Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth, 1869 - Session laws |
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... held sacred , unless , in causes arising on the high seas , and such as relate to mariners ' wages , the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it . XVI . The liberty of the press is essential to the security Liberty of ...
... held sacred , unless , in causes arising on the high seas , and such as relate to mariners ' wages , the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it . XVI . The liberty of the press is essential to the security Liberty of ...
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... held in the name of the Commonwealth , for the hearing , trying and determining of all manner of crimes , offences , pleas , processes , plaints , actions , matters , causes and things , whatsoever , arising or happening within the ...
... held in the name of the Commonwealth , for the hearing , trying and determining of all manner of crimes , offences , pleas , processes , plaints , actions , matters , causes and things , whatsoever , arising or happening within the ...
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... held by appointment of the governor , or the governor and council , or the senate , or the house of representatives , or by the election of the people of the State at large , or of the people of any county , military offices , and the ...
... held by appointment of the governor , or the governor and council , or the senate , or the house of representatives , or by the election of the people of the State at large , or of the people of any county , military offices , and the ...
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... held on the second Monday of Noyember in & o . , every year ; but meetings may be adjourned , if necessary , for the choice when to be held of representatives , to the next day , and again to the next succeeding day , May be adjourn ...
... held on the second Monday of Noyember in & o . , every year ; but meetings may be adjourned , if necessary , for the choice when to be held of representatives , to the next day , and again to the next succeeding day , May be adjourn ...
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... held to be members , until they shall file with the clerk of such society a written notice declaring the dissolution of their membership , and thenceforth shall not be liable for any grant or contract which may be thereafter made or ...
... held to be members , until they shall file with the clerk of such society a written notice declaring the dissolution of their membership , and thenceforth shall not be liable for any grant or contract which may be thereafter made or ...
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Page 3 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 1 - A FREQUENT recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government...
Page 19 - Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early as the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the foundation of Harvard College, in which university many persons of great eminence have, by the blessing of GOD, been initiated in those arts and sciences which qualified them for public employments, both in church and state: and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good literature, tends to the honor of (Ion.
Page 825 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 1 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...