187 Mass. 507 | Mass. | 1905
This is a petition for a writ .of certiorari to quash an assessment of betterments upon the estate of the petitioner, resulting from the widening of Belmont Street in Cambridge. The only ground of objection to the assessment is that it was not made within two years from the passage of the
Under these sections, an order of the city council cannot take effect until after the mayor has approved it, or returned it with objections, or has allowed ten days to pass without such action after it has been presented to him. Until then it is uncertain whether it will ever be in force. If he approves, it takes effect from the time of his approval; if he returns it with his objections, and it is subsequently passed by a two thirds vote of the city council, it takes effect from the time of such subsequent passage. If he allows ten days to pass without action after receiving it, the expiration of this time gives the order full validity. If he returns it with objections and it is not subsequently approved by a two thirds vote of the city council, it never takes effect.
The term of two years did not begin to run until the order was approved by the mayor.
Appeal dismissed.