorporation.

In 1932, it changed to the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, when it became one of the three charter institutions of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, and changed again to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when men were first admitted to the school in 1963.

In 1983, Worcester voters again decided to change the city charter.

For this, the town's charter was revoked again in 1872, and the town was administered as a police district by the state legislature for the following year.

When the state yet again revoked Opelika's charter, the city leaders took up arms against those that opposed them, and the governor was forced to send in the militia to restore order.

Opelika remained under unelected military rule for the sixteen years until 1899, when Opelika's charter was again restored.

Around this time Brooks received its town charter again.

Bethalto was founded in 1834, incorporated April 19, 1869, under a special charter and again in 1873 under the State of Illinois ' general law.

Originally held on a Sunday it was changed to Monday, again by charter, when St. Peter's Church was built next to the High Street and the new rector objected to the noise.

In 1284 Braunsberg was given a new town charter, again based on the laws of Lübeck.

Ælfthryth is more reliably established as Coenwulf's wife, again from charter evidence ; she is recorded on charters dated between 804 and 817.

A similarly-worded charter was issued in 1041 and again in 1061, where the order of kingdoms is reversed and Astorga ignored: " emperor in León and in Castile ".

It is probable that he was accompanied by Hugues de Payens, who remained there after the Count returned to France as there is a charter with " Hugonis de Peans " in the witness list from Jerusalem in 1120 and again in 1123.

Three years later, the team tried again and playing the Ohio League from 1907 to 1919, not winning a championship, before becoming charter members of the National Football League ( NFL )— firstly named American Professional Football Association ( APFA ).

This charter was rescinded by the voters, regained, lost again, and the present Town Manager-Selectmen Charter was adopted by the voters in 1967.

Once again Edward Gibbon Wakefield provided the driving impetus, although by then the offer of a charter had been withdrawn.

The city charter was amended in 1911 and The Water Department was renamed the Bureau of Water Works and Supply, again with Mulholland continuing as Superintendent and was also named as its chief engineer.

When its charter came up again for renewal in 1766, the Swedish state extorted a loan at 6 % that was estimated in 1813 to have been the equivalent of £ 100, 000, another, interest-free, of half that sum, to be repaid out of import duties, in essence an advance payment of duty.

The Dominion collapsed in 1689, and the New Hampshire communities again came under Massachusetts rule until a provincial charter was issued in 1691 by William and Mary.

The series reemerged in the late 1980s on the fledgling cable channel Comedy Central, then again on Nick at Nite for a short time during the 1990s ( serving as charter programming for TV Land in 1996 ).