American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... York , for example , voters for members of the assembly - the lower branch of the legislature were required to be freeholders of lands or tenements to the value of forty pounds free from all encum- brances , except that in New York City ...
... York , for example , voters for members of the assembly - the lower branch of the legislature were required to be freeholders of lands or tenements to the value of forty pounds free from all encum- brances , except that in New York City ...
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... York City the voting class included from one - ninth to one - fourteenth of the total popu- lation , and that two - fifths of these electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered ...
... York City the voting class included from one - ninth to one - fourteenth of the total popu- lation , and that two - fifths of these electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered ...
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... York and Pennsylvania , there was a combination of town and county local government . Town meetings were held in New York as in New England . As early as 1691 , however , a county board of supervisors , representing the various towns ...
... York and Pennsylvania , there was a combination of town and county local government . Town meetings were held in New York as in New England . As early as 1691 , however , a county board of supervisors , representing the various towns ...
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... York can best be described in the language of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt : " The colony was in gov- ernment an aristocratic republic , its constitution modelled on that of England and similar to it ; the power lay in the hands of certain ...
... York can best be described in the language of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt : " The colony was in gov- ernment an aristocratic republic , its constitution modelled on that of England and similar to it ; the power lay in the hands of certain ...
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... York prac- tically by the Revolutionists of New York county ; in New Jersey , Delaware , Maryland , and Virginia by conventions com-- posed of county delegates , many of whom had been members of the colonial legislatures ; in South ...
... York prac- tically by the Revolutionists of New York county ; in New Jersey , Delaware , Maryland , and Virginia by conventions com-- posed of county delegates , many of whom had been members of the colonial legislatures ; in South ...
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