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... and if a majority of votes are in favor thereof , it shall be the duty of the next
Legislature thereafter to increase or diminish the number by the rule hereinafter
prescribed . Apportionment Sec . 3. Each town having fifteen hundred inhabitants
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... and if a majority of votes are in favor thereof , it shall be the duty of the next
Legislature thereafter to increase or diminish the number by the rule hereinafter
prescribed . Apportionment Sec . 3. Each town having fifteen hundred inhabitants
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of a represent town having twenty - six thousand two hundred and fifty inhabitants
may elect seven ; but no town shall ever be entitled to more than seven
representatives : and towns and plantations duly organized , not having fifteen
hundred ...
of a represent town having twenty - six thousand two hundred and fifty inhabitants
may elect seven ; but no town shall ever be entitled to more than seven
representatives : and towns and plantations duly organized , not having fifteen
hundred ...
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... altering , forging or counterfeiting any public record , any certificate or
attestation of à Justice of the Peace , Public Register , Notary Public , Clerk of any
Court , Town Clerk , or other public officer , in any matter wherein such their
certificate or ...
... altering , forging or counterfeiting any public record , any certificate or
attestation of à Justice of the Peace , Public Register , Notary Public , Clerk of any
Court , Town Clerk , or other public officer , in any matter wherein such their
certificate or ...
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BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives , in Legislature
assembled , That the Selectmen of every Sclectmen , with town in this Stat • ,
where the Selectmen thereof , together with may assign pla- any two Justices of
the Peace ...
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives , in Legislature
assembled , That the Selectmen of every Sclectmen , with town in this Stat • ,
where the Selectmen thereof , together with may assign pla- any two Justices of
the Peace ...
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00 : CHAPTER XXV . selectmen to make regulalain towns . ... Be it further
enacted , That all gun powder which Contrary to rent shall be had , kept or
possessed , within any town , contrary to ned and li . the rules and regulations
which shall be ...
00 : CHAPTER XXV . selectmen to make regulalain towns . ... Be it further
enacted , That all gun powder which Contrary to rent shall be had , kept or
possessed , within any town , contrary to ned and li . the rules and regulations
which shall be ...
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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...