Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention: Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsWhite & Potter, printers, 1853 |
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Side 58
... governor , lieutenant - governor , senators and representatives , shall , as far as applicable , apply and be in full force and operation , as to all meetings holden , and elections and returns made under this Act , or which by this Act ...
... governor , lieutenant - governor , senators and representatives , shall , as far as applicable , apply and be in full force and operation , as to all meetings holden , and elections and returns made under this Act , or which by this Act ...
Side 125
... governor . Year before last , and last year , we had a governor who did not receive a plurality of the votes of the people of the Common- wealth . The gentleman who had a plurality was not made governor , while the gentleman who had ...
... governor . Year before last , and last year , we had a governor who did not receive a plurality of the votes of the people of the Common- wealth . The gentleman who had a plurality was not made governor , while the gentleman who had ...
Side 131
... governor . I have no doubt there are individuals who say this , and perhaps they say it more than they think it ; but I do not suppose that we who propose this Constitution to the people , are of that opinion , nor do I suppose that the ...
... governor . I have no doubt there are individuals who say this , and perhaps they say it more than they think it ; but I do not suppose that we who propose this Constitution to the people , are of that opinion , nor do I suppose that the ...
Side 133
... governor of Massachusetts , who does not receive five hundred votes , you say you will retain that power in the hands of the people , where it , without doubt , properly belongs . You say if you cannot obtain the voice of the majority ...
... governor of Massachusetts , who does not receive five hundred votes , you say you will retain that power in the hands of the people , where it , without doubt , properly belongs . You say if you cannot obtain the voice of the majority ...
Side 139
... governor - and there is the most anti - democratic provision of your whole constitution - the one man power . You have a constitution which places it within the power of one man to defeat a measure which has passed both branches of the ...
... governor - and there is the most anti - democratic provision of your whole constitution - the one man power . You have a constitution which places it within the power of one man to defeat a measure which has passed both branches of the ...
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Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State ..., Volumer 1-2 Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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Abington adjourn adopted agree appointed argument ballot believe body BUTLER called Chairman Charlestown Committee Commonwealth Commonwealth of Massachusetts consider Constitution as relates Convention Council court debate Dedham delegates desire districts duties ELECTIONS BY PLURALITY expedient Fall River favor Freetown gentleman from Boston gentleman from Lowell governor hall HALLETT Haverhill hope House of Representatives inhabitants KEYES lature legal voters legislative legislature lieutenant-governor Lowell Institute majority principle majority system matter meet ment mittee Monday MORTON motion Natick North Brookfield number of votes o'clock oath officers opinion pardoning party persons Pittsfield plurality system Plymouth present President proposed proposition question reason referred regard Report representation resolution Resolved rule SCHOULER seems Senate session stitution submitted suppose taken Taunton tion tleman town of Berlin town of Walpole United vacancy vention whole Wilbraham WILSON wish word