The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volum 1W. White, 1860 - 1126 sider |
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... according to their respective numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other persons ...
... according to their respective numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other persons ...
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... according to the rules and limita- tions prescribed in the case of a bill . - - SECT . 8. The congress shall have power - To lay and collect taxes , duties , imposts and excises , to pay the debts and provide for the com- mon defence ...
... according to the rules and limita- tions prescribed in the case of a bill . - - SECT . 8. The congress shall have power - To lay and collect taxes , duties , imposts and excises , to pay the debts and provide for the com- mon defence ...
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... according to the common meaning and acceptation of the foregoing words , without any equivocation , mental evasion , or secret reservation whatsoever . So help me , GoD . " ] " I , A. B. , do solemnly swear and affirm , that I will ...
... according to the common meaning and acceptation of the foregoing words , without any equivocation , mental evasion , or secret reservation whatsoever . So help me , GoD . " ] " I , A. B. , do solemnly swear and affirm , that I will ...
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... according to the foregoing principles , the number of rep- number of representatives , which each city , town and representative dis- which each trict is entitled to elect , and the number of years within the period of town is entitled ...
... according to the foregoing principles , the number of rep- number of representatives , which each city , town and representative dis- which each trict is entitled to elect , and the number of years within the period of town is entitled ...
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... according to law , under the order and superintendence of the authori- ties of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance exclusively of ...
... according to law , under the order and superintendence of the authori- ties of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance exclusively of ...
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Populære avsnitt
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.