Official Papers, Printed for the Common Council of the City of Boston: Comprising the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Massachusetts, with the Amendments ; City and Police Acts, Acts Relating to the Board of Health, Overseers of the Poor, and Firewards, Together with an Act Providing for the Assessment of Taxes |
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... District for that purpose , ) and shall elect the fol- lowing number for ... town in the several Counties of this Common- wealth ; to be called by the ... town , district or plantation , where he dwelleth or hath his home . fined . The ...
... District for that purpose , ) and shall elect the fol- lowing number for ... town in the several Counties of this Common- wealth ; to be called by the ... town , district or plantation , where he dwelleth or hath his home . fined . The ...
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... town or district , in which he may claim a right to vote , six callender months next preceding any election of Governor , Lieutenant Governor , Senators , or Representatives , and who shall have paid by himself or his parent , master or ...
... town or district , in which he may claim a right to vote , six callender months next preceding any election of Governor , Lieutenant Governor , Senators , or Representatives , and who shall have paid by himself or his parent , master or ...
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... City and Police Acts, Acts Relating to the Board of Health, Overseers of the Poor, and Firewards, Together with an ... town or district in this Commonwealth , and also every citizen who shall be , by law , exempted from taxation , and ...
... City and Police Acts, Acts Relating to the Board of Health, Overseers of the Poor, and Firewards, Together with an ... town or district in this Commonwealth , and also every citizen who shall be , by law , exempted from taxation , and ...
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... town and district officers are chosen by the respective towns and districts in this Commonwealth , there shall be chosen , by the qualified voters then present and voting , or the major part of them , three , five , seven or nine meet ...
... town and district officers are chosen by the respective towns and districts in this Commonwealth , there shall be chosen , by the qualified voters then present and voting , or the major part of them , three , five , seven or nine meet ...
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... town or district book , or leave an exact copy thereof , by them signed , with the town or district Clerk , or file such copy in the Assessors ' office , where any such is kept , before the same shall be committed to a Constable or ...
... town or district book , or leave an exact copy thereof , by them signed , with the town or district Clerk , or file such copy in the Assessors ' office , where any such is kept , before the same shall be committed to a Constable or ...
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adjourn aforesaid amendments Anno Domini annually appointed ARTICLE ARTICLE II assessed Assessors authority ballot Board of Health certificate choose chosen citizens City of Boston civil Clerk Common Council Common Pleas Commonwealth complaint Congress consent Constable Constitution Counsellors County of Suffolk Court of Common Court of Sessions declared directed duty election electors estates execution Fire Wards further enacted Harvard College hereby House of Representatives inhabitants JOHN BECKLEY judge judgment Justices last Wednesday Legislature Lieutenant Governor majority manner Mayor and Aldermen ment militia monwealth number of votes oath offence open town meeting Overseers pauper Peace penalties person or persons plantation precinct present President prosecuted Register of Deeds regulations removed require returns rized Selectmen Senate and House Sheriff standing laws summons taxes therein thereof tion Town of Boston town or district Treasurer United vacancies vested Warden warrant whole number
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Page 34 - ... 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 commouwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 26 - 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.
Page 121 - Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
Page 56 - Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Page 25 - 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 16 - The conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 58 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 19 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 28 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Page 34 - ... for the hearing, trying, and determining of all manner of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, plaints, actions, matters, causes, and things, whatsoever, arising or happening within the commonwealth, or between or concerning persons inhabiting, or residing, or brought within the same...