The Revised Statutes of the State of Maine, Passed October 22, 1840: To which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Maine, and to which are Subjoined the Other Public Laws of 1840 and 1841 ... |
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... peace , 594 596 140. Of habeas corpus , 596 141. Of the writ of audita querela , 602 142 . Of the writ for replevying a person , 603 143. Of writs of error and certiorari , 605 144. Of the action of dower , 607 145. Of real actions ...
... peace , 594 596 140. Of habeas corpus , 596 141. Of the writ of audita querela , 602 142 . Of the writ for replevying a person , 603 143. Of writs of error and certiorari , 605 144. Of the action of dower , 607 145. Of real actions ...
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... peace Standing armies without the consent of the legislature , and the military shall , in all cases , and at all times , be in strict subordination to the civil power . SECT . 18. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any ...
... peace Standing armies without the consent of the legislature , and the military shall , in all cases , and at all times , be in strict subordination to the civil power . SECT . 18. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any ...
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... peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at , going to , and returning from each session of the legislature , and no member shall be liable to answer Freedom of de- for any thing spoken in debate in either house , in ...
... peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at , going to , and returning from each session of the legislature , and no member shall be liable to answer Freedom of de- for any thing spoken in debate in either house , in ...
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... peace , shall Tenure of judi- hold their offices during good behavior , but not beyond the age the govern- ment . cial offices . See amend- ments , art . iii . of seventy years . Justices of the taries . SECT . 5. Justices of the peace ...
... peace , shall Tenure of judi- hold their offices during good behavior , but not beyond the age the govern- ment . cial offices . See amend- ments , art . iii . of seventy years . Justices of the taries . SECT . 5. Justices of the peace ...
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... peace in the same county , or when a town , though it has been organized , is destitute of officers , a meeting may be called on appli- cation to him for his warrant for the purpose , made in writing by any three of the inhabitants ...
... peace in the same county , or when a town , though it has been organized , is destitute of officers , a meeting may be called on appli- cation to him for his warrant for the purpose , made in writing by any three of the inhabitants ...
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Page 8 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 6 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 5 - States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 26 - No Senator or Member of Assembly, shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 36 - Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
Page 13 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 17 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 6 - ... 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign...
Page 17 - State, shall be equally under the protection of the laws, and no subordination nor preference of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law...
Page 700 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.