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 51
... voters applied to vote , who re- sided upon a portion of territory which , on the 30th of April , 1852 , had been set off from the town of Dedham to the town of ... legal voters , to the selectmen of 1853. ] 51 DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS .
... voters applied to vote , who re- sided upon a portion of territory which , on the 30th of April , 1852 , had been set off from the town of Dedham to the town of ... legal voters , to the selectmen of 1853. ] 51 DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS .
Side 52
... legal voters , to the selectmen of the town of Ded- ham , with the exception of two , who , I believe , did not ... voters would have been liable to lose their ballots , I reply that it is provided by law , in the Revised Statutes , that ...
... legal voters , to the selectmen of the town of Ded- ham , with the exception of two , who , I believe , did not ... voters would have been liable to lose their ballots , I reply that it is provided by law , in the Revised Statutes , that ...
Side 88
... legal voters ! No , Sir , I have higher notions of the people than that . I believe that every indi- vidual who is protected by the government , is one of the people . I believe that every individual who is subject to the law is one of ...
... legal voters ! No , Sir , I have higher notions of the people than that . I believe that every indi- vidual who is protected by the government , is one of the people . I believe that every individual who is subject to the law is one of ...
Side 89
... voters in this Com- monwealth , but twenty had voted " yes , " and not one had voted " no , " would those twenty voters have infused life and indestructibility into that Act ? The gentleman cannot pretend that a majority of the legal voters ...
... voters in this Com- monwealth , but twenty had voted " yes , " and not one had voted " no , " would those twenty voters have infused life and indestructibility into that Act ? The gentleman cannot pretend that a majority of the legal voters ...
Side 98
... legal voters . The Committee , however , were of the opinion that , on the whole , it was best that the basis should be that of population . It may be objected , as for instance in the city of Lowell , where the females constitute so ...
... legal voters . The Committee , however , were of the opinion that , on the whole , it was best that the basis should be that of population . It may be objected , as for instance in the city of Lowell , where the females constitute so ...
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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