The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the State, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America, Volume 5Francis Newton Thorpe U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - Charters |
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Page 2533
... India Company , 1621 ( p . 59 ) . Grant to Duke of York , 1664 ( Maine , p . 1637 ) . Grant to Duke of York , 1674 ( Maine , p . 1641 ) . THE DUKE OF YORK'S RELEASE TO JOHN LORD BERKELEY , AND SIR GEORGE CARTERET , 24TH OF JUNE , 1664 ...
... India Company , 1621 ( p . 59 ) . Grant to Duke of York , 1664 ( Maine , p . 1637 ) . Grant to Duke of York , 1674 ( Maine , p . 1641 ) . THE DUKE OF YORK'S RELEASE TO JOHN LORD BERKELEY , AND SIR GEORGE CARTERET , 24TH OF JUNE , 1664 ...
Page 2539
... Indians , strangers and foreigners , as they shall see cause ; and to pursue an enemy as well by sea as by land , if need be , out of the limits and jurisdictions of the said Province , with the particular consent of the Governor , and ...
... Indians , strangers and foreigners , as they shall see cause ; and to pursue an enemy as well by sea as by land , if need be , out of the limits and jurisdictions of the said Province , with the particular consent of the Governor , and ...
Page 2617
... Indian affairs , and shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect ; he may grant pardons for offenses against the laws of said Territory , and reprieves for offences against the laws of the ...
... Indian affairs , and shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect ; he may grant pardons for offenses against the laws of said Territory , and reprieves for offences against the laws of the ...
Page 2618
... ( Indians excepted , ) as nearly as may be . And the members of the Council and of the House of Representatives shall reside in , and be inhabitants of , the district for which they may be elected respectively . Previous to the first ...
... ( Indians excepted , ) as nearly as may be . And the members of the Council and of the House of Representatives shall reside in , and be inhabitants of , the district for which they may be elected respectively . Previous to the first ...
Page 2620
... Indian affairs . The chief justice and associate justices shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars . The secretary shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars . The said sal- aries shall be paid ...
... Indian affairs . The chief justice and associate justices shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars . The secretary shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars . The said sal- aries shall be paid ...
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Page 2646 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Page 2984 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 2666 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 2706 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon...
Page 2672 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any alms-house, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 2644 - ... on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 2605 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 2724 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 2657 - But when the Governor shall, ,with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State, in time of war, at the head of a military force thereof, he shall continue Commander-in-Chief of all the military force of the State.
Page 2693 - Every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a citizen for ninety days, and an inhabitant of this state one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective...