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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... majority . If it is made upon the day upon which the vote is passed , and the majority choose to postpone its consideration until the next day , they can do so , as the majority will govern in that as in all other cases . Or if the ...
... majority . If it is made upon the day upon which the vote is passed , and the majority choose to postpone its consideration until the next day , they can do so , as the majority will govern in that as in all other cases . Or if the ...
Side 30
... majority of the whole , it is useless to move a reconsideration unless some one of that majority has changed his mind . That is the theory of that Rule , and I am willing to continue it , upon the assumption that every member will ...
... majority of the whole , it is useless to move a reconsideration unless some one of that majority has changed his mind . That is the theory of that Rule , and I am willing to continue it , upon the assumption that every member will ...
Side 94
... majority before the people . The majority in the House represent only 27,000 out of 138,000 voters . Coming into power under such peculiar circumstances , wise men would have accepted as a fixed fact , the Convention - have held its ...
... majority before the people . The majority in the House represent only 27,000 out of 138,000 voters . Coming into power under such peculiar circumstances , wise men would have accepted as a fixed fact , the Convention - have held its ...
Side 114
... majority to change the organic law . And however this maxim was restricted in its practice , its force was not destroyed whenever the rightful majority chose to act . Now , from what source does the rightful majority spring ? That is ...
... majority to change the organic law . And however this maxim was restricted in its practice , its force was not destroyed whenever the rightful majority chose to act . Now , from what source does the rightful majority spring ? That is ...
Side 122
... majority principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the machinery of the majority prin- ciple - a machinery which does not enable the constituencies of the several counties to ...
... majority principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the machinery of the majority prin- ciple - a machinery which does not enable the constituencies of the several counties to ...
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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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