Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1870 - Session laws |
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... council , for the public service , in the necessary defence and support of the government of the said Commonwealth , and the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof , according to such acts as are or shall be in force within ...
... council , for the public service , in the necessary defence and support of the government of the said Commonwealth , and the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof , according to such acts as are or shall be in force within ...
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... council to ex- count votes , ments , Art . X. III . And that there may be a due convention of senators Governor and [ on the last Wednesday in May , ] annually , the governor , amine and with five of the council , for the time being ...
... council to ex- count votes , ments , Art . X. III . And that there may be a due convention of senators Governor and [ on the last Wednesday in May , ] annually , the governor , amine and with five of the council , for the time being ...
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... council shall have the same authority to punish in like cases : provided , that no impris General limita- onment , on the warrant or order of the governor , council , senate or house of representatives , for either of the above ...
... council shall have the same authority to punish in like cases : provided , that no impris General limita- onment , on the warrant or order of the governor , council , senate or house of representatives , for either of the above ...
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... council . the governor , with the said councillors , or five of them , at least , shall , and may , from time to time , hold and keep a May adjourn or prorogue the general court upon request , 3 CONSTITUTION . 17 CHAPTER II. ...
... council . the governor , with the said councillors , or five of them , at least , shall , and may , from time to time , hold and keep a May adjourn or prorogue the general court upon request , 3 CONSTITUTION . 17 CHAPTER II. ...
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... council , for the ordering and directing the affairs of the Commonwealth , agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the land . V. The governor , with advice of council , shall have full power and authority , during the session of ...
... council , for the ordering and directing the affairs of the Commonwealth , agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the land . V. The governor , with advice of council , shall have full power and authority , during the session of ...
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Page 10 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 4 - 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.
Page 9 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 3 - 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.
Page 3 - 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...
Page 7 - 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...
Page 39 - XVIII. [All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities 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,...
Page 4 - Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their 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...
Page 40 - English language and write his name : provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote, nor to any persons who shall be sixty years of age or upwards at the time this amendment shall take effect of lepi ART.
Page 7 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...