Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1881 |
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Página 299
... term exceeding thirty days . And the senate and house of representatives may try and determine all cases where their rights and privileges are concerned , and which , by the constitution , they have au- thority to try and determine , by ...
... term exceeding thirty days . And the senate and house of representatives may try and determine all cases where their rights and privileges are concerned , and which , by the constitution , they have au- thority to try and determine , by ...
Página 307
... term of seven years from their respective dates ; and , upon the expira- tion of any commission , the same may , if necessary , be renewed , or another person appointed , as shall most con- duce to the well being of the Commonwealth ...
... term of seven years from their respective dates ; and , upon the expira- tion of any commission , the same may , if necessary , be renewed , or another person appointed , as shall most con- duce to the well being of the Commonwealth ...
Página 319
... term of ten years . The several senatorial districts now existing , shall be permanent . The senate shall consist of forty members ; and in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and forty , and every tenth year thereafter , the governor ...
... term of ten years . The several senatorial districts now existing , shall be permanent . The senate shall consist of forty members ; and in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and forty , and every tenth year thereafter , the governor ...
Página 320
... term of five years immediately preceding his election ; and not more than one coun- cillor shall be chosen from any one senatorial district in the Common- wealth . ] Freehold as a No possession of a freehold , or of any other estate ...
... term of five years immediately preceding his election ; and not more than one coun- cillor shall be chosen from any one senatorial district in the Common- wealth . ] Freehold as a No possession of a freehold , or of any other estate ...
Página 321
... term of one year from the third Wednesday in January next there- after , and until another is chosen and qualified in his stead . The qualification of the voters , the manner of the election , the return of the votes , and the ...
... term of one year from the third Wednesday in January next there- after , and until another is chosen and qualified in his stead . The qualification of the voters , the manner of the election , the return of the votes , and the ...
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act shall take aforesaid amount annual appointed Approved April Approved March assessed assessors ballot board of aldermen bonds capital stock Chap chapter one hundred chapter two hundred city council city of Boston commissioners Commonwealth corporation damages district duties East Boston eighteen hundred election enacted expenses February 23 Fitchburg Railroad Company five hundred dollars follows hereafter hereby amended hereby authorized Hoosac Tunnel House of Correction hundred and eighty inhabitants issue land legislature manner March 16 March 24 Massachusetts Massachusetts Central Railroad mayor and aldermen meeting ment Merrimack River Middlesex County passage person powers prison probate and insolvency purpose Railroad Company real estate registry of deeds Residence resolve chapter salary SECTION selectmen senate street Suffolk Suffolk County sum not exceeding take effect taxes thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred three hundred tion treasurer trustees vacancy voters ward Worcester
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Página 309 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, 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;...
Página 285 - 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.
Página 286 - As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Página 297 - Their judgment, however, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold or enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit, under this Commonwealth : But the party, so convicted, shall be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to the laws of the land.
Página 302 - THE power of pardoning offences, except such as persons may be convicted of before the Senate by an impeachment of the House, shall be in the Governor, by and with the advice of Council: But no charter of pardon, granted by the Governor, with advice of the Council, before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwithstanding any general or particular expressions contained therein, descriptive of the offence, or offences intended to be pardoned.
Página 314 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards (excepting paupers and persons under guardianship), who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district, in which he may claim a right to vote...
Página 310 - 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.
Página 285 - We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course of his providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit and solemn compact with each other...
Página 290 - The people have a right, in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble to consult upon the common good ; give instructions to their representatives, and to request of the legislative body, by the way of addresses, petitions, or remonstrances, redress of the wrongs done them, and of the grievances they suffer.
Página 309 - College; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legislature of this commonwealth from making such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.