The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 1 |
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... hundred ratable polls , may elect three representatives ; and proceeding in that manner , making two hundred and twenty - five ratable polls , the mean increasing number for every additional representative . towns having Provided ...
... hundred ratable polls , may elect three representatives ; and proceeding in that manner , making two hundred and twenty - five ratable polls , the mean increasing number for every additional representative . towns having Provided ...
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... hundred and thirty- seven , and in every tenth year thereafter , in the month of May , in man- ner aforesaid , and each town or city having three hundred ratable polls at the last preceding decennial census of polls , may elect one ...
... hundred and thirty- seven , and in every tenth year thereafter , in the month of May , in man- ner aforesaid , and each town or city having three hundred ratable polls at the last preceding decennial census of polls , may elect one ...
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Massachusetts. tive , and for every four hundred and fifty ratable polls in addition to the first three hundred , one representative more . less than 300 Any town having less than three hundred ratable polls shall be rep- Towns having ...
Massachusetts. tive , and for every four hundred and fifty ratable polls in addition to the first three hundred , one representative more . less than 300 Any town having less than three hundred ratable polls shall be rep- Towns having ...
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... hundred inhabitants , shall be how represent- entitled to elect a representative as many times , within ten years , as the number one hundred and sixty is contained in the number of the inhab- itants of said town . Such towns may also ...
... hundred inhabitants , shall be how represent- entitled to elect a representative as many times , within ten years , as the number one hundred and sixty is contained in the number of the inhab- itants of said town . Such towns may also ...
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... hundred and fifty - seven ; and a census of the inhabitants of each city and town , in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty - five , and of every tenth year thereafter . In the cen- sus aforesaid , a special enumeration shall ...
... hundred and fifty - seven ; and a census of the inhabitants of each city and town , in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty - five , and of every tenth year thereafter . In the cen- sus aforesaid , a special enumeration shall ...
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Page 41 - ... 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 26 - 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 voluntarily.
Page 26 - 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 22 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 25 - 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 27 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 25 - 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. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them • that every man may, at all times, find...
Page 40 - 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 18 - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Page 28 - 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.