Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1871 |
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... Worcester , five ; Cumberland , one ; Lincoln , one ; Berkshire , two . ] II . The senate shall be the first branch of the legisla ture ; [ and the senators shall be chosen in the following manner , viz . there shall be a meeting on the ...
... Worcester , five ; Cumberland , one ; Lincoln , one ; Berkshire , two . ] II . The senate shall be the first branch of the legisla ture ; [ and the senators shall be chosen in the following manner , viz . there shall be a meeting on the ...
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... WORCESTER . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows : issue warrant SECTION 1. The board of aldermen of the city of Wor- Aldermen may cester are ...
... WORCESTER . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows : issue warrant SECTION 1. The board of aldermen of the city of Wor- Aldermen may cester are ...
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... Worcester . the county of Worcester , two thousand five hundred dollars . For the salary of the judge of probate and insolvency for Essex . the county of Essex , two thousand five hundred dollars . For the salary of the judge of probate ...
... Worcester . the county of Worcester , two thousand five hundred dollars . For the salary of the judge of probate and insolvency for Essex . the county of Essex , two thousand five hundred dollars . For the salary of the judge of probate ...
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... Worcester . Essex . Norfolk . Bristol . Plymouth . Hampden . Berkshire . Hampshire . Franklin . Barnstable . Nantucket . Dukes County . Assistant - regis- ter for Suffolk . For the salary of the judge of probate and insolvency for the ...
... Worcester . Essex . Norfolk . Bristol . Plymouth . Hampden . Berkshire . Hampshire . Franklin . Barnstable . Nantucket . Dukes County . Assistant - regis- ter for Suffolk . For the salary of the judge of probate and insolvency for the ...
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... Worcester . solvency for the county of Worcester , one thousand five hun- dred dollars . For the salary of the assistant - register of probate and in- Essex . solvency for the county of Essex , one thousand five hundred dollars . For ...
... Worcester . solvency for the county of Worcester , one thousand five hun- dred dollars . For the salary of the assistant - register of probate and in- Essex . solvency for the county of Essex , one thousand five hundred dollars . For ...
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act shall take ACT TO AUTHORIZE ACT TO INCORPORATE aforesaid aldermen amend appointed Approved April Approved February Approved March Approved May 26 April 19 assessed associates and successors Berkshire building capital stock Chap chapter one hundred chapter two hundred city council city of Boston clerk commissioners Commonwealth construct damages district dred Dukes County duties eighteen hundred election enacted Erie Railroad expenses February 20 fifty dollars five hundred dollars follows hereafter hereby authorized Hoosac tunnel hundred and fifty hundred and seventy hundred and sixty-nine land laws legislature liabilities set located March 24 ment Middlesex Central Railroad passage person powers and privileges purpose Railroad Company Railroad Corporation real estate registry of deeds repealed restrictions and liabilities River road salary sand dollars SECTION selectmen senate street Suffolk sum not exceeding take effect thereof thousand five hundred three hundred tion treasury trustees twenty-five dollars vote ward wharf Worcester
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Page 379 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 380 - ... full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said general court, from time to time, to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution...
Page 373 - 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 377 - A FREQUENT recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government...
Page 374 - 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 373 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights, and the blessings of life...
Page 553 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 380 - ... by signing the same. But if he have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve, he shall return the same, together with his objections thereto, in writing...
Page 409 - XVIII. [All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclusively,...
Page 374 - Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the 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...