Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1904 |
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... duties ought to be established , fixed , laid , or levied , under any pretext whatsoever , without the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature . XXIV . Laws made to punish for actions done before 8 CONSTITUTION ...
... duties ought to be established , fixed , laid , or levied , under any pretext whatsoever , without the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature . XXIV . Laws made to punish for actions done before 8 CONSTITUTION ...
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... thirds of the members pres- ent , shall have the force of a law : but in all such cases , the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas 10 CONSTITUTION OF THE Allen, 235 levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce,
... thirds of the members pres- ent , shall have the force of a law : but in all such cases , the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas 10 CONSTITUTION OF THE Allen, 235 levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce,
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... duties , powers , and limits , of the several civil and military officers of this commonwealth , and the forms of such oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto them for the execution of their several offices and ...
... duties , powers , and limits , of the several civil and military officers of this commonwealth , and the forms of such oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto them for the execution of their several offices and ...
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... duties of his office with ability or fidelity , all commissions of justices of the peace shall expire and become void , in the term of seven years from their respective dates ; and , upon the expira- tion of any commission , the same ...
... duties of his office with ability or fidelity , all commissions of justices of the peace shall expire and become void , in the term of seven years from their respective dates ; and , upon the expira- tion of any commission , the same ...
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... duties of their respective offices . ART . VIII . No judge of any court of this common- wealth , ( except the court of sessions , ) and no person holding any office under the authority of the United States , ( postmasters excepted ...
... duties of their respective offices . ART . VIII . No judge of any court of this common- wealth , ( except the court of sessions , ) and no person holding any office under the authority of the United States , ( postmasters excepted ...
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ACT RELATIVE act shall take ACT TO AUTHORIZE aforesaid amended by striking amount annual appointed Approved April Approved February April 9 assessed authorized by chapter Berkshire board of aldermen bonds Boston Boxford Brockton census Chap chapter four hundred chapter one hundred city of Boston city or town clerk commission Commonwealth corporation dred Dukes County eighteen hundred election enacted expenses Fall River February 27 fifty dollars five hundred dollars governor Haverhill hereby amended hereby authorized hundred and fifty hundred and four hundred and twenty-five hundredths seconds inserting in place January 30 land Laws is hereby Manufacturing Company March 19 Massachusetts mayor ment mentioned are appro nineteen hundred ordinary revenue passage payment person place thereof purpose registry of deeds repealed Revised Laws salary scrip SECT SECTION selectmen senate seventy-five dollars street railway sum not exceeding take effect tion treasury trustees twenty-five dollars vote Ward Worcester
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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.