Show little chats I on Public Notice by James E. Pollard BOSTON NOTIFIES ITSELF 36 In a Several years ago the city of Boston gave itself notice through its building commissioned that it had applied for permission to install and maintain at a certain address a engine and This as provided by ran three times in a daily The notice explained that notice in writing of objection was given within ten days of the first publication of the the permit would be In other the public was nut on notice as to the city's At the same time any Interested person was informed that he could object to the proposal as prescribed by In essence this was a routine notice and as far as is known no special problem was But the action is a good illustration of how public notice works and how it operates to safeguard the rights of the Whether it Is a public improvement or a private the principle underlying public notice is the It is to give notice In time so that those whose rights may be affected have a reasonable opportunity to take steps to protect those Strict adherence to this principle through the publication of public usually in a is basic to the American way of |