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... Companies . " Jails and Houses of Correction . 64 " the Poor , & c . 66 " Births , Deaths and Marriages . No. 34 7 10 , 26 51 52 11 29 5 28 15 223 333 16 53 8 15 55 35 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INDEX . V.
... Companies . " Jails and Houses of Correction . 64 " the Poor , & c . 66 " Births , Deaths and Marriages . No. 34 7 10 , 26 51 52 11 29 5 28 15 223 333 16 53 8 15 55 35 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INDEX . V.
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Massachusetts. General Court. House. the times of speaking : but no Member shall speak twice upon any question , until every Member , choosing to speak , shall have spoken . A motion to rise , report progress , and ask leave to sit again ...
Massachusetts. General Court. House. the times of speaking : but no Member shall speak twice upon any question , until every Member , choosing to speak , shall have spoken . A motion to rise , report progress , and ask leave to sit again ...
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... House , except the Committee on the Library , which , by law , is to consist of three on the part of each House , and no Member of any Committee shall receive compensation for personal services on such Committee , during the Session of ...
... House , except the Committee on the Library , which , by law , is to consist of three on the part of each House , and no Member of any Committee shall receive compensation for personal services on such Committee , during the Session of ...
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Massachusetts. General Court. House. II . The Joint Committees of the two Houses may report by bill , resolve , or otherwise , to either House , at their discretion ; and all bills and resolves report- ed by them , shall be written in a ...
Massachusetts. General Court. House. II . The Joint Committees of the two Houses may report by bill , resolve , or otherwise , to either House , at their discretion ; and all bills and resolves report- ed by them , shall be written in a ...
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Massachusetts. General Court. House. VI . All resolves and other papers , which are to be presented to the Governor of ... House , and the question upon the third reading shall be taken by yeas and nays , as provided by the Constitution ...
Massachusetts. General Court. House. VI . All resolves and other papers , which are to be presented to the Governor of ... House , and the question upon the third reading shall be taken by yeas and nays , as provided by the Constitution ...
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Page 84 - The person having the greatest number of votes as vice president, shall be the vice president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the senate shall choose the...
Page 96 - ... 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, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 90 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate ; but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 126 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Page 130 - Representatives, and who shall have paid, by himself, or his parent, master, or guardian, any State or county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him, in any town or district of this Commonwealth ; and also, every citizen who shall be by law exempted from taxation, and who shall be in all other respects qualified as above mentioned...
Page 74 - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Page 123 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 91 - All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure rand no warrant ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities, prescribed by the laws.
Page 83 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 68 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.