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 37
... delegates who had been chosen - in one instance caused by the appointment of the delegate to an embassy abroad , and in another instance by the death of a member of the Convention ; and in each of these cases a precept was issued , and ...
... delegates who had been chosen - in one instance caused by the appointment of the delegate to an embassy abroad , and in another instance by the death of a member of the Convention ; and in each of these cases a precept was issued , and ...
Side 38
... delegates to meet in the Convention . The great object was to have a Constitution . The authori- ty given to the Convention was that the delegates from the several towns in the Commonwealth should proceed to consider the subject of a ...
... delegates to meet in the Convention . The great object was to have a Constitution . The authori- ty given to the Convention was that the delegates from the several towns in the Commonwealth should proceed to consider the subject of a ...
Side 40
... delegate is clected he can take his place upon the floor . Now , will you allow me to ask what is there against this mode of procedure ? In the Conven- tion of 1820 , a question was raised upon the elec- tion of the delegates from the ...
... delegate is clected he can take his place upon the floor . Now , will you allow me to ask what is there against this mode of procedure ? In the Conven- tion of 1820 , a question was raised upon the elec- tion of the delegates from the ...
Side 41
... delegates so elected , and no others , shall assemble here in Convention . I merely state this point , and then will leave the matter to the decision of the Convention . The gentleman also remarked that in a former legislature - the ...
... delegates so elected , and no others , shall assemble here in Convention . I merely state this point , and then will leave the matter to the decision of the Convention . The gentleman also remarked that in a former legislature - the ...
Side 42
... delegate upon the floor of this Convention . Now , if under the Act by which we are convened , there had been an office which was incompatible with holding a seat here , and he had been appointed to that office , and chosen to accept it ...
... delegate upon the floor of this Convention . Now , if under the Act by which we are convened , there had been an office which was incompatible with holding a seat here , and he had been appointed to that office , and chosen to accept it ...
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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