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Page 78
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , in Legislature
assembled , ' That if any owner of , captain , sut , ur causing master , officer , or
other mariner belonging to , any ship or it to be done . vessel , shall , within the
body of ...
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , in Legislature
assembled , ' That if any owner of , captain , sut , ur causing master , officer , or
other mariner belonging to , any ship or it to be done . vessel , shall , within the
body of ...
Page 91
Be it further enacted , That every master or com- No master of mander of any
outward bound ship or vessel , that shall here- transport miafter carry or transport
out of this State , any person under the State , without age of twenty - one years ,
or ...
Be it further enacted , That every master or com- No master of mander of any
outward bound ship or vessel , that shall here- transport miafter carry or transport
out of this State , any person under the State , without age of twenty - one years ,
or ...
Page 364
And the persons committed shall be profesoriober allowed two third parts only of
what they earn ; and the residue shall be to the use of the master or keeper of the
house , unless such persons are masters or heads of families , then the whole ...
And the persons committed shall be profesoriober allowed two third parts only of
what they earn ; and the residue shall be to the use of the master or keeper of the
house , unless such persons are masters or heads of families , then the whole ...
Page 402
... in Legislature assembled , That every town and plantPuedespended ation
shall annually raise and expend for the maintenance each town and and support
of schools therein , to be taught by school masters plantation . duly qualified , a
sum ...
... in Legislature assembled , That every town and plantPuedespended ation
shall annually raise and expend for the maintenance each town and and support
of schools therein , to be taught by school masters plantation . duly qualified , a
sum ...
Page 425
And upon complaint by such Overseers , made to the Circuit Court of Com- Picas
maydis . mon Pleas in the county where their town is , or where the charges such
child may be bound , against the master of any such child , for master in ...
And upon complaint by such Overseers , made to the Circuit Court of Com- Picas
maydis . mon Pleas in the county where their town is , or where the charges such
child may be bound , against the master of any such child , for master in ...
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Page 13 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 17 - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 15 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 29 - 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 15 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 201 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 9 - Vice-President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-Président, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ; and...
Page 201 - ... to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage ; or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 28 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Page 410 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...