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... GRAND COUNCIL . That the said general government be administered by a President - General , to be appointed and supported by the crown ; and a Grand Council to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the several Colonies met ...
... GRAND COUNCIL . That the said general government be administered by a President - General , to be appointed and supported by the crown ; and a Grand Council to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the several Colonies met ...
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... council ; in others , both govern- ment and council are wholly chosen by the people . But the House of Representatives is everywhere chosen by the people ; and , therefore , placing the right of choosing the Grand Council in the ...
... council ; in others , both govern- ment and council are wholly chosen by the people . But the House of Representatives is everywhere chosen by the people ; and , therefore , placing the right of choosing the Grand Council in the ...
Page 176
... Grand Council every three years ; and , on the death or resignation of any member , his place should be sup- plied by a new choice at the next sitting of the Assem- bly of the Colony he represented . Some Colonies have annual assemblies ...
... Grand Council every three years ; and , on the death or resignation of any member , his place should be sup- plied by a new choice at the next sitting of the Assem- bly of the Colony he represented . Some Colonies have annual assemblies ...
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... GRAND COUNCIL AND CALL . That the Grand Council shall meet once in every year , and oftener if occasion require , at such time and place as they shall adjourn to at the last preceding meeting , or as they shall be called to meet at by ...
... GRAND COUNCIL AND CALL . That the Grand Council shall meet once in every year , and oftener if occasion require , at such time and place as they shall adjourn to at the last preceding meeting , or as they shall be called to meet at by ...
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... Grand Council , and that it be his office and duty to cause them to be carried into execution . The assent of the President - General to all acts of the Grand Council was made necessary in order to give the crown its due share of ...
... Grand Council , and that it be his office and duty to cause them to be carried into execution . The assent of the President - General to all acts of the Grand Council was made necessary in order to give the crown its due share of ...
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aforesaid alien America appointed ARTICLE articles of confederation Assistants Bryant and Gay's cessors charter chosen Coast Colony common council confederation Congress assembled consent Constitution corporation declared delegated Deputy Deputy-Governor duties elected execution Freemen full power further Generall Courte give and grant Governor and Company Grand Council grant unto heires and assignes Heires or Successors heirs and suc heirs and successors hereafter hereby Hereditaments inhabitants Island John John Endecott John Winthrop Jurisdiccon kingdom of England land laws legislature liberty Lord Baltimore manner Massachusetts meeting ment Oath ordain person or persons Plantacon Plantation pleasure Power and Authority present President President-General province province of Georgia Ralegh Gilbert Realm of England respectively Richard river shalbe South Carolina statutes territory Theophilus Eaton therein thereof Thomas Thomas Goffe tion Treasurer and Company tyme to tyme United Virginia vpon Wee doe whatsoever William Penn
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Page 209 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 249 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided, the constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 220 - ... felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 249 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five states; and the boundaries of the states, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Page 267 - Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our Names, G°.
Page 207 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 262 - 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. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 266 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Page 247 - The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writs of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury ; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.
Page 208 - ... of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.