Assessors in Rhode Island are charged not only with placing a valuation upon real and personal property, but they also have the responsibility to raise by a tax `` a sum not less than nor more than '' a specified amount as ordered by a city council or financial town meeting.

A certain vagueness may also be caused by tactical appreciation of the fact that the present council meeting is a semipublic affair, with no fewer than six Soviet correspondents accredited.

The Secretary of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not stand for another setback in Berlin, an affirmation once again taken up by the council as a whole.

In the East abbots, if in priests ' orders and with the consent of the bishop, were, as we have seen, permitted by the second Nicene council, AD 787, to confer the tonsure and admit to the order of reader ; but gradually abbots, in the West also, advanced higher claims, until we find them in AD 1489 permitted by Innocent IV to confer both the subdiaconate and diaconate.

Although he was committed to maintaining what the church had defined at Nicaea, Constantine was also bent on pacifying the situation and eventually became more lenient toward those condemned and exiled at the council.

Herodotus also describes that just like his predecessor, Amasis II relied on Greek mercenaries and council men.

Archbishops are, by convention, appointed to the Privy Council and may, therefore, also use the style of " The Right Honourable " for life ( unless they are later removed from the council ).

The municipalities merged in the course of the latest municipal reform of the 1970s are also called Stadtbezirke ( quarters or districts ), and are Ortschaften (“ settlements ”) in terms of Baden-Württemberg ’ s Gemeindeordnung ( municipal code ), which means, each of them has its own council elected by its respective residents ( Ortschaftsrat ) and is presided by a spokesperson ( Ortsvorsteher ).

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

" the bishop presiding after the likeness of God and the presbyters after the likeness of the council of the Apostles, with the deacons also who are most dear to me, having been entrusted with the diaconate of Jesus Christ " — Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians 6: 1.

Due to his knowledge, reputation, and active support for the cause of Islam, in 1972, a 15-member council selected him as head of Jamiat-e Islami of Afghanistan ; the founder of Jamiat-e Islami of Afghanistan, Ghulam M. Niyazi was also present.

The 39-strong town council is also dominated by the UMP, who hold 31 of the seats.

The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas.

The main object of the council was twofold, although there were other issues that were also discussed:

The council abolished some of the most notorious abuses and introduced or recommended disciplinary reforms affecting the sale of indulgences, the morals of convents, the education of the clergy, the non-residence of bishops ( also bishops having plurality of benefices, which was fairly common ), and the careless fulmination of censures, and forbade dueling.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

Conservation matters ( including trees and listed buildings ) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

Paschasinus further ordered the reinstatement of Theodoret and that he be given a seat, but this move caused such an uproar among the council fathers, that Theodoret also sat in the nave, though he was given a vote in the proceedings, which began with a trial of Dioscorus.

Accordingly, “ moved by the same purposes ” the fathers “ apportioned equal prerogatives to the most holy see of new Rome ” because “ the city which is honored by the imperial power and senate and enjoying privileges equaling older imperial Rome should also be elevated to her level in ecclesiastical affairs and take second place after her .” The framework for allocating ecclesiastical authority advocated by the council fathers mirrored the allocation of imperial authority in the later period of the Roman Empire.

Copts also believe that the Pope of Alexandria was forcibly prevented from attending the third congregation of the council from which he was ousted, apparently the result of a conspiracy tailored by the Roman delegates.

Therefore, the coordinating council of CUIC created a consultation on race and ministry while also choosing to partner with the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, a social justice organization involved in African American faith communities.

After the events of Utopia, Xavier has come to live on the risen Asteroid M, rechristened Utopia, along with the rest of the X-Men, X-Club, and mutant refugees and is also allowed to join the Utopia lead council ( Cyclops, Storm, Namor, Iceman, Beast, Wolverine and Emma Frost ).

The Amphictyonic Council was a council of representatives from six Greek tribes that controlled Delphi and also the quadrennial Pythian Games.

A nine member council of government was also implemented.

Paul III issued a decree for a general council to be held in Mantua, Italy, to begin May 23, 1537.

He secured, during the council's second period, 1551 – 53, an invitation, twice given, to the Protestants to be present and the council issued a letter of safe conduct ( thirteenth session ) and offered them the right of discussion, but denied them a vote.

In recent times, its teaching has been most notably expressed in the Vatican II council documents Unitatis Redintegratio ( 1964 ), Lumen Gentium ( 1964 ), Nostra aetate ( 1965 ), an encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II: Ut Unum Sint ( 1995 ), and in a document issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dominus Iesus in 2000.

The emblem of Dimona ( as a local council ), adopted 2 March 1961, appeared on a stamp issued on 24 March 1965.

The council has considerable power and, according to at least one source, has unilaterally issued a constitutional declaration giving itself legislative and judicial powers to " basically decide what the law is.

The last document issued by the council ( Gaudium et spes ) contained a very important section titled " Fostering the Nobility of Marriage " ( 1965, nos.

On 5 March, the council issued a statement in which it declared itself to be the " sole representative all over Libya ".

From that council, on 18 November 1302, Boniface issued the bull Unam sanctam.

After the new synodal letter of the African council of 1 May 418 to the pope, and after the steps taken by the emperor Honorius against the Pelagians, Zosimus issued his Tractoria, in which Pelagianism and its authors were finally condemned.

In 826 Eugene held an important council at Rome of 62 bishops, in which 38 disciplinary decrees were issued.

Pecorino Romano was produced in Latium up to 1884 when, due to the prohibition issued by the city council of salting the cheese inside their shops in Rome, many producers moved to the island of Sardinia.

Seventh Session ( October 13, 787 ) -- The council issued a declaration of faith concerning the veneration of holy images:

After the arrest of the Bishop of Pamiers by Philip IV in 1301, Pope Boniface VIII issued the bull Salvator Mundi, retracting all privileges granted to the French king by previous popes, and a few weeks later Ausculta fili with charges against the king, summoning him before a council to Rome.

The King of France issued charges of sodomy, simony, sorcery, and heresy against the pope and summoned him before the council.

The council issued a summons for him to appear before them, but he would not even receive the envoys who were sent to serve him the summons.

Paul III was earnest in the matter of improving the ecclesiastical situation, and on 2 June 1536, he issued a papal bull convoking a general council to sit at Mantua in 1537.

The main work of the council was to confirm the condemnation issued by edict in 551 by the Emperor Justinian against the Three Chapters ( cf.

Pope Vigilius was also invited ; but even though he was at this period resident in Constantinople ( to avoid the perils of life in Italy, convulsed by the war against the Ostrogoths ), he declined to attend, and even issued a document forbidding the council from preceding without him ( his ' First Constitutum ').

On 23 July 1431, his legate Giuliano Cesarini opened the council, which had been convoked by Martin V, but, distrustful of its purposes and emboldened by the small attendance, the pope issued a bull on 18 December 1431 that dissolved the council and called a new one to meet in eighteen months at Bologna.

Following the recommendations of the council ( in Lumen Gentium 29 ), in 1967 Pope Paul VI issued the motu proprio Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, restoring the ancient practice of ordaining to the diaconate men who were not candidates for priestly ordination.

Seven major software developers — including Ashton-Tate, Hewlett-Packard and Sybase — formed a council in 1990, and issued a report condemning the " vacuous product announcement dubbed vaporware and other misrepresentations of product availability " because they felt it had hurt the industry's credibility.

Laws or teachings issued by an ecumenical council require the confirmation of the Pope, who alone has the right to promulgate them ( can.