Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1885 - Law |
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Page 441
... assessments , rates , and taxes , upon all the 12 Mass . 252 . inhabitants of , and persons resident , and estates lying , Allen , 558 . within the said commonwealth ; and also to impose and Allen , 247 , 253 . levy reasonable duties ...
... assessments , rates , and taxes , upon all the 12 Mass . 252 . inhabitants of , and persons resident , and estates lying , Allen , 558 . within the said commonwealth ; and also to impose and Allen , 247 , 253 . levy reasonable duties ...
Page 442
... assessed on polls and estates , in the manner that has hitherto been practised , in order that such assessments may be made with equality , there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth , taken anew once in every ten ...
... assessed on polls and estates , in the manner that has hitherto been practised , in order that such assessments may be made with equality , there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth , taken anew once in every ten ...
Page 443
... assess taxes upon them- who pay state selves toward the support of government , shall have the same privilege of voting for councillors and senators taxes , may vote . Plantation meetings . Time of elec- tion changed by amend ...
... assess taxes upon them- who pay state selves toward the support of government , shall have the same privilege of voting for councillors and senators taxes , may vote . Plantation meetings . Time of elec- tion changed by amend ...
Page 444
... assessed to the support of government by the assessors of an adjacent town , shall have the privilege of giving in their votes for councillors and senators in the town where they shall be assessed , and be notified of the place of ...
... assessed to the support of government by the assessors of an adjacent town , shall have the privilege of giving in their votes for councillors and senators in the town where they shall be assessed , and be notified of the place of ...
Page 464
... assessed upon him , in any town or district of this commonwealth ; and also every citizen who shall be , by law , exempted from taxation , and who shall be , in all other respects , qualified as above mentioned , shall have a right to ...
... assessed upon him , in any town or district of this commonwealth ; and also every citizen who shall be , by law , exempted from taxation , and who shall be , in all other respects , qualified as above mentioned , shall have a right to ...
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Page 800 - The shareholders of every national banking association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 460 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 458 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all .future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns...
Page 435 - The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Page 434 - Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made...
Page 433 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Page 436 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Page 439 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore, not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold...
Page 434 - 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 of sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 433 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.