Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1904 |
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... court shall forever have full power General court and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and may constitute courts of record , or other courts , to be held in the name court . of the commonwealth , for the hearing , trying ...
... court shall forever have full power General court and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and may constitute courts of record , or other courts , to be held in the name court . of the commonwealth , for the hearing , trying ...
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... court to give opinions when required . 122 Mass . 600 . 126 Mass . 557 , 561 . Justices of the peace ; tenure of their office . 3 Cush . 584 . Provisions for holding probate courts . 12 Gray , 147 . II . Each branch of the legislature ...
... court to give opinions when required . 122 Mass . 600 . 126 Mass . 557 , 561 . Justices of the peace ; tenure of their office . 3 Cush . 584 . Provisions for holding probate courts . 12 Gray , 147 . II . Each branch of the legislature ...
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... court from whence they issue ; they shall bear test of the first justice of the court to which they shall be return- able , who is not a party , and be signed by the clerk of such court . VI . All the laws which have heretofore been ...
... court from whence they issue ; they shall bear test of the first justice of the court to which they shall be return- able , who is not a party , and be signed by the clerk of such court . VI . All the laws which have heretofore been ...
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... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same . " former govern IX . To the end there may be no failure of justice , or Officers of danger arise to the commonwealth from a change of the ment continued form of government , all ...
... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same . " former govern IX . To the end there may be no failure of justice , or Officers of danger arise to the commonwealth from a change of the ment continued form of government , all ...
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... court in this commonwealth , ( except the court of sessions , ) nor the attorney - general , solicitor - general , county attorney , clerk of any court , sheriff , treasurer and receiver - general , reg- ister of probate , nor register ...
... court in this commonwealth , ( except the court of sessions , ) nor the attorney - general , solicitor - general , county attorney , clerk of any court , sheriff , treasurer and receiver - general , reg- ister of probate , nor register ...
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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 4 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Page 29 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all .future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns...
Page 5 - 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 of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 15 - The senate shall be a court with full authority to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives, against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their offices.
Page 4 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society> publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the . =>, . ,
Page 4 - We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other...
Page 6 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men...
Page 5 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 18 - ... said or done in the House ; or who shall assault any of them therefor ; or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness, or other person, ordered to attend the House, in his way in going, or returning ; or who shall rescue any person arrested by the order of the House.